浙江省金华市婺城区2021届九年级上学期英语期中试卷（含听力音频）

It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight(轻微的)1.

I worked in a busy doctor's office. This was one of those days when the office was often2people who had a cold, which made me3busier than before. It seemed I was going to be late4home and my husband would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe5I hurried, I could still make it home.

I was heading inside to pay for my gas when I noticed an old couple at the counter. I heard them asking the6to the local hospital. It was exactly the same hospital that I had just left a few7ago. The young man at the counter was trying to be8in explaining how to get there, but the fact was that it was a whole wrong route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the9?"

A look of10crossed the woman's face. She stared at me, seeming to be in relief(如释重负)but still trying to figure out why I, a stranger, offered them help at such a late time.

"I'm going right there," I explained, which wasn't a(an)11because T had just made up my12to do that.

I got in my car and began to drive13. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right14me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to15. I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.

When most people think of "beautiful", they think of movie stars. I used to be one of them. But now my view of beauty has completely changed.

I was with my parents and little brothers at the McDonald's. Since there are only tables with four chairs, I'm always the one to sit at a nearby table by myself. Usually, I'm a little unhappy, but not this time.

A woman was sitting at a table, two tables away. She was young and pretty, not the traditional beauty, but a warm one. She had thick dark-brown hair and wore common clothes, but none of those was why she was so beautiful to me.

Her children spread the ice-cream all over their clothes, and she just kissed them and that's all. She didn't get angry. The love and warmth this woman generated(产生)completely changed my view of beauty. She generated warmth like the sun, and her children were little planets around her.

She made a difference to her children's lives. Instead of making them feel bad about themselves, she made them feel great about everything. That is true beauty: to make a positive difference to another's live through warmth and caring.

In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture. Drawn to the ancient language, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.

In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese characters online. Then, in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology(汉字源)website." My website did not get much attention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention. I got a few thousand emails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me 'Uncle Hanzi ',"Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96,000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website. "When I study each character, I wonder what the ancient Chinese thought," said Sears.

After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture, He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good English "However, you can hear English in many places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious and not known by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine and so on, "Sears added.

At present, the 70-year-old American has made his home in China. "When I die, I hope my website will live on, and I'm planning to write a book about my research. This will be my gift to China," he said.

Now, it seems that artificial intelligence(人工智能) is becoming more and more popular in our life, and it has brought great effects on the ways we live, work and play.

Recently, a scientist has invented a special robot that can be a table tennis coach. That means people can learn how to play table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot.

Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special. It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball. In this way, it can exactly judge the players' skill levels(水平). Then it uses the information to change the ways to play. If the players are just beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way. But if the players are better ones, the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way. What's more, while playing, it encourages players to try their best with words like: "Good job." "Come on!" and so on. At the same time, it gives some good advice to improve their skills. So, it is both a good partner and a clever coach.

Science and technology is developing quickly these days and no one knows what will happen in the future. "In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one!" Takurya, the inventor of the robot, said.

As the saying goes, "A hero is known in the time of misfortune". Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor who has made a great (影响) in China.

In 2003,SARS broke out and spread (横穿)China and other parts of the world. Hundreds of patients died from the disease. Even many doctors and (护士) got SARS when they treated patients, so everyone was afraid of it. But Zhong was (勇敢的) enough to fight the disease. Zhong spent days and nights to find the cause of the disease. And with his way of treating，many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's (信任). Most people in China knew him. After that, he (成为)a hero in China.

In the early 2020, a disease called coVID-19 (袭击)Wuhan. It spread (快速地), and around tens of thousands of Chinese people were infected. Zhong (领导) his team to Wuhan to fight illness. Zhong's team took many measures to cure the patients. Now he is one of the most (著名的) doctors around the world. He is a true hero in our hearts.

The greatest problem for teenagers is that they are too stressed. Gina， fifteen-year-old girl. (worry) about her exams very often. she has studied English for six years and is good at it, she is still afraid of English exams. Last night, after (come) back home, she began to prepare for the English exam. While she (read) English books, her mother said to her, "Come on, dear! It's time (have) supper!" But Gina heard nothing. (she) mother went on and said, "Gina, I believe that you will pass the test tomorrow." This time Gina answered, "Oh, Mum, I am memorizing words now. I'll have it later." But at 11:30 pm the light in Gina's bedroom was still . Her mother said to her, "I don't think it's good teenagers to stay up late before exams." Gina agreed, but she couldn't fall (sleep). She was too nervous. Maybe teenagers like her are in need of help.

No matter where you are, humans are always checking time. Some of us are good at it—planning and doing things way ahead of time(提前), while others are always in a hurry. And that's only if you're on time. What if you are late?

So, how late is late? Many cultures take timekeeping very seriously, while others seem to accept lateness as just a common way of things. In different countries, people's opinions are different. In Latin America, things may happen five minutes, twenty minutes，an hour or even two after they were planned. In Sri Lanka, lateness is a part of the daily habit. In Rwanda, this is a place where it is not unusual to arrive at 11 a.m. for a meeting which started at nine.

On the other hand, German and Japanese people have a stricter view about time. In Japan, it is common to arrive ahead of time to attend a meeting. Those who arrived at nine to a meeting starting at nine a.m. would be late in other people's view. In Germany, however, if a dinner party were to begin at eight, a person who arrived five minutes earlier may walk around the block to make sure that they get there at eight on time, without being too early or late.

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