上海市普陀区2020届九年级下学期英语质量调研（二模）试卷

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—She's getting better than last week.

    What do you hear when you go into a store or a supermarket? Soft music is playing in the background. It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not  the same. That is because this music was designed to relax you or give you extra . Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.

    Quiet background music used to be called "elevator (电梯) music" because it was  played in elevators. But now we hear it in more and more public places such as a railway station or a . And now it has a new name "Muzak". About one-third of the people in America listen to "Muzak" every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time.

    Most parents think their children are different from others. They want others to  their children. For this reason, these parents sometimes give their children unusual names. They may choose ones like Ukiah or Elvira. There are some advantages. A child who is given an uncommon name may feel different from others. We sometimes remember other people with unusual names better than ones with  names.

    However, unusual names can cause problems. These names can be hard for teachers to . And computers may change them in an automatic way. For example, Jule may be July. Besides, some kids don't like other ones with uncommon names. Other people may not have a good impression on a  name before they even meet the person. The message for parents is--to think carefully before you give your child a name.

Mary an egg and two pieces of bread for breakfast?

will Simon and his assistant leave for Canada?

Dan has brought the printer home to continue his work.

! The truck is coming this way!

The manager asked Kevin he late for the meeting.

Every year, many doctors to give lectures on keeping fit and healthy.

    Daisy is a teenager and she set up her own company in 2015. At that time, she was only 14. Her company could earn 1.3 million dollars a year with the invention of a kind of super sweet. It could save kids' teeth instead of destroying them.

    It all began when Daisy went to a bank with her dad in 2012. At that time, a clerk in the bank gave her some sweets. However, her dad warned her that the sweets were bad for her teeth. But Daisy didn't want to miss the sweets. She said, "Why can't I make some healthy sweets? They are good for my teeth so that my parents can't say no to them." With that in mind, Daisy asked her dad if she could start her own company. With her dad's permission (允许), she spent the following three years realizing her dream.

    Though her dad helped, it was believed that Daisy's success came from her hard work. She talked to dentists about what a healthier sweet would contain and learned more about teeth cleaning. She spent many hours a day researching online and making experiments to get a recipe (配方) that was tasty and did no harm to the teeth. Therefore, she succeeded in making a kind of sweet only using natural materials and it can reduce bacteria (细菌) in kid's mouths. Daisy and her father had a business meeting with a supermarket owner. He finally agreed to sell the sweets.

    As the sweet's success grew, Daisy became famous. She kept her interest in the sweet she created. She was also positive about what the future might bring. She hoped that every kid could have a clean mouth and a sweet smile.

    With her parents' help, Daisy was generally able to live a normal teenage life. Although she started her business early in life, she didn't just want to make money. Daisy wanted to do what she could to help others find their smiles. She was generous enough to donate nearly half of the money she earned every year to an organization called Big Smiles.

    With her wisdom and effort, it seems that anything could be possible.

    As you are growing and changing, you have more responsibilities and also more freedom to spend time with other people. While you may feel 1 to make your own decisions about where and when to go, your parents will put limits on you. So you may find you are 2 your parents more often than you used to. The reason why your parents do this is that they care about you and want to protect you from danger.

    Here are some tips for you on how to keep away from and handle arguments with your parents.

    3 the rules ahead of time and not at the last minute. This way you will be able to tell whether they will say yes or no before you make plans. Your parents can also explain to you why each rule is in place. Ask them to let you explain how the rules make you feel and suggest what you think are 4 rules. Your parents may be willing to listen to your ideas and use them when making rules that you both agree on.

    Try to keep calm when your parents say no to something. You will show your parents that you are responsible and mature by talking instead of 5.

    Spend time with your family. Some teens argue with their parents over the amount of time they spend with others. Communicate with each other and make some interesting family time so that you can all enjoy the time you spend at home. Suggest some 6 that your whole family will enjoy together. For example, you can go on a hike on a sunny day or go for a bike ride at weekends with them. Going to the beach on summer holiday will also be a very good choice.

    Roy is a middle-aged man who lives happily with his family in a big house. He is a successful craftsman now. But his life is not a so great. He had a learning disability from an early age. He went to a school for children like him and he got plenty of extra help in this school. He still suffered (受苦) the rest of his school days in public schools.

    His life improved so much when he discovered art. The art world gave him a chance to express himself w words. He went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay. Then he learned an important lesson: Though he was disabled in language, he could still be s and successfully express himself with clay.

    He got his n lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but he was scared from the start. He soon found it wasn't a talent thing; it was just p. So he did it more. After about five years of climbing, he found himself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. He learned that if a person fell in love with something and did it all the time, he would get better at it. And his confidence came along with it.

    Later he found his e really helpful when learning how to read and write. Every day he spent many hours reading and writing, which he used to a as much as possible. After two hard years, he could read and write as well as others.

    He has gone through the long process with art, rock climbing, reading and writing. Now he has got to a point in his life where he knows he is also able to dive into an area that is totally hard, unknown, but interesting.

    Old John has worked as a school keeper in Hill Ford School. After walking into the school building every day, he cleans rubbish bins and bathrooms.

    Last Friday, after he arrived at the school, instead of finding rubbish to clean up, he found almost 500 students lining in the hallway (大厅) with handmade cards and singing a happy birthday song to him. It was his 80^th birthday. As he walked the long hallway, someone rushed to him and gave him a hug. They handed him so many cards as well and the cards filled several large boxes. Old John was touched by their expression of affection (关爱). He thanked them all. "It's the sixteenth year in this school. They're like my children." Old John said.

    On a regular day, students sometimes come up to find him and say they're not feeling well or other times to tell him about something that happened at break time. He knows most of the students at the school, but can't name each one. Some of them make him know them. Like Faith, who often leaves her school bag in the canteen, and Lucy, who just wants a hug.

    Carrie, a reading teacher said," He won't brag (夸耀) on himself, but it doesn't matter what he's doing or where he is, he will stop what he's doing at any time to give all his attention and take care of a child if that child is having a bad day. "

    He works circles around all the students, cleaning up the mess others don't want to touch. He doesn't expect a lot. Old John said he hadn't planned to do much for his birthday, so he was touched as the students had prepared the surprise celebration.

    Over the weekend, he worked through the handmade cards at his house. One card from a student stood out to him. It read "Old John, you are the most loved one in our school..."

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