①not help you find new ways of thinking
②make you feel more confident
③help you relax after a long time of hard work
④make you feel more lonely
⑤help you learn something new
Everyone wants to be successful in life. As a ninth-grade student, you must be thirsty 1 success at school. However, it's difficult to learn all the lessons well. Here is some advice.
First, be sure to make up your mind 2 hard. It is smart of you to do your best in your studies. In that way, you may have a chance to enjoy success that belongs to you. After all, 3 there is a will, there is a way.
Second, it's necessary for you to have a good study 4. While studying, make sure to pay attention to it. After you finish your study, don't forget to find 5 for fun in order to help you relax as well.
Third, you should try to learn every subject well. If you 6 a subject, you need to try to do well in it. You should often reminded 7 why you need to study.
Finally, you had better take notes in class because you cannot remember 8. These notes will be helpful for you to review or remember what you 9. If you forget some points, you can go over them.
As a saying goes, "A journey of a thousand miles 10 a single step. If you follow the advice above and take action right away, your success is just around the corner!
John was a poor man in a small village. He tried to grow as many vegetables as possible in his yard, so he didn't have to buy so many in the market.
One evening, John was reading in his room. All of a sudden, he heard a noise in his yard and he looked out of the window. A white bull (公牛) was eating his vegetables. That burnt him up. He at once went out with his stick and ran after the bull. However, he was too old to catch it. When he got back, he found that most of his vegetables were ruined (毁坏).
The next morning, while John was walking near his house, he saw two white bulls. They looked very much like the one that had eaten his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, so he at once began to beat the two bulls with it. As neither of them looked more like the bull that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them very hard.
The owner of the bulls saw that and shouted, "Hey! Why are you beating those poor animals like that? What have they done?"
"You keep out of this!" John shouted back, "That's a matter between me and one of the two bulls. _________"
The owner couldn't even say a word.
Musical Instruments Sold Best in Uncle John's Shop
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Item |
Flute | Violin | Guitar | Erhu |
| Main material | Bamboo | Wood | Wood | Wood |
| Producing place | China | Spain | France | China |
| Type | Chinese instrument | Western instrument | Western instrument | Chinese instrument |
| Wind instrument | Stringed instrument | Stringed instrument | Stringed instrument | |
| Price | ¥ 200 | ¥ 2,000 | ¥ 1,800 | ¥ 550 |
Word Box: flute 笛子 wind instrument 管乐器 stringed instrument 弹拨乐器
Jane was from a small village in Southern America. Her family was poor and noodles were often their only food. Her parents couldn't afford to pay the electricity bill (电费), so she had to study by candle light.
What was worse, to live on, her parents moved to a faraway village with the other four children. As for Jane, she didn't want to give up learning and she dreamed to enter a famous university. She stuck to living alone in her village.
After Jane's parents left, she lived a really difficult life. Having no place to live in, the homeless girl had to sleep on the back seat of the school bus. Luckily, Mrs. Brown, the caring school bus driver, learned about Jane's situation and invited her to live with her family. Soon, Jane found a job in her school. She worked from 6 a. m. to 7:40 a. m. before the first school bell rang. She swept floors and picked up rubbish again in the afternoon. With the money she got from the work, she paid for her education. And she stayed up late in the evenings studying for all kinds of exams day after day.
Jane's hard work made a difference to her life. She finished high school with unexpected results. She was accepted by Harvard, one of the world's most famous universities with full scholarship (全额奖学金).
The 18-year-old girl created her own future with her never-give-up attitude and hard work.
In the UK, there are over 800 boarding schools with students from home and abroad. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.
In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Their students study and live together in the school. They are rigid rules in boarding schools. The students can't go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities (设施) for their students. Most boarding schools have a "light out" time. So when it's time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, at times also a tie and a skirt.
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. Students can also make something to eat at any time in a kitchen.
A: Hello, John.
B: Hi, Mike.
A: Yes, I was very tired.
B: What did you do?
A: I had a basketball class on Sunday morning and played a soccer game in the afternoon.
B: Wow, you were full of energy.
A: Great! I like it.
B: Do you have it every day?
A: No, I have it on Sunday mornings. It's very interesting.
B: Me? Well, I think it's difficult.
A: Don't worry. .
B: OK, I'll go with you this Sunday.
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A. Mr. Miller is nice and he teaches well. B. I can give you a hand then. C. When were you late again? D. You can help me. E. How do you like your basketball class? F. Were you late for school this morning? G. Why don't you go with me? |
A: Hi, Mom. Could I go to the cinema with Grace tonight?
B: No, you . Your grandparents are coming over for dinner tonight.
A: Oh, I want to see them! Hmm. . . could I at go out with Grace now?
B: Yes, as long as you promise to come back early.
A: OK, Mom! Oh, are they arriving?
B: At about 6:00 p. m. and I need you to help me in the kitchen.
A: OK! I'll be back of them.
B: Sounds great. See you! be late!
A: Bye, Mom!
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write, in the face of, serious, first, choose, late, finding, finally |
Before leaving the university, I was busy looking for a job. It was very difficult to a job in the big city. I had been refused for many times. Then day I got the news in the local newspaper. It said, "Find over ten wrong words in the newspaper, and you can work as an editor (编辑). "I loved literature (文学) and had finished several articles for the newspaper. So I decided to have a try. But it was the date when I saw the newspaper. What's more, a friend of mine said, "Today is April Fool's Day. It may just be an April Fool's joke. A fool may take it . "I was very disappointed. However, I still made a to have a try.
that day, I knew I was the only applicant (申请者). I got an important lesson from the experience. something that seems impossible, we need to have a try. Only then, may we have a chance to make something impossible possible.
The first cartoons appeared in newspapers. They told stories using pictures. The first cartoon film appeared in 1906. It was about humorous faces. In the film, an artist drew pictures of two faces on a blackboard. The faces came to life. They smiled and a small dog jumped through a ring. There were a lot of animals in early cartoons. One famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat.
Walt Disney started to make films in the 1920s. Some of his earliest films were about a famous story, Alice in Wonderland, but in Disney's films it was called Alice in Cartoon Land. Walt Disney's most famous cartoon character was Mickey Mouse, first in a black-and-white film without sound, then very soon after that in a talking film and later in colour. A Mickey Mouse film was the first cartoon film with sound to become really popular.
Today, the popularity of cartoons has risen around the world. People of all ages still show great interest in cartoons.
In the film, an artist drew pictures of two faces on a blackboard.
In the film, pictures of two faces on a blackboard by an artist.
Harbin Opera House (哈尔滨大剧院) lies on Harbin Cultural Island, near the Songhua River. It took people about six years to complete the whole project and it opened in 2015. Its building style belongs to a future time. With the size of 7,900m2, it is considered as the performing arts centre in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Its special surface allows more light to enter. Its two theaters, the large theatre and the small one, can hold about 2,000 people. The project is a complete success. Harbin Opera House has enjoyed many prizes and great fame from home and abroad since people began to plan it. People say it's one of the most beautiful buildings in China and it is the world's best concert halls. There is no doubt that it has become the new symbol of Harbin.
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Harbin Opera House—the New of Harbin |
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Where it lies on |
Harbin Island |
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How long it has been |
About four years |
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How large it is |
7,900 meters |
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What it has enjoyed since it was |
Many prizes and great fame. |
写作要点：
1）写信目的：告诉Laura今年你是如何度过春节的。
2）今年过春节的具体情况：
①春节之前：你在业余时间帮忙做家务；
②春节期间：享受美食、家人聚会；
③不同的春节：春节期间哈尔滨禁放烟花（ban fireworks）。
3）说一说春节期间禁放烟花有什么好处。
写作要求：
1）不得使用真实的姓名和学校名。
2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
3）字迹工整、语言精练、表达准确、条理清晰。
4）至少80词。
Dear Laura,
How is everything going?
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Lin
