浙江省湖州市德清县2019届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

    Donald was not very good at math. He could not understand the teacher's1. Even when the teacher explained it again, Donald still could not 2 it. "Never mind," Donald told himself. "I'm quite good at other3. I'll cheat in the math exam, then I won't be in4." "My desk-mate is best at math," he thought, "and I'll be able to 5 his answers." The day of the exam came, and Donald sat6Brian Smith, who was always at the top of the7in math. Donald carefully copied Brian's answers on to his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher 8 the papers and graded(评分)them. Then she said, "Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a 9to the student who got the highest grade. It's10 for me to decide whom I will choose, however, because two students, Donald and Brian got the11 grade." "Let them share it." one of the other 12said. " I've thought about that," the teacher said, "but I've chosen Brian." Donald was13when he heard this. He stood up and said, "That's not fair." "That's14" the teacher said. "However, Brian's answer to Question 18 was 'I don't know.' Yours was "15 do I."

    John was well known in his village as a mean(吝啬) man. One day, he said to a poor hungry boy, "I will give you three meals and twenty-five pence if you are willing to do a day's work for me." The boy agreed. But in fact, he was more interested in the meals than the money.

    "You can have breakfast," said John, "and then you can start work." After John gave the boy a very small breakfast, he said, "Now you can have your lunch. This will save us a lot of time." The boy agreed and had a poor lunch. Then John said, "What about having dinner now?"

    When the boy finished his dinner, John looked very pleased and said, "Now you can do a long day's work." "Sorry," said the boy as he stood up to leave John's house, "I never work after dinner."

    Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a word. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meanings.

First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order—a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word "poor"—p, o, o, r - comes before "poverty"—p, o, v, e, r, t, y--and the word "poverty" comes before" power'--p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in an alphabetical order.

The second thing, a dictionary will tell you pronunciation. Most give phonetic, or sound, alphabet.

    The phonetic spelling will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

    The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a better dictionary will tell you all of the word's meaning. For example, in English the common word "get" has over 20 different meanings.

    Parents of very young children know this: You catch your child in the act of stealing the cookie—the evidence(证据) of candy written on his or her face. However, you get a wide-eyed denial "I didn't do it!"

    Learning to tell the truth, even at the risk of punishment, is an important part of moral (道德) development, and new research suggests it can take seven or more years for kids to get there.

    Early 2017 Professor Craig E. Smith published a study. He and his workmates chose 48 children between four and nine years of age. They told the kids a story about a boy or girl doing something wrong, such as taking a classmate's toy or candy, and then either lying about the wrong doing to a parent or confessing (承认) it. In each case, they asked the children, "How would the child feel? How would the mother feel?"

    The children's answers were generally divided according to age, which is in agreement with the stolen candy, lying and getting unpunished. They imagined the parent in the study would be angry with the child who confessed. However, the seven-to-nine-year-olds were more possible (可能的) to think the child would feel better confessing the crime and that the parent would have positive (积极的) feelings towards a confessor. Smith says, "kids of all ages who expect that a parent would feel happy about a child's confession are more likely to tell the truth rather than lie. Reward the honesty even if you feel you must punish the wrong action." He adds, what parents can learn from these studies is to listen calmly without getting angry right away when their child confesses.

    Good communication between parents and children can help develop a loving family relationship. Here are some tips on improving family communication.

    Stop what you're doing and spend a few moments listening. Listen to what your parents want to say and try to understand the feelings they are expressing.

    When communicating with loved ones, we will only take interest in what we want to say. Instead, we should always take interest in what your parents want to say.

    You should carefully choose the words you want to say. Show your feelings by saying how you feel instead of pointing the finger at someone else. It is important to think first before you want to say something.

    It is also important to mind the way you say. Kind words and soft tones can always make others feel you're sincere. So you should know what you say and how you say it.

A. Think first.

B. Learn to listen.

C. Find golden time for your family.

D. Be interested in others' words.

E. Know how to express.

    Nowadays, more and more Chinese teenagers are becoming homebodies (someone who enjoys being at home). They(很少) or never play sports outside. The problem should get plenty of  (注意) of parents.

    Pressure of heavy schoolwork causes this situation. Hu Mei, a homebody from Nanshan (语言) School in Shenzhen, is busy with lots of homework. "I don't want to get behind or (不及格) the exam," she said.

    Li Juan,  (另一个) homebody, was born in 2002. She watches popular TV plays and plays with her (可移动的) phone at home. She hates playing outdoor sports. Even if this isn't a problem, kids still prefer indoor life. Wang Yi, 13, from No.50 Middle School in Anhui Province, often reads some(小说) about Harry Potter and surfs the Internet. "I prefer doing things I like at home to(出席) a concert outside," she said.

    (国外) students think quite differently. They don't like staying indoors at all. They spend their free time outdoors even if it just means going to the park or reading a book under the tree. Nice weather, little homework and rich after-school (活动) get them to do that.

   I'm having a great time on my student exchange program in France. I was a bit nervous before I arrived here but there wasn't reason to be. My host family is really nice. The grandmother always helps me practice (speak) French. You can't believe how quickly my French (improve) because of that. I'm very comfortable speaking French now. My (big) challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things here are very different the way they are at home. For example, you're not supposed to put your bread on your plate. You should put it on the table! At first I (think) that was pretty strange, but now I'm used to it. I find that it's (polite) to say that you're full. If you don't want any(much)food, you should just say, "That was delicious." I also find it difficult to remember everything, I'm gradually getting used to it. I don't find French customs so strange anymore. I'll write again soon and tell you is happening my daily life. Hope you're having a good school year.

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