广东省佛山市名校联盟2020-2021学年九年级上学期英语核心素养能力大赛初赛试题

Handshakes, high fives, kisses on the cheek, hugging… people all over the world greet each other in different ways that more or less need close contact (接触）. Because of the novel coronavirus outbreak (新型冠状病毒爆发), people are changing how they greet each other to protect themselves. They have come up with some creative ways to say hello.

French people prefer to kiss on the cheek1each other. It is a common greeting for them, even between people 2 have only just met. They shake hands at work as 3 formal(正式的)greeting. As kissing and handshaking may spread the virus, French lifestyle expert Philippe Lichtfus said 4 looking into a person's eyes is good enough as a greeting.

In Iran, a video 5 popular online. It shows three friends meeting, hands in their pockets, and two of them tapping their feet 6 each other as a greeting. It seems to be a good way to take the place of 7 traditional greetings — handshaking and hugging.

A nose-to-nose greeting is popular in the UAE (阿拉伯联合酋长国). People there rub (摩擦) their noses 8 they see each other. Now the UAE's Health and Prevention Ministry 9people to avoid this traditional greeting. It also said that people 10 shake hands, kiss or hug. Instead, they should greet each other "by waving (挥手) only".

Ian Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and1near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions.

In 1987, Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to 2the huge amount of rubbish in the world's oceans. 3 he returned to Australia, he decided to do something about it.

He organized a community company called "Clean Up Sydney Harbour". On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40, 000 volunteers came out to4away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean-up a national event. It was a huge 5. Across Australia, about 300, 000 people spent the day improving their local 6.

Since then, "Clean Up Australia" has got 7 every year. In 2002, for example, 800, 000 people cleaned up almost 15, 000 tons of rubbish from Australia's beaches, parks and streets.

Kierman was 8 with the achievement(成就) of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the help of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced "Clean Up the World", an international program that supports(支持)communities around the world in 9 and protecting the environment. "Clean Up the World" has grown 10 and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers? Most people don't know what to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more are simply thrown away as the rubbish.

Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle(回收利用)old Sony products. Dell, Hewlett Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers.

In some countries, laws have been passed, too. Computer companies have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay for the cost. That will encourage them to make computers that are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade (升级).

Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford them at all. Hundreds of organisations are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers. The computers then go to schools, charities (慈善团体) and people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organisations can turn one person's rubbish into someone else's useful things and cut down waste, too.

We have been in Australia for three days. We're having a good here. Australia is sixth largest country in the world. There is so much to see that it is impossible me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big trees and colourful flowers around the houses and they look really . There are also some special in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely.

During the past three days we've visited many of interest around Sydney. I'd like to spend more time here. we will fly to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds (珊瑚礁) tomorrow. It is said that words cannot the beauty of the colourful corals.

Many famous cartoon films were made there. Now we are packing our bags so that we will not miss the plane when we leave. We can enjoy in Cairns this time tomorrow. I'm expecting to go there!

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