- Do you think teachers are one of the most hard-working persons in the world?

- _____.

A. I agree with you B. It doesn’t matter

C. That’s OK D. It’s very kind of you

Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. ______ is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. Certainly, sometimes we need to be alone. We don't always want people ______. But we would feel lonely if we ______ had a friend.

No two people are just the same. Friends ______ don't get on well. That doesn't mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up (言歸于好) and become ______ again.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very ______. We miss them very much, but we can ______ them and write to them. And we can ______ new friends. It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.

There's more good news for people who have friends. They live ______ than people who don't. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. ______ happy helps you stay well. Or it could be much better that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.

1.A. It B. He C. There D. Someone

2.A. alone B. away C. all over D. around

3.A. ever B. never C. just D. really

4.A. always B. sometimes C. often D. usually

5.A. sisters B. cousins C. classmates D. friends

6.A. angry B. sad C. happy D. alone

7.A. call B. ask C. tell D. talk

8.A. look for B. find C. make D. know

9.A. longer B. shorter C. slower D. faster

10.A. Smelling B. Being C. Sounding D. Making

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of the present recession (經(jīng)濟衰退). A new study shows that losing your job can bring some health problems. It is bad for your heart, your blood pressure and so on.

Earlier studies have shown that health has something to do with job loss. But it was not sure whether job loss made health poor, or poor health led to job loss. The new study tried to discover the answer to this.

Kate Strully worked on the study while she was at the Harvard School of Public Health. Ms Strully is now a scientist at the State University of New York. She had some information about the income (收入) of some people.

She asked people all over the country some questions about their health and work. Ms Strully checked the information about more than eight thousand people. She collected the information, and then looked at their health some time later. She found out that 80% of people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs. But now they have a new health problem after losing their jobs.

1.According to the passage, a new study shows that ________.

A. poor health leads to job loss

B. job loss can bring some health problems

C. job loss has nothing to do with one's health

D. job loss can make people healthier than before

2.What kind of questions did Kate Strully ask?

A. Questions about people's health and work.

B. Questions about people's health and family.

C. Questions about people's work and pressure.

D. Questions about people's health and pressure.

3.If Kate Strully did the study among 10, 000 people, she would find out that ________ people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs.

A. 2, 000 B. 8, 000 C. 4, 000 D. 6, 000

4.What does the underlined word “l(fā)ed to” mean in Chinese?

A. 指揮 B. 通向 C. 帶領 D. 導致

5.What's the best title for the passage?

A. An Important Study

B. American Recession

C. Health Problems Among Americans

D. Health and Job Loss

Every year on my birthday since I was 11，a white gardenia （梔子花） was sent to my house．No card ever came with it．Calls to the flower shop were not helpful at all．After some time I stopped trying to find out the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful flower，in soft pink paper．

I couldn't stop imagining who the giver might be．Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming（幻想 ）about the sender．My mother encouraged these daydreams．She'd ask me if I had been especially kind to someone．Perhaps it was one of my classmates Perhaps it was the old man who I once helped．As a girl，I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met．

A month before my high school graduation（畢業(yè)），my father died．I was so sad that I became completely uninterested in my coming graduation dance，and I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not．My mother，in her own sadness，would not let me miss （過） any of those things．She wanted her children to feel loved．In fact，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia：lovely，strong and perfect．

My mother died ten years after I was married．That was the year the gardenia stopped coming．

1.The writer received on her birthday since she was 11．

A. a white gardenia

B. a card

C. a card and soft pink paper

D. a gardenia and a card

2.The writer was very when she was imagining who sent the flower．

A. happy B. sad

C. worried D. nervous

3.It can be inferred （椎斷） from the passage that ．

A. the writer didn't get a new dress for the dance

B. the writer probably joined in the graduation dance

C. the writer's father died ten years earlier than her mother

D. the writer's father received a gardenia on each of his birthdays

4.The writer got the gardenias from on her birthdays．

A. her classmate B. the old man C. the boy D. her mother

5.The passage mainly talks about ．

A. what a gardenia meant

B. what a girl dreamed about

C. how a mother loved her children

D. how a daughter missed her father．

You are visiting the Big Ben in England, but the next second you are in France. Then, suddenly you may see some animals that have disappeared. But you are not in a wonderland. This is what might happen to you in the near future, with the help of VR (虛擬現(xiàn)實) technology.

VR is a computer technology that creates an environment and allows users to see and even interact (互動) with it. Just wear a pair of VR goggles (護目鏡) connected to your computer and you can experience a lot of things without stepping out of your room.

“The most attractive part of VR is that it offers an immersive experience. You become a part of the story. That's why VR movies are popular among users.” said Wang Bing, leader of the Chinese entertainment company Funshow.

According to the Report on Chinese VR Users' Behavior announced last month, over 960, 000 people in China have bought VR products and 83.2% of them have watched VR movies.

The use of VR is not only used in entertainment. VR can help to train pilots (飛行員) and workers before they have to actually risk their lives in highly dangerous working environments. VR also helps to treat patients with acrophobia (恐高癥) by making them think they are standing on top of a tall building.

__________. Users said they had headaches and felt sick while wearing VR goggles.

According to Wang Huit, leader of a VR research company in Beijing, it could take a while for VR to really take over the world.

1.How do VR goggles work?

A. By interacting with the users.

B. By stepping out of the room.

C. By connecting them to the telephone.

D. By connecting them to the computer.

2.What's the meaning of the underlined word “immersive” in the third paragraph?

A. 莫名其妙的 B. 身臨其境的

C. 感人至深的 D. 有教育意義的

3.How many Chinese have watched VR movies according to the passage?

A. About 160，000. B. About 700，000.

C. About 800，000. D. About 960，000.

4.Which of the following can be put in the blank of Paragraph 6?

A. Also, people in China enjoy VR technology.

B. VR technology can be also used in the hospital.

C. However, VR technology is still far from perfect.

D. VR technology is so wonderful that we need it.

5.What's the best title for this passage?

A. Seeing Future for VR

B. VR-a Kind of New Technology

C. The Use of VR Goggles

D. A Report on Chinese VR Users' Behavior

Li Lei: hey, Bruce. I’m going home this weekend.

Bruce: 1.

Li Lei: To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Bruce: 2.

Li Lei: It is an important time for family.

Bruce: 3.

Li Lei: We’ll have dinner together, watch the moon and eat mooncakes.

Bruce: Mooncakes? Are they delicious?

Li Lei: Yes. 4. We can celebrate it together.

Bruce: 5. Thank you!

Li Lei: You are welcome.

A.Well done!

B.For what?

C.That’s great.

D.What kind of festival is it?

E.I have never tasted them

F.How will you celebrate it?

G. Would you like to go with me?

根據(jù)所給中文意思完成句子。（每空限填一詞）

1.政府正在建造自然公園，也在制定其他計劃.

The government is setting up ______________ ______________ and developing other plans.

2.在我下面，地面突然向下傾斜，并且延伸到河流。

Far below me, the ground ______________ ______________ and down to a river.

3.抱歉，但那是我的最終決定。

I'm sorry, but that's my ______________ ______________.

4.在她下落的時候，她在想她的貓，Dinah。

While she was falling, she was______________ ______________ her cat, Dinah.

5.他們把大明扶起來, 讓他坐在了椅子上。

They ___________ him ___________and sat him on a chair.

Every year animals all around the world take part in some wonderful journeys. Here are the stories of two amazing animal travelers.

Humpback whales (座 頭 鯨 ) prefer a slow journey. The humpbacks, which travel over 10,000 kilometers on their journey from Alaska to Hawaii, swim at a relaxing speed of about 1.6 kilometers an hour. Although they don’t swim fast, humpback whales travel farther than any other kinds of whale.

Every August a fantastic sight can be seen in the skies above Ontario and Montreal - millions of amazing Monarch butterflies (帝王蝶) beginning their 4,000-kilometer journey from Canada to Central Mexico. In fact, the journey, which takes about 3 months, is longer than the average (平均的) life of the butterfly. Finally many of the butterflies reaching their final place are the great grandchildren or even the great great grandchildren of the butterflies who began the journey in Mexico the year before.

Humpback whales swim at a speed of 1. an hour from Alaska to Hawaii. They travel slowly but 2. than any other kinds of whale. Monarch butterflies spend 3.flying from Canada to Central Mexico. It lasts longer than their average life. The ones which arrive at the final place are 4.or even the great great grandchildren.

The passage is mainly about 5..

根據(jù)短文內容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞，使短文意思完整。

When you have dinner, you follow table manners（社交禮儀）. When you have a l1., you obey the rules in the classroom. But have you ever thought about needing to m2. your manners in the digital (數(shù)碼的) world when you use phones, e?mails and social media（社交媒體）, like QQ, WeChat, etc?

A new research by Oxford University noted, “It's just important to treat people with respect online as it is in real life.” The study came up with some rules of good manners to live by in the digital age. Their first a3.is not “over?sharing” on social media, which means not posting every detail about your life online, because some of us are not creative e4. to always show off our thoughts and lives on social media. The manners also i5. not looking through others' phones and not gossiping (說閑話) about others over messages, e6.when you choose “reply all” to send a message to a group of people.

Although gossip is not h7. chat that can make conversations exciting, it can also be a way to spread something untrue about other people. Gossip can be even stronger on social media than in real life, so it's b8. not to gossip.

Besides, when you have bad news for someone, do not leave text messages on social media, chat with him or her by c9. or sending personal messages.

Nowadays technology has o10. us different ways to contact others. It is important to remember how to behave（表現(xiàn)；舉止端莊）toward others online.

根據(jù)聯(lián)合國教科文組織的統(tǒng)計顯示，北歐國家國民每年讀書24本左右,美國人年均閱讀7 本書，.韓國人11本書，日本、法國國民每年讀書數(shù)量為8.4本左右，而中國國民人均讀書數(shù)量低于5本。你的閱讀量是多少？作為一名中學生，你應該怎么做？請根據(jù)下列表格中所給要點，寫一篇英語短文。

要求:1.文中必須包含表格中的所有要點,可適當發(fā)揮；

2.條理淸晰,字跡工整，詞數(shù)不少于80；

3.文中不得出現(xiàn)真實人名和校名等相關信息：

4.開頭和結尾部已給出,不計入總詞數(shù)。

參考詞匯:身心健康：mental and physical health 

Nowadays,reading is becoming more and more popular among us._____________________

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Let’s be active readers and enjoy reading.