（浙江）初中英语2022-2023九年级上学期期中专项复习：...

You buy a new toy online. It should come today. Knock, knock. You open the door, but can't see   . Youlook  again: a drone (无人机) has put the  package (包裹) at your  door! Unbelievable, right? But drone delivery (送货) is really  around  the  world. In 2016, Amazon used a drone to deliver goods in the UK. It flew for 13 minutes to get to a   home. In America, 7-Eleven has      used a drone to deliver a sandwich and coffee. In China, S.F. Express, China Post and JD.com are also considering trying to use drone delivery  present.

In Western countries, people usually New Year at midnight on December 31stJanuary 1st. People may go to , sometimes dressed in formal clothes, and they may drink champagne(香槟) at midnight. Other New Year are followed to bring good luck the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year's Day. The more grapes a person , the more good luck the person will have in the year.

On the last day of the year, people in Spain wait until 12 pm. Everybody must have twelve grapes to eat at midnight. At each of the clock, they must eat a grape. But it difficult to finish eating the grapes on time. Usually People's mouths are still filled with grapes when the clock stops. They look at each other and start to laugh . This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year's Eve. People felt thankful for the king had done. From then on, eating grapes on New Year's Eve has been an interesting tradition in Spain.

    In the past, the people in Wenling lived a poor . The houses were old and small. Pollution was very serious, and there was rubbish everywhere. The traffic was not convenient, so few visitors came here.

    Now great changes have taken place in Wenling. The environment has more beautiful. The rivers have turned and the sky has turned bluer. There are trees, flowers and grass everywhere. There many large and bright buildings. Many people have their own cars. Every year, thousands of people from all the country come to our city.

    We're sure Wenling will become better and better in the future.

    Reading is very useful for English learners. When you're learning English, listening, speaking and writing are very , but reading is also very helpful. When you read, you can both learn some new words and learn how to them. When you read, it gives you a good for writing.

    Read something at your right level. Read that you can more or less understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it's not for you.

    Try to increase your vocabulary. If there are 4 or 5 new words on a page, try to their meanings. Then look them up in a dictionary after reading and write them down in your notebook. Try to them.

    Try to read regularly. Reading for 15 minutes every day is than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read. For example, you could read for 15 minutes you go to bed or at lunch time.

    Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine that you like. You can also read newspapers, for example, 21st Century. There is always in it.

The well-known children's character "Big Head Son" will have a new sister in the new book Little Biscuit and Apron Mom, which is coming next month.

Zheng Chunhua, the of the book Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, has announced the news in Xiamen. The new book series has 10 volumes(册).

The book was a bestseller among books, and when the book came out in 1995. It was a big hit. Almost every child at the time the program and could sing the theme song.

Big Head Son and Small Head Dad was inspired by Zheng's own family. "My son really has a head." Zheng Chunhua said When my son was little, I bought

T-shirts or hats for him as they always didn't fit him."

Zheng has two children. her son who is almost 20 years old now, and her little daughter, who is a teenager "My  has been jealous(嫉妒）of her brother for many years, as I have written many stories about him,   none about her yet ," Zheng said, and this is the leading to her creation of the new book.

This book is so with the readers and one of them said, "The book is very interesting and I have learnt a lot from it."

Fashion is full of culture. The Tang costume stands for Chinese history and fashion culture. It got its name when China became  to other countries during the Han and Tang dynasties. From then on, peopleChinese clothes "Tang costumes".

Chinese fashion is not only different from western fashion, but also from that in other countries such as Japan and Korea. The beautiful silk knots and the other decorations on Tang-style clothes are popular all over the world now.

Today people can design the Tang costume either formal or casual clothes. It expresses the wearer's personal style and China's rich traditional culture. So we say the Tang costume is very attractive and very different from western-style suits.

I'm writing this letter to you from the part of Australia. The Australians have many British . That's why they're like us in many ways. Their family life is to ours, and they enjoy the same food and hobbies. The food and drink that most Australians like are grapes, lamb, ham and especially wine that they make in the south of the country. They love all sports, , football is the most popular. Most Australians live near the coast, so they also love to the beach, swimming and surfing. Although it's December, it's summer over here. The sunshine is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green.

Compared to those of Angelina Julie, Rebecca's lips（嘴唇）were not as charming as hers. But they were magic—they coulda nice smile. There was little chance that you would see Rebecca not smiling. She even smiled the day after her mobile phone was. When she smiled, the whole world smiled with her, and we drowned in her smile.

At the English Corner, Rebecca was always theone who had the most listeners. Her job was to teach us English, but Rebecca taught us more than language. I can't remember how many times she told us how much she wasof us. And we were always inspired by the heartwarming stories she told us during the discussions aboutand sadness, love and death.

And I will tell you: Even though Rebecca doesn't teach us any more, we will always remember the lovely lady from Michigan.

My son Daniel loved to surf (冲浪) at the age of 13. He waited for the challenge each day. However, Daniel's eye was injured (受伤)  by the point of his board one day. He received 26 stitches (缝针)  from the of  his eye to the bridge of his nose. I had a meeting at first. When I arrived at the hospital from work, he was because he wasn't allowed to go near water again. However, for the next days, he kept me to let him go back on the board. And I always repeated "No"." Mom, you taught me never to give up what I love. So I want to practicing surfing," Daniel said. I was touched by him. Now he has made achievements(成就)  in surfing. I'm very proud of him.