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江苏盐城射阳外国语学校2016届九年级上学期英语期中考试试卷

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Sixteen is a special age in the United States. There's often a special celebration for a girl's 16th birthday—a big party called Sweet-16. It is like a wedding reception(结婚晚宴) in the number of guests and gifts handed out.

    About a month before the party, the girl's family sends out invitations to the guests. They must buy a special present for the birthday girl and the girl guests find good dresses to wear. A sweet-16 present usually costs $40 to $60. This is about $20 more than the usual-cost of a birthday present.

    The party itself is not held at someone's house. The hostess rents(租赁) a reception hall for the event. Food, cake and a DJ are provided. Around 6'clock, guests arrive and meet the birthday girl. Then the girl and her father have a special father-daughter dance. After that, guests dance for about 30 to 45 minutes.

    Then there is the most important part of the Sweet-16 party, the candle-lighting ceremony.

    The sweet-16 hostess stands behind 16 unlit(未点燃的) candles and dedicates(献给) each candle to her friends, family, and anything that she feels is important to her. A lot of crying and hugging goes on at this time.

    Afterwards, people sit and eat. Most guests begin leaving around 11 o'clock.

    This school year, I have been to two Sweet-16s. I am one of the youngest students in my grade (My birthday is in December). I'll have to wait another year before I can have my own special Sweet-16 party. I can't wait for it!

(1)、Why is sixteen a special age for an American girl?

(2)、How much does a usual birthday present for a teenager cost in the USA?

(3)、What is the most important part of the Sweet-16 party?

(4)、How old is the writer?

(5)、What do you think of the Sweet-16 party in the USA? (请自拟一句话作答)

举一反三
 阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,在下面的表格中填入与文章意思最符合的单词,每空填一词。

Confidence is something everyone needs.  Sometimes you may question your level of confidence and wish it to be higher.  Your confidence level makes a difference to what you can achieve. So keeping a high level of confidence is important to you. You can do as follows.

Renew your mind

What you receive decides your mind, so try something new. Read a new book or magazine or listen to a radio you haven't listened to before. In this way, you can challenge your opinions, open a new world and enrich your knowledge.

Also, spend a period of time being on your own and just think about your life sometimes. Keep yourself away from others and enjoy the power of silence.

Choose your friends wisely

Choose people you admire as your friends. It can be helpful to have those friends in your circle. Learn the way they face new challenges and communicate with them more. Keep away from those who always give up.

Let go of the past

Forgive(原谅) people who hurt you in the past. Write a letter to yourself to record your feelings in detail. If there are people who you need to say sorry to, go and do it right away.

Push yourself out of comfort zones

It's easy for us to make excuses for something. Maybe you think it's out of your comfort zone or too difficult. Remember that you can do it. It will help you discover something new about yourself, such as new hobbies or skills.

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Renew your mind

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◆Try to learn from those you admire
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阅读理解

1. Meet Sora, the cool model from OpenAI. It can turn your words into videos like magic! Just tell Sora your idea, and watch it make a video right before your eyes.

2. There's no doubt that Sora is amazing. Whether on a large TV or a small smartphone, Sora's videos are always easy to watch and enjoy. Sora can also make scenes(场景) with lots of people doing different things with clear details. It also knows how things should look in real life.

3. Why is it so good? Actually, Sora looks at many videos and learns from them by breaking them into very small bits(片段). It uses these bits to make a new video. The new video is gray at first and out of the order- you can't tell what's in it. Then, Sora fixes the video until it looks good and smooth(流畅的). Besides, Sora also gets help from ChatGPT, which turns the user's short sentences into clear orders. This helps Sora make the video just as you asked.

4.      ▲      Sora may find" busy" pictures hard to understand. For example, when a person moves, things around them change. In one video created by Sora, a grandma blows the candle on a birthday cake, but the fire doesn't move. In another video made by Sora, a lady in a red dress is walking on a street. The picture in the water on the ground changes when she walks. The people in the back move in a right way and the buildings change as she walks. The woman's face looks real. However, when the video reaches 30 seconds, the woman's right and left legs exchange places as she walks. Sora might have trouble knowing which way is" left" and which way is" right", and this could make it hard for the lady to move legs correctly.

5.Now, only a small group of people can use this text- to- video model. OpenAI wants to make Sora as clever as it can be before allowing everyone to use it. They want to be careful because Sora is a complicated(复杂的) AI model.

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