Reading

How to save the Earth (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the story, the Earth is getting _____ each year.

A. colder and colder B. warmer and warmer

C. smaller and smaller D. dirtier and dirtier

2. Which of the following is NOT a result of global warming?

A. Climate change. B. Rainfall change.

C. Rising sea level. D. Heavier traffic.

3. According to scientists, _____ are responsible for global warming.

A. animals B. plant

C. people D. change

4. When there's too much greenhouse gas in the air, the air will become ______.

A. cold B. hot C. thin D. thick

5. The word “gather” in paragraph 4 means _____.

A. 聚集 B. 组织 C. 参加 D. 出场

6. What's the passage mainly about?

A. The problem of global warming and solutions.

B. The impact of global warming on the Earth.

C. The meeting of the world leaders in New York.

D. China's ways of fighting climate change.

After school, learn from part-time jobs (P3)

Answer the following questions:

7. Why is it hard for students in China to find part-time jobs?

____________________________________________

8. What do Canadian students usually do for part-time jobs?

____________________________________________

9. Why do Canadian students take part-time jobs?

____________________________________________

10. Which is more important for Canadian students, making money or schoolwork?

____________________________________________

11. What's the author's advice for part-time workers?

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Broken beauty (P5)

完成下面的任务：

翻译句子：

12. One pot had a crack and the other was perfect.

_________________________________________

13. Because of my crack, you have to do all this work,

and you don't get full value for your efforts.

_________________________________________

回答问题：

14. Why would there be wild flowers on the way?

_________________________________________

15. What were the flowers used for?

_________________________________________

16. What can you learn from the story?

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Legends of the moon (P8)

Fill in the information below.

Mid-Autumn Festival
date	15th day of 17. ____ lunar month
activities (活动)	eat 18. ____ moon cakes have big 19. ____ 20. ____ the full moon
meaning	the 21. ____ of friends and family
tales	★the man in the moon: A man named Wu Gang has to 22. ___ a magical tree 23. ____ for offending the Jade Emperor. ★the woman in the moon: Chang E is the 24. ____ of Hou Yi, a famous archer. He got a magic pill for 25. ____ down the nine extra suns. Chang E 26. ____ the pill, flies to the moon and lives there forever.

上期Reading答案：

1-5 DABCA 6. 1) It teaches students early American history.

2) Crole thinks the program was great but they had to work hard as well. He had not been taught about American history in England, so everything was new to him.

3) The students went to lectures and read essays. They also took field trips.

7. 除了在课堂上学习历史，学生们还去参观名胜古迹。

8. Some students went to a summer camp in the US and learned about early American history.

9. native, program, total, across, historical 10-13 BDDC 14. quickly 15. faster 16. disease 17. longer 18. money

19. respect 20. important 21. less 22. respect 23. hard

24. It doesn't matter whether a person is tall or short.

Listening

初二英语听力测试（5）

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第一节：听下面两段对话，选择与对话内容相应的图片。每段对话仅读一遍。



第二节：听下面的短文，完成表格所缺的信息。该短文读两遍。

Name of the group	3. ___________________________
Date and place of the concert	On 4. ________________________ At 5. _________________________
Cost of the ticket	6. ___________________________
Money goes to	7. ___________________________
Booking telephone	8. ___________________________

Name of the group 3. ___________________________

Date and place of the concert On 4. ________________________

At 5. _________________________

Cost of the ticket 6. ___________________________

Money goes to 7. ___________________________

Booking telephone 8. ___________________________

Key: Reading

1-6 BDCBAA

7. Because they have too much schoolwork.

8. They usually work as a cashier in a store or as a waiter at a restaurant, or they work at fast food stores like KFC.

9. Some want to save money for international trips; some want to buy something expensive. Some want to get close to the society; others are saving money to pay for expensive university tuitions.

10. Schoolwork.

11. The author suggests finding a balance between making money and schoolwork.

12. 一只罐子有裂缝，另一只完美无缺。

13. 因为我的裂缝，你得做所有这些工作。而你付出的努力体现不出全部的价值来。

14. Because the water bearer planted seeds on the way, and water from the cracked pot watered the seeds and plants.

15. The flowers were used to decorate the master’s table.

16. The story tells us that no one is perfect, but we can each do our part to create beauty.

17. eighth 18. tasty 19. dinners 20. watch 21. gathering

22. chop 23. endlessly 24. wife 25. shooting 26. take

Listening

1—2 BB

3. Apple Pie

4. October 12th

5. the Workers’ Club

6. 100-200 yuan

7. poor children in the mountain

8. 56778811