广东省深圳市宝安区文汇学校2025-2026学年九年级上学期10月素养调研英语试卷

When Confucius began his lesson, he kept playing the2 piece of music for many days. Shi Xiangzi was surprised. He wondered why Confucius did this.

One day, Shi Xiangzi told Confucius, "Now you can play this piece well. You can move on to3 other pieces." Confucius said, "Thank you, but I have to learn its4."

After some days, Confucius could play with the skills. His teacher said again, "You can start to learn5 pieces." "Let me practice more. I want to know its conception (思想)," he said.

During the next days, Confucius6 practicing the same piece of music. Shi Xiangzi listened to his playing and was very happy with it. Then he asked Confucius for the third time, "Now that you've learned its conception, why don't you learn the next piece?" "But I haven't7 the composer (创作者) of it," Confucius answered.

After even more practice, Confucius stopped one day. He told his teacher8, "From this music, I knew that it was composed by a great ruler. I'm9 the composer is King Wen!"

"You're right!" Shi Xiangzi said in10, "How smart you are!" "That is because you are a smart teacher," Confucius said.

It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. This happens when a plant gets attacked by insects. The plant gives out chemicals from the leaves that are being eaten. This is like a warning, or a call for help: "I'm being attacked!" When another plant gets the chemicals, it starts to give out its own, different chemicals. Some of these chemicals drive insects away. Others attract the wasps (黄蜂)! The wasps kill the insects that are eating the plants. Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system, so that we can use it to grow more crops.

More surprisingly, plants also use sound to communicate. People can't hear these sounds; but plants are making them. Some plants make noises with their roots. Corn and chili plants do this. Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water.

Most surprisingly of all, plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest. Scientists call this system the "wood wide web". The wood wide web is linked underground by fungi (真菌). It links the roots of different plants to each other. It is in some ways similar to the Internet we use. Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other. However, it may lead to bad effects. Plants may use it to steal food from each other, or spread chemicals to attack other plants. Perhaps one day scientists will learn how to create a "firewall" to help prevent these attacks within the wood wide web.

Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. Maybe one day we will know enough about plant communication to be able to "talk" with them ourselves.

Since the beginning of this term, primary and junior high schools in Shenzhen have carried out a new measure (措施) to make sure that students have daily PE classes. Shenzhen is the first city in the country to require schools to provide daily PE classes for students at the compulsory (义务的) education level.

Buxin Primary School in Luohu District uses a "3+1+1" model, which includes three regular PE classes, one music-based exercise class, and one sports game class. As a result of the new measure, the number of PE classes at the school has risen to 200.

The number of PE teachers isn't enough for all the new classes, so the school has to ask teachers of other subjects to give some of the PE classes. Liu Xunhua, a Chinese teacher at the school, has taken on the role of a part-time PE teacher. "Everything is for the students' health, and we support the new measure," Liu said.

Yuan Yinuo, a sixth grader from the school, believes sports activities help reduce stress, especially considering the pressure graduating students are under. However, some parents are concerned about the reduced learning time of other subjects though they agree on the importance of daily PE classes. A physics teacher who has been working in Shenzhen for over 20 years has the same worry. He made a comment online, "Adding daily PE classes is a good thing, but it's hard for me to complete normal teaching tasks because some of my classes have been replaced by PE classes."

In a reply, the city's education authority (官方；当局) said schools can independently decide the number of weekly class hours and the time of each class for each subject, and that schools can also reasonably arrange (安排) the courses of each subject.

Being the first child can sometimes be hard. "The oldest child syndrome is when the first child feels they must do well and be a good example for other children in the family," says Nicholette Leanza, a therapist (治疗专家).

According to Brandy Smith, a psychologist, some common behaviors for the first child include:

·Having a strong sense of responsibility

·Feeling they must meet people's expectations, mainly their parents' expectations

·Often drawn to leadership-type roles

·Usually described as someone who follows rules and acts nicely

·Being a hard-working person who always tries his best to succeed

There are also some advantages of being the oldest child in the family. Studies have shown that firstborn children have an advantage when it comes to learning things around the age of four. Some studies show that firstborn children also have a small advantage when it comes to early reading and writing skills.

"Being the oldest child can also influence how a child grows in feelings and their understanding of who they are," Leanza says. "For example, they might grow up quicker because they have more jobs to do at home or they might act more like parents because they have to look after their younger brothers and sisters."

"These can make it hard for the oldest child to find their identity (身份) outside of their role in their family," Leanza explains. "It's important for kids to learn to be themselves. And they shouldn't just see themselves as part of the family."

An old friend of mine advises me to say NO more often so I can concentrate on what matters most. Personally, I've benefited a lot from his advice. I've noticed a few areas where people hesitate to say yes. Here's what I suggest you say YES to:

Say yes to challenge.

It's common to doubt your ability to handle more. Why increase the challenges you're already facing? Though there are a few challenges you might have good reason to say no to, say yes to the challenges that help you grow. Challenge can bring out the best in you.

Say yes to fun.

It's true that too much fun can be silly. Actually, you can work with a positive attitude, which can turn any situation into a fun one.

Say yes to better relationships.

If you are continually connecting with new people, you will give too little attention to the relationships you already have. Improving relationships that matter to you is always something good to say yes to.

Say yes to opportunity.

Put yourself in the place of maximum opportunity. Sometimes opportunity finds you but more often than not, you have to search for it.

A. Saying no is a skill but so is saying yes.

B. It's possible to overextend oneself in terms of social connections.

C. Meet more new people to learn from a wide variety of experiences.

D. My dad has pointed out that I do better when in a challenging situation.

E. And when you do find opportunity, don't pass it by because of laziness.

F. However, sometimes, we get too focused on our work and forget to enjoy ourselves.

Teachers are often considered as engineers of human souls. But there is one person in China who (call) the "teacher of teachers".

Born in Anhui Province, China, in 1891, Tao Xingzhi studied educational philosophy (哲学) under the guidance of John Dewey, American philosopher and educator at Columbia University, US, in 1914. But when Tao returned to China in 1917 and began his own career as an educator, he did not copy Dewey's education methods (blind). He adapted (调整) them to improve China's education system.

After doing surveys in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai in 1921, Tao was (surprise) to learn that the rate of illiteracy (文盲) in China went beyond 70 percent. (solve) the problem, Tao organized young workers and farmers to study while working. To deal the shortage of teachers and money, in 1927, Tao set up Xiaozhuang Normal College to train teachers and educators, most of whom became teachers at schools in the countryside. In January 1934, he started the "Little Teacher" programme in which young students were encouraged to serve as teachers to others, even to those (old) than themselves.

Under Tao's guidance, there were over 18,000 "little teachers" in Shanghai within 10 months. Later, there were 28 provinces and cities (take) part in this nationwide education event. In 1939, he started Yucai Middle School in Chongqing offered free education to children in need.

Maybe Tao's saying is the best explanation for (he) life, "Giving a whole heart, yet taking nothing in return, not even a leaf of grass."

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