山东省新泰市西部2020年九年级英语第一次联考试卷

    Thanksgiving Day was coming. A teacher gave her class an interesting task — to draw a picture of something to express their1.

    The teacher thought most of her2would draw turkey or some other traditional food of the festival. And so they did. But Douglas made a3kind of picture.

    Douglas was a child of unhappiness.4other children played together, Douglas always stood close by his teacher's side.

    His picture was special. When he was asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand!5else. Just an empty hand.

    His work caught the attention of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? Some guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raised turkeys. Others guessed it was the hand of God, because God helped everyone. The discussion6, and they even forgot to ask the artist himself.

    When the discussion stopped, the teacher asked Douglas whose hand it was. The little boy said in a low voice, "It's7, teacher."

    She got surprised at his words. Then she8that she often took his hand. Sometimes she said, "Douglas, take my hand, and we'll go outside." Sometimes she said," Let me show you how to hold your pencil." And she9said," Let's do this together."

    Her eyes were full of tears. She had done these to all her students. She didn't know these were so10to him. She hugged Douglas and decided to give him more love.

    As the taxi leaves, my father stands at the living room window looking out, watching me move off into the darkness, at 4：30 a.m. His grey hair is untidy from sleeping.

    Moments ago, he got up to carry my bag for me and went into the cold open air.

    He thanked me for a daughter's cooking and for having traveled so far to spend the holiday with him. I told him that I worried about he would feel lonely again in the empty house.

    "I have my plans," he said, in the moments before I walked out the door.

    When I arrived 10 days ago, I felt it was quiet and lifeless in the house. Then my brothers and I came and filled the rooms. But, now, they're gone; I am the last to leave.

    As the taxi began to move, I watched the lights go off, but my father didn't leave. Even though he couldn't see me in the dark, he stood by the window watching, beside the tree. It was a fresh tree. He buys one every year for the new year.

    The life is hard for my father: my mother died years ago, and now his children are far from home, our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other. The life of the tree, cut for Christmas, is short; my father's is long and strong. But both of them are tall and straight.

    I leave behind two trees: one with silver­grey hair, the other still freshly green.

    A doctor entered the hospital hurriedly after being called in for an important surgery (外科手术).

    He found the boy's father in the hall waiting worriedly.

    On seeing him, the father cried out, "Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son is in danger? Don't you have any sense of duty?"

    The doctor smiled and said, "I am sorry. I wasn't in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receiving the call and now, I wish you'd calm down so that I can do my work."

    "Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now? Would you calm down? If your own son dies while waiting for a doctor, then what will you do?" said the father angrily. The doctor smiled again and replied, "We will do our best and you should also pray (祈祷)for your son's healthy life."

    The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy, "Thank goodness! Your son is saved!" And without waiting for the father's reply he carried on his way running by saying, "If you have any questions, ask the nurse."

    "Couldn't he wait some minutes so that I can ask about my son's state?" shouted the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left.

    The nurse answered, tears coming down her face. "His son died yesterday in a road accident. He was at the burial (葬礼) when we called him for your son's surgery. And now that he saved your son's life, he left running to finish his son's burial."

    Trees in cities "live fast but die young" compared to forests in the countryside, warns a new study.

    Researchers found that trees in cities die younger than ones in the countryside because of the higher levels of CO2.City­living trees suffer (遭受)a loss of carbon storage(碳储量). That means trees produce less energy from the air.

    Now researchers say more must be done to deal with the situation. Ian Smith, a PhD student of Boston University in the United States, said, "Cities are in the important position in fighting against rising temperatures and increasing CO₂." "We find that tree planting alone may not be enough to keep and increase city canopy cover(树冠覆盖率). Because of the age and size of the present canopy, efforts to improve and protect tree health are badly needed for increasing city tree cover and canopy cover."

    The research team used a model to watch changes among street trees for several planting and management methods. Researchers also used the model to watch tree growth, death and planting rates(率)both among trees in Boston city and forests in the countryside in Massachusetts.

    It was discovered that rates of carbon cycling and growth rates among city trees were nearly four times faster than those in the countryside. However, loss of carbon storage and death rates are also higher, especially death rates are more than double higher than those in countryside forests.

    The study, published in PLOS ONE, has reminded scientists to encourage communities to do more to plant and protect trees. It is important to increase city canopy cover and carbon storage.

    Researchers say planting and protecting will be needed to make sure cities can develop healthily, but more needs to be done to have a better understanding of city trees — which may be different from countryside forests.

    A dictionary is very useful for the people who are learning English. People will use a dictionary for help when they have difficulty in reading a passage or doing English exercises. You will make more progress if you know how to use a dictionary efficiently(有效地).

    Choose a suitable(合适的)dictionary. You can choose a dictionary which is suitable for your English level, needs and interests. For a middle school student in Grade 9, you can choose OXFORD INTERMEDIATE LEANER'S ENGLISH­CHINESE DICTIONARY.

    Try to guess the meaning of a new word before you use a dictionary. You may have had such an experience when you are reading a passage: there're some new words in it and you have difficulty in understanding the full passage. What will you do in this situation?

    Learn culture from a dictionary. You don't just learn a new word's pronunciation, meaning, part of speech and other usages.

    A dictionary is a good friend for learning English. It's a waste for you not to use a dictionary in your study. But don't think the more you use a dictionary, the better result you can get. If you can do as I have told you, I think you will improve your English soon.

A. You can learn some cultural knowledge from a dictionary as well.

B. You should use your dictionary in the right way.

C. Here are some ideas on how to use a dictionary efficiently.

D. Choosing a good dictionary is very important for an English learner.

E. I think you should guess the meaning before you use your dictionary.