I am very thankful to the cat and it always makes me think of the time I was with him．
Five years ago， when my father was dying． I travelled a thousand miles from my home to be with him in his last days． I felt very sad and it was one of the most difficult and painful times in my life． After he passed away， I stayed alone in his apartment． There were so many things to deal with． I was lonely and I hated the silence of the apartment．
But one evening the silence was broken： I heard crying outside． I opened the door and found a little cat on the floor． He was thin and poor． I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish．He ate it and then soon fell asleep．
The next morning I asked the neighbors and learned that the cat had been left by his owner． His owner had moved away， so the little cat was there all alone，just like I was．As I walked back to the apartment，I tried to work out what to do with him． I had something else to do ， so taking care of the cat seemed like the very last thing I could do ．But as soon as I opened the door， he ran to me and lay by my feet． It was clear from that moment that he didn't want to go anywhere． I started calling him Willis in order to remember my father's best friend．
From then on， things grew easier． With Willis， time seemed to pass much faster． When the time finally came for me to return my home， I had to decide what to do about Willis． There was no way I would leave without him．
It's been five years since my father died． Over the years， several people have said I was so nice to save the cat． But I know that we saved each other． I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater．
（1）The writer felt after her father passed away．
| A． |
happy |
| B． |
lonely |
| C． |
nervous |
| D． |
relaxed |
（2）The cat saved the writer by ．
| A． |
telling her what real life was |
| B． |
helping her finish the tasks on time |
| C． |
making her feel better in her hard times |
| D． |
helping her clean the apartment every day |
（3）According to the passage， which of the following statement is TRUE？
| A． |
The writer and the cat were both homeless． |
| B． |
The cat was left by his owner because of an accident． |
| C． |
The cat didn't like staying in the writer's apartment． |
| D． |
Willis was also the name of the writer's father's fiend． |
（4）The underline sentence in the fourth paragraph means the writer ．
| A． |
was too busy to keep the cat as a pet |
| B． |
thought he had the duty to keep the cat |
| C． |
needed something to look after to kill time |
| D． |
loved the cat so much that he wanted to look after it |
（5）What's the best title for the passage？
| A． |
A Lovely Cat |
| B． |
My Father and A Cat |
| C． |
What I Got From A Cat |
| D． |
How to Take Care of A Cat |
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.
But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens (公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist, C.N.Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.“ABC” in this passage means “”.
| A．three English letters | B．a kind of banana |
| C．Chinese born in America | D．Americans born in China |
Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because .
| A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside |
| B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese |
| C．they were born in China but got to study in America |
| D．they like to eat bananas |
The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .
| A．国籍 | B．血统 | C．爱心 | D．皮肤 |
This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. different kind of bananas B. the life story of C.N.Yang
C. the Noble PrizeD. overseas Chinese
A good reader is very much like a driver. He must change his reading speed to fit(适应)what he is reading and what he is reading for, just as a driver does to fit the road situation.
A good reader may read at 1,000 WPM(每分钟…词 )when he looks for something for a report in the library. But once he finds what he needs, he may slow down to 100 WPM. A good reader may read newspapers and story books at 600 WPM. But he may read his science or maths books at 150 WPM. Just as a driver has a wide change of driving speed, so a good reader has a wide change of reading speed.The writer thinks that a good reader can____.
| A．read at 1,000 WPM | B．read as fast as he can |
| C．change the reading speeds as he needs | D．spend more time reading |
A good reader may read fastest____.
| A．when he reads newspapers and story books |
| B．when he reads something most useful to him |
| C．when he is trying to work out a maths problem |
| D．when he is trying to find something for his report |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．The Importance of Having Fast Reading Speed |
| B．A Good Reader and His Reading Speed. |
| C．The Best Way of Fast Reading |
| D．The Difference Between Driving and Reading |
Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Zhenjiang Sunshine Secondary School．The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价)．He draws faces to show his progress：
excellent 
OK 
weak
Read the table and find out how well Li Ping is doing.
| Unit/ Item |
Unit l Past and present |
Unit 2 Travelling |
Unit 3 Online travel |
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| Vocabulary |
opposites |
 |
Suffixes‘ful’ and‘less’ |
 |
Words about computers |
 |
| Grammar |
Present perfect tense |
 |
Past continuous tense |
 |
Passive voice |
|
| Study skills/ Pronunciation |
Using a dictionary |
 |
Linking words |
|
Organizing information |
 |
| Main task |
A report |
 |
My best holiday |
 |
Favourite educational computer game |
 |
What does Li Ping need to improve in Unit 1?
| A．Present perfect tense． | B．Using a dictionary |
| C．A report． | D．Opposites． |
Which do you think Li Ping does well in?
| A．Present perfect tense． | B．Passive voice． |
| C．Organizing information． | D．Favourite educational computer game． |
From the table we know Li Ping is weak in _____ ．
| A．Vocabulary | B．Main task |
| C．Study skills／Pronunciation | D．Grammar |
Something interesting always happens（发生） in our life. John is a doorman(看门人) of a club in a big city. Every day hundreds of people pass his door and a lot of them stop and say to him, “①What’s the time, please?”
A few days later, John thinks, “②I don’t want tothis same（相同的） question, I’m going to the shop anda big clock. Then I’m going to put it up on the wall here.” He buys a clock and puts it up on the wall.
“③No people are going to ask me the time again,” he says happily. But after that, a lot of people also stop every day, look at the clock and say to John, “Is that clock right?”写出划线部分①的同义句。
在②句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。
将句③译成中文。
What’s John’s job?
找出或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子：
English breakfast is a very big meal —eggs, tomatoes, tea, coffee….
For many people lunch is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of sandwich （三明治）bars ,where office workers can buy brown or white bread or a roll （面包卷）,and then all kinds of salad（色拉）and meat or fish to go in the sandwich. School children can have a hot meal at school, but many just take a sandwich, a drink and some fruit from home.
“Tea” means two things. It is a drink and a meal , some people have afternoon tea, with sandwiches, cakes and a cup of tea.
They usually have the evening meal quite early, between six o’clock and eight o’clock, and often all the family eats together. On Sundays many families have a traditional（传统的）lunch. They have chicken, pork,… with potatoes ,vegetables…
The Englishmen like food from other countries too, such as French, Chinese, Italian and Indian. People often get take-away meals---they buy the food outside and then bring it home to eat.Many people in England have a ______ breakfast and a _____ lunch.
| A．fast; small | B．little; slow | C．big; quick | D．slow; big |
In _____ there are a lot of sandwich bars.
| A．small towns | B．villages | C．countries | D．cities |
The office workers can buy the ______ bread for lunch.
| A．white | B．black | C．red | D．orange |
What don’t they have when they have afternoon tea in this passage?
| A．Sandwiches | B．Chicken | C．Cakes | D．A cup of tea |
When they get a take-away meal , they have it _______
| A．at home | B．in the school | C．outside | D．in the bars |