题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
浙江省衢州市菁才中学2016届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
It takes a lot of skills and hard work to set a world record in pumpkin-carving(雕刻南瓜). Steve Clarke, a sixth-grade teacher from Pennsylvania, is a famous carver(雕刻师). Clarke has set many world records for carving pumpkins quickly. When he competes, he must cut our two eyes, two eyebrows, a nose, a mouth, and two ears as fast as possible. But Clarke knows something else about pumpkin-carving. It's easier to get a record than to keep it.
He took the title in 2000 when he carved a pumpkin face in 74.8 seconds. That time was 19 seconds faster than what Jerry had set. From then on, Clarke broke his own records five times. In 2006, he set his best time in Florida. His winning time was 24.03 seconds!
The only problem is that someone finally beat that mark. On October 7, 2010, David set the new record with 20.1 seconds. Clarke was not able to break that record this year, but he has planned to break the record. After Halloween, he will go to local pumpkin farms to practise designs and new skills.
Clarke is popular because of his super pumpkin-carving skills. In 1999, he carved more than 30 pumpkins at the Halloween party for then vice-president Al Gore.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Lisa is not good at spoken English. She wants to make friends with foreigners and talk with him or her in English. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Betty doesn't know how to improve her English. Her parents ask her to tell the problems to her teacher. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sandy likes watching movies. She wants to learn English by watching English movies. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Jenny likes Justin Bieber very much. She wants to remember all the words of his songs. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}David wants to join an English club. He wants to talk in English with his friends. | A. It is a good place to practise your spoken English. In the English corner, you can talk with many foreign people in English and make friends with them. B. You can find pen friends on the Internet. Write e-mails or letters to them in English. Then you can improve your English. C. Do you want to improve your English? Join the English club! You can make some friends and talk with them in English. D. Do you like music? Listening to English songs is a good way to learn English. It can bring you lots of fun. In this way, you can also know many English words. E. Do you need help? You can ask your English teacher for help. The teacher knows you well and he or she will tell you some good ways to learn English. F. Are you a fan of movies? Watching English movies is a good way to learn English. You can choose some interesting English movies and watch them. G. If you are an English learner, it's very important to have an English dictionary. When you meet a new word, you can look it up in the dictionary and find its meaning. |
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