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广东省珠海市香洲区第九中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题
Chinese Teachers' Day is a festival celebrating the over 2,000-year tradition of respecting teachers and education in China.
The history of Teachers' Day dates back to the Han Dynasty. According to record, during the Han and Jin Dynasties, on August 27 of the lunar calendar each year, the birthday of Confucius(孔子), the emperor would go to the Confucius Temple and worship(敬拜) the great teacher, and would also invite royal teachers to dinner. And on that day, teachers enjoyed a day's vacation and were given dried meat as gifts. Besides, best teachers who were chosen from the whole country would be given 500 liang silver coins each as prizes. In the Qing Dynasty, well performing teachers would be given official titles or promoted to higher positions.
Normally, in ancient time, there was no fixed tuition fee(学费); the parents paid with money or food.
In private schools, teachers would receive money or gifts from the host family at certain festivals or at the beginning and end of each term. The festivals in which teachers received gifts were different in different areas, while the most valued ones were the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-autumn Festival and Chinese New Year, as well as Confucius' birthday and the private teacher's birthday.
Among all the gift-giving festivals, the first meeting gift was a must. There was a tradition that when students met their teachers for the first time, they needed to kowtow(磕头) to Confucius' picture and then to their private teachers, before giving their teachers a "gift".
Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never makes it. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history.
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons. Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.
It was a great success that the first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes long.
In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards(奖励). The famous cat and mouse remain popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.
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The introduction to characters | ◆Tom,a cat trying to catch Jerry ◆Jerry, a clever mouse getting Tom into {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. |
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Hearing is very important to all of us. We can hear many different kinds of sounds in the world with our ears such as beautiful music and nice song of birds. However, a report shows that more than half the people in the United States older than age 75 have some hearing loss. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The following will tell you about how to protect ears.
Don't listen to too loud music. Listening to loud music a lot can be bad for your ears, especially when headphones（耳机）are used. Stop to give your ears a rest if you like wearing headphones. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Try to use earplugs（耳塞）to help you. For example, before swimming, it's a good idea to put earplugs in to your ears. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}When you are in a noisy environment, wear earplugs to protect your ears from the terrible noise.
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All in all, start protecting your hearing now! {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Don't wait until it's too late.
A. What's more, you can wear a swim hat to stop water from getting into your ears. B. So we must try to protect our ears. C. Take breaks of at least five minutes every hour. D. See a doctor if your ears pain. E. Follow these advice can help you a lot. |
Isabel Williams
Age:29 Job: teacher ( teaches English at a middle school) Likes: English, books, shopping Dislikes: meat. soccer Number: 3093368 | Oliver Chan
Age: 14 Job: student Likes: baseball, music English Dislikes: art, hamburgers Number: 3090984 | Antony Miller Age: 12
Job: student Likes: music, all kinds of sports Dislikes: cats Number:3080986 |
Nicole Smith Age:25 Job: owner(主人) of a stationary store( sells all school things) Likes: art, dogs, vegetables Dislikes: computer games, math Number:3096264 | Melanie Brown
Age:27 Job: teacher ( teaches math at a middle school) Likes: movies, salad, art Dislikes: history, English, sports Number:3099548 |
Grant Brown Age:34 Job: cook ( makes food for students) Likes: eating, volleyball Dislikes: animals Number: 3088652 |
Sarah | This is my classroom. There are 20 chairs and 20 small desks in the classroom. There is also a big desk in front of the blackboard. The big desk is for teachers. There is a television in the classroom, too. |
Mike | I'm Mike. I am from India (印度). There are only ten students in my class. Look at my classroom. It is a small classroom, but it is nice. There are only ten desks and ten chairs in the classroom. |
Paul | I'm Paul and I'm 18 years old. I am a high school student. Please have a look at my classroom. It is a large classroom and it is beautiful. There are 60 chairs and 60 desks here. Every student has a computer. Our computers are on our desks. |
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