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广西壮族自治区贵港市桂平市2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题
Taos is a small town in New Mexico, USA. Many people come here for a visit every year. They do not come to see the beautiful scenes (景色) 1 eat delicious food. They come to listen to a kind of 2 sound: the Taos Hum.
The word "hum" means a low sound that never stops. 3 is the sound strange? Firstly, the Taos Hum that people hear is quite 4 . Someone says it sounds like a little bee (蜜蜂) flying around you. Others think it sounds like a car moving in a faraway (遥远的) place. Secondly, 5 knows where the sound comes from. Joe Mullins, a scientist from the University of New Mexico, is one of the first persons to do 6 on the hum. He put some instruments in places where people could hear the hum, but those instruments couldn't "hear" any hum! Others who wanted to find the hum failed, too.
Many people try to 7 that strange sound. Someone says it is a noise made by insects. Someone believes it must come from some secret projects. Someone says there 8 be an underground UFO base! But no one is sure which is right.
It might be interesting for 9 to listen to the hum, but it is not for people who live in the town. They have to hear the sound 10 . That is really a hard life.
Knowing the City by Walking
From July 2022 to July 2023, city walkers in China together covered over 320,000 kilometers. That's like circling Earth 8 times.
Ages of the city walkers | Three main reasons for city walking●To reduce stress ●To know a city better ●To have a cheaper way to travel |
Top five popular cities in China for city walking★1st: Shanghai ★2nd: Beijing ★3rd: Xiamen ★4th: Qingdao ★5th: Guiyang |
Joel Griffin is a famous expert of dinosaurs (恐龙). An interviewer from The world is getting some information from Mr. Griffin.
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They lived millions of years ago and their bones (骨头) have turned to stone. They tell us what the world was like millions of years ago. Scientists slowly put together what they discovered. The first dinosaur bones were discovered in 1818.
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When dinosaurs were alive,the earth was a very different place. The weather was much warmer and the land was covered with forests. There were no animals,such as cows or horses,like the ones we know today.
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There were thousands of different kinds of dinosaurs. Of course there were some huge dinosaurs. They were the biggest animals that have ever lived. But some were very small. Some dinosaurs had heavy bodies and walked on all four legs. Others walked on two strong back legs and had two short front ones.
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Some dinosaurs only fed on plants. They were often heavy,slow﹣moving. Many of them spent a lot of time in water. It prevented their enemies from attacking them. Other dinosaurs were meat﹣eaters. They hunted for their food. These dinosaurs were fighters with sharp teeth.
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Many of the plants that the dinosaurs needed to eat disappeared. Some scientists believe that the weather changed from warm to cold. Some scientists believe that dinosaurs were not able to get used to the changes in the environment. They did not like the cold weather and they could not find enough to eat.
A. What did dinosaurs eat? B. When did dinosaurs live? C. What were dinosaurs like? D. Why did the dinosaurs die out? C. Where were the dinosaurs bones found? F. What was the earth like at that time? |
In summer, lots of children like to eat ice-cream. But do you know how to make an ice- cream in a short time?
What we need | ① 1/2 spoons of sugar ② A cup of yogurt ③ 1/4 spoons of vanilla extract(香草精) ④ 2 cups of ice ⑤ 1/2 cup of salt ⑥ A big bag and a small bag |
Steps | ▶Put the sugar and the yogurt into the small bag, and then add the vanilla extract. ▶Put all the ice in the big bag. ▶Pour the salt into the big bag. ▶Place the small bag in the big bag and fasten them. You need to shake the bag for about five minutes. ▶Take the small bag out, open it and enjoy the ice-cream! |
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