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浙江省杭州市大江东开发区2017届九年级英语上学期英语期中考试试卷(含听力音频)

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    A small, white envelope(信封) stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree and it has been there for the past ten years or so.

    It all began because my husband Justin hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas. Overspending was one thing, but compared to the difficult experience of choosing gifts—running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and a pair of gloves for Grandma…… spending money is nothing. I felt too tired to think of any special gifts.

    Knowing Justin felt the same way, I decided one year not to buy the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something special just for Justin. The inspiration came in an unusual way.

    Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling(摔跤) at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a match against a team sponsored(赞助) by an inner-city church. These youngsters, dressed in such worn out shoes that shoe strings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, while our boys were in their blue and gold uniforms and new wrestling shoes.

    As the match began, I was shocked to see that the other team were wrestling without wearing helmets(头盔) to protect their ears. Well, our boys ended up defeating them. We took every weight class.

    Justin, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, "I wish just one of them could have won," he said. "They have a lot of potential(潜力), but losing like this could take the heart out of them." Justin loved kids-all kids, and he knew them, having coached little league football and baseball. That's when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought different kinds of wrestling helmets and shoes. I sent them to inner-city church without leaving my name.

    On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Justin what I had done and that was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and since then the envelope has become the highlight of our Christmas.

(1)、Justin hated Christmas because        .
A、he didn't enjoy receiving gifts           B、he had a hard time choosing gifts C、he spent too much money buying gifts   D、he disliked putting gifts under the Christmas tree
(2)、We know from the passage that the team sponsored by inner-city church          .
A、were well dressed B、paid no attention to safety C、feared Kevin's team D、couldn't afford a helmet
(3)、How did Justin feel about the team's failure?
A、Upset. B、Angry. C、Hopeless. D、Shameful.
(4)、Why did the writer send gifts to the inner-city church without leaving her name?
A、To avoid being thanked. B、To play a joke on Justin. C、To give Justin a surprise. D、To protect her private information.
(5)、Which of the following can be the true meaning of Christmas according to the passage?
A、The church gift. B、Wrestling helmets and shoes. C、Love from the white envelope. D、Justin's brightest smile.
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Many Chinese words have interesting meanings in them, and there is lots of history behind.

Where to buy things

When going shopping, we say mai dong xi, not mai nan bei. It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, there were two popular markets in Chang' an. One was called the East Market, and the other was the West Market. When shopping, people usually went to the East Market first, and then the West Market. As time went by, people started to describe shopping as mai dong xi.

Left or right

In Chinese, we say yi jian xiang zuo when we don't have the same idea. Why is it not yi jian xiang you? Most people today are right- handed. They feel uncomfortable if they use left hand to write or eat. It was true in the past too. So in ancient Chinese,   ▲  .

"Left" and "right" also have something to do with people's status(地位). For a long time in ancient China, "right" stood for higher status than "left".

Up or down

We use shang ce suo to mean "go to the bathroom" and xia chu fang to mean "go to the kitchen". Why? In ancient times, houses were laid out(布局) in a certain way. The gate would face south, with the bathroom in the northeast of the house and the kitchen in the southeast.

On maps, north is usually at the top while south is at the bottom. In Chinese, we talk about "the north" as shang and "the south" as xia. So people say they are going "up" to the bathroom and "down" to the kitchen.

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