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2015届山东省滕州木石中学九年级下学期学业水平第一次模拟英语试卷

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    Please sit down and enjoy your meal. Just don't talk about it.

    These are the requirements at a popular dining party that is known as "silent dinners". It encourages people who take part in the dining party not to speak for one to two hours and not to use electronic devices. Instead, the idea is to just on the food.

    "Silent dinner parties are fast growing," said Honi Ryan, who has hosted 32 silent dinner parties in 11 cities across eight countries, including Germany, Australia andthe United States. "The way we communicate is changing so fast that we need to stop and think about it."

    According to a 2013 nation wide survey, restaurant noise came in second only to poor service among customer(顾客) complaints. And 19 percent of diners who took part in the survey said noise and crowds disturbed them most while eating out.

    Though silent dinners may seem curious, the idea is not a new one. Yogis(瑜伽信徒) have long enjoyed silent meals as part of a deepened practice. In fact, it was a trip to a temple(寺庙) in India by a man that encouraged one Brooklyn restaurant recently to add a silent dinner to its event programming.

    "We'll make a small speech at the beginning of the meal to make sure everyone understands what is happening and ask them not to speak or use their mobile phones for at least an hour," said EAT Green point owner Jordan Colon. And background music will be turned off, too.

    "It's funny; when I first opened EAT, I didn't play music for some time and people had very different reactions(反映) to that," said Colon. "Some people who come out to eat are ready to party, but it was so quiet without music. But I wanted to create an environment that makes you relaxed."

    Although personal reactions to a silent dinner may be various, in general they are more likely to get into a lot of talk afterwards, said Ryan. "At the end of the night people always have a lot to say about silence. But the most reaction is that there is always a good laugh."

(1)、The first paragraph is written to be a(n)____ .

A、conclusion B、introduction C、argument D、warning
(2)、At silent dinner parties,people should not ____.

A、leave before they finish eating B、just pay attention to the food C、use a mobile phone or listen to music D、take electronic devices to the party
(3)、What does the writer try to tell us in Paragraph 5?

A、Silent meals help people live longer. B、Yogis are the first to hold silent dinners. C、More and more people like eating in silence. D、The idea of eating in silence appeared long ago.
(4)、In Jordan Colon's opinion,silent dinners ____.

A、make people comfortable and relaxed B、are hard to be accepted by most people C、can help him to attract more customers D、provide a chance to get to know others
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When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in a new soldier school in Ashland and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. On the afternoon of December 23, we were told some of us would have three-day holidays posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.

It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see over her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights all colors shining in the green of the tree.

"Where did it come from?" I asked.

I asked the gate boy to cut it" my mother said. "I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but you called in such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon."

The tree was almost as tall as the room, and the Tree Top Star was in its place. A few branches reached about a little disorderly at the side, I thought, and there was a big bare branch(树枝) showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with the pleasant smell of Christmas.

"It's not like the one you want to find, " my mother went on. "Yours were always in good shape and you were good at it. I think the gate boy didn't know where to look for a better one." "Don't worry." I told her. "It's perfect."

It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I understood for the first time, all Christmas trees are perfect.

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Charge: free 

Opening: 10: 00 AM-5: 30 PM  

(Monday— Sunday)

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The best part for me was the Mammals exhibition. There are many kinds of animals that you may never seen anywhere. Another favourite is the dinosaur exhibition. They looked so real that I could even imagine their daily lives. 

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Art Museums 

Charge: free 

Opening: 10:00 AM - 3: 00 PM  

(Monday— Friday)

By AR4024   

This national art museum holds over 141,000 works of western art. You can easily spend a day here. Entry is free, you just need to book your ticket (s) online.  

(November 9, 2023) 

National Air and Space Museum  

Speciality Museums 

Charge: free 

Opening: 9: 00AM-5: 00 PM 

Monday— Friday  

10: 00 AM—4: 00 PM 

Saturday— Sunday

By shoshana  

A trip to Washington DC must include a first hand look at the history from the Wright Brothers and Kitty Hawk to the moon and back! There are 24 exhibitions. What a wonderful experience!!!!  

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United States 

Holocaust Memorial Museum 

History Museums 

Charge: free 

Opening: 10: 00 AM - 5:30 PM 

 (Monday— Sunday)

By Britteny   You cannot describe a visit to this excellent museum as fun, but you can definitely describe it as| important. This is a place to see, know and remember the past. By the way, there were a lot of videos and reading of displays to enjoy.

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 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

 One day, my science teacher, Mr Pearson asked me to have a"quick talk" after class. Although I had always done quite well in science and maths, I had 1 a bit with schoolwork by Grade 8. I didn' t really find the 2 in trying. I just thought I'd leave school as soon as I could.

 So that afternoon, when all the rest of the class had 3 , Mr Pearson sat down next to me. He asked me what I wanted to do in the future. I could answer that question 4 , because I'd been thinking about it — I wanted to work in a garage(汽车修理厂).

"So you'd like to fix cars?" he said. "Why not 5 them?" I said"Making them?" Mr Pearson said. "Being a(n) 6 designs the best cars in the world possibly". It was something I'd never thought. Mr Pearson said, "You are good enough at science and maths to do that, I know. But you don't really 7 ." I said shyly, "In Grade 8,I just... find everything a bit boring". Mr Pearson continued, "It's sometimes boring, but it's like 8 a mountain. You can't enjoy the exciting point 9 you work up from the bottom. The way is steep(陡峭的), and there's no 10 on the way."

 Mr Pearson was there for me after that, to explain things that I couldn't understand, or to help me with 11 in my life. And every month or two, he asked me, "How are things on that mountain?" I always said, "No view but I'm still going 12 ."

 Mr Pearson was right. At the end of Grade 8,I really started to 13 science and maths. He wasn't right about me becoming an engineer though. I got a bit 14 of cars as I got older, and decided that I wanted to study medicine when I left school. I now work in medical research, and I really feel like I'm on top of that15 at last!

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