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浙江省温州市2018-2019学年九年级下学期英语期中教学诊断性测试试卷

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    Australia as a nation is less than 250 years old if the year 1770 when James Cook discovered the land is regarded as a starting point for its modern history. The short history has not produced a big wealth of cultural heritages. For this reason, Australia spare no efforts to protect its culture. The cottage of James Cook is a perfect example of the government and people's effort.

    Built in 1755, Cooks' Cottage is the oldest building in Australia, with a fascinating past. It's a must when exploring Melbourne. Originally located in Yorkshire, England, the cottage was brought to the Fitzroy Gardens by Sir Russell Grimwade in 1934. In 1901 Australia came into being with its capital in Melbourne. To celebrate the birth of the nation, a statue of Captain Cook was built in Sydney where Cook had sailed in and set his steps onto the land. Stamps were printed in honor of the English explorer. However, Australian people would have to travel all the way to Britain to admire the life of the discoverer, so Sir Russell Grimwade, an Australian businessman, offered to buy the old house of James Cook in Yorkshire and relocate it to Melbourne when Melbourne celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1934. Amazingly, each piece was carefully numbered, packed into boxes and then shipped to Australia, along with cuttings of the original coverings. It took nearly a month to reach Melbourne.

    In fact, explorer Captain James Cook never lived in the cottage-he'd been away from home for almost ten years when his father built it-but this connection to the Cook family was enough to prompt Grimwade to transport the cottage to the other side of the world.

(1)、According to the passage, James Cook discovered Australia in _________.
A、1770 B、1775 C、1901 D、1934
(2)、The underlined word "prompt" in the last Paragraph means _________.
A、提示 B、迅速的 C、促使 D、准时的
(3)、From the passage, we can know that _________.
A、Melbourne used to be the capital of Australia. B、Cooks' Cottage was given for free by British government. C、Like China, Australia is rich in cultural heritages. D、Cooks' Cottage was first built by Cook in England.
(4)、The passage could be best titled _________ .
A、The story of Australia B、Sightseeing in Melbourne C、The cottage of James Cook D、The life of James Cook
举一反三
The American expression "shoo-in"means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression "shoo-in" comes from horse racing. It comes from the world "shoo". That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It's another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a "shoo-in".
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
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完形填空

Liu Yibing has been interested in planes since he was young. And he 1 his first plane in when he was years old. Over the next five years, Liu spent about , yuan on his 2 and made four more planes. But none of them was 3 .

However, Liu never stopped trying."Making a plane was far more 4 than I had thought," said Liu, who today makes a living 5 flying and training pilots(飞行员). Liu's father was a doctor and expected Liu to be someone like him. 6 his mother, a farmer, understood Liu better. She knew her son's dream and 7 he could do what he really liked. So she sold one of their houses and gave all the 8 to him to make a plane.

No one in the village 9 he could make a plane. Liu wanted to prove(证明) they were all 10 .

Finally in , Liu made it. 11 plane left the ground for the first time. It travelled at a height(高度) of about metres. Though it didn't fly high, Liu felt very 12 . After that, he kept studying and tried to make it better. In , Liu 13 his own club and started to teach others about planes. Now there are over  14 in the club and most of them are young children."Many children are interested in planes and would like to fly or 15 make planes by themselves," he said."I will build a museum of planes and let more people know about the skies."

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