In some countries, the most common unlucky number is thirteen. People don’t like to live in a house that is number 13. People don’t like to have parties with thirteen people. People don’t like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month. Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together---nine and four ---they make thirteen.

There aren’t many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday. Friday is always unlucky. Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden (伊甸園) on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. There were thirteen people at his last supper. In Europe, they kill criminals(罪犯) on Fridays.

For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things. My elder brother was born on the thirteenth. He passed his exams on the thirteenth. He married on the thirteenth. He became a pilot on the thirteenth. It was always a lucky number for him.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1.What is the unlucky number in Japanese?

2.Generally speaking, how many days are there in a year on which people don’t want to hold business meetings?

3.Which of the following is NOT used to prove that Friday or thirteen is unlucky?

4.When did Europeans kill criminals?

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

“Teenager” means a person from 13 to 19 years old. Although they’re young, they have to make many important choices by themselves. Often teachers and parents cannot handle them because they don’t understand and know teenagers, especially their wishes, problems or different moods in a short time. They need to think about questions like these: Should we go to college? What kind of job do I want? However, other people also influence their choices. Who influences teenagers?

It depends on the kind of choice. When teenagers buy things, friends are the most important influence. This is especially true for clothes and music. TV shows, advertisements and parents also influence teenagers. In more serious things, parents are probably the most important influence. Some teenagers say it’s best to regard both parents and friends as influences. James, a seventeen-year-old boy says he’s “just a crazy man”. He also says, “Parents are really important because they can tell you what’s right and wrong.”

But teenagers also feel they need to make choices—to make their own mistakes. As one teenager girl said, “If our parents don’t let us make our own choices, maybe in the future we don’t know how to do it.” And they feel friends can often be a big help, especially because friends sometimes know more about their situation than their parents.

1. Why do teenagers sometimes have to make their own choices?

A.  Because the teachers want them to do it.

B.  Because their parents want them to do it.

C.  Because teenagers like to make choices by themselves.

D.  Because teachers and parents don’t understand them well.

2. Who influences most to the teenagers when they buy music?

A. Their teachers.    B. Theirs parents.    C. Their friends.   D. Movie stars.

3. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.  Everybody needs to make choices.

B.  Teenagers need to make choices by themselves.

C.  Teenagers know more about TV shows and music.

D.  Teachers and parents should help teenagers as much as possible.

2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut（初次登臺(tái)）on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points（得分）in another game.
Yao Ming , 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still under question as to whether he can play well in the NBA. Yao Ming said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really tough.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem.
While Yao Ming faces this new challenge,  the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy （活力） to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese

1. 1.

   On October 23, 2002, Yao Ming played his______ game in the NBA

   1. A.
      first
   2. B.
      second
   3. C.
      third    D fourth
2. 2.

   Yao Ming got __________ points in the two games for the Houston Rockets in October ,2002

   1. A.
      6
   2. B.
      13
   3. C.
      19
   4. D.
      23
3. 3.

   Yao Ming thinks that _____

   1. A.
      it is boring to play basketball
   2. B.
      playing in the NBA is not easy
   3. C.
      it is difficult to watch NBA games on TV
   4. D.
      he is an NBA star
4. 4.

   From the passage we can learn that ________

   1. A.
      Yao Ming will work hard for his team
   2. B.
      Yao Ming often watches TV
   3. C.
      Yao Ming is the best player in the team
   4. D.
      The Rockets has lost several games

Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?

“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn’t know what to do, or how to look after ourselves,” said Zheng Chenyu. “And I’d forget something important. I’d probably watch television and burn the soup. ”

　　“The moment I leave home, I’ll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy,” she said.

　　Most teenagers have only time for their homework. (1)They don’t learn any life skills until they go to college.

　　However, Sima Yige doesn’t think so.

“I think I’d be all right. I wouldn’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some sim­ple dishes because my mum showed me,” the 13-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers (2) 過分依賴 their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly.”

For most teenagers it wouldn’t be a holiday at all.

任務(wù)一：完成句子。（2分）

1. Zheng Chenyu thinks now teenagers are lazy because ___________________________. 

2. Zheng Chenyu will learn to cook as soon as ___________________________________.

任務(wù)二：英漢互譯。（2分）

3.將(1)處的劃線句子譯成漢語：     ____________________________

4. 將(2)處的“過分依賴”譯成英文：__________________________

任務(wù)三：列舉。（3分）

5. Sima Yige thinks that teenagers should learn how__________, __________ besides __________.

任務(wù)四：回答問題。（1分）

6.Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?

　_______________________________

Liu Yun, 13, pretty and smart. She is a good student. But many students try to stay from her because Liu Yun’s mum has AIDS(愛滋病) and her father has died of AIDS. Luckily, Liu Yun didn’t get it.
AIDS means fear for most people. Nobody wants to play games with her. Even a teacher who used to like her turns his back on her now. The biggest problem is how other people look at her. She sometimes wants todrop out of schoolbecause she can no longer face others’ indifference(冷漠)。
It is said if a person has AIDS, it’s still safe to eat and play with him. So I think Liu Yun’s classmates and teachers are afraid of AIDS because they don’t know much about AIDS. And Liu Yun needs their love and understanding. Even a friendly smile means a lot to her.

1. 1.

   Why isn’t Liu Yun popular with the students and the teachers?

   1. A.
      She has AIDS.                 
   2. B.
      Her mother has AIDS.
   3. C.
      Her father has died of AIDS.      
   4. D.
      Both B and C.
2. 2.

   What will you do when you best friend has AIDS?

   1. A.
      I’ll stay away from him.
   2. B.
      I won’t have meals with him.
   3. C.
      I won’t talk with him.
   4. D.
      I should be more friendly to him than before.
3. 3.

   What’s the meaning of the underlined words “drop out of school”?

   1. A.
      逃學(xué)
   2. B.
      輟學(xué)
   3. C.
      請(qǐng)病假
   4. D.
      回家
4. 4.

   Can we have meals with the people that have AIDS?

   1. A.
      Yes, we can.
   2. B.
      No, we can’t.
   3. C.
      No, we shouldn’t.
   4. D.
      We don’t know.
5. 5.

   Which of the following is TURE?

   1. A.
      Though Liu Yun’s mother has AIDS, every teacher still love her.
   2. B.
      None of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS .
   3. C.
      Most of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS.
   4. D.
      Only a few teacher love her when her mother has AIDS.

閱讀表達(dá)（共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分））閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題，把答案寫在每小題后的橫線上。
Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
'”I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "
“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy, "she said.
Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.
However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.
"I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some sim­ple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."
For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.
【小題1】Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?
________________________________________
【小題2】 When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?
________________________________________
【小題3】Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.   ________________________________________
【小題4】The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.
【小題5】 Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?
________________________________________

詞匯運(yùn)用 用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空（每空不限一詞）

1.It is thoughtful of Miss Zhang to bring an umbrella with _________ (she).

2.The students are working hard ,they will have a         (month) exam next week.

3.Who do you think is _________(strict) with you among these teachers?

4.I’m surprised to hear that the lady won the award in her _________ (ninety).

5.The doctor _______(advice) him to have a good rest because he was in a bad mood yesterday.

6.I would rather ___________ (not tell) Mom the truth. I don’t want her to shout at me.

7.It’s necessary for us to form the habit of spending our pocket money__________(wise).

8.It is said that there ___________ (be) great changes to our hometown in the last few years.

9.They were looking forward to _______(hear) the results of the competition.

10.To our surprise, an excellent student___      __(murder) by his roommate in a university last month.

11.--Whose beautiful dresses, Lucy?     --- I think they belong to those ________. (act)

12.I'm busy revising for tests these days. I hope my cousin will not come _________(disturb) me any more.

13.They won’t see the film again because they _________(see) it twice.  

14.Thank you for offering me so many _________(value) suggestions.

15.The colour red can help when you are having difficulty making a ________(decide).

在對(duì)話空格中填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，使對(duì)話完整正確。一空一詞(含縮寫詞)。

 ( D--David ; N--Nick)

D : My father is a soldier, so he wasn' t at home much when I was young. I      1     saw him at home.

N: Did you miss him?

13: I don't think I     2      . When he was at home, he always made me do things like cleaning my shoes or  3   breakfast. My mother usually did al1 of the housework   4  when he wash' t at home.

N: Now you both seem so close!

D: Well, one thing   5    me how much he loved me and helped me understand him better.

N : What   6  ?

D : One day in December last year, I was looking for my Christmas presents. I wanted to see them before Christmas Day. I went quietly into my    7    bedroom and looked under the bed. I didn’t find any presents, but   8  , I found a photo album.

N : So?

D : To my surprise, the photos inside were all of   9  . And they were all carefully kept. On the back of one photo there were some words written by my father, " David, my dearest son, you are growing up some day to   10   us and start your new life.”

N : So, what have you learnt about your father7

D: His love for me is deep and strong, but it’s hard for him to talk to me about it.

Most people work or study from Monday to Friday. The weekend is usually a time of rest. But today's Chinese teenagers can hardly rest during the weekends.
According to a survey, 24% of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of study.
And this isn't only in Beijing. Ji Chunying is a Grade 9 student in Guangzhou. The 14-year-old girl has to get up at 6:45 am on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday, she goes to extra classes for math and physics.
But Ji doesn't complain. She says her classmates all work very hard.
Finding time to have fun

Zhao Yang, 13, is from Dalian, Liaoning. As a Grade 8 student, Zhao's weekend is less busy. But he still spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after finishing homework, he plays basketball. "I feel happy because I still have time to do the things I like," he said.
Some students are much luckier. They don't have to go to school on the weekend.
Ding Yi, a Grade 8 student from Laiwu, Shandong, is one of them. And she's a top student.
During the weekend, Ding usually gets up at 8 am. Then she spends some time doing homework. After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV.
Ding said her mother once wanted her to try extra classes. But when they asked Ding's teacher about it, the teacher said it was unnecessary.
"My teacher said I don't need to push myself too much. Learning well at school is enough," Ding said. "I feel pretty lucky."
【小題1】Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours sleep each night because of ___________.

Are you an only-child in your family? Are you feeling alone at home? How are you dealing with it?

Zhang Luwen, 12, feels lucky to have a 4-year-old “brother”. “With him, I never feel lonely at home. He goes with me wherever I go,” said the girl of Sichuan Province. But it is not easy to be a sister. Zhang has to help her parents bath her “brother” every week. This is because he is hairy — he is a dog.

As the number of pet owners in China grows more and more, Chinese students have animal friends at home. Experts say that these small animals give these only-children lessons in love, care, teamwork and generosity.

This month, the first study on the influence of pets on the children came out. It is a survey of 402 Beijing primary school students. It shows that animal friends are good for children.

China had more than 90 million only-children by 2006, according to the government. “In families of three, most children feel lonely. They don’t have many chances to learn how to love and be responsible for others,” said Zhou Xia in the study group. “So having a pet can help with the problem.”

However, some students complain that their parents don’t allow them to have pets. “They are afraid a pet would stop me studying,” said Chen Qi, of Chongqing.

Perhaps he could learn from Qin Yixing, 13, of Beijing. “I don’t play with my dog until I have finished my homework. I made the promise to my mom and I must keep it,” said the girl.

1.According to the passage, experts think _______.

A．it is good for students to have animal friends at home

B．only-children families in China will be fewer and fewer

C．small animals at home are bad for students

D．parents should buy more pet animals for their children

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A．Zhang Luwen’s parents bath every week.

B．Zhou Xia thinks a pet animal can solve the problem that children feel lonely.

C．Chen Qi of Chongqing has got a pet animal.

D．Qin Yixing’s parents don’t want her to have a pet.

These days computer games have bcome more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___ have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2__. These places are always crowded with people
In the computer game houses, people __3__ a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__ for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__ when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__ without it.
The result is that some people don’t want to _8_ and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their ___12__. Some of them are not _13__ to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others’ and become __14_ . Computer game addiction(上癮) is a __15_ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.

This is __1__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __2__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __3_ us her dream: I wish to __4__! In China, there are still __5__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _6_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __7_ send them all to school. So they often ask __8__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t __9__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school _10__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __11__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __12__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, __13__  children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __14_ with the news. It is _15__ great.

1. A. small        B. good       C. bad          D. big

2.A. with               B. on              C. to                     D. in

3.A. saying           B. telling     C. speaking           D. talking

4. A. go to work   B. go to bed   C. go to school       D. go home

5. A. a lot              B. 1ot of        C. a lot of              D. much

6. A. schools        B. cities         C. houses           D. families

7..  A. can’t                  B. will              C. should              D. mustn’t

8.  A. teachers           B. girls           C. boys                D. all the children

9.  A. look up    B. turn on     C. worry about   D. make sure

10.  A. by themselves  B. on foot    C. for free       D. with money

11.  A. borrow        B. read      C. bring         D. pay for

12.  A. books         B. clothes    C. food         D. money

13.  A. all                    B. some       C. many              D. most

14.  A. sad          B. interested    C. happy       D. excited

15.  A. not                   B. never        C. hardly               D. really

In the modern world, advertising   1    everywhere! Some people think that ads are great. Others hate ads,     2    that they make our cities and countryside 3    ugly.
Many ads are aimed  specifically    4    teenagers, and some young people   5      more than 100 advertisements a day. It’s true that some ads can be very useful. For instance, they can help you to  compare  two different products    6      you can buy the one you really need. They can also help you    7         money. When prices   8      , you can go to the store with the     9           price. Ads also tell you when stores   10    sales.     11      , some advertising  can be  confusing or misleading.    12      the words sound    13         but don’t   really  tell you anything about the quality of the product. At other times, the picture in an ad  looks  a  lot   14       than the real thing.  At times an ad can lead you  15      something  you  don’t  need  at all.

In the modern world, advertising   1    everywhere! Some people think that ads are great. Others hate ads,     2    that they make our cities and countryside 3    ugly.

Many ads are aimed  specifically    4    teenagers, and some young people   5      more than 100 advertisements a day. It’s true that some ads can be very useful. For instance, they can help you to  compare  two different products    6      you can buy the one you really need. They can also help you    7         money. When prices   8      , you can go to the store with the     9           price. Ads also tell you when stores   10    sales.     11      , some advertising  can be  confusing or misleading.    12      the words sound    13         but don’t   really  tell you anything about the quality of the product. At other times, the picture in an ad  looks  a  lot   14       than the real thing.  At times an ad can lead you  15      something  you  don’t  need  at all.

2.A,  say            B. saying       C. to say         D. said

Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room do not look at him. They don’t ask him to sit at the table.   
Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles(微笑) at him. They give him the very good food to eat..Mr. King takes off  his coat, and puts it in the food and says, “Eat, coat!”                            
The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “I’m asking my coat to eat the food. I am wearing my old clothes. You do not look at me. You do not ask me to sit down. Now, I am in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes not for me!”                                                       
11.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don’t look at him,
because ________.          
A. he doesn’t come by car    B. he is wearing his old clothes     C. he is old                                       
12. Mr. King goes home to_______________               
A. put on his good clothes    B. take off his good clothes    C to buy good clothes.
13. Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him
because ___________.
A. he is wearing his old clothes    B. he is wearing his good clothes                
C. he comes back in a good car                  
14. Mr. king takes off his coat, and______________.    
A. eats the good food           B. asks it to eat the good food  
C. asks the other to eat the food                    
15. Now Mr. King sees the good food is _________      
A. for his clothes              B. for him           C. for his good car