浙江省外研版初中英语九年级上学期期末模拟试卷（3）

    I find it really hard to write about my favourite invention, because there are so many things in my life that I could choose.1, I have chosen to write about a pen.

    Yes, I know that for most people a pen is boring, but. For2, it is a symbol of possibility (可能性). There are so many things you can do with a pen. You3write a novel or a song. Record information or draw a masterpiece (杰作).

    For me, a4is the beginning of something amazing. Every day, I write a new page with my pen, and I am5paving (铺设) a path for my future. I could get into Stanford University for medicine,6the Juilliard School for music. Maybe I will be a(n)7and change the world with my discoveries (发现). Maybe I'll8a musician and touch people's hearts with my music. Or perhaps I will be a writer and move people through words ... or a9and help children grow into the people they will become.

    There are so many possibilities as to what I will do with my life, but I10that with my pen in my hand, I will write a good future for myself. Tell me what future you will write for yourself!

    Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His  father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.

    Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn't get a fish in eighty 一 four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty fifth day the man catches a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.

    Do you have many passwords for your credit cards(信用卡) or different websites? Do you try to remember them all? As we are advised to have the passwords memorized by heart for safety reasons, not written down, lots of people find it hard to keep them in mind.

    However, this problem has been solved by a microchip (芯片) company. The scientists there designed a very small microchip with an electronic circuit(线路). It can identify(识别) you. By putting the microchip under the skin of your hand, you can have access to(有权进人) things with no need for passwords or cards. In this case, it means that you don't have to remember any passwords.

    Office workers in Stockholm, Sweden were offered the chance to have the microchip put under their skin if they wish. It allowed them to get in and out of their workplaces and log into(登录) their computers without keys, Besides, they could also use the new technology to pay for the food in the cafe. But some of the workers thought it was a risky idea to have a microchip put under their skin. They considered that the microchip might cause health problems one day.

    Anyway, this new technology is fun. With the rapid development of technology, we seem to be on our way to being part human, part machine, don't we?

    Today I am going along with Rowan Dougall, a postman in Queensland in the far north of Australia, on his daily delivery（投递 trip. Every day, Rowan sets off with his post bags in the tail of his little plane--not much bigger than a large family car, and flies across one of the wildest places on Earth, Australia's Cape North, to reach the very faraway inland areas called the Outback.

    We fly just 300 metres above dangerous crocodiles(鳄鱼) and snakes. This is one of the longest and most expensive postman trips in the world.  However, a 50-cent stamp not only gets a letter posted to a neighbouring town, it will get it hand-delivered by flying postman to the furthest areas of the Outback. To help with the costs, the plane takes three or four paying local people or tourists, and I am one of them. In the back of the plane, there is a pile of post--envelopes of all sizes, newspapers, and a few parcels(包裹). Somehow I expected this post to look special, maybe to include some hats or cowboy boots, but this looks no more exciting than the post delivered to me in England. I look at some of the names and addresses, wondering about the people who are waiting for these letters and parcels.

    Rowan's route is 2,000 km long, with 15 stops, and I get a chance to meet Sandy, who has just received an order of clothes from a store. "I look forward to this weekly delivery," she says, "but I do miss actually going shopping myself." Rowan is checking the time. There are another ten stops to make before dusk(黄昏). Time to leap back on the plane and up into the air.

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    When British photographer David J. Slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera (take) away by a group of black monkeys. The result was hundreds of monkey selfies(自拍照). The best (one) show a monkey smiling toothily for the camera. Slater then sold the photos and they became popular the Internet.

    Nobody knew they would create a copyright(版权) battle three years (late).

    Not long ago, a website put the monkey selfies online under a collection of free photos Slater's permission(允许). Slater asked the website (take) them down since he owned the copyright.

    , the website refused to do so. They said that according to US copyright law, whoever pushes the button on the camera owns the copyright of the photo. It was the monkeys but not Slater that pushed the button.

    They said, "US copyright law says that works that come from a non-human source can't ask for copyright. That (mean) monkeys don't own copyright."

    Slater argued that the pictures belonged to him as they were taken from his camera. He said he bought the camera; he spent a lot of money (travel) to Indonesia; and it was his carelessness that allowed the monkeys to take his camera away. All these have made him own the pictures, no matter pushed the button. In a sense, the monkeys helped him take the photos.

    We can usecameras to take photos. Can cats do it? Believe it or not. there is a cat thatcan use cameras to take photos. Read on and find out more information.

    The nameof the at is Cooper, He is a five year old cat and he lives in Seattle America.He is very special because he is the only cat who has his own camera.

    At thebeginning, Cooper's owner puts a camera on his neck.He just wants tolearn about the cat's life from the camera.

    WhenCooper brought the camera home at the end of the first day, the photos that hetook surprised his owner. Many beautiful pictures filled Cooper's day.

    It isreally interesting to be able to see the world from a cat's eyes. Cooper'sowner says that these photos let people see a cat's world, and also help themto learn more about their pets.

    Cooper nowhas more than 12,000 fans on the Internet and has even made TV shows inAmerica.

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