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广东省汕头市潮南实验学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期英语第一学月测试卷
George is a college student. He needs to write an article about Children's Day in different Asian countries. Jack, studying in South Korea, wants to take part in an interesting but "dirty" festival in July with his friends. Jacob, a student of Oxford University, wants to know which goat will win this interesting race. Eric loves Chinese poems and poets(诗人). He hears that some festivals have relationships with famous poets. Mia likes delicious food very much. She wants to enjoy a food festival with her cousin when they are free. | A. Boryeong, South Korea, hosts a mud(泥浆) festival every July. During the festival, people can go in mud-filled plastic pools, go down mud slide(滑梯), or get their faces painted with colored mud. B. The Taste of Chicago dates back to 1980. Some restaurant owners suggested the idea of a food festival. Jane Byrne, the then-mayor of Chicago, agreed. And the city has been hosting the event ever since. C. The Dragon Boat Festival is a day to remember Qu Yuan, a great Chinese poet. On this day people usually eat zongzi, hold dragon boat races and drink realgar wine(雄黄酒). D. The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month. On this day, people usually eat yuanxiao or tangyuan. They also go to watch lantern shows and guess lantern riddles. E. Oxford University and Cambridge University hold the Oxford Cambridge Goat Race every year. There are two goats in the race. One stands for Oxford and the other for Cambridge. F. Every August, Bunol, Spain, throws a festival where the world's biggest food fight takes place. Many people take part in the event, throwing over a hundred tons of tomatoes at each other. G. If you go to Japan in early May, you will see colorful carp flags(鲤鱼旗)in the sky. The flags fly to celebrate Children's Day, which falls on May 5th. |
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According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them out to ask for help when in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They are made of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanterns are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, they slowly rise into the air like small hot—air balloons for all to see. They are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}as bright symbols of happiness and good wishes.
Paper cutting has been around for over 1,500 years. Paper cutting {#blank#}4{#/blank#}very easy but it can be difficult to do. The paper, usually red, is folded before it is cut with scissors. The most common pictures are flowers, animals, and things about {#blank#}5{#/blank#}history. During the Spring Festival, they are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year.
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Jack is a clerk of a bookstore. Here is the note from his boss, Ben. Jack has to decide what books to order according to the following note and the descriptions of the books.
Hi Jack, You must hand in the order list of books to me by the first working day of every month. The rules for choosing books are: •For textbooks: August is coming. We must choose all textbooks, without thinking of other rules. •For books which are not textbooks: If more than five copies of books were sold last month, we choose them. But if there are five copies or more in stock(存货), we do not make an order. If the wholesale(批发)prices of the books are higher than $75, we do not choose them. And we do not order anything whose retail(零售)price is higher than $100. Ben |
The descriptions of the books:
Title: Homeland English Publisher: Homeland Ltd Wholesale price: $110 Retail price: $140 Textbook: Yes Copies sold last month: 3 Copies in stock: 2 | Title: How to become Successful Publisher: Founders Company Ltd Wholesale price: $25 Retail price: $40 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 2 Copies in stock: 1 |
Title: Biology at a Glance Publisher: New Times Publishing Ltd Wholesale: $70 Retail price: $95 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 18 Copies in stock: 3 | Title: Good Health in 20 Days Publisher: Oscar World Ltd Wholesale price: $50 Retail price: $66 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 10 Copies in stock: 20 |
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