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广西玉林市陆川县2020届九年级上学期英语期中综合素质调研检测试卷
What time is it？There are many ways you can find out the time. You may have a watch on your wrist (手腕). You can look at a clock on the wall. You can listen to the radio, watch TV or ring a number on the telephone to get the time.
It has not always been easy to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the sun to tell the time. They could tell the time of the day by looking at the sun in the sky: morning, noon or afternoon.
Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass (沙漏). It was made of glass with some sand in it. It was wide at both ends, but narrow in the middle. The sand ran from one end to the other in one hour. At the end of every hour, People turned the glass over and began again. Hundreds of years later a machine called clock was invented.
After that people made small clocks, so that they could carry them in their pockets. Then during World War I, men started wearing their watches on their wrists. It was easier to tell the time. Now almost everyone wears a wrist watch.
Do you know any special inventions? Here are four smart inventions made by students.
A Safe Window Xiao Ming, a 12-year-old boy from China,invented a safer window for kids. When the window moves up, the part for safe guard will work. It can stop children from falling out of the window if they open it. When the window is pulled down, the guard will go up. | A Smart Homework Collecting RobotXiao Li, a student from China, invented a smart robot that collects homework. When a student puts his notebook on the robot, the robot will read his name and collect it. The teachers can connect their phones with the robot, and know if the students hand in their homework. |
An Special Umbrella Jenny, an 11-year-old girl from America, invented a smart umbrella. It has a handle(手柄) in the shape of a circle to hold a cup. With it, you can drink easily when you walk on a rainy day. | A Solar(太阳能) Flower Pot Arthur, a 9-year-old boy from Britain, invented a solar flower pot. The pot has a special part to get solar. It also has three wheels, so the pot can run around the garden and look for sunlight by itself. In this way, the flowers can get enough sunlight. |
Music Club Music lessons (guitar, violin, piano and drums) Time: 8:30 am—9:30 am every Sunday Price: Only $20 each Address: 25 Jiefang Road Tel: 420-258-1200 | National Park Riding horses, Boating Time: 9:30 am—7:00 pm every day Price: adults $15 children (aged 3—7) $8 Address: 85 the Fifth Avenue Tel: 208-683-3400 | The Art Museum More than 300 works, 200 famous pictures Opening hours: 8:00 am—6:00 pm on weekdays Price: adults $10 children(aged 3—12) $6 Address: 120 Xinjin Street Tel: 307-864-2997 |
Anger（生气）is a kind of feeling. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} your teacher gives you too much homework; a friend borrows your favourite toy and then breaks it.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} For example, your face turns red, and you may want to break something. But sometimes you hide（隐藏）your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. And then you may get a headache（头疼）or your stomach（胃）may hurt. It's not good to hide your anger. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} And anger can't hurt others.
When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} When you talk, those bad feelings can start to go away.
Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry:
♦ Talk to a good friend.
♦ Count from 1 to 100.
♦ Give someone a smile.
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♦ Think about good things.
A. Go out for a walk. B. It's helpful to talk about your anger with a parent or a teacher. C. Often your body will tell you when you are angry. D. Many things can make you angry: E. Anger must go out in the right way. F. Different people have different feelings. |
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