甘肃省庆阳市庆城县2018-2019学年上学期九年级英语期末测试卷

    在学习和生活中，你会过许多传统节日，请你用英语写一篇关于重阳节的短文。

要求：(1)根据所给题目写一篇短文；(2)短文词数不少于60个。短文的开头已经给出；(3)叙述亲身经历，真实情感。语意连贯正确，语言流畅，书写规范，卷面整洁。文中不得使用真实姓名、校名。　

Double Ninth Festival

The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is…….

    Helen Keller lived in the USA. She was a great① woman.

    When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, “She is better, but now she can't see and can't hear②.” Her mother and father were very sad.

    After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak to other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn't understand anything.

    Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was very bright and she learned to spell her first word③. When she was older, she went to college.

    Helen was very famous. She helped many blind and deaf(聋) people. She traveled around the world and helped many people.

    Helen was a very old woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave(勇敢) and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear④.

Mary: Hi, David! I haven't seen you for many years.  

David: Oh, I have been to London and lived with my parents. They work there.　

 Mary: I'm very glad to see you again. 

David: Yes, I have. I used to be very quiet.  

Mary: That's true. Wait a minute! Did you use to play the piano?

David: But now I prefer sports. And I'm on the football team.

Mary: Wow! People always change.

David: You have changed a lot, too.  

Mary: Yeah. But now I prefer long hair

David: You look more beautiful with long hair.

Mary: Thanks a lot.

    Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?　

    Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many hooks, few people learned to read.

    Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.

    Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don't think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two meters high!

    Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset (不安的) if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you.

    Dinner parties usually start between 7 p. m. and 8 p.m. and end at about 11 p. m. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift.

    Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks. If you want to be very polite, say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember-it's not polite to ask how much things cost.

    In many families, the husband sits at one end of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests.

    You'll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert followed by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it.

    Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short "thank you" letter. British and American people like to say "thank you, thank you, thank you" all the time!