In China，people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人)．Most of them come from single-child families. However，this generation is playing a more and more important part in China，and their image in people’s minds is changing．Han Han,a popular youth writer,is one of them．

    Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai．His talent for writing was clear at an early age．When he was 17,he drew the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass. The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition．Later，Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school. “I did poorly in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade. I tried my best to improve my studies，but failed ,so I gave up. However ,I am always learning, since learning and going to school are two different things.” Han Han said.

    Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China．Later the book wastranslated(翻譯)into several languages and sold abroad．

 In the following years,Han Han wrote a lot of books. All of them were welcomed by the market．In 2006，he started blogging(寫博客)and had great success. Today，Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet．

1. The post-80s generation__________．

A. have changed China’s image      

B. are playing an important role in China

C. are very good at writing          

D. are people who are more than 80 years old  

2.What can we learn from Han Han’s words in the second paragraph?

A. He was good in all his subjects．          

B. He never studied hard at school．

C. His school life was interesting and colourful 

D. He didn’t stop learning after he left school．

3.When did Han Han begin to write a blog?

A. When he was seventeen.        B. When he was fourteen   

C. When he was twenty           D. When he was twenty-four.

4.Which of the following is TRUE，according to the passage?

A. Three Folded Gates was only sold in China．   

B. Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school．

C. Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation．

D. Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet．

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The post-80s generation．         

B. Han Han ,a popular post-80s writer．

C. Blogging on the Internet．         

D. Popular books written by Han Han．

Parking has been a problem for drivers for a long time in Taizhou. The Transportation Department(交通部門) is mapping out a new plan for the city’s parking system. There are about 100 thousand cars on the road inTaizhou but only enough parking space to provide room for 15 percent of these vehicles. It is no wonder that local drivers get so worried trying to find a place to park.

The number of the private(私人的) car owners is becoming lager and larger. In March, the city sent out 1,000 private car licenses, the highest number of licenses ever sent out in a month. And prices rose to over 200 yuan, 500 more than in February. Industry experts(專家) say this suggests that local people have a strong, active interest in buying cars.

By the year 2020, the number of cars in Taizhou will probably reach 200 thousand. If one parking lot（停車場） is for each car, then a lot of parking space should be built for these vehicles. The center of Taizhou is most short of parking space. However, experts point out that simply building more parking lots in these areas is not practical and doesn’t solve the problem. The idea of “ Park & Ride” system has been suggested. This means that underground train and city train should be developed quickly. Drivers can leave their vehicles in car parks nearby subway(地鐵) and bus stations and then they can ride public transport to go to the city center. Based on this idea, the city will cut down the number of parking lots in the city center and need higher parking fees(費(fèi)用). But it will build more parking areas near main subway and bus stops.

1.The underlined phrase “ mapping out ” in the first paragraph means _____.

A. making B. arguing C. replying         D. comparing

2.About _____ drivers can find places to park their cars in Taizhou now.

A. 8,500    B. 10,000  C. 15,000        D. 20,000

3.What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A. The city sent out more private licenses in February.

B. Less and less people bought cars in March.

C. The city sent out less private licenses in March.

D. More and more people are going to buy cars.

4.According to the idea of a “ Park & Ride ” system, the city will _____.

A. send out more private car licenses     

B. build more parking lots near bus stops

C. encourage people to buy more cars    

D. build more parking areas in the city center

5.This passage is mainly about_____.

A. parking problems          B. heavy traffic    

C. pollution in Taizhou        D. building more parking lots in the city center 

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毀壞) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(淺的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡樹)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈禱) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.

1. We know from the passage, the doctor______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all  

B. wasn't good at his own medical job

C. had his own ways of planting trees   

D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2. When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3. The passage tells us that the writer______.

A. should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper 

B. didn't often water his trees

C. didn't have a large field                     

D. took too much care of his trees

4.The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that______.

A. his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs'  

B. his trees will not be beaten down

C. his sons will be better at planting trees    

D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A. Watering Trees                 B. Growing Roots 

C. Doctor and his Neighbor         D. Father and his Children

用所給動詞的適當(dāng)形式填空：（15分）

1.She ought_____________(not catch) that bus because it’s often late.

2.His action attracted the famous __________(France) writer’s attention.

3.The war has led to _____________(lose) of many people’s lives.

4.“It has been the __________(nine) take!” The director shouted angrily.

5.Zhou Xun ___________(win) several awards for the Best Actress over the past few years.

6.Which is ____________(far) place you have been to?

7.By the time we got to the airport, the plane_____________(take )off.

8.________________(make) greater progress, working hard is the key.

9.The old scientist devoted all her time she had to ___________(develop) the western parts of China.

10.Who draws _____________(bad),Tom, you or Jim?

11.Rubbish had better_________________(not throw) here and there.

12.At the scene of the crime, no one wants to say anything to break the __________(silent).

13.While she was doing her homework, her parents ___________(quarrel) with each other.

14.Young girls should learn to protect ___________(they) from all kind of danger.

15.Today, holding the Olympic Games ____________(consider) as a rich prize for a country.

WARNING: Holding a cell phone against your ear or putting it in your pocket may be bad for your health.   

This sentence is a warning that you’d better not put it close to you when a new phone is bought. Apple company, for example, doesn't want IPhones to come closer to you than 1.5 centimeters; Research In Motion, BlackBerry's producer, recommends 2.5 centimeters.

(1)If cell phone use can        health problems, the         will be very serious. Americans spend 2.26 trillion minutes chatting on cell phones every year, which brings $109 billion for the wireless businessmen.

Devra Davis, an epidemiologist(皮膚病專家) who has worked for the University of Pittsburgh, has published a book about mobile phone radiation（輻射）"Disconnect." Davis studies how often brain cancer happens during different age groups. She finds a big increase in brain cancer in the 20-to-29 age group and a drop for the older people.

Children are more easily hurt by radiation than grown-ups, Ms. Davis and other scientists point out. But no studies have yet been finished on cell phone radiation and children, she says.

Henry Lai, a research professor, began lab radiation studies in 1980 and found that mice exposed to(暴露在) radiofrequency（電波頻率）radiation had destroyed DNA in their brains.

Ms. Davis recommends using wired earphones（有線耳機(jī)）or the phone's speaker. (2)Children should send text messages rather than call, she said, and pregnant（懷孕的） women should keep phones away from their bodies.

1.在（1）句空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~使句意完整、上下文通順。

2.將（2）句翻譯成中文。

3.回答問題：What kind of people with brain cancer are getting more and more?

4.找出同義句。

Scientists are still carrying on with the studies on cell phone radiation and children

5.找出或?qū)懗鲈摱涛牡闹黝}句。

More and more families go on a car trip each year. 1.H_______, the thought of trouble on the road may prevent you from going out. To avoid(避免) trouble, you need to make a careful2.p_______ for your trip.

First of all, choose a proper route for your trip. Consider 3.w_______ you are going and find several possible routes to it. Traffic and the 4. t_______ that you will spend on the road must be considered when you decide one.

Consider your luggage(行李) needs. 5.B_______ you begin packing your necessities(必需品), think about how many people will be in your car and how much space they will need in order to 6. t_______ comfortably.

Try to avoid busy times. Usually highways are busier on Fridays and Sundays, so going on Tuesday or7.T______ will help you to avoid traffic jams. Driving at night is also a great way to miss the traffic and the kids can sleep8. d_______ the trip.

9.F_______, don’t forget to check your car carefully before leaving so that you can have a 10.s_______ trip.

假如你是第二中學(xué)的一名初三學(xué)生劉紅，你要寫一封信給青少年專家Sigmund Friend，告訴他你遇到的問題，并請求幫助。請根據(jù)下列表格中所列的信息，寫完這封信。

注意： 

1. 詞數(shù)90詞左右。信的開頭和結(jié)尾已寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。 

2. 信中須包括所有內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)，不要逐詞翻譯，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，使語句通順，意思連貫，符合邏輯。

Dear Sigmund Friend, 

My name is Liu Hong. I’m a Grade 9 student in No. 2 Middle School. I am curious and outgoing,my star is Gemini. My favourite hobbies are listening to music and watching action movies. My idol is Jacky Chen.  I like green and orange best because green stands for energetic and new life and orange for joy and success.

But now I need your help. My parents are so strict with me that I have no time to play. I am crazy about chatting on internet,so I often go home late,，in that case I can’t hand in my homework on time. Because my scores become worse and worse ,my parents ask me to give up surf on the internet.I am very upset. Please give me some advice.

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Can you give me some useful advice? I hope to hear from you soon.

Best wishes! 

Yours,

Liu Hong 

There’ll be ______ one-hour documentary tonight on TV . It tells a story of _____ honest

boy in the mountain village far away .

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

It’s generous _______ him to give so much money to charities. Now he thinks it's important _______ him to help people in poor areas. 

A. for , to         B. of , for       C. to , of        D. for, for

Would you mind me _______the door?

       _________. It’s really cold here.

A. close; Yes            B. closing; Of course  C. closing; Of course not    D. close; Sure