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广东省阳江市2020届九年级上学期英语期中考试试卷
In a small room, Jenny was lying in bed waiting for an operation (手术), nervous and worried. To her surprise, a new patient was sent into the room. After a kind greeting (打招呼), they began to talk. The 80-year-old newcomer was named Susan. She had two children. Her son was boss of a big company and her daughter worked in a TV station. As her children were too busy to take care of Susan, she lived in an old people's home. Susan was proud of her children who had wonderful jobs and made a lot of money. Jenny really envied (羡慕)Susan. Compared with Susan, Jenny was nothing but an ordinary (普通的) woman from the countryside. Her children were just ordinary workers.
Soon, it was supper time, Jenny's daughter cooked several dishes which were her favorite. Jenny invited Susan to share her supper, but she did not accept the invitation. Susan was expecting her daughter when she received a call. Unfortunately (不幸), her children couldn't come to visit her. Worse still, Susan had missed the mealtime in the hospital. She lay in bed, disappointed and silent. Jenny's daughter offered to buy her some food but she had no appetite (食欲) at all.
The next day, Jenny and Susan would go through a series of regular medical checks (一连串的常规检查) before the operation. Jenny's daughter took care of her carefully while Susan was still alone. Out of sympathy (出于同情), Jenny's daughter helped to queue up (排队), fill in different forms and register (挂号) for Susan. For several days in hospital, even during her operation, Susan's children didn't come. Susan really envied Jenny as her daughter looked after her all the time until she recovered and moved out of hospital.
Care from the loved ones can really make one happy and encouraged, especially for old parents. So don't forget to look after your parents even while you are busy working.
By 2050, nearly 70%% of the world's population will live in cities. Many of them will become large cities with a population of more than 10 million. Moving people around each large city will he different. The traffic speed in Landon will fall about 7 miles per hour. Around the same speed it was 150 years ago, in the days of the horse and cart . But city planners are working on ways to solve the problem.
Self-driving taxis or robot taxis will play a part. There will be more than 30 million self-driving cars on the road by 2040. People don't need to drive by themselves. By 2050 there will be robot taxis in the city streets. We can call the taxis very quickly. |
Public transport like buses will be highly personalized.People don't need to look through the timetable. Buses will be connected on the Internet and make the way by themselves according to where the people need to go. |
Bikes will be helpful and safe, too. Cities could build special roads for them high above city streets.Xiamen in southeast China already has an 8-kilometer bicycle way to protect riders like that.That may be another kind of transport in 2050. It will be wonderful. |
BBC Kid ReporterDo you dream of being a reporter? Are you a good English writer who loves the news? We're looking for 100 students from around the world. They will join the BBC Kid Reporter team for the 2023-2024 school year. What BBC Kid Reporters did in the past: * Interviewed (采访) famous and excellent people. * Wrote news stories for BBC For Kids magazine. * Talked about their work on television. Next year our team will continue (继续) to report local news stories for BBC For Kids magazine and www.bbcforkids.com. How to join us: Visit www.bbcforkids.com and fill in the entry form (报名表). Be sure to read the rules and share them with your parents, who must sign your form. You must finish your entry form by November 19, 2023. You must be OVER 13 years old. Good luck! |
Free Lecture(讲座) & Show of Chinese Shadow Puppetry(皮影戏) | |
About the lecture Time:2:30 p. m. —3:30 p. m. next Friday Place: City Museum Mr. Yang, who has studied into shadow puppetry for nearly 20 years will tell its history, development and forms of performance. Note: Don't ask any questions until the lecture is over. | About the show Time: 3: 30 p. m. —4: 30 p. m. next Saturday Place: City Cinema Show: Wu Song Beats Tiger Note: Arrive at the cinema 15 minutes early. Food and drinks are not allowed. |
Natural disasters are sudden events that usually bring terrible results. People may lose their homes, money and even lives during the disasters. We have recently found that natural disasters sometimes happen. So we decided to find out some famous natural disasters around the world.
Hurricanes(飓风) are very dangerous storms with strong winds. The worst Atlantic hurricane in history was the Great Hurricane from October 10th to16th in 1780. | ||||
When a volcano(火山) happens, it throws hot liquid(液体) rock and gases into the air through the hole at the top. On August 26t,1883, Earth made the loudest sound from the island of Krakatoa. | ||||
On November 1*,1755, an earthquake(地震) hit Lisbon, in Portugal. The ground moved for ten minutes. The earthquake broke most of the buildings in a city apart. | ||||
On December 28th, 1908, a tsunami(海啸) hit Messina, in Italy. The huge wall of seawater was about ten meters high. How high do you think the seawater is in this picture? |
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