As Grade 9 students,we are busy studying for the coming entrance exam.Every day we have lots of exercises to do and many ___to take .Some of us feel upset,and some even lose heart.But we’ll not help ___if we lose heart. There’s a saying ,”Difficulty is like a spring(弹簧).If you are weak,it will be ____.”If we have a problem we should face it__ a smile.Once I____ a short story called The Smile. In this book,he _____his experiences as a soldier in World War II. He  _by enemy and sent to jail.(监狱)But he tried to think of ways to run away._ __he wanted to smoke ,but he had no match. So he asked his jailor for a __.When the jailor came up to him ,he smiled ______and naturally.The jailor seemed to be affected and smile,too.Then they began to talk. They ___took out pictures of their families and showed them to each other.The soldier said sadly he would never see his ___again because he was to be killed .He would never have a chance to see his children grow up.The jailor was moved by the soldier’s words.___ ___saying a word ,he unlocked the cell and quickly let him go .__ __ a smile ,the soldier was saved. Even in a terrible solution the man  was optimistic .He didn’t____.Surely we can do the same.Life is like a mirror,if you smile at it,it will smile back at you,too.

1.A. meetings       B. exams                 C. books                 D. photos

2.A. ourselves        B. yourselves           C.  themselves          D.  myself

3.A. weak                           B. strong                 C. long                     D.  short

4.A. by                        B. for                        C. with                        D.  to

5.A. watched              B. looked                    C. saw                       D. read

6.A. talked to                      B. talked with            C. talked  about       D. talked over

7.A. was killed            B. was taught             C. was caught            D. was told

8.A. One day                 B. Some day                C. A day                       D. Any day

9.A.  book                           B. pen                         C. light                         D. cake

10.A. loudly                       B. slowly            C. coldly                      D. politely

11.A. all                              B. both                        C. either                      D. neither

12.A. friend                        B. classmate                C. family                     D. neighbour

13.A. Without           B. Except            C.  Through       D. With

14.A. At the beginning of  B.As a result of          C. At the end of        D. As well as

15.A. give in                        B. give out                  C. give  away            D. give up

根据短文内容和所给的首字母，完成下列句子。
Tom and David live in the same building and they’re in the same class. It’s a little far from their school. David has a bike, but Tom doesn’t have one. He has to get up early in the morning. After breakfast he goes to the bus stop quickly. Sometimes there’re many people in the bus and he can’t find a seat for himself. When he gets to the classroom, he’s tired. So he asked his father to buy a bike for him. The worker is not rich enough and didn’t agree. The boy began to cry sadly and he had to say, “Well. I’ll buy a bike for you next term.”
Tom is very happy. But he must learn to ride it. It’s Saturday today and the boy helped his mother with some washing and cleaning this morning. After lunch he went to David’s and Mrs. White opened the door.
“Can David come out and play with me?” asked the boy.
“I’m sorry, but he’s asleep now.” answered the woman.
“Then can his bike come out and play with me?” he asked hopefully.
【小题1】David is Tom’s c____________.
【小题2】Tom’s father is p___________, so the boy has no bike.
【小题3】Tom goes to school by b___________.
【小题4】Tom helped his mother with some h____________ this morning.
【小题5】Tom went to David’s to b___________ his bike.

. —Did you get there by ______ bike?

—No, I took ______ taxi.

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.

1. We know from the passage, the doctor______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all  

B. wasn't good at his own medical job

C. had his own ways of planting trees   

D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2. When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3. The passage tells us that the writer______.

A. should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper 

B. didn't often water his trees

C. didn't have a large field                     

D. took too much care of his trees

4.The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that______.

A. his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs'  

B. his trees will not be beaten down

C. his sons will be better at planting trees    

D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A. Watering Trees                 B. Growing Roots 

C. Doctor and his Neighbor         D. Father and his Children

Many children like to go to the zoo   31    their parents on    32   . In the zoo, there are many    33   , like elephants, pandas, monkeys, tigers and    34    animals.    35    only live in China. I like them very much. They are black and    36   . They eat bamboo. There    37    a baby panda in the zoo. So I want to see    38   next Sunday. My friend, Linda, wants to go with me. I think we can    39   a bus to the zoo. But I must do my homework    ____40   .

1.A. for B. at C. with D. and

2.A. weekends B. summer C. morning D. evening

3.A. people B. women C. children D. animals

4.A. other B. others C. the other D. else

5.A. Pandas B. Elephants C. Koalas  D. Tigers

6.A. blue B. white C. red D. green

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

8.A. she B. he C. it D. them

9.A. by B. on C. take D. go

10.A. first B. the first C. one D. the one