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河南省郑州市省实验中学2020届九年级上学期英语期中试卷
Enjoy creative inventions Every November, Time magazine picks out "The 25 Best Inventions" of the year. These are the things that have made our lives different. TEENS has chosen three of the most interesting ones on the list. If you want to know more, please click Here. |
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Ember Mug | It's hard to always keep coffee at the right temperature, especially in winter. It's too hat to drink at first, but before we know it, it gets too cold and loses all its taste. According to Time, the perfect level of warmth for a cup of coffee only lasts for 37 seconds, which makes the Ember Mug a great invention. It keeps your coffee or tea at a certain temperature, anywhere between 48℃ and 62℃, once you set it through a smartphone app. |
Tasty One Top | TV cooking shows make it look so easy, but it's almost impossible to get the recipes to look the same as how the professionals make them. However, the Tasty One Top DIY cooking helps. Developed by Buzzfeed, the cooker can be connected to a smartphone app, which has more than 1,700 recipes and videos. You choose a recipe and the app will let the cooker know what to do. For example, it'll tell you when to turn your steak or when to add certain ingredients. |
Jibo | Smart speakers from companies like Amazon and Xiaomi have added a lot of fun to our lives. Though they're still faceless speakers. However, Jibo, developed by MIT professor Cynthia Breazeal, has brought smart technology to life. Said to be "the world's first social robot for the home", Jibo looks like a cartoon character, a round head and a voice that sounds like a 10-year-old boy. Inside its "head", there are different sensors and cameras, which allow it to recognize (辨认) faces and speech. Jibo will move to face you whenever you talk to it. It can also set alarms, remind you of important things, tell you the weather and read news or messages from your friends and family. |
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A study has been done at a university. Scientists divided a class into two groups. They made each group take notes in different {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. The first group took notes by hand. The second one did it on the computer. The purpose(目的) of the study was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} out which way would help the students learn better. The scientists thought Group Two would win. But to their surprise, Group One did a better job. Since you take notes by hand, stick to it!
Good notes can lead to less stress(压力) when test time comes around. Then how can you{#blank#}3{#/blank#} your note-taking skills? The following advice can help you.
Firstly, try to get yourself ready {#blank#}4{#/blank#} class begins. Be familiar(熟悉的) with the knowledge that you are going to learn. Make sure you have your notebooks and pens on the desk.
Secondly, take notes wisely while listening in class. Many students become {#blank#}5{#/blank#} taking notes and they may fail to follow the teacher. So it is important {#blank#}6{#/blank#} when to take notes. And remember {#blank#}7{#/blank#} down the key words and use shorthand(速记法) if necessary.
Thirdly, check your notes after class. You can add some details(细节) yourself {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. If there is still something missing, compare your notes with others. Do it with those who take notes carefully. These checks will also increase your chances of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} what you've written.
Try the advice above. When you can take notes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} than before, you will find your lessons easier and more enjoyable.
Alice found some big plastic bottles when she was cleaning up her house. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Mr. Green moves into a new house. But he thinks the wooden sofas in his old house are too hard. He wants to buy some soft ones instead. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Tom can't sleep well on an uncomfortable mattress (床垫) every night. He wants to buy a new one. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Kate was born in a poor family. She thinks her old clothes are out of fashion and some of them are won out, But she doesn't have money to buy new ones. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} John's mother bought him lots of books when he was young. He has read them again and again. Now he wants to give the books {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to others. | A. Do you have any old clothes that can be used again? Give them to children in poor areas. This is helpful to the environment. B. If you have some books which you don't need, you can give them away to our school library. C. Street artists can. turn useless mattresses into sculptures (雕塑) which look like some big delicious cakes. People can enjoy the creative street arts when they pass by. D. Add some colorful stones into your big glass bottle. Put your little cute fish in it and you can give your fish a new home. E. Redesign the old clothes and change them into new fashion. Then you can continue to wear them. Sometimes cover the small holes with hand embroidery (刺绣) . F. If you have old wooden sofas you don't need, you can give it away to the charity. Maybe someone else needs them. G. Cut a hole in the middle of each plastic bottle and fill the bottles with some soil. Then plant some flowers in them and put them int he yard |
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