浙江省慈溪市2021-2022学年九年级上学期学科竞赛英语试题

My grandfather and parents all showed us the value of hard work. They set a good example to us. We learned not only by watching but also by doing. I1spending hours in the baking sun helping my dad replace roofs. I 2 at 4a. m. with my younger brother, therefore we could deliver newspapers. We spent five hours each Saturday and Sunday  3my uncle's wine bar. What I didn't know at the time was how much I had learned from all the work.

When I was a senior, our college organized a job fair and one company called Trilogy caught my eye. It was a software company in Austin, Texas. 4 I investigated the company, I heard about their interview process, which was a very big problem. Most interviewers didn't get it through. Besides the 5 questions, they would also ask brain teasers(脑筋急转弯). At that time, I knew the interview was a make-or-break procedure. I 6 knew I couldn't control the outcome, 7I could control my efforts. I bought MindTrap, a game which is full of brain teasers. To 8my chances of answering the questions right, I had to train my brain hard. On the flight to Austin, I spent 2. 5 hours 9. When I got there, I continued with the game. I understood I wasn't the 10person they were going to interview. However, even if I couldn't win at intelligence, I had to win at hard work. Working hard paid off—I 11 got the job.

  At an early age I 12 life isn't easy. It takes hard work to get what you want out of life. Because of hard work, I got into the famous Vanderbilt University, 13the college track records in studies, got my first good 14out of college, and then made money to buy my first car, and I have been achieving my goals faster than I expected. Therefore, I believe there is no short cut to 15except hard work.

Every day there is less and less space on the Earth for rubbish. Yet every day we make more and more rubbish. What can we do? We can recycle some of our rubbish. Recycling means that the rubbish will be made into something that can be used again.

Recycling helps Earth. And it saves space in rubbish dumps. Half of everything that we put into landfills could be recycled instead. In fact, most things made of paper, metal, glass and plastic can be recycled.

Paper can be broken into small pieces and made into new paper. Steel and aluminum cans(金属罐)can be melted down(熔化)and made into new cans. The same is true of glass bottles. This can be done over and over again. Recycling doesn't take as much energy as making these things the first time. So we can use less of Earth's fuel resources.

Plastic can be melted down, too. Then it can be formed into park benches, playgrounds and so on. Some people call plastic the "wood" of the future. Things made of plastic will last about 400 years— even if they stay outside in the weather. No wood can do that!

15 years ago, Erin Merryn met a kitten who needed a home when she was a college student. He jumped into her arms and refused to let her go.

"I was attracted immediately and decided that I would take a risk and try hiding a kitten in my college dorm where animals are obviously not allowed," Erin recalled.

A week later she was caught and given 48 hours to remove the cat. After several phone calls, Erin was able to find an old lady to take Bailey, the kitten. But Bailey did not get along with his new housemate. As soon as Erin learned that he would be sent away, she immediately offered to take him back." I plotted for a month to persuade my parents to let me keep him. " said Erin.

Six years ago, Erin had Abby, her beautiful daughter. She didn't know what Bailey would think about the new addition when she brought her home from the hospital.

"But it was love at first sight." Erin said. Bailey stayed by Abby's side, guarding and showering her with love and purrs(咕噜咕噜叫). As Abby grew, he became her protective brother, watching over her every step of the way. Abby picked up a book one day and tried to read it with Bailey by her side. He became her perfect audience, and the sweet boy was completely attracted by Abby as she told him stories of wonder.

A video showing Abby reading to Bailey went viral(走红) on the Internet in 2018. Numerous people followed Erin on social media platforms.

Unfortunately, on December 8, 2018, just months after becoming famous, the 14-year old cat passed away from kidney failure.

A full month after Bailey's passing, Erin still got cards and gifts from caring individuals. It is this love that Erin hopes Bailey's fans hold on to. She wants her furry "first-born" to be remembered as a symbol of compassion(同情心) that inspires others to treat the world with love.

"I would almost rather see you dead," Robert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist. In the 19^th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady but serious work in art was not. And when the young lady's family ranked among (跻身于) the best of Philadelphia's social families, such an idea could not even be considered.

That was how Mary Cassatt, born in 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did not tremble before her father's anger. Instead, she opposed (抗拒) him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave her social position and all thought of a husband and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young lady. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance(坚持), she became America's most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Similarly, if we drink a little more water every day, we may find that we need to go to the doctor less often. A healthy diet is made up of water and different kinds of foods. We know that healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and fish, are important as they offer energy and fiber, without giving us much fat and sugar. But why is water important?

The human body needs water to survive. Water is important as it carries poisons and waste out of our bodies. However, doctors advise us to drink plenty of water, much more than the small amount we need to stay alive.

Some doctors believe that water is important for health in all kinds of ways. They believe that many illnesses and health problems appear as a result of dehydration—a lack of water. Most people are dehydrated at least some of time, although they probably don't know it. It is surprising to learn that if we feel thirsty, we are already in the first stages of dehydration. In fact, we are advised to drink water before we feel thirsty.

These doctors think that health problems such as headaches, high blood pressure could be helped if people drink more water. They also believe that drinking more water can help people who are fat. Water contains no calories so it will not make us gain weight. If we drink water, we will probably drink less sugary soft drinks. Doctors also believe that drinking more water may stop people from overeating. They say that many people think that they are hungry when they are, in fact, thirsty. Doctors suggest, therefore, that we eat less food and drink more water.

There are still many health problems that cannot be solved by drinking water, so we should not stop going to see the doctors completely.

What is life's greatest gift? It is choice. Choice is the ability to choose some actions from a set of things to achieve a goal. The reason is that it turns us from dumb animals into artists. Choice becomes the tool we use to sculpt our life. The tool doesn't come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility. It is enjoyment.

Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It's the creative power of life. Life is always changing and we have to make lots of choices. We often need to check where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what action will I take now to make myself realize my goals?

And our life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which bus station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our life are much more important than deciding where to shop. The more we understand the difference between small and big decisions, the more pleasure we will get.

Life is like a chess game. All chess lovers realize that it isn't necessary to win to enjoy the game. Make the best moves you can under the conditions. Then you can enjoy your life.

There is an English saying:" Laughter is the best medicine." Until , few people took the saying seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They find that it people's blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing. It works the stomach and even the feet. So laughter exercises the body and improves people's health.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics; in which they help to improve their patients' condition encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like , making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

Do you judge people by their appearance?

This week I was talking to some guys at Planet Fitness, told me about their boss' experience of buying a new car. The salesmen didn't know that this man had a lot of money. It was because he often dressed (he) in worn-out clothes, just like a homeless man on the street. When the boss arrived at the first shop, the salesmen (total) ignored him and treated him like he wasn't worth their time. He (leave) the shop with a smile on his face. Later that day, he walked into another shop, (wear) the same clothes as usual. The salesmen greeted him with kindness and respect. Then this man paid almost 20 million dollars a new car!

There is a Bible text that tells us how (treat) people that you learn little about. It says," Don't forget to show warmth to strangers, because anyone who does it may entertain angels realizing it!" Don't judge book by its cover! The boss was not an angel, you never know who just might be.

提示：1）What does he/she look like?

2）Why do you think he/she is the nicest teacher?

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The Nicest Teacher in My Heart

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