浙江省桐乡市2018-2019学年九年级上学期英语文理联赛模拟试卷

My dear son,

    Your letter of last week reached us yesterday, and I only have $13 left at present, which I will send to you with this letter. I may sell the other pig next week and meet the need of what you wanted. I will probably have to wear the old overcoat to meetings again this winter, but that doesn't matter as long as you are getting education(教育).

    I want you to be well educated so that you can go anywhere and spell the hardest word. I want you to be able to go among the Romans or the Medes and Persians and talk to any of them in their own language. I never had any advantages when I was a boy, but your mother and I decided that we would support(支持) your learning no matter how much it may take though it means cutting down our daily living costs.

    I hope you will get your education as cheap as you can, for it is a big job for your mother and me to pay the school fees. I knew education comes high but I didn't know the clothes also cost so much. Now look at that basketball suit, and that bathing suit, and that lawn-tennis suit, I don't care about the money, because you say a young man can't really educate himself successfully and completely without them, but I wish you'd send home what you get through with this fall, and I will wear them through the winter under my other clothes. We have much colder winters here than we used to, or else I am failing in bodily health. Last winter I tried to go through without underclothes, the way I did when I was a boy, but a Manitoba wave came down our way and picked me out of a crowd.

    I am not much of a mean man, so you will have to excuse this letter. We are all quite well, except your old grandpa, whose shoulders badly hurt, and hope this will find you enjoying the same great blessing.

Your father

Pappadavada, a popular restaurant in Kochi, India, is encouraging customers and the community to put their leftover food in a fridge located outside of the restaurant for the hungry to take.

People who are in 1 of a meal are encouraged to take from the fridge at any time for2 reason. Minu Pauline, who 3 Pappadavada, has named the fridge, which was placed there on March 23 and is shaded by a neighboring tree, "tree 4 goodness".

The fridge is 5 24 hours a day, seven days a week and stays unlocked. Pauline asks that people write the 6 they left the food, so those who take would know 7 it's been there. But most food doesn't 8 in the fridge for long. The fridge needs to be brought more food in to replace in time. As there's little food from the community, Pauline 9 adds around 75% to 80% of food from Pappadavada a day in the fridge.

The 10 to put a fridge on the street came to Pauline late one night when she saw a man searching in a rubbish bin for 11. She was especially sorry 12 her restaurant had made a ton of food that they could have13 given the woman, instead of him searching for it. She felt like she caused the waste, and 14waste is what Pauline pays her attention to.

    "The only thing I want to say 15 is that people can put their food they bought in the fridge instead of the rubbish bin." Pauline said.  

Are cell phones making the human stupid? According to a new study out of Britain, the answer is "yes". Cell phones are reducing the human power and we can see it from the numbers.

Professor Ian Robertson of Trinity College Dublin carried out the study. His research found that most people in Britain have to remember five passwords(密码), five pin numbers, two number plates, three security ID numbers, and three bank account numbers — quite a lot to just get through the daily life! To get around this, most people use only one or two passwords. Cell phones, laptops, and other memory machines offer a way to all the numbers and passwords that the common people have to remember. As a result, people don't use their memories.

The study found that one quarter of all Britons couldn't give their home phone numbers when asked. What's more, only a third of those could remember more than three birthdays of their family members.

The study divided the numbers into age groups, providing some clear results. About one third under the age of 30 couldn't remember their home phone numbers without using to a cell phone or other machines. In the same age group, only 40% could provide important dates, such as birthdays, for family members. For those over 50, 87% could remember details(细节) on family. The study also found that 58% wrongly believed it impossible to remember most of the numbers and passwords they use every day.

The first time I ever really noticed a disabled person, I was studying in the third grade. I saw some disabled people before, but I never really knew or cared about what those persons go through.

When a new student arrived in my third grade class, I thought it would just be a common student, but this student was different. His name was Derek and he had autism(孤独症). He sometimes had random outbursts(随意发作) during class and we would stand there, doing nothing because we didn't know why he was doing that. When he sat down at desk, we would try to get away from him. After class, we would play jokes on each other, imitating(模仿) Derek, and laughing about it.

Then one day, Derek's mom came to our class and talked with us. She told us that Derek wasn't just having random outbursts—-he was trying to communicate. Then she chose a volunteer and filled that person's mouth with soft sweets. When we found the volunteer had great trouble in trying to speak, the mother explained that was what Derek was going through every day. We all understood her meaning.

After this talk, no one tried to make fun of Derek or run away from him. We accepted his outbursts in class and he became one of our friends. Having a class with Derek has taught me to have an open mind to those who are different from us. My experience in having an autistic classmate has provided me with a good lesson.

Now whenever I meet a family with a child who's behaving differently, I always remember what I have learned in my third grade clams and go up to him or her.

Do you get on well with your parents? Our tips can help you say anything to your parents.

Pick the r time. You need your parent's full attention in order to have a good talk. Try not to bring something up when it's past your bedtime or when your parent is in a h. If it's hard to get a parent alone, ask them to make time for you. Your parents want to know what's on your mind.

Go slowly. What you need to say probably isn't simple, so don't try to get it all out at a t. Give your parents the details because they need to make a deal b you start trying to bargain(讨价还加) with them. Remember that conversation is about give and take. Listen to them and they will lto you.

Be h. Your parents will do better if they believe that you are telling the whole truth. It's your duty to let them know you get into tor get a bad grade. If you have done something wrong, just tell you did it. Things get worse the longer you wait.

My wife Laura and I were walking on the beach with three of our children when we met a bear. Just few minutes later, I heard my daughter (shout), "Dad! The bear is right behind us!" A bear will (usual) rush forward to keep the strangers away, but it would suddenly stop at the last minute. , this one, seemed so hungry that hasn't done that.

The bear rushed into me. Its huge head was level with my shoulders and I found(I) supporting its weight. I knew I would not be able to hold it a long time. I stood still between the bear and my family because I knowthey would have little chance of running faster than a brown bear. I (try) to push it away. Then, as suddenly as it had begun, the fight ended. The bear moved back toward the forest. My arm (hurt), but the result for us could hardly have been (good). I'm proud that my family was safe.