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浙江外研版2018-2019学年初中英语九年级上册Module 11单元测试卷（十三）（含听力音频）

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The word, "photography", was first used in 1839. It comes from the Greek words that mean "to write with light". But photography could only give people static pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story.

Back in 1872, people didn't know exactly(确切地) whether all four of a horse's hooves(蹄) left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn't think so.

At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse's legs move so fast that it is impossible to tell just by looking. So they needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. Then Stanford offered $ 25,000 to the famous photographer, Muybridge, to help find the answer. In the beginning, Muybridge failed to get clear images, but he didn't give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence(连续) of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse's hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running.

Though Edison is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison's invention.

（1）、The underlined word "static" in Paragraph 1 most probably means .

A、pretty B、dark C、moving D、still

（2）、What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about?

A、Whose horse ran faster. B、Whether a horse would fall over while running. C、Whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures. D、Whether a horse's hooves all left the ground at the same time while running.

（3）、Muybridge finally found the exact answer to the bet in .

A、1839 B、1872 C、1878 D、1889

（4）、The passage mainly tells us .

A、that Thomas Edison created the first movie B、that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static pictures C、how photography helped people know more about animals D、how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion(移动) successfully

举一反三

    If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then the body is the mirror of our feelings. If we are feeling great, we may give our body signals(信号). If we look at someone else's body, we can often tell how they are feeling by their body signals. So reading body language signals is a great tool in daily communication.
    In case(假使) you don't think that learning how to read and use body language is important, here are some numbers for you. 7% of the information we receive is from what people actually say, and 38% of the information we receive is from the tone(语气) and the speed of their voice; while 55% of the information we receive is from their body language.
    These non-verbal(非口头的) signals will help you a lot, but you still need to focus on what people are saying. If you focus too much on their body language signals, you and the person may feel uncomfortable. It is useful to be able to read people's body language, but it is useful to learn how to send the right signals and avoid the wrong signals too. Body language may be given several interpretations. Many signals have different meanings, depending on the person and the situation. Be sure of it when you are trying to read a body language signal.

    When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then the people on foot can cross the road.
    If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People on foot mustn't cross. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most dangerous then.
    When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. Have a look first or you will go the wrong way.
   In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city very clearly. It's very interesting.

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We are all busy talking about and using the Internet ,but how many of us know about the history of the Internet?

Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks(网络)didn' t work well .If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system(系统) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on working all the time. At first, the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too.

However, computers were still expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers become cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software(软件) that made “surfing(浏览)” the Internet more convenient (方便).

Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.

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Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.

⒈When you don't understand something, you ask questions.

⒉You like listening to older people talk about the past.

⒊You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.

⒋You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don't know.

⒌You enjoy reading books about famous people.

⒍You always see and talk to different people.

⒎You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.

⒏You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.

⒐You talk a lot about yourself.

⒑Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.

⒒You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology and so on.

⒓Your parents don't understand you, so you don't talk to them much.

Score Now! (开始计分 )

Score2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.

Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 question, and 0 if you choose YES.

18-24. You are friendly and open-mind. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You'll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things.

10-16. Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will great make your life rich and colorful.

0-8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “No man is an island.” This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

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Possible Earth-Like Planet Next Door?

Scientists say they discovered an earth-like planet outside our solar system (太阳系). It is a planet that could support life.

This planet is just 4.2 light years away from us. It is so close that space scientists have considered it as a next door neighbor. They say it could be reached by an unmanned spaceship before the end of the century -- in time for people alive today to see it.

An international team of scientists found the planet moving around the star called "Proxima Centauri". The result came out last month from the scientific magazine Nature.

Scientists have long thought that a planet with water is important for life. And it has to be neither too hot nor too cold. The newly-discovered planet is a little larger than earth Scientists have named it Proxima B. It moves around its sun, Proxima Centauri, once every 11 days.

American scientists have been using instruments for years to look for earth-like planets. In 2013, scientists' best guess was that there are about one billion (1,000 million) "earths" in space.

Alan Boss is the chairman of a group for outer space research. He said that Proxima B not only confirms (确认) the discovery of a planet, but also increases the number of other possible“earths” greatly.

Boss said it is possible, even likely, that most stars have at least one earth-like planet, which he considers surprising.

So from the early number of a billion, this new research suggests there may be as many possible earth-like planets as there are stars in the Galaxy (银河系). That is, anywhere from 250 billion to 500 billion "earths".

This makes the possibility of living things increasingly likely Boss said he believes human beings will be able to show that there is life in places besides earth in his lifetime. "I am 65," he said, "but I expect to still be alive when it happens."

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Mobile Apps are part of our daily life. Here are some of the most popular Apps.

Ctrip is a booking (预定) App for traveling. It can be helpful when you find it hard to buy cheap plane tickets or train tickets. It can also help you book hotels at great prices.

Baby Bus is a good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn numbers with the help of this App. They can also learn speaking and drawing by it.

For foreigners, Chinese is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Ninchanese can help them learn to read, write and speak Chinese while they're playing games.

Tik Tok allows its users to watch, make and share videos. To make the video, users need to pick the background music from the App's music library first. After that, the App will record for 60 seconds(秒).

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