浙江省新目标版初中英语九年级下学期期中模拟试卷（3）

    Have you ever returned a book late to the library before? If so, you may pay a small fine(罚款). How much would you have to pay if the book is returned 65 years late?

    A high school in Washington, US had to deal with such a problem recently. A copy of Gone with the Wind was finally returned to its library 65 years late.

    However, the school said that it would not ask Wayne to pay the fine, though that would be about $ 475.

    The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school in 1951, and disappeared until it was found in Maine, US by Wayne. Wayne found the book in his father s basement (地下室) and then offered to send it back to the school.

    "I feel very sorry about that," Wayne said.

    "We're very pleased to have the book back. Wayne did the right thing," Lori Wyborney, headmaster of the school said.

    "Can I take your order?" Night after night, I had to say this as I worked in my family's restaurant. My father was a fantastic cook. He wanted me, his only son, to cook with him, but I didn't like cooking. Because of the restaurant, my father was always busy. He never had time to play football with me.

    During my high school and college years, I worked with my family at night. But I always avoided the kitchen. I couldn't wait to graduate so that I could move away from the family business. Several days before my graduation day, my father and I started looking at new cars. Finally, we found the right car. I was sure that my father would give it to me as my graduation gift.

    On my graduation day, my father gave me a book as a gift. It was his old cookbook. I was so angry that I gave it back to him and ran out of the house. Several days later I moved away and started my business. Although I often saw my father during holidays, we never talked about the graduation gift. Then one day, I got a call that my father was ill. I went to see him because I was very worried.

    That night, I looked through my father's books and saw the cookbook that he had given me years before. I carefully opened the cookbook and went through it. Then I found something that made me cry. It was a check(支票) for $ 30,000 dated(注有日期) the day of my graduation. And the price of the car my father and I chose all those years ago was $ 30,000.

    There was once a rich man who loved his little boy very much. He wanted to try his best to please him. So, he gave him a horse to ride on, beautiful rooms to live in, pictures, books, toys and everything that money could buy. But for all days, the little boy was still unhappy. He wore a frown(皱眉) wherever he went, and he always wished for something he did not have. The man didn't know how to make his son happy.

    One day, a magician came to the man and said to him, "I can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price for telling him the secret."

    "All right," said the man. "No matter what you ask for, I'll give you." The magician took the boy into a secret room. He wrote something on a piece of paper, and then gave it to the boy. There on the paper came the words, "Do one kind thing for someone every day." The boy followed the advice and became one of the happiest boys.

    Only those who stop thinking about their own happiness can be truly happy.

    Different countries have different customs. When you are in different countries, you should follow their customs.

    In China, it's impolite to talk when eating dinner. And you're not supposed to start eating first if there are older people at the table.

Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip(付小费). It is usual to tip waiters, taxi drivers and porters who help carry your bags. Waiters expect to get a 15% tip on the cost of your meal. Taxi drivers expect about the same amount.

    In England, make sure to stand in line even if there are only two of you. It's important to respect(尊重)lines there. It's a good idea to talk about the weather. It's a favorite subject of conversation with the British.

    In Spain(西班牙), it's a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner. People have dinner very late, and restaurants do not generally open until after 9:00 p. m.

    In Saudi Arabia(沙特阿拉伯), men kiss one another on the cheek. Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. It is polite of you to do the same.

    In Japan, people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time. When a person gives you a card, don't put it into your pocket(口袋)as soon as you get it. The person expects you to read it.

    Don't forget to be careful about your body language to express something in conversations. A kind of body language that is acceptable in one culture may be impolite in another.

    Life is full of regrets. The most regrettable moment of my past years happened in my junior high school. At that time, I failed my English exam.

    On a winter afternoon, I sat on my seat and waited for the English exam. It was the last exam of the semester. After the exam, we would enjoy our winter holidays. I didn't worry about the exam because I was good at English. And I was the so-called top student in my class. I thought it was not necessary to review English. In my opinion, it would be easy.

    Soon the teacher entered the classroom several minutes in advance（提前）. Then she gave out the test papers to us. At first, I thought it was easy. However, when I finished half the paper, I felt it was increasingly difficult. I had ever learned some words but I just could not remember them.

    What's worse, I was influenced by these difficulties and my brain was in a mess. I knew that I would fail the exam. I regretted not preparing well for it. And I regretted being too proud of myself.

    Two hours passed quickly, and we all had to hand in our test papers. After school, I walked on the way home with a heavy heart. The experience taught me a lesson, "Hard work is the only key to good results."

    Sometimes when you feel like the world is against you or the goals you have set for yourself are just pipe dreams (脱离实际的愿望) , what you want to do is just give up. However, Jeremy Sicile-kira will tell you a1story.

Jeremy Sicile-kira's road2high school graduation was a very difficult one. He was an autistic (患自闭症的) child, but he3thought of giving up his school life.

    Jeremy's autism4him a lot. He was not able to speak, and it was hard for him to distinguish which sounds and sights to5. "I had to concentrate, although it was6for me," Jeremy said.

    Jeremy used a letter board to7with other people. He took as many8as he could, besides the special needs classes. He spent a lot of time9his assignment (作业) every day after school. He tried his best to10his classmates. Jeremy made up his11to get the most of his education. His parents and teachers12him. With their help, he realized that he was as smart as his classmates13he was an autistic child.

    Jeremy finished high school14and was invited to speak at the graduation. His written speech was changed15spoken words with technology. In his speech, Jeremy thanked his teachers and talked about the importance of education and the persistence of sticking to a dream.

    Waste can be seen everywhere and it can bring a lot of problems. China is rich in some resources(资源), but we are short others, for example, fresh water. It is said we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. Also there is not enough food in some areas. So if we keep (waste) our resources, what can we use in future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we should say "no" to the people waste things every day.

    In our (day) life, we can do many things to stop waste from (happen). For example, remember to turn off the lights when we leave the room and we'd better use both (side) of paper. Also we should try not to order (much) food than we need and on. Little by little, everything will be changed, and waste can (stop) one day if we do our best.

    Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you (生气的). But sometimes, you hide your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. The (问题) is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt.

    In fact, it's not good to hide your anger, and it's (正常的) to get angry sometimes. But anger must be let out in the right way, without (伤害) others or yourself,

    When you get angry, you can talk about it ，with other people. It's (有帮助的)to talk about your anger with (成年人), such as parents, your teachers, etc. When you talk about anger, those bad (感觉) can start to go away. Here are some (其他的) things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend; (数数) from 1 to 100; give someone a (拥抱); go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc.

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Dear Susan,

    I'm happy that we have the same hobby and we can talk about music together.

Yours,

Liu Jian