广东省河源市九年级上学期英语期末模拟卷（2）

    Amazing China is a 90-minute documentary about the development of China Many people have watched it. We asked some students how they liked this movie Here are their opinions.

    The director Wei Tie made this successful movie. It shows that China has progressed rapidly in the past nearly 70 years.

—Li Lin

    This movie drew a picture of common people's great work. I'm proud of our country because all the Chinese try to achieve Chinese dream.

—Xu Wei

    In this documentary, we saw the longest sea—crossing bridge in the world, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. Now, China also has longer high-speed rail network (高铁网) than any other country.

—Liu Yang

    The film helped people to know China better. The stories in the movie touched my heart deeply. From then on, I decided to work harder than before.

—Huang Lei

Mrs. Smith stood in front of her fourth-grade class on the first day of school. She at her students and noticed a little boy named Eric.

Eric's clothes were dirty. He hated to talk others and no one else seemed to like him.

When Mrs. Smith opened Eric's file (档案), she was .

His first-grade teacher wrote, "Eric is a clever excellent boy." His second-grade teacher recorded, "Eric is popular among his classmates, he is troubled because his mother has cancer." His third-grade teacher wrote, "Eric didn't study as well as he had done before. He did in his lessons. His mother's death him very sad." At that moment, Mrs. Smith realized the problem. She paid more to the boy who had lost his mother. She regarded him her son. The more she loved him and encouraged him, the he did.

By the end of the year, Eric had become one of the best students in the class and he on very well with his classmates.

    It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed (叹气). Dad said he could come home by 5:30, but it was almost 7:00. Even if Dad came back, it wouldn't be much fun playing baseball in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework, but 1.

    The phone 2at about 8:00. It was Dad: "Paul, I'm sorry, I have to finish my work at the office tonight. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend...."

    Paul couldn't understand why Dad was so busy. He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book3to the first page.

    The next day at school, Paul didn't hand in his homework. Mrs. Green4is Paul's Chinese teacher is careful and asked him to stay after school. "Paul, you didn't do your homework. This isn't like you. What's wrong? "Paul just sat there quietly." Paul, if you don't want to talk, I 5. I know that something's worrying with you. You need to tell someone."

    As Paul walked home, he thought of what Mrs. Green said. Maybe he didn't do his homework 6he wanted to get his dad's attention. He knew Mrs. Green was right. He decided to take 7advice.

    When Paul got home, he called his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail (语音信箱). Paul began talking: "Dad, I can't play with you next weekend. I've got lots of problems 8my homework. Also, I really don't want to spend another day 9out of the window and waiting. Whenever you break our plans, Dad, it hurts me. It's not too late to rebuild our relationship, but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my homework sometime. Dad, I love you."

    When Paul ended the call, he felt much relaxed. He didn't know whether his dad would be different, but it didn't matter. He himself changed. He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had10clear head while he was doing his homework that evening.

Mahatma Gandhi, the father of India, was a very special person. Once Gandhi went to1funds (资金) from different cities and villages for an organization to help the 2. He went to several places and finally reached Orissa. He organized a meeting in Orissa.

There, he gave a speech to the public, asking 3 to give him funds for the organization. At the end of his speech, a very old woman with bent back, tattered(破烂的) clothing and white hair got up. She asked the volunteers to allow her to reach Gandhi4, the volunteers stopped her. She did not5. She fought with them and reached Gandhi.

She touched the feet of Gandhi. Then she took out a copper coin kept in her pocket and placed it at his 6. Then the old lady left the stage(舞台).

Gandhi very 7 took the coin. He said, "This copper coin is worth much more than those thousands, If a man has several million dollars and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn't mean 8."

Yes, the coin might have been the only thing 9 the poor old woman had. She did not even have proper clothes and could not afford good food. Still she gave everything she had. That is why Gandhi regarded the coin 10 very precious(贵重的). Offering help when we have nothing or very little makes it more valuable.

WeChat(微信) is becoming more and more popular, and many families have a family group on WeChat. What do you think of family groups?

    We often hear stories of animals rescuing people. But now someone has managed to return the favor.

    The event took place on a snowy January morning. Thomas Smith was walking his dog, Jack, in the park. "As I was walking, I just saw Jack running into the ice towards the ducks in the middle, and then he fell into the water and couldn't climb out," said Smith. He realized he had no choice but to try and save his dog. "Someone else told me the lake was only one meter deep, but it was at least twice that. I had to break my way through the 6-cm ice. Finally, I got Jack by the neck and pulled him out. I didn't think I had ever felt so cold by the time we got back to dry land. And when we got there, everyone was asking if Jack was okay—no one was particularly worried about me!"

    A neighbor, Julie Brown, saw it all happen. "The dog went onto an icy lake. All of a sudden, it started to go under. There were crowds of people around, and they were all shouting and screaming. Before I knew it, the owner (Smith) was in the water forcing his way through the ice, I couldn't imagine how cold it was. Everyone was very nervous, but he was as cool as a cucumber-he just crawled back out, put the dog on its lead, and went home.

    Many regard him as a hero, but Mr. Smith is quite laid—back about it, "Most dog owners are the same as me. They would do what I did without a second thought. But in the future, I'm going to make sure he's on a lead near any icy pond.

    Pets are members of our family. Would you do the same for them?

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Nowadays, it is said that sports scores will be raised in senior high school entrance examination. But different people have different ideas about it.