广西壮族自治区钦州市浦北县2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题（音频暂未更新）

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—____. That's impossible.

—OK. I won't next time.

—I'm looking for the book ____ you gave to me just now.

A: What shall we do this evening, Li Qiang?

B: A new film is on at Hongqi Cinema this evening.

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B: It's called The World of Dinosaurs.

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B: Yes. It's a science fiction film and tells about a baby dinosaur.

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B: OK. The baby dinosaur is chosen to be the future king.

A: That sounds interesting.
 

One day, Mandy and Chloe were at the shopping centre near their house. Not only were they schoolmates, but also they were neighbours. They 1 to have lunch and do some window shopping together.

2 Mandy and Chloe got to a restaurant, they quickly ordered their food and started to enjoy their meal. While eating, 3 talked about the movie they watched last weekend. After the meal, Mandy and Chloe still kept talking about it even when they went down the escalator(电动扶梯). They didn't 4 that a man was trying to walk down the escalator. He was carrying a briefcase and seemed to be in a 5 .

Unluckily, Mandy and Chloe were blocking (堵住) the man's way as they 6 side by side. The man had no other 7 but to squeeze (挤) in between them as he made his way down the escalator. This made Chloe 8 and she shouted, "How rude!"

To Mandy and Chloe's surprise, once they reached the end of the escalator, the man turned and 9 a sign. It read "Keep to the left". This made Mandy and Chloe turn red in the face quickly. They immediately said sorry to the man. And they 10 that they would be considerate (为他人着想的) when using the escalator in the future.

Most students in America like popular music. They carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are about music.

Popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her CDs or tapes.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music (民谣) which tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. It was started by cow-boys who would sing at night to the cows which they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

The Simpsons is a cartoon family of five people: all of them have yellow faces and big white eyes. The parents are Marge and Homer. Marge has blue hair. She loves her hair very much. She is always very kind to her family. Homer works in a factory and spends all his free time watching TV and eating donuts (炸面圈). He always eats with his mouth open and he is too fat.

Bart is the oldest child. He always gets bad grades. He doesn't like to do his homework and often makes his parents angry. He likes playing tricks (恶作剧) on his sister, Lisa. Lisa is a little younger than Bart and is always top of the class at school. She's the smartest person in the family. Maggie is the youngest child. She can't talk or walk, but she's always happy. She can only say one word: "Daddy".

The Simpsons started in 1989 and it's still very popular now. People of all ages like it because the Simpsons are like a real family. They aren't beautiful like a lot of families on TV.

One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Kate was coming out of a shop, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Kate's sister's. Kate believed her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She told the driver where he should go. Kate was surprised that it was not in the direction of her home.

"Why?" Kate asked. The lady smiled.

When they came to a quiet road, a big man appeared on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and pointed it at Kate. She asked Kate to keep quiet. The man then started the taxi.

"Oh! I'm kidnapped," Kate said to herself.

She tried to escape(逃脱), but not succeeded. Suddenly an idea came to her. She took out a lipstick (红) from her pocket, wrote "SOS" on the window, and covered the word with her back.

A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the sign. When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grasses and ran away.

The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. They were also happy because their daughter finally came back safely.

While most Chinese young people are crazy about new technology, Yu Chenrui chooses to look back.

Yu, 29, is a maker of automata (机关人偶装置). It is said that no more than 10 people do such work full-time in China.

The history of automata goes back to centuries ago. Ancient Greeks are believed to be the earliest makers. In fact, the word "automata" comes from the Greek language, meaning "moves on its own".

Born in Chengdu, Yu was interested in handcrafts (手工艺品) as a boy. At college, he studied Art. In 2015, Yu first saw automata works by Japanese artist Kazuaki Harada and fell in love with them. He realized that this could be what he really wanted to do.

Then he began to learn the craft by himself. Automata have never been widely popular in China, so it's a bit difficult to find books or teachers to learn from. A British website called Cabaret Mechanical Theatre became Yu's main source of information. His friends also brought him books from foreign museums.

When he left college in 2016, Yu got a job in Beijing. However, a full-time job took much of Yu's time, making it difficult to fully achieve his automata dreams. Three years later, Yu left the job and returned to his hometown Chengdu and opened a workshop (工作室).

Now Yu's creations have caught the attention of well-known artists, such as Paul Spooner from the home of automata making in the UK and Kazuaki Harada himself. And collectors from around the world have collected Yu's pieces of art.

"A wonderful thing about automata is that they interest people of all ages. Adults enjoy automata works as art, while children see them as toys to be played with," said Yu.

Do you know Mckenna Grace? She is only 15 years old but she's a popular in Hollywood.

When she was five years old, her grandparents her a tape with Shirley Temple on it. This made her fall in love with . In 2013, she was for the film Goodbye World. During the past ten years, she's played many .

Grace has a(n) for music, too. In April 2021, she posted a video online and millions of her fans were surprised at her voice.

Grace is also an animal-lover. She works with PETA (善待动物组织) and tries best to protect animals. When she is free, she loves to stay with animals. She that everyone in society can be friendly to animals.

Grace has an amazing taste in pop culture. It's reported that she reads at least twelve novels a year she is quite busy every day. What a kind and excellent girl she is!

提示要点：1. 爱好：听音乐、看电影……；2. 梦想：当一名侦探（原因自拟）。

写作要求：1. 包含所有提示要点，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；2. 80词左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；3. 文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称。

参考词汇：神秘mystery

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