九年级英语中考复习---七选五A.Have you ever tried to write a poem? It’s easier than you might think. Just pick up a pen and begin practicing. Here are the steps to write a poem.Choose your topic. 1.________ Some people can start writing poems without really deciding what to write about; when their pen or pencil hits the paper, the words just flow (畅流). Most people, on the other hand, need a topic and as a beginner, this is the best way to start. It’s easier to write a good poem about something you know well or you have experienced.Free write for five minutes about your topic. Then go back and read it. Are any words or expressions especially good? 2.________ For example, if you are describing something (a bird), write down descriptive words about it (looks, colors), and the kind of story you would like to tell about (the bird fell out of a tree). If you are writing about an event in your life, write down your feelings and thoughts of that event.Write your poem. Remember, a poem doesn’t have to rhyme(押韵). 3.________ But it should show your feelings of the topic. And it should sound nice to you.Have a friend read your poem aloud to you.4.________ If not, go back and rewrite the parts you don’t like.5.________ Read it to others. Read it aloud to yourself. Put it somewhere if you want.B.Recently, a very simple question became widely spread online: What China should be proud of ? 1._______Lanlan, whose real name is Negar Kordi, is from Canada. She came to China five years ago and is a student at Ningbo University. Now she has 120,000 fans on the Internet and the number is still growing.Lanlan loves China and Chinese. 2._______ And that’s why she is so well received among Chinese net friends. The following is China in her eyes.“It is the easiest country in which to find a job. If you are not too lazy, it is really very simple to find a job in China. I believe there’re more job chances here than in any other country in the world.”“3._______ About 400 million Chine se are studying English. If they can speak good English in the future, China will have the greatest number of English speakers of any non-English speaking country.”“The speed of Chinese trains is fast. From Ningbo to Beijing, the train runs 1, 365 kilomet ers for seven hours and the ticket fare is only 595 yuan.”“Its public security is great. 4._______ I have travelled in many countries, and I think China really is very safe.”“There are much more things China should be proud of. Many Chinese people often criticize(批评) China. At first. I believed that they didn’t like China or that they loved Western countries. But later, I realized that they just set a very high standard for China. 5._______ China must be much better than other countries.”C.Learning a language is easy. Even a child can do it. Most adults who are learning a second language would disagree with the above sentences. For them, learning a language is a very difficult task.1.______Language learning is different from other kinds of learning. 2.______ However, some people who are successful language learners find it difficult to succeed in other fields. 3.______ For example, read as much as you can in the new language; practice speaking the language every day; live with people who speak the language you want to learn; don’t translate—try to think in the new language; learn as a child would learn—play with language and so on.4.______ Language learning research shows that successful language learners are similar in many ways. First of all, successful language learners are independent(独立的)learners. Secondly, successful language learning is active learning.5.______What kind of language learner are you? If you are a successful language learner, you have probably been learning independently, actively, and purposefully.D.How Can I Fight Laziness?Lazy people will never achieve anything in life. However, laziness can be defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind.1.______ Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and get up too early to prepare for work. These people have little motivation once they arrive home. Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day.Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Some people treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a more proactive approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overcome alone. 2.______Some people fight laziness by removing the temptations that surround them. A television in the living room may provide entertainment, but watching too much TV often contributes to laziness. 3.______ Complete a few tasks and reward yourself with what you enjoy, such as a good dinner or a film. Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home. Couples and children may all have different energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not being dealt with immediately. 4.______ Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the home may eventually follow your example and practice their own task. It is difficult to practice laziness when you are surrounded by motivated people.5.______ Enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthy lifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits.E.Sometimes, you feel down or unhappy. 1.______ So if you’re having a bad day and need a boost, then help is just a click away.A website is trying to offer people positive(积极的）messages from strangers to cheer them up.2.______ People can present their positive thoughts and feelings to those who are in low spirits here. The website, , lets people post videos of themselves blowing kisses and leaving positive and encouraging messages to lift visitors spirits.3.______ And it is considered to help many people out when they feel low. The wellknown artist who lives in San Francisco said he came up with the idea when he and his friend Lauren were having one of those bad days.“We tried to become cheerful, but none of the us ual methods seemed to be working. Not music. Not food. What we hoped was something positive, honest and good. So with only a camera and work-free weekend, we created ‘The Nicest Place On The Internet.” he explained on his website.One user of the site, Jos eph Meehan, 27, from Birmingham, said, “It’s a fun and exciting website. I visit every once in a while when I’m missing my friends or family. 4.______ It may even stop them from doing something stupid. You can also post your video to the website, and they add it to the series. It’s very easy to share the love.”Mr. Lam is now working on a new project. 5.______ The idea is that strangers send an audio(声音) diary by leaving a voicemail and then anyone can listen to it.F.Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests(客人) with things like disposable (一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers.1.______ But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables.2.______ Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once.3.______ Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better.4.______ Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life: Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry.5.______ Do not use paper cups. At your school diningroom, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.To protect our environment and our home, it is very necessary and important for us to save natural resources.Your brain controls everything you do. It makes it possible for you to think, learn, create and feel; to blink(眨眼) and breathe and for your heart to beat—this fantastic control center is your brain. 1.______Can this small grey organ(器官)，which weighs less than one and a half kilos, really do so much? Amazingly, your brain contains about 100 billion neurons(神经元）—it would take you over 3,000 years to count them all. 2.______ Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the world. And although one neuron creates only a little electricity, all your neurons together can produce enough electricity to power a light bulb(灯泡).So exactly how fast does your brain work? 3.______ Neurons in your skin send this information to your brain at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour. Your brain then uses other neurons to send the message back to your foot to shake the bee off quickly.4.______ No computer has your brain’s unbelievable ability to deal with the amount of information coming from your eyes, ears and other sensory organs.But how does your brain allow you to learn things that you will use in the future? The structure(结构) of your brain changes every time you have a new thought, remember or learn something. 5.______ How? As you practice, your brain sends “bike riding” messages again and again. Soon, the actions are learnt and you are able to ride a bike easily from then on.The history of the Christmas tree comes as a shock to many countries. This famous symbolism （象征意义）of Christmas is displayed in homes in the United States, Europe, and in many other countries around the world.1.______ The Druids in ancient England and the Romans in Europe both used evergreen branches to decorate their houses and public buildings to celebrate the Winter Solstice（冬至）.2.______ Trees used to celebrate Christmas are mentioned in the early 1600s in Germany andsurrounding countries. 3.______ As these people moved somewhere else or moved to other countries, they brought this tradition with them.4.______ As the world moved into the 1900s, many trees were decorated with homemade cards and pictures, cotton, candies in all shapes and sizes. Candles were sometimes used, but often caused big fires.5.______ Electric tree lights were first used just 3 years after Thomas Edison’s invention of electric lights in 1879. The early lights were handmade and quite expensive.Today, Christmas tree decorations can be found in nearly every imaginable size, color, and shape, and they are used to decorate millions of Christmas trees used throughout the world.A.【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。
