题型:单词拼写(语篇) 题类: 难易度:普通
浙江省温州市翔宇中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期英语期中考试
Try Something New
One day, I tried out for the school volleyball team, but I failed. It made me (充满) of sadness. After getting home, my mother tried to cheer me up but I still sat (寂静) in my room.
In the next day, my mother invited uncle Gerry to our house. Because it was my (十二) birthday. The bell(发出铃声) and I opened the door. Uncle Gerry said "Still sad?"I guessed my mother had told him all about the(真相). I didn't want to say yes, but I felt better.
Later on. he gave me some advice. He said, "Tommy, I am so proud of you. You know what I do?(无论什么) difficulties I meet, I will find some new ways to solve them. Every year, I make a promise to try one new thing,(包括) a new sport, a new book or a new hobby. So perhaps you(推测) to try new things. It helps you grow as a better person. "
It sounded great. I decided to try new things on my way home that day.
One day, while I was walking by a school, I saw some kids playing baseball. I thought about what my uncle had said, so I went to the kid. It took some (勇气), but soon I had fun playing with them.
A year later, I became a player on our school baseball team. Now I'm still having fun playing baseball with my friends every week. In (整体), I found this happiness because I tried something new.
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Chloe Ho Pui-pui is an officer from Hong Kong Police Force. She volunteered for the 19h{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. In a training course, Ho got up close to horses to get firsthand knowledge {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Equestrian (马术) events. Her main job was to help two UK horse-shoers (蹄铁工) communicate with the Chinese workers who didn't speak English.
During the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}few days, it was hot and some people fell ill. "My role was to be ready to go wherever I was needed. So, I ran around the center, taking 10,000 steps each day," Ho said. In these days, she slept{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and always had to shout to be heard in noisy conditions. As a result, one day she had difficulty{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. On National Day, the organization invited Ho and other volunteers to a party because they had really set good examples for the public.
My parents usually celebrate a special day by enjoying a special kind of wine called Canadian ice wine.
My mother once told me the story of ice wine. To make it. people must freeze grapes on the vine. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Sometimes. a great new product is invented by accident. And that's exactly how we got ice wine.
In the 1700s in Germany, a man was away from his farm in autumn. The weather suddenly turned cold and his grapes froze when he came back. How terrible! Anyway, the man tasted the grapes. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Then, he decided to use these grapes to make some wine. Guess what? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} For two centuries, Germany was the only place where ice wine was made.
Then, a Canadian got the idea that this kind of wine could be produced in Canada, After all, the winters are cold in Canada, and that's the main requirement for making ice wine. After hard work, some grap e farmers found the best process. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
The story of ice wine got me thinking. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} It's really hard to imagine the world without penicillin and the microwave. Penicillin has saved millions of lives. And the microwave has certainly changed the way we cook.
Life is sometimes like that. When we look for one thing, something even better comes along … if we keep our eyes and minds open.
A. To his surprise, the grapes tasted so sweet. B. People really liked his wine. C. What other inventions came about by accident? D. You might think this is strange, but it is true. E. And soon Canadian ice wine began to be sold all over the world. |
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