Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people do hard work.

Today more and more families have computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help their children improve their studies. But many of the children use computers to play games, watch movies or chat, instead of studying. Many teachers and parents complain that computers make children fall behind. So many parents don’t allow their children to play computers again.

In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let some people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.

Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be up to people themselves.

1.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______.

A. our country asks us to learn it

B. it can help us a lot

C. we can use it to play games

D. it can help us to find jobs

2.What do many teachers and parents complain about?

A. Their students and children use computers to play games.

B. Computers let them lose their jobs.

C. Computers make the children fall behind.

D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.

3. In this passage we know computers_______.

A. also bring us trouble

B. bring us happiness only

C. are hated by people

D. are bad for people’s health

4. What does the underlined word “complain” mean?

A. 抱怨 B. 赞赏 C. 考虑 D. 解释

5. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage?

A. Computers are used by people.

B. People can live well without computers.

C. People must decide how to use computers.

D. Computers are strange machines.

The weekend is usually a period of time for resting. But today’s Chinese students can hardly rest during the weekend.

According to a survey, 25﹪of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes on the weekend. Over 38％ of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep, because of the hard study. Nan Weitong is a Grade7 student in Hubei. The girl has to get up at 6:30 am on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday, she has classes for math and English. She says her classmates all work very hard.

However, some students are much luckier. They don’t have to go to school on weekends. Zhang Qian, a Grade 9 student from Jinan, is one of them. On the weekend, she usually gets up at 8:00am. Then she spends some time on her homework. After that, she goes shopping or watches TV. Zhang Qian said her mother once wanted her to try extra classes. “But my teacher said it was unnecessary. Learning well at school is enough,” Zhang Qian said, “I feel pretty lucky.”

1. There are ______ of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes on the weekend.

A. 25﹪ B. 38﹪ C. 50﹪ D. 75﹪

2. Over 38﹪ of middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of ________.

A. watching TV B. playing computer games

C. doing housework D. studying

3.On the weekend, Zhang Qian often ______after doing her homework.

A. goes to extra classes B. goes shopping

C. watches TV D. both B and C

4.Zhang Qian feels lucky because ______.

A. she gets some money

B. she can join the art club.

C. she doesn’t need to have extra classes

D. she doesn’t need to go shopping

5. How many students are mentioned in this passage?

A.one B. two C. three D. Four

“Cool” is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes(改变), the word gets many different meanings. We can use “cool” when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example, when you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, “It is cool.” You may think the famous film star Liu Dehua is cool. You can also use the word to mean something new and surprising. Here is an example. One day, a teacher took the students to a farm and then asked them to write something about the visit. One of her students just wrote, “The farm is so cool.” Because he thought “cool” was the best word to show what he saw and felt. It also shows some people don’t have enough words. Without “cool”, they seem to have no other words to use. Can you think of any other words like “cool” with so many meanings? If you can, you are also very “cool”.

1.The meaning of the word “cool”______.

A. is always the same

B. changes a lot

C. is “wonderful or smart”

D. is “new and surprising”

2.You may think “the famous star Liu Dehua is cool”. Here “cool” means_____.

A. a little cold B. a little hot

C. new and surprising D. good-looking

3.“It also shows some people don’t have enough words” Here “it” means_____

A. the example B. the student

C. the word “cool” D. the visit to the farm

4.When some people use “cool” everywhere, they don’t have other words, the writer seems a little______.

A. excited B. happy

C. surprised D. worried

5. The best title is ______.

A. Something about the word “cool”

B. “Cool”, the best word to use

C. People use “cool” too much

D. “Cool” is a new word

动词填空（共10空，计10分）

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。

Mrs. Smith is a 38-year-old woman. She has no work. Every day, she 1._______ (spend) only half an hour2. ______(clean) her house. Then she takes a walk outside.

It was a winter morning. Mrs. Smith 3.________(hang) out by herself. She saw a man with a map in his hand 4._____ (come) to her.

“Excuse me, madam,” said the man. “Could you tell me how 5.______ (get) to the nearest hospital, please?”

Mrs. Smith 6._________(not answer) until she looked at him up and down. “He seems a farmer,” the woman said to herself. “Let me 7._____ (laugh) at him.

Then she turned to him and said, “Lie down in the middle of the street and the ambulance(救护车) 8.________ (send) you to a hospital soon.

“Please 9.______(set) an example to me, then.” said the man.

She had to tell the way to him and then she said, “I think you10.______ (be) in a city for the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right?”

“Yes, madam,” said the farmer with a smile. “But I think it was built on the field.”

综合填空（共10空，计10分）

阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，使短文完整、通顺。

Maybe you are more interested in sports than history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In f_______1. anyone can become a better student. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study without m _________2. work. Here’s how:

Plan your time. When you plan your week time, you s_______3. make a list of things that you have to do. First, w _______4.down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t f______ 5. to leave yourselves enough time for hobbies.

Find a q______6. place to study. Make sure no noise. When you sit down to work, think only a______7. the subject!

Make good use of your time in class. Listen c_______8. to what the teacher says. You also need to take notes in class, because it can make it e________9.for you to learn well.

Here, there are only a f________10. ways to help you with your studying. I believe you find many other ways besides these.

阅读表达（共5小题，计10分）

阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

Wang Xiaojun, a 12-year-old boy, lives in the countryside in Hubei Province. Today is his birthday. His parents will have a nice dinner with him, but the boy says, “I won’t have dinner because after dinner, today is over, and my parents are leaving for Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go”.

For Xiaojun, this is the first time to spend his birthday with his parents during three years. In the past three years, his parents have worked in Shenzhen to make money. Tomorrow, they have to leave for Shenzhen again.

Xiaojun is not the only left-behind child(留守儿童). In China, there are more than 20 million（百万）children staying at home without their parents. Left-behind children face a lot of problems. Most of them stay with their grandparents. They get less care from their parents. They feel very lonely. Some of them don’t learn well because their parents can’t help them with their study.

The Chinese government cares about the children very much and is trying to solve their problems now.

A.根据短文内容简要回答下列问题

1.What is left-behind children?

2.What problems do left-behind children face?

B.将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3._________________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________________

C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

5.________________________________________________________

书面表达 (共1题，计20分)

本学期马上就要结束了，在新的一年里，你有什么样的打算？以“My New Year’s Resolutions”为题，写一篇80词左右的作文。

内容包括：

1、学习方面的决心；

2、健康方面的决心（可以包括饮食，运动等）；

3、其他内容可以适当拓展。

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---Please turn off the TV. The baby _______.

---OK, I’ll go out for a walk.

A. sleeps B. Slept

C. is sleeping D. was sleeping

Thank you for ______ us to your birthday party.

A. to ask B. asks C. asking D. Ask

I often do my homework ____ the computer.

A. in B. to C. for D. on