天津市河西区2018届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

—It's easy. Read the           and you can do it too.

—I saw him           with our teacher when l passed the playground just now.

— Sorry, I           t to Ann yesterday.

— Since the first month I came to this school.

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    The United States is full of automobiles (机动车). There are still many families without cars. But some families have two or1more cars. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a2part of life.

    Cars are used for3. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to4their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to shop for necessities.

    Sometimes, small children must be driven to5. In some cities, school buses are used only when children6__more than a mile from the school. One7drives on Mondays, taking her children and the neighbors' children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is called forming a car pool (拼车). Working people also form car pools, with three or four people taking turns driving to the place8they work.

    More car pools should be formed in order to put9cars on the road and to use less oil.

    10 is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something should be done about the use of cars.

    Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy in front of him. The boy had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat and a glove.

    Mark helped the boy pick the things up and walked home together. As they walked, Mark learned that the boy's name was Bill. Bill loved video games, baseball and history, but he was having trouble with some of his subjects in school.

    They arrived at Bill's home first. Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with some laughs and small talk. Then Mark went home.

    They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated (毕业) from junior school. Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

    Bill reminded (提醒) him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill.

    “You see, I cleaned out my locker (储物柜) because I was going home to commit suicide (自杀). But after we spent some time talking and laughing, I realized that if I had died, I would have missed so many good time. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you actually saved my life.”

    Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi'an. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code (二维码), “We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate (使产生）the codes, and in the end everything gets easier.” Said Guo. “When students finish the homework, they keep it on WeChat (微信). Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So I can check their work everywhere using my computer or telephone.”

    The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. When Guo scans (扫描) his students' QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more creative (创新的), with many pictures, music and even videos.

    Guo's students like the new way and think it is interesting. “We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun.” said Tingting, a student of Guo's.

    “The paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share.” Guo said. “It is worth (值得) trying to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I don't want my students to fall behind the times.”

    However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, it's unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the code when they hand in their work, which doesn't take them too much time. Also for teachers, it allows them to check the students' work at any time. And it's also an easy way to share homework with other students.

    Tea is important part of Chinese tradition. Tea has very close relationship to Chinese culture.

    It is said that Chinese tea was discovered by King Shen Nong (神农). People say that he lived 5,000 years ago. One summer day, while he was visiting a faraway part of his country, he felt very thirsty. The servants began to make water hot enough to turn into gas for him to drink. Dried leaves from a near plant fell into the water. The king drank some, and found it could make him feel less tried. Also as a scientist, Shen Nong was interested in the new drink. And so, tea was created in 2737 BC.

    Drinking tea has many advantages. It makes people feel less tired, clears heat inside the human body and helps people lose weight. As you add a cup of tea to your daily life, please check the following helpful advice drink it hot. Tea oxidizes (氧化)quickly, so it is suggested that you drink it hot. Sick if you make the tea too strong.

    Your stomach is full. You take medicine.

    Do not drink too much strong tea. It will probably be harmful to your stomach and make you feel. The best time to drink tea is between meals. It may not make you have a strong wish to eat when Do not drink with medicine. It many change the medical result. You can drink tea two hours after

    Green tea is the best choice for office workers. Why? Because green tea helps stop the bad result of the computer.

he is 24 now he's still like a little child.

He took down the old picture from the wall and a new one.

I heard you won the competition! Your mother must in you.

These shoes arc expensive because they are made.

I the ants on my trousers.

A.You can get there by sharing-bike.

B.What kind of public transportation (交通工具) is near your flat?

C.can you give me a little more information about your flat?

D.I'm not sure. If you check online, you can get that kind of information.

E.I'd rather take a taxi.

F.Is there a train station near here?

D.Good luck with your search.

Mike is a new comer in the city. He is looking for a flat. He is talking with the owner of a flat on the phone now.

Mike: Hello, this is Mike. Walt:  Sure, what can I help you with?

Mike:

Walt: There is a bus stop about two blocks (街区) away. Mile:  Do you know what direction that bus travels?

Walt：

Mike: Okay, I'll just go online. Walt: 

Mike: By the way.is there a shopping center around your house? Walt:  Yes, there is one a few stops away

Mike: Thank you very much

    I was once a fat girl. I weighed 336 pounds (152kg) and looked as big as my fridge. I was never wit. But one day I had a medical examination (体检) .The d told me that I was having heart trouble. It w me up. I began to feel nervous. Then I decided to do something!

    In a year and five months, I l 104 pounds. What a great thing I did! I didn't have any expensive food, medical treatment (治疗) or camp-style (训练营式的) exercise. What was the secret to my s?

    First I looked through the Internet for do-it-yourself advice that people could f on losing weight. Of course I saw countless ads (广告) which tried to get me to buy their products. But I bought nothing. The only thing I did was to c my bad habits. I stopped drinking things with too much sugar in them, refused sweet cakes and eat green vegetables. I only used vegetable oil and never ate a6:30 pm. Also, do light exercise for 15 to 20 minutes five every day.

    Importantly, I have kept doing these things. People sometimes say, “You don't n to tell me what to do. I know it already! But the fact is that k what to do and doing what you know are totally different. The important thing is to know what to do and then just keep doing it.

    A king received a gift of two great falcons (猎鹰), and they were really beautiful. He gave the birds to his head falconer to be trained.

    One day, the falconer told the king that although one of the falcons was soaring (高飞) high in thesky, the other bird couldn't move from its branch (树枝) since the day it arrived.

    The king called on many falcon trainers to train the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly.

    After he tried everything else, the king thought to himself, "Maybe I need someone morefamiliar (熟悉的) with the countryside to work out this problem.” So he asked his men to go and get a farmer.

    In the morning, the king was surprised to find the falcon was soaring high above the gardens. The king asked the farmer, “How did you make the falcon fly?” The farmer said to the king, “It was very easy. I just cut the branch which the bird was sitting on".

    We are all made to fly. But sometimes we just sit on our branches, don't want to leave the things that are familiar to us. So sometimes our lives are boring and not exciting. Let us learn to cut the branch that we are familiar with and free ourselves to a brave soar!

有些人认为有必要，因为：

⑴可以巩固课堂所学内容；

⑵可以学到更多东西。

另一些人认为没有必要，因为：

⑴容易养成依赖习惯；

⑵学生需要更多的时间休息；

⑶许多培训班和家教以盈利为目的。

你的观点：……

请根据以上提示，以 Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?为题写一篇短文。 参考词汇：巩固  strengthen（v.） 依赖 dependence(n.）

要求：

⑴词数：80~100 个。

⑵开头已给出，不计入总词数。

⑶要点齐全，行文连贯，适当发挥。

Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?

    More and more middle school students go to many kinds of training classes or having family teachers at the weekend. There are two different viewpoints about it.