An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.”

This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s,” or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”

American custom(风俗) about who pays for dates(约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the date. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest(客人).” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.

1.The passage mainly tells us ________.

A. how to eat out

B. where to eat out

C. what to eat out

D. who pays for the meal in different situation

2.The underlined phrase “go Dutch” in this passage means “________” in Chinese.

A. 去订餐????? B. 共同就餐???? C. 去饭店????? D. 各自付款

3.Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means _________.

A. he’s going to pay for your meal

B. he’s going to lend some money to you

C. he can’t understand you

D. he’ll be angry with you

4.In America, some girls and women _________ now.

A. ask men to pay for their clothes

B. try to pay for their own meals

C. never have anything outside

D. try to pay for the men’s meals

5.We can infer(推断) if a man asks a woman for a dance outside the working hours _________.

A. the man will pay for it

B. the woman will pay for it

C. they will go Dutch

D. another person will pay for them

假设你叫王圆，是第二中学的一名初三学生,你现在遇到了一个困难，不知如何解决，你要写信告诉刘老师，他是你们学校的青少年工作者，你希望他给你提供一些意见。字数在80词以上。信的要点如下：

1.你有很多兴趣爱好，但你经常很忙，找不到足够的时间来做想做的事。

2.你不能在学习和兴趣爱好两方面获得平衡。

3.所以你感到很有压力，压力的来源有：

①老师给你的压力：家庭作业②父母给你的压力：对你要求严格，想你得高分。③自己给自己的压力是……（如：想要成为班上最优秀的学生）

4. 你想通过多穿白色的衣服来减少压力，但不是非常有用。

5. 你希望刘老师尽快回信，给你提供意见和帮助。

Dear Mr Liu,

I am a Grade 9 student of No. 2 Secondary School. I have a problem,  

but I don’t know                                                              

根据中文，完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）

1.以前张华害怕晚上独自出门。

In the past, Zhang Hua ____________________________________________ at night .

2．我们盼望尽快收到你的来信。

We ___________________________________________________________ soon .

3．他们的校服与我们的大不一样。

Their school uniforms ________________________________________________ .

4．在公交车上给老人让座是礼貌的。

It’s polite to _______________________________________ on the bus.

5．安迪很有幽默感，他有很多朋友。

   Andy ____________________________________________ and he has many friends.

完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）

根据中文意思完成句子。

1.会议室太小了。容纳不了这么多来访者。

The meeting room ________________________ hold so many visitors.

2.要不是我提醒她时间，她会一直在看书。

She didn’t ____________________ I reminded her of the time.

3.你们最好尽快为这次旅行做好准备。

You’d better __________________ the trip _______________.

4. 油炸的食品对你的健康不利。何不多吃些蔬菜呢？

Fried food _____________ your health. ______________eating more vegetables?

5.昨晚的噪音吵得我一夜未眠。刚才开会时我累得睡着了。

The noise_________________________last night. As a result,

I ___________________________________ at the meeting just now.

假设你是Millie，根据以下内容，给网友Jane写一封邮件。

1．无锡是中国最古老的城市之一，有着许多名胜古迹。

2．有许多博物馆、园林和购物中心。它们使在无锡的生活更舒适并且更加丰富多彩。

3．上个月邀请了叔叔Tom再次游览无锡。他为人慷慨，有幽默感。

4．我的叔叔玩得很愉快。他认为无锡比以前更现代，但看上去依然很传统。

5. 他希望尽快写电子邮件告诉他的朋友们他的旅行并把他的照片放在主页上给每个人看。

注意：(1)短文必须包括所有要点。

(2)词数90左右，可适当增加细节，使句子通顺、连贯。

Dear Jane,   

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

___________________________________.

Yours,

Millie