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广东省广州市绿翠现代实验学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试题
People from all over the world have one common desire They are looking for happiness. Each person has a personal vision of happiness. I think all people have habits which can both help them become happy or lose their dream. The following behaviors can easily affeet you, if you do nothing to correct them.
Only you can change your life. Don't wait for the perfect moment, but make every moment perfect instead. Life is short. So you should do your best to seize the opportunity to make your life and the life of your dearest and nearest people better.
Nowadays many people face economic problems and go to work they hate. Confucius once said a wonderful thing," Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life."
There are so many happy people around. You often find them smiling, joking and succeeding in everything. Don't let these thoughts flag your spirits. Just define success for yourself and move on towards your dream. Fears and worries are false emotions that can keep you away from many chances to become better or do something you've never done before. Don't let all those fears and negativity take over your life. You'd better be strong enough to face all your fears.
It is almost impossible to change everything all at once. If you want to make a difference to the world, start changing the world around you.
Happiness is in your hand, but you should open your eyes to see and accept it. Try to give up bad habits that can steal your happiness, and you will feel better and happier.
A. Don't worry, be happy! B. Try to change everything step by step. C. You shouldn't give up on your dreams and work without passion and interest. D. Unfortunately, there are some habits that steal your happiness and make you feel bad. E. Therefore, you begin to focus on other people's lives and compare your success to their goals. |
Beijing hutongs are both the living place of the locals(当地人) and an important part of this city. Although hutongs look the same, each one has its special features(特征). Do you know some special hutongs? And do you want to visit some of them?
| Dongjiaominxiang is the longest hutong in Beijing. It's 1.552km long from the east road of Tian'anmen Square to Chongwenmennei Street. The oldest locals living in Dongjiaominxiang have only lived there for about 60 years, because the hutong had been the embassy area(使馆区) of the Old China for over 700 years since the Yuan dynasty. |
| Yichidajie (or One Foot Street) is the shortest hutong in Beijing. It is only about 30m long from east to west and there are only six stores on the street. Now it is a part of Yangmeizhu Xiejie. |
| Lingjing Hutong is the widest hutong in Beijing. It is 664m long and 32.18m in its widest part. It is in the Xicheng district of Beijing, and lies between Fuyou Street on the east and Xidan North Street on the west. |
The plum blossom (梅花) is the number one of the Chinese Top Ten Famous Flowers. It is very important to Chinese people because of its history and cultural meanings. The plum blossom came from the south of China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Plum blossoms are popular with Chinese people and often used as home decoration during Spring Festival. The city of Nanjing has designated plum blossom as the city flower and the Plum Blossom Festival is held every year. Thousands of people visit the Plum Blossom Hill and enjoy the flowers in the snow.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Firstly, this kind of flower has five petals (花瓣). They are a symbol of happiness, good luck, long life, smooth sailing (一帆风顺) and peace.
Secondly, when a heavy snow comes and all the other flowers fall, only plum trees stand straight and blossom in rich colors to bring people the news of early spring. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Because it blossoms in the cold winter, the plum blossom is seen as one of the "Three Friends of Winter". Do you know what the other "Three Friends of Winter" are? They are pines and bamboo. The plum blossom is also one of the "Four Gentlemen" of flowers in Chinese art.
Thirdly, it plays an important role in Chinese literature. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Many poets and painters have been drawing inspiration from plum blossoms and they have created a lot of great works.
A. The plum blossom is famous for its cultural meanings. B. So the plum blossom also means courage, hope, beauty and the new life. C. For this reason, people call them "Three Friends of Winter" D. It has been in Chinese poetry and art for hundreds of years. E. Later it was introduced to Japan, Korea and Vietnam. |
| The AI Government Adviser in Romania Romania recently introduced the world's first AI(人 工 智 能 ) government adviser called Ion. The AI robot Ion looks like a large, smart mirror. It can collect the opinions of Romanians to help the government understand what the people care about. People can visit Ion's website and social media pages, or even meet it face to face to tell their ideas to the AI. Ion will summarize different kinds of needs and questions. |
| Exploring(探索) the moon and Mars may no longer be surprising. NASA announced in January that it had partnered with another US agency to build nuclear thermal(核动力) rocket engines. A trip to Mars will take about seven months. Although scientists aren't sure about the exact time a trip with nuclear engines will take, the technology will make travel time less and cut down the risk astronauts will face. |
| New Drone(无 人 机 ) at Home in Air and Water Chinese researchers have developed a diving(潜 水 ) drone that can change between flying and swimming. It weighs 1.63 kilograms and is 38 centimeters wide, which can fly for six minutes in the air or operate underwater for 40 minutes. It can be used for exploration, search and other jobs. It will be designed in different sizes and will be able to work in deep sea environments after further technical breakthroughs. |
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