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浙江省宁波市海曙区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题
The late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, once said: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language, that goes to his heart. "
Mandela understood that our mother language is a very close thing to us. For people who speak an ancient tongue as their mother language, it helps them keep their traditions. Their language is their main connection with their ancestors(祖先).
So it's a serious thing when a language disappears. Over the last century, more than 400 languages have died out. Some languages are now spoken only by a few dozen people, like Yagan in Chile. Africa and South America are also places where many languages are dying.
Why are humans speaking fewer languages than we once did? The answer has to do with globalization (全球化). Nowadays, it's more useful to speak certain languages - English is one example - rather than others. This has killed some languages, usually ones spoken by fewer or less influential people.
But some people aren't prepared to accept a planet with fewer and fewer languages. The United Nations has set Feb 21 as International Mother Language Day. The organization wants people to pay more attention to dying languages.
This work is very important. As US writer Rita Mae Brown wrote, "Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells where its people come from and where they are going. "
The World Earth Day is on April 22nd. Here at Greenpeace, we know how much you want to make a positive difference to your world. So, read on to find out how to protect our earth.
http://www.greenpeace.org.cn/Have a greener, healthier, and more peaceful planet. | |
Save energy and water! ◇ Before leaving home, make sure to turn off the electricity. Take great effort to develop wind power and so on. ◇ If you can, try bicycling, walking, or using public transportation to get out instead of using the car. ◇Don't let water run while brushing your teeth and take short showers of four minutes or less. | Be a pioneer! ◇ Share your knowledge with others and help them become eco-heroes too. It takes lots of people working together to make changes happen. So share, share, share. ◇ Volunteer with more friends. Write to some companies to stop them working together with people who are harmful to the forest. |
Reduce, reuse, and recycle! ◇ Before you throw something away, stop and think about what else it could be used for. ◇ If you don't want to keep some things, try to find out who else needs them. Our goal is to keep usable things out of landfills (堆填区). | Be friendly to wildlife! ◇ Make your garden wildlife-friendly. You could build a bee hotel, provide some food, or even create a pool. ◇ If you own a cat that goes outdoors, put a bell around its neck so that little wildlife can hear it coming and run away quickly. |
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I like spending time with my grandfather-he's really nice. He lives alone in the next street and I see him most days after school. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} helps with my homework-he's very good at maths. He doesn't work now, but he's got a lot of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. He listens to music and he enjoys doing sports - he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} every day. He's very interested in photography (摄影) and he lets me use his new camera. We've got very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} ideas about one thing: phones! Sometimes, when I'm on my phone, he says, "Why don't you play football in the park with your friends?" Who {#blank#}5{#/blank#}? Maybe he's got the right idea!
Nowadays, many people have realized the importance of leadership（领导）skills. Poor leaders may cause many problems. But good leaders do better in solving problems than poor ones. Without good leaders, problems can't be solved. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} What's more, good leaders are good at cooperating with others. Usually, they are good listeners as well. But being good leaders isn't easy. So let me give you some suggestions to help you become a good leader.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Maybe nobody teaches you how to be a good leader, but you can learn it on your own. Read books about great leaders from home and abroad. By reading, you can learn a lot from their experiences and find out their secrets of success. Then you will be more confident of being a good leader.
Learn from students' leaders in your school. There is no doubt that those leaders who are popular with the students in your school must have their advantages over others. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Take an active part in the activities organized by the excellent leaders and learn from them at once. Then you will know the answer.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Find the students that have the same interests as you have and start a club. Activities should be organized regularly in the club. When the members in your club have trouble in solving problems, you should communicate with them and find out the causes of the problems. Maybe what you have learned can be helpful. After the problems are solved, you can share pleasure with them. As time passes by, you will get more trust like those popular leaders. Sooner or later, you will be a good leader.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Get started before it's too late! As long as you keep trying, you will develop your leadership skills.
A. Learn from books. B. Be more strict with yourself. C. Practice what you have learned. D. It's not necessary for you to take notes. E. So good leaders are very important. F. In short, being a good leader needs courage and practice. G. Don't you want to know why they are so successful? |
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