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河北省秦皇岛市卢龙县2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题
The "Great Green Wall of China" project is over forty years old. In this project, people plant trees in Northern China. Why are trees so important to us? Because it is healthy to live around trees. They can keep us healthy, just like doctors. So we call them "doctor trees".
Trees can clean the air. For people in large cities with air pollution, trees can be very important. Workers are planting trees not just in city parks. They are also planting trees along streets to help clean the air.
Some scientists think that trees not just help clean the air. They are also good for our health. A study shows that people in hospitals feel better when they can see trees from their rooms. And people with trees near their homes usually exercise more.
Scientists are also studying the healthy effects (作用) of trees on human minds. One effect of trees is that they make people feel happy and relaxed. When people go through the neighborhood with more trees, they will walk slower and talk more often with each other.
Of course, another good effect is that "doctor trees" work for free!
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http://www.Chinadaily.com.cn/Culture/Chinese traditional solar terms | |||
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms (节气). It's very useful for people's life and work. Let's have a look. | |||
Start of Spring | Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year. It marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. After Start of Spring, the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. And people eat spring pancakes and spring rolls on the day. | ||
Summer Solstice, the 10th solar term. At this time, much of northern hemisphere (北半球) receives the most hours of daylight, but it is not the hottest time in a year. The hottest days often come 20 to 30 days later. People have a tradition of eating noodles on the day. | |||
Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term. On this day, day and night are of equal length (等长). After this day, days get shorter and nights get longer in the northern hemisphere. In South China, people eat Qiucai, a kind of wild amaranth (苋菜). | |||
Major Snow, or "Daxue" in Chinese, is the 21st solar term. The arrival of Major Snow marks the beginning of midwinter. The temperature drops day by day and heavy snow brings us a romantic ice world. People have the custom to eat mutton and porridge. |
What do you think of your school? Have you ever expressed your ideas to your teachers or the headmaster? The following are the posts in an online chat room. Students from different schools have written down their thoughts.
Friday 2023/06/17 | |
Johnathon, 14, Grade Eight of Thomas Science and Technology Academy:I'd like to make some suggestions about our school uniform. In the school, we students have to wear uniforms every day. But the dark red and gray sportswear looks dark and old. It can't stand for young and active spirit. We can add some white or orange colors and make a new type of uniform. I hope our headmaster will think about my idea. | Frank, 15, Grade Nine of Mill Hill School:I'd like to say thank you to my headmaster. About half a month ago, my left ankle was badly hurt when I was playing basketball. Our headmaster saw it and came to me. He also took some ice cubes for me and took care of me until my parents came. I just want to thank him for that. |
Larry, 15, Grade Nine of Lakeside School:I have two suggestions for my headmaster. First of all, I think we should have more courses like STEM, Drama or Robot programming. It is quite boring to study basic subjects all the time. And second, I hope we can have more teaching equipment for teachers and students. Some students now don't have laptop computers to program their robots and some teachers also need 3D printers to build some special model bridges for Physics teaching. | Mandy, 15, Grade Nine of Brook Avenue High School Today: I want to talk about the possibility of personal classes. Now many high schools are trying the "personal class" system. Besides some regular classes, students can choose some more lessons they want to take. I think it is more effective. And it is also good for us. We don't have to stay in one classroom all the time. We can meet more teachers and students. |
Hi! My name is John. I'm eleven years old. I'm in Grade Seven. Our classes start at 8 : 00 in the morning and finish at 3 : 30 in the afternoon. My favourite subject is labour because I can learn a lot from it. I don't like geography. I think it's boring. I'm very busy every day. Here is my schedule (课程表). Please have a look.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
8:00-8:30 | Morning Reading | ||||
8:45-9:30 | English | History | Maths | Chinese | Labour |
9:40-10:25 | Maths | Chinese | Labor | History | English |
10:35-11:20 | Art | P. E. | History | Maths | P. E. |
11:30-13:30 | Lunch & Rest | ||||
13:45-14:30 | Geography | English | Music | English | Music |
14:40-15:25 | History | Art | Chinese | Labour | Maths |
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