1. My sister likes ball games. ________ favourite one is basketball.

A．Her

B．His

C．My

D．Your

2. We will have a meeting at Beijing Hotel _______ the morning of April 1st.

A．in

B．on

C．from

D．at

3. Look out before you cross the street, _______ a car may hit you.

A．but

B．so

C．and

D．or

4. —Who is ________ girl in your class?   —Jane.

A．taller

B．tallest

C．tall

D．the tallest

5. 一      is the bridge?
一Nearly 1 kilometer.

A．How many

B．How much

C．How long

D．How often

6. —May I go out to play basketball, Dad?     
—No, you _______. You must finish your homework first.

A．mustn’t

B．may not

C．couldn’t

D．needn’t

7. —Jim, how about going to see the movie Titanic?   —Well, I _______ it already.

A．saw

B．have seen

C．see

D．will see

8. —May I speak to Mr. Brown?
—I am sorry. He _______ an important meeting in his office at the moment.

A．has

B．had

C．is having

D．will have

9. You should tell him the truth as soon as he ________ back.

A．will come

B．comes

C．has come

D．came

10. My mother ______ when I got home.

A．cooks

B．is cooking

C．was cooking

D．cook

11. —Did you go to Betty’s birthday party?   —No, I_______ at all.

A．didn’t invite

B．haven’t invited

C．am not invited

D．wasn’t invited

12. —Could you tell me ________ tomorrow?   
—By bus.

A．how did you go to the museum	B．how you will go to the museum
C．how will you go to the museum	D．how you went to the museum

Grandfather was a wise man. No matter how badly-behaved I had been, I could tell Grandpa anything and my secrets were ________. He loved me and would never give them away.

I remember a time when a bunch of us were playing baseball behind Mrs. Ferguson’s house. I hit one pitch just right and …slam! It ended up breaking Mrs. Ferguson’s kitchen window! We all ran!

After I got home, I told Grandpa about it. He knew we had been ________ many times about the dangers of playing where we shouldn’t. But he just listened.

“I was wrong,” I told him, with my head down. “I hate myself for what I did. Is there a way out?”

“Well,” he said, “Mrs. Ferguson has a problem, just like you. If she knew you ________ and you were afraid of her, she would be sad. I’ll bet she wishes you would give her a chance to be ________. It’s your decision. Are you planning to pretend nothing happened? Just keep quiet and hide what you’re not proud of?”

“I don’t know,” I sighed. “Things might get worse…”

“Let’s think it through,” he said finally. “If you were Mrs. Ferguson, what would you do?” I didn’t know what she might do. I had been afraid that Mrs. Ferguson would stay mad at me, so I ran. On the way home I imagined that she was a mean witch chasing me.

“Well,” I said, taking a deep breath, “One solution is to tell Mrs. Ferguson I’m sorry and offer to fix her window.”

“If you call her,” asked Grandpa, “What’s the worst that can happen?” I had to think for a moment. I realized that even if she did not accept my apology, it could not be any worse than seeing the ________ on Mom and Dad’s faces.

Grandpa smiled when he knew I had figured it out.

“Doing what’s right is not always easy,” he said, handing me the phone. “I’m proud of you.” Grandpa did not make me do it. It was always my ________. As it turned out, Mrs. Ferguson was very kind and we even became really close friends.

“Admitting what you’re not proud of is the hardest thing of all,” said Grandpa. “Choosing to be honest makes others ________ you and respect you.”

Grandpa passed away a year ago and I miss him so much. He gave me the tools to fix many problems and most of all he showed me I was ________.

13.

A．safe

B．open

C．little

D．special

14.

A．asked

B．questioned

C．warned

D．troubled

15.

A．finished

B．cared

C．stopped

D．changed

16.

A．outgoing

B．confident

C．polite

D．understanding

17.

A．surprise

B．tiredness

C．fear

D．disappointment

18.

A．duty

B．choice

C．dream

D．problem

19.

A．follow

B．reward

C．trust

D．remember

20.

A．friendly

B．brave

C．active

D．modest

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SpeakingPal

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21. In SpeakingPal, you can chat with _______.

A．native English speakers	B．personal computers
C．happy readers	D．new smart phones

22. If writing is difficult for you, you'd better use ________.

A．SpeakingPal	B．Spell Checker
C．Learn English Video	D．Kobo Reading

23. Learn English Video can improve your _________.

A．speaking skills	B．writing skills
C．listening skills	D．reading skills

Matt and Allie were waiting in the line to sign up （报名） for the High Flyer Competition. They carried their design and they couldn't wait to start building the kite. The line was long and filled with kids of all ages. Two teenagers stood in front of them. Matt looked at their designs and his eyes widened. “their kites are a lot better than ours. Look! This kite looks like an airplane, and that one looks like a spaceship, but our kite is a boring diamond （菱形）!”

“What if we give it a cool-looking tail?” Allie suggested. They cheered up a little and worked together on their kite all the weekend. To make the kite look better, they added tail with beads（珠子） and tiny mirrors.

On the day of the compotition, Allie and Matt carried their kite to the starting place between the spaceship and the airplane. The rules were simple. The kite that flew the highest for the longest time won.

Round One began. Allie held the string（线）while Matt ran down the field with the kite. He lifted it in the air. The kite shook and fell to the ground. Round One was over for them.

Matt ran back to Allie. “It's the tail. The beads and mirrors are weighing it down. But they're so pretty,”

Allie said. “Do you want pretty or do you want to win?” Matt asked. Allie nodded. Matt pulled off the beads and mirrors. He finished just in time for the start of Round Two. As he ran with the kite, he could feel the wind picking it up. He let it go and ran back to help Allie. They let out the string as far as it would go, right past the spaceship and the airplane. Their kite flew the highest for the longest time.

“I guess looks don't mean a thing in kite flying,” Allie said.

“Yeah.” Matt said, “I certainly agree with you. Simple is best.”

24. To make the kite look better, Matt and Allie ______.

A．added a tail

B．cut a part

C．drew a plane

D．painted it red

25. In Round Two, Matt and Allie's kite ______.

A．fell behind the other kites	B．was too heavy to fly away
C．flew the highest for the longest time.	D．shook and fell to the ground

26. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Matt and Allie were waiting in the line to sign up for competition.

B．Matt and Allie failed in Round One.

C．After Round One, Matt and Allie added a cool-looking tail to the kite.

D．Matt and Allie agreed that simple was best.

Looking at art should be like walking in the countryside. You may not know exactly where you are, what bird is making that strange sound, or what the hill ahead of you is called, but that’s part of the fun of it. You don’t need to know these things to feel the beauty of nature.

Of course, if you do know your birds, trees and local history, a walk can be more attractive. Yet such knowledge comes slowly. It is picked up through experience. A true knowledge of nature cannot just be given to you through an app on your phone. Imagine pointing your phone at the hill and getting plenty of information on screen. Would that enrich your dreamy walk or ruin it?

Braggarts (吹嘘者) enjoy an app that allows them to show off their knowledge, for example, about baroque (巴洛克风格的) paintings. In fact, apps in museums try to provide on-screen art history at once just to encourage people to read their phones instead of looking at paintings.

It is a mistaken idea that you need to be spoon-fed (灌输) amazing facts about a work of art in order to appreciate it. Our first experience of a work of art should be raw (自然状态的), unguided, and a bit puzzling, like following a path in the woods. Later, you might choose to do some personal research into the work. It can further increase your enjoyment and appreciation for it. Yet it is best done when you’re away from the art itself, so that even when you return, the work still feels fresh.

Anyone who thinks knowing some dates and details makes you better understand a work of art is wrong. We all need to put aside our screens and our supposed knowledge when we look at art. Let the paintings flow in; let your intuitions (直觉) fly off. Art is a journey in the wilderness or it is nothing at all.

27. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．How to appreciate a work of art.

B．How to do personal research into a work of art.

C．How to keep your feelings about a work of art fresh.

D．How to be spoon-fed amazing facts about a work of art.

28. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A．Because of apps, art will be ruined in the future.

B．A good piece of art is usually made about nature.

C．Research work and intuitions can both help understand art.

D．Museums are not supposed to allow the use of mobile phones.

29. What does the writer mainly want to say?

A．Art is best with the help of apps.

B．Art is best when hidden in mystery.

C．Art is nothing compared with nature.

D．Art is nothing when details and facts are known.

"You expect your friends to see you in a positive manner, but they also are observers of the personalities that could cause you an early death," said Joshua Jackson, an assistant professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences.

Published in the journal Psychological Science, the study shows that your personality at an early age can predict how long you will live across 75 years and that close friends are usually better than you at recognizing these traits. “Our study shows that people are able to observe and evaluate（评价）a friend's personality exactly enough to predict early death years down the road,” Jackson said. “It suggests that people are able to see important characteristics related to health even when their friends were, for the most part, healthy and many years from death."

While other studies have shown that a person's view of his or her own personality can be helpful in evaluating death risks, there has been little research on whether a close friend's personality evaluation might also predict the chances of a long life.

To explore this question, Jackson and colleagues analyzed data（数据）from a longitudinal(纵向的) study that in the 1930s began following a group of young people in their mid-20s.The study included wide-ranging data on participant（参与者）personalities, both self-reported and as reported by close friends.

Using information from follow-up studies and searches of death certificates, Jackson and colleagues were able to record dates of death for all but a few study participants. Peer evaluations of personality were stronger predictors of death risks than were self-evaluations of personality.

"There are two possible reasons for the advantage of peer evaluations over self-evaluations, “Jackson said. “first, friends may see something that you miss; they may have some insight that you do not. Second, because people have several friends, we are able to average the characteristics of any one friend to get a more trustworthy evaluation of personality. With self-reports, people may miss certain sides of themselves and we are not able to counteract（抵抗）that because there is only one you, only one self-report."

The study also shows some gender differences in self-evaluation: Men's self-evaluations of personality were somewhat useful in predicting their lifespans（寿命）, whereas the self-reports of women had little predictive value.

"This is one of the longest studies in psychology, “Jackson said. “It shows how important personality is in influencing important life outcomes like health, and that information from friends can play a critical role in understanding a person's health issues.

30. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．People's health is related to their friends.

B．Friends can predict lifespans better than us.

C．An early personality evaluation helps us live longer.

D．The study shows most people can live across 75 years.

31. The underlined word "insight" in Paragraph 6 probably means______.

A．advice

B．influence

C．imagination

D．understanding

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

A．People with more close friends have better personalities.

B．Self-evaluations have advantages over peer evaluations.

C．Men predict their lifespans more exactly than women.

D．The findings are based on participants' disease data.

33. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Friends' personality evaluations can help recognize health risks.

B．Best friends play an important role in treating certain diseases.

C．Psychology studies may influence personality development.

D．Personality has little important effect on people's health.

Sometimes we throw apple remains into forests, hoping small animals around may find them. But what if they are never noticed? People believe they would rot (腐烂) one day, so it doesn't matter. Is that true?

Sure they will. But it won't happen overnight.

Marjorie Woodruff, who works in the Grand Canyon, set up a small experiment. She put a banana peel, orange peels in a box, wide enough to allow small animals to go in and out. After six months, the orange peels had dried out, the banana had turned black. Nothing had been eaten or had rotted.

She buried the same things in sand and soil and six months later everything could still be seen.

In fact, it takes two months for apple remains to rot and an orange peel can take up to one year.

“Do we eat orange peels? We do not. So why would a squirrel eat?” Woodruff writes in High Country News. “The animals do just fine on nuts and berries. They do not need us. ”

There’s another point to think about.

When animals start to get food from people, they may stop looking for their own food in nature. This is dangerous because it may weaken their hunting ability.

Food waste also attracts animals to areas where there are a lot of people, says the Leave No Trace organization. This may put their life in danger as they may get used to looking for food alongside busy roads. Many of them are too small to be noticed by drivers.

When you're throwing fruit remains, you may be fined (罚款). Fines are different. Some states might only fine people $100, but a few states fine people more than $6,000 for the first time.

34. Where does Marjorie Woodruff work?
_____________________________________________________
35. How long does it take for apple remains to rot?
_____________________________________________________
36. Which animal is mentioned in Woodruff’s writing?
_____________________________________________________
37. How much might you be fined at least if you throw fruit remains?
_____________________________________________________
38. Why is it dangerous for the animals to get food from people?
_____________________________________________________

39. 6月6日是全国“爱眼日”，校报即将开设“爱眼日”专栏。假如你是李华，请你写一封倡议书，谈谈为什么要保护眼睛以及保护眼睛的措施。

提示词语：windows, short-sighted(近视的), eye exercises, vegetables
提示问题：1. Why should we protect our eyes?
                 2. What can we do to protect our eyes?
Dear teachers and schoolmates,
It’s widely known that eyes are very important to us._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

40. 作为一名初三毕业生，你有没有想过自己要成为什么样的人。成为无私的人？成为勇敢的人？成为有责任心的人？现在，某英文报纸正在开展以“我要成为一个____的人”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿。谈谈你要成为一个什么样的人，为什么以及你怎么做才能成为那样的人。

提示词语：brave/honest/positive, help, love, believe
提示问题：1. What kind of person do you want to be?

2. Why do you want to be like that?

3. How can you make it?

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