福建省泉州市仁爱版2019-2020学年九年级下学期英语开学测试试卷

— I will. Thank you.

— No. We won't set off ________our head teacher agrees.

—________. He's from India, so I guess it is Hindi.

— Sorry! My car________.

— Thanks, but I have a bad cold.

— So it's our duty to protect it.

—In the supermarket.

Ourwords may influence people for years, and even for a lifetime. They providethem1courage to go on or one more reason togive up.

Myfamily moved to2 city when I was fourteen. Junior high wasalways a3time for me, and the move made my ninth﹣grade year even harder.

Iremember walking into the dining hall for the first time. The other4hadgood friends with them, but I didn't know anyone. I felt5 and went to the nearest seat after gettingsome food. The kids beside me looked at me up and down and then laughed. Icould feel my face turning red at that moment. Then one of the kids broke the6.

"Man!You have one big nose."

Ifelt hurt and didn't know7 tosay. I wanted to cry, but I managed a little smile ﹣ as if it didn't hurt me at all. But it did.

Fromthen on, I would often look at8in the mirror. It seemed that I was justliving for my nose. Thankfully, I grew out of this influence finally. But itreally9 me twenty years.

Ialso remember going through a terrible business failure. I called my dad forhelp and what he said gave me courage and confidence to go on with my10.

Encouragingwords can really help people a lot. So encourage others more and try to helpthem out when they are in need.

Guangming Middle School plans to develop some optional(选修) courses next term. So the school is asking for suggestions from students to decide which three of the events to be developed as their optional courses. All students show great interest in sports. Their opinions are collected. Here is the graph(图表) of the results.

Monty Roberts was the son of a horse trainer who would go from farm to farm training horses. Once when he was a senior school student, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper talking about his goal of someday owning a horse ranch(养马场). He wrote about his dream and he even drew a plan for a large ranch.

The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class."

The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, "Why did I receive an F?" The teacher said, "I can't give you a good grade. There's no way you could ever realize your dream! You have no money! You come from a poor family! Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money!"

The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, "Now, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you."

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. Hestated, "You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream."

Twenty years later, that same school teacher brought 30 kids to camp out on Monty's ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, "Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams. Luckily you had enough courage not to give up yours."

Chinacovers large areas and has a great population. Different living habits havealways been an interesting topic in the country. Recently, another differencebetween southern Chinese and northern Chinese became a hot one: The way peopleshop at markets.

Peoplefrom southern China say that they always buy what they need for just one or twomeals. It is normal for them to buy half of a Chinese cabbage, two potatoes and0.25 kilograms of beef at a time.

However,one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetablesand meat enough for a week is usual.

Also,you can buy a small amount(数量) offruit, such as a single apple or pear, each time in the south. Shopkeepers evenhelp you peel( 去 皮 ) and cut them. But shopkeepers inthe north hardly offer such service. And many fruits are sold in baskets andboxes.The difference could bedue to the different weather.

Foodcan be kept for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there.Many northern Chinese have the habit of keeping food, especially for the longwinter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buyjust enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.

Some of Paul's schoolmates learn two languages—English and French. So does Paul. As an Englishman, Paul can also speak German and Spanish. So, do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren't.

The survey done by the European Commission (欧盟委员会) showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more. From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.

And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language. Many European people can have a conversation in English. That's why British people don't think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.

In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means at school learning a foreign language is only anoption. In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don't students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it is more difficult to get good results in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.

To solve this problem, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.

Changing the British attitude(态度) to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to have a try!

Success is very important. But it does not come to our doors so often, so easily. It takes time! It takes efforts! Are you thirsty for success?

First: start young! That's what pop star Shakira did. She first performed in public aged four and for nine years, she wrote songs and sang for her friends. For the last 15 years, she has been one of the most successful pop singers in the world.

You can try to be confident(自信的).When Steven Spielberg didn't get into film school, he pretended(假装) that he had a job at Universal Studios. And he worked there for three months. For nearly 40 years, Spielberg has directed many famous Hollywood films.

It isn't just confidence. Our third tip is: work very hard. The "10, 000-hour rule of success" says you need to practice for 10,000 hours. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a good example; for about five years, when he was a teenager, he spent 10,000 hours working on a computer. His hard work gave him a big advantage over other people.

At the age of five, Novak Djokovic decided he wanted to be the best tennis player in the world. Djokovic modeled himself on his hero, champion(冠军) Pete Sampras—he tried to be better than Sampras and everyone else. In 2011, Djokovic, aged 24, won three major world championships and became the World Number One.

George and his wife had been looking around for a bigger house. The first place they saw was a bit / fɑː / from the office where they worked. The second place was largehad no garden, in which the children could play. Then they visited aand a fourth place. Both were too dear. They / 'nɪəlɪ / lost hope.

Yesterday they found a (little) expensive house — a four-bedroomed house with a little lawn at the front. It was just what the children(need). But some of the roofs and walls were(break). So, George had to have much money to repair the house.

Today George/ keɪm / to visit Mr. Jackson and asked him to lend him money. Mr. Jackson wasn't sure  his son would ever be able to return the money. He thought for a while, and then he said, “You grew upa garden. I don't think it's a must for the children  to play in a garden.”

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Dear Peter,

It was a really nice surprise to get your email. I think it's a great idea to keep writing to each other. You told me that you like country music. …

If you come to China, you can learn more about Chinese manners. Look forward to receiving your letter.

Yours,

Li Ling