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浙江省杭州市第十三中学2017届九年级开学考试英语试卷 (2)

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      If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.

      Every year it's the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life. 

      Here's a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it.” said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can't find any excuse not to do it.”

    “Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes (态度). During World War II, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding(重建) Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.

     Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything. 

(1)、At the end of December, people usually ___________

A、plan for the last. B、fail to make big changes. C、try to lose their ideas. D、think about the new year.
(2)、Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us ___________

A、we should do everything in big steps. B、how to find a small step without any excuse. C、we should try a lot of sudden changes. D、how to change one's life with one small step.
(3)、The writer of the passage suggests we should __________

A、take a tiny step to achieve big goals. B、make changes at the end of the year. C、do few experiments with “ kaizen”. D、do things with hard-to-achieve goals.
(4)、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A、You can't find any excuse not to reach a big goal. B、You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy. C、“Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World War I D、Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.
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Travelling is an exciting experience. It makes us feel pleased, and enjoy new part of life. A single holiday trip can give you the freedom and the chance to make changes that daily life does not allow. It matters little where you go on your holiday; it is all in what you make of it. Any travel can be interesting, and give you sweet memories(记忆;回忆).

Having those memories is truly what travels are all about. Many people say that a bit of planning and research before you leave can make sure of those memories. But why not try something unexpected (意料之外的)? In fact, the most unforgettable moments of a travel experience are the ones that you don't plan for. Yes, maybe you'll experience a bad meal in a strange place. But these experiences will make sure you find little-known shops.

You'll find the enjoyable moments happening all around you. A wonderful sunset or a small child playing in the puddles(小水洼)of a cobble road. The magic will truly be in the trip you take. Take time to go for a long walk for enjoyment when you visit a new place, and it will make you listen, smell, and see the different culture and sights that your busy life may stop you from enjoying.

Simple things such as a leaf from a tree can keep the memories of your travel alive for years to come. Collect small things such as leaves, stones, or feathers, and those things can be turned into memorable works of art when you get back home.

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The last Eurasian lynx (猞猁) in the British Isles lived a life of danger as it moved quickly to avoid campfires and vicious dogs, and hid in holes. Because of disappearing woodlands, being short of animals for food, and hunting, lynx started to disappear from these islands about 1, 500 years ago. But experts hope to one day bring the Eurasian lynx back to Scotland. 

Wildlife conservationists (环保主义者) in Switzerland, Germany, France, and other countries have taken Eurasian lynx from elsewhere in their areas and introduced them again to protected forests, allowing their populations to grow. Now they' re hoping to do the same thing in Scotland. Returning the cats would do more than just improve the numbers of this once- endangered animal. A win for the lynx is a win for the forest- and the planet. 

When the Eurasian lynx disappeared, so did the Scottish landscape. Without these cats and other animals hunting them, deer populations increased a lot. Those animals lived on the leaves of trees and bushes for food, and soon large areas of the Scottish forest disappeared since it couldn't grow fast enough to keep up with the deer's wish for food. Birds and rodents (啮齿动物) that depended on shelter (庇护所) in the lower level of forest plants became food for foxes, which lynx also hunt. 

Experts trying to restore the forests have to put up fences to keep deer from eating leaves of young trees. But with lynx hanging out in the woods, experts think these cats would keep the deer from harming the young trees, helping the forests make a comeback. 

And that would have even bigger influences. The Earth is losing woodlands as people cut down trees to make room for farming, and to sell the wood for products like furniture and toilet paper. In 2020 alone, the Earth lost as many trees as would cover an area larger than Michigan. 

So restoring forests in places like Scotland can help provide more space for wildlife and even fight climate change. That's because trees take in carbon dioxide, which takes in the sun's heat and warms our planet. 

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Malaria(疟疾) has been a deadly problem for humans since ancient times. Countless people have died from the illness. Thankfully, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou found a useful medicine called qinghaosu.

In 1969, Tu became the director of a national project to develop a medicine against malaria. Her team took a special way.After reading more than 2,000 old treatments, Tu and her team collected over 600 plants and listed almost 380 possible treatments for malaria. One treatment, which is 1,600 years old, uses sweet wormwood. Tu found it useful and tried to extract(提取) the qinghaosu from it in order to makea medicine. The extraction failed at first, so Tu returned to the classical books again and finally found a way. She used a low- temperature way to extract the qinghaosu and finally succeeded in 1972.

Next, Tu and her team did lots of tests with qinghaosu in fighting against malaria. After her team showed that qinghaosu could treat malaria in mice and monkeys, Tu and two of her team members offered to test the medicine on themselves before testing on human patients. It turned out that qinghaosu was safe and all patients in the test became well. Gradually, the World Health Organization (WHO) advised people to use qinghaosu as the first- line treatment for malaria. It saved millions of lives around the world.

In 2015, when Tu won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, she didn't accept all of the honor. Instead, she praised her team members and Chinese traditional medicine. She once said," Every scientist dreams of doing something that can help the world."

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