广东省揭阳市揭西县2021届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

In our country there are many traditional festivals. Among them the Chinese Spring Festival is1most important one. People in China usually have a 2 holiday.

During the festival, Chinese people have many activities. They paste Spring Festival couplets (春联), greeting the New Year and saying goodbye to the old year. Before the festival, people have to clean up the houses and wash 3 bad things. On the first day of the Spring Festival, people wear new clothes, hang out and visit 4. Nowadays, children get 5lucky money from their parents and relatives than before because Chinese people are richer. It is a good time for all Chinese people, especially for the young.

As we know, the Spring Festival 6 not only in China but also in other parts of the world. People in the UK began to celebrate the Spring Festival in 1980. During the festival, people also get together and have lots of activities. They sing songs 7 with music, share photos with friends or watch the newest movies 8are on show in the cinema.

What's more, the Spring Festival has become a key time for the Chinese living in the US. They join in a large evening party 9the traditional New Year. They enjoy fireworks (烟火表演) and lion dances. The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese no matter 10 they were born. They usually have it at home because eating out will take away the meaning of the tradition.

Can you imagine how to play basketball with only one arm? Here is a true story about a one-armed boy who is good 1 playing basketball.

He is Zhang Jiacheng, a 13-year-old boy from Yunfu, Guangdong Province. These days, he has become popular on the Internet. He is famous 2 his basketball videos on Douyin. Millions of people around the world 3 him. The videos even caught the eyes of Steven Curry, the superstar of NBA.

4, it wasn't easy for Zhang to step onto the court. At the age of five, Zhang lost his right hand in an accident. Although it was difficult at first, Zhang 5got used to eating and getting dressed by himself. He can do almost all the things with his left hand. He also keeps up his study in school and helps his family with chores.

In the summer of 2018, Zhang first 6 his ability to play the sport when he attended a basketball course in his school. After that he fell in 7 with this exciting sport. He began to practice basketball in P. E. class and even at home. He wants to improve his basketball skills, so he practices playing basketball anytime and anywhere. His P. E. teacher 8 him to get basketball training when the other students are doing the sports that he can't do with one hand.

Zhang has got lots of attention since the videos came out. He said," Thanks to all the people who have helped me. The more I play basketball, the 9 I like it. Nothing can stop me from 10 my dream of becoming a successful basketball player."

In order to protect the environment, it is very important to learn about the environment. There are many ways to understand how to protect the environment, such as reading books, asking someone and so on. You are students. So you can read as many books as you can in your spare time. Books in the library are worth reading. They will help you learn more about protecting the environment. You can ask your classmates for some suggestions. They have good ideas. You can also get information about the environment on the Internet. Besides these, I have some suggestions for you.

In our daily life, some people use less energy by carpooling. For example, three or four persons can drive together in one car instead of driving three or four cars to work. Usually it is time-saving and convenient to carpool with their neighbors to go to work or take their children to school. Whenever we use electricity, we should turn off lights, the TV, the computer and so on when we don't use them.

On the other hand, we should use energy-saving products. Some products, like environment-friendly new energy cars, are made specially to save energy. These cars can travel longer than common cars. They produce less pollution, too. Some products like computers and TVs with the ENERGY STAR ®label (标签) are made to save energy. The products with these labels will help us protect the environment.

Secondly, we should buy recyclable products instead of non-recyclable ones. Recyclable products usually take less energy. When we go shopping, pay attention to the recycle mark on the products.

At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 hit China badly. Suddenly, almost nobody dared go out for meetings. Few people went to the places like cinemas and supermarkets, which used to crowded. Thanks to the whole country's brave fight, the situation is getting better and better.

Since March, many big cities in China, have relaxed control measures(措施) over mobile stalls(摊位). This is a good way to create more jobs for people to their own lives. As we all know, mobile stalls are not new in China. Years ago, they could be everywhere around the country. But because of the government's strict control, many of them didn't go far. As China's economy（经济）is picking up after the outbreak of the COVID-19, street stalls have come back. Yet the returned stalls are not exactly the same as before. The mobile stalls are only to set up at certain places. the same time, the owners must keep the areas around the stalls clean.

The mobile stalls are welcomed in cities. A young man in Chengdu told CGTN, "The vitality(活力）of the city has come back. The mobile stall makes us have a to make more money because I just need to pay 10 to 20 yuan for a meal."

While providing more space for social development, street stalls mean more. They are a mirror of modern city life. And they show that we're trying best to find a way to deal with the great difficulty. We all take in our great country.

These days we notice the rubbish bins (垃圾箱) are in different colors on the street. The bins are in different colors because they can help people sort the waste. When we throw away rubbish, we should know which bin we should choose first.

Some of us might find it hard to choose the correct bin. However, it's actually quite important to know how to sort your rubbish. If we don't know how to sort rubbish, it can be harder to save energy and protect the environment. If we don't sort our rubbish, cleaners will bury (埋) all the rubbish together. It takes up large areas of ground that can be used for planting trees.

Shanghai is the first city to put rubbish-sorting into practice in China. Shanghai government asks the people to sort rubbish into four kinds. They are wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.

Wet rubbish is the rubbish that people produce after they eat or drink. Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are called recyclable rubbish. Harmful rubbish includes things like medicine, batteries (电池) and so on. Finally, any rubbish that is not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the dry rubbish bin.

Many Chinese big cities plan to put rubbish-sorting (垃圾分类) into practice. Now that you know this, perhaps you can take part in sorting the rubbish.

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1）进行垃圾分类的好处；2）我们在日常生活应该怎样做？（两至三点建议）

3）号召同学们积极参与垃圾分类活动。

My dear friends,

With the development of the economic, people's life has improved a lot. People produce more and more rubbish. Thanks for your attention.