浙江省长兴县2018-2019学年九年级上学期英语第三次月考试卷

    There was once a rich and kind store owner. He1to leave all his money to an honest young mall when he was old.

    A good friend of his bad an idea and2him. "The next time you are giving the customers their change, make sure you give them too much. He who returns the3 money to you is honest. "The rich man thought it was a good idea, so he decided to try it.

    However, a neighbor happened to hear the 4. He paid a witch(女巫)to cast spell(咒语)on the rich old man's coins. Anyone who saw the coins5by the old man wouldn't see them as coins, but as something that they wanted most in the world. The neighbor believed that6customer would return the old man's money.

    Indeed, everything went according to the neighbor's7. When the old man had almost8trying, the greedy neighbor sent his nephew to the old man's store. He had told the boy to return the old man's money. 9when the boy received the coins, he saw in them all the money of his uncle. He didn't want to return the money and10with the coins.

    Finally, the rich old man was dying. He decided to give his servants some money so that they could live freely when he was 11with them. Among these servants was a young man, who12and respected the old man. He saw in the money a powerful medicine, which was13what he most wanted in the world. On seeing this, the young man14the money back, saying. "Take this, sir. It's15you. It will make you feel better. "

    The old man felt happy that he finally found an honest person. He gave all his money to him.

    The world we live in is full of amazing things. Do you know the following things?

    ★Chocolate tastes nice but it may make the little dog die.

    ★We may sleep for eight hours at a time but a snail(蜗牛)may sleep for three years.

    ★Our ears and nose become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same after a person is born.

    ★You may think a hear walks slowly. In fact, it can run as fast as a horse.

    ★Cats won't die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way.

    ★The largest animal on the earth is the blue whale(鲸). It weigh about 80 tons(吨)—more than 24 elephants.

    ★Most animals will die soon if they lose the head. But a cockroach(蟑螂)can live for nine or ten days when they have no head.

    ★Not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can't fly, like the penguin(企鹅)and the ostrich(鸵鸟).

    A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell down and hurt himself, so he cried, "AAAhhhhhh!" To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, "AAAhhhhhb!" Then the boy shouted back, "Who are you?" He received the answer "Who are you?" He got angry at the answer, so he shouted, "Foolish!" He received the answer, "Foolish!"

    He looked at his father and asked, "What's going on?" The father smiled and said, 'My son, listen. "And then he shouted to the mountain, "I love you!" The voice answered, "I love you!" Again the man cried, "You're the best!" The voice answered, "You're the best!" The boy was surprised, but did not understand.

    Then the father explained, "People call this 'echo', but in fact this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection(反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard. This can be used hi everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it."

    Rubbish is a major kind of environmental pollution. Each person produces about 2kg of rubbish a day. We are making waste products faster than nature can break them down. And we are using up resources(资源)faster than they can he replaced(取代).

    This adds up to trouble for the environment. Where does all that rubbish go? What can be done to help dispose of(处理)rubbish? How can we make less rubbish?

    Rubbish isn't just the smelly rotting fruits, vegetables or meat that we throw away(抛弃) in our homes Those are only a small part of all tile stuff we throw away. We create other kinds of waste, in construction, mining and in our factories.

    Did you ever wonder what happens to your rubbish? Most is burned(燃烧)or buried in landfills(垃圾填埋场). Less than a quarter of our waste is recycled(回收).

    With a population of 1.3 billion(十亿), rubbish is a big problem for China. Chinese city create around 148 million tons of rubbish every year. The amount is growing at around 10 percent each year.

    Once we used about 3 billion plastic shopping bags everyday in China. The result was a great waste of resources and serious pollution. So we did something about that. Now we use more cloth bags and shopping baskets when we shop.

    In the coming years China will build waste-to-energy plants in cities to clean up the rubbish. But there's a lot more that needs to be done. And you can play a role.

    Family education in China has changed a lot. Parents not only pay（注意）to children's schoolwork but also their skills and abilities.

    "Xia Xin is a cool boy who is full of（精力）.He is（感兴趣的）in electronic products and instruments. His parents often(买）some for him、He can do what he likes with them. And he can also make his own（选择）for himself. His room is really a mess, but his parents are not angry at him. Instead; they(支持）him. As a result, Xia has invented a rope controlled by electricity that helps his mother do sports because something is wrong with his mother's hands. He also makes a（医疗的）bas for his mother so that she use it. On the other hand, Xia does well in his schoolwork because of his relaxing free time activities. What Xia has done helps his parents a lot. What's more, he knows how to be grateful. He, tries to do something （有价值的）to thank people around him, including his teachers, friends and neighbors. People（推断）this is exactly what we see in Chinese families. We have some reasons to believe that children will be educated better in such a situation.

A. Places to Stay   
B. Places to Visit   
C. Weather

D. Shopping       
E. History          
F. Restaurants

    You may have heard of Niagara Falls（尼亚加拉大瀑布), but do you know about the Niagara Escarpment(断崖)?It's a long steep slope(陡坡)runs through the US and Canada. Earlier this month, our school went on a hiking trip to this beautiful place.

    The weather was cold, cloudy and windy, so we wore more(stay)warm. We(divide)into two groups and went on different routes(路线). The whole escarpment is 725km long. But we only covered 8km for about four(hour).

    My favorite part of the trail(dx道)was the cave(山洞). The cave was formed from many different shaped rocks. Some were huge while thewere small. We climbed down into the rocksthe help of our teachers. The rocks were steep and slippery(滑的)because they were wet. It was exciting experience for all of us.

    After(walk)5 km without any rest, we were hungry and tired. our teacher finally said we could stop to have lunch, we were very excited. After all, this trail was a little different from the ones I'm used to. It was(natural)than before.

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