【正文】 as 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. Advice 6 Talk about problems 梥 o metimes they are only the result of misunderstanding. Donn’t be too embarrassed to ask for help. You are young. No one thinks you can do everything! Advice 7 Plan your time. Don’t waste life lying in bed on Saturday morning. Go and play a sport， learn the piano， work on a project， read a book， practise English， or help someone with problems. There are always a lot of things to do. 31. One way to be active in school is to ________. A. regard school as a camp B. do more difficult things C. show interest in school subjects D. do more boring things 32. When the teacher can’t make things enjoyable, ________. A. you can rest in class B. you can do your homework tomorrow C. you’re still supposed to study hard. D. you can sleep 33. Getting enough sleep can help students ________. A. keep in good health B. not think about food in class C. answer teachers’ questions quickly. D. keep their body strong 34. Eric is in trouble. He is so unhappy after failing a test that he cannot eat or sleep. He needs to read ________. A. Advice 3 B. Advice 5 C. Advice 6 D. Advice 7 35. Which of the following is True according to the article? A. Friends are always perfect. B. You should ask for help if you need. C. You needn’t plan your time on weekends. D. Be slow to put up your hand. C What is the bestselling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden? According to the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯 世界紀(jì)錄） , the Xinhua Dictionary, published by the Commercial Press （商務(wù)印書館） in China, is the world’s most popular dictionary and the bestselling book. 【九年級(jí)英語試題共 10頁】第 4頁 In 1950, Chinese language experts (專家 ) and scholars, Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit (編輯 ) the Xinhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion, research and paper work. Some hand scripts (稿件 ) were checked again and again like positions, People’s Daily reported. Many people’s hard work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary. In 1953, the first Xinhua Dictionary was , 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold worldwide. However, revisions (修訂 ) the dictionary continue to be made. According to Yu Guilin from Commercial Press, editors (編輯 ) usually summarize (總結(jié) ) the meaning of words again while revising. If the example sentences are out of date, editors need to have experiences and make new examples. “To give a correct explanation of the word‘ 焗油 (deep condition)’, one editor went to a barber shop (理發(fā)店 ) to experience it for himself, ”Yu told the Beijing Times. So far, the Xinhua Dictionary has been revised 11 times.” To keep up with the times, some popular and widely used inter words are also added to the dictionary. For example, in the 11th edition, the phrases“ 曬工資 (show off salary)”and“ 曬照片 (show off pictures)”were included. All these efforts create the “National Dictionary” of China. The Xinhua Dictionary is not only a useful tool for generations of Chinese people. It also helps foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture. 36. According to Guinness World Records, the bestselling book is ______________ . A. Secret Garden B. the Harry Potter series C. the Xinhua Dictionary D. Guinness Book of World Records 37. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “scholars” in the second paragraph? A. 校長(zhǎng) B. 學(xué)長(zhǎng) C. 學(xué)生 D. 學(xué)者 38. Which of the following is NOT true about the first Xinhua Dictionary? A. The editors had a lot of discussions, did research and paper work. B. Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao edited it. C. The first Xinhua Dictionary was published in 1950. D. The editors checked the hand scripts again and again. 39. While revising the dictionary, the editors _________________ . A. just need to read and correct the printing mistakes B. have to change all the examples of the words C. have to go to a barber shop to experience deep conditioning D. make new examples for the words 40. According to the article, the Xinhua Dictionary ________________ . A. has to include inter words B. tries to keep up with the times C. is better than any other dictionary D. is little help for foreign learner 【九年級(jí)英語試題共 10頁】第 5頁 D Almost every Chinese can recite（背誦） the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate es from hard work.” But sadly, many of us don’t get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food. News 1+1， a famous CCTV program, reported that food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? No. According