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广东省佛山市顺德区2020届九年级上学期英语第15周教研联盟测试（含听力音频）
Arctic fox (北极狐) is a kind of small fox that lives in the Arctic. It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and 1 from 3 to 7 kilos.
The Arctic foxes are white or blue 2 color. The white ones are white in winter,3 gray-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-gray all year round. The Arctic foxes have long thick hair 4 is called fur. And the long fur covers their whole bodies, including both their cat eyes and rabbit feet, to keep them 5in the low temperature in the Arctic.
The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds' eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food, and they don't like to do that 6.
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don't.7their eyes until a week after their birth. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to 8food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Today,9the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their 10to make beautiful coats for money. Something must be done to protect the Arctic foxes.
A. modern B. manage C. realize D. control E. used |
Technology plays an important part in our daily life now. Yet not many of us {#blank#}1{#/blank#} how much we rely on it until we compare our lives to those in the past. There was no {#blank#}2{#/blank#} technology at that time，yet the items that people had were quite enough for them to live their lives.
Without necessary cooking tools, the people could still {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to make their food as nice as our food today. Animal parts were thrown away if they were not delicious. Others were cooked over the fire. However，everything they {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was taken from the forests around them.
Knowing the City by Walking
From July 2022 to July 2023, city walkers in China together covered over 320,000 kilometers. That's like circling Earth 8 times.
Ages of the city walkers
| Three main reasons for city walking●To reduce stress ●To know a city better ●To have a cheaper way to travel |
| Top five popular cities in China for city walking★1st: Shanghai ★2nd: Beijing ★3rd: Xiamen ★4th: Qingdao ★5th: Guiyang |
Recharge (充电) Your Body's Battery
My phone is showing that little red low-battery sign. What if I didn't recharge it—no, that would stress me out. But what if I took a few minutes to recharge myself—yes, that would help. But how? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Tell yourself the truth.
When something stressful happens, we often can't help taking a deep breath at first. But we control what happens next. It's possible to work with our stress, rather than against it. Thank it and remind yourself: "{#blank#}2{#/blank#}"
Turn your attention to joy.
To protect energy stores, turn your attention to being present. Focus on what you can feel grateful for. Smiling can reduce stress. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Plant something in your day that you look forward to.
Work your stress out.
You might think all your feelings live in your brain. But in fact, we feel them with our whole bodies. Doing exercise can help your body reduce stress. It can change how you feel. Also, heating up and cooling down, like taking a shower, may cheer you up.
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Being in crowded and busy places sends our bodies signs of danger. We can recharge our batteries with green space time—look for a park, gardens or plants to calm our bodies and minds.
Life is short. It's even shorter living on half a battery. We can break our daily stress habits and create more energy.
A. My body is producing energy to help me deal with it. B. Relax yourself in green. C. My energy is running out. D. Here are a few ways to recharge yourself. E. Joy can recharge us. |
Most of us think the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Beil. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
In fact, an Italian named Antonio Meucci was officially recognized（认定）as me inventor a few years ago. Who is Meucci and why wasn't he known for his invention at the time?
Antonio Meucci was born in Italy in 1808. He studied engineering and drawing. During his studies, Meucci started to experiment with electricity. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}When two places were connected with wire, people in those places could hear each other talk.
In 1850, Meucci and his wife, Ester, moved to New York. Meucci was worried about his wife, because she had become very ill. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}To solve this problem, he connected metal cables between his home and his workshop. This way, they could talk to each other conveniently.
Meucci invited a group of people to see his new invention. They listened in amazement as the voice of a singer was heard through the wires.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Even worse. Meucci never applied for a patent（专利）on his invention. Meanwhile, Alexander Graham Bell was working on the same idea and in 1876 the patent for the telephone was given to him.
In 2002, more than a century after Meucci's death, his work was finally recognized by the government. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. He discovered that sound could travel through metal cables. B. However, he wasn't the first person to think of the idea. C. Unluckily, only a few people attended this talk. D. He will now be known all over the world as the telephone's inventor. E. He needed to keep in touch with her at all times. |
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