月考专区（九年级上） 知识点题库

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2）文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；

3）词数 80-100 词左右。

4）短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。

短文首句: Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.

— They are great. We must learn from them.

Orange. It can  when you are feeling sad.

Different types of maps have different uses.

Tourist maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area. When tourists read these maps, it is easy for them to find where to go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places.

Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long journeys. Different types of roads are given different numbers. For example, if you want to go to Wood Green, you just follow No. 621 Road and keep looking at the road signs.

Distribution maps (分布图) use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, where different languages are spoken, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or whether a place is short of water.

Some maps, such as railway maps, use straightlines to show everything. This is easy for people to read. Trains are fast. People don't have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips.

Old George chose his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier desk, he was glad to think that he had1 80 cents today.

At the gate, the cold wind made him2his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and trousers but he could not3them anywhere. He had bought the nice black gloves years before at a (n)4price, for just$35. They were soft and comfortable. He valued them very much. He had made a great effort to5them, so they were in good condition.

George, quiet on the outside but mad on the inside, re-entered the6. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of7turned out to be in vain （徒劳）. It seemed that his8were gone. "People have changed, "he said to himself. "Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Not any more! "

He stared at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like9. On his way to the dairy section, he10a lady wearing a pair of black gloves. He sped up and in three seconds was in front of her. But when the11woman looked him over, his eyes dropped, for her gloves were just far too small to be his. He went over to the cashier to12if she had received any lost gloves, but she said no. He13walked out into the street.

A few days later, poor George decided to buy another pair. Before getting on the subway, he stepped into the supermarket again. He wanted to see14by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. "What15are they? "the woman in the office asked. "Black, "he answered. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men's leather gloves. "Are they? ""Yes! They are mine, "George exclaimed, his eyes full of joy.

You may think, salt is just a simple cooking material that gives our food a little extra taste. However, salt is much more than that. Without salt our muscles (肌肉）would not move and our hearts would not beat.

Early humans got the salt they needed to keep alive from the animals they killed. But the improvement in farming led to a diet low in salt. So, humans needed to find other sources. Those who lived near the ocean or other natural sources were lucky while those who did not had to trade for salt. In fact, people used salt as a way of pay in many parts of the ancient world. The word＂salary" comes from the word "salt".

Salt also played an important part in population movement and world exploration (探险）. Explorers understood that if they could keep food fresh, they could travel longer distances. So they used salt to keep food while exploring the world.

Salt was so important that, according to food historians, it was traded pound-for-pound for gold. Today, people still use the expressions "to be worth one's salt" or "worth one's weight in salt". The expressions describe a person of value. A person might also be called "salt of the earth". It means that you can trust the person.

However, when you say "I think we should take what he said with a grain of salt", you mean you accept it but remain some doubt about its truth. Do you think rubbing salt in a wound will be useful? That would be painful and not cure the wound. Therefore, "to rub salt in a wound" means to make a bad situation worse.

A material is what something is made of. There are 5 basic materials. Most things are made with these materials. 

Let's talk about metal first. Metal is heavy. And it is very hard and strong. It usually feels cool if you touch it. We use metal to make lots of things. We use it for forks and knives. We use it for keys. We use it for cars. We use it for these things because it is very strong.

Next, let's talk about glass. Glass is very smooth. It also feels cool to touch. It is not as heavy as metal. It is hard. But it is not strong. It breaks very easily! Then why do we use it? We use it because it is clear! You can see through glass! That's why we use it for windows and glasses.

Now, let's talk about wood. Wood is lighter than metal and glass. It is not as strong as metal. But it is much stronger than glass. We use wood to make lots of things. Things made from wood are usually light and hard and strong such as chairs and tables. Pencils are made from wood.

Now let's talk about cloth. Cloth is very light. It is much lighter than wood. And it is very soft. We use cloth to make lots of things. For example, it is used to make clothing and blankets. 

Last, let's talk about plastic. Plastic is also very light. But it is different from cloth. Sometimes it is soft, and sometimes it is hard. Plastic can be used to make thin plastic bags. These are light, soft, and strong. But plastic can also be used to make bicycle helmets. These are light, hard and strong. 

 basic materials

I used to feel hopeless and frustrated. Last year my mother became 1 ill and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no 2 what I could do to help her to reduce her pain. My eyes were filled with tears 3 I was alone.

Last month I 4 a watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt 5about the loss.

There have been many bad things like these in my life. I could never know how to deal with such tough things 6 I read "If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade."

"When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, "What 7 can I get from this? How can I improve my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?" "the author wrote.

I suddenly 8 that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay positive all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have done with things 9. When my mother was fighting against her illness, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better 10 hiding and crying.

Several weeks ago, I took part in a school singing competition. I didn't 11 a prize. If I had not read this article, I would certainly have felt 12 again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that 13 I had got some stage experience.

Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns(刺) 14, but these thorns help us become brave and strong. When life 15 us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.

Brenda Bongos was a happy, talented girl. She had one big dream--to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practise a lot, but she lived next door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get them nervous. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone who would get mad.

One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a musical astronaut.

With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble(泡). This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out(吸出) all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit(配套设备) and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.

It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos became very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame(名声, 名望) spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a special space journey. Finally, ___▲___, and it was far beyond her first dream of playing drums in a band.

Years later, when asked how she had realised all her dreams, she thought for a moment, and said, "If those old people next-door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution(解决), and none of this would have ever happened."

Have you tried a public bicycle？Recently, public bicycles have become popular in big  (city). People can rent(租用) a bicycle  (simple) by using a transportation card. But some people still wonder  it really is easy to use the public bicycles. People also want to know what other problems there are.

Last August,  group of students at Shenzhen high school did a survey  (find) out the answers. Through interviews and an online survey, they found  (big) problem of all was that many bicycles were broken because of the rain and the sun. So these students designed a smart storeroom so that bicycles could be stored(储存) in it. Li Mingcong, the main designer, said he got the idea  his own life last year. "I find that our public library has a smart machine that (help) readers return books easily."

So how does the storeroom work？There is a smart device at the centre of it. The device catches the bicycles and then hangs  (they) up. It is all controlled by a computer programme.

So far, they  (print) a 3D model of the storeroom. Their goal is to give the design to the local government at the beginning of next year.