As Grade 9 students,we are busy studying for the coming entrance exam.Every day we have lots of exercises to do and many ___to take .Some of us feel upset,and some even lose heart.But we’ll not help ___if we lose heart. There’s a saying ,”Difficulty is like a spring(弹簧).If you are weak,it will be ____.”If we have a problem we should face it__ a smile.Once I____ a short story called The Smile. In this book,he _____his experiences as a soldier in World War II. He  _by enemy and sent to jail.(监狱)But he tried to think of ways to run away._ __he wanted to smoke ,but he had no match. So he asked his jailor for a __.When the jailor came up to him ,he smiled ______and naturally.The jailor seemed to be affected and smile,too.Then they began to talk. They ___took out pictures of their families and showed them to each other.The soldier said sadly he would never see his ___again because he was to be killed .He would never have a chance to see his children grow up.The jailor was moved by the soldier’s words.___ ___saying a word ,he unlocked the cell and quickly let him go .__ __ a smile ,the soldier was saved. Even in a terrible solution the man  was optimistic .He didn’t____.Surely we can do the same.Life is like a mirror,if you smile at it,it will smile back at you,too.

1.A. meetings       B. exams                 C. books                 D. photos

2.A. ourselves        B. yourselves           C.  themselves          D.  myself

3.A. weak                           B. strong                 C. long                     D.  short

4.A. by                        B. for                        C. with                        D.  to

5.A. watched              B. looked                    C. saw                       D. read

6.A. talked to                      B. talked with            C. talked  about       D. talked over

7.A. was killed            B. was taught             C. was caught            D. was told

8.A. One day                 B. Some day                C. A day                       D. Any day

9.A.  book                           B. pen                         C. light                         D. cake

10.A. loudly                       B. slowly            C. coldly                      D. politely

11.A. all                              B. both                        C. either                      D. neither

12.A. friend                        B. classmate                C. family                     D. neighbour

13.A. Without           B. Except            C.  Through       D. With

14.A. At the beginning of  B.As a result of          C. At the end of        D. As well as

15.A. give in                        B. give out                  C. give  away            D. give up

I asked many classmates and friends, “What do you think you will be when you grow up?”   1 of them told me what they would like to be in the future,    2   others said, “I don’t know.” I’m    3   to hear that because I think it’s bad. I think having dreams or hopes about the future will help us do better at school.
As middle school students, it’s time for us to    4   what we want to be in the future. If we know it better, we will know    5   to do it better at school. For example, if you are outgoing and like to meet people, you can be a   6   in the future. Then you should practice   7  more articles. If you’re happy with children and like    8  , you can teach English as a job in the future. And then you are supposed to work harder at English. If you want to    9   many interesting places, you can be a tour guide.
Of course, all the    10   that we are learning at school will be useful in the future, so we should work hard at all of them.

We know that trees are useful in our everyday life. They give us   1   things, such as wood, oxygen, rubber（橡胶）, medicines   2   many other things. They can also tell us a lot about our climate. The following are the reasons. If you cut   348   a tree, you can see that it has many rings. Most trees grow one new ring   4   year. Because of this, we know how old a tree is. A tree over a hundred   5   means that it has more than a hundred   6  . When the climate is dry or very cold, the trees do not grow very much and their rings   7   usually thin. When it is wet and warm, the rings

8  thicker. If the rings are suddenly very thin or suddenly very thick, it means that the 9  changed suddenly. If we look at the rings on the tree, we can learn about the climate in the past years. We can see

  10   changing today.

1.A．much               B．lot                  C．many        

2.A．so                 B．and                  C．while       

3.A．down               B．cross                    C．into        

4.A．every              B．many             C．some        

5.A．year old           B．old                  C．years old       

6.A．plants             B．rings                    C．leaves      

7.．A．is                   B．are                  C．were        

8.A．are much               B．are more             C．is much     

9.A．day                    B．year                 C．climate     

10.A．how our climate is    B．how is our climate   C．how to our climate

When you watch TV and play video games you make global(全球的) warming worse! It may seem hard to believe, but when electricity is made, so are greenhouse gases(温室气体). This means that every time you use electricity you help make global warming worse!

  Cars are also making global warming worse. They burn fossil fuels(化石燃料) in their engines, and send lots of greenhouse gases into the air.

 Global warming may be a big problem, but we can all help stop it. People can try to drive their cars less. Or even get ones that run on sunlight! You can also help. Let’s try one of these top ideas:

(1) Try to use less electricity. Turn off lights, your television, and your computer when you’ve stopped using them. To make electricity, fossil fuels are burned in big factories. But burning fossil fuels also makes greenhouse gases. You should also try to watch less TV.

 (2) Plant trees. Not only is it a fun thing to do, but it is also a great way to lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air. Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air when they grow.

(3) Don’t throw away your rubbish, try to recycle it. If rubbish is not recycled, it is put in the ground. There it rots(腐烂) and makes a greenhouse gas called methane(甲烷).So try to recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags and newspapers. It’ll make you feel great! And it’ll help the Earth.

1.If we _____, we may make global warming worse.

A. use less electricity                                         B. drive a car on sunlight

C. plant trees                                               D. throw away rubbish

2. ______ will make global warming worse.

A. Methane            B. Cans               C. Newspapers                      D. Bottles

3.Using less electricity does good to global warming because_______.

A. the less electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced

B. the more electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced

C. more electricity is used, less greenhouse gases are produced

D. less electricity is used, more greenhouse gases are produced

4.Which is the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Driving cars on sunlight helps to stop global warming.

B. When cars burn fossil fuels, they produce greenhouse gases.

C. When trees grow, they send carbon dioxide into the air.

D. By planting more trees, we can lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air.

Values join us together and set us apart. Today, our society has a terrible lack（缺乏）of values. Here are some social values that everyone needs.

◆Respect

Respect means to respect（尊重）others in everyday life. Even if you are against a person, it is important to have respect. It is this respect that makes us human. Without this respect, we become  animals. We need to respect our friends for our friendships. We even need to respect our enemies, because they help us to grow up and be stronger. Respect is one of the crucial values in a relationship.

◆Love

Love is everything. With love in our hearts, we feel no need to hurt another. With love in our hearts, we will pay more attention to the similarities in opinions rather than the disagreement. If we want others to be good to us, we need to be good to them. After all, we give love to get love, right?

◆Loyalty

People often forget the meaning and importance of loyalty（忠诚）. Loyalty is necessary for people to believe in each other. In no matter what kind of relationship, we need to believe in each other so that we can work together towards the same goal.

◆Honesty

Honesty is to show other people who we really are. Honesty helps us do better, because it makes us realize our problems and find ways to solve them. It is this honesty, that will make others help you out, not because you need it. But, because they have problems too, which you can help out with. This honesty will help us follow the other values in society and, truly, "heal the world"!

1.The Chinese meaning of the word “value” in the passage is probably “___________”.

A．价格             B．价值观念          C．生活习惯         D．爱好

2.According to the passage, we are different from animals because of ____________.

A．Loyalty           B．Honesty           C．Love             D．Respect

3.With love in our hearts, we will ____________.

A．grow up and become stronger

B．believe in each other

C．never hurt another and be good to others

D．realize our problems and find ways to solve them

4.The best title of the passage can be “___________”.

A．Values we need for our society             B．Love and honesty

C．Our society                            D．How to change our society