You may know the English letters A, B and    C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a "banana person"? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American–born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside — looking like a Westerner and yellow outside — looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens (公民)of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood.Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C .N.Yang (杨振宁). H e got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.“ABC” in this passage means “____________”.

A．three English letters

B．a kind of banana

C．Chinese born in America

D．Americans born in China

2.Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because _______.

A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside

B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

C．they were born in China but got to study in America

D．they like to eat bananas

3.He underlined word “blood” may probably mean__________.

A．国籍             B．血统             C．爱心             D．皮肤

4.N.Yang is mentioned (提到) here to show that ____________

A．American Chinese are great.

B．We love American Chinese.

C．Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes.

D．American-Chinese are not Chinese citizens.

5.This passage mainly talks about _____.

A. different kinds of bananas

B. overseas Chinese

C. the Nobel Prize

D. the life story of C.N. Yang

根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的单词或短语填空。

1.Light music often makes people feel ________________.

2.They have already decided _________________ a good plan for the coming holidays.

3.He _______________me his telephone number yesterday, but I can’t find it now.

4.There is something wrong with your bike, please use_____________________.

5.It’s raining __________________, so we can’t have our sports meeting on time.

6.My parents always give me some pocket money ___________ the month.

7.The journey took a long time. There was a lot of _________________.

8.If you work harder, your dream will _______________ soon.

根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。

1.The new students had always lived with their parents before they came here. They are not used to ______ (be) away from home.

2.Antonio is liked by everyone because he is always ready        (help) others.

3.Teenagers should _______________ (allow) to go out with their friends.

4.We hope the weather will be fine, but it is getting even     (bad).

5.He believed his lucky number was 12, so he decided to live on the ___________ (twelve) floor.

6.Timmy has spelt the name ___________ (correct). That’s why his friend can’t find him easily.

7.I wonder if there are any ______________ (suggest) about how to learn English well.

完成句子

1.洗衣服花去了我大约两个小时。

It _________________________ two hours ___________________________.

2.吸烟有害健康，你应该放弃它。

Smoking is bad for your health, you should _________________________.

3.他们的语文老师很有幽默感。

Their Chinese teacher_____________________________.

4.你最好在去电影院之前完成作业。

You __________________________ before you go to the cinema.

5.大熊猫是如此可爱，我们都喜欢它们。

Giant pandas are __________________________ we all love them.

Some countries are better than others at looking after the environment. In Europe, Germany（德国）and northern European countries work very hard to improve the environment. The people in Germany put their rubbish(垃圾) into different bags-paper in one bag, plastic（塑料） in laws that do not allow people to burn too much coal.

Inthe 1970s ,as people learned more about environmental problems, the “Green” movement（运动）began and soon spread all over Europe. The “Green”movement tries to get governments to protect the environment. It collects information about how industry is damaging（毁坏）the environment and tells newspapers.

1.Which countries in Europe work very hard to improve the environment?

______________________________________________________________________________

2.Who put rubbish into different bags?

______________________________________________________________________________

3.Can the people in Germany burn too much coal?

______________________________________________________________________________

4.When did the “Green “movement begin?

______________________________________________________________________________

5.What does the “Green”movement try to do?

______________________________________________________________________________

A Page From Li Meng’s Diary

Thursday, January 23Sunny

Today I was so happy to know that I did quite well in my last week’s science exam. Thanks to Daniel, he taught me a new way of going over lessons. It is called “map idea”.

Because of the map idea, I’ve learned how to find out the main idea in every lesson. And in my mind I can draw a map of all the important knowledge I need to remember. It’s really goo   D. I can remember so much in that way.

I never thought of changing the way of my study before. I used to complain about my poor memory, but now my memory has become good because of the map idea. It made my study much easier and more enjoyable. I realized learning how to learn well is the most important for us students.

1.There was a science exam in Li Meng’s class                      .

2.Daniel taught Li Meng a good way to study. That is                           .

3.Li Meng                       complain about his bad memory.

4.Li Meng has learned a new way of                       lessons.

5.It is the most important                         how to learn well.

书面表达

中学生上网问题已经越来越受到社会的关注。作为即将初中毕业的你，一定有很多心理话要对在校的学生说。请你以李华的名义写一封信，告诉他们的你的一些看法和建议，以便他们更好的多学习和生活。

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内容必须包括以下提示中的三项要点：

你的感受性

电脑的好处和学生的问题

你的建议

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Dear friends,

How time flies! ______________________________________________________________

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I wish you a colour school life!

Yours,

Li Hua

Peter tried on three jackets, but _______ of them fitted him.

A．all               B．none             C．both             D．neither

Of the seven days in a week, Saturday is said to be the most popular _______ for a wedding in some countries.

A．way              B．situation           C．choice            D．chance