Passage 3
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You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” Said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.
【小題1】When do the volunteers help others?

A．In their spare time.	B．At weekends
C．On weekdays.	D．In the evenings.

【小題2】_____ can be a volunteer.

A．Children

B．Old women

C．Anyone aged 12-70

D．Young people

【小題3】Volunteers want to get _______ when they help others.

A．money

B．computers

C．everything

D．nothing

【小題4】Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ______.

A．a(chǎn)nimals

B．children

C．computers

D．older people

【小題5】We can read such a passage ______.

A．in a newspaper

B．in a storybook

C．in a picture book

D．in a textbook

Passage 4
From the world’s heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world’s smallest dog, these are all parts of a group of the world’s strangest people and things. And they are all in the Guinness Book of Records(《吉尼斯記錄》).
The book is going to celebrate its birthday this August. It began exactly half a century ago. And it’s always one of the best selling books in the world.
People now can break over 1000 records every week! Why do so many people want to break the records? Do they want their names in the book or meet more people around the world? “It gives people a chance to show they’re the best in the world.” said one of the record keepers Stewart Newport.
The book was started by Hugh Beaver from Britain. In 1951, he went shooting birds and talked with his friends about the fastest bird in Europe. Three years later, they were still talking about it. So Beaver believed that people must have different ideas. So, he decided to start a book to record the world’s truly greatest people and things in it!
The newest book came out last Tuesday. This book has a lot of interesting records. Here are two:
☆ A British dog, Whitney, is the world’s smallest dog. It’s only 76mm tall.
☆ An American woman Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails(指甲).They grew as long as 600 mm! She made the record in 1971.
【小題1】We can see everything in the Guinness Book of Records except         .

A．the heaviest fruits and vegetables

B．the smallest people and animals

C．the strangest people and things

D．very ordinary people and things

【小題2】The Guinness Book of Records has been one of the best selling books for           .

A．50 years

B．76 years

C．600 years

D．1000 years

【小題3】Newport thought many people tried to break Guinness records because       .

A．their names be kept in the world records.

B．their names could be seen by the whole world.

C．they could meet more people all over the world.

D．they could be known as the greatest by the world.

【小題4】Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．Newport started the Guinness Book of Records in Britain.

B．More than four thousand records are broken each month.

C．The Guinness Book of Records started in the year 1954.

D．The newest book of Guinness comes out every Tuesday.

【小題5】The writer of this passage wants to         .

A．tell us the strangest records in the world

B．show us the beginning of the Guinness Book of Records

C．give us an introduction to the Guinness Book of Records

D．let us know the most interesting things in the world

從方框中選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)木渥油瓿上旅娴膶υ挘�并將其字母�?biāo)號填在答題紙的相應(yīng)位置上
Dick: Hello . 1        What’s your name?
Sally: Hello, Mr. Turner., I’m Sally Brown. I am from England. I’ve come to Japan to have a visit.
Dick: I come from America. I’ve been here to study Japanese. 2       
Sally: Oh, good. And could you tell me who this is , Mr. Turner?
Dick: Oh, Ms Brown., 3       
Sally: Nice to meet you, Mr. Wang.
Wang Bing: 4       
Sally: By the way, where are you from?
Wang Bing: 5       
Sally: Oh, great. China is a great beautiful country.
Wang Bing: Thank you.

A Nice to meet you, Ms Brown.     B I’m Chinese. C This is Sally Brown.            D My name is Dick Turner. E I’m a worker.                F May I introduce my friend Wang Bing? G I’m a student.

在下面對話的空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)脑捳Z（話語可能是句子，短語或單詞），使對話完整
A: Morning, Jack. You don’t look well. 【小題1】__________________________?
B: Well, I have got a cold. But it’s not serious. Hey, Tom, did you see the movie on CCTV6 last night?
A: No, I didn’t. 【小題2】_____________________?
B. Harry Potter.It was so exciting. So, what were you doing at that time?
A: 【小題3】____________________. I’m not good at English, you know.
B: But English is not very hard to learn. 【小題4】_________________________.
A: Thank you for your advice. 【小題5】_______________________________?

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞，將答案按序號填入下面表格內(nèi)。
Recently, many English teachers from universities all over China came together. They discussed h   1   to use newspapers to teach English. Wu Ping, a university professor, said that her university has b  2   a course on newspaper reading for freshman English majors. They use English newspapers to t___3___. It is said that the s   4   enjoy the course. “They say newspapers help them learn English, and also tell them the latest news a   5  the world,” he said.
Outside the classroom, English newspapers are thought by many people to be o  6 of the most important and effective ways to learn English. One of the professors believes that newspapers are better t    7   other teaching materials in four ways. First, the stories are i   8   and can get the students to read on. S  9  , the language is modern and up-to-date. Newspapers cover lots of topics like sports, culture, e   10    and so on. And last but not least, the language is very practical, and can be used in our daily life.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成任務(wù)
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. (A) They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If an insect touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The insect cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(擠壓) the insect until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the insect with a special liquid （液體）. Slowly, the plant eats the insect.
(B) Plants are living things that have leaves and roots and grow in earth. Most of them get energy from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all the important things that plants need, especially nitrogen （氮）. Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
【小題1】Can plants get energy from the air?
【小題2】Why is Venus flytrap a famous piant?
【小題3】In some places, why do some plants get energy from animal meat?
【小題4】寫出（A）處劃線單詞they所指代的名詞。
【小題5】將（B）處劃線句子改為兩個簡單句。
Plants are living things.   ______________________________

閱讀后，完成下面的任務(wù)。
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. You shouldn’t waste this wonderful opportunity to learn. Here is our advice for you to have a happy school-life.
【小題1】Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested in school-life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Be quick to put your hand up. Go round the school with a big smile. 
【小題2】School is not a holiday camp. If you are not working, you are not learning, and you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
【小題3】 If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play some sports to keep your body strong.
【小題4】Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time.
【小題5】Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Friends are not always perfect, and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things. Don’t let small problems seem very big and important.
閱讀上面5段語言材料， 從中找出與它們相對應(yīng)的標(biāo)題， 并將其標(biāo)號填入語段前的括號內(nèi)。其中有兩個選項是多余的。

A. Plan your holiday. B. Don’t be too disappointed if things sometimes go badly. C. Do today’s work today. D. Be active in school！ E. Expect to work！ F. Talk about problems. G. Keep fit.

根據(jù)所給中文完成句子翻譯
【小題1】在回家得路上，我偶然遇上了好朋友。
On my way home, I met my good friend  _______  .
【小題2】他喜歡說不喜歡寫.He _______ speaking to ________. 
【小題3】Jim _________(長得象) his mother. They are both clever and a little shy.
【小題4】老師讓我們上課別說話  The teacher asked us  _________talk in class.
【小題5】一定要讓他準(zhǔn)時還書 __________that he can return the book on time. 
【小題6】當(dāng)我看到她們時，她們正在喂馬。
They  _________________________ the horses  when I saw them
【小題7】雨天使我難過。
【小題8】如果我是一只小鳥，我就能飛。
【小題9】Lucy學(xué)習(xí)英語已經(jīng)五年了。
【小題10】這本書是白巖松寫的。
【小題11】在最近的幾年里，我的生活變化很大。

下列標(biāo)點符號使用有錯誤的是    (    ) （2分）

A．不少人想知道粽子與端午節(jié)到底有什么關(guān)系。

B．一千萬萬，你一口氣數(shù)下去，得數(shù)一千多年！

C．李時珍在《本草綱目》中稱藕為“靈根”，是寓含深意的。

D．我生平受用的有兩句話：一是“責(zé)任心”；二是“趣味”。

根據(jù)要求完成小作文.
現(xiàn)在你已經(jīng)是初三的學(xué)生了，你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己和以前有什么不同嗎？請用對比的形式寫出自己的變化或者進步。不少于5句.