（浙江）初中英语2022-2023九年级上学期期中专项复习：任务型阅读①（外研版）

Tom是校英语报小记者，感恩节前夕，他就"如何回报父母"对同学们进行了采访

Wherever we are, whoever we are, we owe it to（归功于）（感激的） we are for everything that they have done for us. Whatever we do to express our thanks, the important thing is to let them know how much we love them. Let's see how people show their thanks to their parents.

Jett: I like making my mum proud of me. She raised me up alone after my father died. I'll always be around her. I won't make her feel lonely.

Rajo: My parents taught me that the best way to reward（回报） them is to help those in need. So I will become a man for others.

Nar: I will thank my parents by doing well in my schoolwork in order not to make them worried.

Yanah: By showering my parents with lots of hugs and kisses. By telling them I love them.

No matter where you are, humans are always checking time. Some of us are good at it—planning and doing things way ahead of time(提前), while others are always in a hurry. And that's only if you're on time. What if you are late?

So, how late is late? Many cultures take timekeeping very seriously, while others seem to accept lateness as just a common way of things. In different countries, people's opinions are different. In Latin America, things may happen five minutes, twenty minutes，an hour or even two after they were planned. In Sri Lanka, lateness is a part of the daily habit. In Rwanda, this is a place where it is not unusual to arrive at 11 a.m. for a meeting which started at nine.

On the other hand, German and Japanese people have a stricter view about time. In Japan, it is common to arrive ahead of time to attend a meeting. Those who arrived at nine to a meeting starting at nine a.m. would be late in other people's view. In Germany, however, if a dinner party were to begin at eight, a person who arrived five minutes earlier may walk around the block to make sure that they get there at eight on time, without being too early or late.

Our Class Rules

    Hello, everybody! I'm Lisa from Darwin International School. Today our class had a discussion about the class rules. Here are our different points.

    Some think we should listen to the teachers very carefully in class and write down the notes because schoolwork is the most important. At school when we are doing our homework, do not  talk—that may disturb(打扰) others. It is necessary to hand in our homework in time every day.

    The mobile phone is not allowed to be taken to our class because it may be bad for our study.

    Some think how to be a polite student is more important. We should pay attention to our manners. For example, when you cough, turn your head away from others and cover your mouth with your hand. Afterward, you should say, "Excuse me." Greet the teachers by saying something like, "Good morning Mrs. Graham!" In the dining hall, we should keep quiet while having lunch. After we eat, we must clean our tables and don't leave any litter. It is also important to answer all questions with a complete sentence.

    Our teacher Mr Jackson also showed his ideas. He said, "No matter what happens, always be honest. Accept that you are going to make mistakes. Learn from them and move on."

    In my opinion, it's a good idea to wear the school uniforms(校服)on weekdays because I will never think about what to wear next day!

Our Class Rules:

Think about your class rules and write down one of them.

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    Do you like Christmas Day? In westerncountries it is the most important day in the year. All the people come back totheir homes to have the day with their parents or their children.

    On Christmas Day, bells ring everywhere. Theringing bells tell people: Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day andnight. They have a good time.

    Most families buy a Christmas tree for theirchildren. And there are presents hanging from the tree here and there. Peoplealso put presents in their children's stockings. In many places FatherChristmas himself brings presents to them, He is a kind old man. He's in redclothes, with a big bag on his back. In the bag there are a lot of presents.

    Christmas is also a day when people enjoy all kindsof food. But some poor people have no house to go back to and have no food toeat. They even die of cold and hunger on Christmas Day. Have you read the storyA little Match Girl? She died on the morning of Christmas Day.

The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. American children of all ages give their mothers something special. It is the day children, young and old, try to show their love to mothers, It is the day to celebrate motherhood and to thank her for all small and big things she has done for her children. However, do you know that Mother's Day celebration is not a recent thing?

England was the first country to set a day to mothers. In the United States, Mother's Day became an official holiday in 1914. An American woman, Anna, asked governors to set a festival for mothers for their love. And they set the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later all the other states celebrated it.

On Mother's Day morning, some American children serve their mothers breakfast in bed. Other children will give their mothers presents which they have made themselves or bought in shops. Adults give their mothers red carnations (康乃馨), the official Mother's Day flowers. If their mothers left the world, they might bring white carnations to their grave sites (基地). This is the busiest day of the year for American restaurants. On the special day, family members do not want mothers to cook dinner!

    Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770.

    His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to force him to practise hour after hour on different musical instruments. If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.

    Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.

    After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only in his twenties. It was a blow to him indeed. To people's surprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

    In 1827, leaving hundreds of pieces, the great musician died.

There are many things that you should be careful with when you are alone at home. Read the following tips to protect yourself.

●Keep the door locked when you are alone at home. Many people think it's the best way to protect themselves.

●Keep a list of phone numbers to call for help, such as 120, 110 or a neighbour's number.

●Be careful with the electrical appliances(电器). If you don't know how to use them, ask your parents. Make a safety check before going to sleep.

●Look through the peephole(猫眼)when you hear the doorbell. If there are strangers, ask "Who's that?" with the door locked and say "Come back later. "Don't tell them that your parents are away. Say "Mum's having a shower. "or" Dad's having a sleep." To ignore (不理睬) the doorbell is not a good idea because sometimes bad people ring doorbells to see if anyone's at home.

    The British Museum is one of the biggest museums in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual.

    The story of the British Museum goes back to three hundred years ago to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George II. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world. The doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and have a look. King George I gave his library, and the museum started to grow.

    The British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. At first the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour. There wasn't much time to see things.

    By about 1800， things began to get better than before. Wonderful statues, three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt. King George IV sold all his books to the museum secretly. A hundred years ago, not only old books but also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since then many famous men have written and studied there. There are four kilometres of new shelves every year and there are about two million visitors every year.