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广东省侨中2018届九年级下学期英语一模考试试卷
When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I would make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have the three-day holiday posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers. It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a little snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood, there were lights, all colors, and ornaments (饰品) shining against the green of a pine.
“Where did it come from?” I asked.
“I asked the Gates boy to cut it,” my mother said. “I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but when in great need…such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon.”
The pine reached to the proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Crystal Star was in its place. A few green branches reached out a little awkwardly(难看) at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.
“It's not like the one you used to find,” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn't know where to look for a better one. But I couldn't be fussy because he had tried his best.”
“Don't worry,” I told her. “It's perfect.”
It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect.
There are some great scientists whose research has changed the whole world. Here are some of them.
Albert Einstein was born in Germany, on March 14, 1879. He grew up in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. Einstein taught himself Geometry(几何) when he was 12 years old. He graduated from college in 1900. From 1902 to 1907, Einstein worked as a clerk in the office in Switzerland. His job left him plenty of time to think. |
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Isaac Newton was born in England, on December 25, 1642. He was not a good student. His mother took him out of school so that he could help her with the family farm. Newton did not like farming. He liked to read and study on his own. A teacher knew that Newton was very smart and helped him go to the University of Cambridge. After Newton graduated. Newton went back to the family farm for two years. He came up with many of his greatest ideas from 1665 to 1667 while he was alone in the countryside. |
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Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867. Though Marie was very good in school, no university in Poland at that time accepted female students. In 1891, Marie traveled to Paris, France. She attended the Sorbonne, a famous college in Paris. Marie studied Physics and Maths and graduated at the top of her class! She also met a French chemist named Pierre Curie. They married in 1895. |
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Galileo Galilei was born in Italy, on February 15, 1564. After attending the university, he taught Maths. He also observed how things move. There is a story that he dropped two objects of different weights at the same time from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He found that light and heavy objects fell to the ground at the same time. The ancient Greek Aristotle taught that heavier objects fell faster. |
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