天津市东丽区2017届九年级上学期英语期末考试试题

— Yes, he did.

— She is _________ honest girl.

— Oh, ________ at that time.

— No, I bought it in France. But it __________ in China.

— No, I can't. Would you please speak _________?

— About twenty minutes' ride.

— Why not read the ________ first before using it?

—        . I've got everything ready.

— _________

    Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He 1up with a few naughty boys who later 2 in his stories. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his 3"Life on the Mississippi （密西西比）".

    During the Civil War（内战） he 4 as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period 5 him famous and popular. He made a lot of 6 by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on high living and 7 business.

    Mark Twain was 8 as "a funny man". But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened to him in his life. All his 9 helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of society. He 10 as an old man of 75 in 1910.

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    Canberra is the capital of Australia. It is a modern and lively city with a population of over 345, 000.

History

    Canberra is the eighth largest city in Australia. It is 238 kilometres from Sydney and 507 kilometres from Melbourne. Melbourne was once the capital of Australia. Sydney people also wished to make their city the capital. It was difficult for the government to make the decision. Then in 1911, the government chose a place to build the new capital. It was between Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest cities in Australia. It took more than 14 years to build the city. In 1927, the city was set up. It became the capital and was named Canberra. "Canberra" means "a place for friends to get together".

Culture

    Canberra is a beautiful city with trees and flowers everywhere. There's the Flower Festival in September each year. People can enjoy all kinds of beautiful flowers and welcome the spring to arrive. A manmade lake—Lake Bertey Griffin is in the center of the city. It's about 25 kilometres long. People like to ride bikes, walk or run around the lake. In Canberra, there're many famous universities like the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. The National Library and the National Museum of Australia are also famous places that people like to visit.

    Noise pollution is doing much harm to our health now. Noise, in fact, is unwanted sound and is a kind of invisible (无形的) killer. More and more students enjoy listening to music very much. When they listen to MP3 players, they like to turn up the volume (音量). Some people love listening to loud music. Furthermore, while watching TV, they keep the volume up. But they haven't realized that the noise is weakening their hearing. In fact, the noise not only influences each member in the family, but also makes a difference to the comfort of neighbors.

Noise pollution is a source of increasing misery (痛苦) to people in our society. If people are often disturbed by it, they may feel uncomfortable or upset. What's worse, the noise can make people mad sometimes. If a worker works in a printing factory for too long, his/her hearing loss is much faster than a common person working in a quieter environment. So everybody must pay more attention to noise pollution. Generally speaking, the following four types of noise should be watched out for:

    ◆Noise in the street

    ◆Construction site (建筑工地) noise

    ◆Noise at work

    ◆Transportation noise

    I think the local department (部门) should take measures to control the noise levels, but it's everybody's duty to keep a quiet environment.

Tim: Wei Hua, I plan to see a nice place at the weekend.

Wei Hua: A nice place? Well,  It was opened just a few months ago.

Tim: Sounds good.

Wei Hua: There are rooms on space, nature, physics and...

Tim:

Wei Hua: Yes, in some rooms, you can try out ideas.

Tim: Wow!  I can't wait to see.

Wei Hua: Yeah. Many children have been there and they love it.

Tim:

Wei Hua: It's not far from here. The No. 6 bus will take you there.

A. Can we touch the things on show?

B. It must be fun.

C. How long will it take to get there by bus?

D. How about the new Science Museum?

E. How can I get there?

F. What's in the Nature Room?

G. What can we see there?

    In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution. They join environment clubs (环境俱乐部). In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.

    Here are some things students often do.

    No garbage (垃圾) lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch？Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school.

    No car day. On a no car day, nobody comes to school in a car-not only the students but also the teachers！Cars give pollution to our air, so remember:

    Walk, jump, bike or run.

    Use your legs! It's lots of fun.

    Turn off the taps! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty cubic (立方的) meters of water an hour？In a year, that would fill a small river！In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.

    We should love our environment. Let's work together to make it better.

    Every day Miss Wang was busy and bored with her new job in a company. But the young girl was lucky to get a housework robot from her parents.

    Miss Wang's life became much e than before with the help of the robot. When she got up in the morning, breakfast was m already. The robot also ironed（熨烫）Miss Wang's dresses to make them smooth, and prepared a lunch box f her every day. As a r, Miss Wang no l needed to get up early to do the housework and she could s in bed for an extra hour.

  While Miss Wang was at work, the robot would clean her flat. It would do the laundry, wash the dishes, sweep the f and make the bed. The robot also went shopping at the supermarket.

  When Miss Wang returned home from work, her flat would be as clean as a new one. A delicious d would be ready for her on the table. After that, Miss Wang could r for an hour or two watching her favorite TV programmes, leaving the robot to wash the dishes. Miss Wang was very h with her robot.

学生参加体育运动的兴趣不同, 理由各异。

多数学生学习疲倦时, 通过运动来放松自己。

男孩们参加各项体育活动, 希望运动能使自己更强壮。

女孩们也喜欢运动, 希望运动能帮助自己减肥和保持苗条。

你对运动的观点。

注意： * 文中不能出现自己的姓名和学校名称。

* 短文开头已给出, 不计入总词数。字数: 80词左右, 不可逐字翻译。

* 参考词语: lose weight, keep slim （保持苗条）   

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