No matter what happens, the fact that Diaoyu Island belongs to China will ______ change.

A. ever B. never C. seldom D. hardly

___Would you mind my sitting beside you? ______,it’s for my daughter.

A. Certainly B. You’d better not.

C. You’re welcome D. Of course not

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions (比赛). He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (银杯) for the Rose of the Year.

Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boy that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.

At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告) made of good, strong wood some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.

1.It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.

A. build glass-houses in his free time

B. grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup

C. win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

D. grow a rose with the longest name

2. Boys were often tempted to ________.

A. throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house

B. throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

C. be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

D. play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

3. Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.

A. at times when school-boys were walking near them

B. all the school day when there were no boys about

C. where he could not be seen by the boys passing

D. in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day

4.Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.

A. be on watch in his free time

B. ask the headmaster for help

C. pick up all the stones around his garden

D. do all the above

One day when some workers were rebuilding a barn(谷仓), they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force(迫使) the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later, they saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice had ran away. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing（挤）out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away at once. Instead, one ran after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite(咬) the tail of the other.

Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.

After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.

One serious American man said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.” The others thought for a while and said: “That was why!”

A smart French said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife.” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.

A Japanese said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable(合理的). So they expressed agreement another time.

At that moment, one Chinese asked: “Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”

Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained(保持) speechless. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame, and did not dare to answer.

In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty(忠诚) or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.

1. Neither of the two mice ran away at once because ______.

A. one was biting the other

B. the mouth of the hole was too small

C. they were not afraid of smoke

D. one was trying to help the blind one

2.It is clear that ______.

A. all the mice came out of the hole easily

B. each of the people understood the relationship differently

C. the people wanted to kill the mice with smoke

D. the people knew one of the mice was blind at first sight

3.“it made sense” probably means ______.

A. it was correct B. it was strange

C. it was funny D. it was sweet

4.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. TWO LOVELY MICE B. HELP PRODUCES LOVE

C. FRIENDS IN NEED D. LOVE IS ALL

词汇运用

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

1.You need hard work and a little luck if you want to achieve ______(successful).

2.She said goodbye to us ___________(peace).

3.Yangzhou , a green city, is a ___________(please) place for people to live in.

4.____________, his parents both lost their lives in the accent. (luck)

5.I found him _________in the art when he was three years old. (interest)

6.There are five people in the hall, ____________my son.(包括)

7.Playing computer games at school for a student is ______(反对） school rules.

8.Don’t stay up (超过) midnight. It’s bad for your health.

9.The book is of great __________(价值) to our country.

10.The film ________(导演)by Zhang Yimou is loved by most young people.

任务型阅读,阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词)

The Slender West Lake Scenic Spot lies in the northwestern part of Yangzhou, with its south gate facing Great Rainbow Bridge Road. It covers an area of about 123.6 hectares. The Slender West Lake was named a National Key Scenic Spot in 1988 and National AAAAA Tourist Area in 2010.

The Slender West Lake used to be a long river named the Baozhang Lake, which is 4 kilometers in length and less than 100 meters in width. A famous poet Wang Hang in the Qing Dynasty once composed a poem (诗歌), from which the Slender West Lake gets its present name and to which it owes its great fame (名声) both at home and abroad.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many gardens were built along the Slender West Lake. Following the lines of the natural landscape, a large number of buildings along the moats(护城河) were constructed(建造) in different locations during different periods. Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty both visited the Slender West Lake.

The Slender West Lake Scenic Spot is an outstanding representative (代表) of the lake gardens in China. In a word, the Slender West Lake not only represents the beauty of natural landscape（风景）, but also embodies (体现) the richness of its history and culture.

The Slender West Lake

缺词填空,根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题纸标有题号的横线上，完整写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

Reading is an activity that people enjoy a lot in their free time.

Some like reading newspapers and o___1.___enjoy novels or comic books. My f __2.____ books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my o __3.____life better.

Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up w___4.__their lives were difficult. They tried to use e __5.___ chance to change their lives and make the world better.

One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has m __6.____ the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the r __7._ why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient (方便的) machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes f_8.____ the sky.

Whenever I read s____9.___ about great people, I always learn a lot from them and they encourage me to march on.

This is w__10.____ I enjoy reading about great people's lives.

写作

我们学校九年级的学生最近开了一个班会，讨论如何选择电视节目，现在电视节目种类很多，各有利弊，同学们时间有限，只能有选择地看。根据以下表格，谈论各类电视节目的优点，并发表自己的看法。字数100词左右。

— It is reported that both of ____________ two kids were saved out of the river by____ university student.

— True. He was really brave, wasn’t he?

A. the; a B. the ; an

C. the; the D. a; the

—They speak perfect English. How long have they learnt it?

—_______ they were seven years old.

A. Since B. When C. After D. Until