浙江省诸暨市浣纱初级中学2020届九年级上学期英语第一次月考...

    Jonathan had broken my favorite azalea (杜鹃花)bush before I could stop him. He said nothing but gave me a back and 1 some flowers to school. He didn't see the tears in my eyes while I touched the broken bush 2. When I was left alone, I 3hours thinking how love had disappeared from my life.

    At 5:15, I hurriedly drove to the school. I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher's door. She opened the door and took me aside. "I want to talk to you about Jonathan," she said. I prepared 4 for the worst. Nothing would 5me.

    "Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?" she asked.

I nodded, 6my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes.

"Let me tell you about yesterday," the teacher said. "See that little girl? Well, yesterday she was almost 7. Her mother and father were going to divorce (离婚). She told me she didn't want to live, and that she wished she could die. I watched that little girl cover her face with her hands and say loudly enough for the class to hear,  8loves me.' I did all I could to make her happy, 9it only seemed to make matters worse."

    "I think you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan," I said.

    "I do," she said. "Today your son walked 10over to that girl. He handed her some pretty pink 11 and said quietly, 'I love you'."

    I felt my heart swell (膨胀)with pride for what my son had done. I 12 at the teacher. "Thank you," I said, reaching 13  Jonathan's hand, "you've made my day."

    Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As I thought of the love Jonathan 14the little girl, a poem came to me, "…these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is 15." While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt angry. However, now I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family and it began to bloom once again in me.

    The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.

    When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn't a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with (忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

    He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, "Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn't you ever wonder what you're really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said."

    I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.

    I brought the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. "That's just for you," he said. "You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be helpful to you. Don't shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right."

    Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure (珍惜) all your life!

    If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing. You often learn by reading out aloud because you have to hear it or speak it in order to remember it.

    Here are some things that auditory learners can do to learn better.

    Sit where you can hear.

    Use cards to learn new words; read them out aloud.

    Read stories or material out aloud.

    Record yourself when you are spelling words and then listen to the recording.

    Study new material by reading it out aloud.

    If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You like to see what you are learning.

    Here are some things that visual learners can do to learn better.

    Sit near the front of the classroom.

    Use cards to learn new words.

    Try to visualize things that you hear or things that are read to you.

    Write down key words or ideas.

    Draw pictures to help explain new ideas and then explain the pictures.

If you are a tactile learner, you learn by touching and doing. You are a "hands-on" learner who likes to touch, move, build, or draw what you learn.

    Here are some things that tactile learners can do to learn better.

    Do lots of hands-on activities like doing art projects, taking walks, or acting out stories.

    Use cards and put them in groups to show relationships between them.

    Follow words with your finger to learn spelling (finger spelling).

    It's OK to tap (轻敲) a pencil, shake your foot, or hold on to something while learning.

    Andrew Hollennan, a 12-year-old boy, loved playing in the open land near his home. The land was wet and forested, and made a home for birds, other animals and many different plants. It made the perfect place for him to study and get to know the nature. He had seen some red- tail hawks, red foxes, wood turtles and other animals. He also found special native flowers.

    Suddenly it was announced that the "empty" land would be improved by a lot of houses on it.

    The plants would be removed, the animals would run away and most would probably die. Then the wet soil would be covered with extra grounds. When he heard about the news, he was not happy. He was very worried that the land and water would be polluted.

    Andrew wrote down clearly all the researches he had down about the area, and how the houses would affect the local environment. He sent letters to members of local government and television reporters. He also called on his neighbors to oppose the building of the houses. Although he was only 12 years old, he had the courage and wisdom of a person much older. Andrew's teachers described him as gentle, shy and active. His classmates also admired how much he knew about local animals and plants, and the environment. Each day after school, Andrew went door-to-door, to ask the people to sign, who did not want the houses to be built. In only one month, he got the signatures of 250 people.

    In the end, the land remained a safe place for birds, animals and plants that belonged there.

    Andrew won many prizes for his brave and great work to stop the houses being built, and thus help save the environment.

    In a small house lived a poor man. He had two children Valentine and Mary. One winter evening, Valentine and Mary were staying at home. Then a tap (轻敲) was heard on the window. A child cried, "Please let me in! I am a poor child. I don't have any (亲戚) here. I will (死) of cold and hunger unless you let me in."

    Valentine and Mary opened the door, "Come in! We have not much to(招待) you, but  we will share whatever we have with you."

The child came in and the (温暖) of the fire made him comfortable. The children gave him the(甜食) they had." You must be tired, too. Lie down on our bed." So Valentine and Mary(放置) him on the bed and covered him with a quilt. (有耐心地).They had not slept many hours before Mary woke. She woke up her brother, "Valentine, listen to the sweet music outside." They went outside to see what happened. To their surprise, a group of children were singing in front of the house. The poor child walked to Valentine and Mary. He broke a branch (树枝) from a tree near the house and planted it in the(花园). "I am the little Christ child," he said. "You took me in and cared for me. You are good children and I (欣赏) you. This branch shall become a tree and bring you fruit year by year." The branch became a (圣诞)tree, and it had fruit every Christmas.

    In learning English, one should first connect the knowledge he or she has learned the knowledge he or she is learning. While learning English, we can find listening and speaking are really important. You'd better try your best (speak) while you do much listening. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Be careful not to let them stop you from (increase) your speaking speed. When you are doing this, a good way is to write a diary or letters or take (note). When I was in the junior high school, my English teacher Mrs. Liu often (create) some contexts(语境)for us to speak English. Many mistakes in your speaking will be (easy) found when you write.

     you are slow in speaking, don't worry about it. One of the (help) ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read besides the articles from the textbooks. But you can find not difficult to read.  When you are reading in this way, don't stop to look the new words if you can guess their meanings when you have nothing to do with understanding the sentences. You can do that some other time.

    Teaching your child to read can be one of the most rewarding(值得的) experiences you have as a parent.

Nothing can replace the head start(起步时的优势) that a child receives from becoming familiar(熟悉的) with books and the way that the written word sounds when reading aloud. If your child sees that reading is important to you, then he will be much more likely to want to learn how to read himself.

    If your child shows interest in learning letters and looking through books, he may be ready to begin learning to read. Learning how to read cannot be rushed. If your child has no interest in learning his letters, then wait a month or so and try again.

    You can make this fun, such as saying "I see a [k]-[ӕ]-[t]-cat" whenever you see a cat. The sound of a letter is much more important than a letter's name because the child will need to combine the letter sounds to make words.

    Some children learn their letters faster by seeing or hearing them, while other children learn letters by using their bodies. Encourage your child to draw the letter and then paste pictures of something that begins with that sound onto the letter. Sing songs about the letter. Read your child a story that repeatedly uses that letter sound.

    Rather than try to teach a child 26 new letters at one time, focus on one letter a day or a week. This enables the child to master each letter sound and feel proud of himself/herself for doing so.

注意：1）词数：80—100字左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2）短文必须包括所有要点，可适当发挥，使短文连贯通顺；

3）短文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

短文首句 ：Nowadays, students feel really stressed out.