广东省云浮市2020-2021学年九年级上学期英语期中检测试卷

    What will you do when you want to have something but without money?

Jack was a 16-year-old boy,1wanted to have a nice bike. Last summer holiday, he asked his parents2the money and they said he must get it by3. But how could he get it?

    On his way home one day, he think about this. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could sweep away snow for the neighbors.4, it was not winter. He had to wait a long time for that. Grass couldn't be cut for their gardens, because he was not5to do such work.

Just at the moment, he saw Tom, one of his classmates, selling books in a bookshop.

"I could do that," he thought. He asked Tom6questions. He learned that7took Tom about three hours a day to do the job and he could get twenty dollars each week. And Tom gave him the telephone number of the bookshop manager.

    Jack almost flew home. "Mum, I have8good news to tell you," Jack said. After he told his mother9he thought, she said, "I think it's a good idea."

    "I10the manager tomorrow," said Jack. "After all, I'm going to be a businessman." Jack's mother looked happily at him and smiled.

China has changed so fast that it is hard to know when to start. I came to China in 1994 and 1 here ever since, so I have seen the changes in China. Take one city, Shenzhen for example. When I first saw this city, it 2 beggars(乞丐) and lots of low rise buildings. Many of the 3 had shack(窝棚) buildings on top of them.

There were no birds and other little wildlife. It was like entering a 4 planet. But in the past 20 years Shenzhen has been a rather modern city 5 huge high rise buildings and a stock(股票) exchange, also a very large shipping industry.

Now the city is very green, 6 the wildlife has returned. Finally I can hear the birds 7 and this brings hope of a better China in the future.

    As China moves from being the "workshop" of the world to a more acceptable service industry and people live 8 than before. The present 9 is taking the country in the best possible direction and  it  is admirable(令人钦佩的).

China has changed for the better and I've enjoyed every minute 10 I've spent there. I think the country will become more beautiful in the future.

    It's important to learn things about protecting environment. Here's a 4Rs rule for us.

·Reduce

If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely (明智的). A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses paper carelessly and then throws it away, soon we would not have any trees left. Some other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with waste in big cities, so it's necessary to reduce waste.

·Reuse

    You should always think of reusing the usable (可用的) things before throwing them away. Give your clothes or things you don't use to the poor. In a family, you may pass such clothes on to your younger brothers or sisters.

·Recycle

    Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money, for example, cola cans are sent to a factory, where they're smashed flat（压平）and smelted (熔化), and the metal things are made into new cola cans.

·Repair

    If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it's better for you to sell the old ones or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair.

Saturday, Ma y 27 Sunny

    It was a fine day. I up very early this morning. After breakfast, I decided to go to the zoo  my classmates. At this time, I found my classmates have gone to the zoo. I went there  bus. There are many kinds of animals there. We like monkeys best. We stayed there  about an hour. Then we went to Qingshan Lake. We saw many people  kites in different colors near the lake. We had no kites, so we went boating instead. The  in the lake is very clean. There were many people there. While we were having fun, I found Ann was. I was very worried. I looked for her everywhere. Later, with the policeman's help, I found her. I was so excited  happy when I met her.

    It was nearly 12 o'clock. We began to drink apple juice and eat some sandwiches for .

    After that, some of us went fishing, and some of us  the hill. I went back home at about five o'clock.

    In the COVID-19 pandemic (新冠肺炎疫情), people across the world are paying more attention to the health and happiness of each other. Some are trying to send messages of love and care in different ways.

    In China, an international communication program was started to send support to other countries. It has collected eighty-five letters written by students in Beijing to young people in pandemic-stricken (疫情重创下的) countries. They are full of love and care. These letters were made into a collection of short videos called "A Letter to Friends". They were shown in the form of sand painting.

    It is reported that many hospitals abroad refuse all visitors to patients in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. Patients feel lonely and worried, so some hospitals have created "Online Wish Wall" for the public. People are welcome to post their messages there to express their love and care. So far, the hospitals have received a great deal of encouragement from the public. The messages have helped the patients to cheer up without their loved ones by their side.

    The COVID-19 pandemic may make life difficult for people, but love and care will make life better.

内容包括：

⑴地球的污染越来越严重，我们能看到森林被砍伐、水污染和空气污染；

⑵你是怎样从身边小事做起，做到“低碳生活”的。如：每天步行上学、离开教室及时关灯和电扇、充分利用纸张、节约用水等；

⑶号召更多的人加入到“低碳生活”中来；

作文要求：⑴不能照抄原文;不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名；

⑵语句连贯，词数80个左右。