AI still remember my ninth birthday. In the early morning, my family were busy prep aring the gifts with 25 on them. My parents promised me that we would 26 to school together to give the gifts to my classmates. We were preparing to start when we felt our house shaking. We quickly 27 that it was an earthquake(地震). At once, my father carried me in his arms and ran out of our house 28 my mo ther. However, we st ill drove to my school, 29 the area was in a mess. “ 30 c an we do ?” I asked my parents. “Let’s go to the hospital,” answered my father. “We can 31 the gifts to the injured(受伤的) children.” In the 32 ,I was complete ly stunned (震惊的) when I saw hundreds of injured people lying there. A boy cam e up with a bandage on his head. I gave 33 a gift. “Wow! There’s a beautiful flower on it!” he said. His eyes were so bright. I can never forget those bright eye s! It was my 34 birthday gift ever. Then, I continued to give my gifts to other ch ildren.25. A. candies B. photos C. flowers D. cakes26. A. walk B. drive C. run D. ride27. A. realized B. imagined C. explained D. with28. A. to B. with C. for D. about29. A. or B. because C. if D. but30. A. What B. Why C. When D. Where31. A. sell B. give C. lend D. show32. A. factory B. store C. school D. hospital33. A. him B. her C. us D. them34. A. cleanest B. funniest C. best D. cheapestBDo you have any worries? Zhang Lin, a fourteen-year-old girl from No. 29 Middle School, has a lot of 36 these days.Zhang Lin has a hard time with her English and math, 37 she often fails (不及格) her exams. When she gets bad grades, her mother gets angry 38 her. She finds it i s hard to have a talk with her mother and she thinks her mother 39 understands her. W hat can Zhang Lin do about this? She is very worried. She believes the worstthing is to d o 40 . So Zhang Lin 41 to talk to her friends. But she worries that if they know that, th ey will laugh at her. If so, she will certainly feel 42 .Also, Zhang Lin likes a boy. She wrote a letter to him, but she is 43 to send the letter to him. She wants to tell her father about 44 letter, but she thinks her father will criticize 批评) her. If her father 45 she likes a boy, he will be angry.No one can help Zhang Lin to solve her problems. She doesn’t know what to do. Who ca n help her?( ) 36. A. ideas B. worries C. time D. homework( ) 37. A. so B. but C. though D. unless( )38. A. to B. for C. from D. with( ) 39. A. often B. sometimes C. never D. always( ) 40. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything( ) 41. A. asks B. wants C. stops D. refuses( ) 42. A. more B. less C. better D. worse( ) 43. A. afraid B. sure C. ready D. able( ) 44. A. your B. their C. his D. her( ) 45. A. knows B. will know C. knew D. is knowing阅读ABAnn wanted to play in the city orchestra (管弦乐队), but she was nervous (紧张的). She thought it might be too difficult. The first day she was so nervous, and she could hardly breathe. After a few rehearsalS(排练), she could comfortably play along with everyone else. She found that there was no re ason to be nervous and began to enjoy herself.In rehearsals, Ann became friends with Danny. Danny sat next to her and always helped her. Ann often asked him questions about music. Danny’s parents were musicians. They started teaching Danny music when he was only five years old. Ann couldn’t imagine play ing the violin at that age.Ann’s another friend in the orchestra was Marie. After rehearsal, Marie would tell Ann fun ny stories. Though Marie was much older than Ann, the two became good friends.The orchestra was rehearsing music for a concert. Ann invited some of her friends at sch ool to come. Though they didn’t understand music, they promised to come. They all liked Ann and wanted to cheer her. Ann’s family also planned to go to the concert. Ann looked f orward to the event, and she hoped it would not rain on the night of the concert.On the night of the concert, Ann was excited. Danny and Marie both told her that the con cert would be fun. Ann knew that she would enjoy it. The conductor (指挥) Mike was nervous. Ann was surprised because she knew that he conducted many big concerts all over the world. After the concert was over, the conductor seemed happy. He said the orchestra gave a fine performance.根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( )46. From the first paragraph we can learn that Ann _____.A. didn’t want to learn musicB. was excited to try new thingsC. thought there was no reason to be nervousD. wasn’t interested in playing in the orchestra( )47. Ann made _____ friends in the orchestra.A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 5( )48. Some of Ann’s friends promised to come to the concert because _____.A. they enjoyed the musicB. they wanted to cheer herC. they wanted to learn to playD. they wanted to make new friends( )49. How did Ann feel on the night of the concert?A. Excited.B. Tired.C. Nervous.D. Sad.( )50. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Ann’s parents were musicians.B. Marie was two years older than Ann.C. Danny started playing the piano at age 5.D. Mike had much experience in conducting concerts all over the world.CI often walk dogs at an animal shelter(收容所) near our house. When they see me, they look so happy, because they know they will go outside, play with me and get lots of love from me.-----Mandy, 12 Every weekend, I go to an animal shelter to help. They have adoption(收养)events at pet stores. I help out by talking to people about animals, feeding animals an d making sure the cages(笼子)are clean. It makes me feel great when a cat or dog gets a new home.----Lucas, 11Sometimes I do things for my neighbors and ask them to give me some money or clothes . Then I can give these to the unlucky people.----Linda, 10I love volunteering! Last week, I cleaned up the houses for people who couldn’t do it the mselves. I also made gifts for many women on Mother’s Day. And I’ll help the older peopl e cook dinner next week. I love the feeling I get when the people smile and I know I made a difference in their life.----Megan, 13I volunteer at an after-school reading program. I help young children to learn how to read. My favorite part of it is seeing a little child feels excited when he or she learns a new wor d.----Victoria, 12( )56. Mandy works as a volunteer at a(n)_______ ?A. animal shelterB. primary schoolC. children’s hospitalD. old people’s home ( )57. Which of the following is NOT Lucas’ job?A. Walking dogs.B. Feeding animals.C. Cleaning the cages.D. Talking to people about animals.( )58. Linda asks her neighbors to give her money or clothes because she______.A. is too poorB. decides to buy somethingC. likes to wear beautiful clothesD. wants to help the unlucky people( )59. What will Megan do next week?A. Make giftsB. Help cook dinnerC. Clean up the housesD. Go to an animal shelter( )60. Victoria is a volunteer to help______.A. animalsB. young childrenC. the older peopleD. the unluck y peopleD。