【正文】 s very important to check your work for mistakes. It39。s wrong? Don39。 健康對(duì)于我們每個(gè)人來說都很重要，請(qǐng)你以健康為話題，為學(xué)校的“英語園地”投稿。ve done the hard work, but you can39。t want to upset their viewers. Even so, viewers are usually warned in advance that they “ may find some of these disturbing” so they can look away if they choose. But the men and women whose jobs are to record those scenes — the TV cameramen — have no such choice. It is their duty to witness the horrors of the war and record them, no matter how gruesome and unpleasant they may be. Consequently, it is one of the most dangerous, exposed and emotionally taxing job that the world offers. Today ,the demand for their work is rising . The explosion of satellite broadcasting and 24 hour news in recent years has created an almost insatiable(=always wanting more) demand for TV information. But major broadcasters and the TV news agencies — such as Reuters and WTN — have never had enough staff to meet the worldwide demand for uptodate pictures,so increasingly they turn to “ freelance” (=doing work without being employed) TV cameramen. These freelance cameramen are independent operators tied to no particular anization. They will work for any pany which hires them for just a few hours or for several weeks in a war zone . But if a freelance cameraman is injured in the course of the job, the TV pany is not responsible for him. The freelancer must survive on his own. “ TV will always need hard, vivid moving pictures which are fresh, but these panies feel unfortable with large numbers of employees on their books,” explains Nike Growing ,once foreign editor for Britain39。s. In the early 190039。 been finished C. Was 。 1 北京市師大附中 20xx20xx學(xué)年上學(xué)期期中考試初中九年級(jí)英語試卷 試卷說明：考試時(shí)間為 120 分鐘，試卷滿分 120 分。 finished D. Were 。s all women wore their skirts down to the ankle. Today, skirt length varies from floor— length to ten inches above the knee. Women39。s Channel 4 news and now a BBC news presenter. “ By hiring freelancers, they can buy in the skills they need only when they need also enables them to contract out the risk, ” (=arrange for other people to take the risk) he said. 57. The word “ taxing” in Para 1 most probably means . A. demanding B. saddening C. satisfying D. encouraging 58. TV news agencies turn to freelance cameramen in order to . A. save expenses and avoid risk B. get first hand information and pictures C. look for pictures that are of fine qualities D. buy the horrifying pictures they need 59. The freelance cameramen . A. need to work on their own B. have to take great risks in the course of work C. have better skills than other cameramen D. are tied to many TV news agencies 60. From the passage we can know than . A. TV cameramen should be given better choice of work B. TV cameramen are being challenged by the freelancers 7 C. TV cameramen have to witness disasters and killing whether they like them or not D. TV cameramen have to contract out the risks for their panies 七、 閱讀短文還原句子。t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do , you aren39。內(nèi)容包括：健康對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)的重要性；你自己怎么做的；為全校同學(xué)提出不少于兩條的建議。t you want to go on this ride? M: It looks kind of dangerous. W: It39。s really a good habit. So, you should always take time at the end to check what you have written. M: Yes, I agree with you. By the way, I find it hard to keep up when you speak to us in our English class. I39。 W: It39。ll ask to see the captain. 二、 聽對(duì)話和問題，選擇正確的答案，每段對(duì)話聽兩遍（本題共 12 小題 ，每小題 1 分 ， 共12 分 ） 5. M: The kids are having a good time. W: They love this beach. M: What are they making now? W: A castle 6. W: What39。請(qǐng)不要寫出你的校名和姓名。 At last, the midexams are over. You 39。s work, biologists discovered that in a person genes told whether he would have brown eyes or blue eyes, whether he would have dark hair or light hair, whether he would be tall or short, whether he would be thin or fat. Now we know that every person is unique, one reason is that every person is a unique bination of genes. 54. This article is . A. a science report B. a government report C. a school report D. a story 55. Mendel . A. studied why people have eyes of different colours B. did a