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甘肃兰州2020届九年级下学期英语第二次月考试卷
Not all inventions are made by scientists. Kids can also make history with their inventions.
The state flag of Alaska was designed by 13yearold Bennie Benson in 1926.His design was chosen from a flagdesigning competition. It became the official flag in 1959.Bennie won a $1,000 scholarship (奖学金) and a watch.
Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was only 11 years old. It was called the Epsicle at that time. Frank left his drink outside the door overnight with a stick (木棒) in it. That night the temperature dropped and everything was frozen including Frank's drink. That didn't stop him from tasting it,so today we have Popsicles to eat.
In 1642 Blaise Pascal designed the first counting machine when he was 18.The machine was for his father,a tax collector,to make his job easier. Blaise named it "the Pasealine".He made about 50 of them,but nobody was interested in it. People thought it would take jobs away from them.300 years went by,and the calculator (计算器) finally became a success. In 1968,the programming language (程序设计语言),PASCAL,was named after him.
The teacher wants the students to talk about their family rules on weekends.
Julie | My weekends are always busy. I don't have much homework now, butI have to take some art and swimming classes. And I must practice the piano on Sunday. |
Daisy | I don't think my parents are very strict with me. They want me to be a happy girl. I can do what I like on weekends. And my favorite thing is to play with my dog. |
Mike | I must get up before 7:00 on the weekend. Then I need to practice playing tennis for an hour. I can only watch TV from 6:00 to 8:00 in the evening. I can't eat hamburgers or ice- cream. My parents want me to live a healthy life. |
Steve | In my family, we have to follow some rules on weekends. We must eat dinner together on Sunday. Also, we must read a book for half an hour. But the rules aren't for my sister. She's only 3 months old. |
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