人教版2019-2020学年九年级英语(上学期)学科期末检测B卷

第 1 页 共 16 页 人教版人教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年九年级英语学年九年级英语 上学期上学期 学科期末检测学科期末检测 B B 卷卷 一 一 完形填空完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1515 分分 1 15 分 阅读下面短文 掌握大意 然后从 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 For thousands of years no other country has been as wonderful to the world as this one It makes you wonder what s 1 the pyramids how people made mummies 木乃伊 and why the Great Sphinx stands there to be with the 2 This is Egypt one of the oldest civilizations in the world Built along the world s longest 3 the Nile Egypt is a big country with the second largest population 4 Africa As a land rich in beauty history and culture ancient Egypt left behind many 5 for the world The solar calendar 日历 we use today actually 6 Egypt Around 4 000 BC Egyptians used a calendar that was 365 days long They had twelve months made of 7days each And they made the left five days a festival Egyptian characters 文字 are some of the 8 characters in the world It looks like our oracle bone inscriptions in ancient China Their characters 9 many others including the Latin alphabet 字母表 we use today When it came to 10 science Egyptians left us mummies which we try to see how they kept a 11 body for such a long time Egyptians covered bodies with a special salt This makes the 12 dry which keeps it looking lifelike Some mummies are more than 2 000 years old Today many people are 13 interested in this crazy land Scientists have found more than 130 pyramids in Egypt 14 a research in National Geographic The biggest is the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza It is about 138 8 metres 15 which is almost as tall as a 40 story building The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the most famous ancient wonder of the world that still stands today 1 第 2 页 共 16 页 A on B inside C behind D in front of 2 A mountains B canyons C waterfalls D pyramids 3 A river B road C coast D mountain 4 A at B in C near D around 5 A coins B messages 第 3 页 共 16 页 C forests D treasures 6 A got to B came from C returned to D looked for 7 A 28 B 29 C 30 D 31 8 A oldest B funniest C ugliest D longest 9 A recorded B attracted C influenced D described 第 4 页 共 16 页 10 A musical B medical C physical D educational 11 A dead B silly C weak D smooth 12 A head B face C body D stomach 13 A yet B still C ever D never 14 A such as 第 5 页 共 16 页 B thanks for C all over D according to 15 A tall B wide C long D deep 二 二 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 2828 分分 2 8 分 阅读理解 Everyone needs friends We all like to feel close to someone It is nice to have a friend to talk to laugh and to do things with Surely sometimes we need to be alone We don t always want people around But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend No two people are the same Sometimes friends don t get on well That doesn t mean that they no longer like each other Most of the time they will make up 和解 and become friends again Sometimes friends move away Then we feel very sad We miss them very much but we can call them and write to them It could be that we couldn t even see them again And we can make new friends It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them There s good news for people who have friends They live longer than people who don t Why The reason could be that they are happier Being happy helps them stay well Or the reason could be that they know that someone cares them If someone cares about you you would also take good care of yourself 1 From the first paragraph 段落 we can know that A we should make more and more friends 第 6 页 共 16 页 B nobody needs friends C we should have friends D when we have new friends we don t need old friends 2 How do you feel when your friends move away A Happy B Sad C Angry D Excited 3 People who have friends will than those who don t have friends A play more games B run faster C live longer D eat more 4 What can we do if we miss our friends who have moved away A We can ring them up B We can shout to them C We can write to them D Both A and C 3 8 分 阅读理解 C Many years ago a French naturalist Comte de Buffon wrote some books about natural history The books were a great success even though some critics 批评家 did not like them 第 7 页 共 16 页 Thomas Jefferson did not like what Comte de Buffon had said about the natural wonders 奇观 of the New World It seemed to Jefferson that Comte de Buffon had spoken of natural wonders in America as if 好像 they were unimportant This troubled Thomas Jefferson He was also a naturalist as well as a farmer an inventor a historian a writer and a politician 政治家 He had seen the natural wonders of Europe To him they were no more important than those of the New World In 1788 Thomas Jefferson wrote about his home state Virginia While writing he thought of its natural beauty and then of the words of Comte de Buffon At that moment Jefferson created a new word belittle He said Comte de Buffon believes that nature belittles her productions on this side of the Atlantic 大西洋 Noah Webster the American word expert liked this word He put it in the English language dictionary in 1806 Belittle to make small unimportant Americans had already accepted Jefferson s word and started to use it In 1797 the Independent Chronicle 独立纪事报 used the word to describe a politician the paper supported It is an honorable man the paper wrote so let the opposition try to belittle him as much as they please In 1872 a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word He said Belittle shouldn t become English And more critical writers of America like those of Britain feel no need of it This expert failed to kill the word Today belittle is used where the English language is spoken 1 Thomas Jefferson was NOT a A naturalist B historian C politician D musician 第 8 页 共 16 页 2 We can infer 推断 that Jefferson created the word belittle out of his A anger B excitement C kindness D responsibility 3 What can we know about the word belittle from the passage A It has already disappeared from the English language B It had been used before it was put in the English language dictionary C It is used to describe natural wonders now D An American politician decided to kill this word in 1872 4 What s the passage mainly about A How the word belittle came into being B The argument about natural wonders C Every word has a long history behind D Noah Webster supported Jefferson s idea 4 6 分 How much do you know about A I Artificial Intelligence Artificial means man made and intelligence means the ability to learn understand and think about things A I is about making machines think talk do and see A I is used in many fields from playing games to helping doctors Many machines around us work very well because they work with the help of A I Man has always dreamed of building thinking machines In 1770 Wolfgand Kempelen 1 734 1804 built a wooden robot called Turk that was able to play chess SUR It played very well and even beat some of the top chess players of the time Later it was found that Turk was not real Inside the box machine was a chess player John McCarthy 1927 is thought as the Father of A I He invented the word A I and the 第 9 页 共 16 页 LISP computer programming language that many A I developers use today How does A I work A I uses ideas from many fields 1 What is true about A I A A I is a machine B A I can play chess better than man C A I can play games D A I is something that makes machines work like man 2 A I means in Chinese A 人造能力 B 人造计算机 C 人工智能 D 人工机器人 3 We can learn from the passage that A we still do not know how A I works B computers are the most important part of A I C Wolfgand Kempelen was the first builder of robot 第 10 页 共 16 页 D John McCarthy is good at playing chess 5 6 分 Once upon a time an old woman had two large water pots Each hung on the end of a pole 杆子 which she carried across her neck One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect From the river to the house the cracked pot arrived only half full And the other pot was always full The perfect pot took pride in its talent But the poor cracked pot felt sad for its own disadvantage One day by the river the cracked pot said to the woman I feel bad about myself because the crack in me causes water to come out all the way back to your house The old woman smiled and said Why are there flowers on your side of the road but not on the other pot s side That s because I have always known about your crack So I planted flowers on your side of the road and every day while we walk back you water them For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my house There would not be this beauty without you Each of us has our own cracks But the cracks make our lives so interesting and beautiful So to all the cracked pot friends have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the road 1 If each of the two pots could be filled with 20 kilos of water the woman would probably get kilos of water from the river to the house A 10 B 20 C 30 D 40 2 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A The woman preferred the perfect pot to the cracked pot B The cracked pot felt more talented than the perfect pot C There were beautiful flowers on both sides of the road 第 11 页 共 16 页 D The old woman decorated her house with some flowers 3 What can we learn from the story A Everyone has a talent B A true friend is hard to find C Success never comes easily D Mistakes improve our learning 三 三 词汇运用词汇运用 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 6 6 分分 6 5 分 请根据句意从方框中选用合适的动词 并用其适当时态填空 使句子通顺 not rain discuss finish try spend All of us hope you your best to learn English well this term How long you solving this problem yesterday afternoon If it next Sunday we will have a football match in our school you reading the story book Not yet It s too hard to understand The family where to go this weekend when the telephone rang 7 1 分 I didn t hear the phone because it was too 吵闹的 in the supermarket 四 四 语法填空语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 7 7 分分 8 7 分 阅读下面短文 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 必要时可加情态动词或助动词 Do you know some people often love to play this game It s an interesting game call Music Chairs It is easy to play and most people enjoy it What you need are some chairs and a tape recorder Put the chairs in a row The chairs may put in pairs back to back The game is easy When the music start the players walk around the chairs Of 第 12 页 共 16 页 course everyone goes in the same way They should walk in time to the music If the music is fast they should walk quickly If the music is slow they should walk slowly The one playing music mustn t see the people in the game When the music stops the players try sit on the chairs If a person can not find a chair to sit on he will drop out Then before the music starts again one chair must take away When the music stops again one more player will be out At last there will be two players and one chair When the music stops the one who sits on the chair is the winner 五 五 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 9 5 分 任务型阅读 There are five people in Bruce s family his father Mr Smith his mother Mrs Smith his brother Henry his sister Susan and he Mr Smith can play basketball and baseball but he can t play the violin Mrs Smith can sing and dance but she can t play soccer Bruce can draw and play the drums but he can t play volleyball Henry play the guitar and sing but he can t play chess Susan can play the violin and dance but she can t swim Mr Smith likes music so he wants to join the music club and learn about violin Mrs Smith likes ports so she wants to