山东省枣庄市山亭区2020年九年级英语初中学业水平模拟（一模）考试试卷

    Do you like Snow White or Mickey Mouse?1 you have watched them or not, you must have heard about them. They 2to the world-famous Walt Disney Animation Studios. When Cathy was an art student, she always dreamed of working at the Studios. So she was really 3 when the Studios came to her college and looked for the best art students. She asked for the job 4 thinking.

    Several months later, Cathy became a member of the Studios. It was 5 for her, but it really happened. Now Cathy has 6 here for about two years. "I work  7 passion(热情)and love every day, "Cathy said. "It feels good to work with the most talented artists. With their help, I have made great 8. I believe we will 9 more and more classic films in the future."

    The working environment is great. The Studios 10 Cathy and other workers a lot of free things, such as coffee, fruit and books. How wonderful!

    My family and I went on a long trip down south last year. It was a three-week vacation which would include Christmas and New Year. We live in Muskegon, Michigan, so the drive to Florida was really amazing. We stopped in Atlanta, Georgia to visit my aunt. It was fun and it was also a nice break from driving. Then we kept going down to Orlando. We stopped at Disney and had so much fun! We went to Epcot, Magic Kingdom, and Blzzard Beach. After that we also went to see my dad's brother in Tampa Bay. We got to visit him, my aunt and my two cousins. Even though it was December, I played baseball with my two cousins outside.

    We spent Christmas in our hotel. We still kept up our habit of reading about some stories about Christmas. It was strange not to have a white Christmas, but it was nice being so warm at Christmas.

    And I really liked the gift from my mother a pair of white shoes. One of my favorite holidays is New Year's Eve, because everyone gathers together to celebrate and have a lot of fun. However, this New Year's Eve, we could not have any friends over. Instead, we watched a marathon (马拉松赛跑) Now I still remember my family lying on the hotel' beds and laughing aloud. That will forever be one of my favorite moments with my family.

    Fame Hotel is a very interesting hotel in California. In this hotel, you can live the same life as a famous person, such as a movie star or a scientist.

    When you check into (登记入住) the hotel, you can choose a room first. Each room has a name famous person. Fame Hotel has 32 rooms, most of which are named after movie or music stars.

    But there are also famous writers and even some scientists. When you enter the room, you enter the life of that person. There are pictures everywhere. The hot has tried to fill the rooms with clothes, and even food that the stars liked. Monroe's wardrobe (露的衣橱) is full of beautiful white dresses. "Albert Einstein" doesn't have any socks in the wardrobe because the real Einstein never wore them.

    I spoke to one guest staying in Elvis Presley's (猫王的) room. "I love this hotel," he said to me." I wanted to know what Elvis Presley would eat for breakfast and now I know. " The guest ate pancakes and strawberry ice cream in the morning, just as Elvis liked to do. On the next table, the guest of Einstein's room was drinking cabbage soup.

    The company plans to open another Fame Hotel in New York City next year and there are plans open some in Europe too. I'm looking forward to staying in the Churchill's suite (丘吉尔的套房) in London.

    Do you try to save electricity(电)and magazines at home? Do you make your bed every day? Read about the home habits of Americans. Are they the same as yours?

    A young poor couple bought a big house from two elderly sisters.  The house was quite nice and the couple bought it at a low price. So they were very happy.

     The couple were a little worried how they could keep the old house warm. The house didn't have any fireplaces (壁炉) or heaters.

    At first, they planned to buy some heaters for the long cold winter. But later, they thought that if the elderly sisters could stay warm and comfortable in the old house during the winter in the past years, so could they. __

    Winter arrived and temperatures soon dropped below zero.  Frost (霜) covered the insides of its walls. Life inside the house became so hard.

     He called the elderly sisters to ask them how they managed to keep the house warm during the winter.

After speaking to them on the phone, the husband told his wife, "For the last 30 years, the sisters have spent every winter on vacation in Thailand."

    During the summer vacation, exchange student named Wang Ying (get) to Washington, the capital of America. Before that she had learned the basic customs of the USA. For example, Americans greet each other by shaking hands instead of bowing kissing.

    It's good manners to knock _the door before entering others' homes. Table manners are important, for example, putting elbows on the table is (polite). She realized that good manners and customs are of value and worth learning.

    When she got there, her host family went out of their way (make) her feel at home. After all she is Chinese, and she had trouble communicating with them. She got upset. their help, she made a good effort to practice spoken English. Gradually, she was used to (talk) with them in English. Now she (feel) relaxed communicating with (foreigner).

    Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss.

    There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang'e is the most touching. Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After Hou Yishot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to take it with Chang'e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not at home. Chang'e refused to give it to him and took it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang'e could come back.

    After this, people started the traditional of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

I can see she's trying hard to my eyes.

Rose is come back to school in April.

We're still only finishing the job.