北京理工附中分校2021-2022学年九年级上学期开学英语试...

—On foot.

— I'm afraid not. There is a sign "No Photo".

—I       a kite in the park.

—Maybe he is in the lab.

The day that I met my best friend for the first time, I was anxiously reviewing for an important exam in the local library.

Because I kept being interrupted by others, I was unable to make any1. When I heard someone singing behind me, I couldn't accept the situation any longer. I turned around and gave the person a dirty look. It was a tall girl about the same age as me. Standing near the "English Literature" section, she seemed to be looking for a book. "How could she think only about herself? "I thought2. I picked up my books, looked into her eyes and3. "You are being so selfish (自私的). I've been unable to study because of your terrible singing. Be considerate of other people in public. "Then I left the library in a hurry.

Two hours later, I realized I'd4my most important textbook in the library. What was worse, the library had already closed. I was close to tears. Just then, the phone rang. A soft voice introduced the speaker as Jenny and asked if I was Jane.

After confirming (确认) that I was, she told me that she had5my book in the library. As my phone number was in it, she called and told me she didn't live far away and could6it to me.

I let out a deep breath with comfort and agreed to meet her at the store down the road. I was so7. When I met Jenny in the store, I recognized her at once. She was the girl I had shouted at for singing. I was filled with8and said sorry for my rudeness (无礼). But Jenny just laughed and told me she was glad that I had left her a dirty look in the library!

Can you believe we became best friends? I often think how lucky I am. If Jenny hadn't been a kind person who was willing to forgive (原谅) my rudeness, I would never have experienced such true friendship.

Grandma called me in from the yard. "Would you please go to the store for me, Emma? I'm ready to make cakes, but there aren't enough eggs. Take 20 dollars from my wallet. "I found Grandma's wallet and put the money in my pocket.

I arrived at the store soon. "Mr. Jenkins, "I said, "Grandma needs some eggs. "

Mr. Jenkins set the eggs on the counter. He smiled at me. "And what else do you need? "I knew what he meant. I was always allowed to pick a piece of candy when I came to the store with Grandma. "How much change do I have from 20 dollars? "I asked. "Seven dollars. "Mr. Jenkins replied. I thought about that quickly. I was sure Grandma wouldn't care if I spent two dollars. The longer I looked at the candy display, the more certain I became that I needed two dollars' worth as a reward (奖励)for coming to the store alone. And I did so.

"Thank you, Emma" Grandma said when I laid the eggs on the table. Did you put the change back in my wallet? ""Yes, Grandma, hurrying out to the yard. "I hadn't really lied to Grandma, "I argued with myself. I did put back all the change I had. "

But I had spent two dollars without Grandma's permission（允许）. The second piece of candy in my pocket didn't sound like a good idea anymore. I knew I had lied to Grandma, and I was unhappy about it. Grandma loved me so much that I couldn't bear to keep anything from her.

When Grandma took the hot cakes from the oven, I told her about the candy.

She nodded when I finished my story. "I know just how you feel, "she said. "I'm glad you told me about the dollars, you are an honest kid and of course I'll forgive you. "Suddenly I felt relaxed as though a big stone was gone from my stomach.

If you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. It may become part of your "inner speech. "In other words, you start thinking in that language. Your mind stops trying to translate things from your native language into the second language. But most of the English learners live in places where English is not the main language. This maybe true for you. You may not have many chances to practice English. You may even be self-taught.

When you speak, your speech might be slower than you would like. This is because your mind is still translating from your first language, which can also sound unnatural. English, has its own sentence structure.

The good news is that thinking in English can bring you a huge step closer to fluency (流利). It is not very difficult but it does need practice.

Most experts note that its best to start small. So, a good first step is to think in individual (单独的) words. Look around you. What do you see? In your head, wherever they are. Start with nouns and then add in verbs, he suggests.

Another exercise that Thomas suggests is describing in your mind objects you don't know the words for. For example, if you're looking at your house and you see your garage, but you can't think of the name in English. You can say, such as It's similar to…"or" It's the opposite of. "Thomas says doing this can help learners of any language. As a Spanish learner, he does it himself.

Next, you can move to exercises like thinking in simple sentences and in conversations. So, how much time should you spend on these exercises? Thomas says you do a little everyday. "When you make things a habit, before you know it really, you're thinking in English."

Have you ever recorded information about your everyday activities by means of a smartphone? Perhaps you've tracked (追踪) how many kilometers you've run, how many hours you've slept or how many calories you've burned in a day.

If so, you've taken part in a movement called the "Quantified Self Movement", also called self-tracking. The idea is to take information about your everyday activities and analyze them to help form a healthier lifestyle.

Tracking daily activities isn't a new idea. In past years, athletes and their coaches kept notes detailing nutrition, training and sleep patterns in order to achieve an athletic goal. Similarly (过敏), headaches and other health problems. However, it wasn't until 2007 that magazine editors Gary Wolf and Kim Kelly, invented the term "Quantified Self" Wolf says that self tracking will change our sense of self with the purpose of making us more effective in the world.

Self-tracking is becoming a lot more popular these days, as it becomes easier for people to use modern technology tools to track what they're doing and share it with others. Recently, tools such as smartphones, along with newly published wearable things can help record personal data including sleeping hours, stress levels, mood and soon. With these tools, self-tracking can help us recall our behavior with greater accuracy (精确).

Although people benefit a lot from self-tracking, Dennis Nash, president of Data Speaks Health Solutions drawbacks. Once people start tracking their daily activities, it can become an addition people like to do often. Also, they might begin to worry too much about their health.

While self-tracking doesn't guarantee (保证) that one's quality of life will improve, it can stress the importance of eating well and exercising daily. After all (激励) people to apply enough energy to make healthier choices.

We all know that running is good for our healthy. Have you ever thought that running is also good for the planet? Sometimes a creative mind can bring us a win-win situation.

Plogging is becoming increasingly popular after it started as an organizational activity in Sweden (瑞典). What is p logging? It is a term referring to the act of picking up litter while jogging. The term "plogging" is created by combining the English word "jogging "and" plocka upp, a Swedish term that means "picking up".

A Swedish man called Eric Ahlstrom started the movement After moving from a Swedish ski resort to Stockholm, Eric noticed a lot of litter when he rode to work each day. So, he decided to do something about it. In 2016, and thus "plogging" was born. It spread to other countries in 2018, following increased concern about plastic pollution.

Plogging is considered a perfect activity, as it is positive both for the body, and for the environment. There's no doubt that moving your body will do great things for your heath (蹲下) or bending (弯曲) your body. According to a research, while usual jogging for 10 minutes burns about 39 calories.

Plogging is a movement that anyone can join. To get started, choose plogging route that you know is heavily littered but still considered safe. Do not forget to bring your recyclable rubbish bags and gloves, as well as some hand sanitizer（消毒纸巾）, or a bit before going to work, or even in the late afternoon. If you're not much of a jogger, or just a 15-minute morning walk, the idea with plogging is that you do some physical exercise while helping to pick up litter!

Everyday, about 2 million people plog in over 100 countries. If you have a pair of gloves, a rubbish bag, plogging maybe right for you!