广东省茂名市高州市2020-2021学年九年级下学期第15周英语模拟考试

Dragon Head-Raising Day is a traditional Chinese festival. It comes on1 second day of the second lunar month. In 2020, it is 2 February 24th.

On the day in ancient times, people push ashes(灰) into kitchens and around water vats（缸). This was3the dragon into the house. On this day people eat noodles, dumplings and fried pancakes. All the day's foods are 4 after dragons. For example, people eat "dragon whisker" noodles and "dragon teeth".

In some ancient Chinese stories, dragons have power over the wind and rain. They use 5power to bring rain to the world on the Dragon Head-Raising Day. It is said that after that day there will be more and more rain. This is 6 the day is also called "Spring Dragon Day". It was hoped that 7 the help of the dragon, ploughing (耕种) would be easier and the autumn would bring a  8harvest.

It was said that a haircut during the first lunar month brought bad9to the uncles. However, 10people get their hair cut on Dragon Head-Raising Day, some lucky things may happen.

A rabbit named Bunny lived in a village near a forest. He was very clever and he never gave up 1. He chose a dead tree and made a home in the trunk. People 2him singing in the morning every day. As soon as the sun shone on his door, he left his home and went across a bridge to the3. He looked for some food there.

One morning, while he was getting ready to sing as usual, a big storm began. It rained 4. What was worse, the bridge was 5. Bunny was very hungry, but there was no food in his home. He needed to 6 to find some food. He couldn't swim, so how could he find food in such a storm?

After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a good idea. He thought he would solve the 7 successfully. He decided to 8 a boat with some lotus leaves(荷叶). Here is his plan:

First: Search for some lotus leaves by the pond. If necessary, ask the frogs for help.

Second: Tie the lotus leaves together to make a little boat.

At last: Get into the boat. Be 9 in the storm and don't be afraid at all.

So, Bunny, the wise rabbit, crossed the river in the boat carefully. His plan was so successful that he arrived at the forest after only an hour. There he found some food and then he went home happily. He had a big meal and began to sing as 10.

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Last year, Bob visited Vancouver, Canada alone. He went there to give a talk on the environment. When it was over, he traveled to the Rocky Mountains and stayed in the Maple Leaf Hotel. He then took a short walk to look at the local (当地的) plants in the forest. After a few hours, he knew he took the wrong way, but was sure he could get back to the hotel.

However, after walking for several hours the next day, Bob knew he was in trouble. "I had my mobile phone, but the battery (电池) was almost dead. I could probably make just one call. But I didn't know the number of my hotel and I didn't want to worry my family unless I really had to," said Bob. He went on walking for three more days. He knew which plants he could eat and he had little trouble finding them.

On the fourth day, he knew it was hopeless and decided to call his family. "He was quite calm when he spoke to me on the phone," said Shirley, Bob's wife (妻子). "He seemed to be in control of the situation. " Shirley called the Maple Leaf Hotel at once. "That week lots of visitors went to the city to watch basketball games, and we thought Mr. Rigsby went there too," said the hotel owner. As soon as Shirley phoned, the hotel sent out some people to look for Bob. They found him about one hour later, and luckily he was quite unhurt.

"I will never go to the forest without a guide. I never want an experience like that again," said Bob.

In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter exercising time than ever before. Most students exercise than one hour every day because they have a lot of homework to do. Some homework is given by-their teachers and some by their Also, some students don't know to save time. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, sotakes them a lot of time. Some students spend too much time watching TV or online games. But they don't want to spend time ,even a minute doing physical . Some students think that exercise is not as interesting as TV or online games.

In fact, physical exercise is very for the students to stay healthy. students don't do enough physical exercise, they can easily get sick. School and parents should cut down some of the homework sothe children can have more time to exercise every day for their health. As we know, children are our country's future! Everyone should good care of them.

In the end of 2019, the novel coronavirus (2019-COVID)(新型冠状病毒) was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Then it spread to Zhejiang, Guangdong, Henan, Hunan and many other provinces. It even spread to other countries. Most people who were infected(被感染) with 2019-COVID suffered from a fever or a cough. Some even died.

Don't be afraid. Here is some advice to help you protect yourself when it comes.

Wash your hands. You need to wash your hands with soap and running water before you eat, after you use the toilet(厕所), and after you come home from outside. Because your hands may carry viruses.

Cover your nose and mouth. Viruses can travel as far as one meter through the air, so you'd better stand a proper distance while talking to others. And always cover your mouth and nose with a piece of paper when you sneeze (打喷嚏) or cough, and then wash your hands.

Wear a mask(口罩). Some doctors say that we must wear masks and they can stop the viruses as much as 80%, but if you don't wash your hands often, it's no use wearing a mask. And it's necessary to wear the mask in the groups of people.

1）介绍野生动物的现状；

2）猎杀野生动物的后果；

3）提出自己的建议。

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参考词汇：

生态系统 ecosystem

新型冠状病毒 novel coronavirus

传染性的 infectious