牛津译林版九年级英语上Unit 5 Art World单元测试

-- I'm not sure. I ______ go to the countryside to see my grandmother.

-- Yes, I was very ______ with it.

-- ______ seven o'clock.

— Yes, I have never seen           sky.

-- ________. I have a lot of homework to do.

— Sure. You can take the No.3 bus to get there.

    Gwondo was a trainer of dogs. He would go out every day with his dogs, to1 them how to catch animals so all his tribe(部落) could eat.

    Wherever Gwondo went, his tribe could see him away in the distance  2 his white hair would shine in the sunlight. The tribe 3would say to their children, "See, there is Gwondo and his dogs, searching for 4 for us all. " Gwondo went out hunting every day and always came 5 with much food. And all were very happy.

    Now Gwondo grew 6 and as all humans do, one day he died. The tribe felt sad and cried many days and many nights 7 one day the elders called to their children, " You have cried enough for Gwondo. Now it is time to 8 living. Go down to the beach and be happy."

    The children ran down to the beach and looked out to sea. 9, they all looked at each other, then turned and ran back to their elders, 10, "Come quickly. Gwondo, he is back with us. He is out in the sea. "The elders hurried to the 11 and said, "Yes! It is Gwondo back! He is now a dolphin and lives in the sea. "

    Now whenever you see 12 dolphins in the sea, look for the big old dolphin. You will know him because he has a large white fin on 13 back. He is Gwondo and he is training the young dolphins to chase(追逐) 14 close to the beach so that his tribe can catch them.

     Gwondo is known to all the tribes 15 the east coast of Australia. They call him their sea dog.

    Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband and wife. They are disabled. They completed the first Chinese encyclopedic(百科知识的) dictionary for deaf people and people with hearing problems.

　　　When you're not at home, many worries may start to crowd your mind. Did I turn the coffee maker off? Did I lock the door? Are the kids doing their homework or watching television? With a smart home, you can quiet all of these worries.

　　　A smart home is a home with a communication network. This network connects devices(装置),such as lights and TV sets, and allows them to be controlled from far away through electrical wiring, mobile phone communication or WiFi over the internet.

　　　More and more people may start to consider owning a smart home, because it makes life much more convenient. It can help keep your room at a certain temperature. It can record what happens inside the home and send the video to your phone. When you are on vacation abroad, you can use a smart home controller to switch on or off the electricity when necessary. Some smart homes can receive a visitor, allowing him to come in and offering him a drink. They can even feed the cat and water the plants.

　　　Besides, smart homes are easy to fix. Most smart home technology and devices are wireless and can be set up with a minimum of tools, using only the guiding information. When a problem appears, you can deal with it yourself without paying a professional.

　　　However, for home-users, the smart home technology is far from perfect. It can be rather expensive to own the technology and the devices. Also, because the smart home system(系统)allow its owner to get home information from anywhere, it leaves the home easy to be attacked by hackers(黑客),who may secretly use or change the information in the system.

　　　Now, many scientists are excited at the future of smart home technology. Imagine being able to get fashion advice from your mirror, or receive food shopping suggestions from your refrigerator. While there are others who worry that those smart devices will make people lazier and lonelier. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure—smart home technology will change the way we live and work.

If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a clever person.

A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease after operations. They found those volunteers who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons did much better on language ability tests than without music. It is also used in medical fields for patients who have had head hurts because of its moderate tempo (舒缓的节拍).

“Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nerve (神经) system and these changes may improve the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added.

The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after exercising with or without music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health and education. It helps reduce stress and sadness, encourage relaxation or sleep, wake up the body and improve memory and thoughts.

Scientists have been studying the results of exercise to music on learning and understanding since the early 1950s. A study showed that students who listened to Mozart's violin pieces and exercised went on to get higher marks in an IQ test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music or play sports. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.

      In Paris, one freezing winter evening, I was having dinner with my friend, Mr. Dupin, the famous detective. We had just finished our meal, when there was a loud knocking at the door. Dupin opened it. There stood Mr. Germain, the chief警长）of the Paris Police.

      We welcomed him warmly, for he was an old acquaintance（熟人）whom we hadn't seen for a great time.

      "I need your assistance," said Germain. "I met a case（案件）that has been giving me a great deal of trouble. It is very simple but very strange."

      “Also, please keep this secret. If anyone found out that I told you this. I would certainly lose my job.”

      “Well, then,” said the Chief,” I have learned that a very important letter has been stolen from the king. We are sure who stole it and that the letter is in his house."

      "But who would dare do such a thing" I cried.

      "The thief," said Germain softly, "He's a man who darers do many dangerous things. He is one of the most powerful and important ministers in the government. He is Minister Danton.”

      "A lot of times, while Minister Danton was out, a lot of well-trained police officers carefully searched the entire house, room by room. In fact, we examined everything in the house but found nothing."…

       A month later, Dupin asked Germain and me to his house. There he took out a letter and handed it to the Chief. We were both very surprised.

      Dupin explained, "I know Minister Danton very well. He could not hide the letter in any of the usual hiding places. I realized that he might have left the letter out in the open, right under everyone's nose, where no one would search for it."

      "Then I visited him with my dark glasses on to help me observe（观察）better. While we were chatting, a dirty, torn letter in the letter holder suddenly caught my eyes-unusual for the Minister, who is careful and neat."

      "I was sure it was the letter."

      "Then I purposely left my gloves behind so I could come back again."

"The next morning, I hired a man to fire a gun on the street, while the Minister went to see what happened, I stole the letter by replacing it with a similar one, On it Dupin wrote these words:

             Your plan was good, but mine was better

             As you can see, I took the letter.

—-Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe

      Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, "Happiness depends upon ourselves." In other words, we m our own happiness. Here are a f suggestions to help you be happier.

The first secret of h is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the f, for example, getting into college or getting a good job, that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life's simple p, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and h lives.

      Another secret to living a happy life is to be a. Many people go out to dance or play sports. People can forget about their problems and only think about the activities.

      Finally, many people find happiness in helping o. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their t helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things f someone else. You can help a friend with his or her studies, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.

      Smog (XA) is a of the hot subjects these years. It does great harm to people's health. The most terrible smog lasted for about a week in February, 2014. It covered 15 percent of the land in northern and central China.  Now, more and more people in China have realized the importance of protecting the environment. They try to save energy by walking or riding to work in their daily life. Cities including Beijing and Shanghai have taken action by controlling the number of cars and closing heavily polluting factories.

      Beijing is heavily polluted, so it's not easy to see blue skies there. But during the APEC

manit(亚太经合会议峰会）in November last year, Beijing saw blue skies for a few days. People happily call the "APEC blue”

    "I hope the APEC blue will last, and I believe it will, because China put great efforts into reducing pollution." Said President Xi hoping during the summit. The two large countries, China and the USA, produce about 45 percent of the world's greenhouse gasses(温室气体）On November 12, Presidents Xi Jinping and Obama announced that both countries would work together to cut down CO₂ emissions（二氧化碳的排放）.The goal needs everyone's effort.

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Research has shown that music has an important influence on one's moods.……