江苏省扬州市邗江区2017届九年级英语第一次模拟考试试卷

—It's really amazing.

—Of course. Nothing can be _________, I think.

—________, because I was preparing for the exam all the time.

—OK, I won't.

— Don't worry, we have twenty minutes left. We can take a taxi.

— Yes. He _____________ on the morning of May 10^th. And now he is out of danger.

—To meet her friends from America.

— The most important thing is that there is nobody hurt .

— If it         tomorrow, we'll put off the match.

—I want a new book             was written by Cao Wenxuan.

—       .

—Er , I see. I will do it myself.

—Nowadays, people are more aware of the importance of reading.

—Oh, no! ________.

    Several months ago , a couple with a little girl moved in next door to me. The girl seemed too quiet to make any noise, while the parents were always 1her loudly. Whenever we met my new neighbours , I always spoke, but the only 2 I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.

    I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned, they were just coming from their home and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn't in a 3. The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for 4 .

As a disabled man, I can't hurry at 5 but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so 6by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the 7and said to myself. "I believe she would like that" so I bought it.

    The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so 8of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father9thanked me.

    Now when we meet , we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don't hear that shouting as often.10, hardly at all.

    Last night we had about four inches of11. I looked out at my car and wondered 12 I was going to keep my doctor's appointment(约会). When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can't express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building,13when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said 14. He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.

    Isn't it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things usually come from 15.

    Everyone has experienced a twist of fate at some time. Actor Hu Ge is no different. In fact, his story is more amazing than most.

    Hu was once a shy boy, and rarely spoke. To help him become more sociable, his parents sent him to an art troupe. At that time, Hu never thought he would have a career on stage or in front of the cameras.

    Instead of getting confidence in acting, Hu became very interested in directing. As the national college entrance examination approached, Hu chose to study directing at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. Hu got a high mark.Hu had to decide whether to be a director or an actor. He followed his dream and prepared to go to Beijing. But when the teacher told him many great directors had been actors, Hu hesitated（犹豫）.He finally stayed in his hometown to study performing arts. He was given a chance to take the lead role .

    Hu Ge has been considered as Li Xiaoyao, a character that people remembered from the fantasy series based on a popular computer game of the same title. The 22-year-old man breathed life into main character Li Xiaoyao, and he proved himself to be one of the most promising stars . But few people, including Hu himself expected him to be an actor.

    When playing Li Xiaoyao in 2005, he said he made great progress with his kung fu instructor. Hu said, “Surprising, I found pleasure and satisfaction.” In 2006, Hu was badly hurt in a car accident. After several operations , a scar (疤痕)still remains near the corner of his eye. This experience helps Hu understand the role better . Hu's pretty face was only an advantage of his success, and the scar troubled him for a long time.

    But now, Hu has become more confident. “If I myself am not troubled by it, no one else will care. I have to move past it. Otherwise, how can I continue my acting career?” he said. He has changed a lot . Hu played the role of Ming Tai in The Disguiser 《伪装者》and the Mei Changsu in Nirvana in Fire《琅琊榜》in 2015. Those brought him great success.

    Once again, God seems to have put a homeless person in my path. Lately, I have regularly come into contact with people that I just can't ignore .

    His name is Mark and I was surprised to hear that he is only three years older than me. He looks so much older! He was on the counter, asking for money. I parked my car and plonked(砰地放下) myself down on the curb(路边) to talk. People were driving by and looking at us, but I didn't care.

He told me about his life. How much of his story I believe, I don't know. He told me he was dying—-that part I believe, for he could hardly walk and had trouble catching his breath.

    I asked what I could do to help him. He said all he wanted was a slice of pizza. I gave him $3, the only cash I had . He said he wanted to go to get the food himself, but he was stopped from the shopping center for begging. I said I would get it for him and asked if he wanted something to drink .

    Then he asked for a(n) ride to the trail in the woods where he had his tent. Usually I don't give rides to strangers, but this was just up the street, and quite honestly he had no physical threat to me. When we parted, he held my hand for a long time and we just looked at each other wordlessly for a few moments.

    At that time, he wasn't a homeless man and I wasn't a sufferer .We became just two souls making a human connection I don't know if I will ever see him again, but I know I will never forget him. God bless you, Mark, and your beautiful blue eyes and gentle soul.

    Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.

    Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.

    Do you know what a 'territory' is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.

    If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting（筑巢）season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird's song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.

    Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.

    You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.

    I once believed that a friend is a friend all the way. Now I have changed my ideas about friendships.

    1). Friends of convenience(便利). They can be the people who live next door or the mothers of our children's closest friends. Friends of convenience are good indeed. They'll help us when we need it. They'll look after our cats when we go on holidays. But we don't ever get too close or tell too much. Between us, we'll talk about being overweight but not about being sad or disappointed(失望). However, people still find it necessary to make friends like this.

    2). Special-interest friends. These friendships aren't deeply personal or emotional(感情上的). They lie in some shared interests, so we may have an office friend, a tennis friend, or even a shopping friend.

    3). Historical friends. We all have a friend who knew us when…maybe we were back in the second grade of primary school, when our family lived in that two-room flat downtown. He or she was the first, the only friend we told our secrets to.

    The years have gone by, and we have gone different ways. But we're still a personal part of each other's past. We know how we looked before our teeth were straightened(矫正), and our getting together makes us think of an earlier part of ourselves, which is important and never lost.

    4). Cross-generational friends. These are friendships that from across generations(代). I have in my own life a precious(珍贵的) friend, a woman of 65, who is clever, who listens well, and who means not only an ideal mother to me but also the person I'd like to be when I grow up.

    Best friends, I believe, totally love and help each other.

    This Tomb-sweeping Day(清明), the tourism industry received the most tourists.Temporary transfer(临时换乘) center, public bikes, sightseeing buses…Tourists speak highly of it. Yangzhou has greatly i tourist facilities(设施)and service environment.

    Yangzhou is famous fits cuisine (菜肴).Through years of hard work, the city has developed new sights and products. A National AAAAA Tourist Area such as the Slender West Lake gets its pname and to which it owes its great fame (名声) both at home and abroad. Dongguan Street is not only a historical street but a business, handicraft industry, religious and cultural center. Dongguan street is a food court with a lot of famous snacks as w. It has attracted tourists from all over the world. They want to experience its folk custom. Marco Polo Flower Ocean covers an area of 500000 hectares. It was cto be Jiangsu's ten top scenic spots（景点）. About 1.2 billion yuan was invested in it.

    There is no d that the beauty of Marco Polo Flower Ocean has caught foreigners' attention. The new theme park is full of fand adventure（冒险）with themed lands with many playgrounds for children. The park will o a 5-D ride in which visitors can experience the moving pictures. Many theme parks with flowers have been o to the public with visitors flocking to take a selfie（自拍）with the colorful flowers. An area of China's Intangible ( 非物质文化遗产)Cultural Heritage will show people tcraft(工艺) like Chinese paper , lacquer work(漆器)，jade , sugar men.

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Our society is developing fast .People are getting busier too. As a result, people try to relax in their free time. We students have different ideas of spending our free time.