四川省遂宁市射洪中学校2025-2026学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试题

—Yes. I was so excited that I tried it again and again.

—I learn ________ a group.

—Mary is________ from the meeting, because she has a bad cold.

—________ joining an English club to practice speaking English?

—He ________ take a bus, but now he ________ there to keep fit.

—I think they ________ if the weather is good.

—Yes, there is one over there.

As time passed, Mr. Brown got tired of his own look. Last month, Mr. Brown went to a body modification shop and2 a small mouth. Small mouths were very3 among young people these days. After the operation, he looked at himself in the mirror and found that his short4 hair didn't match his new look. So he decided to change it to curly hair. When he was about to leave, the shop owner5 told him that the shop had a special discount on eyebrows. Finally, Mr. Brown left the shop with a small mouth, curly hair and new eyebrows.

In the following weeks, Mr. Brown's interest in his6 kept increasing. He bought new ears, new hands and new legs. After that, he looked much younger than his actual age and7 different from before. He felt very pleased with himself.8, the changes in his face and fingerprints brought him a lot of trouble. He was9 to enter places such as subway stations and airports. In the end, he made a decision to get his old body back! To his surprise, Mrs. Brown was not happy with his10 because she couldn't stand the smell of his old shoes.

If you know someone has something, you can ask for it with a polite question. If you don't know, it's possible to ask for something with a yes or no question. Be careful not to use the direct expressions. In other words, don't say "Give me that'', but ask kindly as the following examples, "Do you have a pen I could borrow?", "Is there any wine?" or "Did you buy any bread?"

If you know or see someone has something, ask a polite question with "could", "may" or "might". It's also possible to use "can" in some special situations. In the past, "can" was not used when people asked for something, but meant ability. In the UK, people mainly use "Can you lend me…?" or "Can I have…?" In the US, this is still considered to be wrong and "May I have…?" is preferred.

It's common to use "Could you lend/hand/give…?" You can also use "May/Can I borrow…?", "Could/Can you lend me…?", "May I have…?" or "Could you hand/give me…?" Do not begin a sentence with "please", but you can add "please" at the end of the sentence to be polite.

Scientists are trying to solve this problem. For example, Engineering and Technology magazine reports that Hanwang, a tech company in Beijing, has made a new system. It can recognize (辨认) 95% of people when they wear masks.

What's the secret? It's all about your eyes. Marios Savvides from Camegie Mellon University studies facial-recognition. As we get older, he says, our faces change shape. But the area around our eyes doesn't. It stays the same—even if we put on weight. As long as there are enough data from the area of our eyes, the cameras can recognize us.

Tech5 is another facial-recognition company. The Swiss company's products scan (扫描) the shape of your face. They also scan your iris (虹膜), which is the colored part of your eyes. Tech5 hopes to ignore (忽略) all of the face below the nose.

This kind of software is more important than just unlocking your phone. "It can discover criminals, even when they wear masks," said Huang Lei from Hanwang. Hanwang's technology is used by Chinese police in places like subway stations and airports. Similar technology is used by the United States Air Force.

Huang pointed out one big weakness: it fails when people wear both a mask and sunglasses. "In this situation, all of the key facial information is lost," Huang said to E&T.

A: Pardon me, I think I got lost.     

B: Of course. But it is kind of far away from here. It's more convenient.

A: That's OK.        

B: Go along this street and turn right at the first crossing. You'll see it next to the supermarket.

A:

B: About ten minutes. You can get off after four stops.

A: I see. Thank you so much.

B: It's all right.
 

A. It's about a three-minute walk.

B. How long does it take me to get to the square?

C. I suggest taking the subway there.

D. Where is the nearest subway station?

E. Could you tell me where Tianfu Square is?

Many people think that English writing is difficult. Here are some great writing tips. They will help you improve your writing in a short time.

Don't ramble (长篇大论). This is a very common mistake made by people who have poor writing skills. When they ramble, they are not paying attention to grammar. As a result, their sentences become very long. If you know you have poor grammar, use short sentences.

Think about each sentence carefully to make sure that it is right before moving on. It's better to write a short passage that is easy to read and mistake-free than to write a long article with grammar mistakes.

Increase your vocabulary. If you don't have a large vocabulary, you will find it difficult to write as you can't find the right words to express (表达) yourself clearly. The solution (解决办法) to this problem is to increase your vocabulary. You can do this by reading newspapers, borrowing books from the library or watching English programs.

Don't write when you are tired. Tiredness can lead to having nothing to write. If you find yourself looking at the paper with nothing to write, don't just sit there! Take a walk or a warm shower, or simply lie down to get some rest. You'll find that you enjoy your writing a lot more and make fewer mistakes!

A. When your mind is relaxed, you should go back to your writing.

B. Make sure your sentences are right.

C. You can pick up new words almost anywhere.

D. The longer the sentences are, the more mistakes they'll make.

E. As a result, they may give up after trying hard for a while.

F. Looking up new words in a dictionary is a good way.

Some people have a very poor sense of (direct). Unluckily I am one of them. I have visited a place many (time) but I may still get lost there.

When I was a little girl, I was afraid to ask (strange) the way. Now, I am no longer shy about (ask) people for directions, but I often receive (help) or even wrong information. So I try not to give people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way, I always say, "Sorry, I am a stranger here."

Once my way to work, a man stopped me. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I (give) him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him (wait).

When I just got to my office, the secretary (秘书) showed the man who asked me for directions in. Imagine embarrassed I was and how (surprise) he was when we saw each other!

Each country has its unique (独特的) dos: When in a foreign country, if we don't want to get into trouble, we should obey the rules. When in Rome, do as the Romans do! Now let's learn about some manners in four different countries.

1.分享一个你觉得有效的英语学习方法（他可用于参考学习中文）；

2.介绍一个你最喜欢的中国传统节日及习俗，并描述你在该节日的具体经历（如和家人做的事、品尝的美食等）；

3.谈谈你过去和现在在性格，爱好或外貌上的一个主要变化。

注意：   1.词数80-100左右；

2.条理清晰，语句通顺，语法正确；

3.邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

Thanks for your email. I'm sorry to hear you have trouble in learning Chinese.

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Hope my ideas help!

Yours,

Li Hua