Descriptive and Report for Grade 9 Semester 1

Level: English for Junior and Senior High School
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Text 1

The International Circus School

The International Circus School is located in Beijing, China. The special school for circus is very popular and teaches students from countries around the world

The school has a lot of training gyms and modern dormitory for foreign students and there is a large cafeteria where the students have their food and drink. It also has a laundry. Older students can wash their clothes there.

The students' ages range from seven to thirty five years old. They are both boys and girls. Most of their parents are mostly circus performers too. The students study from Monday to Friday. On the weekends, the school often organizes tours around the town to perform the students' skill and practice their performance.

Text 2

The Elephant

An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with its legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose, the trunk.

The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature. This trunk has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The elephant's trunk also grabs leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy, yet an elephant can move very quickly.

The elephant is very strong and intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes an elephant a very useful servant to man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really a smart animal.

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