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广东省深圳市龙华区多校2024-2025学年九年级上学期第一次月考英语试题
It may surprise you to know that at every Olympic Games, some sports are added and others taken away. For example, did you know that tug-of-war was once an Olympic sport? It was dropped long ago though. In London 2012, women's boxing was added. In Rio 2016, golf and rugby sevens were included. Baseball and softball were dropped after Beijing 2008, but returned for Tokyo 2020. Another sport that got approved for Tokyo 2020 was climbing. One sport that isn't on the list of Olympic Games, is trampoline dodgeball (蹦床躲避球). Both climbing and trampoline dodgeball are popular with teens. That's because you don't need to invest in lots of expensive equipment. The following is more related information about them.
Dodgeball is a team game in which players throw balls at each other. The objective is to beat the opposing team's players by hitting them with a ball, catching a ball (the thrower is out), or forcing a player out of the court. In trampoline dodgeball, the game is the same but takes place on a court made out of trampolines. The court has a bouncy floor and high bouncy walls. It's surrounded by nets to catch the balls. The action is fast and fun, and you'll always have a soft landing if you fall!
When might trampoline dodgeball be an Olympic sport? Nobody knows! New sports must fulfil many strict rules before they're accepted. For example, trampoline dodgeball will need to have one set of rules that everyone follows. This includes playing in the same-sized court using the same type of ball.
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General Introduction： Skipton is a pretty, historical town in the north of England. It has a river running through it, a beautiful, old castle and a traditional market that runs four times a week. A report by the Sunday Times newspaper said that it was the best place to live in Britain. |
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Why it's a great place： It's fantastic for families. It's quiet and safe with very little crime, and it's located near some of the most beautiful countryside in England. It also has some excellent schools. Skipton Girls' High School is one of the finest in the country. |
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Transport： A railway line connects Skipton to the nearby cities of Bradford and Leeds. Trains runabout every 40 minutes. |
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What to do： The High Street has many independent and unique shops, and d you can spend hours just looking around them. There are also a lot of restaurants. Try the special tea and cakes at Hettie's Cafe on the High Street-or have a pint at the Black Horse, a traditional pub next to the river. |
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Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never makes it. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history.
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons. Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.
It was a great success that the first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes long.
In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards(奖励). The famous cat and mouse remain popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.
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What unusual habits do you have? | ||
Birdsong 11:38 a.m. reply |
| I live in Libya, Africa. It's REALLY hot all the time here. So I take a shower three times a day. I know, it's a lot. But it cools me off, and I like to feel clean! |
Racer XYZ 11:40 a.m. reply |
| I have a strange habit. I never touch doorknobs (球形门拉手). Sometimes I am stuck (被困) in a room, and I wait for someone to enter or leave to help me get out. I really like sliding doors (推拉门) because they don't have doorknobs. Lucky for me that I live in Tokyo, Japan. We have lots of sliding doors here. |
Snowflake 11:43 a.m. reply |
| My habits aren't really unusual. Well, there's one. I drink milk twice a day. But always with ICE. I can drink only really COLD milk. Our milk here in Hertfordshire, England, is delicious. |
Hatman22 11:44 a.m. reply |
| I wear a hat every day. I wear it to school. I wear it to bed. I even wear it in the shower! I guess that's pretty strange. But it's cold where I live — in Rio Grande, Argentina. |
ABC_ girl 11:49 a.m. reply |
| You guys don't have strange habits. Listen to this! I always put the books in my bookcase in alphabetical order (字母顺序). I check them every morning. If one is in the wrong place, I fix it. |
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