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黑龙江省哈尔滨工业大学附属中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学测试英语试卷
Chinese music has a very long history. It's one of the oldest types of music in the world. Chinese ancient music was different from modern pieces. The ancient Chinese played instruments, but they didn't have a lot of songs with words. A lot of the music was for ceremonies and big events.
The most famous instrument in ancient China was the guqin. It's a kind of stringed instrument(弦乐器). People thought the guqin was very beautiful. They believed it could make people happy or sad, and even change the weather!
In the Tang Dynasty(618-907), there were many kinds of instruments. Music was important to the government. As a result, there were lots of musicians at the palace. Some of them came from other countries. They played their own music and sometimes they taught the Chinese how to play new instruments.
During the Song Dynasty(960-1279), the Chinese developed new instruments. One of these was the pipa. It's a kind of guitar with four strings. Musicians wrote more than 200 songs for it. These songs are still popular today.
In the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644)and the Qing Dynasty(1644-1912), there were many new styles of music. Some music was for the theatre. Other music was for the home, Beijing Opera is a traditional form of Chinese theater. It uses many different instruments, including the guqin and the xun.
Today, Chinese music is a mix of traditional and modern music. There are many pop stars in China and people listen to music from all over the world. But traditional Chinese music is still popular, too.
Hello Kitty is a famous cartoon cat. You can see her on many 1 of things like bags, clothes, food and books. People fell in love the cute cat as soon as she 2 .
Over years ago, a Japanese company Sanrio made Hello Kitty. It first 3 on a wallet. To people's 4 , in the artist's design (设计), Hello Kitty is a girl! That's why people always see her 5 with two feet.
Hello Kitty is in the third grade in her school and she studies 6 . All of her classmates and teachers like her very much. Her favourite 7 is apple pie. She lives with her parents and twin sister 8 London. It is quiet there. Hello Kitty has a 9 family. At weekends, her father often drives his car to take them to visit her 10 in the forest. It's interesting that Hello Kitty has a pet cat like 11 .
The artist said, over years ago, that many Japanese 12 and worked in Britain. 13 she made an important decision. She made Hello Kitty a(n) 14 person. Hello Kitty has a very 15 life now. She's the symbol of all the good things.
Laughter is natural for people. We start to laugh at about four months of age, We start to laugh even before we start to speak.
Laughter connects us with others. We laugh more when we are with other people, It's difficult to pretend to laugh. Laughter is honest. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} When do people laugh?
Only 10 to 20 percent of laughter is about something funny. Most laughter is about being friendly with other people. Most laughter says, "I don't want to compete with you. I want to be friendly with you." This kind of laughter brings people together.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} In movies, there is often a joke at an exciting moment when everyone feels nervous. It is usually a small joke, but we laugh a lot. Our laughter helps us relax.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Not everyone has the same sense of humour. Some people think a joke is funny, but other people don't think so. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Our idea of what is funny changes with time, For young children, the world is new, They are interested in many things, so they laugh a lot. Teenagers often laugh to protect themselves. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} They laugh at things that give them stress, too. Our reasons for laughter change gradually.
A. Laughter is everywhere. B. Laughter makes us less nervous in some situations. C. People have different ideas about what is funny. D. Why doesn't everyone laugh at the same joke? E. When people pretend to laugh, most people know it's not real. F. For adults, they laugh at themselves and other people with similar problems. G. In fact, it is possible for anyone to have the same sense of humour in our life. |
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