I used to have little passion (激情) in my life. But what happened the other day changed my mind. It was then that I learned how ______ it is to have a passion in life.   

That day I went home in Mom’s car. When Mom ______ at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed ______ rags(破旧衣服). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, because I had seen ______ like him before. Those people usually looked unhappy and hopeless.

But this man was ______ in some way. He was not sitting down with a ______ expression. Instead, he had a ______ in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious(珍贵的) thing he had. “Mom, why does that man have a radio ______ he’s homeless?” I asked.

“He ______ it,” she replied.

“But why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He ______ something that he didn’t need.”

“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important.”

That man must care so much about ______ that he bought a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that ______ is the key to life.

Since then I am always thinking of ______ is truly important in life. A home, a meal, clothes—these things are ______ part of the life. What we often forget is that we all need a joy, a light in a ______ day. We all need a passion which gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.

1.

A．strange

B．important

C．dangerous

D．difficult

2.

A．stopped

B．walked

C．stood

D．exercised

3.

A．in

B．on

C．at

D．of

4.

A．none

B．few

C．all

D．many

5.

A．common

B．different

C．polite

D．rude

6.

A．sad

B．nervous

C．mad

D．happy

7.

A．hat

B．phone

C．scarf

D．radio

8.

A．though

B．because

C．until

D．unless

9.

A．borrowed

B．made

C．fixed

D．bought

10.

A．asked for

B．waited for

C．paid for

D．looked for

11.

A．stories

B．music

C．news

D．languages

12.

A．knowledge

B．health

C．happiness

D．friendship

13.

A．who

B．what

C．where

D．when

14.

A．only

B．all

C．also

D．never

15.

A．warm

B．hot

C．dark

D．relaxing

Being fit is a way of saying a person eats well, gets a lot of physical activities, and has a healthy weight. If you’re fit, your body works well, feels good, and can do all the things you want to do, like running around with your friends.
Some steps only parents can take – such as serving healthy meals or deciding to take the family on a nature hike. Here are three rules you can follow, if you’re a kid who wants to be fit.
1. Eat ______Foods
You may have a favorite food, but the best choice is to eat a variety. Taste new foods and old ones you haven’t tried for a while. Some foods, such as green vegetables, are more pleasing than the older you get. Take at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day – two fruits and three vegetables.
2. Drink Water & Milk
When you’re really thirsty, you can drink cold water. It’s also enough to drink 2 or 3 cups of milk a day.
3. Listen to Your Body
When you’re eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Sometimes, people eat too much because they don’t notice when they need to stop eating. Eating too much can make you feel uncomfortable and can make you put on weight.
16. Who can help kids stay healthy in daily life?

A．Teachers

B．Parents.

C．Children

D．Cooks.

17. What does the underlined phrase（短语） “a variety of” mean in English?

A．a kind of

B．different kinds of

C．fresh

D．a lot of

18. What kind of drinks should you take when you are really thirsty?

A．Iced water

B．Hot water

C．Cold water

D．Warm milk

19. What does the last paragraph tell us?

A．Don’t hurt your stomach when you eat something

B．Eating comfortably can make you put on weight

C．Eating too much can make you feel comfortable.

D．Take care of your stomach while you are eating

Last week, 169 Junior One students at No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang took their first no teacher exam. After the teacher handed out the exam papers, he left the room and never came back. A student collected in the papers when the exam was over.
“That test was not only a test of knowledge, but also a test of morality（道德）. We wanted to show the students how important honesty（诚实）is,” said the school’s headmaster. Next year, it wants 80% of its exams to be without teachers. But students have different ideas.
“I was happy and excited during the exam because my teachers trusted（信任）me,” said a 15-year –old girl in Class 11.
“Schools must trust students a lot and do not use invigilators（监考人）in exams. But I think it is too early. Some students will cheat（作弊）if there are no invigilators. And the students will not be able to ask for help when they need,” said another student.
“I don’t like having invigilators in exams. When they walk around the classroom, they make me nervous. I would get higher marks without them in the room because I would feel more relaxed,” a third student said.
“I think it’s very important to have invigilators in exams. Many students want to check their answers with each other after they have finished papers. And invigilators can also keep the classroom in order when something unusual happens. They may make me nervous, but I still think we need them,” a girl student said.
No-teacher exams may be a good idea. But before using them, schools must tell students the importance of honesty and try to find ways to solve something unusual in exams.
20. Why did No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang hold a no – teacher exam?

A．Because the teachers were too busy with their work.

B．Because it wanted to show the students the importance of honesty.

C．Because the students didn’t need their teachers to invigilate.

D．Because the headmaster wanted to know who cheats in exams.

21. How many students don’t agree to no-teacher-exams mentioned in this passage?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

22. What does the underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refer to（指代）？

A．Students

B．Teachers

C．Invigilators

D．No-teacher exams

23. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．More students will cheat if there are no invigilators in exams.

B．No-teachers exams can make students honest and get good grades.

C．Most students are worried about having no invigilators in class exams.

D．Some students may feel relaxed if there are no invigilators in exams.

Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “ She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells in the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”
Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister（绕口令）. It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.
“Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers, Did Peter Piper pick a peck of picked peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers, where’s the peck of picked peppers Peter picked?”
Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability（能力）to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practicing them.
24. Tongue twisters are helpful in improving ________ skills.

A．listening

B．writing

C．pronunciation

D．communication

25. The first tongue twister is hard because _________.

A．it is very boring to read

B．it teaches us a lot of knowledge

C．we don’t know who “she” is

D．the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar

26. What does the “ability” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Pronouncing words faster and more correctly.

B．Pronouncing words faster

C．Knowing the meaning of words.

D．Picking out tongue twisters smoothly.

What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn（打哈欠）？You want to yawn, too! Yawning is _____.
Scientists have found that all people yawn. Babies start to yawn even before they are born. The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother. When young children are about one year old, they start to yawn when they see others yawning. That’s why scientists seem to think yawning is contagious.
It’s no secret that yawning is contagious, but why do we yawn? Well, scientists are not really sure.
Some think we yawn because we feel bored. Recently scientists studied two groups of students between the ages of 17 and 19. One group watched music videos, and the other watched a boring color test. Scientists compared the numbers of their yawns and found that the color test group yawned more times than the video group.
Another reason for yawning has to do with breathing. Some scientists believe that when we are bored or tired, we breathe more slowly. As our breathing slows down, we cannot get rid of （去除）enough carbon dioxide, our bodies will tell the brains（大脑）to breathe deeply. The result is a big yawn.
In 2007, scientists suggested a new reason. They said that the reason why people yawned was to cool down their brains. These scientists found that people who were warmer than others yawned more often.
Scientists are still trying to find out why yawning happens and why it is so contagious. But they are only sure that when one person yawns, almost everyone else nearby wants to yawn, too.
27. The underlined word “contagious” in Paragraph 1 means _________.

A．helpful to our health

B．passing from one person to another

C．hard to understand

D．getting into one trouble after another

28. According to the scientists, people start to yawn when they are _______.

A．born

B．one year old

C．17 or 19 years old

D．inside their mothers

29. Which of the following are the possible reasons for yawning according to the passage?
①People yawn because they are bored       
②People yawn to catch others’ attention
③People yawn to cool down their brains   
④People yawn to get rid of carbon dioxide.

A．①②③

B．②③④

C．①②④

D．①③④

30. We can probably read this passage in a ____________

A．storybook

B．travel guidebook

C．movie poster

D．science magazine

完成各小题。

A.   Choose to Be Happy B.   Do Something New C.   Look for the Opportunity D.   Learn from Losing

31. No one wins all of the time. Learn from the times that you lose. All great champions were once losers at some point. But, they learned. And they kept a positive attitude until they got better.                  
32. Your happiness is up to you. Many people forget this. Truly successful people choose happiness no matter what their present situations are.                
33. Chances lie in what you do every day. You do the same work. You eat the same foods. You wear the same clothes. Try a new way. Take a new path. Even talk to someone new.
34. Opportunity is everywhere. Even the worst of situations have opportunities. Seize the opportunity, and seize the time. That’s the secret of success.                  
35. The material above tells us the ways to                .

A．find a good job	B．live a positive life
C．protect the environment	D．keep us healthy

用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空

36. The traffic accident caused a fire __________, no one was killed.
37. It’s important to get at least eight ____________ of sleep every day.
38. Yesterday is my brother’s _______________ birthday.
39. Smoking is the second ___________ cause of death in the world.
40. There are about two ____________ students in our school.[

根据所给中文题示及句意完成短文。
I’m from a small village in the    41    （西部的）part of Zhejiang. It is a nice and    42    （安静的）place and it has a population of about 800. There are a lot of things to do, with a library, a park and a sports centre. It’s famous for the low mountains which are really    43    （美丽的）.
At the weekends, people from the big cities come here to relax     44    (他们自己). They go hiking, pick fruits and have a picnic. A great man     45    （名叫）FengKe was born here, so it’s also a good     46    （机会）to visit his old family house. Villages in the past were poor, but now they are living     47    （快乐的）. Some of the young men even have their cars and     48    （工厂）. People in my village are kind and friendly. They like     49    （聊天）with you and telling you some stories about the village. If you’re lucky enough, you will be     50    （邀请）to have meals with their family. I’m sure you’ll have a lot of fun!

51. 对于学校要求“在校学生必须穿校服”这项规定，同学们反响很大，议论纷纷。有人叫好，有人反对，以下是部分同学的意见，请你看完后，写一篇作文并发表自己的看法。

同意穿校服（60%）	1、少花钱在衣服上 2、对外表的关注减少，把精力更多地集中在学习上
同意穿自己的衣服（40%）	1、校服不好看，不能显示个性 2、校服质量不够好，不舒服
你的观点	……

要求：1、不少于100字。
2、所给内容必须全部用上，并合理发挥。
3、参考词汇
school uniform show off one’s personality quality（质量）
concentrate on（集中注意力在……上） care about
something fashionable
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