人教版2020届九年级上学期英语期中测试C卷.doc

人教版2020届九年级上学期英语期中测试C卷一、 单项选择。本题共有10个小题，请从每个小题的四个选项中，选出 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）_does your father play tennis after work?Every Tuesday and Thursday.A . How oftenB . How soonC . WhereD . Why2. （2分）Hurry up. The bus is coming.Wait a minute. Dont cross the street _ the traffic lights are green.A . afterB . untilC . whileD . since3. （2分）Lucy, are these your books? Please _.A . take it awayB . take away itC . take them awayD . take away them4. （2分）I couldnt do it _ your great help. Thanks a lot!A . withB . withoutC . forD . to5. （2分）Can you sing this song in English? Of course I can. It _ often _ by us kids.A . is; singingB . does; singC . has; sungD . is; sung6. （2分） Hes never advised to achieve a balance between his job and hobbies, _? _. His parents and teachers often offer him advice.A . has he, YesB . is he, YesC . hasnt he, NoD . isnt he, No7. （2分）Listen! Can you hear a baby ?A . cryB . cryingC . criedD . to cry8. （2分）Excuse me. Could you tell me _?Yes. There is a video shop next to the tall building.A . where can I buy some CDsB . where I can buy some CDsC . when can I buy some CDsD . when I can buy some CDs9. （2分）It rained_ and lasted for a long time.Thats terrible. Even some streets were full of water.A . hardlyB . stronglyC . heavilyD . lightly10. （2分）Its dangerous for you to go out for a walk in the forest at night.A . on businessB . by the wayC . on your ownD . on the top二、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)11. （10分）根据短文理解, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。Yesterday I read a report on a charity show in a newspaper. The aim of the show was to 1money for the poor children. In the country areas, some children are out of school2their parents cant pay for their education.To my surprise, many famous performers took part in the charity show, such as Andy Liu, Jay, Faye Wang, Kitty Chen and so on. The stars didnt ask for any pay. They did it for3 ! There were a lot of performances 4 singing and dancing. The audience were so excited that they 5 their hands from time to time. Of course, the show was a success.All the people followed the stars example. A great number of people showed their generosity(慷慨) in 6 their money to the show. Both the ticket money and the donated money were soon sent to the poor areas and some of the poor children can get back to7 now.Now many charity shows are held in our country, not only to8 education in poor areas but also to help people in trouble. As the Chinese saying goes, All the others will come to ones rescue(援助)9one is in trouble. I10 the whole world will become better if every one of us gives charity to others.（1）A . pay B . raise C . spend D . cost （2）A . and B . so C . because D . or （3）A . good B . ever C . long D . free （4）A . like B . as C . of D . clapped （5）A . shook B . waved C . held D . clapped （6）A . donating B . bringing C . collecting D . taking （7）A . village B . home C . hospital D . school （8）A . teach B . think C . give D . support （9）A . as B . when C . while D . because （10）A . like B . wish C . believe D . want 三、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共32分)12. （10分）No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s.Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace.Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they, too, were playing jazz.The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning.Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”（1）What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?A . Who invented jazz.B . When jazz was invented.C . Where jazz was invented.D . Why jazz was invented.（2）The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to（指）_ .A . New styles.B . Jazz pioneers.C . Black musicians.D . White musicians.（3）What made Louis Armstrong become the best jazz musician?A . His family background.B . His talent and hard work.C . His good sense of humor.D . His big, good-natured smiles.（4）Which of the following best expresses Louis Armstrongs attitude (态度) to life?A . He laughs best who laughs last.B . Failure is the mother of success.C . When you smile, the world smiles back.D . Without music, life is a journe y through a desert.（5）What is the passage mainly about?A . The development of jazz.B . The influence of jazz on Americans.C . The achievements of Louis Armstrong.D . The development of jazz and its best musician.13. （8分）阅读下面材料，从每题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中选出最佳选项。CThese days, more and more young people wish to be more beautiful. So they turn to plastic surgery(整形手术) for help. They spend thousands of Yuan on these painful surgeries to fix(修整) their nose, to change their eyelids(眼皮)or to take off weight from their stomachs.In fact, most people are not pleased with the way they look. Even the most beautiful actresses often wish they could change something about their looks. Should we live our whole lives believing we are ugly? Why not raise our head high and believe that we are as beautiful as others? A smile is beautiful on any face, whether fat, oily or hairy. And a kind heart is much more beautiful than a pretty look.So, lets feel grateful(感激的) that we all have beautiful and healthy bodies that do not need surgeries! Today, I call on you to make an easy change: hold your head high! Smile and do something nice for others. If you do these, you will be full of confidence(自信)，beauty, and warmth everywhere you go.（1）_ are more and more interested in plastic surgeries. A . Old peopleB . Young peopleC . MenD . Women（2）What do people think they can do to make their dreams come true?A . Sleep more.B . Eat less.C . Do sports.D . Have surgery.（3）Which is NOT mentioned（提及） to feel great about ourselves according to the writer?A . Hold your head up.B . Smile. C . Help others.D . Learn new things.（4）Which is NOT true according to the passage? A . Actresses never worry about their looks.B . It costs a lot of money to have plastic surgeries.C . We only need to make a small change to feel beautiful enough.D . A good look is less important than a kind heart.14. （8分） In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his fathers death. He trained his army strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise(饲养) horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became strong once more. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end.If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a“Gou Jian”, and his story, a“Gou Jians story”.（1）Three years later _ was caught and taken to the state of Wu.A . Gou JianB . Fu ChaiC . Gou Jians fatherD . Fu Chais father（2）Gou Jian _ when he was in the state of Wu.A . ate gall bladdersB . raised horsesC . trained his armyD . forgot his pain（3）Which of the following is TRUE ?A . The gall bladders tasted good.B . Gou Jian loved horse-raising.C . Finally Gou Jian was set free.D . Finally Fu Chai was set free.（4）The story mainly tells us that_.A . a country without a strong army is easy to defeatB . if someone attacks you , you should just fight backC . if you fail in doing something, its better for you to forget the painD . if you face difficulties bravely without giving up , youll finally succeed15. （6分） The number of rural(乡村的) left-behind children under 17 years old has increased to 61.02 million, according to a report. These childrens parents leave them with their grandparents or other family members in order to make money in cities.Sichuan Province and Henan Province have the highest percentage of rural left-behind children. Together with Anhui Province, Guangdong Province and Hunan Province, these five provinces have 43.64% of the countrys rural left-behind children, the report says.The report finds that left-behind children are mainly in the central and western provinces. But the developed eastern areas also face similar problems, the report says. Guangdong Province has the most left-behind children, with 4.34 million, followed by Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province, Shanghai and Beijing.“What Im worried about most is the schooling of my child, as I have no time to help her with her homework.” Said An Baiyou, a truck driver from Shangdong Province, who has been leaving his 10-year-old daughter with his parents while driving trucks in other provinces. “However, to make money or to take care of the child, you can only choose one side.”Wang Zhenyao, the president of Beijing Normal University Institue of Public Welfare, says that if the left-behind children problem cant be solved, it will affect the nations future.Compared with those who live with their parents, left-behind children need more care and protection. The country should think about ways to attract the rural workers in cities to return and work in their hometown to improve the development of these places.”In addition, it is important to set up laws to protect the basic rights of young people, especially those with illnesses or only one parent.These children are the future of the nation. People should offer them their love, care and protection.（1）Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?A . Wang Zhenyao has a 10-year-old daughter.B . An Baiyou chooses to make money in cities instead of taking care of his child in Shandong.C . Zhejiang Province has about 4.34 million left-behind childrenD . The developed eastern areas dont have the left-behind children problem.（2）Wang Zhenyao mainly wants to tell us that _.A . it is not easy to solve the left-behind children problemB . children with illnesses or only one parent are very poorC . it is important to solve the left-behind children problemD . rural workers like working in cities rather than their hometowns（3）The best title of the passage is_.A . Serious facts about rural childrenB . A choice of children or moneyC . More care to rural left-behind childrenD . A report on parents worry about rural left-behind children四、 翻译。 (共1题；共6分)16. （6分）在冬天你可以去滑雪或在雪地里玩。 You can _or_in winter. 五、 短文填空。 (共1题；共10分)17. （10分）先阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框给的词中选出最恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个词只限用一次。leaf, then, large, learn, ones, grow, thick, has, mean, first, easy, beginEverybody likes oranges. They are sweet and juicy. They are in sections, so it is_to eat them. Some oranges do not have any seeds(种子). Some have a _ skin, and some have a thin skin.The orange tree is beautiful. It has a lot of shiny green _. The small white flowers smell very sweet. An orange tree _ flowers and fruit at the same time.There were orange trees twenty million years ago. The oranges were very small, not like the _ today. The orange tree probably came from China. Many different kinds of wild oranges_in China today. The Chinese started to raise(栽培) orange trees about 4,400 years ago.Farmers in other parts of Asia and the Middle East_to raise oranges from the Chinese. _they taught Europeans. The Spanish planted orange trees in the new world (North and South America). They took them to Florida _. Oranges are a very important crop in Florida today.In English, orange _both a fruit and a color. We use the name of the fruit for the color.六、 任务型阅读。 (共1题；共8分)18. （8分）阅读理解Many people say that they are working too many hours. They dont have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make some money. However, many companies dont pay overtime. Their workers dont get more pay(钱) for more work. Some people think its their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they dont work more hours.Many people say that their holidays are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid holiday(带薪假期) a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the US, two weeks. One study shows(表明) fewer than half of workers used all their holiday days. In the UK, there is a saying, All work and no play makes Jack a dull(迟钝的) boy. It that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.（1）A Japanese worker works_ more hours a year than a French one. A . 513B . 1,646C . 2,159D . 3,805（2）The word extra in Paragraph 3 means_. A . 正常的B . 额外的C . 有用的D . 少量的（3）People in_ get only two weeks of paid holiday a year? A . FranceB . GermanyC . The USD . The UK（4）What can we infer(推断) from the passage? A . Many workers have to work long ho