四川省凉山州宁南县2022-2023学年九年级下学期入学考试...

Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their were going to spend their holiday in the country. . . . At 11:00, they still weren't ready, so they all went in a hurry Mrs. Smith. … Her husband and children were that she didn't move until the taxi arrived. Then Mrs. Smith smiled and said to them, "Well, I went to bed last night, I set all our clocks and 20 minutes ahead!"

—She's been under the weather for some days.

—_________kind he is!

—It doesn't matter. Don't forget       it here this afternoon.

—He should pay more attention _____exercise.

—Yes. I live in Manzhouli city.

—________

—It belongs to _______.

—I'd love to. But nobody knows if it _______.

—I think ______ cars we drive, ______ pollution our city will have.

—It _____ be Grace's. She is the only girl at the meeting.

—He is tall and thin, with brown hair.

—It's true. But I think WeChat is taking too much of our time.

— Sorry, I _______________ it. How about Friday?

—OK, I won't forget, mom.

I have a strong and faithful dog, Bruce. The dog likes1with me. Sometimes he also follows my father to work.

One morning when my father worked in the field, he2his coat and put it under a big tree. He turned to the dog and said, "3my coat, Bruce! "

Bruce sat down on the coat. Later, my father remembered he had to buy some food. 4he hurried to the shop. 5shopping, he went home directly and forgot completely about his coat and the dog.

A teenage boy couldn't stand his parents' family rules, so he left home.

He wanted to be1,but he had poor education and several years later, he had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now his mother has died. His father is an old man, but he is still looking2his son. He has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere he goes, he3a big photo of himself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo he writes, "I still love you. . .4back home! "One day, the son saw one of the photos. The face was familiar. " Is that my father? " He moved closer and read the5,"I still love you. . . " He cried. When he got home, it was early morning. He6at the door. The door opened itself. He rushed to his father's7. His father was sleeping. He woke his father up. "It's me! Your8is back home! " The father and the son hugged each other, full of9tears. The son asked, "Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in." The father answered10, "The door has never been locked since you left."

The door of parents' love of their children will never be closed.

The world is becoming much smaller by using modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution, which means making things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Air pollution is the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only kind of pollution. Water pollution kills fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is mainly caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.

My grandfather is eighty years old now. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

Families aren't families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not more. Everyone is busy working. Mothers used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now the family don't eat home cooked food any more.

And the cars! No one walks any more. More and more people drive. Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter. But nowadays students don't. And in school, children don't have to think any more. In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide (加减乘除) in their heads. Instead, they use calculators.

And people today have TV and computers, and they don't talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think.

Life used to be simple, but it isn't any more.

Different countries have different customs in giving presents. In China you must never give a clock to a Chinese person, because the pronunciation of the word for "clock" in Chinese is similar to the pronunciation of "death". Also, don't wrap (用……包裹) a present in white, black, or blue paper, because they are the colors for funerals (葬礼). Don't give a knife, because something sharp can cut a friendship.

In Russia if you give flowers as presents, you have to give an odd number of them (One, Three, five, etc. ) because even numbers of flowers are for funerals.

In Germany if you are invited to dinner, flowers are good presents to take to your dinner hostess (女主人), but don't take her red roses because it means you are in love with her. Don't take thirteen of anything because it's an unlucky number. Don't take an even number of anything, either. Don't wrap your presents in white, brown, or black paper.

A: Hi, Linda!

B: I'm going to visit Los Angeles.

A: You'll love it!  We enjoyed ourselves.

B: Really? How long did it take you to get there?

A:  

B: Where did you go when you were in Los Angeles?

A: Well， first we went to Disneyland.

B: It sounds great! I can't wait to go there.

A: It's really a great place for fun.

B: Thank you.

Every 30 seconds there is an earthquake. But don't worry because most are so weak that they can't . Only a few big ones hurt people.

Many earthquakes happened in Japan, such as the big one on May 11, 2011. of people died in it. So it's for people to know how to stay in an earthquake.

If you are indoors during an earthquake, hide under a desk. Stay away from windows and anything that could on you.

If you are outdoors, move to a clear place. Try to be away from trees, signs, and street lights. could fall on you.

When an earthquake , be careful because after-shocks may still happen. These are just as as the earthquake itself.

If you are at home and you smell gas, open the windows and get out of the building as as you can. A gas line in your home may be broken. This could make you in danger.

Global warming is a big problem that we have to stop. One of the best things we do is to plant more trees. Trees can take in CO2 in the air and stop global warming.

A team of scientists at Boston University has been working with NASA to study Earth's green vegetation（植被）. They used a special NASA camera and found that global leaf area had increased by 5 percent since the early 2000s.  That's about one-quarter of the size of the entire Amazon rainforest.

The growth mainly came from China's forest protection programs, NASA said. For example, since 1962, China has been planting trees in Saihanba, Hebei Province. It was once a desert.

Ant Forest, a feature in Alipay app, gives users points for doing eco-friendly things such as walking and going paperless in the office. Users can then use these points to water and grow their own virtual（虚拟的）trees. When the virtual trees are big enough, Ant Forest will plant real trees somewhere in the world.

Each year, we welcome many holidays here in America. On January 1, we welcome the coming of a new year like many people in other countries. And we have another four holidays on the first day of a month: April Fool's Day, May Day, Friendship Day (Aug. 1) and Grandparents Day (Sept. 1).

The most important holiday for the young people comes in February. It is Valentine's Day. Lots of boys give red roses to girls as a present.

People celebrate some holidays for their family members. We say thanks to our mother in May and celebrate Father's Day in the following month. In November many people come back home for Thanksgiving Day, so all the family can stay together.

There are also some interesting holidays for children. For example, Halloween comes at the end of October. Children often play with pumpkin lanterns and wear all kinds of masks. On April Fool's Day, they can play jokes on each other.

Of course, the most important festival is Christmas. After a year of work and study, people can enjoy a long holiday, eat big meals, and visit family and friends.

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