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四川省资阳市雁江区2017届九年级下学期英语5月适应性考试试卷
In Chinese culture, people believe some numbers are lucky or unlucky. This is to see what Chinese character the number sounds like. For example, the Chinese word for the number 8 sounds like the word for “making a fortune”. So, people think it is a very lucky number. Some people spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone numbers. The opening time of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 p.m. on August 8, 2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number. It is something to do with the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors' robes(龙袍). Today, 9 often stands for “long lasting”. That's why close friends always use 99 or 999 to describe their friendship.
So what's a “bad luck” number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as a “bad luck” number. Because it sounds like the Chinese character for “death”.
Because of this, many buildings don't have the fourth floor, and just call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even don't have all floors numbered with 4, such as, 4、14、24、34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also don't have the 13th floor as 13 is an unlucky number in the West. Now a question for you: How many floors are actually there if a building's highest floor is numbered 50?
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In ancient(古代的) China, people(人) have three names: the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} name, given name, and courtesy name(字).
Look at Li Bai, his family name is Li, his given name is Bai and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} courtesy name is Taibai. Some people call him Li Bai, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} some people call him Li Taibai.
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Next term Jim will go to America to study. His favourite American writer is Mark Twain. He wants to know how his great books were written.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Tom likes playing basketball very much and he plays it very well. He is also a fan of NBA. He wants to know some famous basketball players in the history of NBA.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Lily is a lover of light music. She always listens to it. She thinks light music can make her relax. Her favourite musician is Mozart. She wants to know more information about him.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Tony has a great interest in space science. He is going to be an astronaut when he grows up. He wants to know some information about the astronauts who have walked on the moon.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Lucy shows an interest in American history. She knows there were many great people in American history. She wants to know about some American inventors best, because she thinks some of their inventions have changed the world.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} | A. Mark Twain is one of the greatest American writers. His books are about American places, everyday language that Americans speak, memorable American characters. Most of all, they are full of humour (幽默) . B. Mozart was born in 1756. He wrote much music. He was only 35 when he died, yet he composed (创作) more than 600 pieces of music. Many music lovers consider him as one of the greatest musicians in the world. C. Louis Armstrong was a US jazz trumpeter (小号乎) and singer. In 1922, he joined King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. In the following years he began recording under his own name. He became someone more than a jazz musician and he was an international star. D. American inventor Thomas Edison changed the way that people lived when he invented the first practical light bulb in the late 1800s. The light bulb was just one of his many inventions. E. Donald John Trump was born in New York City on14th June, 1946. He was an American businessman and the 45th president of the United States. He is one of the richest people in the world. E. Abdul Jabbar is a US basketball player. He helped his teams to get for six NBA titles. By the time he retired in 1989, he had created a record of scoring 38, 387. He was chosen as Most Valuable Player for six times. G. Neil Armstrong was a US astronaut. He became a pilot at the age of 16. He joined the space programme in 1962 with the second group of astronauts. On 20th July, 1969, he took the Apollo 11 into the space and became the first person to step onto the moon. |
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