We walked all afternoon with Infadoos and Scragga. Their men walked about a hundred metres ahead of us.

“When did your people, the Kukuana, come to this place?”

“They came from the north many thousands of moons ago,” Infadoos explained. “When they reached the mountains, they could go no farther. They stayed here where the land is good and there is water.”

“Do you live here in peace?” I asked.

“There have been two wars. Once an army came down from the north, but we killed most of them. Soon after that, we fought among ourselves.” He said, “The king at that time had two sons—twins. When he died, both young men wanted to be king. One of the twins, Twala, killed the other and became king.”

“Did the dead man have a wife and children?” I asked. I knew that if he did, the fighting could start again one day.

“Yes. He had a wife, Imotu, and a son, Ignosi. They ran away.” He pointed to a village a short way ahead. “That is the village where Imotu and Ignosi first hid,” he said. “We shall stay there tonight..”

As soon as we were within a mile or so of the village, an army of men came out. As we passed them, they shouted a welcome.

Their women were in the village. They stopped whatever they were doing to watch us pass by, but they were not rude. As soon as we were comfortable in a hut, they came with milk, honey, and cooked food.

A young man brought a fat young ox which he killed and cut into pieces. We took a few pieces for ourselves and gave him the rest. We don’t want them to think we were selfish.（選自《所羅門(mén)王的寶藏》，有刪節(jié)）

1.The Kukuana people moved a long way ________before they stayed in this place.

A. east B. west C. south D. north

2.The Kukuana people stayed because they could ________ here.

A. hunt enough animals B. grow good crops

C. make many friends D. eat delicious beef

3.Infadoos’ people had won _________ wars.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

4.Ignosi was Twala’s __________.

A. wife B. brother C. son D. nephew

5.From what we read, the villagers were probably Ignosi’s _________.

A. friends B. enemies C. supporters D. soldiers

The speed, danger and excitement of motor racing have been with us for more than a century. For over a hundred years, drivers have pushed their machines to the limit. Everyone in motor racing has a simple dream: to go faster!

In the early days, a small number of people raced each other driving unsafe machines on ordinary roads. Today, motor racing is a huge moneymaking industry. Thousands of people are involved. Drivers, mechanics, designers, engineers and technicians work hard in the search for extra speed.

Cars race along twisting roads or on round tracks. They race across ice and snow, as well as sandy deserts. Mud, dust, grass and steep hills are all part of today’s range of racing events. Hundreds of thousands of people turn up to watch races. Millions more people watch the events on television. Top drivers are celebrities and earn huge amounts of money.

Of course, these drivers don’t get to the top overnight. Everyone has to start somewhere. Most drivers learn to race in go-carts when they are young. All drivers must learn about their cars and their engines. They must also be familiar with race rules and what to do in an emergency. Formula Ford is one of the race classes for beginners. Many top Formula I world champions like Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen began by Formula Ford racing.

The Italian company Ferrari makes some of the world’s best racing cars, all painted in its world-famous red colour. Ferrari is the most successful builder of Formula 1 cars. Ferrari has also had some famous Formula 1 champions such as Michael Schumacher. Ferrari prides itself on building the whole machine—the body as well as the engine. Some companies, such as Honda, only make engines for Formula 1 racing.

Motor racing is expensive. Racing teams need huge amounts of money to keep their cars on the racetrack. Sponsorship is an important way of making money for racing teams. The logos of the sponsors are all over racing cars. The bigger the logo, the more the company will have to pay to the racing team.（選自《九年級(jí)下冊(cè)初中英語(yǔ)讀本》）

The Need for1.

THE HISTORY OF LIVING IN SPACE

Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human on board blasted into space In 1961. since then, people have not only been travelling to space, but many of them have also lived there for extended periods.

Food

All the meals on space stations are put together on Earth and sent to the space station, along with the astronauts, by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be preserved by dehydration or canning.

The space station does not have a freezer to preserve food, but It does have a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh.

Astronauts also eat many other foods such as cereals, cereal bars, nuts and dried fruit that do not need any special preparation.

Eating

Astronauts have a set timetable each day. This tells them when to do everything, including when to have their meals. At meal preparation time, they start getting their food ready, which often includes adding water to re-hydrate the dehydrated foods.

Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tricky. Astronauts sometimes have to strap themselves and their food into place. Because of lack of gravity, astronauts cannot use ground salt and pepper, and all drinks must be taken from bottles. They also have to be careful that crumbs do not fly off and get stuck in vents and instrument panels.（選自《九年級(jí)下冊(cè)新理念英語(yǔ)閱讀》）

1.What does the space station have to keep fruit and vegetables fresh? (Fewer than 7 words)

_____________________________________________________

2.How do people send the food to the space station ?

____________________________________________________

3.What tells astronauts when to do everything about eating?

_____________________________________________________

4.Astronauts can use ground salt and pepper, can’t they?

_____________________________________________________

5.Why should astronauts be extremely careful while they’re eating ?

_____________________________________________________

1.We should think twice before we make a ______________(decide).

2.Liu Bei waited ____________(polite) for Zhuge Liang outside the door.

3.The more ____________(communicate) you two have, the better you will know each other.

4.A lot of fishes were found ______________(die) on the beach a few days ago.

5.Now people pay more attention to the students’ ____________ (able).

1.Is there any _____________(關(guān)系) between the two man?

2.We don’t know much about the girl’s ________________(背景).

3.The government is planning to build a new _______________(機(jī)場(chǎng)) to the east of the lake.

4.Our music teacher can play several Chinese musical ___________(樂(lè)器).

5._______________(志愿者) are working very hard to keep the traffic in order.

Do you like reading stories? Almost everyone does. Good stories are fun to read. Good stories let you share e1. adventures. They make you l2. when something funny was said or done. They make you shiver(顫抖) when something is f3.. They make you glad when the ending turns out to be h4..

Good stories help you to learn about other times, other people and other p5.. They may even help you to learn more about y6..

What k7. of good stories do you know? There are stories about make-believe(虛構(gòu)的) people, such as those about D8. Holmes or Cinderella. There are also stories about f9. people, such as those about the Wright brothers and Abraham Lincoln. There are stories about a10., such as The Lion King and The Three Little Pigs.

假如現(xiàn)在是2116年，你是Kate，生活在火星上。你的朋友Jim現(xiàn)在在地球上，他即將來(lái)火星生活。請(qǐng)你用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一封信，向他介紹你在火星的生活。

注意：

1.總詞數(shù)100左右，信的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

2.信中須涉及上述幾個(gè)方面的內(nèi)容，并要求合理想象，適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，使意思表達(dá)更加完整。

Dear Jim,

Now, I’m writing a letter to you on Mars. It’s really wonderful to live on Mars.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Kate

This is _______useful book.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

Sam is a _____  swimmer. He can swim very _____     .

A. well; good B. good; well C. good; good D. good; fine

— The radio says it is a _____ day today.  

--Yes.Look!It’s_____hard.

A. rain; raining B. rainy; rainy C. rainy; raining D. rains; rainy