There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have traveled to the places, you can go and see a colour film about them, or you can read a travel book.

It seems that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective(主观的) idea of travels which their writer has got himself. These books can be useful if the writers share their traveling experiences with others. The second kind are those books which give objective(客观的) information of things to be done and seen. If a cultured person has written such a book about the facts of a place, then it is more useful. The third kind are those books which are called “a guide” to some place or other. If they are good, they will describe and explain the place in detail. Like the first kind , they can be interesting and exciting, but their main purpose is to help the reader plan his travel in the most practical way.

Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must make sure that the book does not describe everything as interesting, exciting or fantastic. You must also keep an open eyes on its date of publication(出版) because travel is very practical matter and many things change quickly in the 21st century. Finally, you should make sure that it’s easy to find the useful information for your travel.

1. The passage was written to introduce_______.

A. travel mapsB. travel books

C. travel films D. travel places

2. The writer of the first kind of travel books gave his ideas after he _______.

A. traveled B. read books

C. a lot of experienceD. surfed the Internet

3. The underlined phrase “a cultured person”means a person with ________.

A. a good appearanceB. a good education

C. a lot of experienceD. a lot of money

4. The date of publication must be noticed because ________.

A. the prices of travel books may be different

B. the writers of travel books may be different

C. the information in travel books is always the same

D. the information in travel books is always changing

5. According to the passage, it is best to read ______ before traveling to a place of interest.

A. the first kind of travel books

B. the second kind of travel books

C. the third kind of travel books

D. some travel articles in newspaper

1.Many foreign guests like to come here to enjoy ___________ Chinese food.

2.Why did they leave the house __________ with the door open ?

3.You’ll be late for the meeting __________ you start out at once.

4.Let’s go and play basketball after school. It can help us _____________.

5.Lucy was surprised to see some __________ running inside her room at night.

6.Be careful when you walk_____________ the street on your way to school.

7.My parents got ______________ ready for the party before my birthday.

8.It’s important to keep a balance between work and rest. Too little rest often ______________ illness.

1.It’s __________(possible) to finish the job in such a short time. We need two more days.

2.Now people hope to eat healthily and begin to care about the _________(safe) of food.

3.They are looking forward to _________(win) the first prize in the coming competition.

4.Which do you think is _________ (interesting), going on a picnic of going fishing?

5.Follow that _________(doctor) advice and you will get better soon.

6.It’s reported that some wild animals __________(face) the danger of dying out now.

7.I can’t understand your suggestion. Would you mind explaining it __________(clear)?

1. 顺便问一下，昨天你交家庭作业了吗？

____________________, did you __________________ your homework yesterday?

2.这只猴子足够聪明，用毛毯把火扑灭了。

The monkey was __________________ to ________________ the fire with a blanket.

3. 请不要再嘲笑你的同学了，你应该与他们和睦相处。

Please don’t ______________ your classmates _______________. You should get along well with them.

4.他过去常常整夜玩电脑游戏，但现在他宁愿把时间花在功课上也不上网了。

He _____________ play computer games all night, but now he _____________ spend his time on his lessons than on the Internet.

5.吃太多的巧克力会令我们更容易发胖吗？

Does eating too much chocolate __________ easier _____________ to get fat?

CCTV reported that every year Chinese people throw away a lot of food which can feed 200 million people for a year.

Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Programme, there were 900million hungry people all over the world in 2013. About six million children die of hunger every year.

So think about it. We should say no to people who waste food every day. An old saying goes, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work.” It tells us everybody must save food.

Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Jiangsu, once lost her job because she took some leftover(剩余的) food home for her son. But many people were by her side and criticized (批评) the waste of food.

What should we do in our daily life to stop wasting food? We can do many things to prevent it from happening. Here are some tips:

Don't order too much food in a restaurant. Only order as much as you can eat. If you can’t eat all the food you order, take the rest of it home.

Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. some food may not be tasty, but put body need it.

Don’t keep too much food at home, especially for fruit and vegetables.

1. How many hungry people were there over the world in 2013?

____________________________________________________

2. Why did Li Hong lose her job?

____________________________________________________

3. What should you do if you can’t eat all the food you ask for?

_____________________________________________________

4. Can you keep too much food at home?

______________________________________________________

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

_____________________________________________________

Now there is a family problem. Nearly every parent says that we never grow up. In fact we are probably 16 or 17 years old. In their eyes, we are always little ones and often do wrong things. For example, when I need to stay at home alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.

Most parents always think that they have offered the best things they can to make their children live in a comfortable world. They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, everything that they can for their dear children. In return, they only want their children to get good results in the exams.

But why still can’t their children understand them? Does it mean that we still want more material things? No. As a matter of fact, what we want is a true family. What does a true family mean”? I think it means a place where we can hide ourselves from the cold world outside. From here, we can get warmth, we can get consolation(安慰), and we can get happiness. And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident in the outside world because we know that we have a true family.

So I think that parents should sit down to talk with their children to let know that they have a true family, so the children and their parents could understand each other more and more. Then, parents will not treat their children as little ones.

1. In the eyes of most parents, children never ____________and seldom do_____________.

2. Most parents always think they _______________ the best things for their children to live in the world _______________.

3. Children still _________________their parents because what children need most is not material things but _________________.

4. Most parents want their children to get _________________in the exams while their children want to get _______________.

5. The way to __________________ between parents and children is that they should have more communication with each other. Then, no children will ______________as little ones.

在初中三年的学习生活中，父母、老师给了我们很多帮助。假设你是李明，在即将毕业之际，用英语写一段文字以表达感激之情。感谢的对象在父母、老师中任选其一。内容必须包括以下提示点：1、感谢的对象及原因；2、举例说明帮助你的事由、经过和结果；3、你的感受和打算。

注意：1、文中不得出现真实的人名、校名及地名；2、词数在80-100之间，已给出的文字不计入总词数。

Dear __________

Words can’t show my thanks to you,

Best wishes

Yours

Li Ming

Where has the time gone is a beautiful _______. Can you sing it?

A. picture B. song C. game D. film

________good time we have had in the junior middle school!

A. What B. What a C. How D. How a

－ _______does Nancy help the old lady with her housework?

－ About twice a week.

A. How often B. How long

C. How much D. How soon