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广东省深圳市福田区外国语学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学考英语试题
Edward Lear
Who was Edward Lear? He was a great English writer from the 1800s. He wrote many poems. His writings have a lot of strange characters and words, but they are fun. His most famous book of poems is from
1846. It is called A Book of Nonsense! Before you read this book, you should know two things.
Are Those Real Words?
Lear's writing is very creative because he made up words. But don't be surprised if you see them. They are just a lot of fun nonsense! There are many different strange creatures and words in his stories. For example, there are Pobbles, Jumblies, and Blue Boss-Wosses in his book. But they are not real! Many people like his work because it's interesting and funny!
Lear's Poem Pattern
Lear wrote many of his poems in a special kind of pattern. His pattern has five lines. And he made it very
popular! When you read his poems, look for the special pattern: the last words in the first two lines will rhyme (押韵) . And in lines three and four, the last words will rhyme together. Then the last word in the final line will rhyme with the last words in the first two lines.
Hit the Books!
Now, you know about Lear's poems. So go check out A Book of Nonsense! See if you can find all of his strange words and creatures. Also, try to find his famous rhyming pattern!
| They live their lives round, Without any sound, They roll down to those found. Even though they can fall, Since they are such a ball. |
| I live here: "Wessex" is my name: I am a dog known rather well: I guard the house but how that came To be my whim I cannot tell. I am a popular personage at home. |
| Come along, come with me, Take a dive in the deep blue sea. Put on your gear, let's explore All the way to the ocean floor? This is the start of our deep-sea plunge! |
| Australia Day is celebrated on January 26th each year and marks the arrival of the first British ships in Sydney Cove in 1788. It is a national holiday and a time for Australians to come together and play games. |
| The Queen's Birthday is not celebrated on the actual date of Queen Elizabeth II's birthday ( April 21st), but rather on a different day in June. It is also a public holiday in Australia and many people take advantage of the long weekend to spend time with family and friends or have outdoor activities. |
| Labor Day is celebrated on different dates in different states of Australia. It is a day to thank all workers to society. People enjoy a day off work and often join in festivals and picnics. It's a great chance to relax and have fun with family and friends. |
| Harmony Day (和谐日) is held on March 21st each year and celebrates the cultural differences of Australia. The day encourages everyone to feel included, no matter where they come from. Schools often organize activities where students dress in traditional clothing, share stories about their cultures. and enjoy different kinds of food. |
A. At times, it may break down. B. Self﹣driving cars began to develop in 2010. C. It might be one of Baidu's self﹣driving cars. D. But self﹣driving cars have their own problems as well. E. And they are more environmentally friendly than regular cars. F. self﹣driving car can be seen everywhere in China. |
Don't be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Last month. Baidu began to test its self﹣driving cars on open roads in Beijing.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Since then, companies like Tesla. Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self﹣driving cars.
Self﹣driving cars are safer than regular cars. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} In one test. researchers pointed a laser pointer（激光棒） at the car's sensors（传感器） while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam was in its way and slowed down or changed the direction.
The software that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} When we use our computers or smart phones. they sometimes crash（崩溃） without any reason. But if this happened to a self﹣driving car. the results could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a solution to this problem.
What can you do? What is your ability(能力)? Please introduce yourselves and show us your talent in the post(帖子).
18:56 30th Jun. I am from China. I can ride a horse. My grandparents have a big farm. I often go there to ride horses during summer holidays. I like riding horses. ——Xia Bing |
9:42 1st Jul. I am from England. I can play basketball well. I am on my school basketball team. After school, I practise it with my teammates every day. I like to be with my teammates. They are helpful and friendly. ——Simon |
10:16 1st Jul. I am from Russia. I can play the piano. I like it very much. After school, I take piano lessons every Friday. Now I can play a few pieces. My favourite one is You and Me. ——Mary |
11:30 1st Jul. I am from China. I can play the erhu. I like it very much. I take erhu lessons after school every Thursday. Do you know the erhu? Some people call it" Chinese violin". Now I am a great erhu player in our school. ——Lily |
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