陕西西安未央区2018-2019学年九年级英语第二次联考试卷

    In recent years more and more people are rushing into cities. They 1 large cities are good places to live in. There are many 2things to see and to do. They can find different3 of cinemas, restaurants and factories. They can also buy things4 all over the world. Every year many people move to the cities because there are many chances 5new jobs and study at good schools. But big cities have more big problems 6 small towns and villages. Usually it is expensive to live in big cities, and there are too 7 people in some places. Sometimes these people cannot find work or a good place to live in. This means people can't live as 8as they expected. Some people enjoy living in large cities,9 do not. However, before moving to large cities, you 10 better think about the problems of living there.

    I lived with my grandparents in Yorkshire when I was young. My grandma was a good 1. She made fantastic English food. I used to love going down to the 2 and watching her work, and I learned a lot from her. I realized that I wanted to be a cook. When other girls3 to do sports after school, I helped with cooking at home. When I was 15, I 4 to be a cook. However, I had to tell my parents about it 5 as I knew they wouldn't agree.

    One day, I told them I wanted to take a cookery course for fun, and stayed for a month in a hotel. I enjoyed it so much that I couldn't put off telling my parents any longer,6 I brought the subject up one night over dinner.7 there was silence, and then my father asked me why. I explained that cooking was 8 painting a picture or writing a book. Every meal was a work of creation .I could see that my father disagreed, but he was not 9. He just looked at me and smiled. My mother kissed me and said she was 10 me. And now I have my own restaurant and it goes well.

    Oink, oink! Here comes the Year of the Pig. How much do you know about pigs? Do you think they are stupid or lazy? The truth may surprise you. You might think twice about turning them into bacon and sausage! Look at the pig's nose. It's really long! Pigs have a very good sense of smell. In France, people teach pigs to find truffles(松露).Truffles are very rare and expensive. Pigs can find them faster than dogs.

    Master of games, "As stupid as a pig." people sometimes say. But this is not true. Pigs are one of the 10 smartest animals on the earth. Pigs can remember things for a long time. They can also tell apart(分辨)different shapes. Pigs can even learn to play video games. They can use their snouts(口鼻)to move the cursor(光标).

    Did you know? Pigs cannot look up at the sky. A pig's neck is very thick, but it is not strong enough to lift its head. Looking up is very hard for pigs. If a pig wants to look at the stars, it has to lie down.

    Jump, jump!

    Do you know Peppa Pig? She always jumps in muddy puddles(泥坑）.Why? Pigs like to shower in mud. The mud is like sunscreen（防晒霜)for pigs. It also protects them from insect bites. That's pretty smart!

Have faith（信心）in others

    I was in fifth grade. One day, my dad's car was broken into and all of the things inside were stolen, including my backpack. It had my binder(活页夹）,my textbooks and my notebooks, where I used to write stories. I was really sad. I had to go to school with nothing the next day. My teacher, Miss Taylor, was very kind to me. She gave me a new binder after I told her what had happened. She also handed me some crayons（蜡笔）and asked me if I'd like to color the front of the binder. I really appreciated（感激）her kindness. But I never did color the new binder, because something even better happened later that same day. Miss Taylor got a call from the office, after she hung up the phone, she said this exactly, "Zoe, a miracle has happened! Someone found your backpack! "I rushed to the office and got my backpack. When I opened it, I saw that all my things were still inside, including my notebooks. The office girl said it had been brought to the school by a couple. They found my backpack on the side of the road and brought it to the school's office because they found the address in my binder. It tums out that there are lots of people out there who are kind. There is no need to lose faith in society just because of one bad apple.

    Can you build a robot that opens a door, picks things up, knocks things down or even scores a goal? Students on the robotics team at Discovery School in Oklahoma, US, have already done these things. They won the first place at the State Robotics Championship. In the competition, there were 66 teams from middle schools around the state. They got a box of Lego(乐高）pieces, wheels and motors. Besides building, the team also needed to program their robots. Each team had the same tasks to perform. So how did they score 564 out of 590, the best score? "We use Bluetooth, so we can download information from computer to robot, "said Hugo Reyna, an eighth-grader from the Discovery robotics team. For most teams, wires(电线)were the common tool they used to transfer(传输）information between computer and robot. But the Discovery team started researching Bluetooth transfers, a faster and more convenient way, about one year ago. Then they used the new technology in the competition. And it performed as well as the students hoped.

    In one of the tasks, robots had to toss a ball into the goal. As the robots moved , lots of them tripped over(绊倒）the wires. But the Discovery team's robot was as flexible(灵活的）as a professional basketball player. It won the highest mark from the judges.

    In the end, the team from Discovery received a certificate(证书）from Google, showing their achievements in robot technology.

It's bad for our eyes to spend a long timeinformation on Wechat every day.

The Wandering Earth is the  successful science fiction movie in China.

As students, we should get to school.

It is very important to bewhen we take trains.