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广西南宁市马山县2020届九年级英语第二次初中学业水平适应性测试试卷(含听力音频)

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When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage (行李), but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect (尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment (难看的) in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was   serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive (敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description "old". I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think "growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don't respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.

By Jack

(1)、Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.
A、the manager asked him to do so. B、he respected the elderly. C、the couple wanted him to do so. D、he wanted more pay
(2)、When Jack called the couple "elderly", they became _______.
A、nervous B、satisfied C、unhappy D、excited
(3)、In Jack's hometown, _______.
A、people dislike being called "old". B、people are proud of being old C、many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D、the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
(4)、After this experience, Jack _______.
A、lost his job in the restaurant B、made friends with the couple C、no longer respected the elderly D、changed his way with older people
(5)、Which of the following is TRUE?
A、The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got. B、Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience. C、The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple. D、From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
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Have you ever heard of water bears? They have lived on the earth for more than 500 million years, long before dinosaurs. Though called "bears", they look completely different from bears! The largest ones are only about 1.4 mm long. Each of their eight legs ends with a claw (爪) . They also have sharp mouths.

Some of the places they live may surprise you! They live deep down in the ocean. It's too dark to see well, and the water from up above is very heavy. But tiny water bears can survive in such a difficult environment. In space, there is no air, water or food. But water bears can live there! Astronauts took some water bears outside the spaceship. Surprisingly, most of them lived. Some even laid eggs. The eggs even hatched into healthy babies!

There is no rain in dry valleys of Antarctica for about two million years. But water bears can survive in such a place! How? First, they curl into a ball. Then they do nothing. They can stay in this way for many years! When they get wet again, they uncurl and start to move around. Sometimes wind or water moves away when they curl up in a ball.

Besides the places mentioned above, water bears also live around us, but we need some effort to find them. If we are careful and lucky enough, maybe we can find one.

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