Jim didn’t finish his homework._____.

A. Neither did Mike. B. Neither Mike did.

C. So did Mike. D. So Mike did.

--Could I hang out with my friends?

--______.You have to prepare for your English test.

A. Yes, sure B. No, you can’t C. That’s OK D. You’re right

Weakness

A boy lost his left arm in a car accident. When he was 10 years old, he decided to study judo(柔道). The boy began lessons____ an old Japanese judo coach. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand______ after three months of training, the coach had taught him only one action. “Sir,” the boy finally said, “shouldn’t I be learning more actions?” “This is the only move you know, but this is the only action you’ll ever need to know,” the coach replied. Not quite understanding,_______believing in his coach, the boy kept____ .

Several months _____, the coach took the boy to his first competition. Surprising himself, the boy______won his first two matches. The third match proved to be_____ , but after some time, his opponent(对手) became impatient and rushed over; the boy quickly used his move to win the match. Still amazed by his______ , the boy was now in the finals.

This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger and______ . For a while, the boy appeared to be defeated(被击败的). Being worried that the boy might get hurt, the referee(裁判) called a time-out(暂停). He was about to call a time-out when the coach stopped. “No,” the coach cried, “let him______ . ”

Soon after the match began again, his opponent made a big mistake: he lost his guard. Immediately, the boy used his move to defeat his opponent. The boy had______ the match and the competition. He was the champion.

On the way home, the boy and the coach______ every move in each and every match. Then the boy showed the courage to ask______ was really on his mind, “Sir, how did I win the competition with only one move?”

“You won for _____ reasons,” the coach answered. “First, you’ve ______ mastered(掌握) one of the most difficult moves in all of judo. And second, the only known defence（防卫）for that move is for your opponent to catch your left arm. ”

The boy’s greatest weakness（弱点）had become his greatest strength.

1.A. to B. on C. with D. from

2.A. why B. when C. where D. how

3.A. so B. or C. but D. and

4.A. ask B. train C. asking D. training

5.A. later B. ago C. for D. away

6.A. easy B. easily C. hard D. difficult

7.A. easy B. easier C. difficult D. more difficult

8.A. failure B. success C. fall D. succeed

9.A. old B. experienced C. more experienced D. older

10.A. stop B. continue C. to continue D. to leave

11.A. won B. beat C. broke D. defeated

12.A. talked B. talk about C. review(回顾) D. reviewed

13.A. that B. which C. what D. whatever

14.A. one B. two C. three D. four

15.A. near B. never C. hardly D. almost

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope that computers can help them to improve their studies at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos. For most students, computers can not help them to study better but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.

In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves!

1.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine?

A. Because our country asks us to learn to use it.

B. Because it can help us a lot.

C. Because we can use it to play games.

D. Because it can help us to find jobs.

2.What do many parents complain about?

A. They complain that their children use computers to play games.

B. They complain that computers let them lose their jobs.

C. They complain that computers bring them a lot of trouble.

D. They complain that computers can’t bring them happiness.

3.In this passage we know computers ______.

A. also bring us trouble B. bring us happiness only

C. are hated by people D. are bad for people’s health

Chores were not popular at my house. My children didn’t like to do chores. They always saw me do chores, but they hardly ever helped me do them.

A year ago, I made a game called “The Endless Chore Game”. It is really great. Here’s how the game works.

I made a card with forty squares(方框), and I write a different chore on each square. These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert. Then my family rolls the dice(骰子) to decide what chores we have to do. The card also has a few squares with fun things, like watching TV and singing. If you are lucky, you can watch TV when the others are doing the chores.

My son likes the game very much. He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game. It is really a good way to make my children do chores. You can have a try if you have the same problem with me.

1.When did the writer’s family begin to do the game?

A. One year ago. B. One month ago.

C. Two years ago. D. Two months ago.

2.The writer made this game to _____.

A. do less chores

B. tell us an interesting game

C. make her children happy

D. make her children do chores

3.We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. the writer only has one child

B. the writer wrote this passage to the parents

C. everyone in the writer’s family likes playing the game

D. everyone in the writer’s family has to do the chores every day

Many children want to develop a hobby. You’ll need to find different interests and decide which hobby really interests you.While, this may be hard to do, and here are four great reasons to work it in:

Hobbies help build a teen’s confidence(自信).

By finding an area of interest, a teen can build his skill. This leads to positive(积极的) results and builds teenager’s confidence.

A hobby helps teens have a sense of his identity(个性).

Our likes and dislikes help let us know who we are as people.Hobbies help by sending a signal, “I like doing this. This makes me feel good about me. Therefore, this is a part of who I am.”

Hobbies keep teens from getting bored.

Bored teens look for things to do and are more likely to do something bad. Helping teens develop a hobby is helping them stay out of trouble.

Hobbies will help teens to get on well with their parents.

When a teen is busy with a hobby, his parents have easy access(机会) to something to praise him about. They can communicate with each other easily.

1.According to the passage, hobbies can make kids_____.

A. be sure something they want will happen in the way

B. know they are different from their parents

C. feel a little bad about themselves

D. not be a good student at school

2.If Jim has a hobby, he will _____ in his free time.

A. be bored B. be in trouble C. make a lot of money D. feel happy

3.Hobbies will help teens to get on well with their parents because_____.

A. teens are busy and have no time to fight with parents

B. parents never praise them about their hobbies

C. parents have an interesting topic to talk with children

D. teens have to ask their parents for some money

4.The passage above is mainly about_____.

A. it’s not easy to find a hobby

B. how to develop a hobby

C. who we are as people

D. why teens need a hobby

阅读下面短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，每个选项只有用一次。

Let’s Learn About Water!

Did you know that people can only use less than 1% of all the water on the Earth? 1..So it is important that we use our water wisely and don’t waste it.

There are many simple things we can do to save water.

●Turn off the tap(龙头). Just by turning off the tap while you brush your teeth in the morning and before bedtime, you can save up to 8 gallons of water! 2.. Turn off the tap! Put the plates in the dishwasher(洗碗机).

●Take a shower instead of filling up a bathtub(浴缸). 3.

To save even more water, keep your shower under five minutes long--try timing yourself with a clock next time!

●Fix the leak(裂缝). 4.. That would be like flushing(冲洗) your toilet more than 50 times for no reason!

●Water your yard in a clever way.The best time to water your yard is in the early morning or late evening when it’s cool outside. Also, when you’re helping your parents water the yard, make sure not to water the plants too much---remember that a little sprinkle(洒) goes a long way!

●Who needs a hose(橡皮软管)? 5.. A hose can waste 6 gallons per minute if you leave it running, but using a bucket and sponge only uses a few gallons!

A. If your toilet has a leak, you could be wasting about 200 gallons of water every day.

B. The same is true when you wash dishes.

C. Washing your bike or car with a bucket and sponge instead of a hose saves a lot of water.

D. It uses much less water.

E. And we can’t drink the rest, wash with it, or use it to water plants.

A. If your toilet has a leak, you could be wasting about 200 gallons of water every day.

B. The same is true when you wash dishes.

C. Washing your bike or car with a bucket and sponge instead of a hose saves a lot of water.

D. It uses much less water.

E. And we can’t drink the rest, wash with it, or use it to water plants.

根据所给汉语提示完成句子，每空一词。

1.多亏了王先生和乘客们，医生及时挽救了老人的生命。

______ to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the man was ______by the doctors in time.

2.失去了手臂之后，他写了一本名为《生死两难》的书。

After ______his arm, he wrote a book ______ Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

3.在家中给他们的孩子提供一个干净、舒适的环境是家长们的事情。

It is the parents’ job to ____ a clean and ______ environment at home for their children.

4.孩子们越早学会独立，对他们的未来就越好。

The ______kids learn to be independent, the _____ it is for their future.

5.妈妈随时会买完东西回来。

Mom will be back from shopping _____ _____ now.

书面表达

上周我校八年级同学作为志愿者参加了关爱老人和校外义务劳动等活动，请你结合以下所给提示，用英语写一篇短文。

提示：1.关爱独居老人（洗衣、做饭等）

2.校外义务劳动

3.谈谈感受和想法

4.向自己的亲友发出参与志愿者活动的邀请

要求：80词左右，可适当发挥。

Liang Liang is 11-year-old boy, and he goes on ropeway to cross the river to school every day.

A. an; an B. a; an C. an; a