江苏省连云港市2018届九年级下学期英语全真模拟（六）

—No, many young people now say “No” to it because of _______ follow-up service.

—I guess Tom did it, for he was on duty today.

—Take a map of Taizhou with you. You'll find it of great _______ in helping you to get round Taizhou.

—Good idea. I think ____ the general manager ___ the chief engineer have the courage to take on the challenge.

—      next year. Only two thirds     been built.

— That's for sure. Trust me!

—She asked _______________.

    Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to1with him.

Time went by — the boy had grown up and he2 played around the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked3“Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I'm no longer a kid. I4play around the tree any more.”the boy replied,“I want toys. I need 5to buy them.” “Sorry, I don't have money. But you can 6 all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left7. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad.

    After that the boy returned and asked the tree for help again and again. First, he asked the tree for a house, and the tree gave the boy all its branches. Second, he told the tree he needed a 8to go sailing, the tree offered its trunk9 the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root（根）,” the tree said with tears.

    “Good! Old tree root is the10 place to lean on and rest”. The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.

    This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents. When we were11we loved to play with Mom and Dad… When we grow up，we 12them，and 13come to them when we need something or when we are14 No matter what，parents will always give everything they could to make us happy. We may think that the boy is15to the tree but that's how all of us are treating our parents.

    I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don't you think there's something to learn from the tortoise?”

    Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I'm entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

    I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn't wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

    “He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

    “He didn't have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”

    Sonny thought a while. “That's a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he'd never have won the race. That's for sure.”

    I gave up. Today's children are not like what we used to be. They're just hopeless.

    Children with autism(孤独症) have difficulty with social skills and communication. They often act in limited and repeated ways and have what seem like unusual strong interests.

    Autism is more often seen in boys than girls. What causes it is not clear. Scientists are studying DNA and possible environmental influences.

    Doctors usually cannot confirm a diagnosis(确诊) of autism until a child is about three years old. Rebecca Landa is a researcher at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Professor Landa wanted to find out what differences in development might be seen earlier. She led a new study that observed 235 babies between 6 and 36 months of age.

    “At six months of age, when you lay your baby on their back and you pull them by the arms gently into a seated place, the baby's head may nod back behind the shoulders, like poor head control. But that does not mean that the baby is going to have autism. It does mean the baby needs to have some exercises to help their body get stronger. And when the babies strengthen their bodies, they are better able to play with toys and also with people, which will help them have better outcomes.”

    By the time a baby is one year old, signs of possible autism include difficulty in using words and not looking eye-to-eye or reaching out to other people. By 14 months, the baby might smile less and use language less. However, Professor Landa says these signs can be very small and their children might be missed during a short health exam.

    “It's important for parents to pay attention to their children's development, and if they care about a child's development, they should listen to experts.”

    The earlier parents notice delays, she says, the sooner they can begin simple things that may help improve their children's development. For example, they can talk to the children about what they are doing, give opinions when the children show them something, and play simple games that keep the children's attention.

    In some science fiction movies, evil robots refuse to die, no matter how hard people fight back.

    Now science fiction has become science fact. For the first time, scientists have made a robot that can take a beating (挨打) and keep on going. Scientists from Cornell University made the robot, which looks like a spider with four legs.

    Until now, even the most advanced (先进的) robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged. That is because its computer inside simply doesn't know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed.

    To deal with this problem, the scientists put eight motors (发动机) and two sensors (传感器) that read how the machine is working. They all give signals to the machine's software. Using this information, the computer can then figure out the machine's shape at any moment.

    The new technology is a big advance in robot-making, scientists say, and it's far from scary. It may someday help scientists create better artificial (假的) arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them. It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space.

    “It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it's damaged,” says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US. “With this work, we are nearer to solving this problem.”

    These days, people are crazy about watching the film Us and Them dby Rene Liu, who is a famous singer. The film was freleased(上映) on 28th April, 2018. It tells the love story between a young man and a young girl. The film a people of all a and it is very s.

    True friends are rare to make these days. Even if you believe you've connected with someone, how do you really know he is a true friend? And often you will find that someone who you thought you could trust may disappoint you. There are ways you can know if a friendship is true and how you can hold onto that friend.

    A true friend is someone who will be there for you no matter what happens. Through good times and bad times, they will stand by you. They will accept you for who you are without trying to change you, and they will be there to help you grow in new ways.

    Trust is another important aspect. A true friend will keep your secrets. You can depend on them. They will listen and be someone you know you can talk things over with, even if they may not have advice to share with you.

    Friendship is a two-way street. To find true friends and keep them, you must in turn be the same as well. Be there for them in their hard times and share the good times with them. Be someone your friends can depend on and offer them the same things they give to you. A friendship will fall apart fast if only one person is giving and putting all the effort in. To keep a true friendship, you must be honest.

    There will be barriers in the road but that is the test of true friendship. If it can survive those barriers, it will be stronger and last forever. St Thomas Aquinas said, “There is nothing on this earth more prized than friendship” and it holds true.

1）网络使用的利弊。

2）介绍如何安全、文明地使用网络的几条规则。如，和家长有所约定，不向strangers透露(give out)真实的个人信息，不单独和net friend见面，使用文明语言，等等。

3）希望……

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    At present, most of us have Internet or Wifi at school and at home. It is time for us to talk about how to use the Internet.