The Red Cross is an international organization. It cares for people who are in need of help. A man in Paris hospital needs blood, a woman in Mexico hurt in an earthquake and a family in India lost their home in a storm. All of them may be helped by the Red Cross. The Red Cross is in almost every country around the world. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent（新月）. All of these agencies（机构）share a common goal of trying to help people in need. The idea of forming such an organization started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he saw how people were suffering during the war in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded （受伤害的） people regardless of（无论）which side they were fighting for. The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the people, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid and providing blood.

1.A good title for this passage is _______________.

A．People in Need of Help                   B．Forming an Organization to Help the Soldier

C．The International Red Cross                D．Join the Red Cross

2.The underlined word “ suffering” means “___________”.

A．受苦的           B．生活的           C．欢庆的           D．喜悦的

3.Who can be helped by the Red Cross?

A．The soldiers.       B．The American.      C．All the wounded people.   D．Anyone.

4.Where can you find the Red Cross?

A. We can only find it in the USA.             B. We can find it all over the world.

C. We can find it only in India, Mexico and Paris.  D. In the places with natural disasters.

 

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

 

In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his father’s death. He trained his army strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.
Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise(饲养) horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became strong once more. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end.
If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a“Gou Jian”, and his story, a“Gou Jian’s story”.
【小题1】 Three years later _______ was caught and taken to the state of Wu.

A．Gou Jian

B．Fu Chai

C．Gou Jian’s father

D．Fu Chai’s father

【小题2】Gou Jian ________ when he was in the state of Wu.

A．ate gall bladders	B．raised horses
C．trained his army	D．forgot his pain

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE ?

A．The gall bladders tasted good.

B．Gou Jian loved horse-raising.

C．Finally Gou Jian was set free.

D．Finally Fu Chai was set free.

【小题4】The story mainly tells us that________

A．a country without a strong army is easy to defeat

B．if someone attacks you , you should just fight back

C．if you fail in doing something, it’s better for you to forget the pain

D．if you face difficulties bravely without giving up , you’ll finally succeed

In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his father’s death. He trained his army strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.

Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise(饲养) horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became strong once more. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end.

If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a“Gou Jian”, and his story, a“Gou Jian’s story”.

1. Three years later _______ was caught and taken to the state of Wu.

A．Gou Jian

B．Fu Chai

C．Gou Jian’s father

D．Fu Chai’s father

2.Gou Jian ________ when he was in the state of Wu.

A．ate gall bladders	B．raised horses
C．trained his army	D．forgot his pain

3.Which of the following is TRUE ?

A．The gall bladders tasted good.

B．Gou Jian loved horse-raising.

C．Finally Gou Jian was set free.

D．Finally Fu Chai was set free.

4.The story mainly tells us that________

A．a country without a strong army is easy to defeat

B．if someone attacks you , you should just fight back

C．if you fail in doing something, it’s better for you to forget the pain

D．if you face difficulties bravely without giving up , you’ll finally succeed

 

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was born is Spain. There is no doubt he was one of the ________artists of the twentieth century. ________ he was a small child, he could draw and paint very well. ________the age of nineteen years old, he visited art galleries（陈列室） in Paris to learn ________ other artists. Picasso was _________ important painter who invented new ways of painting. For one period of his life, he used mainly blue in his paintings. Then with his friend, Georges Braque, he invented a way of painting called Cubism（立体派）. He tried ________ round shapes look flat（公寓）.

When a war broke in Spain, it made Picasso very _______ and angry. During the war, a town ________ Guernica was destroyed. So he made a large painting, ________ the name of Guernica, about the war. In the picture, a woman is crying and a horse is making a loud high noise. This painting, which is very famous, shows us _________ Picasso felt about the war.

1.A. great                             B. greater                    C. greatest

2.A. When                            B. Where          C. What

3.A. In                         B. At                C. On

4.A. front                              B. from                        C. for

5.A. a                               B. the                            C. an

6.A. to make             B. make        C. makes

7.A. happy             B. glad            C. sad

8.A. call                          B. called             C. calls

9.A. with                     B. without                 C. of

10.A. what                   B. how                           C. where