John was a very strong man. Once he got a job cutting wood in a forest(森林). His boss gave him an axe（斧头） and showed him the area where he should work.
The first day, John cut down 18 trees.
“ Good,” the boss said,“Keep that up”!
Happily, John tried harder the next day, but could only cut down 15 trees.
The third day he tried even harder, but could only cut down 10 trees. Day after day he was cutting down fewer and fewer trees.
“ I must be losing my strength（力气）,” John thought. He went to the boss and apologized（道歉）, saying that he could not understand what was going on.
“ When was the last time you sharpened（磨） your axe?” the boss asked.
“ Sharpened? I have no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut down trees!” said John.
While John was working hard, he didn’t work “ smart”. He didn’t think about the best way to do his job. Many of us never learn new skills. We think that whatever we have learned is enough.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。正确的填T，错误的填F.The boss was pleased with John’s work the first day.
John cut down three trees fewer than the first day on the third day.
John never sharpened his axe.
It’s a waste of time for John to sharpen the axe.
The story tells us we should work “ smart ”.
A mother in Australia was told by a doctor that her new born son was dead but she helped to bring him back to life by holding the baby against her body. She used a method known as a kangaroo care. The child, named Jamie ,was born after only 27 weeks with his twin sister, Emily, in a hospital in Sydney. Her birth went well ,but his was a different story. The doctor struggled for 20 minutes to save Jamie before announcing him dead.
“His little arms and legs were just falling down away from his body.” Kate Ogg said ,“I took off my coat and put him on my chest with his head over my arm.” She and her husband, David ,said to the child as she continued to hold him for nearly 2 hours. During that time, the two-pound baby showed the sign of life. She said , “I told my mum ,who was there, that he was still alive. Then he held out his hand and grabbed my finger. ”Their tiny baby grew stronger and stronger in his mother’s arms, and their final goodbye turned into a hello.
The doctor at first ignored the baby’s movements, but when he put the stethoscope（听诊器）to his chest, his mouth was wide open and he said ,“It’s my fault, It’s a miracle( 奇迹).
“The kangaroo care helps the baby keep body warmth” Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, “It also regulates(调节) heartbeat and breathing rates and is believed to help weight gain and improve sleeping habits. Fathers can also use kangaroo care. The key to the method is skin-to-skin contact.”
The practice began in less developed nations. It has become a recognized pracitce in helping premature babies. The techniques is good for babies, and is used in many baby care centers.After hearing what the doctor said, the mother________.
| A．became so sad that she almost became mad |
| B．didn’t give up and tried to bring her baby to life |
| C．chose to believe the doctor |
| D．became angry at what the doctor did to the baby |
When the baby first showed sign of life, the doctor________.
| A．didn’t believe the miracle had happened |
| B．was too shocked to do anything |
| C．was cheered and tried to save the baby at once |
| D．was moved by what the mother did to the baby |
From what Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, we learn the baby came back to life mainly because of________.
| A．the mother’s soft words |
| B．the doctor’s careful care |
| C．skin-to-skin contact with the mother |
| D．the father’s kangaroo’s care |
According to the paassage, premature babies refer to babies that are born______.
| A．with diseases | B．before their time | C．dead | D．heavy |
What the main idea of the passage?
| A．A baby was almost killed by a doctor’s wrong decision |
| B．A doctor in Australia announced a baby was dead by mistake |
| C．A mum in Australia saved her baby with “kangaroo care” |
| D．A mum in Australia invented a new method of saving babies |
亲爱的的同学，你将初中毕业了。在这三年的学习生活中，你一定结交了许多的好朋友。请用英语写一篇短文，介绍一位你的好朋友Li Lei。
要点如下： 1. 他乐于助人，性格外向，兴趣广泛；
2. 他成绩优秀，经常在学习上帮助我；
3. 我准备送他一个……以表达感谢；
4. 我对他的祝福和希望；
注意：1. 词数80—100；开头已为你写好，但不计入总词数；
2. 短文需包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当加以细节或发挥，使其连贯、通顺，文中不得出现真实的人名、学校等相关信息。
3. 参考词汇：外向 outgoing
We are graduating from school soon. I miss so many good friends, especially my best friends ---- Li Lei.
Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels (频道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.
In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.
| A．China | B．France | C．America | D．Germany |
If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.
| A．does nothing all day | B．often listens to music |
| C．often watches TV in his free time | D．must be very fat |
Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato? Because he or she ______.
| A．is fat and cannot take exercise |
| B．is fat and round |
| C．likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV |
| D．almost never moves while watching TV and gets fat |
The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .
| A．how to watch TV |
| B．what couch-potato means |
| C．why couch-potatoes are very fat |
| D．where you can find couch-potatoes |
Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren’t with them. Though they were very young.
Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing… The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.
Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong… And the government never charges for them.
It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps. Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the .
| A．holiday camps | B．science holiday camps |
| C．English holiday camps | D．Chinese holiday camps |
When students in Hong Kong are in the holiday camps their parents.
| A．must be with them |
| B．aren’t with them |
| C．must stay at home |
| D．have to look after them nearby |
The cost to take part in a holiday camps is.
| A．very dear | B．not so cheap | C．very high | D．very low |
The students who often take part in the holiday camps.
| A．must be very beautiful |
| B．must be very thin |
| C．must be very tall |
| D．must have much knowledge about many things |
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hair, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
Why do plants do such things? As we know, most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It does not have all these important things, especially nitrogen( 氮 ). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!The Venus flytrap is a kind of _______.
| A．food | B．animal | C．plant | D．meat |
Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because _______.
| A．plants are dangerous to animals |
| B．animals are dangerous to plants |
| C．plants want to get what they need from animal meat |
| D．plants want to protect themselves against animals |
Where can most plants get what they need?
| A．From the people | B．From the animals |
| C．From the soil | D．From the sun, the air, and the ground |