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重庆市九龙坡区十校联考2020届九年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力材料）
I can still remember the first time Father bought me pomegranates(石榴). After I had a long look at the fruit, I 1, "Why did you buy such ugly fruit? Why not buy apples? Pomegranates do not 2 as nice as apples."
When Father heard my words, he said nothing. He 3 smiled. He told me that I would find out why he did so later.
When we got home, he took me into the kitchen and cut open one of the pomegranates 4 a knife. "Now I will 5 you its real face!" he said.
"Wow!" I cried. What was inside the fruit was completely 6 from its outside. The pomegranate had small "rooms" inside it. Each "room"7lots of seeds. And each seed looked like a beautiful, shiny ruby (红宝石).
"Do you think it is beautiful?" Father asked. "That shows you can never judge(评判) something simply by its outside. You must always look at its 8, too."
I suddenly realized that Father's words were not only about fruit,9 also about some people like pomegranates that are not very beautiful. But they can still have beautiful 10.
Now, when I go to the supermarket, I always buy some pomegranates to share with my friends and family.
Why Live Near the River?
Imagine pioneers traveling west in the 1800s. In those days, it was hard to find running water and shops where to buy things. As time went by, most pioneers had to make their homes near a river so that they could get water easily.
How did rivers help people live in the past?
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Who wouldn't want to live near a river?
Some people are nervous about living near rivers because rivers can cause floods (洪水). Every once in a while, floodwaters rise higher than a house, ruining (毁坏) many things in the house.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Such waste causes water to smell bad and pollutes the crops (作物) we eat. Water and crops in polluted areas can make people very sick.
How do people decide where to live?
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Rivers can provide jobs and fun activities in a beautiful place. However, those living by rivers should be willing to accept possible problems as well.
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A. Why do people live near rivers now? B. Why did people want to live near a river? C. Some factories put their waste into rivers. D. Staying close to a river was easy to get water for living. E. Some factories stop waste water from running into rivers. F. People who carry goods onto ships live near the river, too. G. People should think over the possible risks before deciding where to live. |
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Clouds change every second, bringing nature's{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to us But can you see it?
Cloud spotting, by its name, is just looking at clouds. Some people do cloud spotting to simply relax {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Others do it to try and better understand clouds, from their {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to their names. Ji Yun, 36, is a cloud spotting expert in Beijing.
In October 2013, Ji got a message from a friend, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}that some rare (稀有的) clouds were heading toward southeastern Beijing. Ji then bought tickets and went on a high-speed train to chase after them.
"As soon as I got the information, I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}out of my home. After guessing where they were likely to head. I took a train to Tianjin. In the end, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in taking several wonderful pictures in the Wuqing district of Tianjin, "Ji said. The cloud took pictures of{#blank#}7{#/blank#}out to be one of the world's top 10 rarest clouds.
This experience made Ji famous among the cloud spotters. He set up a WeChat group later that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}year to put people with similar hobbies together. They then set up chat groups in 2019 to cover different areas of China. Now, there are plenty of cloud spotting chat groups. Together, they became known as the Sky Enthusiasts Association(天空爱好者协会). Three years after the association was set up, cloud lovers collected every kind of cloud in the International Cloud Atlas. The International Cloud Atlas is a reference (查阅) book made by the World Meteorological （气象）Organization.
"We created a book with all of these {#blank#}9{#/blank#} photos. And then we published （出版) it in late 2023, " Ji said. "This is a gift to all{#blank#}10{#/blank#}who love clouds. "
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