One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.
1.” What’s the matter?” “I went to a party last night, so I…”
2.”I feel so tired these days.” “I think you’d better…”
3.”Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…”
You can see from the above three examples that the context helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So “guessing” is very important in understanding English, especially spoken English.This passage tells us mainly about ________.
| A．the importance of “guessing” in learning a foreign language. |
| B．how to guess what one is going to talk about. |
| C．Some examples of right guessing. |
| D．how important it is to guess all the time. |
From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 1 is ________.
| A．…so I didn’t have a good time.” |
| B．…so I went to bed very late.” |
| C．…so I felt unhappy.” |
| D．…so I got up very early.” |
Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.
| A．“I think you’d better have a good rest and take good care of yourself.” |
| B．“I think you’d better have something to drink.” |
| C．“I think you’d better get some help from your friends.” |
| D．“I think you’d better to be more careful.” |
From the passage we can infer that guessing is ________ in learning a foreign language.
| A．the only way |
| B．more important in spoken English than in written English. |
| C．more important than any other way |
| D．more important in written English than in spoken English |
| School bulletin board Attention please! There will be a parents’ meeting for Grade 9 on Thursday, April 16th. We’ll hand out the paper for the meeting on Monday. And please collect the paper to see how many parents won’t attend the meeting. The content of the meeting: First, the headmaster will give a talk on “how to get ready for the entrance exam for senior high school”. It is for about 40 minutes. Then all the teachers will show up to say something. There are two more things for parents to pay attention to. ★Let the parents know there’s no parking in the school. ★Ask the parents to sign their names after they get to the classrooms. Thanks again for your hard work. By the way, if you have any questions, you can e-mail me back. Andy Lee |
What will be held on April 16th?
| A．An entrance exam. | B．A parents’ meeting. |
| C．A speech contest. | D．A school party. |
Why will the school master collect paper before the meeting?
| A．To remember what their names are. |
| B．To survey how the parents will come to school. |
| C．To see how many parents won’t come. |
| D．To learn if the parents know the meeting. |
What do we know according to the notice?
| A．The parents can park their cars in the school. |
| B．The parents should come to school on Monday. |
| C．The parents have to sign their names. |
| D．The parents will talk with the headmaster first. |
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Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products(产品). Trees provide man and animals with food to live on the earth. It’s not easy for man to live on the earth without trees.
The second important way is that trees give us shade. On a hot summer day, people can have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and animals.
The third important way is that trees help to prevent droughts（干旱）and floods. However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized the third important way. He has cut trees down in large numbers. In the end, he finds that he has lost the best friends he had.
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Today, more and more people try to become a volunteer. The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” It is difficult to help others all the time, but if you insist in(坚持) that, you will be very happy. If you have much free time, you should take an active part in activities, such as taking care of sick people, working in homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks.
Jenny, a good friend of mine, came back from India with a new idea of being a volunteer. Helping others is also a kind of happiness. What’s more, when we help others, it can be a way of helping ourselves. When we learn how to give others, we can further our morals(道德规范). She worked in a home for sick people. She helped wash clothes and passed out lunch. She also fed the weak people and tried to cheer them up. She said that if all of us can give a helping hand as a volunteer, our world will be full of love and that will make our world nicer and nicer.
The word “volunteer” usually means_______.
| A．helping others |
| B．telling the way to the person who is lost |
| C．one who offers his or her services |
| D．to be polite to the elder |
What activity didn’t mention in the passage?___________
| A．taking care of sick people |
| B．working in homeless children |
| C．working in old people’s home |
| D．picking up garbage |
Jenny worked in ________ in India.
| A．a home for sick people | B．a hospital |
| C．a school | D．a post office |
Jenny thinks we should _________.
| A．help ourselves |
| B．give a helping hand as a volunteer |
| C．often clean our rooms |
| D．feed the homeless animals |
The passage mainly tells us __________
| A．We should do our best to be a volunteer. |
| B．The meaning of the word “volunteer” is different in different countries |
| C．Jenny is a warm-hearted volunteer. |
| D．The volunteer in India. |
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Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger（饥饿）. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings. |
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60-year-old Park Geun-hye(朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering People in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.” |
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Barack Obama ( born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichits, Kansas. |
When Mo Yan was young, his family might be .
| A．big | B．poor | C．rich | D．small |
When was Park Geun-hye born? ____________
| A．In 1952. | B．In 1955. |
| C．In 1961. | D．In 1987. |
Where was Barack Obama born? ________________
| A．In Kansas. | B．In Kenya. |
| C．In Columbia. | D．In Hawaii. |
Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?___________
| A．The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize. |
| B．Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018. |
| C．Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election. |
| D．Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest. |
The three passages may be from .
| A．an email | B．a letter | C．news | D．an ad |
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No matter in China or in Canada among my friends, they all talk about the hot TV program “Where are we going, Dad?” at present. They all like the family education between fathers and children. They like to talk about the funny kids best. Of all the kids, I like Shitou best.
Shitou is a boy from Beijing. He is brave and clever. He likes to make some New Year’s plans with his father’s help. He makes some New Year’s plans for himself.
He wants to start an exercise program, so he is going to take more exercise and eat less fast food. Making a soccer team is one of his dreams because he likes playing soccer with his friends. He also plans to improve his English. He is going to chat in English online with Kimi, the son of Lin Zhiying . Kimi is really good at it. Shitou also decides to take up a hobby. Can you guess what the hobby is ? It is to learn the shadow play (皮影戏) ! He is so interested in it that he thinks it’s really cool to play it. His father says that this plan may be too difficult to keep. However, Shitou promises(许诺) to make it come true.According to the writer’s friends, the TV program“ Where are we going, Dad? ”is about__________________.
| A．some friends from Canada |
| B．traveling around the countries |
| C．stories about Chinese and Canadians |
| D．family education between children and fathers |
When the writer’s friends talk about the program, __________ interest them the most.
| A．beautiful places | B．some funny stories |
| C．kids that are funny | D．interesting Chinese friends |
Shitou is a brave and clever boy who likes_______________________
| A．to make plans | B．to eat junk food |
| C．to play basketball | D．to play jokes on others |
The underlined word “it”here refers to_________________
| A．the TV program | B．English |
| C．soccer | D．the shadow play |
Which of the following is not true according to this passage?
| A．Shitou wants to do more sports later. |
| B．Shitou is going to build a soccer team. |
| C．Shitou thinks it’s difficult to learn English. |
| D．Shitou decides to achieve his dream of playing the shadow play. |