广东省茂名市高州市2021-2022学年九年级下学期英语第15周考试

In the summer of 1936, a poor sheepherder(牧羊人) fell ill and came to a small hospital in Fort Benton, Montana, with his dog. The sheepherder was1ill and died soon.

The sheepherder's body2to his family by train. The dog cried as the train carrying his master's(主人的) body disappeared.

 Trains came to Fort Benton3times a day. The dog always stayed there to watch each passenger get4the train. He waited for his master to return.

 The station manager Ed felt sorry for the dog. He named the dog Shep and left him some food every day. He encouraged the dog5inside the station. Finally, Shep got to trust Ed and came inside. But every day when the trains 6, he was back waiting at the same place.

The passengers who came to Fort Benton wondered7the dog was always there, greeting the trains. Ed decided to write8pamphlet(小册子) about Shep's story and sell it to the passengers for a small price. Some newspapers shared Shep's story across the nation.

Day after day, Shep continued to wait and watch. He was very9when he died in 1942. After his death, the people of Fort Benton made a beautiful bronze statue(铜像) of Shep to honor10. Today, many visitors still stop to look at the statue and buy the pamphlet.

 I heard his loud voice when it snowed heavily outside. "Read the sign, Jack," said Mr. Lee who owned the store. He pointed to a hand-written sign on the1. "No teenagers or other kids are allowed without an adult."

"Teenagers aren't kids," I said. But he2refused me.

The snow got heavier as I stepped outside. Thanks to the sign on the door, I had to go to the3farther. I had to buy some vegetables because there were not many left at home. By the time I left the supermarket, I could4see anything through the heavy snow. I felt angry with Mr. Lee for making me5this storm.

As I6Mr. Lee's store again, I saw a snowplow(扫雪机) had pushed a lot of snow against the store's door. Mr. Lee was stuck inside. He shouted to me, "That's why I stopped you coming into my store." I realized I was7. So I helped8the snow away from the door. The snow was very cold but I could feel the9. Mr. Lee waved to me inside and asked, "Who told you to help clean the snow?"

"10did." I looked at Mr. Lee and answered loudly.

In life, we should see the essence(本质) through the appearance of things and do not make judgments easily.

It is hard to find a person who doesn't like traveling. The human's hopes to explore(探索) new areas drive us to visit new countries and discover new places. It's a pity that it is impossible to explore every corner of the world even if you travel the whole life. So people search travel articles to learn more.

If you want to become a travel writer who helps people to choose a trip, you should know how to create traveling experience. Maybe the following can help you. Read different resource. Do you want to improve your skills and do great writings? Start by exploring how experts(专家) do. Start following famous travel writers and discover how theyengage readers. Also, it will help you to know about the latest news in the traveling.

For sure, anyone can create a blog(博客) about traveling. But the top travel writers don't create articles according to stories of other people. They make every trip by themselves and share their experience in their articles. If you want to become a successful writer, you should have rich background knowledge in traveling. So you can create original(原创的) articles and share your traveling secrets with your readers.

Don't forget about your opinions when you discover how to write a travel article. If you want to copy someone's story, you can rewrite it and collect a few points. But if you're going to become a famous travel writer, you need to create original articles. Feel free to share your opinions and feelings.

Being a travel writer is exciting. You have to travel, explore new areas and share your experience with readers.

Norman was a teacher of a middle school. He enjoyed for exercise around the park when he was free.

One Sunday afternoon, after running as , Norman decided to go home and have a rest. Just then he noticed an old lady standing by the road. The old lady looked around worriedly.

Norman went over asked what he could do for her. After a short talk, Norman came to know that she forgot her way home and got lost. Norman called the old lady's son and then took her to nearest restaurant.

In the, Norman ordered some food and drinks for her politely. While eating, sometimes she carelessly sprinkled(撒) food and drink on the table and on her coat. Other customers(顾容) felt disgusted(厌恶的) at the sight. But Norman didn't care it. He cleaned the table from time to time in silence and it the old lady some time to finish eating. After that, Norman paid the bill. They were ready to leave when the old lady's son arrived. The old lady told his son she was treated by Norman. Her son held Norman's hand and thanked him a lot.

"You're welcome. She makes me remember my mom lives in the country. I just did what a son should do," said Norman with a . All the customers around were moved by his kindness and showed respect to him.

With the rapid development of technology, mobile phones have become a must in people's life. Some students even become addicted(上瘾的) to mobile phones. However, according to a notice from the Ministry of Education(MOE, 教育部), primary and secondary school students will not be allowed to bring mobile phones to school.

Parents need to hand in a written application(申请) if their children do need to bring mobile phones to school. And students should hand in their phones to the school. The phones will be kept together in the teachers' office and should by no means be allowed into classrooms during school time. The widespread use of mobile phones have gotten in the way of the school management(管理) and students' development, the notice said.

Schools should make rules for the management of mobile phones and designate(指派)people to keep the mobile phones brought to school, it said.

Schools should not assign(布置) or ask students to do homework on mobile phones and they should set up public phones and teacher hot lines for communication between parents and students, it added.

Parents warmly welcome the notice. Ms. Liu, a mother of two boys, said, "Every week, my kids and I argued about whether to take their mobile phones to school. But after the notice came out, the argument disappeared."

The notice is also supported by teachers. A principal of a middle school told the reporter, "Now we have rules to follow. That makes our job a lot easier."

随着手机的日益普及，学生使用手机对学校管理和学生发展带来诸多不利影响。为保护学生视力，让学生在学校专心学习，防止沉迷网络和游戏，促进学生身心健康发展，教育部在今年 1 月 15 日下发了《关于加强中小学生手机管理工作的通知》，禁止中小学生携带手机回校。请你写一篇 80 词左右的文章，谈谈你对此事的看法。

内容包括：

1）你在生活中使用手机的情况；

2）你对学生被禁止带手机回校的看法及理由(至少两点)；

作文要求：

1）不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称、老师和学生的真实姓名。

2）语句连贯, 词数 80 个左右。作文的开头已经给出, 不计入总词数, 不必抄写在答

题卡上。

Mobile phones are playing a more and more important role in our life.