湖北省襄阳市襄州区2020-2021学年九年级下学期英语4月月考试卷

—Because his sister was lost and he had to___ her with his parents

—Two pieces.

—Certainly. I'll do it right away

Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People 1 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty (贫困) that 2his unhappy life.

One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 3about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said, "This is a magic vase that will bring you 4."

The poor man looked at the vase5.Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However, he didn't want to 6such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

"It's not right for something so beautiful to be 7," the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.

8 he was still not satisfied. "It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web." At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

His house turned into a 9place immediately. The poor man 10. He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

One morning while Officer Vogel was on his coffee break in a restaurant，a man ran in a yelled. "Officer! A little kid is driving a car down the street!"

He ran out at once and saw a car going slowly—about 25 miles an hour—but it wasn't going very straight. He jumped into his police car and followed it. When the car was stopped，Officer Vogel looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco Morabiro and was 5. In the back seat was his two-year-old sister. Both children were crying.

"I want my mummy!" the boy cried. "But she can't get here. I have the car." Then he had an idea. "Just a minute." He told Officer Vogel. "I can drive. I'll go to get her."

"No!" Officer Vogel said. "You stay with me!" Then he drove them to the police station and he called their mother. They had many questions for Rocco. The first question was："Where did you get the car keys?"

Rocco said. "From the top of the refrigerator." At seven that morning Rocoo's father was work and his mother was sleeping, Rocco saw the keys on top of the refrigerator. He climbed on a chair，and took the keys.

Rocco got into the car and started the engine （引擎）. When Rocco's sister heard the engine she ran to the car and cried. She wanted to go with him.

It was 7a. m. —rush hour—so there was much traffic. Rocco drove one mile in heavy traffic. Then Officer Vogel stopped him.

Newspapers and TV stations heard about Rocco，and a lot of reporters went to his house. A reporter asked Rocco，"What do you want to be when you grow up？"

"A truck driver," he said，smiling.

    If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you don't, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don't try to find your friends—let them find you by staying in one place.

    There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.

    Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.

If you don't think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house—cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.

    What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Don't just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost is—stay in one place.

Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day,for passengers to stay in the plane. So airline companies offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?

To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don't want to lose customers.

However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude we can not taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure reduces one third of the sensibility(感觉) of our taste buds(味蕾). So our taste buds become senseless. The sad fact, however, is that our noses don't know it.

All of these help explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy(辛辣的) food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.

Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feelings about food taste.

Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can't deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure, making food taste good is still hard for them.

Everyone enjoys music. But did you know it could improve（改善）the lives of sick kids? In fact, music has changed the world a lot. In Australia, a scientist, Catherine, has made a music program. "Music can make you happy; music can make you sad; music can make you feel relaxed and take away any stress," said Catherine.

For thousands of years people have believed that music has a great effect on both the mind and the body, but it is only about 70 years ago that scientists began to study its medical benefits. Since then music has been used to help patients. It's even been used to help kids in schools get better marks because it allows them to relax and pay more attention.

Now music is being used in a special program called Music Therapy (音乐疗法). It helps people improve their quality of life in many different ways by using music. .

Sophia is eleven. She got cancer five months ago, but playing music, learning new songs and singing have become a part of her life. She said, "It takes my mind off feeling sick. While I am listening to music, it tells me not to give up hope. "

It seems that a few minutes of music a day can help keep the doctor away!

    Everyone wants to be successful. As a student, you also want to have success at school, no matter   you're good at studies or not. But it's difficult to learn all the lessons well because it requires good ways and habits. If you take right ways of studying, you can make great(progress). Here I will offer you some advice.

    Firstly, be sure to make up your mind to work h ard and do well in everything you learn. It is wise of you to do (one's) best in your studies.

    , it's necessary for you to have a good study habit. While studying,make sure(pay) attention to it. After you finish your study, don't forget to find some time for fun in order to help you relax as well.

    Thirdly, you should try to learn every subject well. If you are weak

subject, you need to encourage (you) to do well in it You should often remind yourself why you need to study.

    Finally, you had better (take) notes in class because you can not remember everything. These notes will be( help)for you to review or remember what you have learnt. If you forget some points, you can go over them. If you take all the suggestions, you (develop) into a better student in studies.

内容提示：①上课认真听讲，做好笔记，每天按时完成作业；

②闲暇时多读课外书籍；

③每周锻炼3至4次；

④多吃蔬菜水果，少吃垃圾食品；

⑤补充一至两点良好的习惯，并谈谈它们对身心健康的影响。

要求：要点齐全，条理清楚，语句通顺，不要逐字翻译。

How to develop good habits

It's very important for us to have a good habits.