广东省广州市花都区秀全外国语学校2025-2026学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷

In the third century, China was divided into three kingdoms: Wei, Shu and Wu. Among the three kingdoms, Shu was weaker than1. The head of Shu, Liu Bei,2 worried about his kingdom. He heard that there was a very wise man named Zhuge Liang living in Longzhong in Hubei Province. Then he made a3 to invite him to help him.

In the year 207 AD, Liu Bei, together with4 sworn brothers (拜把兄弟) Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, travelled to Longzhong,5, when they arrived, Zhuge Liang was not at home. They had to return, achieving hardly6.

Later, they came to visit Zhuge Liang again,7 again they didn't see him. Zhuge Liang had been out8 days and hadn't come back yet. This time, Liu Bei left a note expressing his wish. Some days later, Liu wanted9 a third visit. Guan and Zhang wanted to stop him, but they10. This time, Zhuge Liang was at home, but he was sleeping. Guan and Zhang11 to stand at the door, while Liu Bei stood by the bed in person.12 Zhuge Liang woke up and saw him, he was moved by Liu Bei's sincerity (真诚) and agreed to help him. With the help of Zhuge Liang, Shu became larger and13.

This is14 story of "San Gu Mao Lu". Later, people use it to describe people who invite someone in15 sincerity and eagerness.

One day, some villagers asked Zhou to help them kill the tiger and the monster. Zhou agreed. After three days of fighting, Zhou 4 killed them. But the villagers thought he was dead during the fight. Before Zhou came back, they celebrated his 5. After seeing this, Zhou realized how much he was hated and decided to make a 6.

He visited a famous man named Lu Yun. Lu told him, "7 one realizes what is good in the morning, he can change his behavior in the evening. Just do what you think is 8."

From then on, Zhou Chu 9 hitting other people and became a good person.

In fact, it's not easy for us to know our own mistakes, even when they are clear to others. It was good that Zhou was able to make changes.

We all make mistakes. But it's never too late to 10 them. All you need is the courage to accept your mistakes and make an effort to correct them.

Apps are common digital learning tools that provide different content designed for your needs. Want to find an app that can help you learn? Here are some great ideas for you.

Understatement means ________. For example, if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, "It's a little damp (潮湿的) outside." Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, "She isn't exactly friendly." Understatement is often used in an annoying situation or to make another person look silly. Understatement plays an important part in British humour.

Another key to understanding British humour is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others. They often laugh about the silly things that happen to our everyday life when someone falls over in the street. They also like to make jokes about people from different classes of society. They like to play jokes on their accents (口音), the way they dress and the way they behave. What's more, the British love to watch comedies about people who do not know how to behave in society. The famous Mr Bean is a good example ofthis kind of humour.

Mr Bean is the role played by British actor Rowan Atkinson in 1990. Mr Bean doesn't talk often, and instead he uses his body movement and facial expressions to make people laugh. Perhaps what makes Mr Bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world wouldn't do. Mr Bean is popular in many countries round the world because you do not have to speak English to understand the humour. As a result, British sense of humour has become well known to many people.

I have a brother and a sister named Sally. She was nine years old. We used to see each other. But after I graduated from the primary school she attended, I saw her less and less. I tried to go to her soccer games, but I had my own play practices and meetings.

Then one day I came home, an empty house. I found a note from my mom. she was at my brother's baseball game. However, my sister was at her friend's and would be dropped off.

At five o'clock, I went to turn on the light near the front door and saw my sister walking towards the door with her friend and her friend's father. I heard them talking.

"Is anyone at home?" the father asked.

"Just my mean elder sister—Linda and she only minds her own things. She's probably in her room as usual," my sister replied. I couldn't believe it. I didn't even know this man but my sister was making me sound like one of Cinderella's hateful stepsisters. I opened the door, thanked the father for bringing her home, then shut the door and started to cry.

To make a long story short, a huge fight followed that ended with me driving my sister to her room. But I realized what was worse than the fight was that I really hadn't been a good elder sister. I had forgotten what was important and what really mattered. I had got caught in a lot of pressure and competition. In fact, my sister made me realize the grades I got didn't matter to everyone—certainly not to her. All that matters to her is that I'm her elder sister, and that's what matters to me, too.

Digital reading (数字阅读) is on the rise, now making up about 15% of the total US book market. However, traditional print publishing is still by far the most popular type—and it comes with a high carbon footprint (碳足迹). According to a 2023 report from Words Rated, print book publishing is the third biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions (排放), and 32 million trees are cut down each year in the US to make paper for books. Then there's the problem of printing and transport, not to mention the many unsold books that are destroyed.

Digital reading seems to be better than print because it is paperless, so it saves trees and transport. Moreover, technology companies that make e-readers, such as Amazon, offer recycling programs for old devices (设备). But digital devices also come with a large carbon footprint, mainly at the production stage.

So back to the earlier question: which way of reading is more environmentally friendly? "If you buy an e-reader and you read lots of books on it, then it's the lowest carbon thing to do. But if you buy it, read a couple of books, and find that you prefer paper books, then it's the worst of all worlds." said Mike Berners-Lee, a professor at Lancaster Environment Centre in the United Kingdom. Yet, Berners-Lee also said that reading is still, relatively speaking, an environment-friendly activity.

Every culture produces men and women with sharp minds who spend their days thinking about the world and how to live a good and happy life.

Born in 551 BC, Confucius, Kong Zi, has made the greatest contribution to Chinese culture in history and his philosophical ideas are widely known. Although he was raised in a poor family, he visited famous scholars and learned a lot. He developed his thoughts into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism.

First, he said we should respect the king. Next, we should do everything possible to respect each other. Finally, he believed that we can have a really good and happy life if we learn to live in harmony (和谐). This means that we should try to find a way to live peacefully both with each other and with the natural world.

His friends and followers collected them after his death. Slowly, people everywhere accepted his wisdom. For example, one of his famous sayings is: "What you know, you know; what you don't know, you don't know."

Confucius was a great teacher as well and developed education for ordinary (普通的) people. He traveled around to promote his political thinking but failed. But he never gave up.

He is a great Chinese spiritual leader. Over the last 2,000 years, his philosophy has continued to influence China and the rest of the world.

A. Now his wise sayings have influenced many people in different countries.

B. It is regarded as the symbol of Chinese culture.

C. However, none of his wise sayings were written down while he was alive.

D. They are the philosophers.

E. Confucius found three main truths about how to live a good life.

Betty math and she is not good at it.

Last week Jack got a bad result in the maths exam, he himself.

Li Hua often Jack maths problems.

Anna taught Betty making mistakes and encouraged her to get a good result next time.

boy Li Hua is!

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1. 表达你的安慰；

2. 对相关的两点问题提出看法并分别给建议，内容可适当拓展！

3. 最后给予恰当的鼓励；

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Dear Simon,

I've read your post on the Internet._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope my advice can help you and you will feel much better soon.

Yours,

Li Hua