Studying too much?

Most people work or study from Monday to Friday. The weekend is usually a time of rest. But today’s Chinese teenagers can hardly rest during the weekends.

According to a survey, 24% of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes at the weekend．Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of study.

And this doesn’t happen only in Beijing. Ji Chunying is a Grade 9 student in Guangzhou. The 14-year-old girl has to get up at 6:45am on Saturday. Then she has classes all the day. On Sunday, she goes to extra（额外）classes for math and physics. But Ji doesn’t complain. She says her classmates all work very hard．

Finding time to have fun

Zhao Ming, 13, is from Zhanjiang, Guangdong. Zhao’s weekend is less busy. But he still spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after finishing homework, he plays basketball. “I feel happy because I still have time to do the things I like,” he said．Some students are much luckier. Ding Yi, a Grade 8 student from Laiwu, Shandong, is one of them. During the weekend, Ding usually gets up at 8:00am. Then she spends some time doing homework. After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV. “My teacher said I don't need to push myself too much. Learning well at school is enough,” Ding said．“I feel pretty lucky.”

1．Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of ___________.

  A．playing computer games              B．playing with friends

C．watching TV                       D．busy study

2．How many students are mentioned（提及） in this passage?

  A．2.               B．3.              C．4.              D．5.

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A．Some middle school students can enjoy their weekend．

   B．All the students in China are busy studying at the weekend．

   C．Every student in China has to go to extra classes at the weekend．

   D．No student complains about his busy weekend．

4．The passage mainly tells us that _____________.

   A．Students should do more homework at the weekend

   B．All the students in China must have classes at the weekend

   C．Students should have more time to take a rest at the weekend

   D．No student can play with his friends out of classes

5．The above passage may be a _______.

A．story of science   B．school notice     C．short play        D．news report

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，则在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，并在该行右边横线上写出该词，且也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下面画一横线（_____），并在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：该行没有错的不要改。

Mrs. King was a teacher in the city of Japan．                                                   1．________ She usually goes to France or England for a holiday．                                          2．________ She spoke French and English quite good．But one                                            3．________ year Mrs. King said to one of her friend．“I'm                                                   4．________ going to have my holiday in China．But I can speak                                           5．________ Chinese．So I'll go to evening classes learn Chinese for                                 6．________ two months before I go．”

She studied very hardly for two months，then her                                      7．________ holidays began and she came to China．When she returned back，                  8．________ her friends asked her，“Did you have some trouble                                            9．________ with your Chinese when you were in China?” Mrs. King                                        10．_______ answered，“I didn't but they did．”

The food at Persian restaurant in Atlanta is great and a lot of people go there．The tables are so ___1___ that you can hear the person at the table next to you better than the person that is sitting ___2___ the table from you．You even have to be ___3___ not to bump（碰撞）elbows（肘）．

The lady ___4___ next to me came back from the bathroom quite ___5___ about having found someone's iPhone．She said ___6___ she was washing her hands，she heard a cricket-like（蟋蟀）sound．So she ___7___ and finally found that it was an iPhone．The girl who had ___8___ it in the bathroom，realized it was missing and started calling the ___9___ from another phone in the restaurant．To make a long story short，the lady who found the iPhone ___10___ the phone to the girl．As you can __11___ the girl was quite happy to have it back．

The lady sitting next to me，___12___ to tell the gentleman sitting across the table from her（and all of those around her）about another story of ___13___ that she and friend had sound in a New York taxi．At that time，we had __14___ and were beading out of the restaurant．Even though it was a bit awkward（尴尬的）hearing the whole conversation next to me，it was great to see people being __15___ and doing the right thing．

1．A．beautiful                   B．close                      C．small                      D．old

2．A．behind                      B．across                    C．above                     D．under

3．A．kind                         B．patient                    C．careful                    D．silent

4．A．watching                  B．listening                  C．standing                  D．sitting

5．A．nervous                    B．sad                         C．excited                   D．interested

6．A．until                      B．while                   C．unless                    D．though

7．A．looked around        B．looked up             C．turned around         D．turned up

8．A．forget                       B．put                         C．left                         D．found

9．A．lady                         B．waiter                     C．number                   D．office

10．A．sent                        B．called               C．moved                    D．returned

11．A．believe                    B．imagine                   C．hear                       D．see

12．A．went on                  B．went off                 C．called up                 D．stood up

13．A．a restaurant            B．a lady                     C．a table                    D．a phone

14．A．paid                        B．talked                     C．understood              D．ordered

15．A．silly                        B．impolite                   C．serious                   D．honest

One morning in August 1888，Bertha Benz and her two sons．Eugen and Richard，woke up early．They got dressed very quietly，so as not to wake up the head of the family，Karl Benz．They left a note that said，“We are going to visit Grandma．” They walked quietly put to Mr. Benz’s workshop，opened the door，and pushed out a three-wheeled car．

It was the fruit of Mr. Benz’s long and hard work--the first engine（发动机）car：a wooden construction（结构）more like a horse carriage（马车）than the cars we have now．The car had gone through a great deal of development，but Mr.．Benz felt it needed even more work and improvement．He believed that most people would not trust（信任）such a new thing enough to want to buy it．But his loving wife believed greatly in his abilities，and was certain that the fruit was ripe enough to be picked．Her plan was to make a long trip in the car to prove the reliability（可靠性）of her husband’s invention．

After pushing the car far away enough from their house，they jumped in and set off on their trip．It was a long and troublesome journey，65 miles from their home over the hills of the Black Forest to the children's Grandma's．The car failed many times on the way and there were no gas（汽油）stations，no repair workshops．They managed to solve（解决）all the problems themselves．

It was already dark as they arrived，tired and covered with dirt，but happy and pound．They had managed to make the first tong trip by car．The reliability of the horseless carriage had been proven．

1．Ms. Benz and her sons tried not to wake up Mr. Benz because _________．

A．it was too early

B．Mr. Benz was too tired

C．Mr. Benz got along badly with Grandma

D．Mr. Benz possibly wouldn’t allow them to drive the car

2．Ms. Benz and her sons made the trip mainly to _________．

A．visit Grandma                                          B．see the countryside

C．try a new way of travel                              D．test if the car was good enough

3．What does the underlined word “ripe”    in the second paragraph mean?

A．成熟的                B．硕大的                C．鲜美的                D．喜人的

4．In which way is the first engine car different from modern cars?

A．It was reliable．                                      B．It had three wheels．

C．It didn’t use gas．                                      D．It couldn't be repaired．

5．What's the best title of the passage?

A．The First Car                                          B．A Great Invention

C．The First Road Trip                                 D．A Trip to the Grandma's

—What does the sign mean?

—It means ________．

A． Plant trees．                                    B． Be careful．

C． Save water．                                  D．Take care of the earth

Yucai Middle School will have a School Day on Friday．Students don’t need to have any classes．Instead, they are going to do a lot of things for fun．Here is a poster for it．

For further information, please call the school office．Just do it! Enjoy yourself! 

1． You can ______ either in the morning or in the afternoon．

A． watch the basketball game                         B． go to the talent show

C． have the chess competition                        D． have water sports

2． If you want to see the school basketball stars, you can go at ______．

A． 8:00 a．m．—10:30 a．m．                    B． 3:00 p．m．—5:00 p．m．

C． 1:00 p．m．—3:00 p．m．                     D． 7:00 p．m．—9:00 p．m.

3． You can have water sports ______．

A． at Xingsha Beach                                      B． at the music hall

C． at the basketball court                               D． at the chess club

请分别为下面四则谚语及图片找到相应的寓意，并把序号A、B、C、D填在答题卷相应的位置。

A．This proverb means that you do something useless．

B．This proverb means that someone is the best of all．

C．This proverb means that if you study hard, you will succeed．

D．This proverb means that there’re many things to learn no matter how old you are．．

E．This proverb means that if you do something early or before others, you will have more chances and be successful．

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。

     The story happened in a street in an English town. A policeman stops a car. In the car there is a visitor from another country. Read the conversation and do the exercise.

      Policeman （holding up his hand） : Stop!

      Visitor （in car） : What's the matter?

      Policeman: Why are you driving on the right side of the road?

      Visitor: Do you want me to drive on the wrong side?

      Policeman: Yon are driving on the wrong side.

      Visitor: But you said that I was driving on the right side.

      Policeman: That's right. You're on the right., and that's wrong.

      Visitor: A strange country! If right is wrong, I'm right when I'm on the wrong side. So why did you stop me?

      Policeman: My clear sir, you must keep to the left. The right side is the left.

      Visitor: It' s like a looking- glass. I'll try to remember. Well, I want to go to Bellwood. Will you kindly tell me the way?  

Policeman: Certainly. At the end of this road, turn left.

Visitor: Now let me think. Turn left! In England left is right, and right is wrong. Am I right?

Policeman: You'll be right if you turn left. But ff yon turn right, you will be wrong.

Visitor: Thank you. It's as clear as daylight.

1．The visitor is driving on the left side of the road.

2．The policeman stops him because he is driving on the wrong side of the road.

3．In England yon must keep to the left.

4．The visitor will keep to the right and turn left.

5．The visitor will keep to the left and turn left to get to Bellwood.

1．This is a supermarket for__________．

      A．fruit                    B．vegetable              C．dish                       D．food

2．Where ale oranges? They are ________．

      A．next to onions（洋葱）                           B．next to apples

      C．next to meat                                              D．next to cake

3．Where is rice?

      A．It’s next to bread．                                  B．It’s on the right of ice cream．

      C．It’s next to bananas．                                 D．There is no rice．

4．Where are the tomatoes? They are______．

      A．next to pears                                           B．in the vegetable section（区）

      C．near milk                                                   D．On the right of fish

5．You can NOT find _______in the supermarket．

      A．coffee                 B．cheese                 C．toys                       D．peas（豌豆）

There were 12 bronze（青铜）animal heads at the European style（风格）in Old Summer Palace （Yuanmingyuan）-Rat，Ox，Tiger, Rabbit，Dragon，Snake，Horse，Sheep，Monkey, Rooster, Dog，and Pig．They were made into fountain（喷泉）and would take turns spouting water every two hours to tell time．

    But the heads were looted（抢） by French and British soldiers in 1860 during the Second Opium War（鸦片战争）．

    Until now，Pig，Ox，Monkey，Tiger and Horse have returned to China．But Rat and Rabbit beads were auctioned（拍卖）for $17.92 million each．Luckily，Cat Mingchao，a Chinese collector won the auction，but he said he would not pay the money．Why? He said they were looted from China and he is a Chinese．”We will use international and Chinese laws to get the two beads to return to China in all necessary ways，”said Ouyang．However，there are still five bronze heads（Dragon，Snake，Sheep，Rooster，Dog）are unknown now．

    An online survey，by Le Figaro newspaper，showed that more than 80 percent people said the bronze heads should be returned to China，the Europe Daily reported on Wednesday．We should understand why they want the two bronzes back…Just think about how they came to France．

1．__________people think that the bronze heads should be returned to China in the online survey．

A．Most                      B．Few                       C．Half of people         D．All

2．What does the word spouting mean in Chinese?

A．喷                          B．鸣唱                       C．制造                      D．凝固

3．How did the Rat and Rabbit heads go to France?

A．They were looted by Americans．

B．They were sold to France by an auction in 1860．

C．The Qing Dynasty gave them as presents．

D．They were looted by French and British soldiers in the Second Opium War．

4．Cai Mingchao is a Chinese who __________．

A．won the auction that the Rat and Rabbit heads were auctioned

B．made the 12 bronze animal heads

C．bought the heads to China

D．made the online survey