短文填空（10分）

Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to d 1. with housework. Because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big problem.

Joy is 14 years old. One day her parents went away on business(出差), so she had to stay at home alone. At first she thought she would be happy b 2. her parents were not in. She could do e 3. she liked. But at dinner time, she felt h 4. . “Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?” she said to h 5. . Later she found some food in the fridge, but she didn’t know h 6. to cook. At that moment, she missed her p 7. very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and b 8. some bread to eat.

Many teenagers are the s 9. as Joy. So I think they should l 10. some basic(基本的) life skills, like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves properly. They shouldn’t depend on(依靠) their parents too much.

— I find it hard to ______ Tom.

— I don’t think so. He is sometimes impatient but he’s kind.

A. go on with B. get along with

C. go up with D. catch up with

— Tim, how do your parents like pop music?

— _____ my dad ____ my mom likes it. They both prefer classical music.

A. Either; or B. Neither; nor

C. Not only; but also D. Both; and

— Some children can’t afford ______ necessary stationery.

— Let’s donate some pocket money to them.

A. buy B. to buying

C. to be bought D. to buy

— Bad luck! On my way home, I had my watch _______.

— I’m sorry to hear that. Maybe you will have no choice but _______ another one.

A. stolen; to buy B. stolen; buy

C. stole; to buy D. stole; buy

— There’s nothing wrong with your sister, _________?

— ________, she just had a cold.

A. isn’t it; No B. is it; Yes

C. is there; No D. is there; Yes

WONDERFUL EVENTS

1.What can you do if you only have time between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday?

A. Go shopping

B. Go to see a photo show

C. Go to the dance party with your sweet heart

D. Go to watch the horse racing

2.How much will Mr. and Mrs. Smith pay if they want to go to the dance party?

A. 15 dollars B.25 dollars

C.30 dollars D.For free

3.Where can you see the article above?

A. In a fashion magazine B. In a tour guide

C. In a newspaper D. In a sports ad

词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空，在答案卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

1.Don’t keep ________ (worry)him with a lot of silly questions.

2.In fact, the colours ___________ (they) can help us out of bad feelings.

3.Everyone thinks __________ (correct) about the same thing. Therefore, there may be no different ideas.

4.“Don’t be nervous when you are facing a hard ____________ (choose). Just stay relaxed.” Mother always told me.

5.If you want to organize the class well, you mustn’t be __________ (act).

6.The violet coat __________(穿) the woman matches well with her trousers.

7.Our class is often __________ (划分) into two big groups by the history teacher.

8.A number of Britain’s beaches fail to meet European _______ (标准) on cleanliness.

9.We have been together for two years, but both of us feel the ________（关系）isn’t really going anywhere.

10.Mrs Rainbow has _________ (从事)colour therapy since she left college.

作文（计20分）

时间飞逝，转眼间同学们进入九年级已有一个多月了，在繁忙的学习生活中，我们有困惑、泪水；也有进步、喜悦。请根据以下提示，写一篇题为“Our school life in Grade Nine”的短文，介绍九年级的学校生活，并提出希望和建议。

注意: 1. 词数:100字左右;文章的开头和末尾已经给出,不计入单词总数; 2. 内容必须包括表中的要点, 并作补充，但不要逐字翻译 3. 条理清楚，语句连贯。

Our school life in Grade Nine

It is about one month since we became a Grade Nine student. Here is what our school life is like now.

At school, ___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

As a Grade Nine student, I hope _

_____________________________________________________________________________.

She is a _______ girl and she always says to her teachers _______.

A. polite; politely B. politely; polite

C. polite ; polite D. politely; politely