1. 农历 ______
2. 生肖 ______
3. 按照固定的顺序出现 ______
4. 总计 ______
5. 信任某人 ______
6. 每隔十二年 ______
7. 取决于 ______
8. 被分成 ______
9. 对某人没有耐心 ______
10. 据说 ______
11. 在某些方面 ______
12. 塑造你的未来 ______

1. the lunar calendar 2. zodiac sign 3. appear in a fixed order 4. in total 5. trust sb. 6. every twelve years 7. depend on 8. be divided into 9. be impatient with sb. 10. it is said that 11. in some ways 12. shape your future

根据九年级英语所学词汇及短语知识，直接翻译或填写对应的英文表达。

一、短文填空 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空
In 1901, an Austrian scientist discovered that there are four types of blood. He (1) (name) them A, B, AB, and O. People have one of these four types. Blood type O is the most common around the world. Blood type A is the (2) (two) most common, and blood type AB is the least common.
In 1927, a Japanese doctor found that people with different blood types have (3) personalities, too. He said that people with type A blood are usually calm and serious; people with type B blood are (4) (cheer) and outgoing; people with type O blood are generous and honest; while those with type AB blood are often caring and (5) (create).
More recently, a doctor in the United States wrote a book that connects blood types (6) what people eat. The book suggests people with type O blood should eat more meat and (7) (little) bread. A diet for people with type A blood (8) (include) more vegetables. His book, Eat Right for Your Type, (9) (be) a hit with people who want to lose weight since it came out. However, Dr. Peter D’Adamo believes that (10) (eat) food that matches a person’s blood type will make the person healthier than in other ways.

1. named 2. second 3. different 4. cheerful 5. creative 6. with 7. less 8. includes 9. has been 10. eating

1. 由"In 1901"可知用一般过去时，name的过去式为named。
2. 表示“第二常见”用序数词second。
3. 此处需形容词修饰personalities，different表示“不同的”符合语境。
4. and连接并列成分，outgoing为形容词，cheer的形容词形式为cheerful。
5. and连接并列成分，caring为形容词，create的形容词形式为creative。
6. connect...with...为固定搭配，意为“把……和……联系起来”。
7. 与more meat对应，用little的比较级less。
8. 主语A diet为第三人称单数，一般现在时中谓语动词用includes。
9. 由since it came out可知用现在完成时，主语为单数，助动词用has，be的过去分词为been。
10. 此处需动名词作主语，eat的动名词形式为eating。

二、阅读短文,将短文中的汉语翻译成英文
In the Chinese lunar calendar, there are 12 animal signs. Some people believe that (出生在相同生肖下的人们可能拥有相似的性格). For example, they think that people (兔年出生的更加细心) while people born in the Year of the Dragon are very (强大的). In (西方国家), a year (被分成) a cycle of 12 star signs. Your star sign (取决于) your date of birth. Some people believe that your star sign may decide your personality.
Do animal signs or star signs really tell anything about your personality? No, not really. If you are interested in either animal signs or star signs, read about them just for fun. It is you (你的生活和你的未来由你掌握).

1. people born under the same animal sign may have similar personalities
2. born in the Year of the Rabbit are more careful
3. powerful
4. Western countries
5. is divided into
6. depends on
7. who shape your life and your future

三、微写作
Someone believes there is a relationship between animal signs and personality. What is your animal sign? What does it say about your personality? Do you believe it? Why or why not? (Please write 3 to 5 sentences)

My animal sign is the Dragon. According to Chinese astrology, people born in the Year of the Dragon are said to be confident, enterprising, and ambitious. I do believe it to some extent because I find myself to be very driven and always seeking new challenges. However, I also think that personality is influenced by many factors, not just animal signs.

四、阅读理解
According to scientists’ research, the month in which babies are born could affect (影响) them in some ways. Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn. Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure (暴露) to sunlight in pregnancy (怀孕). Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. The lack of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health.
Vitamin D is called the “sunshine vitamin”. It has a good effect on health. A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December. Similar studies in the US showed that people born in autumn lived about 160 days longer than those born in spring.
Professor Russell Foster said the conclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, “These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth.”
() 1. A child’s season of birth can affect all the following things EXCEPT ______ according to the first paragraph.
A. his health
B. his height
C. his length of life
D. his quality of being clever
() 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Women should get enough sunlight in pregnancy.
B. Children born under Aquarius are cleverer than those born in autumn.
C. People born in May will live longer than those born in October.
D. Professor Russell Foster is interested in star signs and believes in them.
() 3. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. People can know the length of life by star sign.
B. Women should choose to give birth to children in spring.
C. A child’s season of birth has an effect on him or her.
D. Vitamin D is very important to people’s health.

1.
解题思路：根据第一段内容“Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn.”可知出生季节会影响健康、寿命和聪明程度，未提及身高。
答案：B
2.
解题思路：
选项A：由“Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure (暴露) to sunlight in pregnancy (怀孕). Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. The lack of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health.”可知孕妇晒太阳有助于产生维生素D，对健康有益，所以孕妇怀孕时应得到足够阳光，该选项正确。
选项B：根据“Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons.”可知水瓶座出生的孩子可能不如其他季节出生的孩子聪明，该选项错误。
选项C：由“A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December.”可知五月出生的人寿命不如十月等出生的人长，该选项错误。
选项D：根据“Professor Russell Foster said the conclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, ‘These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth.’”可知教授不相信星座，该选项错误。
答案：A
3.
解题思路：文章开篇指出“According to scientists’ research, the month in which babies are born could affect (影响) them in some ways.”接着从健康、寿命、聪明程度等方面阐述出生季节的影响，所以文章主要讲孩子的出生季节对他/她有影响。
答案：C