广东省广州市黄埔区2018届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

    When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. It was 1 more heartbreaking（伤心的）than I'd expected, one of 2 and painful times in my life. 3 he passed away, I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed 4 I was lonely. I hated the 5 of the apartment.

    But one evening the silence 6 I heard something crying outside. I opened the door to find 7 little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and almost immediately fell sound sleep.

    The next morning, I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been given up by his owner 8 had moved out last year. So the little cat was there all alone, just like 9.As I walked back to the apartment, I tried to figure out what to do with him. 10 care of the cat was the very last thing I wanted to do. But every time I opened the door, he 11 towards me. It was clear that he had 12 else to go. I started calling him Willis, in memory of my father.

    From then on, thing grew easier. With Willis, time seemed to pass much 13.When the time finally came for me to return home, I had to decide what to do with Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him.

    It 14 five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on 15 nice I was to save the cat. But I know that we helped each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.

    Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They 1 that their parents don't understand them. They often think their parents are too strict with them, and they are never given a 2 hand.

    Parents often find it 3 to win their children's trust and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.

    For example, young people like to do things without much thinking. It's probably one of their ways to 4 that they have grown up and they can deal with any difficult things. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don't like their plans to be 5.

    Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they want, the music they enjoy and something else. 6, they don't want to cause any trouble. They just feel that 7 this way, they can be cut off from the old people's world and want to make a new culture of their own. And 8 their parents don't like their music, clothes or their manner of speech, the young people will feel very happy.

    If you plan to control your 9 you'd better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility (责任感), they will certainly give you the right to do 10 you want to do.

    “Well, we're in our new house. Let's get a new pet to get along with it,” Mrs. Brown said to her husband.

    “That sounds like a pretty good idea. Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?”said Mr. Brown.

    “Let's go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go,” she said.

    The next morning, the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. “We want to be sure that the pets here can go to good homes,” Mr. Snow said, “So I need to ask you some questions.”

After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn't need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark and warn them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn't checked her yet. So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.

    On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter. The animal doctor said, “Shadow has had all of her shots（预防针）. She will be healthy.” Then, the Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.

    Carrots (胡萝卜) are grown throughout the world. When people think about carrots, they may think of a picture of a long, thin, orange-colored vegetable. Yet carrots come in many different sizes, shapes and colors.

    This summer, food stores in Britain will have a new product: purple-colored (紫色) carrots. However, purple carrots are not really new. They are simply returning to their true color.

Carrots have a history of thousands of years. Purple carrots are native to the Middle East. People in ancient Greece and Rome used the plants as a medicine, not as a food. About four hundred years ago carrots became orange. At that time, farmers in the Netherlands produced orange carrots to remember their national color.

    Carrots are easy to grow and harvest. They grow best in deep, rich soil. Carrots have a pleasing taste. People eat uncooked carrots alone or with other vegetables. Cooked carrots also are popular. Orange carrots can produce Vitamin A, which is important for healthy skin and eyes.

    Farmers in eastern England are growing the new purple-colored carrots. The vegetables are purple outside but orange inside. It is said that the purple carrots can protect us against cancer. Carrot buyers in Britain soon will have other colors to choose from, including yellow, red, and even black and white.

    Gift-giving is different from culture to culture and person to person.

    When people give gifts, sometimes color is important. For example, for many Chinese people around the world, red is a lucky color, and people often like to wrap gifts in red. However, do you know that in South Korea, red is a color of death? That is why you should not wrap your gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a person there.

What about Western countries? In Western countries, the color of wrapping paper is not really important. But color does matter when giving flowers, especially roses. You should not give red roses to a Western person you don't know very well because they are a symbol of love. You could give yellow roses instead, as these are a symbol of friendship. You could also send pink roses as gifts to say thank you.

    What other things should you remember when giving gifts to someone from a different culture? Well, one thing you should keep in mind is the person's religion (宗教). When choosing a gift for a Muslim (穆斯林的) or Jewish (犹太教的) friend, you should never get food including pork, or things made from pigskin. Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol (酒).

School activities for kids and teens

    February is the month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. When you want some fun activities for February, why not consider these ideas?

    The following methods may work best for you.

    ●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.

    ●Read the text carefully and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.

    ●Write your notes in your own words.

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    ●Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.

    As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). Wheyou do it, be sure that you understand your symbols and you will use them all the time..

A. Use words, not complete sentences.

B. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.

C. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.

D. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.

E. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.

Please leave this building    .

Jim was     buy a beautiful Christmas' gift to his wife.

Eating much fruit can help us  .

The boy got up early   finish doing his homework.

   mountains Guilin has!

They haven't decided    this beautiful country.

Chinese traditional skills     .

要求：1)应包括上述所有要点，可适当发挥；

2)80 词左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。（开头已给出，不计入词数）

    Last weekend, I went to the Happy Village with my family.