仁爱版2021-2022学年初中英语九年级上学期期中模拟试卷一

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    All over the world in the twenty-first century, people can get new energy in many ways.

    Energy from the wind. People use the power of the wind．It is a clean source(来源) of energy, and there is lots of it. However, if the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy.

    Energy from the water. When water moves from a high place to a lower place, it has the power to make electricity. Waterpower produces enough energy for 40, 000 people in a town. Waterpower gives energy without pollution. However, people have to build dams(大坝) to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.

    Energy from the earth. There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal(地热的) energy. San Francisco gets half of the energy from geothermal power. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is only possible in a few places in the world.

    Energy from the sun. Solar panels(太阳能电池板) on the roofs of houses and buildings can turn energy from the sun into electricity. These panels can create enough energy to heat the whole house during winter. Solar power is clean and plentiful(丰富的), but when the weather is bad, it can't produce power．

    What would you do if you felt anxious(焦虑的)? Would you feel better if someone else could share his or her experiences with you? In the United States, two teenage girls set up a mental health camp called "Healing(治愈)Hearts" to help people deal with anxiety.

    The idea of creating the camp came from Dinah Martinez, 17, and her schoolmate Janet Martinez, 18. Both girls suffered from anxiety.

    Dinah Martinez always did well in school. "But then I just started to collapse(崩溃)," DinahMartinez said.

    She stopped talking to her friends, stopped going to school for three weeks and stayed at home.

    Janet Martinez was anxious in elementary school. Things got even worse in junior high. "It was a lot of pressure I put on myself. I would wake up in the morning and it was like my heart was racing," she said.

    The girls' camp idea got support from Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) in the US. The organization awarded them $ 5,000 to put on the camp for other teenage girls.

    The "Healing Hearts" camp was created to "help deal with anxiety, especially with girls in high school because that's when they are the most vulnerable(脆弱的)", Janet Martinez said.

    On the first day of the camp, 10 girls were there. Experts at the camp talked about anxiety. They helped girls who were experiencing anxiety. The girls learned how to calm themselves when they are anxious. They learned about calming methods like deep breathing.

    "It's good to know that someone else is going through the same thing as me and we can both help each other out," Dinah Martinez said.

A: Turn off the lights, Robert. Don't waste electricity.

B: OK. I usually do that. But why do you start to care about such things?

A: I read some bad news about the environment. And we should begin to protect our environment now.

B: I agree with you. For example, we should turn the tap(水龙头)off when we are brushing our teeth.

A: OK. I will remember that. What else does it say?

B:

A: Oh, that's easy. I have done that already. Plastic bags are bad for the environment.

B: Good for you.

A: No way! It would take me one hour to get to my company by bike.

B: Then you can take a bus.

A: OK.

—Well, if it_________, the school sports meet will be canceled.