After reading the texts, the students were asked to go on .

A. to practise to listen B. practising to listen

C. to practise listening D. practising listening

— I heard you have a chance to enter that top university in the world?

— .

A. Don’t mention it. B. That’s not the case.

C. What’s up? D. Is that so?

I travel a lot, and I find out different “style” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”

Foreign tourists are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For examples, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure (估量) distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.

It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” but in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” people in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

1.When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a place, they usually _________.

A. tell him the names of the streets

B. show him a map of the place

C. describe the place carefully

D. refer to (意指)clear buildings and places

2.What is the place where people show distance in time?

A. New York. B. Los Angeles. C. Kansas. D. Iowa.

3.Usually, People in Yucatan give a tourist a wrong answer _________ instead of saying “I don’t know”.

A. to save time B. as a test

C. to be polite D. for fun

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.

B. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.

C. People have similar understandings of politeness.

D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

1.He became the manager of his company ____ (凭借) years of hard work.

2.I’ve grown up but my parents are ____（严格的）with me now, to my surprise, than before.

3.We humans continue to make ____ (进步) in the fight against illness.

4.He much ____ (更喜欢)soft drinks to water because of its nice taste before he read this Article.

书面表达

假如你是Daniel，是九年级的学生，请你写一封信给学校“心灵小屋”的老师，向她介绍自己，然后告诉她你的一些困惑，并向她求得帮助。

要点如下：1、活泼、聪明、幽默；

2、最爱黄色，因为黄色代表成功；

3、希望成为像Jeremy Lin一样的篮球运动员；过去常常花许多时间练习打篮球；但现在忙于各门功课, 已经很长时间没打球了；

4、由于学习而感到很累；

5、朋友建议我……

注意：1、第5要点的内容须用2 — 3句作适当发挥；

2、必须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

3、词数80个左右，信的开头和结尾均已给出，不计入总词数。

Notes：代表 represent;

Dear Teacher,

I’m a Grade 9 student. _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

I hope you can tell me how to solve them. I am looking forward to your letter.

Best wishes!

Daniel

— Must I finish the work now?

—No, you __________. You __________ do it this evening.

A. mustn’t; can B. needn’t; may

C. can’t; must D. needn’t; must

A few students don’t know ________ they should deal with stress before________ an exam.

A. how; take B. what; taking

C. how; taking D. what; take

— Shuofang Airport, please. I have to be there by 7:00.

— _________, but I'll do my best.

A. I can't promise anything B. Don’t worry

C. We still have enough time left D. Sorry, I can’t

“He could have lived on his good looks, but instead he chose to live on talent and hard work.” This is how Internet users praised Chinese swimmer Ning Zetao.

On Aug 6, the 22-year-old won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia. He was the first Asian to ever achieve this. Overnight the 191-cm-tall, handsome young man became the nation’s hero. Ning didn’t let the sudden fame(名声) get to his head. He said he only saw “a slight change” in his life after winning.

“My life is full of changes and challenges,” he said . “I welcome them and am never afraid of them.” The first big change in Ning’s life came at 2009.At the time, he specialized(专攻) in breaststroke(蛙泳) and was successful. But he felt a sharp pain in his knee. He suffered(遭受痛苦) every time he practiced his kicks. When he was 16,the knee pain got worse, and he had to stop swimming the breaststroke. Then he switched(转换)to sprint freestyle swimming. Ning didn’t let the change bring him down. Instead, he took advantage of it and became one of the best freestyle swimmers. Last year, he won four gold medals in freestyle races at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea.

What is the next change Ning would like to see in his life? He said he wants to improve on his English. “English will help me communicate with foreign coaches and compete in the world games in the future.” Obviously Ning has high expectations for himself at the Rio Olympics next year. We wish him good luck.

1.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 means_________.

A. changes and challenges B. Ning’s fans

C. Internet users D. other swimmers

2.What is Ning’s first big change in his life?

A. Ning won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia.

B. Ning switched to sprint freestyle swimming because the knee pain got worse.

C. Ning improved his English to communicate with foreign coaches

D. Ning specialized in breaststroke and was successful.

3.The best title of the article is ______________.

A. The freestyle swimming B. Change for the best

C. Ning’s life D. The first Asian swimmer

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.Our teacher once told us that practice _____________ (make) perfect.

2.I don’t know when____________ (hold) the parents’ meeting. You can ask Mr. Green.

3.No attention _____________ (pay) to his new book at the book show last week.

4.Some girls like having their hair _____________ (cut) like boys. They may think it’s cool.

5.—Has Jack finished mending his bike, Tommy?

—I am not sure, but he ____ ___ (fix) his bike the whole afternoon.

6.I don’t know the news because nobody ___________(tell) me before.

7.As a result, he succeeded in _____________ (win) the first prize.

8.-- When shall I hand in my report? -- As soon as it ____________ (complete) tomorrow.