浙江省金华市兰溪市2023年九年级英语中考适应性试卷

Mark's class planted fruits and vegetables in the school's garden. Mark liked watering them and he especially liked watching the1grow. The school used the fruits and vegetables in the school dining hall. Most students in his class felt2that they would eat something planted by themselves.

Every morning Mark stopped to check the plants. One morning he saw something3. He hurried into his classroom. "Mr. James!" he shouted to his teacher. "The beans are covered with a kind of insect! I think they're eating4!" Hearing what he said, Mr.  James   just smiled. He showed Mark a small5"Don't worry, Mark. I think I know what the problem is.  There's something in this box that might be6for this."

After listening to the teacher, students stood still and they still didn't know what to do next. Then, Mr. James led his class out to the7. "Insects called aphids( 蚜 虫 ) are eating our beans." he said. "We can use what we know about food chains(食物链) to8this problem."

With those words in his mouth, Mr.  James walked to the plants. He carefully9 the small box,   and some ladybugs(瓢虫) flew out!

"Ladybugs?" asked Mark. "10can they help? They are insects too."

"This problem can be solved with11." Mr. James said, "It's true that aphids like to eat the beans,

12ladybugs like to eat aphids. Let's watch what happens over the next few13."

For the next week, Mark watched as the aphids14. One morning he bent down to study the    beans again. He saw that beans looked healthy and15. There were no more aphids on them, either!

There are so many popular universities loved by Chinese students. Let's have a look at some of them.

When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive.

After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels( 通 道 ). I was very surprised that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.

On the fifth day something terrible happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Though the ants remained alive after the earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up to build their tunnels. They began to carry bodies to a corner of the farm.

My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not understand why tunnels were gone.

Although much time has passed, I still kept thinking of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more.

Over the years, I came to understand the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard work.

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not learn until I met my problem recently: Adversity is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot lose our heart when we are sad. We have to know that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another.

Giving up, I say, is not a good choice.

①More and more people believe that technologies are great for learning. Today teaching tools such as PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) are used in a lot of courses, including language, history and science.

②Many teachers are supporters(支持者) of using PDA in language learning. They say that students now have a lot more time for discussion in the classroom. Instead of spending valuable class time listening to texts or watching teaching videos, students can do this on their own and come to class prepared for discussion.

③The teachers also say that PDA allows students to learn without their teachers' help. Some students might listen to a dialogue only once and understand it, so they can save time for doing other things. Other students, however, might need to listen to the same dialogue again and again to understand it. Using PDA is especially helpful to students who are learning a language at different paces.

④The students who are using the new tool in some courses are also happy. They believe that using PDA is a more enjoyable way to learn. The class has become much more interesting. By using PDA, they can pay more attention to the material and learn more. Teaching notes are stored in their PDAs and easy to find.

⑤Many parents complain that technologies such as PDA are doing harm to students. They worry that students might use PDA to download teaching notes and use them to cheat during exams. If a student spends more time watching videos on an PDA, he will have fewer chances to have face-to-face communication with others.

⑥Education needs to make changes with the times as technology is playing an important part. We should look forward to a wonderful future when PDA and other technologies can add a lot to the classroom.

Mr. Dawson was a strange old man. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick an apple, even off the ground, because he would come after you with his stick.

One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson's house on the way to Amy's house. Like most of the children, Janet was afraid because of the stories she'd heard about the old man.

      ▲    Still Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the  old man's house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual

frown (皱眉), but when he saw it was Amy, a broad smile changed his entire face as he said, "Hello, Miss Amy. I see you've got a little friend with you today."

Amy smiled back and told him her friend Janet came and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town.

When they went far away, Janet asked Amy, "Everyone says he's the meanest man in town. How come was he so nice to us?"

Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house, he wasn't very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she supposed he was wearing an invisible (it means "can not be seen") smile.

"An invisible smile?" questioned Janet.

"Yes," answered Amy. "My grandma told me if I supposed I wasn't afraid and thought he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, sooner or later he would really smile."

Clear Plate, a program founded by Liu Jinchen, offers users virtual credit points (虚拟信用值).

After finishing his dinner at the school dining hall, Bi Haibao, a teacher took a photo of his( 空 的 ) plate and posted it on this WeChat program. After that, he received credit points that can

be used to buy( 产 品 ) or give meals to people in need. Bi led a student team to( 参 加 ) a competition for this food saving activity. "(令人吃惊地), many students realized their sense of food saving had improved by the end of the term," he said.

From then on, Liu's program has attracted about 4.2( 百 万 ) people who have helped save  1,557 metric tons of food.The action of "Clear Your Plate" is(受欢迎) with the whole nation. Liu believes good actions should be(被鼓励) so it will come  to  become  a  good  habit.  He  has succeeded in( 推 动 ) a large number of people to form the habit of clearing their plates to food waste, a long-lasting(头疼的事) in China, through a more fun and practical way.

The young man was named one of the 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development. Goals recognized (被) the UN. And he is the first Chinese person to have the honor.

It was nearly dark. The sun was dropping down the mountains. Little Tom came back home his head down, looking really sad.

"What's the matter, Tom? How was your trip?" his mother asked with  big smile. "I failed, Mom. Although the mountain was so high and(fill) with stones on the way, I still went ahead. But I felt very tired and it was so late I had to come back." Tom (cry) loudly. "It doesn't matter, you are only 14 years old after all. You will have another chance." his mother said. "But(stand) at the top of the mountain is my dream!" Tom said.

His father came over and asked, "Did you see the green trees on (you) way to the mountain?" "Sure." Tom replied. "Did you feel the (beautiful) of nature, my dear?" his father asked. "Of course." Tom answered. "Did you notice other people on the way?" his father asked. "Yes! A little girl followed her mother (happy)!" Tom answered. "That's enough!" his father smiled and said, "Please remember, my boy. you didn't reach the top of the mountain, in fact, you have already got a lot on the way."

Dear Janet,

How are you and your little ones? It's been quite some time, but nevertheless, a perfect occasion is approaching for us to catch up and celebrate.

Our daughter Marianne is turning ten on Sunday, 28th May,2023 and we are organizing a birthday party at our place on that day and inviting some friends and family. Our home is on 123 Johnson lane, Nairobi, Kenya and the party will be held from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm.We would like to have you and your children at the party.

Please note that there will be various party games and food for the kids and adults! We are really grateful for the blessing that Marianne has been to us and we would like to share the joy with you all.

Do convey to us your plans so that we can pick you guys from the station. Pass our regards to Joe and lots of love to your little angles.

Looking forward Susan Miller

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