Molly Boylan is one of the most successful business women in Canada after setting up her cosmetic(化妝品)company Blazes in 1992. Though she is very successful， she says that she finds it harder every year to balance her business with her family life. She sometimes feels that her two children

know more about their baby-sitter than they do about her.

Molly employs(雇傭)around eighty people in her factory and warehouse， and ten others in her two new fashion stores， but her newest employee is the most important one for her. After years of worrying about her business more than her family， she has decided to make Sally Pamonte new general manager in her company. Molly will still be involved in decision-making， and she’s going to stay in touch with the people who work for her， but Sally is going to look after day- to-day running of the business so that Molly can spend more time with kids.

The new arrangement is going to start on Monday， and both of them are already excited about it. Sally says， “I’m very nervous， actually， but I’m sure Molly will help me a lot in the early days， even though I hope she feels she can trust me not to make too many mistakes.”

Molly， on the other hand， seems quite relaxed about the whole thing. “I know that Sally’s going to be a very nice manager.” she says， “She’s only been here a couple of days and she’s already shown me how to work out a few problems we were having. The best thing though is that I feel a hundred times happier than I’ve been in years. I mean， I honestly can’t remember the last time I felt as relaxed as this， and my kids are really excited about my being at home more. To be honest， I wish I had made this decision years ago.”

1.The passage is mainly about ____________.

A. Molly and her children

B. Molly finding a new manager

C. the baby-sitter and the kids

D. Molly making a chance about her business.

2.The underlined phase “be involved in” in the passage probably means __________.

A. be interested in B. take part in

C. be nervous about D. learn about

3.Sally seems to be a good manager because _____________.

A. she has set up a new Blazes

B. she keeps in close touch with the workers

C. she has been able to solve a few problems

D. she has been working for the company since 1992

4.According to this passage， Molly ____________________.

A. will not run her business any more

B. seems satisfied with the new arrangement

C. was not pleased with the baby-sitter

D. was successful both in her business and her family.

5.The best thing for Molly now is that________________.

A. she has more than eighty people working for her

B. her kids know more about the baby-sitter

C. she can have more time to be with her kids.

D. she has got a new general manager in her company.

Is there intelligent life on other planets? For years， scientists said “no” or “We don’t know.” But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers. They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings.

Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. “This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life，” say Shostak and Barnet. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “Tools like the Hubble telescope（哈勃望遠鏡）have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies，” says Shostak. “And our galaxy， the Milk Way， has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth.”

In the past， it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now， powerful telescopes(高倍望遠鏡) allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not，” says Shostak. “It’s a long way away. However， intelligent beings may contact us in other way， such as radio signs. In fact， they may be trying to communicate with us now， but we don’t have the right tools to receive their messages. However， this is changing. By 2025， we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.”

1.Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _______________.

A. astronomers. B. farmers C. singers D. drivers

2.What is the best title for Paragraph Two?

A. The Age and Size of Earth

B. Our Galaxy： The Milk Way

C. Why Intelligent Life Might Exist

D. Earth： The Only Planet With Intelligent Life

3.Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?

A. There were not any smaller planets.

B. There were not any powerful telescopes.

C. The astronomers were not interested in them.

D. The Milk Way didn’t exist at that time.

4.Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?

A. They are afraid of us.

B. It’s a long way away.

C. They don’t want to see us.

D. They don’t know how to use radio signs.

5.What does the underlined phrase “l(fā)ife forms” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Messages. B. Tools.

C. Intelligent beings. D. Radio signs.

閱讀表達。閱讀下面的短文，根據內容回答問題。

My father used to work in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would come back help to harvest(收割) rice every year.

One autumn， he promised to help our neighbor， who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999， to harvest his rice. After Father harvested our own， his little rice picker broke. What’s worse， he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital. It meant that Father wouldn’t be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help out the neighbor.

Father told us that he wouldn’t let the neighbor’s rice rot( 糜爛) in the field. He decided to harvest it by hand without a machine. “If tonight’s weather is clear， I think I can do it.” added my father. In fact， he was rather tired after a day’s harvest work.

After dinner， Father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A full moon was glowing (發(fā)光) in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night keeping his word.

I would never forget the image(畫面)：Father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him， row after row of rice stocks(秸稈) stood at attention， showing respect for a man who kept his word.

1.Where did Father use to work ? (No more than 5 words)

_____________________________________

2.What happened to the neighbor in 1999? (No more than 8 words)

_____________________________________

3.Why was Father required to return to work? (No more than 7 words)

______________________________________

4.How did Father help the neighbor harvest rice in the field? (No more than 5 words)

________________________________________

5.How long did Father spend in harvesting the neighbor’s rice?

__________________________________ (No more than 5 words)

任務型閱讀，閱讀下列短文，根據短文內容填寫表格。(每空限填一詞)

Maybe there is no better time for us to think about the steps our family can take to protect the environment. In fact， in our daily life， there are many kinds of easy ways we can think of to save money and protect the environment.

Make our houses more airtight (密封的). If so， it will stop temperature loss and keep the houses warm in winter.

Buy newer fridges and air conditioners (空調)， especially when the old ones are more than five years old. New ones can save twice as much energy as old ones.

Change bulbs. LED light bulbs can give brighter light with less energy and can be used for a longer time.

Clothes can be washed clean in cold water with today’s detergents (洗滌劑). Using hot water takes five times the energy and produces five times the carbon (碳).

If we all take action to save energy and reduce consumption (消耗) in our daily life， it will not only save money but also help protect the environment.

根據括號內所給提示填空（每空限填一詞）

1.Marry ____________(拒絕) to do the work， so he let John to do it instead.

2.How (疲勞) the hiking is! I can’t walk any farther.

3.In order to live longer， we should eat much (健康) food.

4.People think that Hepburn’s achievements went __________ (超出) the film industry.

5.Who do you think is the __ (嚴格)with you among your teachers?

用括號中所給詞的適當形式填空（每空不限詞數）

1.Neither his sisters nor Jim (do) their homework when their father got home.

2.Don’t take the magazines away. They are for that (science).

3.Bill， can you finish all the exercises if you (give) ten more minutes?

4.Though the films (it) were interesting， I fell asleep because I was too tired.

5.He (not hand) in his homework over the past few weeks.

短文填空 。

Many people have lamented(惋惜) the lost art of reading in our modern world， but few have actually tried to do anything about it. But 1.w_______ or not you think people aren’t reading long-form material as much as they used to， you can 2.p_______ still get excited about free reading material.

Two men in a company in France put 8 machines that 3.o______ short stories to people in public places. They hope that people will make use of these stories to open their minds 4.w______ waiting around， 5.i_______ of looking through news， information or wechat on their mobile phones. Stories are provided according to how much 6.t_______ people have got to spend reading (one-， three-， and five-minute stories are available)， and the stories are 7.p________ out on long receipt(收據)- like paper.

“The8. i______ came to us in front of a vending machine(自動售貨機) selling chocolate bars and drinks，” the two men told the reporter. “We said to 9.o_______ that we could do the same thing with good quality popular literature so10. t_______ people could spend their short time when they are waiting or passing by.

書面表達。

養(yǎng)成良好的習慣對于我們的初中學習生活有很大的幫助。請根據提示用英語寫一篇短文。

良好的學習習慣：1課前：預習；找出困難之處。

2課上：聽講；-------。

3課后：復習所學內容

良好的生活習慣：1作息：早睡早起。

2飲食：多吃水果蔬菜。

3鍛煉------

你的感受：

1幫助我們更好地學習知識，提高技能。

2使我們學會自我控制。

3請結合自身認識，至少發(fā)揮一點。

注意：1文中必須包含所有要點；

2詞數100詞左右。文章開頭已經寫好，不計入總詞數。

3 文中請勿提及真實校名及姓名。

A good habit， a successful school life

A habit is something that you do often or regularly almost without thinking， especially something that is hard to stop doing.

--- It’s reported that Chinese more than 40 minutes a day reading WeChat（微信）.

--- It’s true. But I think WeChat is taking too much of our time.

A．spend B．cost C．pay D．Take

--- The passenger ship Eastern Star capsized（傾覆）in the Yangtze River on the evening of June 1st.

--- bad news! Can we do something to help with the rescue（救援）？

A．What a B．What C．How a D．How