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广东省雷州市第八中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题
My dad bought me a new Jeep when I was 17, but the real gift was what he taught me about life through this car. Every month, on the first day, he asked me to pay him $150 if I wanted to continue driving my Jeep. If I didn't pay, I couldn't drive my car〔or "his car", as he often reminded me, since he owned the title (所有权). My dad was (and still is) a successful businessman, who makes a very good living. To a 17-year-old student who only had a part-time weekend job, $150 was more than I usually made every month. I had to work harder. Although I was unhappy about my father's request, I always made sure to give him $150 on the first of each month, and did so for two years.
The day I graduated from high school, my dad pulled me into his office at our house for a talk. "Kevin," he gave me a white box and said, "here is your graduation present. To be honest, this is actually a present you gave yourself." I opened the box carefully, and almost started crying when I realized he just gave me $3,600! It was 24 car payments that he had saved for the last two years. Every payment I gave him went straight into this box. By requiring me to pay him every month, he was teaching me how to save, how to use my money and how to be responsible (有责任心的). My dad is and will forever be the best man I have ever known.
Four years later he gave me the title to the Jeep, as my college graduation present.
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Mum and I wanted to do something exciting during the summer vacation, so she 1 that we take the train to Grandma's house. Grandma lived far from our 2 , so we would spend one day and one night on the 3 just getting there.
On the day of our trip, Mum and I went to the train station. The train 4 and we got on. It seemed 5 and cool inside, compared to the bright, warm day outside. The conductor(检票员) took our 6 and showed us to the car(车厢) which we would ride in. Soon the train pulled away from the station. Outside the windows, the town buildings 7 gave way to the countryside. From time to time, children who lived near the tracks(轨道) would run out to wave 8 we passed.
At lunchtime, Mum and I had our meals in the dining car. There were different kinds of foods. It was9 being in a restaurant on wheels(轮子)! At bedtime, we went to our sleeping compartment. There were four beds in the compartment. My bed was above my mum's. I had to 10 into bed. The moving of the train made it 11 for me to sleep. I fell asleep soon.
When 12 came, we were near the countryside where Grandma lived. Mum and I quickly dressed and 13 our things. As the train slowed to a stop, we saw Grandma waving at 14 . Spending the week with Grandma would be wonderful, 15 I was already looking forward to the train ride back home.
A Farewell Party Plan
Tom, our foreign teacher, is going back to America next Sunday. Let's have a party for him. Please check below.
Date: July 19(Friday) Time:15:45-16:45 Place: Classroom 2 |
Tasks before the party | Tasks at the party | ||
Make a video for Tom | Jane | Take photos | Jerry |
Prepare some games | Jack | Make a speech | Tracy |
Clean the classroom | Alice & May | ||
We'll take pictures of everyone when the party starts
Let's have a meeting three days before the party and think about, what else we can do for Tom's party.
"How do you get to school?" This question often gets an answer like "By bus", "By car" or "On foot". But not always. There are children in many different parts of the world who, every day, have to go on a difficult journey to get to school. They travel for kilometres on foot, or by boat, bicycle, donkey (驴) or train. They cross deserts (沙漠), mountains, rivers, snow and ice. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
To get to school on time, some children in Indonesia have to cross a dangerous bridge.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Then they walk many more kilometres through the forest to their school in Banten.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} He has to ride it with his friends for over an hour through a desert in the very dry area of northeast Brazil. Their school is in a tiny village. Very few people live there.
Some children live in houses along Chetl, a road in Delhi, India. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Every morning they walk along the railway to get to their school, 40 minutes away.
Why do the children do this? Do their parents make them do it? The answer, in many cases, is no.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} They hope to get a job to make money so that they can help their families. And this is why rivers, deserts or any form of danger won't stop them from reaching school.
A. It is ten metres above a rushing river. B. Children in many countries do this and more. C. For them, going to school means a better future. D. Their homes are near a busy and dangerous railway. E. The children like to go to school instead of staying at home. F. A 6-year- old boy Fabricio rides his donkey to school every morning. |
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