Thomas Edison lost his first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also make new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.After he lost his first job, Edison ________.

A. found no jobs in the next five years

B. worked in New York for the next five years

C. had a bad time in the next five years

D. had enough food to eat

2.The head man was interested in ________.

A. Thomas Edison B. the old machines

C. the new machines D. Edison’s telephone

3.Edison made a telephone. It ________.

A. was the first one in the world B. carried more voices

C. carried voices more clearly D. carried voices much farther

Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask your teacher or a librarian for some suggestions. You can also look at some good websites with information about the environment and climate change. Climate change may be a big problem, but there are many little things we can do to make a difference.

Driving a car or using electricity is not wrong. We just have to be smart about it. Some people use less energy by carpooling. For example, four people can ride together in one car instead of driving four cars to work. Whenever we use electricity, we put greenhouse gases into the air. By turning off lights, the television and the computer when they aren’t needed, you can help a lot.

Don’t buy products that use too much energy. Some products, like certain cars, are made specially to save energy. These don’t pollute as much, either. Products like computers, TVs, and VCRs with the ENERGY STAR label(标签)R are made to save energy. Buying products with these labels will help protect the environment.

Buy recyclable products instead of (代替) non-recyclable ones. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that have already been used. It usually takes less energy to make recyclable products than to make new ones. So when you go shopping, look for the recycle mark on the package—three arrows that make a circle. The less energy we use, the better.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.From the passage, we can learn that .

A. turning off the electricity when it isn’t needed can save a lot of energy

B. electricity will cause great trouble to our environment

C. cars using less energy will not put greenhouse gases into the air

D. recyclable products are marked with the ENERGY STAR label R

2.Which of the following can be the writer’s opinion?

A. No pains, no gains.

B. Rome was not built in one day.

C. Little things can make a big difference.

D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

3.Which one is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Driving a car is not wrong.

B. Don’t buy products that use too much energy.

C. We should buy non-recyclable products.

D. The less energy we use, the better.

If you watch the sky for about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some “moving stars”. But they’re not real stars. They’re man-made satellites(人造卫星). And the biggest of all is the International Space Station (ISS). From May to July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth. And people can see it with their eyes.

The ISS is the biggest satellite and scientists want to live on it. They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there.

When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in space. People will stay and study there with many of the things they have at home. Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built. The ISS is the most expensive space program. Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year. 

Scientists hope that the ISS will be a stepping stone for future space exploration(探测). “The ISS will help us understand the human body better, explore space and study the earth. It can help us make life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Clark, an ISS scientist. 

Sixteen countries are part of the program: the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and 11 European countries. China isn’t an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments. In 2003, China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.The International Space Station_____________.

A. is really a big city in space B. is the biggest man-made satellite

C. can only help us explore space D. is mainly built by the USA and Russia

2.From the passage we know that_____________.

A. building the ISS is only for scientists to live there

B. scientists can do anything they like there

C. people can see the Space Station at any time

D. sixteen countries are members of the space program

3.China sent some rice up to the ISS is probably to_____________.

A. be used as astronauts’ food B. sell it to aliens

C. do some science experiments D. make it grow better in space

4.Which of the following isn’t mentioned ?

A. China will join the ISS in the future.

B. The scientists are building living rooms for them in the ISS.

C. The ISS will be more useful in the future.

D. The ISS costs the members of 16 countries plenty of money every year.

There is one language that people use in every country in the world. People （1） use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It’s almost everybody’s second language. It’s easy to understand, （2） you can’t hear it. It’s sign language.

Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They’re using sign language.（3） Sign language can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet. You can talk to the people who are behind windows. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have a“talk”under water!

Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help deaf people. He opened the (4) /f?:st/ school for deaf people in Paris in 1760. And they learned sign language there. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people also went to Paris and had lessons. （5）然后他们教给他们的学生手势语 。 Soon there were schools for deaf people in other (6) / 'k?ntr?z /.

Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The news broadcaster tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.

1.在文中（1）处和（2）处分别填入一个合适的词，使句子通顺连贯。

（1） ________________

（2） ________________

2.根据音标提示，在文中（4）处和（6）处分别填入一个合适的词。

（4） ________________

（6） ________________

3.将文中（3）句译成汉语。

_____________________________________________________

4.将（5）句译成英语。

_____________________________________________________

5.How can the deaf learn TV news in the USA today?

_____________________________________________________

五 、完成句子。（本题共10分，每空1分）

1.我们的政府已经采取了很多措施来改善环境。

Our government has ____________ many ______________ to improve the environment.

2.说比做更容易。

_____________ said than _____________.

3.孩子们，不要沉迷于电脑游戏当中。

 Don't _________ __________ in computer games, boys.

4.他年轻时喜欢游泳胜过爬山。

He ___________ swimming ___________ climbing when he was young.

5.你们是怎样处理塑料袋的？

How do you deal with _________ _________ ?

六、短文填空（本题共10分，每小题1分）

从方框中选择适当的单词，并用其适当形式完成短文，每次只能用一次，每空一词。

There are many kinds of pollution around us, 1. air pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution and light pollution. They are bad for our health in many ways. 

Burning gas, oil and coal 2. air pollution. It can cause sore eyes and 3. problems. 

With the increase in pollution and the 4.of industry, litter is everywhere. It makes our environment dirty. People put lots of litter into the land. In the fields, Farmers use too many chemicals which 5. the soil. Soil pollution causes 6. food.

Noise pollution can make people deaf. For example, people may lose their hearing if they work in a 7. place for a long time. Too much noise can cause high blood  8. as well.

Working in strong light for a long time may cause some kinds of 9.. It makes people feel terrible and is especially bad for eyes.

With   10. pollution, our planet will become greener and our health will be better. Let’s be greener people.

Jack是一名九年级的学生，最近迷上手机游戏，经常玩到深夜，睡眠不足，不能认真听讲，导致成绩下降。妈妈很生气，不再让他使用手机。假如你是他的朋友Tina，请你写一封信给他，建议他要合理使用手机，如查阅资料，记单词等。同时，考试在即，要理解父母、老师的心情，要主动去沟通，得到他们的原谅和帮助。

要求：

包含所给要点，语言流畅，意思连贯，适当拓展；词数80词左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：become poor in study; get angry with ; communicate with; forgive.

Dear Jack，

I am sorry to hear that you quarreled with your parents about playing mobile phone games.

Yours，

Will you please go to see the movie with me? No, I won't. I _______ it already.

A. saw B. have seen C. see D. will see

My host tried to cook me _______ when I studied in New Zealand.

A. different something B. different anything

C. something different D. anything different

Miss Lin____________ a lot of work for the poor area since 2010.

A. does B. did C. has done D. will do