— Would you like to go for a picnic to enjoy the fresh air outside this weekend?

— __________. It will be a funny day.

A. I’d love to        B. Don’t mention it    C. No, I won’t        D. It doesn’t matter

 

If you put a buzzard(秃鹰) in a cage without a roof(顶棚), the bird will be a prisoner. Even though it can fly, it can’t fly through the open roof. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 3 or 4 meters. Without space to run, he will not even try to fly, but will stay in his small jail(监牢) for the rest of his life.
The ordinary bat that flies around at night cannot take off from the ground. If it is placed on the ground, all it can do is shuffle(穿梭) about helplessly. If it reaches a higher place, it will be able to throw itself into the air. Then it takes off quickly. But on flat ground, it will never fly.
A bee dropped into a cup will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but keeps trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will look for away where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are struggling with all their problems and frustrations(挫折)，not realizing that the answer is right there above them.
【小题1】A buzzard can’t fly through the open roof of a cage because       .

A．it is too big and heavy to fly up

B．it feels the space is too small to start the flight

C．it gets used to living in the cage without a roof

D．it would like to spend the rest of his life in the jail

【小题2】Paragraph 2 mainly tells us that        .

A．the bat is a kind of smart bird

B．the bat can take off quickly on flat ground

C．the bat flies only at night

D．the bat can only take off from a higher place

【小题3】Which is NOT true about the bee?

A．The bee doesn’t try to find a way to escape.

B．The bee will die if it isn’t taken out of the cup in time.

C．The bee always wants to escape from the cup near the bottom.

D．The bee doesn’t see the way out at the top.

【小题4】What’s the purpose of the story?

A．Many people are like the buzzard, the bat and the bee.

B．Animals will also give up when in trouble.

C．We should try new ways to deal with difficulties.

D．We should solve problems by ourselves.

Have you ever complained (抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes  36 dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and  37  all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk to relax yourself. Just before you go out, it   38 starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why  39  sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(庄稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).
  40   everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way to success.  41   difficulty isn't terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is 42  a spring (弹簧). If you are   43   , it will be strong. So when you meet difficulties, don't give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile.
Attitude   44   everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and 45 _. If you want to be happy, try to remember these five easy rules. Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect less. The quickest way to receive happiness is to smile, the fastest way to lose it is to complain.
【小题1】A. seem    B. seems  C. seemed
【小题2】A. cry   B. smile   C. complain
【小题3】A. suddenly    B. finally   C. hardly
【小题4】A. don't   B. not   C. didn’t
【小题5】A. But B. For    C. Although
【小题6】 A. In fact    B. From early on   C. For example
【小题7】 A. unlike B. likes    C. like
【小题8】 A. powerful   B. weak   C. confident
【小题9】 A. decides   B. deciding   C. to decide
【小题10】A. please  B. pleased     C. pleasant

Every day when I enter the classroom, I will take a look at the wall beside my seat. You will find nothing special about this old wall if you just look at it. But for the students in my class, it is a special wall. Take a good look at it, and you will get to know the real feelings and thoughts of us, the 9^th graders.

In the middle of the wall, there is a big “VICTORY”. It was written in pencil. I guess it must have been written by someone who got a good mark in an exam.

A little higher above the formulas, there is a poem. It only has two sentences. It reads: All those sweet memories have disappeared. Like tears dropping in the heavy rain.

Oh! It must have been written at the end of the last semester in middle school. Classmates had to leave school and good friends had to part. What a sad poem!

If you look at the wall more carefully, you will find many other interesting things, like a crying face, or a happy face, and other patterns(图案). There are still some patterns and letters that I can’t understand, but they all show the feeling of the students who drew them.

For years, the wall has witnessed(目睹) all the things that have happened in the classroom. I don’t know how it will be next year, two years from now, or even ten years from now. But I hope more smiling faces will be drawn on it.

1.There is ____ special on this wall.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

2.What was the “VICTORY” written in?

A．Chalk

B．Pencil

C．Pen

D．Brush

3.When has the poem been written?

A．At the beginning of the last semester.	B．At the end of the year.
C．At the end of the last semester.	D．At the beginning of the last month.

4.What’s the meaning of the underlined word?

A．部分

B．分离

C．和好

D．聚集

5.What’s the title of the passage?

A．The Pictures of the Wall	B．The Feelings of the Students
C．The Patterns of the Classroom	D．The Hope of the Writer

 

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.

Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”

“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.

“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.

“Mum, do you have courage?”

“Certainly.”

The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”

After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.

Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”

In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.

1.The girl walked back because __________.

A．the bathroom was too far away.	B．her mother wouldn’t go with her
C．she was too afraid of the dark	D．the bedroom door was locked

2. We learn from the reading that ___________.

A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself	B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath	D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

3.To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

A．held out her little hands	B．clenched her fists
C．talk to her mother	D．held her own breath

4.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A．adults are always brave enough	B．children learn to be brave quickly
C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem	D．the mother can deal with anything with breath

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Fearless Mother	B．One Lonely Girl
C．One midnight	D．The Breath of Courage