It is reported that the sand storm （沙尘暴） is moving ________ the south year after year．

A．through                  B．towards                  C．beside                     D．below

－Your father is sleeping now．Could you ________ the music a bit?

－OK, mum．

A．turn down               B．turn on            C．turn off                 D．turn

If you want to know the word ________, you’d better look it up in the dictionary．

A．hardly                B．carefully              C．mostly                  D．exactly

We won the game at last and it showed that you made the right ________．

A．expression                       B．solution               C．decision                  D．experience

－May I have a look at that skirt?

－ ________．Here you are．

A．I’m sure you can       B．Excuse me              C．Certainly       D．Take it easy

Nobody knows ________ to work yesterday．

A．why didn’t he go                                         B．why he didn’t go

C．why won’t he go                                         D．why he won’t go

Your junior high school （初中） years are coming to an end．Most of you will go to   1    in a senior high school after the big exam． 2  are you expecting from senior high school?

  3   hear what plans some students have for the future．

Zhou Jie, 15, from Shanghai, “I have heard that although Senior 3 is a  4  year, students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2．I hope there’ll be time to enjoy5   , especially tennis． The Tennis Masters（大师）Cup will be held in Shanghai．I’m going to volunteer and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it．”

Jin Li, 16, from Harbin, “I really enjoy science．I’m crazy about   6  model planes, although I’m not good at    7   ． I’ll learn more science in my senior high school． Anyway, sometime in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”

Wang Ya, 15, from Xiamen, “I hope I can be   8    in my senior high school． I’m only 155 cm．I want to be 162 cm．  9   most of the girls in my family don’t grow any taller than 160 cm．I hope I’m different．”

Li Fan, 15, from Puyang, “I hope I can make more friends．In my senior high school, I’ll meet different people from different areas．I hope I can learn new things   10   them．”

1．A．walk                 B．study               C．play                 D．write

2．A．When                B．How                C．What               D．Where

3．A．Let’s                 B．It’s                  C．They’re           D．That’s

4．A．hot                    B．hard                C．light                D．kind

5．A．books                B．shows             C．photos             D．sports

6．A．making              B．sitting              C．cooking           D．cleaning

7．A．us                     B．him                 C．it                     D．her

8．A．shorter                     B．heavier             C．thinner             D．taller

9．A．So                    B．But                  C．When              D．If

10．A．to                    B．for                  C．from               D．at

Round eyes, round head, round ears, round body! What is this lovely little animal?

    He looks like a bear． But he is not a bear．He’s a KOALA．

    People in Australia love koala and take care of them．They have set up places for them to live safely．No one can kill them for their beautiful fur．When a koala is born, he has no fur．And he is not as big as your little toe （脚趾）！The mother koala has a pocket （口袋） in the front of her body．The baby goes into this warm pocket．There he stays for six months．

    When the baby leaves the pocket, he has a lot of fur． And he is about as big as your shoe． He climbs to his mother’s back． He rides there while she teaches him how to find food．Mrs. Koala is a loving mother．She takes good care of her baby．But when he is bad, she beats（打） him! The baby cries just as a small child does．If he keeps on crying, his mother beats him again．When he stops crying, she takes him in her arms．And then they both go to sleep for a while．

    The koala could not live without a special kind of tree．The tree gives him both his home and his food． For most of the day the koala sleeps in the tree．

    At night the koala looks for food．He may go miles to find it．He likes only the bark（树皮）and the leaves of the tree．He eats nothing else．And he eats more than two pounds each night!

    How lovely the koalas really are!

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。

1．People in Australia set up places for koalas to live safely．

2．After he was born, the baby koala lives in his mother’s pocket for six days．

3．The mother koala usually takes him in her arms when her baby is bad．

4．Koalas look for food in the morning and eat a lot of bark and leaves at night．

5．The koala depends on a special kind of tree that gives him home and food．

There are many things we need to know but we do not learn at school．For example, if we want to use our money wisely（明智的）, we need to shop carefully．We need to know how to compare the prices of things in different shops．We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands（品牌）． We need to know how to make a choice（选择）when we shop．

Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives．

Some of these choices are small．For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important．For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is tastier? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day．

We have to realize that the choices we make can influence the rest of our lives．Just as importantly, our choices can also influence other people．The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: Who else does your choice influence?

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．The main idea of this passage is that          ．

  A．it’s important to make the right choices

  B．it’s important to know how to compare prices

  C．it’s important to know how to shop carefully

  D．we learn everything we need to know at school

2． We need“life skills”        ．

  A．to know how to shop carefully

  B．to compare brands and prices

  C．to live useful and happy lives

  D．to learn things at school

3．According to this passage, we make choices         ．

  A．most days               B．some days              C．once a day                     D．every day

4．Which of the following choices is more important than the others according to the passage?

  A．Which fruit to take for lunch?

  B．Which subjects to work hard at?

  C．Which T-shirt to wear to the movies?

  D．How to get to school?

5．The passage tells us that your choices influence          ．

  A．you and your parents                                         B．you and other people

  C．lots of other people                                            D．everybody except you

（Mary Hand—M；Chen Hui—C）

M: Help yourself to some chocolates．Chen Li brought them from Shanghai．?

C: 　    1    　  I can’t eat anything sweet．It’s my teeth．?

M: I’m sorry to hear that．　    2    　?

C: I did． He told me that I have to have one tooth out and two filled．But I can’t find time for it．?

M: 　    3    　

C: But I’m busy now．I think I’ll go next week．?

M: I’m afraid you’d better go right now．The sooner you do something about it, the better．?

C: 　    4    　 Can you please tell our head that I’ll be back by lunchtime??

M: 　    5    　?

C: Thank you very much．See you this afternoon．?

M: See you．?