四川省江油市八校联考2020-2021学年九年级下学期英语开学考试试卷

— Sure. Here you are.

—He asked _____________.

—That's true. It is the ________ of China.

— Not so well. I________much better but I misread the directions for Part

— I won't go unless I _____.

— "Yes. When tea leaves are ready, they are picked by hand and then_____for processing. "

— Well, it all ___________ the weather.

— Of course, it's my favorite basketball team﹣Warriors.

— Thank you. I believe ________ you work, the better grades you will get.

— No. He ________ for Beijing by the time I arrived at his office.

— I ________ to study for my English test last night.

—_________. People should use public transportation more often.

— Yes. she sets us a good example. Hard work always             .

    One day my daughter brought home four tiny branches. None of them looked very1, but I planted them with hope in our backyard. Over the years, three of them2. Only a single evergreen（常青树） was left.

    It didn't grow very3, and never got very tall. Then, I noticed that it was starting to die. Only the top of the tree was still green. Last summer I did my best to4it,but nothing worked.

This morning, I looked at it again, thinking if it would be better to just5the tree. As I walked over to take a6look at it, I noticed something moving. A bird was carefully building a nest at the top of the branches, I7gently and decided that this old tree had some usefulness left in it. It may not be healthy by or pretty, but it was still giving a bird8full of love.

    It makes me think that all of our lives have a purpose and9. Everything is sure to make sense by itself. It doesn't matter if we are young and strong or old and10. Until our last breath we have things to do, love for us to give, and joy for us to share, Until our last moment here we can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.

    Most people have had instant noodles（方便面, a kind of noodles that is different from what we usually cook at home. But have you wondered1 instant noodles are shaped in a special way? More than 10,000 people in China recently discussed this special question on Sina Weibo. They want to know the story behind instant noodles' special curly shape. Experts have answered.

    First of all, people make instant noodles into this shape so that it's easier to transport（运输）2. Most instant noodles are prepared3 placing them in hot water to soften them up.4, they will not be broken while being transported.

    Secondly, this special shape 5 money on production. This shape can fit in smaller cups than 6 noodles, so noodle producers don't have to make bigger cups.

    Thirdly, the noodles taste better in this special shape. There will be more 7 between each noodle when they are in this shape. This allows them to absorb（吸收） more broth（汤汁）  and therefore taste better.

    Finally,8 you use a fork or chopsticks, this shape is easier to pick up and eat.

    The four9 explained above by the experts really make sense. According to Sina Weibo, they have made it 10 to most people why instant noodles have this curly shape. Next time you have a talk with your friends, you may share this secret of the shape.

    When our seventeen﹣year﹣old cat, Tigger died, it was very1 for both us, but particularly for my husband, Scott. Tigger was his baby and he472her terribly. After several months of3 , Scott was ready to have a new kitten.

    We visited a local shelter and Scott picked up a tiny, scrawny骨瘦如柴的grey kitten who4only 2.6 pounds. As he held her, not only did she start purring, she tried climbing onto his shoulder, exactly like Tigger used to do. This tiny angel 5Scott's heart, and Simba came home with us.

    Unfortunately, Simba had just about every disease in the book. Needless to say, Simba got to be a/an 6kitty very quickly.

    We could have counted the money we spent on Simba and complained about it. Instead, we focused on the blessings and 7she brought to our home.

    Next time you open your 8to complain about something, see if you can find one good thing about the situation. 9your thanks for it, even if it's in your head of course, it's better out loud. By changing your focus you will discover that you can 10find something good, even if it is just a tiny, scrawny little thing.

    Back in March, when the COVD.19 virus had just started its deadly influence across the country and people were terrified about a lack of every daily necessity, Jonny Blue focused on one particularly urgent need, Blue, a 33﹣year﹣old doctor saw reports of people buying and storing toilet paper. He came up with a simple yet clever solution.

    One Saturday morning, Blue iece of cardboard, wrote "Share Your Toilet Paper" on it in huge letters, and camped out on the street corner," It just inspired me to remind people that if you have a lot of something, that probably means there are people who don't have very much of it because you took it all, "Blue said, "So sharing it is probably a good thing to keep in mind."

    The response was immediate and positive, with motorists honking horns in support. Drivers stopped to drop off spare rolls of toilet paper, and, just as quickly, Blue handed them out.

    "This guy said he just ran out and was going to a bunch of stores and couldn't find any,"

Blue said as cars went by. "Somebody had given me some, so I gave it to him. He was excited. He was like, 'Do you want me to pay you?' I said, 'No, man. Take it.'"

    A moment later, a driver in a white pickup truck slowed down just enough to take out a roll to add to Blue's collections

    "People are loving it, "Blue said. "They're honking, smiling, laughing. It's kind of a hard time right now. People want a sense of community."

    Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis（蛹）. Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn't struggle（挣扎；奋斗） to leave the chrysalis, it can't fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make them fly.

    When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father's death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

    Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock﹣climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

    Recently, a very simple question became widely spread online: what China should be proud of? A foreign girl living in China gave a very touching answer.

    Lanlan, whose real name is Negar Kordi, is from Canada. She came to China five years ago and is a student at Ningbo University. She loves China and Chinese. The following is China in her eyes.

    "It is the easiest country in which to find a job. If you are not too lazy, it is really very simple to find a job in China. I believe there're more job chances here than in any other country in the world."

    "The foreign language level is surprising. About 400 million Chinese are studying English. If they can speak good English in the future, China will have the greatest number of English speakers of any non﹣English speaking country."

    "The speed of Chinese trains is fast. From Ningbo to Beijing, the train runs 1, 365 kilometers for seven hours and the ticket fare is only 595 yuan. "

    "Its public security is great. This country of 1.4 billion people makes me feel safe. I have travelled in many countries, and I think China really is very safe."

    "There are much more things China should be proud of. Many Chinese people often criticize China. At first, I believed that they didn't like China or that they loved western countries. But later, I realized that they just set a very high standard for China. They believe that China must be much better than other countries. "

    Imagine that you're a happy fly. You're just flying around the sky when you see beautiful pink leaf. That looks like nice place to land to have a rest. As you rest your feet on the leaf, you notice something strange. You want to move. But in 0.6 second, you are caught by the plants! You will be digested（消化） as its food. Welcome to the world of carnivorous plants!

    We call them carnivorous because they attract, catch, and eat insects. Like other plants, they get energy from the sun. But unlike other plants, they get their nutrients（营养素）from the insects they catch. They live in places where the soil is short of nutrients.

    There are over 25,000 kinds of plants. Only 600 or so are carnivorous. The famous one is The Venus flytrap. Its leaves look like big mouths. When an insect flies to it, it will close its leaf like a man closing the mouth.

    Pitcher plants might be the most interesting kind of carnivorous. They are in the shape of a deep bottle and can fool the insects into landing on them by offering sweet nectar（花蜜）.Then they wait for the insects to come. The insects will be caught by a "cover" that would close quickly the minute it goes in. Then the plant can enjoy the meal after digesting the insect.

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