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牛津版(深圳•广州)2019-2020学年初中英语九年级上册Unit 8 自主检测

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    Shirley Temple, the once-famous child film star, died at the age of 85 on February 10, 2014.She was born on April 23, 1928. She was good at acting and dancing. In 1934, she acted(主演)in the film Bright Eyes.

    From then on she became famous around the world. Later she starred in other films and won a Juvenile Oscar in February, 1935.

    For many Americans born in the 1930s and 1940s, Temple was not just an on-screen star but also a close friend in their childhood. She was remembered by the world as the forever "little angel"!An American film star said, "Little Shirley Temple encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression(大萧条)."

    Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband and wife. They are disabled. They completed the first Chinese encyclopedic(百科知识的)dictionary for deaf people and people with hearing problems.

    The dictionary includes words on medicine, education, psychology, law, history and culture about deaf people's life. This book provides a learning tool for this special group of people and it helps them know about the world more easily.

They spent six years and over 1, 000, 000 yuan on the book. They first collected material for the book by themselves, then they invited a lot of experts(专家)across the country to write.

    The book is warmly welcomed by the deaf. One of the readers said, "The book shows that we're not alone. We can have our own way to communicate with the world."

(1)、Temple won the Juvenile Oscar in          .
A、1928 B、1934 C、1935 D、1948
(2)、From the passage we know that Temple         .
A、was not good at dancing B、began to star in her first film when she was ten years old C、was unfriendly to her fans D、encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression
(3)、According to the passage, Shi Li and Cui Jiping         .
A、are disabled people full of love B、wrote many famous books C、finished the book by themselves D、live a very poor life
(4)、Which of the following is TRUE about the book?
A、It is the first world encyclopedic dictionary. B、It can help deaf people know about the world more easily. C、It took them sixteen years to finish the book. D、It introduces medicine and art about the life of people.
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    I was 8 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1993, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday. “Jessica, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”

    AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 11, his condition worsened. My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

    We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work. I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher's words muffled as I was thinking how I was going to manage.

    I didn't share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside even though he was too weak to feed himself.

    I had known that he was going to die. But after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit (非营利的) National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

    I was 14 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn't want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

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Scene 1

    (The setting is a room in the palace of the Queen of Sheba. The Queen sits at one end of the room on a chair. Zahrah stands on one side of the chair. Amram is showing some silks to the Queen.)

Amram: Would your Majesty be good enough to feel this silk? See how fine and soft it is!

    (Amarm comes a little closer to the Queen and holds out some purple silk. She feels it.) 

Queen: Yes, it is. And I like this bright purple color very much. (She turns to Zahrah.) Zahrah, what do you think of it?

 Zahrah:  I like it very much, and it is a good color for a queen, your Majesty. (She folds up the silk and puts it to one side.)

Amram:  The king of my own country, the wise King Solomon, likes this bright purple better than any other color.

Queen: I have heard many things about your king.   

Amram: He is a good king, your Majesty, and a kind man. All his people love him.

Queen:  I have also heard that he is very wise. Is it true, Amram, that King Solomon understands what animals say?

Amram: It is true, your Majesty.

Queen (Smiles): It's very hard to believe.

Amram: If I told you what happened one time when I was with the king, I think you would believe it.

Queen: I'd like to hear your story.

Amram: Well, one day our king and some men of his palace were riding on horseback to a nearby city. The king was riding ahead of the rest of us. All at once he pulled his horse to stop. He looked down at the sand in the road.

Queen: Go on.

Amram: Then the king turned his horse off the road and onto the grass. He kept his horse on the grass a little way before turning back onto the road.

Queen:  Did he say why he stopped and then turned his horse off the road?

Amram: King Solomon told us he had seen some ants hurrying along in the sand of the road. He said he had heard them say they were afraid that the horses would walk on them.

Queen (Surprised): And that was why your mighty king turned off the road?

Amram (Proud)Yes, your Majesty. The mighty King Solomon stopped to hear what the little ants in the sand were saying. He turned off the road to save them from being hurt.

Queen: Then he must be as wise and as kind as people say he is.

Amram: Now you can believe it, can't you?

Queen:  I won't fully believe it until I see and hear him myself, Amram.

Amram: Then why don't you come to our country and pay him a visit, your Majesty?

Queen:  Yes, I think I shall do that, Amram. But first I must think of a way to test this wise king. You may go now, Amram,

Amram: Good day, your Majesty. (He backs away.)

(Curtain)

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