It was so dark outside the car window that it was hard to see anything.
“ Can I have a carrot, Mom?” Bruce asked.
“I don’t have any carrots,” his mom said. “How about an apple?”
“No,” said Bruce. “It has to be a carrot.”
“Why do you want a carrot?” asked his mom
“You always say carrots help your eyes.” said Bruce. “If I eat one now, it might help me see in the dark.”
Would eating a carrot really help Bruce? What is special about carrots? What makes a carrot special is its color. Carrots are orange because they contain(包含) bta-carotene( 胡萝卜素). Beta-carotene is a way of saying vitamin A. Your eyes need vitamin A. It helps them work.
When light hits your eye, very small parts inside turn the light into messages. The messages go to your brain（大脑）, and then you know what you’re looking at. Your eye can only turn light into messages when it has a special chemical(化学物质). Your eyes use vitamin A to make the special chemical. Every time your eye changes light into messages, a little bit of the chemical is used up. By the end of the day, you’ve looked at hundreds of things. That uses up a lot of the chemical. Your eyes need to make more.
What should you eat if you don’t like carrots? Don’t worry. Other fruits and vegetables have vitamin A, too. The secret is in their color. Most orange or red fruits and vegetables contain beta-carotene, or vitamin A, Sweet vegetable, red peppers（胡椒）, Mangoes(芒果) are a few foods that have the same orange secret. Bruce wanted a carrot because he thought _______.
A. he liked it
B. it could help him see in the dark
C. it was sweet and deliciousHow does vitamin A help your eyes work?
A. The special chemical can stop your eyes from using up vitamin A.
B. The special chemical is used to make Vitamin A which turns the light into messages
C. Vitamin A is used to make the special chemical which turns light into messages. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Carrots are orange because they store beta-carotene.
B. Any food which is orange or red must have some Vitamin A.
C. Most fruits that are orange or red store some beta-carotene or Vitamin A. Sweet vegetable, red peppers, and mangoes don’t have the same orange secret, do they?
A. No, they don’t. B. Yes, they do. C. I’m not sure. The passage mainly tells us that _______.
A. we can’t see in the dark unless we eat many carrots every day
B. we can’t see unless we eat a lot of orange or red food every day
C. we should eat some food containing vitamin A so that we can see well
My name is Mary. I have a good friend Lily. In some ways，we look the same, and in some ways ，we look different. We both have big eyes and long black hair. I'm much taller than her. We both like sports, although Lily is more athletic than me. She's more outgoing（外向的）and I'm quieter. I like singing and she likes drawing. However, we both enjoy going to parties.
Information Card
| Something in common |
They both have They both like |
Something different |
Mary is much |
At midnight Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldn’t go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer. He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears(眼泪) ran down his face. He didn’t see his wife was standing by him.
“What’s wrong with you, dear?” asked the woman.
“Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands.
The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now.”
“I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can’t I do that?”
“But I think health is more important.”
Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think.”
The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination of his lungs. And then he looked at the X-ray carefully for a long time.
“Tell me the truth, doctor.”said Mr.King, “Do you see any shadows(阴影)in my lungs?”
“No, I don’t see anything.”
“Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”
“Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?” Mr.King got up to .
| A．smoke again | B．talk with his wife |
| C．read the medicine book | D．take some medicine |
Mr. King coughed because .
| A．he couldn’t go to sleep | B．he was afraid to die |
| C．he smoked too much | D．he was too old |
, so tears ran down his face.
| A．Mr. King thought he had lung cancer |
| B．Mr. King couldn’t understand the book |
| C．Mr. King was too sad to go to sleep |
| D．The doctors refused（拒绝）to help Mr. King |
The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination because .
| A．he was sure the man would die soon |
| B．he wanted the man to stop smoking right now |
| C．he wanted to know if there was something wrong with his lungs |
| D．he was sure the man would soon be all right |
Which of the following is true?
| A．There was nothing serious with Mr. King. |
| B．Smoking too much caused Mr. King’s lungs to turn black. |
| C．The doctor found some shadows in Mr. King’s lungs. |
| D．Mr. King decided to stop smoking at once. |
Helen Keller lived in the U.S.A. She was a great woman.
When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, “ She is better, but now she can’t see or can’t hear.” Her mother and father were very sad.
After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak with other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn’t understand anything.
Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was a very bright child and soon she learned to spell her first word. When she was older, she went to college(大学).
Helen was very famous. She helped many blind(盲) and deaf(聋) people. She traveled around the world and helped many people.
Helen was a very old woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear.Helen Keller got very sick when ____________
| A．She was a baby | B．She went to college |
| C．Her teacher came to her home | D．She was very old |
__________taught Helen Keller her first word.
| A．Her mother | B．Her teacher | C．Her father | D．The doctor |
Helen Keller was famous because ___________
| A．She was an American. |
| B．She traveled around the world |
| C．Ser teacher taught her many things |
| D．She learned to read and write and helped many people in the world |
The world remembers Helen Keller today because ____
| A．She was very bright. | B．She was blind and deaf. |
| C．She was a brave and wonderful person. | D．She went to college. |
Helen Keller was blind and deaf, but _______
| A．She found a way to understand the world |
| B．Her mother and father didn’t feel sad. |
| C．She found a way to travel around the world. |
| D．She found out how people became blind and deaf. |
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）填入题的空格中。
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It 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 to get 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 in 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 math need not be taught in details*, either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded 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 human. Education is to make a man have a better life. Educated people are expected *to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.People with little education usually .
| A．spend a long time in school |
| B．have a good chance to get a job |
| C．spend the best years to choose jobs |
| D．have fewer chances to get a good job |
The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “” in Chinese.
| A．圆满的 | B．崭新的 | C．公平的 | D．全面的 |
It is expected that educated people will be able to .
| A．accept education as a way of living |
| B．take an interest in the whole world |
| C．develop their abilities to make plays |
| D．learn subjects like language and math |
The passage mainly tells us that .
| A．education should make a man improve |
| B．people can get education in a short time |
| C．people should be able to get better paying jobs |
| D．all subjects are so important for a way of living |