Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.

More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi( 马拉维 ).Bikes are the most popular in this African country.

Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.

If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on . You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.

Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.

28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job.“I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.

1.In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.

A．cars              B．bikes             C．trains             D．buses

2.The passage tells us that Alice enjoys the bike taxi because it’s________.

A．on the side of the road                   B．popular and heavy

C．all over the country                      D．cheap and easy

3.From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.

A．going shopping is easy                    B．making boats is difficult

C．riding a bike taxi is cheap                 D．carrying heavy people is interesting

4.The best title of the passage may be “________ ” .

A．Bike Riders        B．A Special Country   C．Bike Taxis          D．A Cheap Journey

The Reading Club meets in the library after school. We read and talk a___86____ English story books. It is a lot of fun. I tell the o____87___ students about good books. Then, they tell me about their f____88___ books. We also learn about new books and choose what we want to r____89__ next. We can read books alone, or we can listen to recordings of storybooks on CDs. I like l____90____ to stories on CD. I can hear many d___91____ voices and sounds. This h___92____ me speak and understand English.
S____93_____ we read books in pairs. Students in Grade 9 help me read difficult books. They tell me what the words mean and help me understand. This is very h___94____. I like to learn f____95___ the older students.

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A:Hello,Mrs.White!

B:Hello,Mrs.Wu!

A:Are you going to do some shopping?

B:Yes.What about you?

A:　1　It’s said(据说) the things in the new market are nice and cheap.I want to go to there. 2  

B:That’s good.　3　I’m busy now.A few Chinese friends will come to see me in an hour.I’m afraid  I can’t be back before they come.

A:It doesn’t matter.We can go when we are free.

B:By the way,　4　 I haven’t been there yet.

A:It’s on the other side of the river.It’s a little far from here.

B:How long will it take me to get there by bike?

A:Half an hour.　5　It will take you right there.

B:Thanks a lot.See you!

A:See you!

Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy over the past winter vacation—and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (光盘行动).

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Could you please not waste food?”They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. It’s a tradition that Chinese people offer lots of food when they invite others to dinner. Many even feel that they will lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.

Luckily the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩饭剩菜) home.

Wasting food is a serious problem around the world, not only in China. It’s said that 2 billion tons(吨) of food ends up as waste every year in our country. This is as much as half of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a“Think, Eat, Save” program on January 24 to help reduce food waste.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

1.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to __________.

A．do volunteer work                      B．work part time in restaurants

C．stop wasting food                       D．wash their plates after dinner

2.What did the restaurant in Xinjiang do to support the campaign?

A．The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.

B．It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.

C．It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.

D．It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.

3.From the passage , we can know that __________.

A．wasting food is a serious problem in China

B．Chinese people waste the most food in January

C．200 million Chinese people invite others to dinner every day

D．Chinese people usually don’t offer enough food to their guests

4.You can probably read this passage _________.

A．in a science book                       B．in a newspaper

C．in a tourist guide                        D．in an advertisement

My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried , the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.

◆ One night I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as a head teacher. “ I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences(缺席).” Before he could say another word I choked up(哽咽). And said sadly, “ I love my son. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The head teacher seriously said, “ Thank you for your time.”

◆ Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. He was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I took part in a parent-teacher meeting.I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turened himself around. On our way home, he said, “ Mum, remember that call from the head teacher last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but I heard what you said, It really hit me how much I was hurting you.That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”

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1.Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “withdrawn”?

A. Quiet and lonely.                    B. Relaxed and excited. 

C. Active and lively.                   D. Happy and easygoing.     

2.According to the first report card, Karl __________.

     A. often went to school late          B. did well at school

     C. did a good job at school                D. failed in the exams

3.When the mother said “ it’s out of my hands” to the head teacher, she meant that she __________. 

     A.didn’t know what to do about her son B. would drive her son away from the house

     C. had no money to support the family      D. would have to hang up

4.Who telephoned Karl’s mother that day?

     A. The head teacher.                   B. The school adviser.    

C. Karl himself.                        D.The passage doesn’t tell us.

5.From the passage we can learn that __________.

     A. children in single-parent families always have mental problems

     B. mother’s love is important to teenagers’life

     C. parents should give their children everything that they need

     D. school education still works well without the support from parents