Zhalong is a nature reserve in Heilongjiang in north-east China. It is one of the world’s most important wetlands. The reserve covers an area of 210,000 hectares. The area provides food and shelter for wildlife. It is an ideal home for different kinds of plants, fish and birds.
Many birds live comfortably in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round, while some only stay there for a short time. There are many fish in the wetlands, and the birds can easily catch them for food. Zhalong has long been called “the home of the crane”. There are 15 crane species (物种) in the world. 8 of them are in China and there are 6 species in Zhalong area. It is an important living area for the rare red-crowned cranes. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world. Every spring and summer, red-crowned cranes lay and hatch (孵化) their eggs in Zhalong.
Some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife. More and more birds are in danger because they do not have enough living space. Many of them died. The Chinese government wants to protect these endangered birds, and they can be safe in Zhalong.
Every year, a lot of tourists go to Zhalong to watch birds. This year, members of our Bird-watching Club are going to study the different kinds of birds in Zhalong and the changes in their numbers. The study begins next month.
We _______ once a year. We are now inviting secondary school students to help. We need more people to help us count and do something to help the birds.
Many people do not understand the importance of the wetlands. We hope this information will help them understand and make them actively take action to protect wildlife. What does the underlined word “ideal” mean?
| A．Perfect. | B．Dangerous. | C．Crowded. | D．Expensive. |
What can we learn from the second paragraph?
| A．All birds stay in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round. |
| B．There are eight species of red-crowned cranes in Zhalong. |
| C．The number of the world’s red-crowned cranes is small. |
| D．Every winter red-crowned cranes hatch eggs in Zhalong. |
Which of the following can we choose for the blank (空白) in the fifth paragraph?
| A．go birdwatching | B．do a bird count | C．go bird-hunting | D．hold a bird show |
The purpose of the article is to _______.
| A．attract more visitors to pay a visit to Zhalong Nature Reserve |
| B．ask people to take action to protect wetlands and wildlife |
| C．prevent people from watching birds in Zhalong Nature Reserve |
| D．make people around the world know the Birdwatchting Club |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have just opened a small restaurant. They want people to come to the restaurant to eat, so they put a sign in front of it, which said: "Meals on the house for three days."
A foreign student who didn't know much English passed by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt hungry. "Well, here is a restaurant. I'm going to have something to eat," he said.
He saw the sign when he walked towards the restaurant. "American people are really strange. They even eat on the house! But how can I get onto the top of the house?" he asked himself
He looked around and found a ladder(梯子)against a tree nearby. He was very pleased. But as he got up to the top, he heard someone shouting at him: "Hey, what are you doing up there?" Mr. Smith was looking at him angrily. Beside him was a policeman.
“Doesn't your sign say 'Meals on the house for three days'? Is it just a joke?" the foreign student answered.
On hearing this, both Mr Smith and the policeman laughed. "Do you know what '60n the house" means? Look it up in your dictionary."
Do you know the meaning of "on the house"?
| A．a meal | B．a sign | C．a basket | D．some flowers |
| A．lunch | B．breakfast | C．dinner | D．dessert |
| A．against the house | B．in the house | C．against the tree | D．in the tree |
| A．there was someone shouting at him |
| B．the student called the police |
| C．the student took away his ladder |
| D．someone was climbing to the top of his house |
| A．people can't afford the meal |
| B．the restaurant pays for the meal |
| C．the meal is quite delicious |
| D．people eat the meal on the house |
九年级体育中考即将到来，学生Tom, Jenny, Mary, Sally和Jack在体育方面有着各自不同的问题，请为他们选择合适的建议，将序号（A-E）填入第1~5题的空格中。
Do you know how important it is to have breakfast? A study of 2,000 teenagers in the US showed that eating breakfast daily is helpful to young people.
According to the study, teenagers who eat breakfast weigh around 5 pounds less than teenagers who do not. Although they take in more calories (卡路里) in the morning, they are more active during the day because they have more energy. This means they burn more calories than non-breakfast eaters. The breakfast does not even have to be very healthy, as eating anything is better than nothing.
The study also showed that eating breakfast keeps teenagers feeling full for longer, so they will not eat too many snacks (零食) later in the day. This is good news as most popular snacks, like sweets and potato chips, are usually unhealthy and full of calories.
Another big advantage of eating breakfast is that it helps teenagers do better at school.This is because it gives them more energy to keep their attention in class.
What's more, a study in the UK showed that adults (成年人) who eat breakfast daily put on less weight and also perform better at work.
Whatever your age is, take time to have breakfast every day.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means that _________.
| A．teenagers should eat something for breakfast |
| B．breakfast helps teenagers do better at school |
| C．breakfast must be healthy with lots of calories |
| D．the energy makes teenagers active the whole day |
Having breakfast daily makes the teenagers _________.
| A．eat fewer snacks | B．pat on more weight |
| C．relax themselves | D．burn less calories |
The passage is mainly about _________.
| A．the importance of snacks | B．how the adults perform at work |
| C．the advantages of having breakfast | D．losing weight without breakfast |
We can probably read this passage in a (an) _________.
| A．story book | B．health magazine |
| C．movie poster | D．instruction book |
Writing a good story is not an easy task. What’s the secret? Mo Yan, last year’s Nobel Prize winner in literature, believes his success comes from a large amount of reading.
Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province. He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits and foxes. Those stories later became the inspiration(灵感) for Mo’s writing.
Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields.
Although he was tired after his daily hard work, Mo was always hungry for books. However, there were very few in the village. He read his older brother’s textbooks and even dictionaries. He helped others with farm work in exchange for books.
“When I finished reading all the books around, I thought I was the most knowledgeable man in the world,” he told Xinhua.
After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976, he began to read widely, including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers. He studied from these writers but did not copy them. Instead, he developed his own style. As the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award. “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture. It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen. This has affected, even decided, my style.”Mo Yan is from .
| A．Shandong | B．Shanxi | C．Jiangsu | D．Guangdong |
Mo Yan developed his own style .
| A．while listening to folk stories about gods, spirits and foxes. |
| B．during his daily hard work in the fields. |
| C．after he studied from many famous writers |
| D．when he won the Nobel Prize in literature |
Which of the following is wrong?
| A．Mo Yan left school when he was very young. |
| B．Mo Yan read many books when he was very young. |
| C．Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world. |
| D．Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature. |
What can we learn from Mo Yan’s success?
| A．Easier said than done. | B．Rome was not built in a day. |
| C．Well begun, half done. | D．The older, the wiser. |
Singapore: A Fine City
Singapore welcomes tourists. When you come to visit Singapore, please keep the laws of this country. Here are some points that you must remember.
SMOKING: Cigarette smoking is a danger to health. It is not allowed in lifts, cinemas, theaters, all government offices and on buses. If you break it, you have to pay fines of up to $ 1,000.
LITTER: Singapore is the Garden City of Asia---clean and green. Dropping litter in public places is not allowed. You can be fined up to $ 500 for dropping litter ---even if it only a piece of waste paper or a cigarette end.
EATING OR DRINKING: In Singapore, when you take a subway or a bus, you are not supposed to eat or drink anything, or you'll be fined up to $ 500.
RIDING: When you ride a bike across an underpass(地下通道), please push your bike across the underpass, or you have to pay $ 1,000 for riding your bike.
JAYWALKING*: You must always use the pedestrian(步行者, 徒步的)crossing. You can be fined $ 50 for crossing the street less than 50 meters from a crossing. These laws are also for children who are old enough to be in the street on their own. The underlined word "fine" in the passage means ________.
| A．好 | B．罚款 | C．晴朗 | D．健康 |
When you come to visit Singapore，you should remember to ___________.
| A．go shopping | B．keep the law of this country |
| C．go sightseeing | D．visit some fantastic sights |
Singapore is a city with _________ according to the passage.
| A．cigarettes | B．green plants | C．litter | D．bikes |
What will happen if you drop a piece of waste paper in Singapore?
| A．You have to pick it up. |
| B．You have to sweep the street. |
| C．You will be fined up to $500. |
| D．You will be told not to do it again. |