江苏省南通市启秀中学2020-2021学年九年级下学期英语开学考试试卷

It's ________ pity that many wild animals are now in danger. Please have________ pity on them since they are part of our big family.

______ young in our village are now living ______ much more comfortable life than we did.

In 2016, ________ China set April 24 as ________ country's Space Day.

—Listen! There's someone knocking at the door.

— Oh, _________ must be Jim. It's time for him to get home now.

—Steven, what do you think of Mark?

—Well, he is always trying to show off his wisdom _______ others.

Do you think that such ________ children should know ________ knowledge of road safety?

Jim is _________ heavy because he eats ________ fast food.

—The jeans are very nice. I'll take them.

—You'd better ________ first. I'm afraid the size is a bit small for you.

I can't understand why John ________ so selfish.

—I'm sorry to hear that your mum is ________.

—Luckily, she is not down like other ________ people in hospital.

Nowadays schools should care for the full    of a student's talents.

—Where did you buy the book?

— I bought _______ in Xinhua bookshop. Do you want to buy _______?

— It's said that the two _________ doctors have just come back from Wuhan.

— Yeah, I know them. They are both already in their _________.

The water in the river _______ three feet last night because of the sudden flood.

Lily is a friend of ________.

—Oh, I forget to bring my umbrella.

—I've got ________. You can share ________.

—How do you find the theme song in the movie?

—________. I have listened to it many times.

— How would you like me to ________ you?

— Either Alipay or WeChat Pay. I don't care.

It's reported that the 2020 Tokyo Games have been ________ until July 23, 2021.

I am proud that our Chinese survey team ________ successfully remeasure Qomolangma, the world's highest peak.

I think the old couple will be there ________ the end of the world as we know it.

—Lucy, what's your father doing right now?

—________. He is just watching a football game on TV.

Kitty was careless. She _________ the cup _________ the ground.

—How did you feel when you talked to Miss Sun, Billy?

—At first I didn't know what to say, but later the warmth of her voice made me feel ________.

—Why do you ________ Liu Hulan?

—Because she is a great heroine.

After many year's ________, she realized her dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

The second C919 large passenger plane ________ its first fight at Shanghai Pudong international Airport on December 17th, 2017.

—Tom, have you ever read the bookA Tale of Two Cities ______by Charles Dickens?

—Yes, I finished reading it last winter vacation.

Miss Brown tells us to remember that ________ careful we are, ________ mistakes we will make.

—Mum, could you buy me a dress like this, please?

—Of course. We can buy ________ one than this, but ________ it.

—Peter, shall we go for a picnic this Sunday?

—OK. Let's ________ it ________ the weekend plan.

Facial recognition technology is widely used for payment. ________, we needn't enter the passwords any more.

Could you please _____________TV now? I'm studying for my test.

That is the only way we can imagine ________ the waste of water in the bathroom.

—I asked him a question, but he didn't reply.

—Maybe he ________ about something else while you were asking.

—Have you seen the hot filmWandering Earth____________?

—Yes, I have.____________ wonderful science fiction movie it is!

Three years has _______ since we last _______ each other.

—Is Jessica giving us a speech this evening?

—No, it _______ be her. She _______ to Japan.

—Have you been to Suning Plaza in our city?

—No. Although it ________ for more than a week, I am far too busy to go there.

—Why isn't he showing up at the birthday party?

—He is racing ________ the clock to finish his report on his project.

— Many Westerners think everyone in China knows ________.

— This is, of course, a silly belief. But it is true that kung fu is a big part of Chinese culture.

—______ will the discussion last?

—______ we reach an agreement.

________ your father wants to know is ________ getting on with your studies.

China is becoming stronger and stronger. It is no longer ________.

You needn't finish your article right now. You can hand it in ________ before Friday.

— English is very important, so don't _______.

— Thank you. _______.

It is wise ______Linda to make up her mind _______to play an instrument.

The patient was badly hurt and needed __________ at once.

— Who will win the first prize in the drawing competition?

— Nobody can know the result until it_________ tomorrow morning.

—All right. I'll take it. But I tell you, it is the last time that I will ________ this kind of work.

—Come on, buddy! Don't be so serious.

The big fire reminded the students ________ the importance of keeping safe ________ any possible danger

— ________ does the London Eye take you above the River Thames?

—One hundred and thirty-five meters.

I never doubt ________ the Reed Flute Cave in Guilin is well worth ________.

— Have you found any information about the player _____ you can use for your article?

— Not yet. I'll search for some on the Internet.

—________ the population of Tianshui?

—It's about 3.4 million.

He has made       great progress       his mother is very pleased with him.

________ the river stands a power station. You can find it easily.

—________ did it take you to finish making the cake?

—For about 2 hours. It was a little complex.

—Could you tell me how to pay for the food by QRcode on the phone?

—________.

I don't feel like ________ around for him to make up his mind.

When I was a kid     your age, I showed     art.

—I'd love to go hiking with you, but I have much homework _________.

—If you don't go, ________.

Parasite became the first non-English best movie _________ has won Oscar in history.

—5G technology will change our life greatly.

—Sure. You know, the 5G network will be 100 times faster ________ 4G network.

Because of the special situation this year, about ________ of the students in our school ________ having classes on the Internet at home.

—How's Mr. Clark's small company?

—Quite good. It has grown to become a______________ in the international trade.

To my great joy, my family is always ________me whatever I decide to do.

—How do you like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

—It's ________ book I ________ since Grade Two.

Of the two math problems, I can just work out _________ one.

No matter how far you have gone down the wrong road, ________.

—Are you a basketball player in you school?

—Yes, I ______the team 3 years ago. I ______in it for 3 years.

If you see the cartoon film, you will ________ laugh.

—Could you tell me __________?

—Certainly, and the earlier, the cheaper.

—The TV says it will rain tomorrow. We have to put off the hiking to Guanyin Lake.

—________.

—It's his new book, but I think it is more interesting than his other books.

—________. His latest book is up to his highest standard.

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The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he's been gone for 17 years, his 1 still resonate (产生共鸣). He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 2.

One incident is 3 in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren't very fond of a so-called friend of 4. Dad was a very generous man, and as he'd done with so many people, he'd given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 5, the guy didn't deliver.

Dad's outlook (人生观) on most things was "Live and let live." In this case, however, his calmness 6 Terre and me, and we let him know it.

"How can you be nice to that man?" we said to him. "You've been so kind to him, and he's not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?"

My father shrugged (耸肩) and said to us, " I do not bend my back with 7." I didn't get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 8. Holding a grudge (怨恨) doesn't 9 the person you're angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.

After my father died in 1991, a (n) 10 came from a fellow I'd had a quarrel with years before to 11 his sympathy. He wrote: " I thought I'd tell you how sorry I am 12 the loss of your father. I know he 13 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts."

Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 14. And then, because he'd 15 our disagreement, I recalled Dad's inspiring words. "I am my father's daughter," I wrote. "And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday."

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Films at the Museum

Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.

Captain Good Fellow

Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, free.

International Picnic

Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p.m.

Take me out to the Ballgame

It's October, and Saturday night (7:00～9:00) is your last chance to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold. Don't forget sweaters and jackets.

Do you want to hear "The Zoo"

"The Zoo", a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first U. S. concert this Saturday night, at 8, at Rose Hall, City College.

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    Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was 75, he gave ￡12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground.

As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was 75 and expected to live to be 100, and the newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at 75. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. "I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening", he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was 75 and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week, Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

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    Grandparents are respected in many human societies. But telling stories about old times and overfeeding grandchildren seem like human qualities. Are these classic grandparent behaviors really limited to humans?

Do any animals know their grandparents the way people do?

For most species on Earth, the answer is certainly " No" . " Usually, there aren't grandparents around anymore when an animal is born,"  said Mirkka Lahdenpera, a biologist at the University of Turku in Finland. " Even if an animal's life span does overlap (重叠) with its grandparents', most species spread out to avoid competing for resources, so the chance of running into a grandparent is slim." 

But there are a few clear exceptions, primarily among mammals (哺乳动物) that live in close social groups. In troops of langur monkeys in India, older females lived together with their daughters and grandchildren. The grandmother langurs defend the group's babies against attacks and even give their own grandchildren special treatment.

Many whale species, too, travel in family groups that include both grandmothers and grandchildren.

Elephant herds are also famously matriarchal. They are led by a grandmother, who can live to around 80 years old, and are generally made up of her daughters and their young. The females in a herd form close bonds and work together to raise their young.

Lahdenper found that the babies of young mothers were eight times more likely to survive if their grandmothers lived near them than if they didn't. When the young mothers were older and more experienced at raising babies, this beneficial grandmother effect disappeared even if the actual grandmothers were still around.

Indeed, most evidence for the benefits of grand parenting comes from mammals. But in 2010, researchers found that in troops of insects called gall-forming aphids, older females defend their relatives after they've stopped reproducing (繁殖).

And what about grandfathers? Studies of humans in recent decades have shown that a living grandfather can improve a person's mental health and other indicators of well-being. But there's no evidence of that in the animal kingdom. Male animals rarely socialize with their own children, let alone any grandchildren.

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    In 2009 a group of parents in Lymington started sharing worries about their children's money-management skills. Pocket money was now stored in a building society rather than a piggy bank (储蓄罐); household shopping was done online; the children rarely saw their parents handling cash. They were spending online, too.Money had become intangible. How, then, were children to learn its value?

The answer they came up with was GoHenry, an app now available in America as well as Britain. It is designed to help young people learn good spending habits through real-world money activities. Parents sign up with their own bank accounts and pay a monthly fee of £2.99 or $3.99 for each child aged six or over. Adults and children download separate versions. Parents can schedule pocket money and set chores. When those are marked as done, the child is paid the agreed amount. Parents can see what the child has bought and where. And they can choose where the card can be used: in shops, online or at ATMs.

Children get cards printed with their name. They can put money in savings pots, view their spending and balances, and set savings targets. "They could decide to save ten dollars for a friend's birthday in four weeks' time, or set a goal at 12 to have $2,000 to buy a car at age 18," says Dean Brauer, one of GoHenry's founders. "The app tells them how much to save each week to meet their goal."

A big benefit of such apps is that they inspire family conversations about money. According to the latest research, more than half of British parents find the subject hard to discuss with their children. And yet most agree that children's attitudes to money are formed in their early years.

Some GoHenry customers are wealthy parents who worry that their children will grow up with little knowledge of money. Others have slim incomes but regard the app as a preparation for their child's future. Some say that they have been in debt and want their children to avoid that mistake when they grow up; others that the app is cost-effective because their children learn to plan spending. Even though young people no longer touch and hold money, they can still be taught to handle it well.

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    Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing "silent speech" software to allow people to type at a rate of 100 words per minute, it says. The project, in its early stages, will require new technology to detect brainwaves without needing invasive operation. "We are not talking about monitoring your random thoughts," assured Facebook's Regina Dugan. "You have many thoughts, and you choose to share some of them. We're talking about monitoring those words. A silent speech interface(界面) — one with all the speed and flexibility(灵活) of voice. "

Ms Dugan is the company's head of Building 8, the firm's hardware research lab. The company said it intends to build both the hardware and software to achieve its goal, and has employed a team of more than 60 scientists and academics to work on the project.

On his Facebook page, Mark Zuckerberg added, "Our brains produce enough data to stream four HD(高清) movies every second. The problem is that the best way we have to get information out into the world-speech can only send about the same amount of data as a 1980s modem. We're working on a system that will let you type straight from your brain about five times faster than you can type on your phone today. Finally, we want to turn it into a wearable technology that can be produced in quantity. "

Technology is going to have to get a lot more advanced before we can share a pure thought or feeling, but this is a first step. Other ideas detailed at the company's developers conference in San Jose included work to allow people to "hear" through skin. The system, comparable to Braille, uses pressure points on the skin to pass information. "One day, not so far away, it may be possible for me to think in Chinese, and you to feel it instantly in Spanish," Ms Dugan said.