As a middle school student, you are in an age group that is both fascinating and complex. You are no longer a “baby”, but you are not yet an adult. You are experiencing biological, physical, and behavioral and social changes. Relationships with your friends and family take on new meanings. This time period, called adolescence, can be joyful and painful at the same time. However, it is always a time of growth. You will be dealing with more complex intellectual tasks. You will be expected to behave in a more mature manner and you will be held more responsible for your actions. In other words, you are growing up. Use your curiosity, imagination, energy, and idealism to make your school an exciting place to learn and play.

As an adolescent, you now have more control over how you apply yourself to your school work and on the kinds of friends you make. As an intelligent and thinking adolescent, be aware of health risks to avoid such as involvement with drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and sexual activity. This involvement reduces your quality of life. Be kind and gentle to yourself, seek the advice and wisdom of your parents/guardians regularly, and talk with your teachers and school counselor.

Middle school students are expected to be respectful and considerate of others. You are responsible for your behavior. Think of ways to improve your behavior

△in your classroom

△in the lunchroom

△on school grounds

△during school activities

△on the school bus

△in your community

If you need assistance in working on ways to improve yourself as a person, contact your counselor. The counselor is trained to help students solve personal problems.

1.A middle school student is considered to be a(n) ______.

A. baby B. adolescent C. adult D. wiser

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Being a middle school student can be painful and joyful at the same time.

B. Middle school students are expected to behave in a more mature manner.

C. Curiosity and imagination are to be considered part of middle school life.

D. It’s hoped that middle school students will improve their behavior after school.

3.What are middle school students warned of in the passage?

A. Dealing with more complex tasks.

B. Applying themselves to their school work.

C. Involvement with drugs or alcohol.

D. Association with their parents or teachers.

4.What is a school counselor responsible for according to the passage?

A. Management of everything at work.

B. Assisting students with their problems.

C. Control of students’ issues in study.

D. Contact between students and parents.

We spend a quarter of our lives asleep. Sleep is necessary for the body to rest, yet our brains continue to process information. Studies have shown that students are more successful when they sleep after studying–instead of pulling all-nighters–because the brain reviews information learned. Similarly, dreaming is an opportunity to work out emotional problems and form thoughts and memories. About 25 percent of the time spent sleeping is spent in rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep. This type of sleep is known for when dreams occur, but it also helps energize the brain and body.

Researchers have found two important factors regarding humans and sleep: basicsleep need and sleep debt. Basic sleep need is the amount of sleep we need to have regularly to perform at our best. Sleep debt is the loss of sleep. A few studies say that most adults function best with a basic sleep need of seven to eight hours a night. The problem is that sleep debt also factors in, just because that you meet your basic sleep needs a few nights of the week doesn’t mean it cancels out the effects of one night’s sleep debt.

Of course, everyone is different and some people require more or less sleep than the standard basic sleep need. But the real problem lies in what lack of sleep does over the long period to people who either does not meet his or her body’s needs or for one reason or another doesn’t get enough regular sleep. It is more possible for these people to have motor vehicle accidents, weight gain and risk for heart disease or diabetes (糖尿病) and may be at increased risk for psychological conditions such as depression or drug abuse. Sleeping too long also can be associated with depression and poor health.

1.Most peoplespent around ______ of the sleeping time in REM sleep?

A. One third of the time

B. More than half of the time

C. One fourth of the time

D. More than 5 hours every day

2.【Which of the following is NOT the result for lack of sleep according to the passage?

A. Car accidents. B. Putting on weight.

C. Heart problems. D. Review learning things.

3.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Why We Need Sleep

B. REMSleep and Basic Sleep

C. Sleep Causes Problems

D. How Much Sleep We Need

4.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Students will forget what they have learned if they go to sleep immediately after study.

B. People may have an idea on how to solve an emotional problem if they have a dream.

C. It’s all right to have a night of sleep debt if you fulfill several days of basic sleep need.

D. Sleeping as long as you can is considered to be good for your health and performance.

Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphins and one of the world’s most powerful animals feeding on meat. They feast on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, and even whales, employing teeth that can be four inches (ten centimeters) long. They are known to grab seals right off the ice. They also eat fish, squid (鱿鱼), and seabirds.

Though they often frequent cold, coastal waters, orcas can be found from the polar regions to the Equator (赤道).

Killer whales hunt in deadly groups, family groups of up to 40 individuals. There appear to be both permanent and temporary group populations of killer whales. These different groups may hunt different animals and use different techniques to catch them. Permanent groups tend to prefer fish, while temporary groups target marine mammals. All groups use effective, cooperative hunting techniques that some are similar to the behavior of wolf packs.

Whales make a wide variety of communicative sounds, and each group has various noises that its members will recognize even at a distance. They use echolocation (回波定位) to communicate and hunt, making sounds that travel underwater until they meet objects, then reflect back, showing their location, size, and shape.

Killer whales are protective of their young, and other adolescent females often assist the mother in caring for them. Mothers give birth every three to ten years, after a 17-month pregnancy.

Killer whales are immediately recognizable by their special black-and-white coloring and are the intelligent, trainable stars of many aquarium shows. Killer whales have never been widely hunted by humans.

1. Killer Whales do not feed on ______.

A. seabirds B. seals C. fishes D. seaweeds

2.【The following aspects about killers whales are mentioned except ______.

A. hunting B. communication C. weight D. habitats

3.We can conclude that ______.

A. people can find killer whales everywhere around the world

B. killer whales live in different groups and never live alone

C. by making sounds killer whales hunt and communicate

D. humans’ hunt has made killer whales being endangered

4.Killer Whale are often seen in some aquarium shows because ______.

A. they are able to be trained

B. they have special body colors

C. they must be protected

D. they have never been hunted

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

What are you most afraid of? A few years ago, I thought of the scariest thing I could do, and then I made myself do it! I did a ______ jump. I was scared of ______ and couldn’t even climb a tall ladder (梯子). How would jump out of an aeroplane from a thousand meters ______ ?

Before I ______ my first jump, I did a few hours of training, ______ how to leave the aeroplane, how to ______ the parachute, and how to land safely. Then it was time to put the parachute on and ______ the plane. I was terrified! But I wanted to see ______ I could do it.

The plane went up and up. I ______ sicker and sicker. When it was my turn, I was numb with fear, but I did ______ I had to. I put my leg out of the aeroplane______ . I looked back at my ______ and when he said “go”, I ______ . I should have ______ the seconds, but I forgot to. I held my hands and legs out wide, just as I had been taught to do. I was falling and falling and falling. It was______ . My eyes were open but I couldn’t ______ . My ears were ______ but I couldn’t hear. All I could feel was that I was falling and falling.

My parachute had opened. It had only ______ four seconds of falling, but it had seemed like minutes. It was all so strange, but I was______ ! Life felt so good.

I landed safely and guess what? Over the next few months, I did thirty-two ______ jumps. I was always scared every time, but the important thing was that I did it!

1.A. pedestrian B. parachute C. presentation D. platform

2.A. depths B. lengths C. weights D. heights

3.A. up B. down C. away D. out

4.A. went B. fell C. did D. put

5.A. learning B. working C. preparing D. recreating

6.A. settle B. relax C. organize D. control

7.A. fall into B. turn into C. get into D. run into

8.A. as B. if C. when D. though

9.A. managed B. left C. felt D. came

10.A. which B. that C. who D. what

11.A. wing B. door C. window D. floor

12.A. instructor B. leader C. monitor D. participant

13.A. flew B. went C. ran D. quit

14.A. counted B. waited C. forgot D. promoted

15.A. exciting B. exhausting C. terrifying D. satisfying

16.A. cry B. see C. observe D. notice

17.A. sounding B. shutting C. working D. whispering

18.A. spent B. paid C. taken D. passed

19.A. vital B. unconscious C. scared D. alive

20.A. better B. another C. more D. much

从下列方框中所给的词和短语中选出适当的词或短语，并用其适当形式填空。

1.He didn’t meet with any trouble on the journey. ____________, he finished his trip smoothly.

2.You need to ____________ smoking. It is harmful to you and people around you.

3.____________ eating a seven-course meal, they drank three bottles of wine.

4.He ____________by his classmates once, which is why he never speaks in public now.

5.You need to ____________ some money for the birthday gift you have to buy for her.

6.His proposal ____________ be rejected, for it is not practical at all.

7.He is looking forward to ____________ you, but no letter has arrived.

8.She has heard so much about you, and she ____________ meet you now.

9.I can’t agree to marry you without my father’s ____________.

10.My husband promises to buy me a digital camera when he gets his annual ____________.

阅读下面句子并根据句意或结构完成每个句子，并将答案写在答题纸上。

1.He r____________ from the government and became a businessman.

2.He a____________ his car on the roadside when it broke down and called a taxi.

3.My little sister is 4 years my j____________.

4.He raised the fire a____________ when he saw the building across the street was on fire.

5.You should be fully a____________ of the risks involved.

6.I feel no ____________ (同情心) for him, for it is all his fault.

7.He is the only ____________ (目击者) to this accident.

8.John was planning on how to spend their wedding ____________ (周年纪念日).

9.Making ____________ (利润) is not the only aim of running a business.

10.He was given two days to r____________(反思) on what the boss had said.

语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（只填1词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

“You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top.”

Whenever the sun 1. (drop) and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. 2. (walk) together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through 3. I learned lessons from his experiences. He always stressed to me, “You should have objectives and capacity (容量) like4. mountain.”

This5. (have) largely influenced my life. Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have had enough time6. (spend) together because my father was very busy. I believe mountaineering is really7. (benefit). It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my 8. (patient). I loved climbing9. (mountain), to get away10. the noise and pollution of the city, and breathe the fresh air.

单句翻译

1.建筑师应该保证有轮椅的足够通道。 (access)

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2.他的雄心壮志是成为第一个登上火星的中国宇航员。(to do 作表语和定语; 火星：Mars)

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3.令他妈妈满意的是，他很快适应了新学校。

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4.他到达电影院，却被告知票已经卖完了。（to do 做状语）

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5.直到他打电话，我才意识到我把毕业证书落在他办公室了。(强调句)

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6. 我被吓得要死，这令他很开心。（定语从句）

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7.我羡慕他家的房子，房子的建造花费了100万美元。（定语从句）

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8.在被狗咬了几次以后，那个邮递员再也不给我家送信了。(分词做状语)

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9.他很害怕被老师批评。（动名词作宾语）

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10.被妈妈责备使他很沮丧。（动名词作主语）

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John Smith was a writer, who wrote detective stories for magazines, though he never dealt with criminals. One evening he could not finish an end for a story. He sat in his study, but he had no ideas. So he decided to go to the cinema.

When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his house. The visitor had had a drink, smoked several of his cigarettes and had read his story. The visitor left him a note. “I have read your story and I don’t think it is very good. Please read my suggestions and you can finish it. By the way, I am a thief. I’m not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will return.”

John read the thief’s suggestions. Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting for his “visitor” to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story in his study.

1.Detective stories are stories about________ .

A. the future B. the police

C. children D. science

2.John went to the cinema because_________ .

A. he could not finish his story and hoped to get some ideas

B. he wanted to enjoy himself in the cinema

C. he wanted to look for a thief

D. he was too tired

3.The visitor came to John’s house in order to_________ .

A. visit the writer B. have a drink

C. steal something D. read the story

The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I'd been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt：“The trouble with you is that you won't put yourself in my place. Can't you see things from my point of view？”I shook my head stubbornly—and felt the ache in my tooth. I'd thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.

If you come by right now, ”the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”

I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car .But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice？Why wasn't he as busy as the others?

In the dentist's office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.

When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don't worry. The dentist is very good.”

“How long do I have to wait for him？”I asked impatiently. “Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork, ”the assistant said. “The artwork？”I was puzzled.

The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it：on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was！At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.

What a relief!

1.Which of the following best describes the author's feeling that morning?

A. Satisfied B. Cheerful. C. Nervous. D. Upset..

2.What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?

A. The surroundings of the dentist's office.

B. The laughing assistant of the dentist.

C. The dentist's agreeing to treat her at very short notice.

D. The dentist's being as busy as the other dentists.

3.Why did the author suddenly smile?

A. Because the assistant kept comforting her.

B. Because she could relax in the chair.

C. Because the dentist came at last.

D. Because she saw a picture on the ceiling.

4.What did the author learn from her experience most probably?

A. Have a good word for one's friend.

B. Put oneself in other's shoes.

C. Strike while the iron is hot.

D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.