（浙江）初中英语2022-2023九年级上学期期中专项复习：...

Zhou, the father of a student in Nanjing, didn't speak to his son's teachers for along time. He wasn't invited to a parents' meeting!

Zhou decided to ask his son. The answer was his son a man 50 yuan and asked him to be his "father" at a parents 'meeting!" I did badly on my exams and I didn't to tell my father about that, "says the boy." I didn't want to make him feel angry. "

This boy is not the only student to do that. Six of his classmates have used their money to do that, too. Most of them were afraid of being punished for getting bad Teachers say that Parents are too much of their children. They say. "Sometimes many students fail, and they don't know how to face their parents then."

Students should make friends with their parents. Experts on teenagers say that is exactly best way to deal with this problem. Then students will be able to have heart-to-heart talks with their parents. These talks will be to solve the problem.

This summer, I finally had my dream of visiting the Louvre Museum come true.

On a sunny morning, my parents took me to the museum from the hotel by underground. In order not to be in , we bought the tickets from the hotel earlier. As soon as we arrived there, we hurried to the most famous painting— Mona Lisa. The  museum was full of visitors at that time, so we just looked at it far away. Actually, with Mona Lisa, I liked the one opposite it better.

We were full ofafter having lunch. Then we went to see other. The Louvre Museum closes at 9:45 pm on Wednesday and Friday. It was Wednesday that day, so we left the museum late at night. We really enjoyed ourselves that day.

    The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers  . It is often  "The Ten-Thousand-Mile Long Wall". It is one of the "Seven Wonders" of the ancient world.

    The Great Wall is  enough for ten men to walk side by side. Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall  stones and bricks (砖). There are huge stones on  side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.

    There are tall watchtowers along the Great Wall. Once upon a time, the soldiers kept  the enemies (敌人) in the watchtowers day and night. They made  on the towers to  each other when the enemies came.

    Nowadays we don't use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of to all the people in the world. Every yearpeople come to visit it from all over the world.

     Halloween is an old festival. Americans celebrate it every  . It comes on October 31st, the  before All-Saint's Day. It's a holiday for children. Every  , when the vegetables are ripe,  pick large pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and  lights inside. It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin! The children  put on strange masks and clothes. Some children make their face  like monsters. Then they carry boxes to  money for "UNICEF" from door to door. They raise money to help  children all over the world. Of course, every time they help UNICEF, they usually  a treat for themselves, too.

    Mr Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock, "Who can it be at this time of night?" he thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got up, put on his dressing gown (睡袍) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, went back to bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.

    A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr Lee jumped out of bed very and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again be found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He it up. There were some words on it, "It is now after midnight, so it is April Fool's Day. April fool to you!"

    "Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and at once. The bell didn't ring again.

    Who is a hero to you? To me，a hero is someone who is strong no matter what．Yao Beina was such a person．As we all know, Yao Beina was a talented(有才能的) Chinese．Yao was born into a musicalin 1981．She loved music very much and workedhard．And she became after she made the songs for the TV play in 2012．However, I admire(钦佩)Yao not only for her Work in music，but also her fight against cancer(癌症)．When Yaothat she got cancer in 2011, she didn't．She fought against the illness for about four years while keeping singing．Sadly, Yaocancer in January 2015，at the age of 33．Although Yao didn't win the war against cancer, she is still my hero．

      Bob was only seven years old. One night Bob was at home  while his parents were out for a party. He had often stayed alone before, so he wasn't afraid. As he waited for his parents to  home, he watched a film on TV. His eyes became heavier and heavier as time  by.

      Suddenly Bob's eyes opened wide-what was the  in the next room? Bob heard the window being opened slowly. For a minute, Bob was so  that he could not move, and his body felt like ice. He knew that he couldn't lose his head (惊慌失措) and began to think of the things he could do. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to climb into his home  the window.

      Bob's drums were standing in the corner near the TV. "Wait,  there is something I can do," thought Bob. He  on his drums as hard as he could. The sound was so terrible that Bob  even himself. He also surprised the man in the window, who  away as fast as possible. How clever he was!

     Every time we go into a museum, we are often told, "Don't touch that!" The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia is  the opposite. Here we are encouraged to  everything.

     My first visit to the museum was one year ago. I was  to visit the museum as soon as Mum told us its name.  told us that we could climb and jump，and touch everything in the museum.

     This place is more like a  rather than a museum. It gives kids the chance to learn  play. I loved this place a lot and had to be pulled away by the arm when we were ready to  . Each exhibit is a hands-on (亲自实践的)  experience. I  enjoyed the very large water table and grocery store (食品杂货店). I had so much fun that I didn't even   I was learning.

    The only problem is that this place gets crowded very quickly on weekends,  you need to get there early if you don't want to be immersed in (浸没于) the sea of people.

     What is a museum? A museum is a good place to keep  and beautiful things. A museum may be a place to learn about  . A museum can be a place about art of humans or animals.

     What is  a museum? Some museums have old cars and airplanes. Many museums have pictures and sculptures.  have rocks and old bones. One museum even has a coal mine inside!

     Many  have museums. Some very small towns have museums,  . Indianapolis has a  museum. Children do not have to  to get in. Children often go to the museum. They like  at the dinosaur bones. They see a white bear  is ten feet tall. They go inside an old log cabin（小木屋）. On Saturday. Indianapolis children can hear talks about animals and trees.

    Most students have some problems when they are in junior high schools. Some students worry a lot because their parents want them to be the best. Others don't  on well with people such as their parents and classmates.

    Jim, a student in a junior high school from Fujian, can't  what his English teacher says, so he can't do well in English. He even  others' help.

    Another student, 14 years old, from Guangzhou, is  of exams. She is very sad. When she looks at the exam paper, she can't think of  to write.

    Many students don't like asking for help. Some think it will be a  if they go to ask teachers or classmates. Others don't want to talk about their  to anyone.

    An expert has the following  for teenagers:

    ▲ with your parents or teachers often.

    ▲Take part in group  and play sports.