天津市河东区2018届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

— You're right. Everyone should be a greener person.

—The smile on his face shows that he is   what I have done in my study.

— He     Shanghai. He will be back in three days.

—I'd like to join the dancing club.

— Sure. It's a great TV programme     brings the habit of reading back into the public.

—     !

    Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the past 38 years, he has planted trees on a sandbar (沙洲) of the Brahmaputra River and has1 it into a forest. One day in 1979, 16-year-old Payeng was walking

    2 the bank of the Brahmaputra River. He saw many snakes on the sandbars. These snakes died in a few days' time

    3the heat and the absence (缺失) of trees. Payeng felt very4when he saw this. He decided to plant some trees. Single-handedly, he started planting bamboo trees, as only bamboo trees could survive (存活) in the sandbars.

    To water the trees was a difficult5for one man. With his hard work and great effort, day by day the6 bamboo trees grew into a forest. His tree planting has changed the soil (土壤). Now the sandbar is a thick forest and7 to thousands of plants and animals. A large group of around 100 elephants visit the forest every year and8 there for a few months.

    Payeng is now in9ifties. He has planted close to 1,400 acres (英亩) of forests and is 10 as the Forest Man of India. In 2015, he was honored with Padma Shri, one of the top awards (奖) in India.

    SAFETY RULES ON THE MTR TRAINS

    At the station:

    Be patient. Line up on the platform (站台) and wait for the train. Be polite. Let passengers get off first.

    Do not rush onto the train. It is dangerous.

    When you hear a “beep” sound, do not get on the train. The door is closing. Wait for another train.

    On the train:

    Do not eat or drink on the train. It makes the train dirty. Do not run on the train.

    Give up your seat to old men or women, the disabled or women carrying babies.

    Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.

    First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favourite food, but you'd better eat something different. If you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients (营养物质) your body needs.

    Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No.1 choice (选择). Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium (钙) your body needs to grow strong bones (骨头).

    Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach (胃) feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.

    Fourth, limit (限制) screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.

    Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.

    Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.

No one knows when the first kite was made. The first record of a kite was more than 2,000 years ago in China. Han Xin, the leader of an army, wanted to bring down a king. He decided to dig a tunnel (隧道）into the king's palace. He flew a kite over the wall of the palace to make sure the length (长度）of its string (线).In this way, he could determine how long the tunnel should be.His men in the tunnel took the kite string with them. When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.

    Kites have been flown in Japan for hundreds of years. In the 1700s, kites were flown in autumn to give thanks for a good harvest. They were also flown to send good wishes to couples who had their first son. Today in Japan, kites are often flown as part of a celebration, such as the beginning of a new year. And kite festivals are held each year in many parts of the country.

    Kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world. In 1752，Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightening was a form of electricity. In the 1890s，Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite to test ideas about flight. From 1898 until 1933，the United States Weather Bureau (气象局） used box kites to collect weather data. The Wright brothers also experimented (试验）with kites. What they learnt helped them make the first airplane flight in 1903.

the place is empty!

It's the busiest season in Chinathe Spring Festival.

Profits were goodlast year.

His television hasagain.

you on winning the first prize.

A: Hello, Betty. The exam is over. What are you going to do tomorrow?

B: I'm not sure.

A: I want to go to the Science Museum.

B: Why do you want to go there?

A:

B: That sounds interesting.

A:

B: Yes, I'd love to.

A: Great! I'm sure we'll have a great time.

B:I want to take some photos.

A: I'm afraid you can't. We are not allowed to take photos inside the museum.

B: Got it. Oh,

A: At the gate of the museum. Be sure to get there before 9 o'clock.

B: OK. See you then.

    The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also cthe Double Ninth Festival.

    The festival started as eas the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the h odd number (奇数).

    People believe that two “nines” meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday fChinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many kof activities in honor of old people, wishing them good hand a long life.

    The festival comes dthe golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink Chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes and cmountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times bthat the plant could drive away evil (邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from c an illness in winter.

    Hans Christian Andersen, a great Danish (丹麦的) writer, is very famous for his fairy tales (童话). He wrote a lot of best-known stories such as The Emperor's New Clothes and The UglyDuckling. His fairy tales have brought happiness to children across the world. The tales have versions (版本) of over a hundred languages.

    Andersen was born in Denmark in 1805. When he was still a young boy, he was already very clever and imaginative (富于想象力的). He created a small toy theatre and made clothes for his puppets (木偶). He also loved reading.

    In 1816, his father died and he learned to be a tailor (裁缝). Later he worked in a factory. At the age of fourteen, Andersen moved to the capital of Denmark to become an actor and gave performances (演出) in the Royal Danish Theatre. However, his voice changed when he grew older, so the job had to stop. Then he began to write poems and fairy tales.

    In the spring of 1872, Andersen fell out of bed and didn't get well again. He lived until 1875 and died peacefully at the home of his close friends.

你的美国朋友 John 计划暑假来中国旅游。请你根据以下图示，用英语在 QQ 中给他留言，介绍并推 荐我国南方城市福建，词数 100 词左右。

1).Location (位置)   southeast of China

2).Capital city   Fuzhou

3).Population   over 38 million

4).Environment   air, mountains…

5).Places of interest   Mount Wuyi, Gulang Island

6).Others …

要求：

①. 必须包含所有提示信息，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

②. 意思清楚，表达通顺，行文连贯，书写规范；

③. 请勿在文中使用真实的姓名、校名及提示信息以外的地名。

    Hi, John, I'm glad to hear that you're planning to travel around China during the summer vacation.

I'd like to invite you to our southern city — Fujian for a visit.

Fujian lies