Our English teacher is kind ________ helpful.

A．and B．or C．but D．so

Miss Liu said ______ she would leave the message on the headmaster’s desk．

A．what B．which C．where D．that

—What time will Diana get to Yancheng?

—I’m not sure．When he ______, I’ll call you．

A．will arrive B．arrive

C．is going to arrive D．arrives

The Anti-Japanese War ______ in 1937．

A．broke away B．broke into

C．broke down D．broke out

Roger, a young man from China, has taught Chinese in a primary school in England for 3 years．A lot of children like his class and he enjoys teaching them very much．All the pupils are quite interested in what Roger teaches them．They learn quickly and do everything carefully．

One day he said to the children, “People in a lot of Asian countries wear white clothes at funerals(葬礼), but people in America and in Europe wear white in the weddings because white means purity and happiness．What colour does an English woman wear when she gets married?”

Mary said, “White, sir, because she is happy．” “That is good, Mary,” Roger said．“You are quite right．She wears white because she is happy．”

But then one boy in the class put up his hand．“Yes, Dick?” Roger said, “Do you have a question?” “Yes,” Dick said．“Why do men wear black in our country when they get married, sir?”

1.What does Roger do?

A．He teaches English in China

B．He teaches Chinese in England

C．He is a Chinese teacher in China

D．He teaches English in England

2.Roger enjoys teaching his pupils because_________．

A．they are lovely

B．they are clever and careful

C．they are his own children

D．they are polite and helpful

3.An English woman wears white clothes________．

A．when she gets married B．when she is worried

C．when she is sad D．when she is at a funeral

4.What colour do men in England wear when they get married?

A．White B．Black C．Red D．Green

5.Which of the following is true?

A．People in England wear white when they get married．

B．Dick was a slow girl．

C．Roger dislikes teaching the children．

D．Dick, a clever boy, liked asking questions．

阅读与回答问题。注意：认真阅读短文，按规定词数答题。

What do you do when you begin to read an English newspaper？

You’d better know what sections are there．Usually, there is international news, business, science and technology, entertainment or lifestyle, sports and cartoons．You can choose your favorite section to read carefully．Then, you come to the article itself．If you don’t have time to read the whole article, the headline and the photo give you a general idea of the story．

A news article includes body text and a photo with a short piece of text under it．It usually puts the most important information at the very beginning．If you don’t have much time to read the story, just have a look at the first paragraph．A feature article is an in-depth report on an event or person．It usually has an interesting opening．You get to know the idea of the article as you read．Another kind of article is an opinion article．Usually, some famous people give their own opinions about an important issue in a fun way．Opinion is different from news stories that are all facts．

1.How can you catch the general idea of an article in a short time？

2.Where is the most important information in a news article？(No More Than 6 words)

3.What does a news article include?

4.How many kinds of articles does the writer talk about in the passage？(No More Than 2 words)

5.What is the passage mainly about？

书面表达

假设你是九年级1班的班长，班级上周举行了“成长的烦恼”主题班会，同学们进行了积极的讨论。请你根据以下提示，写一篇文章总结讨论的内容。

注意：1．短文须包括以上内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2．不要标题； 100词左右。开头已写好，不计入总词数。

Recently our class has talked about “Growing pains” of students, and the main ways to deal with the problems as follows．

Basketball is ________ popular sport that even people in some faraway villages enjoy it.

A. a very B. so a C. such a D. a such

--- How do you like the program The Voice of China?

--- ________ amazing program it is! Many people like to watch it.

A. What a B. How C. What an D. How a

---Do you know if we ________ a picnic next week?

---I’m not sure. But if it ________ raining, maybe we will.

A. have; will stop B. have; stops

C. will have; stops D. will have; will stop