重庆市开州初中教育集团2021-2022学年九年级上学期英语...

— ______________, and ______________.

— ______________. They are on the playground.

— Oh, about 20 minutes.

Life is not easy, so I'd like to say "When anything happens, believe in yourself."

When I was a young boy, I was1shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often2me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,3happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest(比赛). My mother asked me to4it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school.

"Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to5the contest." Then my mother and I talked about many different topics(话题). At last I chose the topic ""Believe in yourself." I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 1006.With my mother's great love, I did7in the contest. I could hardly believe my ears when the news came that: I had won the first place. I heard the cheers8the teachers and the students. Those classmates who once looked down upon(看不起)me， now all said "9" to me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, try to tell10to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.

Here is a charity sale(义卖) for the poor African children. We will give away the money we raise in the charity sale. Come and see our things.

Listening test is one of the most important parts of the English exam. Here are some tips for you.

Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Don't be stressed out(有压力). And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand the conversation or the passage.

Then listen carefully to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage. When you are listening, try to do some thinking and take some notes, such as:

☆What happened?

☆When, where and how?

☆What does the speaker want to tell us?

In this way, you may understand the passage better.

Please remember not to think about one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don't know, don't spend too much time on them. Very often, you'll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening.

Eating less meat is becoming more common all over the world. In the US, for example, there is a campaign (运动)called Meatless Mondays. The idea is to have meatless meals every Monday. By the end of 2018, 230 middle and primary schools in the US had joined this campaign, according to Southern Weekly. These schools give students a vegetarian breakfast and lunch every Monday.

How did Meatless Mondays become part of food culture in the West? The first reason is that it's healthy. Many studies have shown that eating less meat is good for people's health. "Vegetarian diets can lower risk of fatness heart disease and

cancer", scientist Sharon Palmer told CNN, "Even going meatless one day a week can make a difference."

_______________A study from Nature found that animal products create a lot of greenhouse gases(温室气体).78 percent of total agricultural emissions(农业排放) are from them. If we eat less meat, it will be better for the environment.

In March this year, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said that all public schools in New York City would join the Meatless Mondays campaign. Joining the campaign, he said, will help us stay healthy and keep our planet green for the future

Since Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, her hometown, a small old town of Ningbo, Zhejiang, has attracted lots of visitors, especially parents and their kids. In fact, it's not open to the public.

Tu received the prize for discovering artemisinin(青蒿素)--an important kind of traditional Chinese medicine that has helped save millions of lives across the world.

Many parents go there with their kids and they usually take photos in front of Tu's house. Xu Ling fei, a visitor from Shanghai, took her 10-year-old son to walk around the old house." Chinese people often have a strong feeling for famous people, so taking kids to visit famous people's old houses is a common way to encourage them to study hard," said Xu. In fact, something similar happened after Mo Yan had received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lots of tourists visited Mo's old house in Gaomi, Shandong. Some even took away carrots and bricks(砖块)around his old house.

This may be the celebrity effect(名人效应) that Chinese people pay a lot of attention to.

With the development of technology, smart phones now play an important role in our daily life. Each of us may have the experience of leaving the phone somewhere else. How do you feel about it? Do you have the feeling that you have lost your connection() to the world?

Last week, researchers from Hong Kong warned that "Nomophobia"(无手机焦虑症)is increasingly influencing us. The study finds that Nomophobia influences both teenagers and adults. Also, it shows people who use their phones to share personal memories are most influenced.

Researchers also find the users prefer to use words such as "worry" and "unpleasantness" to describe their feelings. And these feelings won't disappear until their phones are back in their hands again. At the same time, their body examinations show that smartphone separation(分离) can lead to an increase in blood pressure.

What interests researchers most is what causes people to have Nomophobia. "The findings of our study suggest that if people always consider smartphones as a part of their selves," said Dr. Kim Ki Joon." It will be easy for them to have Nomophobia and experience some bad feelings."

According to Professor Mark Griffiths, the social network on the phone creates Fomo (fear of missing information). And it is Fomo that creates Nomophobia. For example, if people can't use WeChat or QQ, they become worried about not knowing what's going on socially for the moment.

"But people can feel less worried about being separated from phones, if you take them on holiday and there's no internet," says Griffiths. According to him, for people who have the problem of Nomophobia, what they need is some talk with chances, chances to travel in the real world, chances to read interesting ideas in paper books, and chances to talk with friends face to face. After all, although phones may hold many details of our lives, the world they provide us is only part of the real world.

Andy: Nick, long time no see!

Nick: I have been to Hong Kong with my daughter.

Andy:

Nick: We stayed there for two weeks.

Andy:

Nick: We played in Disneyland.

Andy: Disneyland? I have heard of it, but I have never been there.

Nick: Yes, of course. Disneyland is an amusement park. It's also a theme park. It is about Disney movies and characters(角色). You can watch Disney movies, eat in Disney restaurants and buy Disney gifts. And you can see Disney characters all the time.

Andy: I will take my son to visit it next summer vacation.

Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. You may volunteer to help other people, but you can also volunteer to do something good for animals, the environment, or any other thing that you care about. Volunteering helps others, but it can also help yourself. If you are worried about something that has happened, doing something can be a great way to deal with your feelings, Volunteering can let you see your own life in new ways. For example, if you don't have the most expensive shoes or the newest computer game, you may find it difficult to stop yourself from worrying about things like grades or getting angry. Volunteering lets you spend some time on others.

Doing volunteer work is a great way to have fun with your family. Here are some ideas on how you can do the work together:

● Clean up a park or a road along a river.

● Do some housework for the old persons or the sick

● Serve food at a shelter for the homeless.

● Plant trees or flowers in your community.

● Clean up a school or other public buildings.

Now some schools ask kids to spend some time helping others because volunteering gives them a sense of duty(责任).Why can we say that volunteering gives kids a sense of duty? The reason is that volunteering can make kids feel needed by some people. Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves. A volunteer job can even help some kids understand what to do when they grow up. So what are you waiting for?

We   shut off the electricity when leaving the room.

Smoking is   our health.

has he been away from his hometown?

I that house for ten years.

She raised her voice   just to show her anger .

An old man walked slowly into a restaurant his cane(拐杖). His old jacket and shoes made him look unusual that day.

A young waitress named Mary watched him move towards a table by the window. She ran over to him，and said with a smile, "Here, sir. Let me give you a hand." Without a word, he just gave her a smile, too. She pulled the chair away from the table and helped him sit down. Then she his cane against the table where he could reach it. In a soft and clear , the old man said, Thank you, miss." "You're welcome, sir," "she replied, "I'll be back in a moment, and if you need anything, just wave(朝….挥手) at me!"

he had finished a good meal, Mary brought him the change. She handed him his cane, and walked with him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Thank you for coming to our restaurant! Welcome to come again, sir!"

The old man turned around and smiled.

When Mary went back to clean his table, she was very , Under the plate, she found a business card, a 100-dollar bill and a note. The note said, "Dear lady, respect you very much, and you respect yourself, too. It shows the way you treat and yourself. You have found the secret of happiness."

In fact, the old man was the owner of the restaurant. That was the time that she, or any of his waitresses, had seen him.

写作要点:

1）就餐时，按需点餐，光盘行动。

2）节水、节电。如：随手关灯，关水龙头等。(水龙头:tap)

3）节约纸张。如：双面用纸等。

4）..…

写作要求:

1）词数80～120词，短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数;

2）条理清晰，要点齐全，可适当发挥;

3）书写规范，卷面整洁，所写内容不超出答题框。

Recently, our class had a heated discussion on how to save resources in our daily life. Here are some of my views.