What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? If you do, you must be an optimist(乐观者), a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and determined. You wish to succeed and want other people to see you are successful. At least this is what psychologists(心理学家)tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference, and the influence that colours have on human beings. They tell us that we don’t choose our favourite colours as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
A yellow room makes us feel more cheerful and more comfortable than a dark green one, and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing. Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines and painted orange rather than black or dark grey.
Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a few colourful things. Remember also that you will know your friends and your enemies better when you find out what colours they like and dislike. And don’t forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character when you choose a piece of handkerchief(手帕).The author believes in the passage that________.
| A．anyone can choose his color preference in his life |
| B．no one can choose his color preference in his life |
| C．anyone is born with his color preference |
| D．no one is born with his color preference |
According to the passage, ________.
| A．if you enjoy life, you must like yellow, orange and red |
| B．when you are quiet, you must prefer grays and blues |
| C．if you love green, you usually do what you have decided |
| D．if you love pink, you often go to flower shops |
Psychologists study the meaning of color preference because________.
| A．colors may affect the emotional states of the people |
| B．colors may decide the results of our work and study |
| C．color preference can tell you who your friends are |
| D．color preference can help you to see through your enemies |
Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．It is no proper to wear a red dress in summer. |
| B．We feel happier and more active if we see light and bright colors. |
| C．All the machines in a factory are painted orange. |
| D．No machines in a factory are painted black. |
The main idea of this passage is ________.
| A．color preference has something to do with one’s character |
| B．colors have effects on human psychological states |
| C．you will know your friends or your enemies by knowing the colors they like |
| D．all of the above. |
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 |
Born as the only child in the family, I am the “king” of the family. My parents are both businessmen and they come home every two weeks. Because they don’t spend much time with me, they always feel guilty* and will buy me many expensive things and let me do whatever I want. My grandparents never let me do any chores because they want me to do my schoolwork.
I used to take everything for granted*. I never said “thank you” to people. As time went by, I found that my classmates didn’t like me and my best friends left me. one day, I asked Leo, who used to be one of my best friends. He said that I was selfish, rude* and bad-tempered*. “No one wants to make friends with a person who always receives but never gives anything!” he said. I was shocked* at his words. “Oh, no! Please don’t leave me. I need friends! I will be lonely and unhappy without friends!” I locked myself up in the room and cried. “I want my friends back. But how?”
Then I noticed that all the popular kids in the class friendly to others. They always smile and say “thank you” to others. They do whatever they can to help when others are in trouble. Other kids like them and always play with them. “I need to change! I will get my friends back,” I said to myself. From then on, I started to change myself. I learned to say “thank you” to others. I smiled and volunteered to help other kids. I tried to be as nice as I could. Gradually, I found that other kids liked to talk with me and they would ask me to play with them and even told me their secrets. My friends came back to me again.
Now I have more friends than I used to do and I am happier than I used to be.What’s the boy’s life like at home?
| A．His parents spend much time with him. |
| B．He has to do lots of housework. |
| C．He can do what he wants to do. |
| D．He does much more homework than other kids. |
What did the boy do to change himself?
| A．He learned to say “thank you”. |
| B．He always smiled at others. |
| C．He helped others as much as he could. |
| D．All of the above. |
The underlined word “gradually” means ___________.
| A．To begin with | B．Sometimes | C．In a word | D．Slowly |
What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
| A．To make more friends, you need to try to please them. |
| B．A person who always received but never gives can still have many friends. |
| C．The boy lost his friends at first because he didn’t like them. |
| D．To be a nicer and better person, we need to make some changes. |