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.

1.There is ____ special on this wall.

A. something    B. anything    C. nothing     D. everything

2.What was the “VICTORY” written in?

A. Chalk    B. Pencil    C. Pen    D. Brush

3.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.

4.What’s the meaning of the underlined word?

A. 部分    B. 分离    C. 和好    D. 聚集

5.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

 

Sometimes you may not understand your parents. One minute they are friendly, the next minute they’re shouting and screaming loudly enough for the whole street to hear. So who makes them so____16___ ? You, probably!

Is your room untidy? Do you leave things on the floor? You may find it hard enough to keep one room tidy. So imagine what ___17___like for your mum and dad trying to keep a whole house in order.

When you take your clothes off, remember to ___18__. Get into the habit if taking glasses and plates down to the kitchen. Before long you’ll be doing it without thinking.

Even though you may not realize it, your parents have bought you many clothes. But they’re not buying themselves new things every week, are they? The simple truth is that there are more ___19___ things to spend money on, like the electricity bill and food.

You may hate missing a party to visit some boring old relatives. They may go on and on about what a sweet baby you were. You have no choice but to listen. Even if you ___20____, your parents won’t change their minds. Parents like to show off their family. The best thing you can do is to help entertain(使……高兴) your relatives. Your parents will be so pleased with you afterwards that they’ll probably allow you to go to the next two ___21____.

You might not want to eat, but think of it from the parents’ point of view. If you cook two meals a day, it ___22____ 730 meals a year. Can you imagine how boring this can get? Imagine how your parents feel when you say you’re not really hungry. ___23____, your parents are probably worried that you aren’t eating enough.

Eat ___24___ snacks and leave room for your meals. Finally, offer to ___25___after the meal. Your offer may not be accepted, but your parents will be pleased.

1.A. friendly          B. lonely          C. changeable     D. comfortable

2.A. it’s          B. it              C. they’re       D. that’s

3.A. hang them up                  B. leave them alone 

C. put them on                    D. throw them away

4.A. interesting    B. difficult        C. important        D. surprising

5.A. agree        B. complain       C. listen          D. win

6.A. concerts      B. meetings         C. classes         D. parties

7.A. takes        B. costs             C. spends         D. means

8.A. In addition(加之)                B. In return    

C. At most                         D. At last

9. A. more        B. less              C. fewer             D. many

10.A. do the cooking                    B. lay the table    

   C. buy some snacks                   D. wash the dishes

 

When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand.

         Christie couldn’t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would probably have died at once. She needed two operations, but she survived without serious damage.

         Twenty years ago , 90% of all premature(早产) babies died. Today, doctors manage to save four out of every five, because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies.

         But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay. The government, an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill. Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.

         Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby. But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces, “Sorry, I won’t save your new child.”

1. Parents don’t pay their babies’ hospital bills because        .

A. they don’t have enough money

B. they would rather save cancer patients

C. doctors don’t care if the babies die

D. it makes more sense to have a bigger baby

2.The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because        .

A. oxygen machine are expensive

B. the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital

C. doctors always charge more than they should

D. four out of five premature babies can now be saved

3.From the story we know that saving a cancer patient        .

A. is easier than saving a baby                           B. is harder than saving a baby

C. is cheaper than saving a baby                      D. is more common than saving a baby

4.The main idea of the article is        .

A. doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients

B. doctors are able to save premature babies, but the cost is very high

C. having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago

D. Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills

 

Mrs. Green was very fat. She weighed 100kg, and she    1   heavier every month.

   2   she went to see a doctor. The doctor said, “You    3   to go on a diet(节食), Mrs. Green. I’ve got a food list here.” He gave her a small book and said, “   4   it carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me    5   two weeks.”

Mrs. Green cam back two weeks    6  , but she wasn’t thinner and was even

   7  . The doctor was surprised and asked, “Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book?”

“Yes, doctor,” she answered.

The next day,    8   visited Mrs. Green in the afternoon. He was very  9 

to see her.

“Mrs. Green,” he asked, “why are you eating potatoes and bread? You aren’t on the diet!”

“But doctor,” Mrs. Green answered, “I eat my diet    10   lunch time. This is my tea(下午茶).”

1.A. gets            B. is getting             C. was getting

2.A. So             B. But                  C. Because

3.A. want           B. like                  C. have

4.A. Watch          B. Read                 C. Find

5.A. behind         B. in                    C. for

6.A. ago            B. late                  C. later

7.A. fatter          B. thinner               C. taller

8.A. her parents      B. her friend             C. the doctor

9.A. happy          B. afraid                C. surprised

10.A. at            B. on                   C. in

 

When Mr. David retired, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心), come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

1. Where did Mr. David live after he retired?

__________________________________________________________

2. Why do many people want to see Mr. David’s house?

__________________________________________________________

3. Can Mr. David stand the visitors?

__________________________________________________________

4. What did Mr. David do to drive the visitors away?

__________________________________________________________

5. How did Mr. David feel when visitors kept coming to see his house?

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