浙江省杭州市江干区2020届九年级上学期英语期末试卷

Personal Robot

Make your parents and teachers happy!

Are you having problems finishing your homework on time？

Do you avoid tidying your room until your mom shouts at you？

You don't need to worry if you buy a Mr. Helping Hand personal robot. Mr. H can be programmed to organize your homework. Your own personal robot will follow you around,  putting away books and objects that you have left on the floor or bed．

Price:﹩499

If you buy it today, we have a surprising price for you!

ONLY ﹩299

WATCH CONTROL

This is a watch that Iron Man would be proud to wear!

This is NOT a watch for common people!

Your electronic PENGO WATCH CONTROL helps to turn on and turn off TVs and videos, gives you a daily weather forecast, reminds you when to hand in your homework, sets off a silent warning alarm when parents or teachers are near.

Price: ﹩199

You can get more than 50% off if you buy it today!

ONLY﹩99

For further information, click here ．

Time Temp Glasses

Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day? You might like Time Temp Glasses. These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature above your left eye. It is surely easier than wearing a wristwatch, and you never have to guess the temperature.

Alarm Fork

Do you eat too quickly? Do you eat too much? How can the Alarm Fork help you? Do you want to know it? Well, this special fork has two lights: one green and one red. When the green light is on, it's OK to take a bite of the food. The fork "knows" when you take a bite, and soon the red light goes on. Wait for the green light before you take another bite.

Smell This

How do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It's difficult to know, because it's very hard to smell the air comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this situation. Smell This covers your nose and your mouth, so it is easy to smell the air that comes out of your mouth. Does your breath smell nice, or do you need a piece of gum?

Banana Suitcase

Has this ever happened to you? You put a banana in your lunch bag in the morning, and when you open the bag at noon, the banana looks like someone drove a car over it. If you put your banana in the Banana Suitcase, this will never happen. It keeps a banana safe, delicious, and looking like a fresh banana!

A friend invited us to help serve dinner at Tent City. A number of tents (帐篷) were set up for the homeless in that area.

I took my two boys with me. They were 9 and 5 at the time. They had a lot of questions because this whole thing challenged their common ideas about how people lived in the world.

"Why don't they have homes?"

"Why don't they get food the way we do?"

We talked through the reasons why people end up in this type of situation and the importance of creating a safety net for them. I explained that many times, the only safety net is other people who are willing to share some of their time and care.

The people we served were different in age from the young to the elderly. Many of them were missing teeth or had dirty clothes. Surprisingly, they were quite thankful that I had brought the boys. Many said how fun it was to have active, joyful children around.

After dinner, I saw my older son sitting together with several elderly gentlemen who were talking about sports in front of a small television set. He was having a great time sharing and hearing stories. As some people returned to their tents, I heard him tell them, "Thanks so much for coming to dinner with us." I could see through their facial expressions that his simple words touched them greatly. I hugged him a little tighter as we left to go home because it touched me too.

It reminds us that treating people with respect (尊重), no matter who they are, can lift all of us up.

American artist Andy Warhol once said, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Now, thanks to the Internet, the rise of live streamers (网红主播) has kind of shown him correct.

Li Jiaqi ,27, known as the " Lipstick (口红) Man" for his 2018 super job of selling more than 15000 lipsticks in five minutes ,is one of the most famous live streamers on Taobao, China's biggest online shopping platform (平台).With about 50 million followers on popular social media platforms like Sina Weibo, Li has at least several million fans for each live show.

Live streaming has been a fashion worldwide shopping. About 450 million online shoppers in China paid more than $4.4 billion (30.89 billion yuan) for goods and products through live streaming platforms in 2018. Live streaming has not only helped the live streamers like Li become famous, but also helped to grow their own brands. The new shopping model, with its short videos, is greatly welcomed by those who prefer to stay at home and want to get the things right away.

While live streaming provides a new fashionable way of shopping, it also has its own problems.

Days before the Double II event this year, Li tried to sell a non-stick frying pan (不粘锅) during his live show. While he used words like "super" to describe the pan, an egg he was cooking stuck to the pan and burned (燃烧). The accident has sent people worrying that some live streamers sell sub-standard products with poor after-sales services .The National Radio and Television Administration sent a notice the next day, asking platforms to check the quality (质量) of live streamed products and make sure all of the products should have good quality. It tires to protect customers from being fooled.

Liu Yuanju, a researcher at the Shanghai-based SIFL Institute, once said that the government should make laws to protect the online shopping, And the customers should be more careful when they buy the things from the live stream platform

Money-saving Tips for Students

One problem that most university students understand is not having enough money but to save it. Here are some money-saving tips for students we think will help.

Tip 1: . Write down what you spend money on, and when you spend it. Also, write down the money you get each month. Doing this will help you make better decisions about buying things.

Tip 2: . But what's even better is that you can get a job in a restaurant. Some restaurants give food to their workers, so you won't need to worry about paying for meals.

Tip 3: . When you buy them from another student, you won't even have to pay tax (税). Many students sell lots of other things when they leave. Make sure to look around for lists of used things for sale at your university, and shop at secondhand stores if you can.

Tip 4: . You can save money by eating at home with family or by eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner with your roommates and share the cost.

Tip 5: . This can save you 30 percent or more. Driving cars or taking the taxi can be expensive, so if you live in school, leave the car at your parents' home.

A. Getting a job is one of the best ways to make money.

B. Buy secondhand textbooks whenever you can.

C. Spend less money on transportation if you buy a bus or train pass.

D. Eating in restaurants can be expensive.

E. Sell the things that you don't need anymore.

F. Make of list of the things you want to buy in a notebook.

The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful.

Cathy had some terrible 1in her early childhood. After years of treatment (治疗)，she 2became healthy.

Two years ago, while Cathy was watching the Olympics, a dream came into her sweet little head—to be a3 . Last summer, she wanted to join our local swim team. She practiced hard and finally 4 it. The team practice,5was a hard start. She coughed seriously and could hardly survive (生存) her first few weeks. Hearing her coughing one night, I decided to keep her6swimming. I told her she shouldn't swim after a whole night's coughing, but she refused to 7and went on swimming.

From that day on, Cathy kept swimming and she didn't 8 single practice. She had a9will (愿望) within herself to be the best she could be. My ten-year-old daughter was growing and changing right before my eyes. There were moments of difficulty of course: often she would be the last swimmer in the race.10 was difficult for Cathy to accept that she wasn't a winner -ever. But she never gave up!

Then came the final awards ceremony (颁奖典礼) at the end of the year. Cathy didn't expect any award 11 was still there to cheer on her friends. As the ceremony was nearing the end，I suddenly heard the head coach12, "The highest honor goes to Cathy! "Looking around, he continued," Cathy has encouraged us with her 13 and enthusiasm (热情). Although skills and talents bring great success, the most14 thing one can hold is the heart.

It was the greatest15of my daughter's life. With all she had been through in her ten years, this was the moment of true success.

Nathaniel Hawthorne went home with a broken heart. He (tell) his wife Sophia that he lost his job.  his surprise, she spoke to him with great joy.

"Now," she said (happy), "you can write your book! When you had your job, you didn't have time to write down  you were thinking about. Now, you are free. You can do what you are dreaming! Although we may have a difficult period of time, I do believe you  (make) a difference by writing."

"Yes," said the man sadly, "but what shall we live on while I (write) a book?"

Then, she took out a small box and opened it. There was a large amount of money.

"I've always believed you are a talented man," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great book. So every week, out of money  you gave me for daily use, I saved a little bit." Now this money can help  (we) through the year."

With her trust and confidence, one of  (great) novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter (《红字》), was born.

Some of the famous  (story) have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a best friend.