Passage 3
Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit (赢利的) organization. We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” Said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.
【小题1】When do the volunteers help others?

A．In their spare time.	B．At weekends
C．On weekdays.	D．In the evenings.

【小题2】_____ can be a volunteer.

A．Children

B．Old women

C．Anyone aged 12-70

D．Young people

【小题3】Volunteers want to get _______ when they help others.

A．money

B．computers

C．everything

D．nothing

【小题4】Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ______.

A．animals

B．children

C．computers

D．older people

【小题5】We can read such a passage ______.

A．in a newspaper

B．in a storybook

C．in a picture book

D．in a textbook

Passage 4
From the world’s heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world’s smallest dog, these are all parts of a group of the world’s strangest people and things. And they are all in the Guinness Book of Records(《吉尼斯记录》).
The book is going to celebrate its birthday this August. It began exactly half a century ago. And it’s always one of the best selling books in the world.
People now can break over 1000 records every week! Why do so many people want to break the records? Do they want their names in the book or meet more people around the world? “It gives people a chance to show they’re the best in the world.” said one of the record keepers Stewart Newport.
The book was started by Hugh Beaver from Britain. In 1951, he went shooting birds and talked with his friends about the fastest bird in Europe. Three years later, they were still talking about it. So Beaver believed that people must have different ideas. So, he decided to start a book to record the world’s truly greatest people and things in it!
The newest book came out last Tuesday. This book has a lot of interesting records. Here are two:
☆ A British dog, Whitney, is the world’s smallest dog. It’s only 76mm tall.
☆ An American woman Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails(指甲).They grew as long as 600 mm! She made the record in 1971.
【小题1】We can see everything in the Guinness Book of Records except         .

A．the heaviest fruits and vegetables

B．the smallest people and animals

C．the strangest people and things

D．very ordinary people and things

【小题2】The Guinness Book of Records has been one of the best selling books for           .

A．50 years

B．76 years

C．600 years

D．1000 years

【小题3】Newport thought many people tried to break Guinness records because       .

A．their names be kept in the world records.

B．their names could be seen by the whole world.

C．they could meet more people all over the world.

D．they could be known as the greatest by the world.

【小题4】Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．Newport started the Guinness Book of Records in Britain.

B．More than four thousand records are broken each month.

C．The Guinness Book of Records started in the year 1954.

D．The newest book of Guinness comes out every Tuesday.

【小题5】The writer of this passage wants to         .

A．tell us the strangest records in the world

B．show us the beginning of the Guinness Book of Records

C．give us an introduction to the Guinness Book of Records

D．let us know the most interesting things in the world

从方框中选择恰当的句子完成下面的对话，并将其字母标号填在答题纸的相应位置上
Dick: Hello . 1        What’s your name?
Sally: Hello, Mr. Turner., I’m Sally Brown. I am from England. I’ve come to Japan to have a visit.
Dick: I come from America. I’ve been here to study Japanese. 2       
Sally: Oh, good. And could you tell me who this is , Mr. Turner?
Dick: Oh, Ms Brown., 3       
Sally: Nice to meet you, Mr. Wang.
Wang Bing: 4       
Sally: By the way, where are you from?
Wang Bing: 5       
Sally: Oh, great. China is a great beautiful country.
Wang Bing: Thank you.

A Nice to meet you, Ms Brown.     B I’m Chinese. C This is Sally Brown.            D My name is Dick Turner. E I’m a worker.                F May I introduce my friend Wang Bing? G I’m a student.

在下面对话的空白处填上适当的话语（话语可能是句子，短语或单词），使对话完整
A: Morning, Jack. You don’t look well. 【小题1】__________________________?
B: Well, I have got a cold. But it’s not serious. Hey, Tom, did you see the movie on CCTV6 last night?
A: No, I didn’t. 【小题2】_____________________?
B. Harry Potter.It was so exciting. So, what were you doing at that time?
A: 【小题3】____________________. I’m not good at English, you know.
B: But English is not very hard to learn. 【小题4】_________________________.
A: Thank you for your advice. 【小题5】_______________________________?

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，将答案按序号填入下面表格内。
Recently, many English teachers from universities all over China came together. They discussed h   1   to use newspapers to teach English. Wu Ping, a university professor, said that her university has b  2   a course on newspaper reading for freshman English majors. They use English newspapers to t___3___. It is said that the s   4   enjoy the course. “They say newspapers help them learn English, and also tell them the latest news a   5  the world,” he said.
Outside the classroom, English newspapers are thought by many people to be o  6 of the most important and effective ways to learn English. One of the professors believes that newspapers are better t    7   other teaching materials in four ways. First, the stories are i   8   and can get the students to read on. S  9  , the language is modern and up-to-date. Newspapers cover lots of topics like sports, culture, e   10    and so on. And last but not least, the language is very practical, and can be used in our daily life.

根据短文内容完成任务
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. (A) They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If an insect touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The insect cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(挤压) the insect until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the insect with a special liquid （液体）. Slowly, the plant eats the insect.
(B) Plants are living things that have leaves and roots and grow in earth. Most of them get energy from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all the important things that plants need, especially nitrogen （氮）. Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
【小题1】Can plants get energy from the air?
【小题2】Why is Venus flytrap a famous piant?
【小题3】In some places, why do some plants get energy from animal meat?
【小题4】写出（A）处划线单词they所指代的名词。
【小题5】将（B）处划线句子改为两个简单句。
Plants are living things.   ______________________________

阅读后，完成下面的任务。
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. You shouldn’t waste this wonderful opportunity to learn. Here is our advice for you to have a happy school-life.
【小题1】Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested in school-life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Be quick to put your hand up. Go round the school with a big smile. 
【小题2】School is not a holiday camp. If you are not working, you are not learning, and you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
【小题3】 If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play some sports to keep your body strong.
【小题4】Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time.
【小题5】Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Friends are not always perfect, and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things. Don’t let small problems seem very big and important.
阅读上面5段语言材料， 从中找出与它们相对应的标题， 并将其标号填入语段前的括号内。其中有两个选项是多余的。

A. Plan your holiday. B. Don’t be too disappointed if things sometimes go badly. C. Do today’s work today. D. Be active in school！ E. Expect to work！ F. Talk about problems. G. Keep fit.

根据所给中文完成句子翻译
【小题1】在回家得路上，我偶然遇上了好朋友。
On my way home, I met my good friend  _______  .
【小题2】他喜欢说不喜欢写.He _______ speaking to ________. 
【小题3】Jim _________(长得象) his mother. They are both clever and a little shy.
【小题4】老师让我们上课别说话  The teacher asked us  _________talk in class.
【小题5】一定要让他准时还书 __________that he can return the book on time. 
【小题6】当我看到她们时，她们正在喂马。
They  _________________________ the horses  when I saw them
【小题7】雨天使我难过。
【小题8】如果我是一只小鸟，我就能飞。
【小题9】Lucy学习英语已经五年了。
【小题10】这本书是白岩松写的。
【小题11】在最近的几年里，我的生活变化很大。

下列标点符号使用有错误的是    (    ) （2分）

A．不少人想知道粽子与端午节到底有什么关系。

B．一千万万，你一口气数下去，得数一千多年！

C．李时珍在《本草纲目》中称藕为“灵根”，是寓含深意的。

D．我生平受用的有两句话：一是“责任心”；二是“趣味”。

根据要求完成小作文.
现在你已经是初三的学生了，你发现自己和以前有什么不同吗？请用对比的形式写出自己的变化或者进步。不少于5句.