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山东省济宁市嘉祥县第三中学2020-2021学年九年级下学期英语第一次月考试卷(含听力音频)

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The idea that red means stop and green means go has influenced our lives in more ways than just traffic signals(信号). We have been taught from a young age that the color red means danger and green means it's okay to move forward. But why were those colors chosen for traffic lights in the first place? For something we have to look at every day, why couldn't they have been prettier colors?

Well, it's important to know that before traffic lights for cars, there were traffic signals for trains. At first, railway companies used red to mean stop, white to mean go, and green to mean warn. As you could imagine, trains ran into a few problems with white meaning go. For example, one train mistook a bright star for a white light and something unexpected happened. Because of that, railway companies finally moved green meaning go and used yellow to mean warm. And it's been that way ever since.

Red has always been a color that mean danger, long before cars were even around. This most likely started because it's the color with the longest wavelength(波长) so it can be seen somewhere farther than other colors.

Bu, believe it or not, yellow was once used to mean stop. Back in the 1900s, some stop signs were yellow because it was too hard to see a red sign in a poorly lit area. Finally, highly reflective materials (高反射材料) were developed and red stop signs were born. Since yellow can be seen well at all times of the day, school zones, some if signs, and school buses continue to be printed yellow.

So next time you are impatiently waiting at a traffic light, don't get so mad at then, they've certainly come a long way.

(1)、What were traffic signals for before traffic lights for cars?
A、Trains B、Boats. C、Planes D、Bicycles
(2)、Why does red mean danger?
A、Because it's the brightest color. B、Because it can be seen far away. C、Because railway companies say so. D、Because it has the shortest wavelength.
(3)、Why are school buses painted yellow?
A、Because yellow is a prettier color. B、Because yellow once meat danger. C、Because yellow can be seen well in daytime. D、Because yellow means it's OK to go forward.
(4)、What does the text mainly tell us?
A、How important traffic lights are. B、Which color has the longest wavelength? C、What red, yellow and green can be used for. D、Why traffic lights are red, yellow and green.
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The Qingming Festival is an important festival in China, which falls in early April every year. The Qingming Festival is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}day to visit their family members' and relatives' graves (墓地) , so it is also {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Tomb-Sweeping Day. Chinese people celebrate it to remember their ancestors (祖先). 

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Of course, the main activity of the Qingming Festival is tomb sweeping. Generally, Chinese people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their family graves and offer food, flowers and favorite things of the dead. They also like to fly {#blank#}7{#/blank#} for relaxing. During this Festival, what makes flying kites special is that people can cut the string {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the kite is in the sky to let it fly free. People believe that it could also bring {#blank#}9{#/blank#} good luck. Nowadays, many young people do tomb sweeping online, because of their {#blank#}10{#/blank#} work and being far from their hometowns. 

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Long time ago, people from other cultures used their hands to eat food, while the ancient Chinese invented chopsticks to keep their hands clean. Early chopsticks were used mainly for cooking until 400 A. D. when people began eating with chopsticks.

We don't know exactly when chopsticks were invented. There's a research showing that they didn't come into wide use until about 300 B. C. Chinese thinker Confucius was an important person in the history of chopsticks, because he thought peace would not appear if people used knives during a meal.

The"no-knives-on-the-table" rule led to a big change in Chinese cooking. Food had to be cut into small pieces. This was the birth of Chinese cooking and it has made Chinese food popular around the world.

However, many Westerners find it difficult to use chopsticks. Eric, a foreign teacher, had the experience of learning to use chopsticks. "I need to hold them properly to be able to put the food carefully into my mouth." Eric' s Chinese friends taught him patiently, but it still took him months to learn this skill. "But it's worth learning. I have learned a lot from this experience," Eric said.

Cultures can often be understood through food. For Chinese, food doesn't just provide energy. It also brings happiness. And chopsticks also mean a lot. As a good example of Chinese culture, they show the Chinese wisdom(智慧).

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