One of sweetest memories as a child is of going down to the river and sitting comfortably on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to songs of birds. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under the pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their original state after the wind had died down.

When I think about the bamboo tree’s ability to bend and move back, the word “resilience” comes to my mind. When it is used for a person, this word means the ability to readily recover (恢复) from shock, sadness or any other suffering. Have you ever felt like you were going to snap? Have you ever felt like you were at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived to talk about it.

Life is a mixture (混合) of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend, but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.

An amount of hope will take you through the unpleasant suffering. With hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem. The unpleasant suffering may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having.

If things get tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo trees, bend, but don’t break!

1.What does the underlined word “snap” in the second paragraph most probably mean?

A. break B. change C. win D. complain

2. What can help people get through sufferings according to the writer?

A. Holding peace and quiet in mind.

B. Waiting until sufferings disappear.

C. Experiencing more bad times.

D. Hoping for a better tomorrow.

3.What would be the best title of this passage?

A. Memories of Bamboo

B. Be Like Bamboo

C. Enjoying Bamboo

D. Characteristics of Bamboo

There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let’s have a look at some of these inventions and see if you agree that they should be more successful.

The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow into a bag first. If there was too much alcohol (酒精) in their breath, the car wouldn’t start. It sounded like a great idea to me, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency (紧急情况) even if they had drunk too much alcohol. Another idea I liked was an invention by a scientist who thought his children watched too much TV. He connected the TV to an exercise bike so that the electricity to power the TV was produced by the bike. If the children wanted to watch a lot of TV, they had to pedal (踩动) very hard. I found another invention on the Internet which encouraged good habits. Believe it or not, this invention was an ashtray (烟灰缸) which spoke to you when you lit a cigarette! The “voice” of the ashtray was started by the heat from the cigarette and reminded you how dangerous it is to smoke.

One of the strangest inventions I have come across is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float on the river while you pedaled the bike inside the ball! Why not use a bridge instead? A friend of mine at school once bought a strange pair of football shoes. On the bottom of the shoes there was a rotating pad of studs (转动钉垫). The idea was that you would change direction more quickly if the studs rotated with you. The problem was that every time you stopped you changed direction whether you wanted to or not! I think he wore those shoes twice! One thing I would like is a baseball cap with a built-in radio so you can listen to sport all day with your hands free. While we are on the subject of sport, the Americans invented a kind of robot for sports fans. If you were watching your team on TV on your own, you could press a button and the robot would do “high fives” with you! Fantastic! I wonder if you have any good ideas for inventions like these.

1. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the inventions mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A. The writer regrets he knew nothing about the inventions.

B. he writer doubts if the inventions will be popular soon.

C. The writer thinks these inventions will do good to people.

D. The writer finds these inventions are the strangest of all.

2.What can we know from the passage?

A. The father used his invention to stop children watching too much TV.

B. It was very bad for the drivers to blow into a bag before their driving.

C. The bike crossing rivers was considered one of the best inventions.

D. The invention of new shoes would make players run much faster.

3. The underlined word “inflate” in the third paragraph means ________.

A. check out B. blow up

C. look into D. turn over

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Popular Inventions Today

B. Technology and Invention

C. Inventions with a Difference

D. The History of Invention

词汇运用

A) 根据括号内的中文提示写出单词的正确形式，使句子意思完整正确，每空一词。

1.Our city is becoming more and more (拥挤) and polluted.

2.We are excited to hear that we will have two __________(月)holiday.

3.Nancy felt proud when she （升起）the national flag in the playground this Monday.

4.When I look out from the (二十九) floor of that tall building, I can see the whole city.

5. The documentary he is interested in (描述) how wild animals live in Zhalong Nature Reserve.

B) 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，每空一词。

6.In winter, some animals become (active) and sleep for the whole winter.

7.---Can the stars ( see ) in the day ?---No, they can’t.

8.Jim has a wide ___ _______( know) of physics and geography .

9. I think __________ ( eat) too much meat and watching too much TV are bad for our health.

10.To get good grades in the exam, we should avoid (care).

短文填空

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。

Recently a lot of people have been punished for speaking on their mobile phones while driving. S __1.__ on the phone requires concentration(专心) and takes a driver’s a__2._ from the road.

If you drive after you have consumed alcoholic(含酒精的) drinks, you are a _3.__ the law and risking your own life as well as the lives of o _4.__ . If you are with someone else who has been drinking alcohol, even i 5.__ they had just a glass of beer, do not a 6. them to drive.

There is a fact that driving too fast through city streets is very irresponsible(不负责任的)and d_7. . Our city streets are always b_8. with people, cars and bicycles. Drivers have to take the responsibility(责任) to be c9._ __for people crossing the road, especially older people who may walk s_10. __ and young children who may not look before stepping into the road.

书面表达

假设你校为了配合创建“文化校园 高效课堂”活动，最近以“学生做作业时是否应该在网上查找答案？”为题做了一个调查。调查发现一些学生赞成，但许多学生反对这种做法。请你根据调查情况和下列表格中的要点提示，以“Think before you search online”为题用英语一篇短文。

注意：1）词数90词左右。短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2）短文须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺；

3）短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

Think before you search online

Some students now have a new use for the Internet — helping them with their homework. But different people have different ideas about it.

–Who’s______ woman in red over there?

-To Youyou, ______ excellent scientist in our country.

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

A number of foreign visitors ______ Chengdu many times because it is such a beautiful city.

A. have been to B. has been to

C. has gone to D. have gone to

单词辨音 在A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出划线部分读音与其余三个不同的选项，并将该选项对应的字母编号填入答题卷上相应的空格内。

1.A. back B. balcony C. palace D. anything

2.A. neck B. exercise C. remember D. metre

3.A. skill B. quickly C. pizza D. exit

4.A. postman B. over C. ago D. worry

5.A. run B. usual C. understand D. lucky

6.A. teach B. theatre C. wheat D. each

7.A. bank B. nothing C. corner D. than

8.A. country B. sound C. south D. around

9.A. managers B. visitors C. stations D. bikes

10.A. something B. theirs C. another D. with

根据句意，在答题卷相应的横线上，写出所给单词的适当形式。

1.How many ________ (person) are there in your family?

2.It will be my mother’s ________ (forty) birthday tomorrow.

3.His telephone number is easy to remember. It ends in four ________ (zero).

4.KFC is a kind of __________ (west) food. Many children like it.

5.Please look after the __________ (postman) bags. They will be back soon.

根据句意和中文注释，在答题卷相应的横线上，写出所给单词的正确形式。

1. My ___________(邻居) are going to visit us at the weekend.

2.Read the __________(信息) below and it may help you.

3.The exchange student ___________(想念) her friends and parents very much.

4.The students are going on a ___________ (宝藏) hunt this Sunday.

5.___________(穿过，横过) the Sahara when I grow up is my dream.