浙江省外研版初中英语九年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（11）

    A 14-year old boy from the US was described as a hero after he saved the life of a girl in another country.

    Dean Bluey from Dallas, Texas, was a school boy who has much1in computer. One day, he2an email to a friend on the Internet. Suddenly he received a message saying" Help! Pain! Help!". The message was from Finland,3kilometres away from America.

    "I didn't know4I should do," Dean said to a reporter afterwards. "It was really difficult to tell if the message was real. "So Dean did nothing at first.5the messages kept coming.

    "By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble," Dean explained. He6and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was7 ， there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch8the police immediately. And they realised that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library.9, she was still alive and was sent to hospital quickly.

    "I'm glad she's OK," Dean said. "It's hard to believe, but10saved her life.

    The mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying phones during school hours.

    The use of mobile phones among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students want them. Mary Bluett, an official, said the use of mobile phones is a distraction to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers said that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

    She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with their children.

    Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at the school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction to students.

    Many people say they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

    Abdul Sadiq, an Afghanistan's only professional cyclist, began by training his daughter. And when she competed successfully abroad, he set up the team. It is the world's most unlikely sporting team, because the sport breaks taboos in a country where in many traditional communities, women are not allowed out of the house.

    The head coach faces frequent threats and the girls' families do not always approve "If it's not their fathers trying to stop them, it's a brother or uncle."

    Two members of the team, Massouma, 18, and Zarab, 17, are sisters. Their father and their brothers approve, but they know that their uncles complain to their father. "They will never come in front of us to say ‘Why are you cycling?', but they say bad words to our father," she said. His team have, however, competed and won regionally against Bangladesh and Pakistan.

    "We want to go cycling because we want to be heroes one day," said 16-year-old Jella, one of the latest riders. In one of the mildest and driest winters for many years, training has gone on without stopping. And next spring, the girls will go up into the mountains. "We say that women should not sit at home, they need to come out and do sports," said Abdul Sadiq, And 18- year-old Zainab said she wished that she could just go cycling alone on the street one day. "It's my ambition, and I hope that one day girls will be allowed to go cycling on the streets, not having a coach, or anyone with them, and they will not have problems," she said.

    Wonderful Museum

    Hours

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    Friday: 10：00 am—8：00 pm

    Saturday: 10：00 am—5：00 pm

    Sunday: 11：00 am—5：00 pm

    Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

    The Museum Shop is open during regular museum hours.

    The Museum Library

    Monday—Friday: 10：00 am—5：00 pm

    The Skyliner Restaurant

    Monday—Saturday: during regular museum hours

    Sunday: 11：30 am—5：00 pm

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    Adults: $7.0

    The aged and students with ID card: $6.00

    Wonderful Museum offers a 50% discount to groups of 20 or more.

    Have you ever been cycling(骑自行车运动)? This spring my elder brother and I (spend) a long weekend cycling in the countryside. We rode (slow) along because we hadn't come to break any speed records or do sports. We just wanted (get) some fresh air and a break from schoolwork. We really had a great time (ride) along country roads. And there was one of the best things about our trip that made us happy:

    Every few (kilometre) there was a village where we could find everything we needed.

    All the local people were really friendly. However, second day, something happened. We were going down the hill when my brakes(刹车) started making noise, but I didn't mind at all At midnight we were woken up by the noise in the hotel. We were tired we set off the next morning, but soon felt cheerful when the sun came out.

    What we enjoyed (much) about cycling is—it's simple and fun. I think nothing is (good) than cycling if you're looking for a break that is active and cheap.

    Why not have a try?

    The map below helps you become familiar with the library's resources:

    Fiction and nonfiction titles for all subjects

    Current newspapers and magazines

    Computers accessible with your student ID number

    Helpful library staff

    Welcome, new students, to Maple Knoll High School Library! Here is an introduction of our school library. The on the left of the map helps you best understand it.

    The computer lab is just on the of the main entrance. You can enter computers by putting into the of your student ID card. There are 4 copy machines in the library. The circulation desk on the left of the main entrance is a place to borrow and return books from general stacks. The reading area is in the middle of the library. A water fountain is between the and the cellphone area. They're all on the right.

    If you want to ask for more help, you can go to the librarian's office.

当你父母不在家时，你会做什么或者不会做什么？请根据表格内容写一篇短文。

    There are many things to do around the house when my parents are away.