It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, she lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying. He asked her what was wrong and she answered, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he wanted to drive the girl home. The girl said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother,” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地)and she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house. If today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.The man went to the shop to ______.
| A．help the girl | B．order some flowers |
| C．buy some food | D．buy a rose |
The man’s mother lived ______ away from him.
| A．2 kilometres | B．200 kilometres |
| C．200 miles | D．not far |
The girl was crying on the road because ______.
| A．she was hungry |
| B．she couldn’t afford a rose |
| C．she couldn’t find her way home |
| D．she missed her mother |
After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to together.
| A．the cemetery | B．the girl’s home. |
| C．his mother’s house | D．his own home |
From the passage we can infer(推断) that ______.
| A．the girl loved flowers very much |
| B．The girl loved her mother very much |
| C．The shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother |
| D．The man didn’t love his mother |
Every day when I enter the classroom, I will take a look at the wall beside my seat. You will find nothing special about this old wall if you just look at it. But for the students in my class, it is a special wall. Take a good look at it, and you will get to know the real feelings and thoughts of us, the 9th graders.
In the middle of the wall, there is a big “VICTORY”. It was written in pencil. I guess it must have been written by someone who got a good mark in an exam.
A little higher above the formulas, there is a poem. It only has two sentences. It reads: All those sweet memories have disappeared. Like tears dropping in the heavy rain.
Oh! It must have been written at the end of the last semester in middle school. Classmates had to leave school and good friends had to part. What a sad poem!
If you look at the wall more carefully, you will find many other interesting things, like a crying face, or a happy face, and other patterns(图案). There are still some patterns and letters that I can’t understand, but they all show the feeling of the students who drew them.
For years, the wall has witnessed(目睹) all the things that have happened in the classroom. I don’t know how it will be next year, two years from now, or even ten years from now. But I hope more smiling faces will be drawn on it.There is ______ special on this wall.
| A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．everything |
What was the “VICTORY” written in?
| A．Chalk | B．Pencil | C．Pen | D．Brush |
When has the poem been written?
| A．At the beginning of the last semester. | B．At the end of the year. |
| C．At the end of the last semester. | D．At the beginning of the last month. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word?
| A．部分 | B．分离 | C．和好 | D．聚集 |
What’s the title of the passage?
| A．The Pictures of the Wall | B．The Feelings of the Students |
| C．The Patterns of the Classroom | D．The Hope of the Writer |
Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as “the world’s best.”
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city’s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés. Beautiful mountains are around the city. Lots of people go sightseeing there every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.
HONG KONG, CHINA This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There’s also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That’s why housing is often very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?
| A．The weather. | B．The mountains. |
| C．The air. | D．The traffic. |
What makes Hong Kong the world’s best according to this passage?
| A．The lively city and the wonderful dishes. |
| B．The large population and the traffic. |
| C．The expensive housing. |
| D．The beautiful temples. |
The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because ______.
| A．it is a small fishing village | B．it is a mix of East and West |
| C．it is a beautiful city | D．there are too many people in the city |
What do the two cities have in common?
| A．They both have beautiful mountains. | B．They both have a large population. |
| C．Air pollution is a problem in both. | D．They are both crowded. |
From the passage, we can know that ______.
| A．San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world’s best |
| B．San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does |
| C．the weather in both cities is fine |
| D．San Jose used to be a small fishing village |
The students of Class Three are going hiking for their fieldtrip. Hiking is good for people’s health. Many hikers like to hike in the countryside, forest (森林) and mountains. Just walking for fun is the first kind of hiking. Many people like to hike in the parks or just on the sidewalks.
A hike can take a few hours or weeks. For most hiking, people just need clothes and shoes that are good for the weather. At the beginning hikers should start with walks that they can do in one day. As you get stronger, you can go on overnight hikes. Later you can go longer than that. You can make your hiking last (持续) a few days or weeks.
For safety (安全), hikers should hike with someone. You should have one or two friends with you. It is also a good idea to carry a map.
Backpacking is another kind of hiking. People carry food, clothes and other things on their backs in packs. Backpackers can stay many days in the places where there is no food to buy. They carry what they need on their backs.
Now put on your hiking shoes and take a hike.How many kinds of hiking are there in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．One. |
______ is a good idea for hiking.
| A．Carrying food | B．Carrying a pack. | C．Carrying a map. | D．Walking alone. |
To walk for fun, many people like to walk ______.
| A．with backpacks on their backs | B．in a place where there is no food to buy |
| C．in the parks or on the sidewalks | D．in the parks or in the zoo |
The hikers often hike with somebody to ______.
| A．buy some food | B．be safe | C．talk with | D．exercise for fun |
Many hikers like hiking in the ______.
| A．mountains | B．forest | C．countryside | D．all of the above |
These days, more and more people begin to look after their health by exercising. What sport should we do then?
● Ping-pong
Wang Bing opened up a ping-pong room. He was very surprised that there were so many people coming on the first day of the new year. He added five more tables, but it still couldn’t meet the need. “I am pleased to see so many people like playing ping-pong. It’s a very good sport for health, ” said Wang Bing.
● Basketball
Xia Wen works in a bookstore. He often goes to play basketball in the middle school near the bookstore. “Although the students are having their summer holidays, to my surprise, the playground is crowded with people,” said Xia Wen.
Of course, there are some other sports that people can do to keep healthy. But it’s certain that people who often exercise can work better.Nowadays, people look after their health by ______.
| A．playing ping-pong | B．playing basketball | C．doing exercise | D．working |
Wang Bing is ______.
| A．the worker in the bookstore | B．a ping-pong player |
| C．a basketball player | D．the boss of the ping-pong room |
There were too many people in the ping-pong room, so Wang Bing ______.
| A．added another five tables | B．bought five chairs |
| C．said ping-pong was good for health | D．was too surprised to do anything |
The playground was crowded during the holidays because ______.
| A．students still stayed at school | B．people went there to play ping-pong |
| C．people went there to play basketball | D．students went to school to read books |
If people want to do their work better, they should ______.
| A．play ping-pong often | B．play basketball often |
| C．have holidays often | D．do exercise often |
Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.Satellites travel ___________.
| A．in space | B．in the atmosphere |
| C．above the ground | D．above space |
Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?
Because ________.
| A．the weather satellites can do it easily | B．clouds form there |
| C．the weather forms there | D．the pictures can forecast the weather |
Meteorologists forecast the weather ________.
| A．when they have received satellite pictures |
| B．after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones |
| C．before they received satellite pictures |
| D．during they study satellite pictures |
Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.
| A．one day | B．two days |
| C．five days | D．seven days or even longer |
The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in ______.
| A．taking pictures of the atmosphere |
| B．receiving pictures of the atmosphere |
| C．doing other work in many ways |
| D．weather forecasting |