Reading

Listening up to Obama (P2)

完成下面的练习：

I. Match the words with their meanings:

1. responsible a. leave or stop taking part in

2. career b. finish a task or reach a goal

3. drop out c. basic training in school

4. succeed d. required to do

5. education e. describe or explain exactly

6. define f. a life’s work

II. 根据中文提示完成下列句子：

7. 在迈克尔.乔丹的职业生涯中，他曾输掉上千场比赛，也曾上万次地投篮不中。

Michael Jordan lost ________ ________ games and missed ________ ________ shots during his career.

8. 这些人成功了，因为他们明白，你不能让失败来定义你，而必须让他们来教会你。

These people succeeded ________ they understand that you can’t let your ________ define you – you have to ________ them ________ you.

9. 无论你将来想做什么，都必须要受教育。

________ you want to do with your life – you’ll need an ________ to do it.

Matthew knows what it’s all about (P3)

完成下列任务：

I. Fill in the information about Robson:

10. nationality: ____________

11. age: ___________________

12. world-famous for his research on _____________

13. ways of finishing the report:

1) get a _____________________ at Morgan Stanley Bank’s London office

2) spend ___________ looking into his friends’ media and communication habit

3) ____________ to and have conversations with 200 of his friend

14. findings:

1) Teenagers use media a lot but are unwilling to

_________ it.

2) Only one of his friends ______________ and few listen to __________.

3) _________ like the ads on TV and online.

4) They do not use the mobile Internet as it _______.

15. influence (影响):

1) Robson’s report has _______ the media industry.

2) The non-twittering teenager has become the _______of hundreds of newspaper articles.

3) Twitter managers have spent more time ________ Robson’s report than on their business model.

4) Robson has become _________ overnight.

II. Answer the question below:

16. How does Robert himself view his being famous overnight?

__________________________________________

Building bridges (P5)

Choose the best answer:

17. The two brothers _____ after the argument.

A. made up quickly B. stopped farming

C. built many bridges D. didn’t talk again

18. The carpenter went to John to _____.

A. find work to do B. tell him some good new

C. help him build a tall fence

D. teach him how to build bridge

19. John thought his brother had dug the creek to _____.

A. make the farm more beautiful

B. show that he was angry with him

C. collect water for their crop

D. make the meadow smaller

20. John was _____ to see the carpenter’s work.

A. excited B. shocked C. encouraged D. scared

21. The moral (寓意) of the story is that _____.

A. Everyone has their shortcomings.

B. It’s easier to build bridges than fences.

C. Working with family members is not good.

D. We should make friends rather than enemies.

Are you afraid to turn the light out? (P8)

Answer the following questions:

22. What was the author afraid of when she was little?

_________________________________________

23. Why did the author leave the light on at night?

_________________________________________

24. What else was the author afraid of?

__________________________________________

25. What were you afraid of when you were small? What did you do to get over it?

___________________________________________

Listening




初二英语听力测试（3）

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第一节：听句子，选择与句子内容相符的图片。



1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____

第二节：听下面一段独白，选择正确答案。

6. How old is Jane?

A. 12. B. 13. C. 14.

7. What is Jane’s favorite hobby?

A. Playing the piano. B. Watching movies.

C. Writing stories.

8. What sport does Jane like best?

A. Basketball. B. Jogging. C. Badminton.

9. Jane is __________.

A. friendly and cheerful B. hard-working but seriou

C. good-looking and funny

Key:Reading

1—6 d-f-a-b-c-e

7. hundreds of, thousands of

8. because, failures, let, teach

9. No matter what, education

10. British

11. 15

12. teenagers’ media habit

13. 1) summer job 2) a few days 3) text message

14. 1) pay for 2) read newspapers, radio programs 3) None 4) costs too much

15. 1) shocked 2) subject 3) looking into 4) famou

16. He thinks he’s just lucky.

17—21 DABBD

22. She was afraid of the dark.

23. Because her sister had told him that witches come out at 2 am.

24. She was also afraid of bugs.

25. Answers may vary.

Listening

1—5 FDACB 6—9 BCBA