浙江省外研版初中英语九年级下学期期中模拟试卷（1）

    Many people like travelling for their holiday. They go to 1 , seaside or forests. Some people like 2 so they like to visit some old interesting places. In many countries, the travel agency (旅行社) can help you 3 your holiday. You can tell the travel agency what kind of 4 you like, how much 5 you want to spend, and the travel agency will give you a lot of information about where to go, how 6 there, where to stay, and what kind of activities you can do there. 7 the holidays is 8 "Package" holiday. 9 is, you just pay the money, and the travel agency will plan 10 for you, the tickets for the plane or train, the hotel, the activities, and so on.

    In the early 1990s, the word "Internet" was strange to most people. But today, Internet has become a useful tool for people all over the world. Maybe Internet has been the greatest invention in the field of communication in the history of mankind(人类).

    Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. We can e-mail our friends and they can read the e-mails within a minute.

    Giving all kinds of information is probably the biggest advantage of the Internet. We can use search engines to find the information we need. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will give us a list of suitable websites to look at.

    We can enjoy a lot on the Internet by downloading games, visiting chat rooms or surfing(浏览) websites. There are some games for fr6e. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat now. We can also listen to music and see films.

    Now, there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking, job finding and ticket buying. We can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds of goods. Sometimes we can find something that is quite good but very cheap.

    Today most countries have at least one airline that flies to foreign countries and one airline that flies inside the country. Some countries have several of each.

    The world's first passenger airline was called the St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line. This St. Petersburg was in Florida in the USA, and the airline took passengers on a 20-mile flight across Tampa Bay. It operated for only four months from January 1914.

    The first European airline flew every day from Berlin to Weimar called Deutsche Lutt-Reederei (DLR). It started to operate on 6 February 1919. At first it carried only mail and newspapers, but before long it took passengers as well. The planes were open to the air so passengers had to wear special clothing and shoes to protect them from the wind, rain and cold.

    In March 1919 the first international airline began to operate.  Lignes Aeriennes Farman flew once a week between Paris and Brussels. The journey took two hours and 50 minutes. Later that year, an English airline, Air Transport and Travel, flew every day from London to Paris.

    Although the first passenger flights took place in the USA, the development of air travel in America was strangely slow; it was not until 1926 that there were any regular passenger services there. It was not until 1939 that the first service across the North Atlantic began to operate. This was a service by the Pan American Boeing 314 flying boat, Yankee Clipper, which took 18 hours and 42 minutes to cover the journey between Newfoundland in North America and Southampton in England. The journey now takes about four hours by Boeing 777 and half that by Concorde.

    Today for many people air travel is as much part of their lives as traveling by boat, car or train. Although it has not seriously affected travel by car or train, it has caused many shipping lines to stop carrying passengers, as most people now prefer to make long journeys by air rather than by sea.

       Technology is an important part of life. With it we can do many things easily and quickly. It can help us in many ways. Man used to cut down trees with hand saw(锯). But now we can cut them down in a few minutes by using electric saw. In the past, if we had something important to tell our friends, we had to go to his or her house to tell them. Nowadays (现今，时下), we can give him or her a telephone call using the telephone or mobile phone. It is more convenient (方便的) and quickly. Many years ago people had to get the information they wanted by looking through a lot of books. In this way, they could become tried easily and they usually wasted too much time. Today, we can use the computer to help us . If we search the Internet, we can get all the things we want. Everything will become a piece of cake.

     I believe that with the development of technology, our life will become better and better.

    Nowadays, many families have only one child. Parents will do (每件事) to make their children study  (好). Is it good for them?

     (与…相比 ) with those in the past, the children today are quite (不同的). In the past, children went to school by themselves and did (家务) after school. Then, when they grew up, they were  (能) to solve many difficulties by themselves. (然而), in the (现代的) society, children are sent to school and picked up after school. When growing up, they can (几乎)overcome their problems.

    So, parents, please (改变) your ways in order that your children can achieve a lot in the future.

    A young man was on a train. As the train turned a corner, it slowed down and then plain house came into sight. The house looked so different the grey apartment buildings of the city that everybody on the train turned to look at it. Some passengers began to talk about . The young man was also interested in the house. He decided to get off at the next station and make his way to the house.

    The owner of the house told him that he (try) to sell the house, but no one would buy it, as the noise of the trains passing nearby made it (suit) to live in. The young man decided to buy the house for $ 30,000. He used it for advertising  The house faced the railway bend(弯道). The train had to slow down at the bend,  (give) the passengers plenty of time to look at the house.

    The young man went to several big companies and explained the advantages of placing advertisements on the side of the house. (luck), one company agreed to place some ads. The young man (pay) $180,000 for three years of advertising.

    In this world, turning disadvantages into advantages is the key to (succeed).

    Farming in the USA today is very different from that 100 years ago. In those days, farmers did not have many machines to help them. They had animals. This meant that farms were smaller than they are now. Farmers also worked in a different way in the past. In those days, farmers grew fruits and vegetables and kept cows, pigs and chickens to feed their families.

    Farmers have a very special life in many ways. First of all, they can't leave the job at the end of the day. They live on the farm and there is always work to do. Second, a lot of farm work is outdoors, so the weather is very important for farmers.  A lot of bad weather means farmers will lose money. Finally, farmers work with plants and animals. They understand nature better than other people do.

     Spring is a time for planting. Farmers are busy getting the fields ready and then planting the seeds(种子). In summer, farmers must take good care of the plants. Some may need water. Other plants may have problems with insects or diseases. Then in fall, the fruits or plants are ready for picking.  Winter is a time for rest or for work on the farm machines.

A. Farm work changes with the seasons.

B. That is a very busy time for farmers.

C. But animals work slowly compared to machines.

D. It is also important for the success of their farms.

E. Today farmers grow things on the farms so they can sell them.

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My Dream School

Ladies and gentlemen,

    I'd like to share with you my dream school. …

    That's all. Thank you for listening.