Running is becoming popular these days. Many of us run for our health. Doctors say many of the health problems come from these bad habits: eating too much, drinking too much, smoking too much and not having enough exercise. Doctors tell us, "Eat less, don't smoke, and exercise more."

Running is good exercise because it helps build a strong heart. It also helps most people lose weight. One 68-year-old woman runs three times a week. She runs to lose weight. "I love to eat," she says.

Running is good for our health in other ways, too. Many runners say running makes colds and other small health problems go away. "Running is my doctor," says one man.

Running can also help people to relax. So today men and women of all ages enjoy running.

1.What bad habits do the health problem come from？

A．Eating too much.

B．Drinking too much.

C．Smoking cigarettes and not having enough exercise

D．All the above（以上所有）

2.What do doctors tell us to keep healthy？

A．Eat less，don't smoke and exercise more.

B．Eat more，drink more and sleep less.

C．Eat less，drink less and sleep less.

D．Smoke a lot and exercise more.

3.The underlined word means ______________ in Chinese.

A．疾病             B．体重             C．速度             D．健康

4.The third paragraph shows____________.

A．running helps people to relax

B．people who like running have many healthy problems

C．running helps build a strong heart.

D．people who like running have fewer healthy problems

5.The writer mainly tell us ________

A．how to run

B．running is a good way to keep healthy

C．how to lose weight

D．running is better than doctors

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

Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but it was Joan’s turn to look after the sick children. She liked dancing very much, so she felt very sorry for herself.

She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to one little boy, Dickey. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult( 成人). Poor Dickey had a very serious illness, and now he was hardly able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of about himself.

Dickey knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted her with the words, "I' m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer(抽屉), you ' Il find a piece of cake. I saved it from my supper today, so it' s quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there, You can buy something to drink with that. And I' d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to,” he added.

Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan.

1.Joan felt unlucky that evening mainly because______________.

A. there wasn't a dance ball at the hospital

B. of her unpleasant job

C. she couldn’t look after the sick children  

D. she would miss the big dance

2.Poor Dickey__________________.

A. was a boy of eleven                  

B. had a serious illness

C. was clever at talking though he was very young 

D. all the above(以上全部)

3.Dickey was lovely because______________.

A. he was a sick boy       

B. he could dance with Joan

C. he often thought about other people instead of about himself

D. he could foresee(预知) that he would never get any better

4.Which of the following is not true?

A. Dickey couldn’t walk.

B. Dickey knew nothing about the dance.

C. Dickey could only move his hands.

D. Dickey greeted Joan when she came.

5.At that party arranged(安排) for Joan, probably_______.

A. Dickey got up and danced with her     

B. Dickey brought her something to drink

C. Joan was moved (感动)by Dickey    

D. Dickey lost the dollar which he saved

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.

There are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.

The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written.

1.What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?

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

3.The skills of a good teacher are        .

4.From the passage, we know        .

5.The title of the passage is         .