广东省惠州市惠阳区2019届英语九年级5月模拟试卷（含听力音频）

—OK.

—________ a month.

—Sorry, dad can't come to the phone now. He ________ a shower.

—No, you ____ . You can work with your classmates.

—Oh, yes. I bought it in a store on the Internet.

—________! That's good news.

    Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing 1 day by day and was unable to take care of himself, so he decided to hire (雇佣) a nurse to help with housework and 2 him.

    One day, the old man interviewed two nurses — Anthony and Peter. Anthony happened to be a handsome young man, while Peter looked quite 3. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man 4 Peter and said, " Anthony said you are rude and not worth trusting. Is this correct?"

    Peter thought for a minute and said, "If Anthony has a bad 5 of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to 6 these things."

    The old man was very impressed (印象深刻的) by Peter's character. At the same time, Anthony returned with a cup of 7 for the old man.

    The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for 8. He then turned to Anthony and told him, "Peter spoke very 9 of you while you were gone. What do you think about this?" After hearing this, Anthony became angry and started 10.

    In the end, the old man hired Peter. Although Peter looked quite common, he had great inner beauty.

    Humans have been trying to cure cancer for many years. But what if our bodies themselves are able to kill cancer? The winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine may have found this secret. From Oct. 1^st to Oct. 8^th, the 2018 Nobel Prize winners were announced in five categories (类别), including prizes for medicine, chemistry, physics, peace and economics (经济).

    One of the most amazing Nobel-winning achievements(成就) this year was in Medicine. James Allison from the United States and Tasuku Honjo in Japan shared the prize, the BBC reported. They found that our body has a special protein(蛋白质). It stops our body from fighting against cancer cells. By disabling this protein, they can allow the body's immune(免疫的) system to fight cancer cells more efficiently, the New York Times reported.

    But cancer is not the only problem that people face. There is also the danger of global warming. This year's winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics focused on this in their work. The economics prize was shared by two scientists. They found that creating a global carbon tax (税) is the most efficient way to fight climate change. This would make countries limit their carbon emissions(排放) or else pay a large amount of money.

    The Nobel Prize in Physics was given to three scientists who made new discoveries in laser (激光) physics. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was also shared among three scientists for their research on enzymes (酶) and antibodies (抗体).

    One day a rich boy bought a magic mirror. When he got home, he looked in the mirror. His face looked . He tried to smile and make funny face. The face  was in the mirror looked still sad. Then he did many happy things,  his face always looked sad.

    "Oh,  a terrible mirror! It doesn't work!" he said angrily.

    The next day  his way to buy some chocolate, he saw a little girl crying sadly. The rich boy went up to her and asked what had . The little girl said she couldn't find her parents. "Don't worry. I'll help you," the rich boy said. So they went to  for the girl's parents together. , they found them. They were so thankful for his . After the rich boy arrived home, he looked in the mirror  usual. To his surprise, his face looked very happy. The boy understood the magic of the mirror. The mirror could show the true feelings of its owner. This was true—the rich boy had helped that little girl so he felt really happy.

    Don't be surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. In March, 2018, Baidu was given a license to test its self-driving cars in Beijing, China Daily reported.

    Self-driving cars have been in development since 2010, when Google announced that it was making such cars. Since then, companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self-driving cars.

    Self-driving cars are expected to change the way we get around. They are safer and more environmentally friendly than regular cars. They can remove the stress(压力) of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.

    But self-driving cars have their own disadvantages as well. In one test, researchers pointed a laser pointer (激光棒) at the car's sensors (感应器) while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam (波束) was in its way and slowed down or changed directions.

    The software (软件) that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. Reported Live science. Sometimes, without any reasons, it may break down when we use out computers or smart phones. If the software in a self-driving car happened to crash, the results could be deadly. Maybe improvements to the software could solve this problem.

Information Card

人工智能（AI）的迅速崛起无疑是新世纪以来最为重要的科技事件，而我们的生活也将因为人工智能的成熟应用迎来巨大的改变，变得更为智慧与便利。某英文网站正在开展以"人工智能与人类生活"为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你与人工智能。

内容包括：①在生活中你使用哪些人工智能产品；

②你或家人通常使用人工智能产品做什么？

③你对人工智能的看法（至少两点）。

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    Nowadays, AI is becoming more and more familiar with us with the development of science and technology,