1. ________ useful advice you give me! I will follow it and make it to the top.

A．What a

B．How

C．What

2. ________ is said that shared bikes, online shopping, Alipay and the high-speed rail are called four modern inventions in China.

A．It

B．This

C．That

3. Bill’s classmates played a trick ________ him ________ the morning of April 1st.

A．on; in

B．on; on

C．in; in

4. — Do you still remember that traffic accident, Tony?
— Of course. I’ll never forget it ________ it happened so long ago.

A．ever since

B．even though

C．only if

5. The room is used to ________ parties by the young man. He is used to ________ parties here.

A．hold; holding

B．holding; hold

C．hold; hold

6. Not only his friends but also he ________ great interest in science fiction.

A．show

B．shows

C．have shown

7. The ________ we exercise every day, the ________ we will be.

A．much; healthier

B．more; less healthy

C．more; healthier

8. Air pollution ________ a lot since more and more people began to drive.

A．was increasing

B．increased

C．has increased

9. I really look up to the medical team ________ to Italy three months ago.

A．sent

B．is sent

C．was sent

10. When my sister was young, she always cared ________.

A．whether she can get other people’s attention

B．whether she could get other people’s attention

C．whether can she get other people’s attention

“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” These words come from my favorite movie, Daydreamer. They are always kept in my mind. The movie, directed by Brahman Turner, taught me to live my own life and to do ______ meaningfully. Inspired (鼓舞) by the movie, I started to learn skateboarding last summer vacation.

The first ______ are always the hardest. I still remember the first day. The ______ was not great. I fell over again and again. I found skateboarding was a(n) ______ sport for beginners because you may fall over many times like I did. But falling cannot be ______ for anyone. I wore a helmet and protective gear (装备) to help keep safe. I practiced all day until sunset that day. For the next few days, I practiced hard every day. I knew that practice makes perfect. And ______, I could skateboard. I was so proud of that.

However, as I ______ with my hobby, I met quite a few challenges. I still practiced hard for the rest of my vacation, ______ made little progress. Unluckily, I hurt my knee. When the summer vacation was over, I had to return to school. But I knew I would ______skateboarding again later because it is fun and brings me joy.

It is important that we do ______ we love and keep doing it throughout life. As a song goes “One day you’ll leave this world behind, so live a life you will always remember.”

11.

A．everything

B．anything

C．something

12.

A．requirements

B．steps

C．decisions

13.

A．experience

B．result

C．direction

14.

A．convenient

B．dangerous

C．unfair

15.

A．avoided

B．allowed

C．doubted

16.

A．exactly

B．quickly

C．normally

17.

A．started

B．divided

C．continued

18.

A．though

B．but

C．so

19.

A．give up

B．look up

C．take up

20.

A．what

B．how

C．when

My Very First Christmas Book Lois Rock and Alec Ayliffe A big bright book, which tells the story simply and happily for every young children. Ages 0-3; 12 pages;     Tel: 07459 40560	The Little White House Elizabeth Goudge A fairy tale and winner of the Carnegie Medal. Ages 8-12; 240 pages;     Tel: 07459 45783
Star of Wonder Pat Alexander A wonderful collection of Christmas stories and poems filled with lively pages to read and enjoy. Ages 7-12; 224 pages;     Tel: 07459 39323	First Festival: Christmas Lois Rock An all-in-one book to help grown-ups and children prepare their Christmas celebration together. Presents, activities and customs. Ages 5-8; 48 pages;     Tel: 07459 39074

21. If you want to make a Christmas plan together with your children, which book will you choose?

A．Star of Wonder.

B．First Festival: Christmas.

C．My Very First Christmas Book.

22. Whom are all these four books for from the information above?

A．Adults.

B．Children.

C．Teens.

Enjoy Creative Inventions! Every November, Time magazine picks out “The 25 Best Inventions” of the year. These things bring a lot of changes to people’s life. TEENS has chosen three of the most interesting ones on the list. If you want to know more, please click here.
Ember Mug	According to Time, the perfect level of warmth for a cup of coffee only lasts for 37 seconds, which makes the Ember Mug a great invention. It keeps your coffee or tea at a certain temperature, anywhere between 48 °C and 62 °C, once you set it through a smartphone app.
Tasty One Top	The cooker can be connected to a smartphone app, which has more than 1,700 recipes and videos. You choose a recipe and the app will let the cooker know what to do. For example, it’ll tell you when to turn your steak or when to add certain ingredients.
Jibo	Jibo looks like a cartoon character. Inside its “head”, there are different sensors and cameras, which allow it to recognize (辨认) faces and speech. Jibo will move to face you whenever you talk to it. It can also set alarms, remind you of important things, tell you the weather and read news or messages from your friends and family.

23. What’s special about Ember Mug?

A．It’s used for drinking coffee or tea.

B．It keeps coffee or tea fresh.

C．It keeps coffee or tea at a certain temperature.

24. Which of the following is NOT true according to the list?

A．Tasty One Top knows what to do itself through a smartphone app.

B．Jibo can help people do many important things like housework.

C．The three things make people’s life different.

25. Where is probably the list from?

A．A guidebook.

B．A website.

C．A cooking magazine.

It is not unusual to hear that the “post-00s” generation spend too much money and time on online gaming or offer live streamers (直播主播) much money. But a report from China Youth Daily has found another side of them.

“Although they are influenced by popular culture, the ‘post-00s’ treat buying more like researching,” reported China Youth Daily.

Wang Yihan, 16, from Fuzhou, Fujian, is typically such a person. She decided to buy a Casio watch, but she didn’t pay for the most popular type. Instead, she researched all of the watches available. “I looked up information on different Casio watches online and I compared them. I also did research on their makers,” said Wang. For Wang, researching things is as enjoyable as buying them.

Rationality is also important to them, the report pointed out.

Sun Xiaoxue,15, from Huairen, Shanxi province, likes making her own journals (日志). “I found many stickers (贴纸) that bought when I was a child. Since most of them were old and out of style, I cut and put them together to make them my own. The stickers make my journals more special, ”said Sun. “I feel so good to ‘turn waste into treasure’ and also                                 it helps me to spend less money.”

For Liu Yu,17, from Yantai, Shandong province, her buying doesn’t directly show her interests. Although she is a lover of Han costurnes, she hardly spends money on them. “Instead of buying them, I am more interested in the culture and history behind the costurnes when comparing different kinds of them,” said Liu.

26. How did Wang Yihan decide which Casio watch to buy?

A．By comparing the prices.

B．By studying many different watches.

C．By choosing the most popular one.

27. What does the underlined word “rationality” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．实力

B．兴致

C．理性

28. Sun Xiaoxue thinks that her way of making journals ________.

A．is old but popular

B．takes a lot of time

C．is special and saves money

29. How does Liu Yu show her love for Han costurnes?

A．She often buys a lot of them.

B．She learns about the culture and history behind them.

C．She takes part in activities about them.

30. The report mainly talks about the ________ of the “post-00s” generation.

A．spending habits

B．special interests

C．learning abilities

In ancient Rome, food tasters were once asked to make sure the king’s food was safe to eat. An electronic tongue (舌头) promises to do that and so much more now. Although the human tongue can taste different foods, there are limits to what we can taste. Electronic tongues are a kind of tool that can be used to study different foods or drinks in greater detail.

These “tongues” can be used to search for special chemicals (化学物) in food or drinks, and to compare the similarities and differences between different foods and drinks. Beyond this, electronic tongues can be used for other tasks like testing the water quality of rivers or even to test blood for signs of cancer.

Mainly, these tools are helpful in carefully examining things humans can’t or don’t want to taste in order to see what they are like. For example, imagine a company experimenting with how to make a cough medicine taste like bananas. It would be unsafe for the same person to test 100 different kinds of banana cough soup.

The truth is that “e-tongues” can do a lot more than any human tongue ever could. With this in mind, the food industry is using the technology in many interesting ways.

Scotch (苏格兰威士忌) is known to get better the longer it ages, as the price of a good Scotch shows. But sometimes, people try to sell 1-year-old Scotch for the price of 18-year-old Scotch. To stop this, electronic tongues are used to compare Scotch samples (样本), which ensures that the Scotch is as advertised.

Similarly, many consumers mistakenly buy unclean honey because they can’t find the difference between real and unreal honey. However, e-tongues can. They decide on a honey sample’s quality using electrical bursts.

As it stands, this technology could lead to better-tasting and safer food, among other things. Best of all, to achieve these results, humans will no longer have to put their lives or their tongues on the line.

31. What is an electronic tongue NOT used for?

A．Studying different food or drinks.

B．Making sure the king’s food was safe.

C．Testing blood for some signs of cancer.

32. We can learn from Paragraph 5 that ________.

A．1-year-old Scotch is the most expensive.

B．9-year-old Scotch is the most expensive.

C．18-year-old Scotch is the most expensive.

33. Which of the following about e-tongues is NOT true?

A．E-tongues can test 100 different kinds of banana cough soup.

B．E-tongues can stop Scotch from being advertised.

C．E-tongues can find the differences between real and unreal honey.

34. What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?

A．Humans will lose their lives or their tongues.

B．Humans will never get their lives or their tongues in danger.

C．Humans will never own their lives or use their tongues.

35. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．What e-tongues are used for.

B．How e-tongues are made.

C．What the differences between human tongue and e-tongues are.

What if you had the chance to meet with a dead loved one in virtual reality (VR) (虚拟现实)?

Recently, a South Korean video recording a special meeting between a mother and a daughter has touched the hearts of many people. The video is from a TV show called Meeting You.     36     Jang Ji-sung, a mother of four, meets her dead daughter Nayeon in this way. Nayeon is Jang’s third daughter and she died of an illness at the age of seven.

In the video, Jang wears a VR headset (头戴式耳机) and gloves.     37     Jang and the virtual Nayeon meet in a virtual park and have a birthday party. They blow out the candles on the cake and Nayeon makes a wish.     38     Then she goes to sleep. Jang replies “me too” and reaches out to touch Nayeon again as she falls asleep. “Even though it was very short, I was really happy at that time. I think I had the dream I’ve always wanted,” Jang said.

The video has been watched more than 13 million times in a week on YouTube.     39     “My mother passed away two years ago and I wish I could meet her through virtual reality,” said one of the viewers. “When I watch the video, I am full of hope and the world looks better,” another viewer added.

The maker of the show spent eight months processing the virtual Nayeon. “People often think technology is something cold, but I’d like to say it can also warm your heart,” said the maker of the show.

A．They allow Jang to see, hear and touch the virtual Nayeon.

B．Later, Nayeon says, “Goodbye, Mom, I love you.”

C．It is unrealistic for most people who lost their family members.

D．Many viewers offered their support for the technology.

E．It mainly wants to help people meet with their lost family members by VR technology.

In latte art (拉花艺术), a cup of coffee is prepared by pouring microfoam (微泡沫) into espresso (浓咖啡), and then a pattern will be created on the surface.

On June 6 this summer, Liang Fan, a 27-year-old man working in a coffee bar in Chongqing, won the top prize at the 2020 China Latte Art Championship and got a chance to compete in the world championship in Warsaw, Poland.

In the final round of the event in Shanghai, Liang finished three sets of latte patterns a giraffe, a kangaroo and a panda. The wonderful pictures helped him win the national title (冠军头衔). He was also the winner in 2017 and 2018.       

Liang runs a small coffee shop with a friend in Chongqing. To prepare for the competition, Liang had trained for two months, sometimes making more than 300 cups a day. He said practice makes perfect. The hard work provided him with quick movement during the competition without too much thinking.

The most important thing for doing latte art is interest and hard work,” Liang said. “We need an eye for the beauty in life.” Liang even made a pattern of a doctor to express thanks to the doctors and nurses who tried their best to save people’s lives during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Managed (管理) and produced by World Coffee Events, the World Latte Art Championship is the top level competition in the coffee industry (行业). No Chinese person has yet won the title. “I wish to introduce our Chinese coffee culture to the world,” Liang said.

40. Where was the 2020 China Latte Art Championship held?
_________________________________________________________
41. How many times has Liang Fan won the national title?
_________________________________________________________
42. Why did Liang Fan make a pattern of a doctor?
_________________________________________________________
43. Whom is the World Latte Art Championship managed and produced by?
_________________________________________________________
44. Has anyone in China got the top prize in the World Latte Art Championship?
_________________________________________________________

As the world is trying hard to fight COVID-19, how do we protect ourselves from the virus? The most important thing is to keep in good health. So do you have good hygiene (卫生) habits? 1. As far as we know, people’s health is closely connected with their hygiene habits in their everyday life. Under the influence of COVID-19, health experts are reminding people to wash their hands properly.

2. Although some may fail to notice this daily habit, hand washing actually has a long history. More than 2,500 hundred years ago, Chinese people had to wash their hands before taking part in ceremonies (仪式) and follow some strict rules.

In the 19th century, 3. 医生们发现洗手对他们的病人有帮助。The habit quickly became common among doctors and nurses, and later the public.

4. Also, more attention should be paid to a healthy dining habit. In the West, it is more culturally proper to eat your own meals. However, people in the East are exactly the opposite. For them, eating a meal alone is very impolite during social meetings. Instead of eating alone, they like eating common dishes. 5. 这是一种表达他们友好和温暖的常见方式。Some even share their utensils (餐具), which is risky. According to the WHO, saliva (唾液) is quite easy to spread illnesses through air.

Developing good hygiene habits can help people stay healthy. So why not start by washing your hands often and eating alone?

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A: Hi, Rachael, look at my kite. I made it myself.
B: Wow, how beautiful it is!     50    ?
A: I made it with wood and paper. And I painted a beautiful butterfly on paper.
B: Interesting! You know, kites are one of the most popular Chinese inventions.
A: You are right.     51    ?
B: The first kite was invented in ancient China around 3,000 years ago.
A:     52    ?
B: It was made of wood, but once paper was invented, paper kites became popular.
A: Sounds cool.     53    ?
B: No, they didn’t use to be toys at that time. Early Chinese kites were actually used for military purposes.
A: So when did they become a form of recreation (娱乐)?
B: During the Tang Dynasty among the wealthy families.
A: I got it. Thanks for letting me know the history of kites.
B: You’re welcome. Could you please tell me how to fly your kite?
A:     54    .

55. 现在的你，已经进入毕业年级，初中生活转瞬即逝。假设你将代表学校参加长沙市中学生英语演讲比赛，讲的题目是How to Have a Meaningful School Life.请你用英语写一篇演讲稿，就学生学习、课余活动、兴趣爱好等方面展开演讲，鼓励大家珍惜时间，快乐而有意义地度过初中生活。

要求：

1、80词左右(标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数)；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、文中不得出现真实的人名和校名。

How to Have a Meaningful School Life

Ladies and gentlemen,

As a student in Grade 9, it’s my great honor to be here to share something with you.

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