It’s clever________ Amy to make a birthday cake, but it’s hard _____ me to do that.
A. for ; forB. of ; ofC. for ; of D. of ; for
科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省九年级上学期第二次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
-How much did you ____ on your new bike ?
-About two hundred Yuan.
A. spend B. pay
C. cost D. take
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省无锡新区九年级二模英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what "keeping up withthe Joneses" is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant(仆人) and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses" because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States. "Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’ s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _______.
A. want to be as rich as their neighbors
B. want others to know or to think that they are rich
C. don't want others to know they are rich
D. want to make themselves happy
2.It can be inferred（推断）from the story that rich people like to_______.
A. live outside New York City B. live in New York city
C. live in apartments D. have many neighbors
3.According to the writer, it is_______ to keep up with the Joneses.
A. correct B. interesting
C. impossible D. good
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省无锡市九年级二模英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
北京阳光中学九年级学生Simon目前学习成绩不理想，他写信给青少年辅导员Sigmund Friend，倾诉困惑，寻求帮助。假设你是Sigmund Friend, 请根据所给的信息，完成一封给Simon的回信，内容要点如下：
Simon’s problems | 在学习数学、英语方面有困难；现在想要提高但不知道怎么办。 |
Your suggestions | 仔细计划好时间：当你计划你的一周时，你应该把你不得不要做的事列出一个清单来。 充分利用好课堂时间：课上听好老师所讲的一切；适时记好笔记，它是一种学习的好方法。 培养对待考试的良好心态：考试的目的在于考查你对一门科目学到了什么;即使考得不够好也不必太忧虑;下次取得进步更为重要。 …… |
Your expectation | 希望你的答复对Simon有价值。 |
注意：
1. 书信须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2. 建议部分的第4个要点内容须用1～2句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
3. 词数80个左右，已给出的句子，不计入总词数。
Dear Simon
Thank you for your letter. You say that ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do.
Make good use of your time in class. _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Develop a good attitude about tests. _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
I hope my answers will be valuable to you.
Best wishes
Sigmund Friend
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省无锡市九年级二模英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
It’s in the 2010s.You feel sick, so you go to the doctor. She checks your fever, looks at your throat, and asks what you’ve been thinking about lately. When you leave, she gives you some medicine, but also a list of thinking skills that you are supposed to practice daily. She says that the way you think is causing some of your illness.
Doctors and other scientists who study the human mind and try to explain why people act in the way that they do, called psychologists (心理学家), are starting to believe it. You know that your brain (脑) is connected to every part of your body through your nervous system (神经系统). Now scientists have proved that how you think and feel can have an influence on the health of your body.
Stress is caused whenever there is a problem or a change in your life. Of course, everybody has stress more or less; nobody’s life is perfect. In fact, stress is necessary. Without stress, we would never learn anything or grow or change. We would probably be bored to death. But too much stress can hurt you. It can weaken your body’s protection so that you are more likely to catch diseases. It can even make you more likely to have an accident.
When you feel stressed, your brain sends a message to your body to produce a chemical called adrenaline (肾上腺素). Adrenaline speeds up your breathing and your heartbeat. Today you have a different kind of stress. Problems like endless homework or troubles with your family are the kind of things you can’t fight or run away from, so you don’t use up all that adrenaline. It just stays bottled up inside you, and that’s what can do something bad to you.
What can you do about stress? First, you can try to find ways to change things so you aren’t under so much stress. You can set up a plan to finish homework or go to a doctor or a psychologist to try to work things out with your family or your friends. But sometimes you can’t change a stressful situation. Sometimes you don’t even want to. A big change might be a good change, but it will still be stressful.
The link (关联) between your body and brain works in two ways. Your body can help your mind deal with stress. If you are under stress, you need to take especially good care of your body. It’s important to get enough sleep and eat nutritious (有营养的) meals. Some people take a vitamin-mineral pill every day. Another thing that you can do is daily exercise. If you go walking or do aerobic dancing or work out at the gym (体育馆), you give your body a chance to burn up some of that adrenaline. Of course, a person who isn’t used to much physical activity should start slowly. Anyone with a continuing physical problem should check with a doctor before starting any exercise programs.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. You shouldn’t go to the gym if you are under stress.
B. One can do his homework to burn up adrenaline.
C. Disease and accidents are caused by stress.
D. Everyone needs stress to improve himself.
2.From the last sentence of Paragraph 5 we can infer (推断) that _____________.
A. it’s difficult to change a stressful situation
B. it’s not stressful when a good change takes place
C. a big change will cause another stressful situation
D. a stressful situation can’t be changed without any effort
3.What is probably the best title for this passage?
A. The Body-Brain Link B. The Causes of Stress
C. The Advice on Health D. The Nervous System
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省无锡市九年级二模英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
What do you think ______ him ______ all the time that day?
A. makes ; excitedB. to make ; to be excited
C. made ; excitedD. made ; get excited
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省无锡市九年级二模英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Have you read _____ ending of _____ amazing story, Daniel? It’s______ one that I’ve ever read.
A. an ; the ; the most excitingB. the ; an ; the most excited
C. the ; the ; an excitedD. the ; the ; the most exciting
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省无锡市实验学校九年级二模英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
to have the sports meeting .
A. When; hasn’t decided B. When; isn’t decided
C. If; isn’t decided D. Where; hasn’t decided
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省无锡市九年级二模英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
An atlas is a book of maps. Atlases are made with different kinds of information about different parts and areas of a country or the world. They are prepared for desk use or travel use.
Desk atlases are made for different groups of people with different needs. For example, students may use desk atlases to help learn geography, and other people may use desk atlases to study a place. A popular type of the latest atlas shows the recent fact of the world. New atlases are often carefully produced to help people learn about the changes, such as the name changes, boundary(边界) changes and other important new information. A desk atlas can also have some different maps of the same place. For example, an atlas may include maps showing population and important products of a place.
Travel atlases usually show the information about both natural and man-made features.So it is not surprising to find universities,airports,forests,rivers,roads as well as cities,towns and villages in them.A travel atlas is often the first thing people need when they want yo start a trip in a strange place.It often has a map of a whole country,and a map with more special information of each important place in the country.Take the atlas of the United States as an example,it often has a map of the whole country and then a map of each of the fifty states.
A travel atlas may also point out the beautiful natural places. In the US, the atlas may include national parks such as the Yellow Stone Park and some others to show the beauty of nature and interesting places to tourists.
1.An atlas is according to the passage.
A. a guide book B. a history book
C. a collection of pictures D. a collection of maps
2.From the passage we know people need newly produced atlases because .
A. they can’t see the old ones clearly
B. they like to buy different ones
C. something has changed
D. something is missing
3.According to the passage, people can find the information about in a travel atlas of Shaanxi.
A. the population of Shaanxi B. the local products of Shaanxi
C. the Yellow Stone National Park D. Xi’an Jiaotong University
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