安徽省阜阳市阜南县2021届九年级上学期特长生期末素质监测英语试题

—Oh，___________!

—Yes. ______ is important for him to read newspapers every day.

—Oh, he has well prepared for it. He is sure of winning it.

—Well, you are supposed to communicate with them more.

—Oh, it______ be her. She is absent from school today.

—No, thanks. We ______a lot support since last year.

There was once a farmer. He had a very big rabbit and a smart dog. One day, he organized a(n)1between his dog and his rabbit. He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and2a carrot and a bone(骨头) in it. He wanted to see which animal would find them first.

The rabbit was very 3. and he was busy looking for the carrot, digging here and there. He was completely sure that he would find the carrot and the bone. But the dog wasn't optimistic(乐观的) at all. After he looked for the bone for a short time, he 4on the ground sadly. And then he 5to complain. He thought it was difficult for him to find one bone in such a big 6.

The rabbit 7for hours. With every new hole, the dog complained about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. The rabbit, on the other hand, kept on working hard. 8there was no place in the whole field left to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel(隧道) to right under where the dog was lying all that time. There he found the carrot and the bone. And this is how the dog lost the competition. 9, he found the right place at the very beginning. But he failed to find the bone because he10complained and didn't try at all. When we do something difficult in our life, we should learn from the rabbit.

Tom is like any other teenager. He goes to school, does his homework, meets his friends and enjoys doing sports. But between 5:30 and 6:30 from Monday to Friday. Tom does something 1. He cooks dinner for his family.

"I think it's important for teenagers to learn how to cook. They need some other 2to help them in today's world. First I taught Tom how to3easy meals like pizza or chips. Then he started using recipes(食谱) in my cooking books. Yesterday he made vegetable soup. It was very good!" Tom's mum said.

"I love cooking and I think I'm4good at it. None of my friends cook. I don't know 5. It isn't difficult and it's great fun! "Tom said.

In the6, Tom didn't help out at home and his mum wasn't very happy with him. Today he cooks and she is very happy.

Children's cooking makes the whole family happy and there are also other7for it.

Cut down on picky(挑剔的) eating. Even the pickiest eaters will come around to trying new foods if they take8 in cooking them. If you've got a picky eater, bring him or her into the kitchen. Be patient—9 it doesn't work right away, it will at last! Be creative. Kids love getting to help10 what's for dinner, what goes in the fruit salad, or just about any other part of the meal. Older kids can be creative in recipe development and food showing.

Alice: Hello, this is Sunshine Flower Shop!

Li Xi: Yes, please. My mother's birthday is coming and I want to buy her some flowers.

Alice: We have many kinds of flowers.

Li Xi: I'm not sure. Can you give me some advice?

Alice: Certainly. They have a meaning of love.

Li Xi: Sounds good.

Alice: No problem, Anything else I can do for you?

Li Xi: Yes.

Alice: Of course. I'll call you as soon as I get there.

Li Xi: Thank you! Bye.

China has accepted Western fashion and technology as it has developed these years, but a lot of young people are turning to the past for their clothes choices and putting on traditional "hanfu".

As the government encourages the renaissance(复兴) of traditional culture, hanfu is getting more and more popular with the teenagers. Every year, we can enjoy different hanfu shows around the cities. These shows bring us back to Han Dynasty. We learn more about the history, culture and beauty from them.

Hanfu hasn't been in the same style since Han Dynasty. However, this kind of clothes has something in common. They all have large soft robes (袍子), with sleeves that hang down to the knees, so the hands can't be seen.

In modern China, the hanfu lovers are from history fans, cartoon fans to clothes fans.

"Clothes are the basic part of culture, so both the traditional clothes and modern clothes play the same role in culture, " said Zhang Jun, a famous reporter. "If the people and the country do not even understand our traditional clothes or don't wear them, how can we talk about other important parts of our culture?"

Obocho Peters is a student in the fifth grade in New York City. Although he is only 11 years old, he has Obocho's Closet, a thrift shop(二手货商店).

Obocho said the idea of the shop first came to his mind after he went to see the movie Avengers: Infinity War. He asked his mother Sasha Peters for the toys from the movie, but Sasha didn't have enough money. Then Obocho sold some of his old clothes to get the money for them. That was when Obocho thought that other kids around him might be the same as him and decided to help them.

"I want to play a role in making a better world. " Obocho says. He started Obocho's Closet in 2018 as an online thrift shop. It sold donated clothes for children under $ 10 to help poor families in need. In December, he got his first real shop in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush.

There are a large number of search engine apps(搜索引擎应用程序) on the Internet, but some of them are not good for kids. To make a green Internet world for teenagers, Xinhua News Agency and Chinaso made a new search engine app together. It is called Huayang Search. or "Young"in English.

"Young"is China's first search engine app for teenagers. By using it, kids can look for useful information and find answers to their questions online. The app makes sure that kids will get nothing bad from the Internet. Similar to other search engine apps, it has lots of age-

appropriate(适龄内容)，such as online lessons, educational videos and interesting cartoons. Kids can choose what they like to watch.

To protect kids' eyes, the app has screen time rules. So parents don't need to worry that their children will look at the screen for a very long time.

People started to download(下载) the app before Children's Day this year. So far, the app has been downloaded more than 10 million times.

In the cafeteria at Hengyang No. 1 Middle School in Hunan Province, new banners (条幅) are put up: Who knows that each bowl of rice is the fruit of hard toil (谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦)?Clear your plate; refuse to waste food.

This is part of a nationwide campaign to cut down on food waste in China. The cafeteria's manager told Hengyang News that they used to waste 100 kg of food every day. But this amount has dropped by 75percent, as students are encouraged to take just the amount of food they need.

Many restaurants in China are also joining in. They encourage people to order dishes using the "N-1'formula(公式). "N' stands for the number of diners at a table . So if there are six people at your table, you should order just five dishes. If people can't finish their meals , they are encouraged to take the leftovers(剩菜) home.

In fact, food waste has been a big problem for a long time around the world. According to a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese restaurants wasted 17 to 18 million tons of food a year from 2013 to 2015. That could feed 30 to 50 million people for a whole year. The UN says there are 820 million people around the world who live in hunger.

By cutting down on food waste, we could help put food on the empty plates of many hungry people.

In recent years, with the development of technology , many popular apps(应用程序)have been produced. These days, an app has caught great attention. It is Douyin, a video sharing app. Douyin first appeared in 2016. Now it is many people's favorite app, especially the young.

With Douyin, users can record videos, edit(编辑) them and share them online. It is very easy and interesting. We can share our videos with our friends with just a tap on the mobile phone screen. What's more, it's a great way to spend our free time by looking through those funny videos.

However, every coin has two sides. The app also has bad things. On the one hand, some people spend long hours on the app, which is harmful to their health. On the other hand, users can also find some bad things on the app. Such thing is unhealthy and unsuitable. In my opinion, Douyin should check the videos before they are uploaded(上传) in order to keep a healthy environment for its users. Douyin is not good for teenagers. We should not use it too often.

1） 减少聚集，注意防护；

2） 帮助父母，增进了解；

3）读书锻炼，健康身心；

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Dear Tom,

I'm writing to tell you how I will spend the coming special winter holiday.

May both of us can spend the holiday happily and safely .