湖南省永州市冷水滩区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题（音频暂未更新）

 Which invention is the speaker talking about? 

 What will the speakers going to eat?

 Which of the following things belongs to Carla?

What can't the man do?

 What does the woman want to get? 

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There are many classic (经典的) cultures in China. All of them have a very long history. Here we introduce three of them. 

	Chinese Painting Chinese painting is one of the oldest traditional painting forms in the world. Most of them in ancient China were done on paper or silk. Traditional Chinese painting includes mountains and water, figures (人物), flowers and birds. The highest form of Chinese painting is mountains and water.
	Chinese Handwriting Chinese handwriting is a special art to Asian cultures. Brush handwriting is much loved around the world. Wang Xizhi is very famous for his handwriting. He made a great difference to the development of kaishu.
	Weiqi Weiqi, called"qi"in ancient China, is a smart board game between two players with a history of over 3, 000 years. The game can be treated as the beginning of all ancient chess games. It was introduced to Korea about 2, 000 years ago and was popular among the upper class (上流社会).

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With a habit of drinking coffee on weekends while doing schoolwork, Wu Zibo, a 17-year-old student from Beijing No. 1 High School, wanted to order a cup of Moutai-flavored latte (茅台味拿铁). "I wonder how my father's favorite Chinese strong drink would taste with my favorite coffee, " Wu told China Daily (中国日报).

Moutai-flavored latte craze shows a team-up business pattern (团队经营模式) in China. The team-up between Kweichow Moutai and Luckin Coffee has interested many people. It sold 5. 42 million cups and made 100 million yuan just on Sept. 4, the first day it came out, China Daily reported. 

Moutai has tried many ways in recent years to be more creative, such as by bringing out Moutai ice cream and canvas bags. "This creative team-up lets Moutai make its brand（品牌) younger, "Li Honghui, a marketing director for drinks, shared with China Daily. "Through team-up, brands can make the market bigger, and bring more new things to buyers", added Li.

In 2023, China's team-up market will grow to over 100 billion yuan and may reach 300 billion yuan by 2025, according to China Quality Daily. However, wrong team-up may have undesirable results and even hurt brands. "The secret to making a team-up successful is about how good the products are. The brands should not just pay attention to getting the people excited, "said Li.

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The opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games marked the richest and most skillful use of AR (增强现实技术) in history. 

"Technologies such as AR have allowed us to express more, " said Sha Xiaolan, director of the opening ceremony. "We've fully put AR into the opening ceremony. It offers people special experience to feel Chinese culture in Hangzhou. "

At 8 p. m. on Saturday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, the opening ceremony started with an amazing performance. It showed the culture, history and natural beauty of Hangzhou and Zhejiang. 

The technologies were fully used into each of the programs from beginning to end. It started with Kongming Lanterns and ended up with digital (数字的) fireworks and a digital torchbearer（火炬手）. All of these meant Hangzhou's promise to be an environmentally friendly Asian Games.

"You saw a little AR during the closing ceremony at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. But it was fully a part of the performance and brought things like water to life at this ceremony. " Sha Xiaolan said. "Because of it, the opening ceremony was beyond expectations（超出预期）. "

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Zhu Yanjun is a migrant worker(农民工)from northwest China's Gansu Province. Recently the 50-year-old took part in the 2023 Chinese Poem Competition and won second place in the final.

Zhu was born in a family of farmers. As a young boy, Zhu would help his father do farm work after finishing classes. In 1983, as a first-grader in primary school, he met poetry for the first time in a Chinese class. Since then, he has been in love with poems. After noticing Zhu's interest, his father spared some money from the family's living costs to buy him poetry collections（诗歌集）. During junior high school, some of his classmates dropped out of school and moved to other cities to look for jobs. Zhu listened to them talking about the outside world during holidays. "I also wanted to leave my hometown to see the world. "he said.

After graduating from junior high school in 1992, Zhu stopped his schooling. He began to work as a migrant worker. But he did not stop reading poems. 

In the past years, Zhu has worked in seven cities in China. Whenever he arrives in a city, he first visits the bookstores and libraries there. Although he is busy working during the day, he spends his time at noon and in the evening reading poems. He knows around1, 000 poems by heart and the lines help him keep a calm mind. 

In 2023, with the encouragement of his wife, Zhu decided to sign up for the 2023 Chinese Poem Competition. To his surprise, he made it to the final. Under his influence, his son and daughter have developed a great interest in poetry. They have been accepted by universities away from their hometown. "I hope more people will also fall in love with poetry, "said Zhu, adding that he will continue learning poetry.

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Many people think self-confidence is the key to a happy, successful life. But where does self-confidence come from? . 

I'm Lucy. Self-confidence means that I can do something well. When people listen to me and pay attention to my ideas, I know they like me. When people don't listen, I sometimes feel sad. .

I'm Jeff. Respect from my family and friends makes me feel the best. I don't care if I'm the best football player, or I don't get the highest grade on a test, or don't succeed at everything I do. . If someone says something unkind about me, I don't mind that much because I know they're wrong.

I'm Sue. I really feel good when my mum gives me a hug and says, "Have a nice day!"before I leave the house. Also, when I ask a salesman where to find something in a store, he tells me that I have a beautiful smile one day in a store . These kinds of things come naturally and from the heart, but they make a big difference in the way a person feels.

. Believe that no matter who you are, you can build your own self-confidence. 

A. Remember "You can do it if you think you can. " B. Here's what some students have to say about it C. Listening shows they care about me D. I hope someone will care about me E. I only care that I have tried my best and people respect me for it

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China pays great attention to manners, even when it comes to food. 

In China, it's common to1 a friend or a business partner to have dinner together in a restaurant. When at table, we should let the other side2 the menu and choose what they'd like to eat first.

Filial piety（孝顺）also 3 an important part in Chinese culture. When eating with elderly people, it's good manners to pass food to the elderly first. If a dish is very 4 , we should let the elders have more of it.

There are some important things that have 5 to do with the use of chopsticks. One of the most impolite things that we should 6 do is putting our chopsticks into a bowl of rice . It's also not7 to point our chopsticks at other people.

8 , noisy eating is regarded as impolite behavior in China. And many Chinese people like to use toothpicks（牙签）to clean their teeth9 they finish eating. When using toothpicks to clean our teeth, always remember to use one of our hands to10 our mouth. What's more, it's considered impolite to leave a toothpick between our lips when talking to someone.

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Chang An, a cartoon movie, has becomemost popular movie for many children this summer. The movie hit（上映）cinemas 

July 8th and so far it has collected more than 600 million yuan at the box office. Why was it so popular?

The movie tells stories about some famous poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu and Wang Wei by (use) Gao Shi as a main character. Unlike any movie put on Chinese screens before, the 168-minute movie is well (know) for the excerpts (摘录) from 48 famous poems. 

In the cinema, many children recited the poems excitedly and (loud) whenever the poems appeared, While some find it interesting, others consider it boring. 

"More than half of the audience (观众) were primary school (student) in the cinema, and the girl behind me was reciting really loudly , "one review (影评) said, adding that parents should teach their children good manners, especially when they are trying (let) their children learn something.

"There were even parents who recorded (they) children reciting in the cinema, "another review said. They went on to suggest cinemas organize family-only showings. And they keep them separate from those who want (silent) during the show.

This movie lasts for about 3 hours, so some people said that it suited older audience. , more people said, "It's a wonderful movie for children to learn traditional Chinese culture. "

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The Winning Team

Peter had the worst day of his life. As he walked home alone, he felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders. He couldn't stop thinking about what happened on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? ①这让他很生气。His team had lost the game because of his mistakes. He let his whole team down. He was worried that his coach might kick him off the team. 

Peter went home without saying a word, but his feelings were written on his face. 

After his father knew what had happened, he told him not to be too hard on himself. After all. winning or losing is only half of the game. The other half is learning how to communicate with others and learning from mistakes. Besides, soccer is about team effort, so teammates should support each other. 

The next day, Peter said sorry to his teammates and asked them to pull together. To his surprise, they all nodded in agreement. "Yeah. "they said. "Don't worry about it. It's never just one person's fault. ②We should think about how we can do better next time. "

Peter felt lucky to be on a winning team. 

青少年时期是一个人成长的重要阶段。处于这一时期的你经历了哪些变化呢？回首两年多的初中时光，你一定取得了不少进步，学校英文报Teens栏目正在以"How I've Changed!"为题开展征文活动。请你根据下列提示，用英文写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你的进步与变化。

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How I've Changed!

How time flies!