江苏省南京市南师江宁分校2018-2019学年九年级下学期英语开学考试试卷

—OK, Mum. I will take good care of him.

—That's great. We four adults have got a few kids.

—      . We can use it to communicate with others easily.

—Certainly. Mom will be crazy if she sees this        , I think.

—That's too bad. Everyone         be a book lover. Reading brings much pleasure.

—Because of the high prices on goods. Business must be honest, you know.

—It'll be unbelievable.

—_______, dear! Take it easy. I am sure if you try your best, you will pass it easily next time.

—Don't worry.         What's your telephone number?

    In the early hours of 7 September 1838, one of the worst storms in history was roaring（咆哮）along the coast of England. The lighthouse keeper 1 at a ship. "It will be gone in a few more minutes," he said sadly. His daughter, Grace Darling, looking from an upstairs window, found the great ship had 2 against the rocks and broken into halves.

    "Can't we save them?" Grace asked when she saw the 3 people on the ship. "Isn't there any way to help them?"

    "No one can take a lifeboat out in that water," her father answered. "The waves（浪）are too large."

    Grace had great 4. She simply did not know how to give up. Filled with pity, she ran to the lifeboat quickly. Her father 5. With tears running down his face, he begged his daughter not to get into the boat, 6 she would not listen. Her father could not let her go alone. He climbed in too. The two of them rowed in a great hurry. Each wave seemed 7 to throw them into the sea at any time.

    Suddenly there was a terrible roar. The storm had 8 the ship in two. People were holding on to each half tightly（紧紧地）. They had to be saved soon.

    Grace and her father rowed faster. Soon they reached the ship and began filling the lifeboat with 9. Then father and daughter brought their lifeboat safely to shore.

    As news of her brave saving action reached the public, the whole country considered her as a national hero. Grace and her father received the Silver Medal 10 from the British government. To this day a small statue stands above the grave（墓）of Grace Darling. People still respect the young woman who refused to give up.

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    In January, 2016, a three-episode TV documentary, Masters in Forbidden City, was broadcast on China Central Television. It soon became popular—the first episode alone has been watched nearly 1 million times so far on the video website bilibili.com.

    Now the documentary has been made into a film, and came out on Dec 16, 2016. It is about how professional antiquity restorers (文物修复者) in the Forbidden City repair ancient paintings, calligraphy, clocks and bronze pieces. It may not sound exciting, but the restorers' patience and their 100 percent focus on even the smallest things is enough to impress people.

    In fact, many of the restorers are young people. It has also made the documentary popular among their peers(同龄人), as it has shown them possibility of a different lifestyle. After Masters in Forbidden City was broadcast, about 20,000 people applied to work in the Forbidden City. Most of them were new college graduates.

    The job has become popular. So have the restorers. But was it difficult to be part of a documentary? "It was only supposed to be difficult for the director, not for us. We simply did our jobs, paying no attention to anyone else around." said Shi Liancang, one of the restorers, when asked during the film's premiere(首映) in Shanghai. To make the documentary, the production team also did five years of pre-research and four months of uninterrupted(连续的) filming in the Forbidden City.

    Indeed, these restorers keep this peaceful state of mind and devote themselves to doing the same thing they deeply love day after day. As the poster for the documentary says, "Choose a career and do it for a lifetime."

    Students aiming to enter Tsinghua University(清华大学) this year had better have the ability to swim or prepare to learn swimming and pass a swim test since the well-known university will not present the certificate(证书) to their students if they cannot swim.

    On Monday March 27^th, Beijing Daily News reported that new students at Tsinghua University will have to take swimming courses. If they fail in the swimming test during their study, they won't receive their degrees if they cannot swim before their graduation(毕业).

    Why does the university relate the swimming ability with degrees? Liu Bo, the head of the Sports Science and Physical Education, said, "As a survival skill, students can keep themselves safe from danger when they are in water. Students can also benefit a lot from swimming, since it is helpful in improving students' physical abilities as a water sport."

    Whether it's summer or not, swimming can keep yourself up, energetic, and active. Regular swimming is a good way to keep people healthy. Swimming also does the job of making your skin soft, younger, and healthier. Playing with water makes people feel young, and it washes away all the negative feelings that you have. People can also get pleasure from swimming.

    Moreover, it also relaxes people's mind in some ways. Now a great deal of people suffer from stress coming from study, work, family, and other aspects of life. According to surveys, 74% of people say that the feeling of stress has greatly reduced, and in fact, some of them did not feel the pressure（压力）when they are in the water.

    One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.

    One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It turned out to be an old woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it, but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year: the field was covered by pure white marigold. Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a new focus.

    The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her right children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学) couldn't complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream.

    Still, the old woman didn't change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and get the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…… Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman's husband died, her children flew far and high, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.

    Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold which was not nearly white, but as white as sliver or snow.

    A problem even experts couldn't deal with was solved by an old woman who didn't understand genetics. Wasn't it a miracle?

    To take root in the heart  even the most common seed can grow into a miracle!

Hiking is a great way to travel. You will get close to nature and take exercise . It is easy to do and doesn't have to be very expensive. You can hike close to home or travel to other places. What you need for hiking is : good shoes, clothes and a backpack. You can hike in the mountains, in a forest or along the river. You can also go for a hike in the city. Hiking is interesting and exciting, but you should not safety. Here are some basic tips for successful hiking:

⒈Don't hike .

⒉Tell someone where you are going.

⒊Bring water and a good map.

⒋Watch out for dangers, such as spiders, snakes or poisonous plants.

⒌Wear a hat to yourself from the sun.

⒍Bring a mobile phone if you have one.

    Women make up 50 percent of world's population and yet they are not treated equally. They hold less than one-fifth of the all parliamentary (议会) seats around the world, occupy less than 19 percent of board (董事会) seats in Fortune 500 companies and earn 17 percent less than men for similar skills and positions. As a group, they are passed over and looked down on.

    On March 8 every year, millions of women around the world celebrate International Women's Day. It is possible that you may not have heard about the International Women's Day in the United States. Yet Women's Day had its origin in the United States.

    Women's Day was first celebrated in February 1909 in the US to mark the one-year anniversary of the New York Garment Worker's Strike of 1908. Women used the chance to fight against warring and fight for women's vote rights.

    Did you know that it was a Women's Day protest in St. Petersburg in 1917, which led to the revolution (革命) for bringing down the Russian empire? After the Russian revolution, Women's Day came to be celebrated as a communist (共产主义的) or socialist (社会主义的) holiday. As a result, the United States government didn't accept it as a holiday.

    Today Women's Day is celebrated in places such as China and Russia as a sort of state-approved Valentine's Day or Mother's Day. The tradition in these countries is to give flowers and gifts to the important women in one's life.

    In 1975, the United Nations officially announced March 8 as International Women's Day. Since then, it has been a practice to suggest an annual theme for each year. The theme for 2016 is "Pledge For Parity." It calls on women and men to challenge the present state and inspire positive change in their communities and workplaces.

    There is a lot that needs to be done. As a society, we need to offer women and girls chances to make their dreams come true, have equal chances for leadership, respect and value differences, and develop a better work environment. This day challenges and reminds that everyone can be a leader in their own small way and can take positive steps to bring about gender equality.

    Our world can truly be balanced when we use the potential that women have to offer. As we prepare children for the future, it is important that girls and women not be left behind.

    For the past five years, 44-year-old Rami Adham has d much of his time to helping children in Syria(叙利亚). He keeps sending toys to them.

    Rami Adham was born in Syria, but he was f to move to Finland with his family in 1989. When Syrian civil war(内战) took place in 2011, he decided to help the children in his hometown. In the beginning, he never planned on sending toys. He thought food, and drinking water were more important. Once his daughter asked him to send her toys to the children in Syria. When Adham gave the toys to those poor children, he saw the j on their faces. From then on, he made toys on the top of his gift l.

    Adham soon became famous as the Father Christmas of Syria. He has travelled from Finland to Syria 28 times. And he won't stop until the war e. Every time he goes to Syria, he carries a heavy bag of toys on his back all his way. It's a trip full of d. He might get hurt or be killed at any time, but he never gives up. "Now children in Syria are facing death and many other possible threats. I think the toys are really v for the children," he said. "No matter what they r, they are always happy to share them with others."

    Adham is having a fund-raising activity at present. He wants to raise 100,000 dollars. If it is successful, he plans to use the money to build schools in Syria. The work of Adham is a light among the d for many children in Syria.