湖南省长沙市麓山国际学校2018届九年级英语第一次模拟考试试...

—Yes, great changes have taken place these years.

—OK, I get it.

—Yes , of course. ____ my brothers ____ I am looking forward to taking a vacation.

—I believe so.        he loses himself in computer games.

—Pretty good. I can't find      .

—It ____ for ten minutes.

— Sorry, but I have something important to tell you.

—Yes, of course. The small town      I used to live in now has grown into a new city.

—Why not? No one is better than you in our class.

    “Everything happens for the best.”Whenever I faced 1my mother would say so.

    After I2 from college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer (广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But 3 I was refused every time.

    At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn't want an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her 4 I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I asked for the job, but I was 5again.

    “Everything happens for the best,”Mom 6 me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, said they had hired an announcer.

    As I left his office, my frustration (挫败感) boiled over.“How can I become a sports announcer 7 I can't get a job in a radio station?”I asked aloud.

    While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone 8my name. It was MacArthur.“What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?”Then he asked me to broadcast (广播) an imaginary game.9 with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.

    10my way home, I thought of my mother's words:“If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous (之前的) disappointment.”

    Social media is a big part of most people's lives. There are social apps and sites like WeChat and Sina Weibo, as well as video apps like Douyin and Kuaishou. Recently scientists at the University of Sussex, UK, studied social media users from 10 to 15 years old. They found that they can be divided into four personality types.

    In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder. Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.

    Now Huawei has got third place at the mobile market, just following Apple and Samsung. After seeing more of its smartphones were sold last year, Huawei appears to be more confident in its bigger goals.

    “We hope that in three years our market share can be the top two and in five years our market share can be the top one, ” Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer(消费者) Business Group, said in a recent TV interview.

    The company sold 108 million smartphones in 2015, compared with 2014, the number increased by 44 percent, though it was much smaller than Apple's 231. 5 million iPhones and Samsung's 317. 2 million smartphones.

    “The number of our smartphones is still growing, ” Yu said, “and our company is expecting an increase of 30% in smartphone shipments(出货量). It'll be a great success.”

    Although Huawei's smartphones sold well in Western Europe and China, the market in the US is another example. Yu said that the company was “so late” to the US. However, we are trying hard to raise our market share there in the next few years.

    A little girl's interest in wanting to talk about Chinese food put her on a path to study the language.

    Isabelle first became interested in Chinese when she was 5. “We were at a Chinese restaurant . She was watching a man making noodles. She was so excited that she wanted to talk with him. Unfortunately, he didn't speak English. On the way home, she said she wanted to learn Chinese,” said Isabelle's father.

    “I totally fell in love with the language. It's so beautiful and unlike anything I've ever heard before,” said Isabelle, whose Chinese name is Bao Ling. she is now 12 and very good at Chinese, she can even watch movies and TV from China without subtitles. Some of her favorite Chinese cartoons are Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, which are very popular in China.

    Isabelle studies at the Confucius Institute (孔子学院) near her home, the William & Mary Confucius Institute. “It is just the beginning of a fantastic ongoing adventure, all thanks to the Confucius Institute,” she said.

    The WMCI offers courses on many aspects (方面) of Chinese culture, from travel tips to calligraphy(书法), to tai chi, cooking and music. The first course that Isabelle took was a cooking class. She then tried tai chi and kung fu through the WMCI.

    Next year, through the WMCI, Isabelle will join the JNCLNCLIS (languagepolicy.org) to ask for more aid for language instruction in public schools.

    “I want to thank the Confucius Institute for sharing the wonderful language and culture of China to the world,” she said. “It has been a wonderful journey for all of us,” said her mother.

    Is there anything you can do to keep germs(细菌)out of your body?

     through breaks in your skin, with the air you breathe and with the food you eat. How can you keep germs from coming in through breaks in your skin?

    In the first place, you can be careful, so that you do not hurt yourself. Once you have cut your skin, you must wash the cut at once with soap and hot water

    Can you keep germs from coming into your body through your nose and throat? You can't stop breathing, of course. You can't help breathing in some germs.

    What you can do is to stay away from people if they have colds and other sicknesses made by germs. Some kinds of germs move through the air. They go from one person to another. If you have a cold, you should try not to give your germs to others.

    How can you keep germs out of your mouth? One way is by keeping such things as pencils and fingers out of your mouth.

    Another way is washing your hands before meals. Then you will not put germs on the food you eat. You should also wash your hands after you use the toilet.

    Never use a drinking glass that someone else has usedNever bite from food if someone else is eating it.

A. Be sure to cover your mouth with a scarf when you cough

B.Think about the three ways that germs come into your body

C.Soap and hot water kill germs or wash them away

D.Wash your hands when you eat food

E.Germs are bad for our heath

    Zhang Zhouchen, a sixth grader, has published two novels in English.“Most people often read to learn English, but my secret is to write ”he said. "Reading is a way of taking in. But only when you use it for writing can you master it completely. “

    Zhang began writing his first novel at the end of 2014. He didn't mean to publish it at first. But a special experience made him change his mind the next year. He was chosen by his school to be a volunteer for a Hope Primary School. Every volunteer was asked to bring a gift for children and Zhang brought a football. "But I was surprised to find that there was no football field at this school, "he said. “So I had a wish to help them build a football field.

    How to achieve that? The novel came into Zhang's mind suddenly. By organizing the book sale, he got 100,000 yuan. He then spent it building a football field. Then he got about 130, 000 yuan by selling his second novel. He used the money to build a football field in another school.

    “I can never forget the smiles on the faces of the children who were having fun playing football, said Zhang. "It encourages me to help more poor children enjoy the joy of football.

    Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Allbans, a small city near London. ⑴尽管他做得很好，但是拿不到第一名。

    After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admits, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got high marks.

   ⑵ 在他20岁的时候，他的身体出毛病了。 He started to knock into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease（运动神经元病）. ⑶The illness would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before 23.

    At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, ⑷I suddenly realized that there were a lot of valuable things I could do.” Then Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. ⑸He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad their situation is. “Life is not fair.” He once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

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A: How times flies! Junior high school is ending soon! ？

B: Yes, I've got a plan to Japan.

A:?

B: Because I'm crazy about the ocean park in Japan. Would you like to come with me?

A:. My parents promised that I could travel abroad with my friend after the High School Entrance Examination.

B: Great! Then we need to prepare for the trip now. It will save a lot of money if we prepare everything earlier.?

A: Good idea! Which website shall we use to book the air ticket?

B: Either Xiecheng or Qunaer. I heard that they are both very convenient.

B: I'm sure I will find the best information.?

A: I think August is the best time to visit.

B: Sounds great!

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