No water for Yemen (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. The word “that” in paragraph 2 refers to _____.

A. drinking dirty water B. buying water from shop

C. suffering from water shortage

D. washing clothes with used water

2. Hannan described _____.

A. how beautiful Lahej is B. what her life is like

C. how heavy the traffic in Lahej i

D. how people make full use of water

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Common people don’t have enough water to use.

B. People have no water to use during a bad week.

C. Rich people buy water at very high prices.

D. Private companies sell water on their trucks.

4. It can be inferred that _____.

A. the capital of Yemen is developing fast

B. Hannan is a teenager from a rich family

C. Sanaa will run out of water in 10 year

D. private companies make a lot of money

5. The Yemen Government _____.

A. can do nothing about the water supply

B. may try to make use of seawater

C. only cares about rich people’s live

D. has found a practical solution

6. The average water use in Yemen is _____ the international water poverty line.

A. 5 to 10 percent of B. half of

C. far above D. one third of

What are the teenagers reading now? (P3)完成下列任务：

回答问题：

7. What kind of stories do teenagers love to read today?

___________________________________________

8. What are the two things that most of the bestsellers have in common?

a. ___________________________________

b. ___________________________________

9. What’s the best title for the story?

______________________________________

Match the book titles with their descriptions:

10. Hunger Game

11. City of Ashe

12. Breaking Dawn

a. written by Stephenie Meyer, part of the Twilight serie

b. about a deadly reality television show, featuring love

between two teenager

c. science fiction from Australia, a story of vampire

and werewolve

翻译句子：

13. It’s no surprise that fantasies and books about vampires were on top of the list.

___________________________________________

14. …teenagers continue to love fantasy books, but also want to be able to read about themselves.

___________________________________________

A brother like that (P5)

Choose the best answer:

15. Paul’s brother gave him ___ as a Christmas present.

A. a suit B. a car C. a bicycle D. a card

16. When the boy saw the car, he wished that ____.

A. he could buy a car for himself

B. he had a brother to buy him a car

C. he could buy a car for his brother

D. he could have a ride in the car

17. When the boy asked Paul the drive the car in front his house, he wanted ___.

A. to show off to his neighbor

B. his brother to see the car

C. Paul to drive him home

D. to enjoy a ride in the car

18. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The boy was very interested in driving.

B. Paul’s guesses about the boy were right.

C. The boy was sad that he couldn’t buy a car.

D. Paul was touched by the boy’s love for his brother.

19. The story mainly tells us ______.

A. practice makes perfect

B. it is important to make money

C. giving makes people feel good

D. a friend in need is a friend indeed

Feeling cold? Let’s eat some hot pot!

(P8) Fill in the information about Chinese hot pot.

Chinese hot pot
Time	best in 20. _____ weather
How to enjoy	Friends and families sit 21. _____ a table and put different foods into a 22. ______. While waiting for the food to boil, they 23. ______ happily. Then they take the food 24. ______ the pot, put it in sauces and eat it 25. ______. Hot pot is 26. ______ its spiciness. But people can choose which flavor they 27. _____. They can put 28. _____ into a hot pot. Meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu and bean noodles are 29. _______ items.
Popularity	Hot pot has been popular in China for 30. _____ years. Foreigners are 31. _____ to try this delicious meal.

Listening

初二英语听力测试（10）

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第一节：听下面的句子，选择与句子内容相符的图片。每个句子读一遍。



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

第二节：听下面的独白，完成句子（每空填一词）。该独白读两遍。

6. Different families have different _____ _____.

7. _____ was the family’s main time to see each other.

8. When they sat down to eat it was their time to _____.

9. Their parents wouldn’t let them ____ _____ until they had finished all of their food.

Key:

Reading

1—6 CBBDBA 7. They love to read fantasies and vampire stories.

8. a. have a strong love element b. all lead characters are girl

9. One possible version: Teens’ Favorite Book

10-b, 11-c, 12-a

13. 魔幻故事和吸血鬼故事位居榜首，这一点并不令人惊奇。

14. 青少年仍然喜爱魔幻故事，但也希望能阅读关于他们自身的书籍。

15—19 BCBDC 20. cold 21. around 22. boiling pot 23. chat and drink 24. out of 25. hot and fresh 26. famous for 27. prefer 28. almost anything 29. the most popular 30. over 1,000 years 31. eager

Listening

1—5 CEAFB 6. table manners 7. Dinner 8. talk 9. get up