山西省朔州市2023-2024学年新九年级英语开学摸底考试卷

—____. I'm doing my homework.

— Three buses went by without stopping while I ________ at the bus stop.

—Cool! Let's go with him next Saturday. 

—Yes, she has visited it ______________.

—I think he _____________ to the library.

One day, a businessman (商人) lost a bag. There were one thousand coins (硬币) in it. He told everyone that he would give one hundred coins to anyone giving back the money. 

Later, a farmer1 the bag and he went to give it back to the businessman. The businessman was2 to find that all one thousand coins were still in the bag. However, he was also3 that he had to give some of his money away. He wondered how he could get out of his4 and still appear to be fair. 

At last, the businessman got an idea. "I thank you for5 my money," he said. "I noticed that you already6 your reward (报酬), for there are only nine hundred coins in the bag. "

The farmer shouted, "But I did not even7 the bag before I gave it to you!"

"I hope you enjoy your reward," the businessman said. "Thank you again and goodbye. "He8 left.

The farmer was9 and told his sad story to the prince. The prince asked the businessman to meet him with the bag of money. It had only nine hundred coins in it now. 

The prince took the money bag and said, "If your bag had one thousand coins and this bag has only nine hundred, then how do you10 this is your bag?" The businessman had trouble speaking.

London Transport Museum

LondonTransport Museum was set up in 1980.It brings to life the history of London's public transport network— its buses, trains, tubes and taxis, from the 19th century to the present day.

The museum has two sites in London. The main site in Covent Garden is open to the public every day. It reopened in 2007 after a two-year repair. The other site, located in Acton, is known as the London Transport Museum Depot and is open on visitor days throughout the year. 

Opening times（the main site）:

◆Museum galleries（展览馆）

Open daily 10: 00 — 18: 00（Last entry 17: 15）

◆Museum shop

Sunday—Tuesday 10: 00 — 18: 30 Wednesday— Saturday 10: 00 — 19: 00 Museum tickets (the main site):

◆Adult: $17.50

◆Children and young people aged 18 and under: free

(Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. )You can save by booking your ticket online at $16.

For more information, visit https: // www. ltmuseum. co. uk. 

Canada geese（鹅） are large, blue and white birds. When autumn comes, they fly to the south where the weather is warmer. Winter in Canada is very cold. The birds will die if they stay there. 

Last spring, Bill found sixteen young Canada geese on his farm. They couldn't find their parents. Bill had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds how to fly. All through the summer, Bill went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him.

When the cold weather came, Bill flew to Virginia in the United States. The geese followed him all the way. Bill left the geese in Virginia and returned home. 

This spring Bill waited for the birds to come back. But they didn't. Bill flew to Virginia to get them back. He looked for them for two weeks but he couldn't find them. But when he arrived home, he found the geese were waiting for him. They could find their way home by themselves!

A young man went to an expert on gems(宝石) and wanted to learn from him. The expert shook his head. He worried that young men wouldn't have the patience to learn. In his opinion, they were always in a hurry.

The young man asked the expert many times to let him have a try. Finally the expert said, "Be here tomorrow. "The next morning the expert put a jade(翡翠) stone in the man's hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The man sat and waited excitedly. The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in the man's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth, and fifth day the expert repeated the action.

On the sixth day the young man still had to hold the jade stone, but he could no longer stand the silence. "Sir," he asked, "when am I going to learn something?" "You will learn," the expert replied.

Several more days went by. The man became more and more impatient. However, when the expert placed a stone in his hand one morning, the young man shouted without looking at it "This is not the same jade stone!" "You have begun to learn," the expert said with a smile.

Developed by US company OpenAI, ChatGPThas taken the internet by storm, winning 100 million users since it came out in November 2022.People can ask the robot to write stories and emails, create recipes（食谱）, translate languages, and answer all kinds of questions. In its own words, it is "a language model trained in [a large amount of]internettext to help users get human-like text. "

Compared with Siri or other chatbots（聊天机器人）, ChatGPTuses a much bigger database（数据库） for training. It also uses stronger software and hardware to learn things by itself. For example, if it provides a wrong answer to your question, you can tell it the right one and it will make corrections. 

OpenAIhas now introduced a powerful new language model: GPT-4.On March 14, 2023, GPT-4 showed the world how smarter it is than GPT-3.5.One of its best new features is that it can understand pictures. 

But GPT-4's developments don't stop there. The new language model can code（用代码编写） classic games in a matter of minutes, It can also change the tone（语气） and style based on what you ask it to do. GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests, which may worry teachers. According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well on a law school test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test takers. But GPT-3.5only got a score in the bottom 10 percent.

stamps in David's house.

we felt when we heard the news about David!

Health   nutritious food, fresh air and enough sleep. 

People should try to protect wild animals    them. 

Julia    with her penfriendsfrequently for ten years. 

We live in the "Computer Age". Just 35 years ago, computers couldn't do so much.

Theybig and expensive. They usedlot of energy. Only a few people were interested them. Today computers are smaller and (cheap). They can do much(difficulty) work. Computers become important for many reasons. They work faster than man make fewer mistakes. They can remember so much information. A computer can deal with millions of problems in a few (second). A person might need years to work out so many problems. 

People now use computers in nearly every kind of work(find) lost things, guide trains and planes, and manage telephone calls and traffic lights. People also begin(use) small computers in schools and homes. 

Computers are very useful and the use of computers is growing. More computers mean more jobs for many people because people need to run and repair(they). 

要求：学会对自己微笑；学会对他人微笑；微笑是一种语言。请紧扣主题，表述全面、准确、流畅。
参考词汇：attitude 态度 misunderstand 误会 confidence 自信 benefit one's health 有益于健康。

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How to Learn to Smile Inour life, we should learn to smile to ourselves.