Food is very important. Everyone needs to 46 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   47   . We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are     48    in everything around them. They learn 49 while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older. they begin to 50 storybooks, science books, or anything they like.

When they find something new, they have to ask questions and 51 to find out the answers. What’s the best    52    to get knowledge? If we learn 53 ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are     54    getting answers from others and don’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand    55      .

1. A. sleep   B. drink    C. cat

2. A. sport B. knowledge C. meat

3. A. interested B. interesting   C. good

4.A. something B. nothing   C. anything

5.A. write      B. learn       C. read

6. A. try    B. think   C. wait

7. A. place   B. way    C. road

8. A. with B. to   C. by

9. A. seldom B. always   C. sometimes

10. A. much   B. well C. better

Jay Chou is a popular singer around the world now. He looks very cool    46    his songs sound beautiful. He is     47     with teenagers.

Jay Chou was born     48     January the 18th, 1979 in Taiwan. As a little boy, he showed great interest in music. His mother asked a teacher     49     him to play    50     piano when he was 3 years old. He also learned to play other musical     51     like the guitar and cello (大提琴). When he was 13 years old, his parents got divorced (离婚). Jay felt sad. He often     52     his time listening to music. During this time, he wrote his first song.

Jay’s first job was a waiter in a restaurant. Then he began to write songs for  53      singers. Many of the songs became popular, but nobody knew Jay wrote     54     at that time. In 2000, Jay’s first album (唱片集) came out. To everyone’s surprise, it was a great     55    . With his second album, Jay was among one of the stars.

1.A. if             B. when             C. and              D. or

2.A. exciting           B. creative         C. interesting      D. popular

3.A. in             B. on               C. at               D. from

4.A. teach          B. taught           C. teaches          D. to teach

5.A. the                B. an               C. a                    D. /

6.A. programs       B. information      C. instruments      D. science

7.A. enjoyed        B. spent            C. took             D. found

8.A. other      B. the other        C. others           D. the others

9.A. it             B. them             C. him              D. us

10.A. success           B. problem      C. future           D. competition

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

Lisa has always been overweight. She wanted to lose weight, not just because she wanted to   1  more beautiful and healthier, but also because it would make life easier. For example, it was   2  for Lisa to find ready-made clothes that would fit. She had to ask a tailor (裁缝)   3  clothes that were large enough. In school, she needed a special  chair    4  was bigger and stronger than the other chairs. If she went for a walk, she got tired very quickly. She was also unhappy about the way people treated  5  sometimes. “People look at me and even make fun of me. That’s unfair! It’s true that I’m overweight, but I don’t think people   6  treat me differently because I’m big. I can’t enjoy   7  with my friends because I’m afraid of getting fatter.” Her friends and family never made fun of her. They tried to help her   8  . They wanted her to be happy and healthy. Sometimes when Lisa was feeling sad, she didn’t want to speak to   9 .

But now things are quite   10 . Last month her classmates were preparing for the School   11  Week. Someone advised Lisa to play the lead role of the proud Queen who was tall and fat. Lisa   12  and practiced a lot.

Soon after the play, Lisa became the star! She did   13  well that everybody remembered the proud Queen. They stood around her and said “  14 ” to her. She even won the School Best Actress Award for her wonderful performance.

Now Lisa doesn’t   15  about being fat any more. She believes in the English saying “Every dog has its day. ”

1.A. see             B. notice            C. look

2.A. easy           B. difficult           C. right

3.A. to buy          B. to cook           C. to make

4.A. which          B. who             C. whose

5.A. her            B. him              C. me

6.A. can           B. can’t              C. must

7.A. having dinner   B. watching TV      C. doing sports

8.A. however       B. instead          C. either

9.A. any dogs        B. police          C. anyone

10.A. same          B. different         C. old

11.A. Sports         B. Art             C. Science

12.A. agreed        B. disagreed         C. allowed

13.A. not           B. little              C. so

14.A. Sorry         B. Good luck        C. Congratulations

15.A. happy          B. worry            C. sad

Your junior high school years are coming to an end. After the big exam，most of you will go to   36   in a senior high school.  37   are you expecting from senior high?   38   hear what plans some students have for the future.

1.Zhou Jie，15，from Shanghai，“I have heard that although Senior 3 is a   39   year，students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2.I hope there’ll be time to enjoy   40  ，especially tennis. The Tennis Masters（大师）Cup will be held in Shanghai. I’m going to volunteer to help out and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.”

2.Jin Li，16，from Harbin，“I really enjoy science. I’m crazy about   41   model planes，although I’m not good at   42  .I’ll learn more science in senior high. Anyway. sometime in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”

3.Wang Ya，15，from Xiamen，“I hope I can be   43 in senior high school. I’m only 155 cm. I want to be 162 cm.  44    most of the girls in my family don’t grow any taller than 160 cm. I hope I’m different.”

4.Li Fan，15，from Puyang，“I hope I can make more friends. In senior high. I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things   45   them.”

1.A.walk        B. study            C. play             D. write

2.A.When       B. How           C. What             D. Where

3.A.Let's        B. It's            C. What's       D. That's

4.A.hot         B. hard        C. light            D. kind

5.A.book        B. show        C. photo            D. sport

6.A.making      B. sitting          C. cooking     D. cleaning

7.A.us          B. him          C. it           D. her

8.A.shorter      B. stronger        C. thinner        D. taller

9.A.So          B. But          C. When        D. If

10.A.to          B. for            C. from             D. at

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was        cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she         ,but she stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,          happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the          .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is      I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you        .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish* covering the beach, they        up by the waves*, and it was too difficult for them to make their way back by           . The man shook* his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man        very sorry for those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”

“Thinking for a moment, the man    to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   person.

1.A. drinking       B. making        C. selling        D. washing

2.A. turned around   B. turned down    C. turned on      D. turned off

3.A. what          B. when          C. where         D. why

4.A. air            B. land           C. water         D. environment

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

6.A. a legend       B. a joke           C. a story       D. an idea

7.A. pushed         B. was pushed      C. were pushed   D. were pushing

8.A. himself        B. itself           C. ourselves      D. themselves

9.A. feel            B. felt            C. fell           D. fall

10.A. afraid          B. surprised       C. sad           D. angry

11.A. slow           B. fast           C. soon          D. high

12.A. father         B. mother         C. son           D. daughter

13.A. Or            B. So             C. Because       D. Though

14.A. began          B. remembered     C. forgot        D. waited

15.A. shortest   B. tallest          C. smallest      D.biggest