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江苏省泰州市2021年九年级英语学业水平考试适应性试卷
There is a new restaurant which is called the Robin Hood Restaurant in Spain. It is named after Robin Hood, a hero who steals from the rich to help the poor. Though named Robin Hood, it doesn't mean anyone can 1 in the restaurant. In this restaurant, the poor 2 have the opportunity to enjoy very expensive food for the rich.
During the daytime, Robin Hood is a 3 restaurant which serves coffee and Spanish dishes for breakfast and has a lunch menu. At night, it turns into an amazing restaurant, serving free dinners to the 4 people. The money that is 5 earlier in the day is used to offer free dinners later that night. It's a nice dinner, prepared by cooks who work in five-star hotels. The restaurant seats 50 people a time and there are 6 times of seating for dinner, so each night the restaurant feeds totally 100 homeless people. Since the opening, the restaurant has become very7whenever day or night.
And the Robin Hood Restaurant is about a lot 8 than just providing food. In addition to warm and hearty meals for the homeless, it is a rare 9 for the homeless to eat with the same dignity(尊严) as any other customer. They can sit at the table 10, with a nice tablecloth, fine forks, knives and glasses.
The restaurant is run by an organization called Messengers of Peace, which was 11 54 years ago by Father Angel. Messengers of Peace has been running many other 12 as well, including a church that offers free coffee and tea, free meals and Wi-Fi, and even places to sleep. Talking about the restaurant, Father Angel said, "it is very important that everybody should be treated with 13, whether it's through bread or through work. So, why not open a restaurant with tablecloths and proper cutlery（餐具） and waiters? At night people with 14 can come and eat here in the restaurant and get the same treatment as everyone else."
The Robin Hood Restaurant has become quite the hotspot. The 15 is to open more around Spain so that the spirit will be spread. It's an initiative(倡议) of Spain's Messengers of Peace and Father Angel.
Some interesting things about Start of Spring
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, starts on Feb. 4th and ends on Feb. 18th this year. After that everything turns green and is full of energy; people clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. Here are some interesting things about Start of Spring.
weather is becoming warmer. Here are some interesting things about Start of Spring.
◆ Flying a kite
Spring is the best season for kite-flying. As a tradition, it has a history of more than 2, 000 years. It can help build one's health and prevent diseases.
◆ Erecting the egg (立蛋)
In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of Start of Spring. It is believed that if someone can erect the egg on the first day of Start of Spring, he will have good luck in the future.
◆ Making a Spring Ox (做春牛)
This custom in Shaanxi is practiced right before the Start of Spring. The officers ask some artists to build an ox with bamboo, wood, paper and paint. When the paper ox is ready, people will worship (敬神) it and hope for a harvest year.
◆ Posting spring calligraphy and paintings (张贴春季字画)
The custom of posting calligraphy and paintings on one's door in the spring was first celebrated during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). People would do so to welcome spring and pray for good luck on the first day of Start of Spring.
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Flying a kite | It can keep people {#blank#}2{#/blank#}and prevent diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erect the egg | People who succeed in erecting the egg will be {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Making a spring ox | People build and worship a spring ox for a harvest year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post spring calligraphy and paintings | People post calligraphy and paintings on the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}to welcome spring. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We all have a family name. In China, the family name comes first, but in English-speaking countries, the family name is the last name. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do the family names mean（意思）? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} A man lives on or near a hill, so his family name may be Hill. In England. people's family names may be Wood or Lake because they live near the wood or the lake.
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{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Some people's family names are Black or Brown.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} When you hear the family name "Jackson", you can know he is the son of Jack.
A. A person is a cook, and then his family name may be Cook. B. Some people's family names come from places. C. Some people's family names come from their mothers' first names. D. Well, English people get their family names in these ways. E. Some people's family names come from colours. F. Many people get their family names from their fathers' first names. |
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