浙江省外研版初中英语九年级上学期期末模拟试卷（2）

    March 22nd is World Water Day. It started in 1993. It not only makes us think about the importance of water, but also calls on us to1and protect water. Today, we're facing terrible water problems. Among them, Wastewater problem is especially2. And the subject of World Water Day in 2017 is "wastewater".

    What is wastewater? It is used water. Usually, wastewater comes from homes,3, hospitals and so on. It is produced by different kinds of activities, including washing the machines, taking showers and. using the kitchen. The rain also4wastewater when it is running down the street during a storm. No matter where it comes from, this kind of water is sure to have5harmful in it,

    6must we treat (处理) wastewater? Wastewater has a big influence on our life. It causes both illness for us, and pollution for the environment. We must care for our environment and our own7.

    How can we treat wastewater? Different kinds of wastewater need different ways of treatment. Wastewater8homes can be reused. Then there will be9wastewater. Also, factory wastewater has to be cleaned10it goes back to nature.

    Parents can be very important teachers in our lives. However, they are not always the best teachers. Parents may be too close to their children emotionally (感情上). Sometimes they can only see their children through the eyes of a protector. For example, a teacher might see a trip to a big city as a valuable experience. However, it might seem too dangerous to a parent.

    Another problem is that parents may expect their children's interests to be similar to their own. If they love science, they may try to force (强迫) their children to love science. But what if (要.....怎样) their children's true love is art, writing or repairing?

    Parents usually want to pass on their values to their children, But should children always believe what their parents do? When children are young, they believe that their parents are always right. But when they get older, they will have different ways of thinking.

    The most important thing to realise is that we all have many teachers in our lives. Our parents teach us, our teachers teach us, and our friends teach us. Books, newspapers and televisions also teach us, All of them are valuable.

    How do you deal with plastic bags from the supermarket? Throw them away or recycle them? How about eating them?

    The bags are not harmful to the environment, Humans and animals can safely eat them. Indian company EnviGreen has made a bag with natural materials. It looks and feels just like plastic, but can break down(分解) easily.

    Ashwath Hedge who set up the EnviGreen Company spent four years doing experiments(实验) with 12 natural materials. They include potato, corn, vegetable oil and banana. He made the materials into liquid(液体) and used the liquid to make the bag.

    Although the EnviGreen bag is more expensive than a common plastic bag, it has many advantages. According to the Wall Street Journal, it takes 1,000 years for common plastic bags to break down. But an EnviGreen bag can naturally break down in less than 180 days. It also breaks down in less than a day in water, and in less than a minute in boiling water. Hedge was happy to show it in his interview, he put an EnviGreen bag in water and ate it with a smile.

    There are more than 15,000 tons of plastic waste in India every day. But only 9, 000 tons are processed. In China, 3 billion plastic bags are used every day. Maybe the EnviGreen bag could be a solution(解决方法) to the world problem of plastic pollution.

Wonderful Events

    Want to enjoy some extreme sports(极限运动)? Here are a small number of the extreme sport clubs across universities in the UK.

    Life is full of surprises. Xie Yi, a Chinese chemist, knows this well.

    On March 18, Xie received the L'Oreal 一 UNESCO for Women in Science Awards for her achievement in chemistry, It is known as the female (女性的) "Nobel Prize" in science.

    Xie is a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China. She has discovered new nanomaterials (纳米材料) that can efficiently turn heat into electricity.

    But unlike many other scientists, Xie's favourite wasn't chemistry when she was young, Anhui Daily reported.

    Born in Anhui Province. Xie was about physics in high school. She always moved to the front row in the classroom to get listening.

    But she didn't do well in physics in the college entrance examination (高考) and was admitted as a chemistry major at Xiamen University.

    She told Anhui Daily that she didn't fell upset. "I did what I had to do and I think it's better to let nature take its course (顺其自然)." she said. She kept hard. She went to the lab early and let late. She went through many failures, but her positive attitude has carried her far in the chemistry world.

    Taiwan Island, the biggest island of China, is between the South and East China Seas. Almost two 一 thirds of the island is covered by mountains.

    Travelling in Taiwan, you can do lots of things. In Taipei, you can taste all kinds of delicious food from the mainland, as well as some local delicacies. Standing at the top of Taipei 101, you can get a view of the whole city. In Taipei, the oldest city on the island, you can visit different temples. Known as the "City of 100 Temples". the city has more than 100 temples.

    Taiwan has nice natural landscapes (景观) as well. Sun Moon Lake is a beautiful lake. On one side of the island it looks like the sun; on the other side it looks like the moon. That is why people call the lake Sun Moon Lake. Ali Mountain is the nearest mountain around Sun Moon Lake. You can enjoy a nice experience with Gaoshan people. It's a wonderful place to see a very beautiful sunrise. If you enjoy swimming. fishing, boating and eating delicious fruit and fresh fish, Peng Lake must be a good place to visit. Taroko Gorge (太鲁阁峡谷) is also a good scenic spot. In this area you can see mountains, valleys, and hot springs (温泉), together with fields of rice, oranges and tea.

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