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Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

"I don't sing," said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!

The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!'

So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.

A. she had paid him for this

B. she knew him very well

C. she wanted to have a change

D. she enjoyed his singing

2.Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.

A. the lady helped him a lot

B. he caught the chance

C. he continued to play in the bar

D. he stopped playing the piano

3.The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"

A.参加                 B.搁置            C. 开发                D.展示

4.Which could be the best title for the passage?

A. Sing in the Bar

B. Achieve Success in Life

C. Never Lose Heart

D. Find Your Hidden Talent

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Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.

In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.

In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents. He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.

1.Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

A. children wanted to learn to write

B. a report for children was wanted

C. many children's books were interesting

D. some school children were not interested in reading.

2.People like his books because the books ______.

A. are cheap and easy to get                B. were written in different languages

C. are easy and interesting to read           D. were written with invented words

3.He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

A. 50              B. 53                C. 56            D. 87

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

5.From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C. changed American children's way of reading

D. wrote the largest number of books in the world

1根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

At school many things happen to us. We may feel   1  （激动的）when we succeed in a school play. We may feel sorry if we lose an important   2  （比赛）. We want to keep the memory in our lives. How to keep memories? Our teacher, Mr. Smith, has taught us how to   3  （记住）things to make our own yearbook. A yearbook is a  4  （种） of book which is used to memory wonderful moments. It’s usually made at the end of year. Last   5  （十二月）, we began to make our yearbook.  6  (首先) we chose the persons that had done something   7  （特殊的）, then some   8   （学生） interviewed them, some   9  （写）down their stories, others took photos of them. Finally our teacher helped us to put the things   10  （一起）. Then we had our first yearbook.

1用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次。

1.The boy is selfish. He never ________ his things with others.

2.Can you make __________ for the lady？

3.The more we know the world, the more _________we will be.

4.Do you think this kind of water is safe for­­­_________?

5.The old man invited all his friends to his __________ birthday party last Sunday.

1读下面的信息卡，然后用适当的词语完成下列句子，每空词数不限。

1.There are _________________ rooms in the Blue Sky Hotel.

2.The restaurants are open for _____________________.

3.The Blue Sky Hotel is at __________________________.

4.If you want to book a room, you can call ____________________.

5.You can __________________________ to relax in the Blue Sky Hotel.

1同学们，经过多年的学习，你一定积累了很多良好学习方法，现请你介绍五种成功的学习方法。

1目前，学校存在着少数学生考试作弊的现象,对即将参加中考的九年级学生来说，此现象更应要引起注意。某英文杂志社拟对此现象向中学生征文,标题: My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations.请根据下列提示用英语写一篇征文稿。cheat（欺骗）

内容要点如下：

主要原因：考试偏多、偏难；不用功、懒惰；取悦父母；

部分观点：作弊不对；违反校规；要诚实，要努力学习…(其他看法)

注意：

1.  短文必须包括所有短文要点，可以适当发挥。

2.  短文标题与开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

3.  词数：80左右。My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations

Do you like playing ____ soccer or playing ____ piano?

I will work in Beijing ____ ten years.

His mother ____ in a village five years ago.