重庆市沙坪坝区第四共同体2020届九年级上学期英语期中联考试卷

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Numbers in different countries may have different meanings. In China, some people think that some numbers bring them1. Take "8" for example, the Chinese pronunciation of the number "8" has almost the2sound as that of the Chinese character "发[fɑː]", which means making a fortune. So, many Chinese people spend a lot of3to get their telephone numbers or car numbers to include this number "8". They believe without4doubt that the number will bring them money.

   5, others don't believe that numbers have anything to do with good luck. They think such an idea is only an ignorant (愚昧的) and superstitious (迷信的) belief. A number is one thing, and good luck is6. They will ask, "7can you ever have any good luck simply because of some lucky numbers, even if you don't work hard, don't have good opportunities and don't get along well with the people around you?"

    As for me, I8with the latter (后者) . Clearly, lucky numbers are only a kind of superstition. Perhaps it holds true for some cases, but often it does not. Numbers can9bring good luck to a person at all and our fortune is in our own hands. So, everyone can have a good fortune only if he tries his best. Let's always remember "Opportunities are only for the10mind" and "No pains, no gains."

    On an online forum (论坛) , some students are having a discussion. They are talking about whether it is better to use bicycles or to drive cars in the city.

    Matthew 2018-11-21 20: 22

    I believe that nowadays, it is better to use a bicycle. First, bicycles are safer. A person can't reach a high speed on a bicycle. Secondly, cars damage the environment. They produce a lot of harmful gases. People are building more and more roads. Wildlife habitats (栖息地) are being destroyed.

    Samuel 2018-11-21 20: 25.

    I don't agree with Matthew. Imagine you have a well-paid job and you choose to ride a bicycle to work. Your nice suit would become dirty and your hair would look messy (凌乱的). You would not be able to meet your customers.

Nowadays, first impressions are everything. ·Just imagine what would happen if you came on a bicycle to sign a million dollar contract (合同) !

    Thomas 2018-11-21 20: 30

    Try to ride a bicycle to work in the middle of February! Good luck getting home!

    Rebecca2018-11-21 20: 30

    Today, we should ride a bicycle because there are many problems with cars. First, driving a car is bad for the environment. ·Secondly, there are a lot of traffic jams. People who drive often have to waste lots of time on these jams. In addition, bicycles are much cheaper than cars!

    Olivia 2018-11-21 20: 32

    I prefer a bicycle. Riding a bicycle to and from school keeps me fit. I am now running a club to help prevent pollution. Get out of your car and get on a bicycle!

    When your pen is broken, the battery in your toy runs out, or you have some leftover food, what do you do with these things? You will probably throw them all into one bin (垃圾箱) . But actually, all kinds of rubbish need to be sorted (分类) separately.

    Garbage sorting is a big issue worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working. hand on it Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a "green account (账户) " service for its residents (居民) . Account holders get points by sorting their rubbish correctly. Through the Alipay app, they ran exchange the points for milk, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of its residents to sort their rubbish into four groups: wet, recyclable (可回收的) , harmful and dry.

    Wet waste is also known as household waste. "They are things you don't want but that pigs can eat," Guangzhou Daily explained.

    Paper, metal (金属) glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste.

    Harmful waste includes things like medicine, batteries and fluorescent bulbs (荧光灯灯泡).

    Finally, any waste that's not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the "dry waste" bin.

    Many other Chinese cities are also using this method to sort their garbage. For example, Shenzhen has been sorting its garbage into the same four groups since 2012. Students there also receive waste-sorting guidebooks that they must study.

    China is improving its waste sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go. But it's never too late to learn how to sort your trash properly and protect the environment.

    If you don't sort your garbage, it will go to a landfill (垃圾填埋场) and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, can pollute the soil and groundwater (地下水) . Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.

    McDull (麦兜) is a well-known cartoon animation image (动画形象) in Hong Kong, China. He is a little pink pig who lives in Hong Kong. He is not bright, but he works hard. His dream is to make his mother proud of him. For more than a decade, McDull's cute animated pig image has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a national sprout (国民萌物) .

    You probably know him. He's McDull. Most children are familiar with him. However, do you know the artist behind this lovely pig?

    Let's meet Alice Mak (麦家琪) .

    Mak is a shy artist in Hong Kong. Ever since she was a kid, she has liked drawing. In college, Mak decided to study illustration.

    At that time, there were few illustrators (插画家) in Hong Kong. Mak, however, was lucky. Her teacher introduced her to lots of world famous illustrators. Mak wrote letters to them to ask about their opinions about her work. The young artist learned a lot from them.

    Over the years, Mak has created lots of interesting characters. Some of them, like McDull, brought great success to her. The artist, however, is not interested in her popularity. She doesn't like giving speeches. She doesn't like talking to strangers either. At most times, she refuses to be interviewed. As a result, some people describe her as an unfriendly person.

    Instead of preparing for interviews, Mak spends most of her time drawing. "To me, drawing is like a language," she says. "If I don't know how to say something to you, I will draw it."

    Mak, the creator of McDull, can also be called "the mother of McDull". This person who has always liked to dream in a simple world doesn't seem to grow up until she becomes a wife and still looks like a lovely girl. She was born for comics, for McDull.

    Clara Daly was sitting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker: "Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?"

    Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. An air hostess came by and explained the situation. "We have a passenger on the plane who's blind and deaf," she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the air hostesses couldn't understand what he needed.

    Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man's palm. So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, "How are you? Are you OK?" Cook asked for some water.

    When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.

    "He didn't need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk," Clara said.

    So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. "Even though he couldn't see her, she looked attentively at his face with such kindness," a passenger reported.

    "Clara was amazing," an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. "You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel."

Cook's reply: "Best trip I've ever had."

A: Are you celebrating tonight, Mark?

B: Yes, I will go out and get dumplings.

C: Uh, what are you celebrating?

A: Chinese New Year!

C: Oh, I see.

A: I think of my family at this time of year.

B: Me, too. My family gets together for Chinese New Year.

A: Mine, too. And my mom always cooks a big dinner!

C: Why?

B: Some foods are lucky for Chinese people. Fish is one of them.

C:

B: That's because "fish" sounds like "余" in Chinese. It means riches.

C: Oh!

A: That's right. And children do get riches.

C: They do?

A: Yes! The envelopes have money in them.

   Whentalking about the Chinese women's Volleyball Team, we will think of one person,Lang Ping. She uses her strong will and professional skill to help the team goto the world stage. For us, she is a hero.

   LangPing was born on December 10^th, 1960 in Tianjin, China. She showedgreat interest in volleyball at a young age. Lang Ping started practicingvolleyball in April 1973 and trained hard. In 1978, she started to play for theChinese national team. She won many world competitions, including the WorldChampionship crown in 1982 and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

   Peoplein China like to call Lang Ping "Tie Lang Tou". She was so strong anddid a very good job in playing volleyball. Nobody could beat her. What's more,no matter what she did, she never gave up.

   Afterretiring from the national team, Lang Ping moved to the US to study. There, shelived a quiet life and gave birth to a baby girl. In 1995, Lang Ping became thehead coach of the Chinese national team. She led the team to win some worldcompetitions. Later, Lang Ping left the national team because of healthproblems.

   LangPing has become the coach of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team since 2013. Itis not easy for her to make the women volleyball players be trained better thanbefore. However, she never gave up. Finally, all her efforts (努力) paid off. On August 21, 2016, the ChineseWomen's Volleyball Team won the goal medal in the Rio Olympics.

   LangPing is a true hero. She always has a strong will to do everything. We canlearn a lot from.

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Lily is often made  English aloud at home.

 wonderful speech the girl gave last Friday!

It is to keep others for a long time.

"We are  very hard, we are all dream chasers." President Xi Jingpin said.

    Chinese today have many things to play with. They can watch television, surfInternet, or play video games. But what do you think childrenfor fun long ago?

    They read books.

    Some of you might ask, "Are booksfun?" Believe it or not, books provide many things that television or computers cannot. Since books use only words toa story, they can improve your imagination. You can picture the characters and background in your head and you can also imaginethe characters feel.

    The words and sentences that are used in storytelling are also very interesting and usually cannot beoften on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and touchingthey can bring tears to your eyes.

Books also help us to think harder and deeper. As we continue to read, we ask questions to ourselves and try to find answers.

    These are some of thewhy books are so fun to read.

    Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.

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My School Life

    I'm Li Hua from Sunny Hill Middle School in China. I'd like to share my school life with you.