四川省渠县2020-2021学年九年级下学期英语期中考试测试卷

—Yes. It ______ drinking tea long ago and my grandpa _____ drink tea with it when he was young.

—He asked me _______.

—Maybe you can ask John for help.

—So she did, and _______.

—No, you _______. You _______ to leave until the bell rings.

—We know, Mr. Li.

—_______. All things are difficult before they are easy.

Throughout the world, a nettelevision has now come to every family. It has become a very important part in 1 life. School children in the U.S. watch  such TV about twenty-five hours a week.

    Some parents feel the nettelevision is good 2their children because it helps them learn about their country and the world. With the help of some 3of education from the nettelevision, children do better in school.

    The other parents do not let their children 4TV too much. They say the TV programmes are not good and children learn bad things from them.

    Men have invented many things which have brought much convenience.The net elevision is one of them. If it 5carefully planned, watching TV can be good for children.

    Mr. Teller lived in a small town. He was a  1 in a primary school.He doesn't like his work and often 2  in class, but he didn't want his  3 to know and do that. 0ne day he fell asleep again in class.  4 he woke up, one of the boys, Tom asked him, "Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?'' Mr. Teller 's face turned 5. "I…I…The Sun god (太阳神)asked me to visit him in my 6 , "he said. Tom wanted to say something, but he 7 . The next day, Tom8fell asleep in class.

    Mr. Teller asked him, "Why do you fall asleep in class and don't listen to me, Tom?"Tom answered9 a smile on his face, "The Sun god asked me to visit him, too. "The teacher became 10 when he heard this and asked, "What did he say to you, then?"

    "He told me he didn't see you yesterday. "

One day,there was a youngman traveling on a bus. He felt thirsty and got off at a station in search of water. However, before he got back to the bus, it had left. The man decided to find a place for a day's stay. He went to the nearby hotels to ask for a room but found none.

At last he reached a small house. He asked the owner of the house whether he could stay in her house for a day. The owner agreed. On that day the owner served him food and gave him a room to stay in, but did not ask for or expect anything in return.

At night when it was about eight o'clock, the gentleman heard a knock at the door. The owner opened the door. A well-dressed man entered and asked the owner to pay.

The gentleman came to know that the owner was in need of money. The next morning he left some money and a note on the table in the room and left.

Soon the owner saw the money. Beside the money, there was a note. It said, "You helped me but did not expect anything from me. Yesterday I heard the conversation between you and the stranger and come to know that you were in need of money. This is what you need."

Having donated a big part of his wealth to charity ,Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, is now making efforts to reinvent （改造）the toilet. Now his charitable organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for future toilets that can improve the living conditions of millions of people.

The flush toilet we use today was invented in 1775. While it works well in getting rid of our waste, it also uses a lot of water and needs a costly sewage system（下水道排污系统）. Besides, it's not necessarily practical for the developing world. In some developing countries, lack of toilets leads to poor hygiene（卫生），and that could kill people. According to the World Health Organization, 1.5 million children under the age of five die each year because of hygiene problems.

Last year, the Gates Foundation gave money to eight universities around the world and asked them to start inventing the toilet of tomorrow: a toilet that uses little or no water is cheap and easy to fix, and is safe and hygienic.

At the " Reinvent the Toilet Fair（展销会）" competition recently held in Seattle, twenty-eight designs were displayed. The winners, from the California Institute of Technology, were awarded a $ 100,000 prize by the Gates Foundation.

    "We couldn't be happier with the response that we've gotten," Bill Gates said at the event. Many of the new designs would not only greatly improve hygiene in the developing world, but also help change the dependence on traditional flush toilets in developed nations, he said.

In a big amusement park, there was a group of students sitting on the ground.

They were listening to a speech after spending a happy morning there. At the beginning of the speech, the speaker told them a story about himself. "When I was in middle school, our class was once asked to write about our dreams. That night I wrote down my dream of opening up an amusement park. However, my teacher gave me an F and told me to write it again," the speaker said. "Her reason was just that it was impossible for a poor boy to make such a dream come true. I went back home and asked my father what I should do. He told me to make the decision by myself. So I decided to make no changes.‘You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream,'I said to my teacher."

"And what happened?" the students asked. All of them were anxious to know more about the story.

"This is what is happening now. You are listening to my speech in my dream park," said the speaker. "I told you the story in order to make you know one thing: follow your hearts, keep your dreams and never let others destroy(破坏) your dreams."

When the students were leaving the park, their teacher went over to the speaker. "Thank you, Mr. Black. I think my students have learned a lot from your speech. Here I have to say sorry to you. Some years ago. I was once a dream stealer and stole a lot of students' dreams, including yours. Luckily you had enough gumption and didn't give up your dream because of me," she said and then left.

    Social skills can improve, which are important to successful careers and personal relationships When we face difficulties, Learn how to improve your social skills and be more comfortable in outside environments .

    (a) Pay attention your own means of communication with other people .Find out which behavior patterns and situations make you uncomfortable. Ask others for honest answers about your means of communication with others. You must say sorry to others if you did in the wrong way. Think about how you can change your own behavior and turn it into a positive experience.

    (b) When you communicate with other people , use eye contact , face the person , you're speaking to and avoid being inattentive （漫不经心）. At times body language is more important than the words you speak.

    (c) Listen carefully  .Try to respect others and do not interrupt other's words. It's polite to listen to their complete words and then respond.

(d) Change yourself little by little. To improve your whole personality at once is impossible .Attempt to change one or two bad patterns of behavior at a time.Ask friends and family about your positive qualities, and let them shine while communicating with others. At the same time, let them point out what you need to improve. Then make yourself get better and better day by day.

A: Hi, Tina! It's your birthday this Sunday, right?

B: Yes, Uncle Wang. I'm very happy.

A:A mobile phone?

B: Yes. I have wanted one for a long time.

A:I think you teenagers shouldn't be allowed to use mobile phones.

B:Mobile phones are very useful and convenient for us.

A: But they sometimes cause problems.

B: Oh, you're right. But I'm different from them.

A:By the way, I will give you a surprise that day.

B: Really? Thank you!

All good lessons and habits begin early. Saving is a skill that everyone needs. Learning to save money when you are young is an important lesson.

    I have been lucky to learn this lesson early. ①business I had a grass-cutting was when I 10 years old. I spent about 10% of the money that I made and saved the other 90%.

    ②Saving money is a good way to build up wealthy. Then you can begin planning for your future. For example :

    At high school many parents pay for almost everything, so your cost can be small.

    ③     Young people should realize that their teenage years is a great time to begin saving.

    After high school, college is expensive and then "real" life begins ④     

    If you are in your thirties without any savings, you will have to work harder. ⑤The earlier you begin saving, the easier your life will be.

    As you get older,it can be harder to start saving because the cost of living is higher. You need more money to pay your bills.

    Many people say that money is not everything. It is true. But money can help you to live a better life. Besides, it will mean you can live the way you want.

Nowadays more and more people care about the exploitation (开采） of the natural resources, such as oil. The oil we use, the less these will be left for the future. Oil can  be in many ways and it's difficult to imagine what the modern world will be without oil. But oil isn't easy to find and get out of the earth. Men must the rocks, they think the rocks in a certain place may have oil, a metal tower is built. A machine in the tower a hole down into the ground. At the same time, a steel pipe （钢管） is pushed down to stop the sides from in and to keep out water. At last if the men are right, usually the oil rushes up high into the. If the oil catches a light , there will be a terrible fire, a kind of cover is fixed on the top of the pipe. And the oil can run out through taps( 活塞）. Today the price of oil keeps rising all the time. In many countries, the governments encourage people to oil as much as possible.

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We believe that April the hottest month of the year in Thailand.

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Kids made do much homework by their parents in Japan.

They did homework at home playing basketball.

I am forward your letter.

He always in everything good he does.

There's a good TV show at 11p.m tonight, but I don't want to that late.

Youths are supposed to finish a task their .

假如你叫李明，你的美国笔友Mike通过邮件，想知道在初中阶段你最想感谢的人是谁，如：你的父母，你的老师，你的朋友等。请根据他邮件中提出的问题回复邮件。want to thank most, your father / mother, your

Dear Mike,

    I'm glad to hear from you.

    Who do you want to thank? Write and tell me.

Yours,

Li Ming