Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passages.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest number of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

1.People read newspapers in order to _____________.

A. learn the latest (最新的) news

B. meet their own different needs

C. read the short stories

D. find the morning news

2.From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.

A. they read them very carefully

B. they just read the headlines

C. not everyone reads all the pages

D. they have no time to read them

3.Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.

A. more and more people like to read them

B. people enjoy reading something different

C. newspaper become cheaper

D. more pages mean more money

4.The most popular in the world are newspapers ____________.

A. in English B. in Chinese

C. in other language D. with many pages

5.According the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from ___.

A. magazines B. advertisements

C. e-mail D. Internet

书面表达

假定你是张强，是一名初二学生。上星期天你从报纸上看到保护野生动物俱乐部(Friend of Nature)的招聘广告。请你写封简短的应聘信，介绍自己的情况(见下表)，表示愿意为俱乐部做一些工作，并请俱乐部负责人考虑并尽早予以答复。在作文中不能出现真实姓名、校名。

注意：1. 信的开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

2. 词数70-80。

Dear sir,

I read your ad in the newspaper last Sunday. Now I'm writing to tell you I'd like to become a member of Friend of Nature.

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Yours sincerely

Zhang Qiang

The workers are made _____ for ten hours a day.

A.working B. work C. worked D. to work

He gave me two answers to the question, but _____ of them is right.

A. neither B. both C. none D. one

---- Would you like something to drink, coffee or tea? ---- ______ , water please.

A.Both B.Neither C. None D. Either

We should do anything as ____ as possible.

A. careful B. more careful

C. carefully D. more carefully

We are all _____ about the _____ news

A. exciting/ excited B. exciting/ exciting

C. excited/excited D. excited/exciting

根据短文的内容, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

Passage 1

Is there someone you hate? Well, maybe you don’t really hate them. But you get really angry every time you think of them. If you don’t let this anger go, it can turn into bitterness(痛苦)

Bitterness appears when we can’t forgive(原谅) someone who has hurt us or made us angry. Someone might say or do something that hurts us. But Instead of controlling the anger, we keep it deep inside. Before long, a bitter feeling begins to grow. We may think we’re hurting that person by criticizing him or her often, but we’re really only hurting ourselves.

Bitterness can not only lead to serious health problems such as heart disease, but also hurt our relationships with friends and family members. No one enjoys being around an anger person for very long.

If you see bitterness in your life, here are some ways to deal with it.

Accept it

Instead of trying to deny your anger, make it clear to yourself and accept it. See your anger for what it is and quickly deal with it.

Stop making excuses for it

You may feel you have a right to be anger. You may think you’re right and the other person is wrong. You may even secretly enjoy making the other person look bad. But in the end, bitterness hurts you much more than the other person. The bitterness will hold you back, and the other person will go on with his or her life.

Forgive and forget it

You probably can’t completely put the anger out of your mind. But you can decide to forgive the other person. Forget it and move on. You’ll enjoy better health and peace of mind.

1.According to the passage, we might get angry when someone ______.

A．holds us back B．forgets us

C．doesn’t like us D．does hurt us

2. Bitterness comes from_______.

A．our health problems like heart disease

B．the anger that lives deep inside our mind

C．the person who says something that hurts us

D．our relation with friends and family members

3.The underlined word “deny” in the passage means “_____’’.

A．误解 B．否认 C．疏远 D．减轻

4. The best way to deal with the bitterness is to ______.

A．make the person who hurts us look bad

B．hate the person who hurts us very often

C．accept that you are hurting the other person

D．forgive the person who hurts us and forget it

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A．We should enjoy someone who hurts us.

B．We should pay more attention to our friends.

C．The peace of mind is more important than the hurt itself.

D．It’s better to let bitterness go along with the other person.

Everybody can suffer from stress(压力). No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home. or problems with brothers and sisters.

Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them. Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple, but it is true. A problem shared is a problem halved.

1.Why is being a teenager often difficult?

A. Because even though you are not an adult, you must deal with adult problems.

B. Because even though you are an adult, you must deal with children's problems.

C. Because even though you are a teenager, you must do a lot of homework.

D. Because adults often make them feel stressed.

2. Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience _____.

A. by asking them to go to university

B. by helping them with their homework

C. as teenagers quarrel with their parents, and their brothers or sisters

D. as families never support their children enough

3.Why can leaving school be a stressful time for teenagers?

A. Because they will be leaving their favorite teachers.

B. Because many people's favorite memories are at school.

C. Because they may worry about getting a place at university.

D. Because they may worry about becoming an adult.

4.Why can finding a job after finishing school be difficult?

A. Because there is a lot of competition for jobs.

B. Because there are no jobs.

C. Because a job is more difficult than school work.

D. Because there is a lot of competition for places at university.

5.We can deal with the stress in our life _____.

A. by not trying to find a job

B. by forgetting about our problems

C. by getting a place at university

D. by sharing our problems with our friends

阅读下面短文，将短文中划线部分的句子翻译成中文。

This song is from US musician Sara Bareilles(莎拉 巴莱勒思) .1.The-33-year-old singer is also a songwriter and pianist. Her songs are pure and heartfelt. 2.And she has sold over 1 million records in the US alone. Bareilles wrote the song and released it on April 23 this year. It was inspired(启发) by her friend who had some problems. 3.She hoped her friend could be brave and say what he wanted. Are you sometimes too shy to speak out? Listen to the song and you may get great courage from it. Don’t run, stop holding your tongue. Maybe there is a way.