浙江省宁波市鄞州区2020届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷（含听力音频）

    I try to be a good father. Give my kids love. Work nights to pay for their schooling. But1with Michael Hoyt, I am nothing.

    This love2began in Winchester, 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled (勒住) by the umbilical cord (脐带) during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to3his limbs (四肢).

    "He'll be a vegetable the4of his life," Doctors told Michael and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old.

    But the Hoyts weren't5it. Because they noticed that Rick's

6followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. But doctors told the parents that there was7going on in their son's brain.

    "Tell him a joke," Michael said to the doctors. They did and Rick8. Actually a lot was going on in his brain.

    Equipped(装备) with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor (光标)9the side of his head, Rick was10able to communicate. What is his first word? "Run!" And after a high school classmate was paralyzed (瘫痪) in a(n)11and the school organized a charity run (慈善跑) for him, Rick typed, "Dad, I want to do that."

    Yeah, right. How was Michael, a man who never ran more than a mile12going to push his son five miles?13he tried. Surprisingly, that day changed Rick's life. "Dad," he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't14anymore!"

    And that sentence also changed Michael 's life. He wanted to give Rick that feeling as15as he could. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times in triathlon (铁人三项).

    "No question about it," Rick types. "My dad is the Strongest Dad in the World."

Laba Festival

    In China, the twelfth month of the lunar calendar (阳历) is called layue. The month is full of ingesting festivals and customs.

    Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of layue, is the first festival in this month. From his day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year

    On Laba Festival, people ofen eat hot Laba porridge. There are usually eight things in the porridge: rice, red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds (莲子), dates (红枣), and three different kinds of fruits and nuts. The porridge is not just good for your health, but best wishes for the coming of the Chinese New Year.

    Laba porridge is not the only tasty food in layue. Laba garlic (蒜) is popular in the north. People begin to soak (浸泡) garlic in vinegar (醋)from that day on, and have it with dumplings during the Chinese New Year. While in the south, people like making sausages.

    It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. She was an old woman, sting on her bed. trying to put socks on her swollen (肿胀的) ft. I walked in, spoke quickly to the nurse, and saw from her chart that she was in a good condition.

    She asked if l could help put on her socks. Instead, I started a monologue (长篇大论): "How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure are also good today. The nurse said you're anxious to see your son who's visiting you today from far away. I believe you really look forward to seeing him.

    She stopped me with a serious voice. "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story."

    I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She told me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him for five years. She believed that the big stress of this was a big reason for her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do. She shook her head and smiled. All she had wanted me to do was listen.

    Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are vague (含糊的). Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.

    While walking outside one morning, I saw the most beautiful thing.

    It was early, and I was walking on dewy (带露水的) grass down to the office. Suddenly a flash came out straight from the ground, about 15 feet in front of me, and shot up into the sky. I stopped. ① What could make such bright light? Could it be a diamond(钻石)? I waited to see if it would repeat, but it didn't.

    I walked slowly toward it, but saw nothing. I looked down at the grass, searching for gold or some kind of metal - again, nothing.② Suddenly, I saw it. The rising sun hit the grass' dewdrop(露珠) at the perfect way, sending great light into the sky. It was as if I had just discovered a tiny new world and it was just the unseen world that was giving me a heads-up, "Hello, look at what's around you," it said. I've never forgotten that moment.

    So next time you're out, take some time to notice nature, whose beauty most of us never even see. Look at the beautiful colors and different small flowers that cover playing fields - we walk all over them without a second look. ③ Watch a bee dancing, or tiny ants going on their way, or birds singing in the sky. All of these natural living things are amazing - if only we took the time to notice them.

    Have an eye for nature, and you'll find a new secret each day to keep in your heart. ④ It's one of the most wonderful things I've ever done.

    This is the story of a man who works in a big factory. I have seen him for years, but I've never paid any to him. He was a little bit strange. He always (wear) an old red hat and carried a bag. He usually spent his break time and his lunchtime (walk) around in

that big old factory and collecting used tins (铝罐).

    day, I was fixing a machine with my manager in the factory this "tin man" came with his bag. As usual, he picked the tins, which were all over the place. After I finished my job, I heard my manager ask the "tin man" about what those tins (do) with. I never even thought about this kind of question (care), because I always think that "tin man" would take those tins to the recycling center.

    Both of were shocked to hear—"I will give these tins to my neighbor. He has epilepsy (癫痫) and can't work. I know this does not help much, but he needs (society) help." The "tin man" went on. We both felt moved.

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    The city of Ningbo is creating a civilized city and Yinzhou District is also trying hard to make a contribution to it. As we all know, Yinzhou District has changed a lot since five years ago.

    To keep us safe, civilized traffic is necessary! Let's take action!