上海版2020届九年级上学期英语期中检测试卷A卷.doc

上海版2020届九年级上学期英语期中检测试卷A卷一、 、完形填空( 共15小题；每小题1分，共15分) (共1题；共15分)1. （15分） A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didnt want to forgive(原谅) in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the persons 1and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were very2. They were then told to carry this bag with them 3for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at 4. The 5carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to(注意) it all the time so that they wouldnt 6it or leave it in embarrassing(尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went 7 and smelt terrible. Too often we think of tolerance(宽容) as a 8to other people, but it clearly is for 9! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred(仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to 10them around all our lives.（1）A . age B . name C . hobbies D . weight （2）A . small B . beautiful C . light D . heavy （3）A . everywhere B . nowhere C . somewhere D . where （4）A . home B . work C . night D . school （5）A . students B . days C . potatoes D . teachers （6）A . forget B . buy C . remember D . find （7）A . big B . wrong C . bad D . good （8）A . feeling B . waste C . gift D . greeting （9）A . themselves B . ourselves C . yourself D . itself （10）A . miss B . meet C . carry D . enjoy 二、 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，共30分) (共4题；共30分)2. （6分）阅读理解A desert is a very dry land where there is hardly any rain. In the day, it can be so hot that you could fry an egg on the ground. But during the night it is sometimes so cold that water would turn into ice.Many deserts are covered in sand. But some have mountains, rocks, or lakes that have dried up in the heat. The Great American Desert has cliffs（悬崖）that have been made into amazing and beautiful shapes by the wind. The Sahara Desert in Africa is mostly sand. The Australian Desert has red sand.Sometimes it does not rain for a whole year in the desert. But there is water deep under the ground and some plants have roots that go very deep to find it. Other plants have roots that spread out a long way so they cansuck upthe rain as soon as it falls. One desert plant is the cactus, which has long, spreading roots. The cactus stores water inside its hard skin. This skin protects it from heat and cold. Camels are a bit like cactus plants! They store water tooinside their bodies. They have special fur which protects them from the sun during the day and keeps them warm at night.Some other animals live in deserts, too. They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because most of them only come out at night. This is why many desert animals have extra big eyes or ears. A desert fox has bigger ears than a normal fox. A gerbil has huge eyes, so that it can see at night. It stays cool in the day by staying underground, like most desert animals.Some people live in the desert but they always make their homes near an oasis. An oasis is where water comes from an underground river. Near an oasis, people can grow lots of plants and keep animals.Life is hard in the desert, for people, animals and plants. But desert people like to live there. （1）What is the passage mainly about？A . Animal.B . Plants.C . Cliffs.D . Desert.（2）What do the underlined words “suck up” in paragraph probably mean?A . give away.B . take in.C . hold on.D . put down.（3）Which of the following is true?A . Desert people like to live in the desert though life is hard.B . People in the desert usually fry eggs on the ground.C . Camels have special fur to store water.D . All the deserts are covered in sand.（4）Some desert animalshave extra big eyes or earsbecause _.A . it is very cold at nightB . the sunlight is too strong in the dayC . they store water in themD . they need to see and hear well at night（5）Most desert animals stay cool in the day by _.A . staying undergroundB . growing lots of plantsC . storing water inside their bodiesD . drinking water as much as they can（6）Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?A . B . C . D . 3. （8分）阅读理解Find Which Direction Is SouthDo you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.Its never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted (委托) with the job of map-reading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused load on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The sun is shining and its still morning.If you dont know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but youll need to be patient.Find a straight stick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直)as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line (铅锤线) with a piece of string and weight. You havent got any string? OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick.Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.Keep doing this until you have made several marks.The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.That point is south of where you are.Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.（1）To find the direction, we ought to be patient probablybecause _ . A . it is not easy to find a proper stickB . it is not easy to position the stickC . it takes hours to make the marksD . it takes about half an hour to make the marks（2）The passage would probably be most helpful to _. A . those who draw mapsB . those who get lostC . those who make compassesD . those who do experiments（3）Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south? A . B . C . D . （4）The writer presents this passage by _. A . telling an interesting storyB . describing an activity in a lively wayC . testing an idea by reasoningD . introducing a practical method4. （8分）阅读理解。I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand(拓展).My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French， my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. Thats the time I started writing， just for myself， and Ive been writing ever since.I have always loved BIG IDEAS， and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror(恐怖的)stories. I think they are like the old fairytales(童话故事)， and can teach you important things.I am in my forties on the outside， twelve on the inside. I like rock music， Indian and Chinese food， and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary， ducks， cats， goats， hens and lots of rabbits. If youd like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books， go to www.sbowkett.freeserve.co.uk.（1）When he was 13， the writer _. A . wrote lots of poemsB . moved out of WalesC . sold many story booksD . became a famous singer（2）He liked playing out on the hills because he could _. A . expand his imaginationB . learn FrenchC . listen to storiesD . buy some books（3）Maybe the writer is_years old now. A . 12B . 22C . 32D . 42（4）According to the passage， the writer keeps _. A . cats， hens and pigsB . ducks， goats and rabbitsC . hens， rabbits and dogsD . rabbits， pigs and cats（5）From the passage， we can learn that the writer_. A . lives in a big city with his sonB . likes eating Japanese foodC . lives in the countryside with his wifeD . introduces a nice book to us5. （8分）阅读理解 When it comes to days of the week, Monday gets little expectation. I surveyed friends, and the results were very clear. When asked which day of the week they like the least, 90 percent of my friends chose Monday. Not one person thought of Monday as his or her favorite day. Songwriters have even written a song about horrible Mondays. In the 1960s, a musical group had a hit titled Monday, Monday. They sang. Every other day of the week is fine, yeah. But whenever Monday comes, you can find me crying all of the time. I dont agree with all these ideas. In fact, I think that Monday is actually the best day of the week.First of all, consider all the good things that happen on Mondays. If you are a sports fan, you may get to watch Monday Night Football in the fall. Furthermore, quite a few public holidays, including Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day, are celebrated on Mondays. That means that several times a year, a Monday provides a three-day weekend. And according to consumer (消费者) websites. Monday is the best day to get a good deal on a car because there arent as many people shopping on the first day of the workweek. Experts say that you can also get the best online deals on Mondays. This is especially true for electronics, such as computers, TVs, and video games.To me, however, theres something even more important about Mondays. Each Monday stands for a new beginning. For example, last week I got behind on my homework and had to spend the weekend catching up. But as soon as Monday arrived, I had a clean slate. Another week I forgot to do some of my chores, so I had to give up going to a movie with my friends on the weekend.I also love Mondays because we frequently start new lessons at school at the beginning of the week. While last weeks topics may have been boring, Monday can bring a new book to read, more experiments to conduct, or math problems to work out.I realize that I am probably not going to persuade everyone that Monday is the best day of the week, but hopefully I can encourage a few people to change their attitude The next time a Monday coms, think about all the good things that could happen and look forward to the day instead of fearing it.Theres no way to avoid Mondays, so join me in making the best of them. Who knows? You might even start liking the first day of the workweek.（1）Why does the writer mention the song Monday, Monday. in Paragraph 1? A . Because it was a very popular song in the 1960s.B . Because it shows most people dont like Monday.C . Because songwriters like to write songs about Monday.D . Because the musical group often performed on Monday.（2）The words a clean slate in Paragraph 3 probably mean_. A . a fresh startB . a sudden stopC . a tiring endD . a near future（3）What can we learn from the passage? A . People dont like to go shopping online on weekdays.B . The writer likes doing chores instead of going to a movie.C . The lesson topics on weekdays are always interesting.D . Some public holidays on Mondays make three -day weekends.（4）What does the passage mainly talk about? A . What makes Monday the worst day.B . Why some people like Monday the least.C . Why Monday is the best day of the week,D . How we can make good use of Mondays.三、 任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） (共1题；共10分)6. （10分）阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答所提问题。 Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xian. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code(二维码). We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate(使产生) the codes, and in the end everything gets easier. Said Guo, When students finish the homework, they keep it on WeChat. Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So I can check their work anywhere using my computer or telephone.The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. When Guo scans(扫描) his students QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more creative, with many pictures, music and even videos.Guos students like the new way and think it is interesting. We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun. Said Tingting, a student of Guos. The paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share. Guo said, It is worth trying to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I dont want my students to fall behind the times.However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, its unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the codes when they hand in their work, which doesnt take them too much time. Also for teachers, it allows them to check the students work at any time. And its also an easy way to share homework with other students.（1）According to the passage, Guos students can keep their homework on WeChat, cant they? （2）How can the QR codes be sent to Mr. Guo? （3）What is one of the advantages of the new way of handing in homework? （4）What do some parents worry about? （5）What do you think of the new way of handing in homework? 四、 单词拼写 (共10小题；每小题1分，共10分) (共1题；共10分)7. （10分）The far