河南省商丘市夏邑县2023年九年级学业水平考试英语试卷

l joined a band(乐队)as a drummer in my middle school. I thought it would be fun playing the drum and meeting new friends. At first it was easy, but a month later, it got difficult. I was the only one who couldn't keep pace (节奏)with the other players.

Our teacher, Angie, singled me out to keep practicing while everyone else got to relax. I felt ashamed(羞愧的) as my teammates watched me fail so many times. Finally I got so tired of practicing that I didn't care about doing it right.

"Are you giving up on me. Steve?" Angie asked.

"Yes, I am, "I shouted. Angie sent me inside the music room where I cried out. Then she came in and said. "Don't be sad. I believe you can make it!" She told me never to give up. She left me alone and I realized Angie was right—by giving up, I was also giving up on the team and myself.

With her comfort, I decided to go on practicing. However, I still couldn't play well. Knowing my difficulties, my teammates gave me a hand. They spent about three more hours practicing with me every week. Thanks to their support and help, I began to keep pace with them. Later, we per-formed wonderfully in an important show.

In the whole process, I was taught that although we each had our own job to do in a show, it would take all of us working together to make the show great. I felt accepted and made great progress. I love everyone in the band. I can't imagine what my school life would be like without them.

In China, each year we produce about 150 million tons of city waste according to a report. Where does the waste go? People usually burn or bury(埋)it. On the other hand, we receive waste from some developed countries. We get useful materials from it. What about the useless part? Still burned or buried. But is it a proper way?

Waste pollutes the environment, harms people's health and causes animals to die. It also gets in the way of green and sustainable development. We can't make money at the cost of the environment. We should leave clean water and green mountains to our next generations(一代人).

China is getting really serious about waste now.

We are taking less waste from developed countries. From January 2018, China started to stop24 kinds of waste coming into our country. And more laws and rules about dealing with waste have been made. Anyone who breaks the law will be punished.

China also tries to put waste into good use. One example is the waste electricity factories. They burn waste to make electricity in a green way. No harmful gases or water will get into the environment.

The Chinese government is encouraging people to do waste sorting(分类). Cities like Shanghai, Chongqing and Beijing have their own sorting systems. More will join them soon. As President Xi Jinping said during a visit to Shanghai, waste sorting is a new fashion(时尚). More and more people are forming the habit of separating their waste.

You have lots of things you'd like to do. But sometimes it's hard to get to the finish line –just like your goal. How can you break your bad habits and develop good ones? Here are a few opinions we often get from kids, followed by ideas that might help.

●I can't get away from screens.

If you usually spend time lying on the sofa and watching TV programs or a video when you're bored, go somewhere else instead. Take a book to your room or your violin to the backyard. Or ask if you can help cook in the kitchen.

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Start with" showing up." Then take one small step or do one tiny task, followed by another and another. For example, how do I practice the piano? First sit at it. Then play one note at a time.

Starting with a super - simple step often helps. Why? It's easy, quick, and gets you in action.

●I have no time.

Take a look at the choices you make about how you spend time. Do those choices show what's important to you? Can you spare 10-minutes a day to work on a goal? Let's suppose you want to be singer. Talk with a parent about why your goal counts. Discuss whether you can let go of something less important to free up time to achieve it.

A. Then keep taking steps.

B. I can't start such a huge goal.

C. And how can you try to reach your goals?

D. To change a habit, try changing where you spend your time.

E. Is it more important to practice singing than play video games?

A man -walked in the desert for two days. He1a sand storm during the trip. After the sand storm, he lost the sense of 2. While he was unable to hold on, he suddenly found a small old house. He pulled his3. body into the house. There was only some wood inside. He walked to the corner hopelessly, but suddenly 4 a water pump.

Excitedly, he went to draw water(抽水), 5 he couldn't pump water no matter how hard he tried. He sat on the ground6. Just at that time, he saw a small bottle with a cork(瓶塞). There was a yellow 7posted on the bottle, which read," You must put the water into the pump before you can draw water! Don't 8 before you leave, refill it with water!" He pulled the cork and found the bottle was really filled with water! He could hardly believe his9.

At this moment, he thought, "If I only think about myself, as long as I drink the water in the bottle, I can be10to go out of this desert! If I do as the note told to put the only water into the pump and the water can't come back, I will be11to death. Will I take the risk or not?"

Finally, he made a 12 to do what the note told him and began to draw water with his shaking hands. Sure enough, the water really13!

After he drank enough water, he filled the bottle with water. He enveloped(封住)it with the cork and14 his words after the note, "Believe me, it's really 15. You should learn to pay before you get it!"

It was Friday afternoon. After getting off the school bus, Laura ran into the house .

"How was school, Lara?" asked her mom.

"It was great, Mc. n. Labor Day (劳动节) is . I am excited that I will have no school next Monday!"

Laura was woken up early on Labor Day morning her dad. He said that in honor of(纪念)Labor Day, the family planned to do some cleaning. Laura couldn't believe it. She began to wonder this was just a bad dream.

"Laura, your breakfast is ready. We have many to do today. Let's get a move on, "said Laura's mom. Laura asked her parents, ""Are you serious about working today? Isn't Labor Day a holiday?"

"Yes, Laura, it is, "replied her dad. "But your mom and I thought working hard today would make you realize why Labor Day was in the beginning. "

Laura disliked the plan, she had no choice. First, she was asked to wash the breakfast dishes. After that, her dad told her to give their dog a bath. It was a hard task, which needed a lot of careful work. She began the work unhappily.

But things began to change as she was doing the chores. She found it was so with so many soap bubbles(泡泡) when she brushed the dog. Then it was yard work and she helped to pick up sticks. When she finished her chores, Laura felt happy to see the yard looked much than before.

Holidays are not necessarily for fun or rest. Doing something can also get special pleasure: Maybe this is the spirit of Labor Day.

Last year, I went to Italy as an exchange student. Before leaving, I asked my mother gifts I should take to the teachers and the students there. Mom said that the Chinese fan was a good choice, for China is praised "the Fan Kingdom". I couldn't agree more, because it is more than a tool for cooling. It's also important part of Chinese culture,

I went shopping and bought three kinds of Chinese fans. The first kind was the feather(羽毛)fan for the teachers, which was made of bird feathers. The fans I bought for the girls silk fans. As for the boys, I picked the folding fans.

At the welcome party in Italy, my new teachers and classmates were all excited get the wonderful fans. And they were even more excited after learning about the stories and culture behind them.

A: The bus is late, isn't it?

B: Yes, but the bus was always on time.

A: Are you working in Beijing or just a visitor?

B:

A: How long have you been here?

B:

A: A month isn't a short time for a trip. ?

B: I've been to many places, such as the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. They're really wonderful.

A: Sounds good.

B: I think China is a great country with a long history and it's quite beautiful.

A:

B: Yes, of course. It's delicious.

A: Oh, look, the bus is coming. Let's get on the bus.

B: OK.

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The Progress I've Made

Looking back on the past two years, I have made great progress.