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WINTER VACATION RULES FOR YOU TO FOLLOW For Junior nine students: ● Be careful of the electricity while using electrical equipment, especially electric baking oven (电烤炉). ● Spend at least eight hours on your vacation homework. Instead of playing mobile phone or watching TV. Value the time. ● Write English diaries, especially the Spring Festival costumes. ● Practice running and rope-skipping (跳绳) every day. ● Don’t sleep late. ● Help with the housework once in a while. ● Don’t eat too much to put on much weight.

1. The rules are writing for ________ students.

A．Grade 8.

B．Grade 6.

C．Grade 7.

D．Grade 9.

2. How many rules should the students obey during the winter vacation?

A．Six.

B．Seven.

C．Eight.

D．Five.

3. How often do students need to help with housework?

A．Every day.

B．Sometimes.

C．Hardly ever.

D．Never

4. What are students expected to do during the vacation?

A．Study.

B．Exercise.

C．Do housework.

D．All.

2 . Our school is going to add different kinds of labor curriculums (劳动课程). The curriculums that will start next Wednesday can help you get some practical life skills.

	Enjoy a good meal. Do you want to be a great cook? If you are interested in cooking, here is a chance. You needn’t bring any materials to the classroom, because our school has prepared what you need. The only condition is that you should be free between 4:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m. every Thursday.
	Become a master in cleaning. Do you find it tiring and hard to do housework? Every Wednesday, a two-hour course will totally change the situation. You will learn some valuable skills that can help you do cleaning. Miss Rome, a master in cleaning, will wait for you at 3:00 p.m. every Wednesday.
	Plant your hope. This course is special because the teachers will show you knowledge out of classrooms. Students will plant flowers, vegetables and some trees with the teachers’ help. If the weather allows, you can take the course every day from March 20 to April 30.

1. How long does the course “Enjoy a good meal” last every week?

A．For 2 hours.

B．For 3 hours.

C．For 1 hour.

D．For half an hour.

2. What will you learn from Miss Rome?

A．The skills of some cleaning.	B．The skills of some cooking.
C．The skills of feeding animals.	D．The skills of planting flower.

3. Which course can you choose if you want to plant trees?

A．Experience farm life.	B．Plant your hope.
C．Become a master in cleaning.	D．Enjoy a good meal.

4. Who may the passage is written for ?

A．Leaders.

B．Teachers.

C．Farmers.

D．Students.

3 . 阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Once in a physics class, the teacher asked students, “Why do we have brakes（刹车）in our car?” After a few minutes of thought, students gave ________ answers. A student got up and replied, “Sir, to stop the car.” Another one said, “To reduce and control the ________ of the car.”

However, none of the ________ were the same as the teacher’s. Then he said, “I agree all of your answers. But in my opinion, the brakes in our cars make us be able to drive faster.” Listening to this, the whole class was silent ________ no one had imagined this answer. The teacher continued, “If our cars have no brakes, then how fast are we ready to drive our car? It is the brakes in our car that gives ________ courage to drive our car faster and reach our destination（目的地）safely.”

Similarly there are many such brakes in our life. They seem to ________ us. For example, our parents may ask us about our decisions in life. Their questions and advice may be considered as brakes that slow us down. But what will happen if we see them as our supporter that can ________ ourselves while we are taking risks? From time to time, we have to stop or even ________ so that we can take a big step.

In fact, we should be thankful for brakes in life. Without these brakes, we could lose ________ or get into danger. So we need to understand that brakes in our life don’t mean to push us back. Instead, they help us move forward ________ than before.

1.

A．famous

B．different

C．relaxed

D．dangerous

2.

A．sound

B．test

C．direction

D．speed

3.

A．answers

B．suggestions

C．questions

D．orders

4.

A．so

B．because

C．but

D．or

5.

A．you

B．him

C．us

D．them

6.

A．save

B．stop

C．forget

D．push

7.

A．find

B．plan

C．protect

D．report

8.

A．get off

B．grow up

C．run away

D．go back

9.

A．control

B．influence

C．weight

D．standard

10.

A．earlier

B．harder

C．worse

D．faster

5 . ①It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better-paid jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t.

②It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people. Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time at school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and maths need not be taught in detail（详细地）either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

③Education is well-rounded（全面的）and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of humans. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch good plays and take an interest in the world.

④I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.

1. The earliest education was probably to ________.

A．make a man lead a better life

B．teach a man to write and read

C．make people get a way of living

D．teach people to read good books

2. What’s the main idea of Para 3?

A．The advantages of education.	B．The process of education.
C．The ways of getting education.	D．The people for getting the education.

3. What’s the structure of the passage?

A．	B．
C．	D．

4. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Education can improve a man.

B．Making a living is the main reason of education.

C．Little educated people can find jobs easily.

D．People can get education in a short time.