Have you ever thought about what kind of job you would like to have when you grow up? Many people think that we can have only one job in our lifetime. We all know that this is not true, but quite a few people actually think this way. For example, when people choose a major (专业) in college, they think that the decisions they make now will decide their jobs for the rest of their lives. However, there are many examples where people became successful after changing their careers (职业) later in life.

J. K. Rowling, writer of the famous novel Harry Potter, was a school teacher before she began writing books. In fact, she was out of work before the first Harry Potter book came out.

Former（前任） US President Ronald Reagan began as an actor when he was a young man. He later decided that he wanted to do political work. This kind of passion (激情) finally led him to become President of the United States.

The famous 19th century artist Vincent Van Gogh was not a painter from the beginning. He once worked as an art salesman and later became a preacher. It was only 10 years before he died that he decided to become an artist.

Careers are always open to change. The important thing is to find what you are really good at or what you really want to do. Once you find that passion, it’s all a matter of how hard you try.

1.______ was a teacher before he (she) became famous.

A. Vincent Van Gogh B. Ronald Reagan

C. J. K. RowlingD. Harry Potter

2.The underlined word “political” in Paragraph 3 means ______ in Chinese.

A. 政治的 B. 艺术的 C. 文学的 D. 经济的

3.According to the passage, the most important thing to think of when choosing a career is ______.

A. what major you choose in college

B. how much money you can make

C. changing jobs as often as possible

D. finding what you really want to do

4. How is the passage organized? (Par = Paragraph)

A. Par 1→Pars 2~4→Par 5B. Pars 1~2→Par 3→Pars 4~5

C. Par 1→Pars 2~3→Pars 4~5 D. Pars 1~2→Pars 3~4→Par 5

One day in the eighth grade, I was taking a Math Test on basic trigonometry (三角学). Now for a middle school student, there was nothing basic at all about it. So I had studied for about two hours the night before. After reviewing it for some time, I had started to understand it, so then I closed the book and ____________. However, it was not until midnight that I fell asleep. The next day, when I got the test, it might as well have been written in Serbian (which I don’t know how to read). I tried my best to work out the hard problems, but the numbers I came up with were strange. I sat back on my chair and looked for any possible answers, but I could not remember anything or think correctly. I started thinking about my dad coming home from work to find that I failed the test …

“How could you have failed the test? I am certain that nobody else in the whole class got as bad a grade as you did!”

Naturally I didn’t want that to happen. My dad was also really busy at work at present, so I was afraid that this might make him mad. When feeling hopeless, I noticed that my table partner was writing fast on his test. I could see smoke rising up from how fast he was writing. I was attracted（吸引）to look over at his test, but then the many bad results I had heard about cheating（作弊）came into my mind. I reasoned(推理，思考) that if I started cheating now, it would be hard to give up that habit during high school. In the end, I decided not to copy his answers, and got a B- on that test. Even though my dad gave me a hard time about it, it would have been a lot worse if he found out that I had given in and cheated.

1.The writer might feel ______ before the Math Test.

A. surprisedB. relaxed

C. worriedD. excited

2. Which is the best expression to fill in the blank (空白处) in the passage?

A. had breakfastB. went to bed

C. took exerciseD. rode to school

3.The writer’s father was ______.

A. proud of himB. tired of him

C. strict with him D. pleased with him

4.From the passage, we know that the writer ______.

A. could read Serbian

B. didn’t cheat at last

C. got a good grade at last

D. didn’t work hard that night

1.Mr. Wang takes teaching as his ______________ (终生的) work.

2.Thanks to the Internet, it is more ____________ (便利的) to get information about the world.

3.The old man _____________ (传播) his love and joy to everyone wherever he went.

4.The teacher always ________ (建议) that we should listen more and speak more to improve our English.

5.Alice asked me to her house but she didn’t tell me her _____________ (地址).

6.Columbus d______________ America in 1492.

7.Could you please get me some s____________ when you pass the post office?

8.As we know, the sun gives us light and w_____________.

9.P______________ me, do you know why Miss Wang didn’t come today?

10. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most t______________ festivals among Chinese people.

Tom: Hi, Dad, do you have time for a chat? I have 1. some problems.

Dad: Oh, Tom, what’s 2. ?

Tom: Dad, you and mum are always around me. I don’t have my own time and 3. .

Dad: Are we?

Tom: Yes. I always have to obey you, but I’m able to decide my own business now.

Dad: Oh, I didn’t realize that we hardly 4. you to make your own decision in the past.

Tom: Dad, I have grown up. Please don’t treat me like a child.

Dad: I’m sorry. We’ll try to change ourselves.

Tom: That’s 5. .

Dad: Son, remember, we are always open for a chat.

Last spring I was walking in a park. In front of me there was a mum and her 3-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding a string（线）, which had a balloon at the other ___1.___.

All of a sudden, a light wind took the balloon away from the little girl. I thought she ___2.__ (cry). But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon rise to the ___3.___, she cheerfully shouted out, “Wow!”

That little girl __4.___ (teach) me something. Later that day, I received a phone call from my friend, he told me an unexpected problem. I felt annoyed replying with “Oh no, ___5.___ should we do?” But remembering that little girl, I found ___6.__ (me) saying: “Wow, that is interesting! How can I help you?”

One thing is for sure --- life is always going to make us ___7._ unexpected problems. However, how to deal with them is our choice. We can choose to be annoyed or ___8.___ (interest). No matter what the situation is, a “Wow!” will always __9.__ “Oh, no.”

So the next time you meet one of life’s unexpected ___10.___ (guest), remember that little girl and make it a “Wow!” experience. The “Wow!” always works.

美国加利福尼亚州Bellcrest学校的学生创办了一本名叫School Bell的校刊。阅读下面制作校刊的六个步骤，完成制作流程的正确排序。

A →1. ______ →2. ______ →3. ______ →4. ______ →5.______

最近全班就“有效的英语学习方式”展开讨论。其中有三位同学的观点令你印象深刻。请根据以下表格要点写一篇报道，介绍有效的英语学习方式，并谈谈自己的英语学习经验。短文开头已经给出。词数：80-100。

注意：（1）依据你的英语学习经验，将表格补充完整；（3分）

（2）报道必须包括表中所有的相应内容，可适当发挥；

（3）文中不得出现与你身份相关的信息；

（4）词数：80-100。短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Ways of Learning English

Recently, students in our class have had a discussion about different ways of learning English. Everyone was very interested in this topic and had all kinds of thoughts. Three students shared something really important and meaningful with us.

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— do you go to school by bike? —Only four times a week.

A.How many times B.How often

C.How long D.How soon

He is different his brother,but he is similar his father.

A.from, from B.to, to

C.from, to D.to, from