Orange represents _____. It can cheer you up when you are feeling sad.

A. wisdom                     B. joy                           C. energy                            D. sadness

 Your computer doesn’t work. You’d better have it_____.

A. to repair              B. repairing                   C. repaired                    D. repair

 Not only he but also I ___________ interested in seeing films.

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

假如你是Amy， 是一名初二学生， 你的学校最近建立了一个观鸟俱乐部――Bird-watching Club。请你写一封申请信，要求加入俱乐部。要点如下：

1．我想成为观鸟俱乐部的一员。

2．我是八年级的学生，我对足球很感兴趣，我最喜欢的科目是科学和体育。

3．我热爱鸟类，热爱大自然。

4．每个星期天上午9点到10点可以参加俱乐部的活动。

5．联系方式：Tel: 0523-76688888.

Dear Sir or madam,

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                                                                            Yours sincerely

                                                                                Amy

缺词填空  根据短文内容及首字母提示补全单词

Which is the most useful thing for us?

Of all the things we eat and drink, water is the most i____1_____. Not many people u____2____ this, but it is quite t____3____. The human body can go without f_____4____ for a long time, but two or three days without water usually make people d____5____.

Many people do not understand how much water the human bodies n____6___ to work well and they do not drink enough water, especially in h____7____ weather. Most people drink only when they want to drink. But in fact they often need m_____8___ water especially after doing s____9_____. A man’s body is 5 to 75 percent water. If we do not have enough water, we feel tired and may become i____10_____.

1.i             2. u             3. t             4. f           5 d          

6.n            7. h             8. m            9.s           10. i         

任务型阅读  请根据材料内容，完成各题。

A man has a parrot . It’s blue and green . It can speak like a man . Every morning the man goes to talk with it , but the parrot says _①  ②__him .

Then one morning the man was angry with it . he didn’t give it any water or food. The next morning the man went to see the parrot again . He said something to it , but the parrot still (仍然) didn’t speak. At last the man said “Fool (笨蛋) ! You’re a fool. ” ③Soon he heard the same words from the parrot . He laughed.

He loves it very much . It’s a clever parrot .

1.根据短文内容在①②处各填一词。

___________   ____________

2.找出同义句：He didn’t feed it

 __________________________________________________________________

3.根据短文内容回答问题。Can the parrot speak ?

__________________________________________________________________

4.把③译成汉语。

_________________________________________________________________

5.在文中找出文章的标题。

  __________________________________________________________________

 词汇运用  用所给词的适当形式填空

1.It’s ______________ to hunt or fish in zhalong nature reserves. (correct)

2. ______________ on the snakes is very dangerous for people. (step)

3. If a giant panda are in ______________, they will attack people. (dangerous)

4. How many ______________ are there in the forest? (wolf)

5. We hope the world will be ______________ forever! (peace)

6. If it ______________ next Sunday, he will go to the park.(not rain)

7.Who can answer the  ______________ questions? Hands up! (follow)

8.Baby pandas look like little white ______________ (mouse).

9.Many people lost their  ______________  in the big fire in 1970. (life)

10.Giant pandas are always  ______________ towards each other. (friend )

11. Many wild animals’ ______________ areas are becoming farmlands.(live)

12.The young parents were worried because of the  ______________ of their son. (lose)

13. It is very difficult for me  ______________  this question. (answer )

14.At the very  ______________ of the term, he joined the Bird-watching Club.(begin)

15.Mr Zhang keeps the bear  ______________ (run) for half an hour every day.

Mr. Smith had a hotel near the railway station . A lot of foreigners stayed there for the night .Mr. Smith only knew English , so he found it wasn’t easy for him to understand the foreigners. A friend of his wanted to teach him Japanese. He was very happy and studied hard.

   Soon he found it was difficult to remember Japanese words. His friend asked him to write down the useful words in his notebook so that he could use them. He did as his friend told him . It was helpful for him to do so .

    One evening , there were a lot of people in the dining room. They were all busy eating something , but a Japanese was walking up and down there . Mr. Smith thought to himself, “The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know English. Let me help him.”

    Because he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed the sentence“I am hungry .”to the man .

    The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two dollars and left.

(   )71. Many foreigners stayed          for the night.

A. in the railway station         B. in the hotel                       C. in the factory     D. in the open air

(   )72. Mr. Smith learned Japanese           .

A. from one of his friends     B. over TV and the radio              C. from a teacher   D. from the newspaper

(   )73. Mr. Smith found Japanese was           to learn.

A. easy                                B. difficult                           C. simple               D. pleasant

(   )74. Mr. Smith thought the Japanese was hungry, so he         .

A. had dinner with him          B. left            C. decided to help him          D. gave him some food

(   )75. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Mr. Smith knew Japanese well .                                          B. The Japanese had dinner in the hotel.

C. The Japanese left the dining room without having dinner .     D. The story happened in the day .

Many animals do strange things before an earthquake(地震). This news may be important. Earthquakes can kill people and knock down homes. The animals may help to save lives.

  Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake. Farmers have told about this. Dogs that are usually quiet have started to howl(吠). Horses on farms have run around in circles. Mice have left their holes and run away. Cows have given less milk.

   In a town in Italy, cats raced down the street in a group. That happened only a few hours before an earthquake. In San Francisco, a man kept tiny pet frogs. One Sunday, the frogs jumped around more than ever. They made loud noises, like bigger frogs. That night, an earthquake struck the city.

 People want to know when an earthquake is coming. Then they could get away safely. Right now, there is no sure way to know ahead of time. Maybe the best way is to watch the animals.

(   )66.This story is mostly about _________.

A.how animals act before an earthquake             B.how an earthquake starts

C.how mice leaves their homes                          D.when an earthquake begins

(   )67.Before an earthquake, quiet dogs _________.

A. ran away           B. started to howl                 C. climbed trees            D. race down streets

(   )68.. Before an earthquake, the frogs _________.

A. sang                 B. left their homes                C. jumped around a lot   D. become quiet

(   )69.There have been earthquakes in _________.

A. most countries   B. Italy and San Francisco     C. Chicago and Spain     D. all the western countries

(   )70.People want to _________.

A. be in earthquake                                    B. find out early about an earthquake

C. run around in circles                              D. get away from earthquakes

Once upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.

One day they found a mirror（镜子）for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”

The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push（推）. “Go away!” she said.

Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.”

Then to the girl he said, “my dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

(    )61. Once upon a time a man had _________.

A. a good-looking boy    B. a good-looking girl     C. two good-looking children        D. a boy and a girl

(    )62. The boy was happy because he ______.

A. found a mirror                                      B. knew he looked as nice as his sister

C. was handsome                                      D. she was not happy with her brother

(    )63. The girl gave the boy a hard push because________.

A. she was stronger                                          B. what her brother said was wrong

C. her father loved her                               D. she was not happy with her brother

(    )64. Father told the girl that _____.

A. it was important to be good-looking        B. it was a good thing not to be good-looking

C. if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people’s love

D. she was as good-looking as her brother

(    )65. What can we learn from this story?

A. To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking.  

B. To be good-looking is very important.

C. If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.

D. If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.