----I want to know____________.

---- Why not go to Tai Hu ? That’s a good place.

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.

One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.

“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”

Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.

“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”

“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案。

1.If you want to be a       , you can call AL Hotel.

2.If you work as a cleaner every weekday, and once a day, how much will you be paid every week?

3.What is NOT mentioned in the ads?

One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.

1.” What’s the matter?” “I went to a party last night, so I…”

2.”I feel so tired these days.” “I think you’d better…”

3.”O(jiān)f course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…”

You can see from the above three examples that the context helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So “guessing” is very important in understanding English, especially spoken English.

1.This passage tells us mainly about ________.

2.From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 1 is ________.

3.Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.

4.From the passage we can infer that guessing is ________ in learning a foreign language.

Do you have any foreign friends? Do you know their characteristics(特征)?

The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They don’t like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hard—working. They like tidiness, especially the women, who always keep their home clean.

In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as the Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are really polite, so we often hear they say “Thank you.” Or “Sorry.” The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.

The French’s holidays are very long. They like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.

Compared to the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They don’t like to depend on others. So it is very common that the students do part-time jobs in their free time. And in Americans’ eyes, success is an important part in their life.

1.According to the passage, ______are very quiet.

2.In the writer’s eyes, the gentlemen are______.

3.What can we learn about the Frenchmen from the passage?

4.Which is the best title of the passage?

“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”

That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better.

Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show.

If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!

1.By touching things        .

2.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

3.Which of the following parts can tell you the difference between two coins in your pocket?

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

為下面4位同學找到他們需要的網站（71-74），并寫出一個自己經常瀏覽的網站地址。

1.Betty: I want to get some pictures of Beijing.

2.Tony: I would like to have some information about basketball.

3.Daming: I want to learn English.

4.Lingling: I want to buy a birthday present online.

A. www.NBA.com: The latest news about Rockets basketball players.

B. www.24en.com: You can speak, write, read and listen to English.

C. www.ebay.com: A really big shop online. You can buy anything you need.

D: www.beijingphoto.com: Pictures about some places in Beijing.ch

5.______________________________.

選擇方框內的單詞完成下列句子， 使句子通順、正確。

A. knowledge  B. twentieth  C. largest  D.  written  E.  hungry  F uncomfortable.

1.Bruce is _______ , so he can’t go to school today .

2.He lives on the _______ floor . He uses a lift to go up and down.

3.China has the _______  population in the world .

4.The books _______ by Mr White are very interesting .

5.I’m not _______  , but I’m a little thirsty .

6.Our _______ of the universe is growing all the time .

根據首字母或漢語注釋，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式，每空只寫一詞。

1.Spring ______(來) after winter.

2.Father’s Day is on the t______Sunday in June.

3._________(游泳) is good for our health. Do you want to have a try?

4.Could you please speak more s__________, Tom? I can’t catch what you say.

5.We are going to c________the hill. I am sure we will have a good time..

6.Is there a ______(圖書館) in the new city? I want to borrow some books.

7.The great wall was b_________ thousands of years ago.

8.Tom is the captain of our school basketball team. And he is the t_______ of us all.

9.Don’t be afraid of m_________mistakes because nobody can be right all the time.

九年級學生面臨著升學的壓力。因此，許多學生課間休息時依然在教室里做作業(yè)。這樣的行為會給學習帶來幫助嗎？初三（2）的同學們就這個問題進行了熱烈的討論�，F(xiàn)在請你以“Is it a proper way to study in the 10-minute break?”為題，根據同學們的討論結果寫一篇短文，并談談你的看法。討論結果如下：

注意：

1. 開頭部分已寫好，你只需接著寫。開頭部分不計入總詞數(shù)。

2. 所寫內容必須包括表格中一些同學的想法和你的至少三個想法。

3. 詞數(shù)：80左右。

Is it a proper way to study in the 10-minute break?

Recently we have had a discussion about whether it is a proper way to study in the 10-minute break or not..