When a terrible earthquake hit, many people were killed and many houses fell down. After the earthquake,
all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families who were in trouble.
     One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touched me. It gave the clothing sizes of
each family member. I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were
less lucky than themselves. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan. "We
have so much, and these poor people now have nothing. We'll share what we have with them.”
     I filled a box with foods and clothes. While I was doing this, I encouraged the boys to choose their toys and
donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys took out their old toys and games
and put them together. Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy, her much-loved
doll. She put the doll on top of the other toys. "Oh, dear," I said. "You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so
much." Meghan said, "Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make another little girl happy, too." 
     I looked at Meghan for a long moment. She taught me a lesson. It's easy to give something that we don't
want any more, but harder to give what we cherish (珍爱), isn't it?

1. The writer has _______ children.

A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four

2. The underlined word "donate" Probably means _______.

A. 捐赠
B. 丢掉
C. 展出
D. 放好

3. Lucy is the name of _______.

A. a girl
B. a game
C. a doll
D. an earthquake

4. Which of the following is true?

A. An earthquake happened in the writer's hometown.
B. The writer didn't let Meghan give her much-loved doll.
C. The writer decided to buy some clothes for those people in trouble.
D. The writer thinks it is more difficult to give what we love a lot.

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

A. A Family Story.
B. The Spirit of Giving.
C. The way of helping others.
D. A Sad Experience.

     Many hospitals have blood banks. In these banks, blood of all types is stored. When blood is needed, it is
taken from the bank. Healthy people then give blood to the bank to replace (取代) the blood that is used. Blood
can be kept in the fridge for about three weeks with a kind of chemical.
     When people lose much of heir blood because of operation a accident, they may need transfusions (输血).
Some people may need transfusions because of illness. Sometimes only a part of the blood is used for
transfusions. Plasma (血浆), the liquid part of the blood, may be given alone. Transfusions of plasma are often
given when people have been badly burned.
     When a person gets a transfusion, he gets blood of the same type as his. Or there may be a bad reaction
(反应). To make it safer, before a transfusion is given, the blood to be used must be tested with the blood of
the person who is to receive it. This testing is called cross matching of the blood.
     Oswald Robertson, an American doctor, was the first one to give transfusions. He used blood that had
been stored for some time to help wounded soldiers in 1918 in World War I.

1. Blood banks usually have __________.

A. only one type of blood
B. one or two types of blood
C. two or three types of blood
D. all types of blood

2. Blood banks get blood from __________.

A. healthy people
B. operations
C. accidents
D. transfusions

3. Before a transfusion, it is important to make sure that __________.

A. the blood is cold
B. the blood has been stored long enough
C. the blood is from people who have accidents
D. the type of blood to be used is the same as the patient's

4. To make it safer, __________ is needed before a transfusion.

A. an operation
B. a reaction
C. a healthy man
D. cross matching of the blood

5. This passage wants to tell us __________.

A. who Oswald Robertson was
B. the first transfusion
C. how blood banks work
D. what blood banks are like

     Mr. Zhang正在国外旅游, 这是他所入住宾馆的房卡。请根据房卡正反两面的信息，回答下列问题。
                  

1. Mr Zhang lives in _____.

A. Hotel Eiffel
B. Hotel Concorde
C. Hotel Mapol
D. Hotel Napoleon

2. The hotel is _____.

A. on King Street near a bank
B. next to a museum
C. near a train station
D. on George Street

3. _____ buses can reach the hotel.

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

4. If Mr. Zhang gets lost, he can _____. 

A. take Bus 507 to the hotel
B. wait until the light is green
C. go back to the hotel to search the Internet
D. call the hotel at the phone number on the card

5. Which of the following is true?

A. Open the door when the red light is on.
B. The card can be used to open the door.
C. The card can be used for shopping.
D. Mr. Zhang can keep the card when he checks out.

     The new school term is coming. Now the school clerks are planning a new timetable for Class 7, Grade 9.
     There are six classes every day, four in the morning and two in the afternoon. The students have a math
class every day. And they have seven English classes in a week. Two of them are given by a foreign teacher
and should be arranged (安排) together on Thursday morning.
     There are five Chinese classes in a week. Two of them should also be arranged one after the other for the
students to write their compositions.
     They have two physics classes in a week but on different days. Besides these, there is an art class every
Wednesday afternoon.
     It's necessary and important for students to take enough exercise. So they have two PE classes every week.
And they can do outdoor activities after school every afternoon.

      

1. Mary is allowed to order her lunch from a small restaurant on the third Thursday of every month.
    During the month of November, she orders it on the ________.

A. 16th
B. 17th
C. 21st
D. 14th

2. January 8, 2007 will fall on ________.

A. Saturday
B. Sunday
C. Monday
D. Tuesday

3. The dates of the first Sundays of October, November and December are ________.

A. the 5th / the 1st / the 31st
B. the 5th / the 30th / the 3rd
C. the 1st / the 5th / the 3rd
D. the 1st / the 4th / the 2nd

4. During the month of December, Kate is learning to swim. She needs to attend lessons once a week.
   The day she can attend the most lessons is ________.

A. Sunday
B. Monday
C. Tuesday
D. Wednesday

5. Tom's birthday is on the 13th of December. The numbers of days from the date (not included) shown
    on the calendar until his birthday is ________.

A. 3
B. 13
C. 28
D. 30