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山西农业大学附属中学2016届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
You may love to see tigers at the zoo. But what if you had to stay with one on a boat on the open sea for over 200 days? Life of Pi《少年派的奇幻漂流》, the movie from American Chinese director(导演), Li An, tells an amazing story.
Pi is a boy. He lives happily with his family in a beautiful Indian town. His father has a zoo, so Pi knows a lot about animals.
But one day, his father decides to move to Canada. He will sell all his animals there. The family begin to sail on the Pacific with all the zoo animals. But a big storm(暴风雨) hits their ship at night. Finally, Pi finds the only Survivors(幸存者) are himself and a large tiger called Parker on an 8-meter boat.
To keep himself alive, Pi has to keep feeding the tiger so that he does not get eaten. He tries to get on well with the tiger during a 227-day sail on the sea.
The movie is from a Canadian writer Yann Martel's book of the same name. The book has sold 7 million copies world-wide. It discusses not only hope but also relationship(关系) between humans and nature.
It took Li An four years to make the movie. He also used 3D for his first time. He hopes the movie will “make the people think”. Life of Pi opened in Chinese theaters on November 22, 2012.
Humans can't stop natural disasters because we can't stop the power(力量) of nature.
For example, a flood comes when there is too much water on the land. Sometimes, it can come after a big rainstorm at sea. Then too much sea water comes onto the land. Fast moving flood can hurt us. It can also hurt our homes. We can't stop the water from coming, but we can try to stop the water by making a wall with sandbags. Sometimes, the sandbags help stop the water. Sometimes they don't.
An earthquake happens where land moves. The land goes up and down and all around. The land shakes. We may be hurt by things that fall down in an earthquake. Falling things can start fires. We can't stop an earthquake from coming. We can try to make our homes strong in order to prevent them from falling down in an earthquake.
A tornado(龙卷风) is fast air that goes around and around over the land. A tornado can pick up everything. It can break anything in the way. A typhoon is a big storm with fast moving wind and rain. It begins at sea and can come onto the land. Its fast winds can hurt us and our homes.
We can't stop the power of nature, but we can go to places where we will feel safe.
The power of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} | |
Passage outline | Supporting details |
Introduction | Humans can't prevent natural disasters from {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. |
A flood | Causes: Too much water {#blank#}3{#/blank#} onto the land. Results: Hurting people and their{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Actions: Making a wall with sandbags. |
An {#blank#}5{#/blank#} | Causes: The land moves. Results: Hurting people and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} fires. Actions: Making our home strong {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. |
A tornado and a typhoon | Causes: A big storm with {#blank#}8{#/blank#} moving wind and rain. Results: Breaking {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the way. Actions: Going to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} places. |
Conclusion | We can't stop the power of nature, but we can do something to protect ourselves. |
Inventions have the power to change our world. Some inventions are designed for work. Some are just for fun. Others can help people and the planet. Every year, Time magazine shares its best inventions of the year. Below you can read about five of these inventions to learn what's special about each of them.
A | {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Have you ever experienced a traffic jam during your way to school? Have you ever imagined how fun it would be to fly to school? This Iron Man-style suit from a British company could make your dreams come true.The suit allows users to fly just like Iron Man. Wearers can take off vertically (垂直地) and fly through the air. |
B | {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Food, water and shelter (居所) are basic human needs. But there are 1.2 billion people in the world who don't have a proper house to live in, according to the World Resources Institute. The 3D-printed houses made by ICON in Austin may help to solve this problem. |
C | {#blank#}3{#/blank#}People in some of the world's most remote (偏远的) places can't get important medical products like vaccines (疫苗). But thanks to drones(无人机), this will no longer be a problem. It takes them about 15 to 30 minutes to send medical products to people in need. |
D | {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Smog is a silent killer. It can cause diseases that harm our lungs. US company 3M has created a new material for roofing shingles (屋顶瓦片). The material makes use of the sun to fight smog. When sunlight hits the roof, the material on the roof is activated (被激活). It then changes harmful particles in smog into water-soluble ions (水溶性离子). Later, the ions can be washed away by rain. |
E | {#blank#}5{#/blank#}James P Allison from the US and Japanese researcher Tasuku Honjo discovered a new kind of cancer treatment that earned them the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in October. The new treatment can make our immune systems (免疫系统) strong enough to effectively fight cancer cells. It is hoped that this treatment can be used to treat most cancers in the future. |
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