山东省荣成市（五四学制）2016届九年级下学期英语期中测试

— Yes, it is one of the ________ in my family.

— Oh, he is very kind ________ he looks very serious.

— Sorry, I ________ there. I went there last week.

— I ________ a walk in the park at that time.

— Maybe. I saw him ________ out with some books just now.

— No, you ________. You ________ to leave until the bell rings.

— Yes, it will start at ten.

— ________. It is delicious, but I've had enough.

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Successful Fishermen

    Fishing is a healthy hobby. You can enjoy fresh air when you go fishing in the countryside. This book will teach you how to choose fishing places and how to make good fishing rods(竿) easily. Many kinds of fishing skills are shown in the book. Read it and you will become a more successful fisherman.

Best Learners

    This book can give you the answers to the questions most often asked by parents, teachers and students themselves. Read this book and lear:

l   What the three difficulties in study are and what to do with them.

l   What to do if you are not interested in a subject you are studying.

l Twenty-six simple exercises to help you study easily and fast.

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How to Keep Pets

    A pet can be our best friend. Do you have pets in your house? Are they in good shape? This book not only offers you many colorful pictures of lovely pets, but also provides you with the knowledge about:

l   How to choose right pets for yourself.

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l   How to feed the pets and how to keep them clean.

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    In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.

    In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

    When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.

    If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.

    A terrible explosive noise was heard, immediately followed by strong shaking of the classroom building. Mrs. Li Lan, a country school teacher in Sichuan, who was giving a class, could hardly keep on her feet, and many of her pupils made panic cries. Mrs. Li realized at once that it must be a powerful earthquake hitting the area. Though she herself was scared, she managed (设法) to make the children calm down, opened the door right away and told the children to leave the classroom and get down to the playground as quickly as possible.

When all the children had left, she followed them to the first floor. The earth still kept moving violently (巨烈地). Some of the buildings nearby were falling down, and a great number of falling stones were rolling down from the hills behind the school. Suddenly, she found a little boy fell over and was hit by a big stone right on his body. She forgot the danger she was facing and ran over, trying to push the stone away. The stone was so big that it was not easy for her to move it. She kept pushing until the boy was pulled out, carrying him to the center of the playground. The boy was later sent to hospital and saved.

I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. Because of his great achievements, he was thought to be more creative than the ordinary person. When he (ask) why he was able to do this, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with his mother when he was about two years old. “I tried to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I lost the bottle and it fell， spilling（溢出）the milk all over the floor — a sea of milk! I was frightened and I didn't know what to do!” he said.

His mother heard the noise and got into the kitchen. “I (consider）how to explain all this to you, mom.” He said. Instead of (punish) him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(杂乱) you have made! I (not see) such a huge sea of milk before! Well. since the milk has already been spilled, would you like to play in the milk for a while? We (clean) it up after that.” Indeed, he did so. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, finally you have to clean it up.” He used a sponge(海绵) and together they cleaned up the spilled milk. His mother then said, “You know, you （fail）in how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands just now. Let's go out in the yard and fill the bottle with water to see if you can find a way to carry it.” Then the little boy learned that if he grasped (抓紧) the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!

A. worked hard at    B. do better in     C. by himself     D. happy     E. learn magic

F. movie     G. are crazy about    H. surprise    I. successful      J. show

    Liu Qian is a magician(魔术师) from Taiwan. For the CCTV Spring Festival Gala(春节联欢晚会) he put on two magic shows. They were very  Now so many people  magic. We all want to know how to do a trick!

    Liu didn't go to any magic-training school. He learned . He  it. Now he is a great magician.

    When Liu was seven, he saw a coin trick in a big store. At that moment Liu decided to . Liu trained hard to  his skills. Then one day he was able to put on a show for his class.

  “I saw the  on everyone's face. It was cool.”

    Liu still does his training hard today. He may spend three years working on a new .

提示：(1) How do you go to school?   (2) Why do you prefer to go in that way?

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The way I go to school

    I am Li Hua. ……