When a young man was 16，his father seriously said to him，"I'll give you whatever you want before you are 18．But after that，I won't care much about you，and you should give me whatever I want．"When his 18th birthday was coming，the young man began thinking about looking for a job．So he sent his resumes （简历）to many companies he liked on the Internet．"However，most got no replies，" he said，"Maybe they were surprised about my primary school education．"

By chance，one of his friends was looking for someone，who could work as an egg porter （搬运工） in the supermarket，for half a dollar a box．Facing lots of difficulties in getting a job，he said．" I'll take this job．At least I can make some money for my gas．"Then every day，he drove his car，his 18th birthday gift，to work in the supermarket．He did that for three months．

Later，he heard that a newspaper was looking for a network technician（ 网络技术员 ），so he asked for it．But they were also worried about his school education．He practiced his skill right in front of the computer，and showed the managers the web pages he had made．He started to work the next day，and became the leader of the network department（ 部门 ）in less than a year．

And now，the 23-year-old man is a boss．Last year，he started a magazine for children，with himself as the editor in chief（主编）．And the only writer was his father．

1．The young man began to look for a job when he was _______

A．18              B．16                C．22                D．23

2．It was difficult for the young man to get a job because _______

A．he had an expensive car                   B．his father cared much about him

C．he was young                           D．he didn't have much education

3．How long did the young man do the job as an egg porter?

A．For less than a year．                    B．For one day． 

C．For three months．                       D．For two years．

4．The young man got the job as a network technician because _______

A．he wanted to be a leader

B．he was good at computer

C．he decided to work for the newspaper

D．his resumes were sent through the Internet

5．The magazine that the young man started was perhaps about _______

A．computer science                        B．funny stories

C．foreign news                           D．network

BEIJING--No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22，1998．It was started to protect the environment．By now，more than 1，000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day．

The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001．Other cities，including Taipei，Shanghai and Wuhan，also support（支持） the day．

In Beijing，more and more people are joining in the activity．It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work．It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5 （World Environment Day）．The slogan （ 口号）for the day is，"If we drive for one less day，we can have one more nice day．"

So far，more than 200，000 drivers have shown their support．"We can't control the weather，but we can choose not to drive，"said Wu Zonghua，a ear club chairman．Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year．In the first quarter of this year，Beijing only had 52 blue sky days．This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year．Much of the dust（灰尘） comes from the desert（沙漠） ，but cars cause most of the air pollution（污染）．We must do more for No Car Day．

1．There are _____cities in China that support No Car Day according to the passage．

A．three               B．four             C．five               D．six

2．The activity of No Car Day encourages Beijing drivers _______

A．not to work on No Car Day

B．to enjoy having a day off

C．to leave their cars at home for repair

D．to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work

3．According to the passage there were _____blue sky days in the first quarter of last year in Beijing．

A．52                 B．63                C．41                          D．238

4．The air pollution in Beijing is mostly caused by _____

A．cars               B．dust             C．weather          D．rubbish

5．We can know from the passage that _____

A．more and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs

B．people will have one more World Environment Day each month

C．more and more people won't drive on No Car Day in Beijing

D．more people in the world won't drive any more

根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。

1．Now every day a lot of p _____ （乘客）are carried to the World Expo Garden by underground in Shanghai．

2．My friends have f _____ （飞）to South Africa to watch the football matches of the 2010 World Cup．

3．The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the t _____ （传统的）festivals in China．People usually eat rice dumplings on that day．

4．Every morning，he practices p _____ （发音）English words to improve his spoken English．

5．If you can answer a question c  _____ （正确地），you’ll get a small gift at a time．

初中阶段的学习生活即将结束，在离校之前，同学们讨论怎样做一件有意义的事。请根据表中信息，以How to do a meaningful thing?为题，写一篇英语短文，为某英语报举办的征文比赛投稿。

注意：1．词数为80—100词。短文标题和开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

2．不能使用真实姓名和校名。

提示用语：灾区：disaster areas

How to do a meaningful thing?

We’ll leave school soon．Now my classmates are discussing___________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Some volunteers from Beijing arrived in Shanghai ________April 29 to work for the World Expo．

A．on                B．at                 C．of                D．to

The reading room ________ very quiet．I enjoy reading books there．

A．am                B．is                  C．are                 D．be

-________ schoolbag is this?

-I guess it's Lily's．

A．What            B．Who              C．Whose            D．Which

-Which color do you like ________，blue or green?

-Blue．

A．good            B．better             C．best            D．the best

There is ________wrong with this computer．It doesn't work well．

A．something        B．anything           C．everything        D．nothing

-________．you turn down your radio，please?

-Yes ，I can．

A．May              B．Need            C．Must            D．Can