浙江省初中英语九年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（6）

    Welcome to Grand Canyon National Park! The Grand Canyon is famous as a wonder of the natural world, and it really is. Here are some tips for1the Grand Canyon.

    2on the paths. Don't stand on the edge of the cliff(悬崖) for a better3. We saw people4this! Don't run around in dangerous areas.

    Bring enough5. The Grand Canyon has a very dry climate, especially in summer. You will drink6than you can possibly imagine.

    Wear the right shoes.7you're going to walk any distance on the Rim Trail, you'd better wear closed 一 toe (不露脚趾的) shoes.

    ●Weather. During July and August, storms can8.

    The South Rim is open all year round, and in winter and early spring, bring more clothes to stay9.

    ●Don't feed the animals. Some animals here are really lovely and they are not10humans (人类), but don't feed them. Some animals can bite if you get too close. Human food is bad for many of the animals.11may die! So let the animals feed12

    Four years ago when I was a boy of 11, I got into the biggest trouble as a kid. It was a Saturday morning. Both my parents were out, leaving me and my 10 一 month 一 old sister home alone, Anyway, my sister was still asleep in her room. In fact I had the house to myself. I decided to do some drawing. Soon I gave up. Nothing was on TV, so I felt bored and touched the candles on the shelf ... I had an idea! What would happen if I set fire to some kitchen paper? Well, of course it went on fire, but it wasn't the tiny flame I'd expected, and I couldn't blow it out. I threw it on the floor, and then I got my dad's boots (靴子) and stamped it out.

    But there was a huge hole left on the floor. When my mum came home later, she smelt the smoke immediately. She dropped the shopping bag, luckily for me, over the hole. I thought this meant she would never see it. However, after running round the house checking for a fire, she of course picked up the bag and saw the hole. Next I was grounded (关禁闭) for months. Even worse though, the hole was still there, reminding me of what I did.

    There are many different kinds of festivals around the world. Here are four of them.

    Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland

    Ireland is an island country. It's in the west of Europe, There are wide green fields.

    Saint Patrick's Day is on 17th March. It's an important holiday in Ireland. This holiday is to remember Saint Patrick. He did good things for the people of Ireland.

    During the holiday, there are parades and lots of green. You can see people in green clothes, and you can even see green buildings.

    Red Wednesday in Iran

    Red Wednesday is a fire jumping festival in Iran. It is on the eve(前夜) of the last Wednesday of the year. People jump over the fire. They hope that it will take all the bad things away.

    Quebec Winter Carnival in Canada

    When winter comes, it's party time in Quebec City, Canada. The Quebec Winter Carnival is all about outdoor fun. It starts from the end of January and ends in mid February.

    One of the most popular activities is the dog sledding race(狗拉雪橇比赛). It has more than 30 teams and the race goes on for 6 kilometres. You can see happiness on every face.

    The Desert(沙漠) Festival in Tunisia

    Tunisia is a very important country in North Africa. Every year on the last Sunday of December, the Desert Festival is held in Tunisia. As "Ships of the Desert", camels are very important in the festival. There is camel racing and camel wrestling(摔跤).

    In the past, when people had problems, they usually went to their families or friends to get advice. Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows, TV programmes and telephone hot lines. A hot line is a telephone line. It offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers. Most hot lines are completely anonymous. That is to say, callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are free. Callers do not have to pay for the advice or the phone calls. At some hot lines, the advisers are volunteers. Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work. Usually the advisers are full-time-job people with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems.

    Here are some programs that kids would like to watch on BBC Kids Channel.

    Visiting a museum can be a great learning experience. Kids may be more excited about the v .

    Talk about what they will see in the museum, especially if it's the first visit. This conversation may include some basic information a museums.

    Find out what excites them. If the kids are i in space and your local museum has exhibits on this subject, you're ready to go! I not, just choose a place that sounds interesting such as a museum in a nearby city.  O look for a museum online.

    Relate (把……与……联系起来) what's being learned in 67. s to a museum visit. The kids can use the visit to do research or to f out more about a subject they're studying.

    Review personal safety and behaviour r .

    Make a safety plan with the kids in case (以防) you get separated (分开的). T the kids that museums have rules of acceptable and unacceptable

behaviour. For example, art and history museums u have a no-touching rule, but children's museums are often hands-on.

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一 She is really a nice teacher.

    David has always wanted to study Chinese kung fu. He heard  that there was a Chinese kung fu school on the mountain. So one day, he went and found the school. When David met the headmaster， he told the headmaster he wanted to study Chinese kung fu there. The headmaster nodded and agreed.

    But the school has a strange rule. All the students need to be silent. They can only speak two words every three years. That means students have a long time to think about what they really want to say. They must use their two words wisely.

    Three years went by and it was David's first chance to speak. There were lots of things he wanted to say. He thought for a second before saying, "Food bad." But after that, the food in the school did not change at all,

    Another three years passed and David got another chance to speak. He said,"Bed hard." But still, he didn't get a new bed. David felt very disappointed. So after another three years, he went to see the headmaster and said, "I quit (退学)."

    "I'm not surprised," the headmaster replied. "You only ever (总是) complain.

请以"The person encouraging me"为题，写一篇80词左右的短文。

要求：1）任选—项品质特征，并用具体事例加以阐述。

2）文中不能出现真实的姓名，校名和地名。

The person encouraging me