初中英语

What’s Cool?
By Maria Lee
This week, I asked students about fashion(时尚).I showed each student six things and asked them about each one. Some of their answers were interesting. Here are their likes and dislikes.
Judy Smith likes the key ring(钥匙环).Her friend Jeff says he can’t stand the scarf(围巾).“It’s for moms!”he said. William Jones loves the wallet, and his classmate Gina Taylor loves the watch.(Her best friend Ann Rice doesn’t mind the watch, but she really likes the sunglasses!) Jerry Green also likes the sunglasses(太阳镜).
And the coolest(最酷的) thing was the belt. Everyone loved it!
Judy Smith likes the key ring.
Gina Taylor doesn’t love the watch.
William Jones loves the wallet.
Ann Rice really likes the sunglasses.
The coolest thing was the scarf.

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An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very cute, and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish. But the child shook her head. The old man was surprised and asked, "Why don't you want the fish? '
The child replied," I want the fishing rod(竿)in your hands. "
The old man asked," Why do you want the rod?"
"It doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat.
I think you will certainly say that the child is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn't know how to fish, she cannot have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It's useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.
Too many people think that if they have a "fishing rod" in their life, they will no longer fear the wind and rain. They are just like the child, who thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat.
The old man was fishing on the bank of________.
A. a river    B. a lake     C. a pool
Why did the child refuse the fish the old man gave her?
A. Because she didn't like fish.
B. Because she wanted his fishing rod.
C. Because the old man had few fish.
The writer thought the child was_____ after she explained why she didn't want the fish.
A. smart        B. hardworking        C. silly
The article mainly tells us______.
A. if you have a "fishing rod" in your life, you won't be afraid of anything
B. if you have a fishing rod, you'll have a lot of fish to eat
C. "fishing skills" are more important than "the fishing rod" in life
What is the best tide(标题)for the article?
A. The Fishing Rod  B. The Fishing Man  C. The Fishing Girl

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Scott was not happy. He had no money left to buy the new toy train he wanted. Suddenly,he had an idea! "I’ll ask my brother Alan if I can borrow some money. He always has money to lend people. "
Scott found Alan in his room. "Alan,may I borrow $20 from you to buy myself a new train?"
Alan replied,"I just spent all of my money on Mom’s birthday present. I have no money left. You are barking up the wrong tree. "
Scott was very disappointed. He decided to get a job. He went to many stores, but no one had a job for him. He walked and walked from store to store.
Finally,he got a job selling ice cream and he was very happy. "My feet are tired for walking all day,but I can get enough money for a toy train. "
Why did Scott need to borrow money?
A. Because he needed to get a job.
B. Because he wanted to buy a new toy train.
C. Because he wanted to buy a present for his mother.
The underlined( 划线) phrase "barking up the wrong tree" means______.
A. acting like a dog        B. asking the wrong person      
C. asking the right person
According to the story, Scott might work in_______.
A. a dessert house  B. a book store   C. a clothing store
What do you think of Alan?
A. He was unfriendly.    B. He was clever.   C. He was kind.
What can we know from the story?
A. Scott could get a new train.
B. Scott didn't like his brother.
C. Scott's family was very poor.

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When the traffic lights turn red, we will stop driving a car or crossing a street. Why is red used for traffic lights instead of other colors?
As we know, scattering(散射) happens when light goes through the air. For the same media(媒质), if the wavelength islong, the scattering will be short. If the wavelength is short, then the scattering will be long.
Of all lights we can see red has the longest wavelength, so the scattering is the weakest. That means the red light travels far. In fact, it travels farther on rainy days.
Using the red light can help drivers in farther areas sec the lights. It helps drivers stow down or stop in lime. If drivers don't see the red light until they are close, they may not be able to stop the car in time. An accident may happen Red can also excite people. We can act more quickly when we see the color red. In a word, red lights help drivers stop in time and help prevent accidents.
When the traffic lights turn ______, we will stop driving a car.
A. red    B green     C. yellow
According to the passage, the scattering of the red light is the _______.
A. longest    b. weakest       C. farthest
The underlined word "wavelength" means________ in Chinese.
A.波浪        B.光波      C.波长
What can the red light help drivers do?
A. It can help drivers in farther areas see the lights.
b. It can help drivers slow down or stop in time.
C.A and b
Which of the following is the best title?
A. Why do accidents happen
b. How does the red light travel
C. Why do we use red traffic lights

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阅读短文,根据短文内容判断所给句子正(T)误(F)。(共5小题,每小题2分)
David got a job in a police station after he left school. He worked there for 42 years and he’ll retire this year. He worked hard in the past 42 years. But he was not a lucky man. Hefailed to catch a thief. He was often sorry for it.
Last weekend, while David's wife was cooking she found there was no salt at home. Soshe asked her husband to buy some. In the shop, David saw a young man taking away awallet from a woman's bag. He walked to him quietly, but the young man noticed David andran away at once. David ran after him. At last the thief ran into a blind alley(死胡同) andDavid caught him.
“Please give me a chance, sir.” said the thief
“Who can give one to me?”said David, “I’ll soon retire and I catch athief for the first time!”
David worked hard in the past 42 years.
David was a lucky man, and he often caught thieves.
Last weekend his wife asked him to buy some sugar.
A young man was stealing a woman's wallet in a shop
The young man was the first thief that David caught.

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阅读短文,然后在下面的表格中完成内容提要,每空不超过3个单词。(共4个小题,每小题2分)
New Energy in the Twenty-first Century
Energy from the wind
Wind is a kind of clean energy, and there is lots of it, But, if there’s no wind, there is no wind energy.
Energy from the water
When water moves from a high place to a lower place, it can make electricity(电)without pollution. However, people have to build dams(水坝) to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.
Energy from the earth
There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal(地热的)energy. This kind of energy is cheap, but itis only possible in afew places in the world.
Energy from the sun
Solar panels (太阳电池板) on the roofs of houses can turn energy from the sun into electricity. Solar power is clean and plentiful(丰富的).but when the weather is bad, It doesn’t work.
New Energy in Twenty-first Century

 
Advantages
Disadvantages
Wind Energy
Clean .There is a lot.
It needs       
Water Energy
             
It is expensive.
Geothermal Energy
             
only possible in afew places
Solar Energy
Clean and plentiful.
It depends too much on  
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Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.
"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all .Now I’ll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here’s our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."

How many children did Elizabeth have?,
What did Elizabeth do after the flood?
The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasn’t it?
What do you learn from the story?
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Survey about What Students Do in the Summer Vacation

The students
The things they do in the summer vacation
Feelings
80%
Study in some training schools
Bored
50%
Got together with classmates
Happy
40%
Play computer games
Excited
20%
Do chores at home
Tired

Most students____-in the summer vacation
A. learn some subjects  B play computer games  C do chores at home
According to the survey, what the students like to do best is____.
A. Study in the training school
B. get together with their classmates
C. do chores at home

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阅读下列图表,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳选项。(共4个小题,每小题2分)
阅读下面的内容

Office Clerk Wanted
1.Good looking
2.Agad between 22 and 26
3.Good at English and Putonghua
4.Good at computer programme
Apply to:Xunda company Ltd.Xinangtan
Tel:0731-55235916

Xunda company Ltd.wants______.       
A an office clerk
B a computer programme
C. a beautiful girl.
If you want the job. you must be_____. 
A. able to speak two foreign languages  
B. good at repairing computers
C young and beautiful

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A Manchester teenager has received a phone bill (账单)for over £450 after sending 3 ,500 text messages in just one month.
Tony Russell has had his new mobile phone for only three months, but now his father, Lionel, has taken it away.
He's been asking me for a mobile for years because all his friends have got one,“ explained Lionel. "I finally bought one for his birthday because he's been doing so well at school, but he and his friends are crazy (疯狂的)about sending text messages. They do it all the time. They even text each other from different sides of the school playground.
Tony said, "I thought texting was much cheaper than phoning, so I've been texting my friends all day long and even into the early hours of the morning. I've been going to bed at 2 : 00 most nights. Sometimes my hand hurt because I pressed the buttons so much, but I was having such good fun that I couldn't stop!"
His father said,"! have forgiven him, but I am angry with the phone company as they are encouraging this crazy behaviour. " He has made his son promise to pay back the money, so Tony has been working on Saturdays. He has found a job in a shoe shop. "I think it will take me about a year to clear this debt(债务),"he said.
A Xiangtan teenager has received a phone bill for over 350 yuan after sending 3,500 text messages in just one month.
Tan Wei has had his new mobile phone for only three months, but now his father has taken itaway
He's been asking me for a mobile for years because all his friends have got one," explained Tan Wei's father. "I finally bought one for his birthday because he's been doing so well at school, but he and his friends are crazy about sending text messages They do it all the time. "
Tan Wei said, "I thoughttexting was much cheaper than phoning, so I've been texting my friends all day long and even into the early hours of the morning, Sometimes my Angers hurt because I pressed the buttons(按键)so much, but I was having such good fun that l couldn’t I stop!”
His father said, “I am angry with the phone company as they are encouraging this crazy behaviour.' He has made his son promise to pay back the money, so Tan Wei has been working on Saturdays He has found a pan-time job in a shoe shop 'I think it will take me about hall a year to clear this debt(债务)he said.
Tan Wei got the mobile phone because_____
A he's been asking for it for years
B. all his friends have got one
C he's been doing well at school
The underlined word "texting" probably means_____
A,读课文 B. 短信 C. 发邮件
When he sent text messages, Tan Wei_______ .
A, made friends at school  B. got himself injured   
C .felt quite happy
How much money does Tan Wei get for his job every month?
A. About 40 yuan  B. About 60 yuan  C. About 80 yuan

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阅读表达(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分))阅读下面短文,根据短文内容回答下列问题,把答案写在每小题后的横线上。
Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
'”I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "
“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy, "she said.
Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.
However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.
"I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some simple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teenagers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."
For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.
Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?
________________________________________
When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?
________________________________________
Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.   ________________________________________
The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.
Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?
________________________________________

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Good morning. I’m Chen Hua. Here’s my culture report for today, Monday:
A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o’clock. The film is Pirates of the Carribean. It’s a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.
The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Carribean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come fare to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also saves Keira Knightly. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightly and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.
The film isn't true to life, but it' s very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It' s an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. U you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now. I' m sure you' 11 enjoy it. It' s showing all week.
Pirates of the Carribean is__________.

A.a tragedy B.a comedy C.an action film D.an adventure film

Depp and Bloom sails around the Carribean islands because__________.

A.they try to find some lost gold B.they try to find some gold
C.they try to find some lost iron D.they try to find some lost iron

They meet __________.

A.some terrible men B.some terrible women
C.some smiling men D.some smiling men

There's lots of action in the film because they have to__.

A.fight the frightening people B.fight the terrible women
C.make the film interesting D.make the film exciting

Keira Knightly plays

A.Depp and Bloom B.Elisabeth C.Orlando Bloom D.Johnny Depp

What Chen Hua doesn't like about the film is

A.untruth to life B.the adventure C.too much fighting D.the stars

Chen Hua advises people to see the film because__     _.
A. it's funny B. it's true C. it' s believable I), it' s excellent
The general idea of paragraph 3 is        _ .

A.self introduction B.where the film is on
C.Chen Hua's opinions about the film D.the main idea of the film
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I like to get up late, so my ideal school starts at 9 a.m. It finished at 3 P.m., so we will have lots of time for after-school activities. There is a big dining hall.
We have an hour for lunch. We eat lunch and chat there. We can also listen to pop music in the hall. We eat fruit and vegetables every day.
We have Maths every day because I think Maths is very interesting to us. I love computers, so we have Computer Studies every day. We wear school uniforms, but we do not wear ties. The classes are quite small. There are 15 students in each class.
There is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on the other. We have a big library with lots of useful books. We also have a tennis court and a swimming pool.
There are lots of clubs and after-school activities. We only have half an hour of homework every day, and we do not do homework at weekends. Every month, we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater.
How many hours for lessons are there in my school?

A.Five hours. B.Six hours. C.Four hours. D.Three hours.

How many hours for lunch are there in my school?

A.Half an hours. B.One hours. C.One and a half hours. D.Two hours.

Why do we have Maths every day?

A.Because it is useful. B.Because it is the main subject.
C.Because we’re interested in it. D.Because I’m going to be a Maths teacher.

How many students are there in my class?

A.Ten. B.Sixteen. C.Fourteen. D.Fifteen.

The underlined word “with” means_______.  

A.用 B.在……下 C.和……一起 D.有

How often do we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater?

A.Every week. B.Every day. C.Every month. D.Every two months.

What’s the best title for the passage?

A.My school. B.My ideal subject.
C.My ideal school. D.My ideal park.
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Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds(秒). Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors(编辑) decide which news stories to print (印刷)? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?                                                           
Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely (完全地) different stories to those on TV.
Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events (事件) in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
According (根据) the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?

A.They carry news stories and tell others from place to place oh foot or by horse.
B.They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.
C.They watch TV or read newspapers.
D.They listen to the radio every day.

  The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that    .

A.people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper
B.people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper
C.people can read news stories in other countries
D.people can read news’ stories about their own country

To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?

A.Two. B.Three. C.Five. D.Six.

According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?

A.You often play football with your friends after school.
B.Your teacher has got a cold.
C.A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn’t been caught.
D.The bike in the front of your house is lost.

Which of the following is Not True of this passage?

A.News stories on the front page of every country are always the same.
B.People like to read interesting and unusual news.
C.Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world.
D.Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.
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Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

A.to have a basketball game B.to his classroom C.to see Mark D.back home

From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he        .

A.was a good student
B.liked sports and music
C.liked all the subjects in school
D.was a g

Mark and Bill    .

A.were in the same middle school and high school
B.were in the same middle school but not in the same high school
C.of ten had lunch together at school
D.had known each other before they began to study in middle school

In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"    ".

A.相处很好 B.和好如初 C.关系破裂 D.保持联系

When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he.      .

A.knew he could save Bill’s life
B.knew who Bill was and wanted to help him
C.didn’t know why he was going to help him
D.didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill
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