A Christina from Spain

  On the last day of the year, the 31^st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes(葡萄) to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a group. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.

B Cordon from Britain

On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the new year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.

C Angela from Brazil

In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks(焰火)。We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.

1.Picture___________ is about paragraph 1.

2.Who have parties on New Year’s Day?

A. People in Spain.   B. People in Britain.

C. People in Brazil.  D. Both B and C.

3.From the 2nd paragraph, we can infer (推断)that___________.

A. People listen to the radio at home.

B. Cordon can’t drink much. 

C. Cordon is a tall man with dark hair.

D. there are no people near Big Ben.

4. On New Year’s Day, Brazilians usually wear white clothes because_________.

      A. that reminds them of their happy life

B. they hope that can bring them good luck

C. they think that they look beautiful in white

D. that’s what they have to do during the New Year

5.This article mainly tells us ________________.

     A. what people in Britain do on New Year’s Day

     B. when and where people have New Year parties

     C. why people in different countries like the New Year

     D. what people around the world do on New Year’s Day

根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意思通顺，语法正确。

1.Now the students have no lessons on S__________ and Sunday.

2.It’s cold in Australia in July. People there wear w_______ clothes.

3.Hangzhou has lots of wonderful s__________. West Lake is just one of them.

4.Ann kept s_________ all day because his little brother broke her toy bear.

5.Bob is six feet in __________(身高)

6.It’s good manners to keep your _________(声音) down in public.

7.My parents usually __________(花费) lots of money on books.

8.—— What’s your biggest _________(问题)?

  —— I don’t have enough time to sleep.

阅读下面短文，用括号内的所给的动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

   Middle school life is coming to an end. Different students have different memories(记忆). Let’s take a look at two of the unforgettable memories.

   Li Xiaohui, 15

   My most unforgettable experience was the running for the PE test. When I   1   (run), I was too tired to go on. all my classmates came up to me and cheered me up. their encouragement helped me finish the run! I   2   never    2   (forget) it!

   Gao Mingyi, 16

   The most important one to me was my English teacher. Last year, when she   3    (know) I had given up an English-speaking contest, she told me, “any opportunity is important and you don’t know the result until you   4   (finish) it. Don’t give up easily.” Later on, I made my good use of every opportunity I had and achieved good results.

   Who’s the boy in the photo? Yes, he is Liu Wei, an armless pianist.

   Liu lost both arms in an accident at the age of 10, but he never gave up his dream of becoming a pianist. He couldn’t find a teacher   5   (teach) him to play the piano with his feet. So he learned it by himself. He kept practicing for 7 hours every day. Three years later, he became the champion of China’s Got Talent. And he    6   (choose) as one of the “Top Ten People Who Touched China in 2011.” He often   7    (say) “For people like me, there are only two choice: one is to give up all dream, which will lead to a quick, hopeless death. The other is to struggle without arms to live an outstanding life.”

   What can you learn from Liu Wei?

假如你叫李华，市第三中学初三的学生。星期天你和班里的同学去康乐敬老院(old folk’s home) 参加了社区活动。请根据下面的图画的提示词语，用英语写一篇100词左右的日记。可合理想象，适当发挥。句首已给出，不计入总词数。

—Listen! Someone is playing ______ piano.

—Wow! ______beautiful music! I like it very much

   A. a; what   B. an; How C. the; What    D. /; How

I am very thirsty. Could you please give me ______ water?

A. some  B. little  C. many  D. other

We know that she enjoys ______ books very much.

A. read     B. reads    C. reading      D. to read

Mary, put on your coat, ______ you'll catch a cold.

A. and B. or   C .so   D. but

 —Must I wait for you here?

—No, you ______.

A. don't    B. can't    C .mustn’t     D. needn’t