A teenage girl couldn’t stand her family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had little education and _______ years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has been dead. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still _______ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she _______ a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you. Come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was surprised and she couldn’t believe her _______. “Is that me?” She moved _______and read the words, “I still love you.” She cried. She couldn’t _______ to go back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She _______ her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and her daughter looked at each other in excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “_________ is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked since you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”

As _______ knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. ________ this way, both parents and children can be happy.

1.A. a little B. a few C. much D. more

2.A. looking for B. looking after C. looking at D. looking up

3.A. sets on B. puts up C. cuts up D. makes up

4.A. eyes B. ears C. nose D. head

5.A. farther B. further C. closer D. away

6.A. worry B. stand C. afford D. wait

7.A. cheer B. stay C. woke D. pick

8.A. what B. who C. when D. why

9.A. everyone B. anyone C. someone D. none

10.A. With B. In C. By D. On

A man enters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store with milk. That is all milk. At the same time, a woman enters the same grocery store (杂货店) also to buy milk. She buys it. But, she also buys chicken and lemons to make dinner that night. Then she remembers to buy food for her son to eat at school. She also gets a bottle of wine for drinks with friends and a birthday card for her husband's niece. Then she gets coffee for breakfast, ice cream for dessert and remembers stamps to mail the bills. And don't forget soap for the bathroom.

And that is the difference between the female and male brains simply explained in a grocery store. Generally speaking ， men do one thing at a time. Women do many. Doing many things at one time is often called “multi-tasking”, a very popular word these days.

Now some studies support this theory ( 理 论 ) about male and female brains. A recent study has shown what we have known all along---men and women think differently.

Scientist at the university of Pennsylvania studied brain images of 949 people aged from 8 to 22 years old. They found that male brains have more connections on one side of the brain, or hemisphere (大脑半球). In female brain, they found more activity and connections between the right and left sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is known as the side of “reason” The right hemisphere is known as the “creative” side.

Regina Verma is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She co-wrote the report. She says when women are asked to do something difficult they might use different parts of the brain. Men, she adds, generally use just one side of the brain.

1.Generally speaking, men do one thing at a time while women do many.

2.Scientists have found that men and women think in the same way.

3.Develop the left side of your brain if you want to be more creative.

4.Men use both sides of the brain when doing something difficult.

5.The passage that we read above is a science report.

This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year's celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.

The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version (版本) by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.

The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year's Eve. The version ( 译 文 ) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year!

This is Buddy Thomas.

1.This passage is from _ _.

A. a newspaper. B. a magazine. C. a TV program. D. a radio program.

2. _ is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us.

A. Robert Bums. B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet.

C. Buddy Thomas. D. The passage doesn't tell us.

3.The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared _.

A. In 1790. B. In 1793. C. In 1796. D. In 1799.

4.The song Auld Lang Syne is about .

A. the history of Scotland B. an old Scottish poet

C. the need to remember old friends D. the wishes to the radio friends

One day, A good woman said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and wanted to do something to take the words back. To undo (撤销) what she had done, she went to an old, wise woman in the village, explained her situation and asked for advice.

The older woman understood the younger woman’s pain. She knew she could never alleviate the pain, but she could teach her. She said, “Tonight, take your best feather pillow and put single feather on the doorstep of each house in the town before the sun rises.”

The young woman hurried home to prepare for them, even though the feather pillows were very dear to her. All night long, she was busy alone in the cold. Finally she placed the last feather on the step of the last house before daybreak. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman.

“ Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and refill ( 回 填 ) your pillows with feathers you have put on the steps, and then everything will be as it was before.” “You know that’s impossible! The wind blew away each feather as soon as I placed them on the doorsteps!” the young woman was surprised.

“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. Once spoken, no amount of effort, regardless how heartfelt ( 发 自 内 心 的 ) or sincere, can never return them to your mouth. Choose your words wisely and treasure the people you love.”

1.The woman went to visit the older woman in the village .

A. to have a chat with her B. to undo what she had done

C. to give her something D. to borrow something from her

2.The underlined word “alleviate” here probably means .

A. produce B. increase C. reduce D. make

3.The best title of this passage can be “ ”.

A. Learn to Say Beautiful Words

B. It’s impossible to Take Back What You Have Said

C. Don’t Hurt Our Friends

D. Feathers Are Easy to Be Blown Away

I would almost rather see you dead, Robert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist. In the 19th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the young lady’s family ranked (位列) among the best of Philadelphia’s social families, such an idea could not even be considered.

That was how Mary Cassatt, born in 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did not fear before her father ’ s anger. Instead, she was against him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position and all thought of a husband and a family, which was unthinkable for a young lady in those times. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance( 坚持), she became America’s most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.

1.What in fact was Mr. Cassatt’s main reason in opposing his daughter’s wish?

A. Drawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.

B. He did not believe his daughter wanted to work seriously in art.

C. Ladies of good families simply did not become artists in those times.

D. He believed an artist’s life would be too hard for his daughter.

2.What made Mary Cassatt’s “fight” to become a leading artist especially hard?

A. Her father was against her. B. She was a woman.

C. She had no social position. D. She did not come from an artist’s family.

3.What do we know about Mary Cassatt’s marriage?

A. She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother.

B. Her marriage failed because she never gave a thought to her husband and family.

C. After marriage she decided to give up her husband rather than her career.

D. She didn’t marry because for a lady of her social position to marry below her was unthinkable.

根据所给汉语意思，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子。

1.很幸运，没有人在这次事故中受重伤。

Luckily, no one was hurt _____ in the accident.

2.你们的体育课是在周三？

Do you have a P.E. class _____?

3.青少年应该被允许选择自己的喜好。

Teenagers _____ choose their own hobbies.

4.这本书已经被那个年轻人借走五天了。

The young man _____the book for five days.

5.没有科学研究表明鱼翅对健康有好处。

No _____has shown that shark fins are good for health.

Have you ever heard of the story of the first Teddy bear? Do you know how the first Teddy Bear was created? The story starts with America’s twenty-sixth president Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt traveled to Mississippi because the state was having an disagreement with its neighbor, Louisiana. President Roosevelt was a great hunter, so some people took him to go hunting while he was in Mississippi. Things were not going well. Almost everyone had successfully shot an animal, but President Roosevelt hunted nothing. Nobody wanted to see the president look sad, so someone caught a bear and tied it to a tree. Then they asked President Roosevelt to shoot. The president was very surprised to see that. He felt it was unfair to shoot the bear, because it couldn’t run away. He refused to shoot the helpless and tired bear. The story of his decision went all over the country. Everyone was moved by the president’s belief.

The next day, a cartoon artist drew a picture about the scene and it was put into the Washington Post Newspaper on November 16th, 1902. Everyone saw the cartoon, including a couple named Morris and Rose Michtom who lived in New York. The Michtoms owned a toy store and decided to make a stuffed ( 填 满 填 充 物 的 ) bear to remember the president’s actions in letting the helpless bear stay alive. They call it “Teddy bear”.

Other toy bears had been made in the past, but they all looked mean and threatening ( 威 胁 他 人 的 ). The Michtoms’ bear looked sweet and harmless. People fell in love with the Teddy Bear soon and they were willing to own it.

1.What happened to the bear after someone caught it?

It ________________to a tree after someone caught it.

2.How did President Roosevelt save the bear?

He saved the bear by_______________________.

3.Who drew a picture and put it into the Washington Post Newspaper?

________________________________________.

4.Before the first Teddy Bear was made, what were the toy bears like?

They looked_________________________________.

5.What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

________________________________________.

A) 根据对话内容，将方框内符合对话情境的句子抄写在对话空白处，使对话恢复完整。选 项中有两项是多余的。

A: Hi, Li Dong. What’s wrong with you?

B: Hey! Wang Hua. 1.

A: Oh! I’m sorry to hear that. You must have practiced in a wrong way.

B: You are right! I was too eager to get good grades. 2.

A: You should follow the P.E. teachers’ instructions. In that way, you will avoid hurting and your P.E. will improve a lot.

B: Sure, I will. 3.

A: I chose basketball.

B: Basketball? I think it is a little difficult.

A: 4.

B: Oh, great! I chose football. Maybe it’s easy for me.

A: 5.Take good care of yourself, and you will be better soon.

B: Thank you!

I believe you can make it.

I think it’s terrible.

What kind of ball games did you choose?

I love it very much and I am good at playing basketball.

I hurt my left knee when I had a P.E. class.

Why don’t you practice it

You know the P.E. exam is coming.

I believe you can make it.

I think it’s terrible.

What kind of ball games did you choose?

I love it very much and I am good at playing basketball.

I hurt my left knee when I had a P.E. class.

Why don’t you practice it

You know the P.E. exam is coming.

随着中考的临近，初三同学感到压力很大， 有些人由于学习方法不当，盲目刷题或连 续熬夜，导致上课时精力不足，考试成绩越发不理想。结合上述情况，请以 How to improve our study 为题写一篇英语演讲稿，向同学们提出建议。

写作要点：

1.课前预习，课堂认真听讲，做好笔记，课后按时完成作业。

2.制定学习计划，合理安排时间。

3. ……

写作要求：

1.语句通顺，意思连贯，语法正确，书写规范；

2.写作要点齐全，可适当发挥。

3.文中不得出现真实姓名，校名等；

4.不少于 70 词，开头给出，但不计入总词数。

How to improve our study

Dear friends，

I’m very sorry to hear that most of us have great pressure in study and don’t perform well in the exams.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Here’s my advice. Thanks for your listening!

根据所给音标写出单词。

1./ nekst/ _____________

2./θ??ks/ _________________

3./d?u:s/ ______________

4./k?:s/ ___________________

5./bred/ _____________

6./’tju:zdei/ _______________

7./bi’twi:n/ _______________

8./’we??/ __________________

9./’veri/ ______________

10./wen/ ___________________