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上海市浦东新区南片联合体2020届九年级(五四学制)上学期英语期中试卷

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Do you have a passport? A passport is a very important personal document when you travel abroad. It is also a great treasure for every holidaymaker because each page provides wonderful memories of each visit. Here are some of the most bizarre and interesting facts about passports from Britain.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was once offered a passport with the number 007, the code number for fictional special agent (特工) James Bond. However, she turned it down. The passport with 007 now belongs to Geoffery Howe, a member in Thatcher's government.

Everyone needs a passport to travel around the world, but one person doesn't. Although she may not travel abroad as much as she used to, Queen Elizabeth II has traveled around the world – all without a passport. According to the U.K., it is unnecessary for the queen to have one because British passport is issued (颁发) in the name of Her Majesty. However, it doesn't mean that the entire British royal family doesn't need passports. All the other members, including Prince Philip and Prince Charles, all have passports.

The British passport had a very long history. The oldest passport still in existence in Britain dates back to June 18, 1641. And there is the signature of Charles I on it.

In addition, the British passport is one of the most powerful passports in the world. Anyone with a British passport can travel 174 countries without a visa (签证). It is as powerful as passports from Finland, Germany, Sweden and the U.S.A. However, U.K. travellers pay some of the highest passport costs in the world – more than people in China and Russia. On average, British people have to pay about 72.5 pounds for the passport.

(1)、A passport           .
A、is a personal document B、has very short history C、is issued by royal family D、is the most powerful
(2)、The underlined word "bizarre" in paragraph 1 probably means            .
A、boring B、strange C、dangerous D、serious
(3)、Who has the passport with the number 007 now after Thatcher turned it down?
A、Prince Charles B、James Bond C、Geoffery Howe D、Queen Elizabeth II
(4)、            doesn't need a passport to travel around the world.
A、Queen Elizabeth II B、Margaret Thatcher C、James Bond D、Prince Philip
(5)、Which is TRUE about the British passport according to paragraph 5?
A、The British passport is as powerful as the passports from Finland, Germany and Russia. B、If someone has a British passport, he can travel 174 countries with a visa. C、All British people have to pay 72.5 pounds for the passport. D、The British passport costs more than the Chinese passport.
(6)、The best title for the passage may be "           ".
A、The History of British Passports B、The Powerful British Passport C、Fun Facts about British Passports D、The Most Expensive Passport in the World
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What comes to your mind when talking about the Tang Dynasty(618—907)? Many of you will probably think of famous poets and their beautiful poems. If you love traditional Chinese poems as well as cartoons, then you are lucky. A cartoon movie named Chang'an San Wan Li or 30,000 Miles From Chang'an, hit big screens in China.

The movie is set in(以……为背景)a few years after the An-Shi Rebellion and Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was in danger. Gao Shi, general(将军)of the Tang Dynasty and a famous poet, stayed in a city and talked about his lifelong friendship with Li Bai. The poets supported each other in hard times. Their friendship touches many people.

The movie not only tells us the rise and fall of Chang'an and the touching stories of the poets, but also reveals the beauty of traditional Chinese poems. It mentions a total of 48 Tang Dynasty poems written by different poets. Through the poems, we can learn about the poets' talent, dreams and love for the country.

Many people think highly of the movie. Children can think of many poems they have learnt. Adults can understand the history better through the movie. "The stories made me feel the warmth of friendship," one man said. "And I learned the true reasons why Chang'an is more than just a name of a city but a symbol of culture."

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When thinking of the Arctic (北冰洋), some people may imagine an icy land of white snow. And other people may imagine it as the last really clean place left on Earth. In fact, we have polluted the deepest oceans with plastic rubbish, and now, CNN says, "It's the Arctic's turn."

German scientists have recently found microplastics in Arctic snow. Microplastics are pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters. Sadly, the scientists found 1,800 pieces of microplastics per liter (升) of snow. That may cause terrible air pollution. 

How is plastic pollution reaching the Arctic? According to scientists, "It's clear that most of the microplastics in the snow come from the air. They fall off plastic objects and are moved by the wind. They mix with ice in the air and fall to the ground as snow."

Are they bad for us? We do know that our bodies cannot take in "large" pieces of microplastics. However, if the plastics are small enough, they can find ways into our bodies and stay there for a long time, which can be bad for our health. What's more, earlier studies have shown that microplastics may contribute to lung (肺) cancer risk. 

Microplastics have also been found in rivers and oceans around the world. Research has found that they flow over long distances and into our oceans, damaging (损坏) ecosystems along the way. When we wash clothes with plastic fibers (纤维), they start in our wastewater. The wastewater then flows into rivers and out to sea. They are eaten by sea animals there. If people then eat these animals, it means that we're eating the plastic as well.

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Whenever we think about something, most of us have a feeling of words going through our minds. However, if you stop and try to listen to your own thoughts, you'll notice that they are not in order at all. It's easy to imagine that we think in the language that we speak, but this is completely wrong. Language can show the results of our thinking, but it's not the thinking itself. 

Getting the joke

Think about what happens when you "get" a joke: "I've decided to sell my Hoover (吸尘器). . . well, it was just collecting dust (灰尘). " Whether you laugh or not, you react (反应) at once. Then you try to put into words what the joke actually is. 

Another example is the thinking you need when playing a fast-moving video game. You might shout "Yes!"or "Got you!". But if you had to talk about all your plans aloud, your game play would slow down. Thoughts always come first and the expression of our thoughts in words comes later. 

Thinking in silence

Humans think about things without language all the time, and only report their thoughts in the language when they have time to do so. You can test this with a game. Read a word quickly, out loud or in your head. You'll find that while you're doing this, you won't be able to think with words, but you can still plan, reason and imagine, pretty much as normal. 

Smart minds

Just because humans don't need language to think, it doesn't mean that words don't help us. The real magic of language is that it allows people to share their thoughts with others. This means you don't have to face the world by yourself-you can learn from ideas created by the elderly. This lets humans develop science and technology, laws and stories. People can think without language, but language makes humans so smart. 

阅读理解

Perry is one of the Australia's most famous women cricketers(板球运动员). She shares her ideas about having dreams and how to make them come true.

 In Perry's view, a dream has to be realistic(现实的). It has to be something you can actually do. " When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being a musician and giving concerts(音乐会) to people from all over the world. But that's not realistic because I'm not good at it, Perry said.

 It's true that all the little dreams we have can lead to a big one. In the beginning. Perry just wanted to be a cricketer. Then, she kept working hard and tried to dream bigger. Now she has the chance to fight for her country in cricket. " That's hard to imagine when I started out, said Perry.

 As we all know, not everything can happen perfectly. All we have to do is never to give up. As a sports person, Perry may lose a game sometimes. Instead of thinking about something bad, she always tells herself." Be persistent(坚持的). Things will get better soon if you never give up.

 Finally, Perry tells us that confidence(自信心) is what gets you through the hardest times. " While facing problems, don't lose heart. Always have confidence in yourself and believe in yourself. When you believe you can, you really can," she said.

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