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人教新目标(Go for it)版初中英语九年级下册Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.单元测试A卷

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    Valentine's Day is a very old holiday. It goes back to the times of Ancient Rome (古罗马). One of the characters we often see on Valentine's Day is Cupid. He was the son of Venus, the goddess of love. He shoots people with arrows (箭) of love. When a man and a woman are hit by his arrows, they will fall in love.

Today people celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14. If a man and a woman are in love, they will give each other gifts. The most popular gifts are flowers (especially roses) and chocolates. Couples may also go to a restaurant for a very nice dinner or plan something else romantic.

    In the United States, Valentine's Day is not just for lovers. Children make special Valentine's cards for their classmates. Families and friends may give candy or other small gifts to each other. It can be a fun day.

(1)、Who is Cupid?
A、The arrow of love. B、The goddess of love. C、The son of the goddess of love. D、The first person to celebrate Valentine's Day.
(2)、When a man and a woman are hit by Cupid's arrows, they will ________.
A、fall in love B、get gifts from God C、hate each other D、fight each other
(3)、What are the most popular gifts on Valentine's Day?
A、Roses and chocolates. B、Roses and cakes. C、Arrows and cakes. D、Cards and chocolates.
(4)、What do school children in the United States do on Valentine's Day?
A、They plan something else romantic. B、They make special cards for their classmates. C、They go to a restaurant for a very nice dinner. D、They give candy or other small gifts to each other.
(5)、From the passage, we can NOT get information about ________.
A、the date of Valentine's Day B、the most popular gifts C、the story of Valentine's Day D、the feelings of classmates and friends
举一反三
      One windy spring day, I noticed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Colorful creations of different shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds flying and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in control.
       Instead of blowing away with the wind, they rose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining (控制的) string and the cumbersome (笨重的) tail kept them in control, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They rose beautifully even when they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose(松散的). “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”
Yet freedom(自由) simply put it in the control of an unkind wind. It fell down to the ground and landed in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerlessly in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifelessly against the first obstacle (障碍物).
       How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and rules, rules to follow from which we can grow and get strength. Some of us break away from the rules so hard that we never reach the heights we might get to. We keep part of the rules and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.
     Let us each rise to the great heights, knowing that some of the rules that we may be angry about are in fact the strong force that helps us achieve.

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