人教版2020年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题A卷

人教版2020年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题A卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Youd better _ hard from now on,_ you will fail in the exam.Awork;andBworking;orCworking; andDwork;or2 . _ beautiful the shoes are!AWhatBWhat aCHowDHow a3 . Let me help you find the lost purse. Thank you very much. _AIts OK.BDont thank me.CIts a pleasure.4 . I didnt know the importance of health _ I lost it.Its a pity. Take care of yourself, dear.AbecauseBafterCwhenDuntil5 . There _ a football game next week.Ais going to haveBis going to beCwill haveDwill be have6 . Andrew decided _ for a walk in the forest.AgoBto goCgoingDgoes7 . 2018年上海宝山、嘉定二模With more practice, I found speaking is not as _as I used to think.Aso difficultBdifficultCmore difficultDtoo difficult8 . - The price of the flats will be lower and lower.- _.AI hope so.BThats a good idea.CWhat a pity!DYoure welcome.9 . _ my way _ school, I came across one of my old friends.AOn; toBOn; inCIn; toDIn; at10 . - Would you mind _ my pet dog? I will be away for about a week.- Of course not.Alook afterBwill look afterCto look afterDlooking after11 . Whose CD player is this? It looks nice. How much is it _?AworthBpayCspendDcost12 . The old man _for six years because of the bad illness.Ahas diedBhas been deadCis dyingDdied13 . I think it can take you the least time to travel abroad plane.AonBbyCinDat14 . _ I have lost everything in this terrible earthquake, I have not lost my life.ABecauseBSoCAlthoughDIf15 . _ yogurt do we need?_.AHow much；littleBHow many；littleCHow much；a littleDHow many；a little16 . You must _ your teacher for your _ late for class.Aapologize, to beBapologize to , beingCapology to, beingDapology to , to be17 . Though John is _ in a _ house, but he doesnt feel _Aalone; lonely; aloneBlonely; lonely; aloneCalone; lonely; lonelyDlonely; alone; lonely18 . Tom doesnt want to stay at home sunny days. He likes going out .Aon; insteadBin; instead ofCat; insteadDon; instead of19 . We want about the school life of American students.Ato knowBknowCknowingDknows20 . Do you think these old houses should _?No! Wed better try to decorate them well!Atake downBbe taking downCbe taken downDhave taken down二、完型填空Jenny was from Germany. Last year she spent some time travelling in India. While she was there, she stayed with her Indian friend, Leela. However, there was a language barrier (障碍) for her there . It was very_ for her to communicate in the new environment, which was very different from that of her own country.One day , together with Leela , Jenny went to _ an orphanage(孤儿院) . All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with_. She went over to the children _ and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children _ her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went closer to the child. She slowly put out her arms around the child and started a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, _ the rhythm was the same. Jenny went _ singing and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the fun, another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They shared many smiles together.From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela was looking at her, Jenny felt very _ and said: “See, I dont have any language barriers here. We can _and communicate!” At that moment, she understood: We are all simply human and we have the_ to connect each other.21 . AniceBdangerousCdifficultDeasy22 . AshowBvisitCbuildDattend23 . AitBthemChimDher24 . AslowlyBearlyChardlyDeasily25 . Alooked atBlaughed atCshouted atDsmiled at26 . AbutBorCsoDand27 . AinBoutCthroughDon28 . AexcitedBexcitingCinterestingDscared29 . AspeakBtalkClistenDread30 . AtimeBabilityCrightDquestion三、阅读单选Over the past decade, an increasing stress has been placed on the importance ofScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related classes in primary,middle and high school education in the U S. The reason for this direction is well founded:research and test scores from the 1980s and 1990s showed that our students had fallen behindtheir international peers in all of these subject areas. Education officials, teachers andparents all felt that the situation needed to be changed, and quickly. However, in the rushto play catchup in STEMrelated areas, theres one important aspect that is beingneglected (忽略): the Fine and Performing Arts, particularly drama.Its long been understood that a study of drama at the primary, middle and high schoollevel helps students improve in many areas, such as selfconfidence, selfexpression,communication skills, teamwork, and imagination. Most educators and parents agree thatall of these are important for students to develop at any age, but it is difficult for the sameparents and teachers to prioritize (优先安排) study time and classroom time to a subject likedrama over subjects like Math, Physics or Computer Science. Its even more difficult forpolicy makers and school officials to channel funds (资金) towards classes like drama,when the skills arts subjects develop are considered “soft skills.” When the modern world iscalling out for “hard” skills, like those needed to succeed in the techdriven 21st century,how can they possibly prove it is reasonable to spend their funds that are becoming smallerand smaller on anything but STEM subjects?The short answer to the question “why spend time and money on drama?” is that dramaeducation has been scientifically proven to improve students achievement, especially incommunication skills that are very important to a STEM education. As we develop studentswith highly refined skills in STEM subjects, its equally important that we train the teachersthat will support continued growth in these areas. An active, communicative teacher is thebest way to get students on board in the study of STEM subjects, which can be unbearablydry. The best way to develop active communication skills? Drama. The next area in whichthe communication skills can be developed is publication and conference presentation.Drama improves students public speaking skills necessary for STEM students to effectivelypresent papers in conferences and their writing skills necessary to publish papers. Its alsovery important for students to be able to work well with one another. In the real STEMworld, almost all scientific work happens in teams. Without the “ soft ” people skillsnecessary to navigate (导航) all of these interactions, no matter how technologically skilledone becomes, he or she will be at a disadvantage without the ability to communicate andwork in teams.While the nationwide trend (趋势) to focus on playing catchup in STEM education isreasonable, practical, and absolutely necessary, its important not to forget the huge effectarts, specifically drama education, have on the overall education of our children. Thequestion parents, educators, and policy makers should be asking themselves is not “can weafford to support arts education in schools?” but rather “can we afford not to?”31 . Why did Americans start to stress STEM related classes?ABecause the world has moved into a techdriven century.BBecause STEM classes have long been neglected in America.CBecause education officials prefer STEM classes to art classes.DBecause US students are expected to be at an advantage in these areas.32 . The word “channel” in Paragraph 2 probably mean “ ”.AaffordBdirectCcreateDraise33 . The third paragraph is mainly about .Athe benefits of drama educationBthe importance of STEM learningCthe abilities needed for STEM learningDthe reasons to improve drama education34 . The writer probably agrees that .Adrama is more important than STEM classesBdrama education has been the nationwide trendCthe result of neglecting drama education is hard to bearDAmerican students have made progress in playing catchup四、句型转换句型转换35 . How about playing tennis?(改为同义句)_ playing tennis?36 . I like some sports.(改为一般疑问句)_ you _ sports?37 . I play football twice a week.(对画线部分提问)_ do you play football a week?38 . Welike playing volleyball.(改为否定句)We _ playing volleyball.39 . Myfavourite sport is swimming.(对画线部分提问)_ your favourite sport?五、用所给单词的正确形式填空用所给词的适当形式填空。40 . My brother is playing games with his friends there, and its very _. (noise)41 . I like _ because they are interesting. (giraffe)42 . My father keeps working for 12 hours, and he needs to get some _.(sleep)43 . Its their dream _ a library. (have)44 . Im _ sorry that my son breaks your vase. (terrible)45 . After dinner, I cant feel _, either. I must read a book before I can watch TV. (relax)46 . Jerry, can you help me do the _ now? (dish)47 . It usually _ me two hours to do my homework every day. (take)48 . I love my teacher. Hes _ a father to me. (like)49 . He often practices _ English with his classmates. (speak)六、用单词的正确形式完成短文用方框中所给词的适当形式填空, 完成短文。每词限用一次, 每空只填一个单词。minute, young, have, however, same, take, watch, story, listen, eveningDo you like listening to the radio？I did when I was 50 . .I grew up with the radio.I remembered my grandparents 51 . a small black radio when I was a little child. Every day at 6：00 p. m. we 52 . to stories and had supper. There was a very long story, but we could only hear a small part of itjust 30 53 . every day. It might 54 . a few months to finish the whole story. We listened to the story every 55 . and never got tired of it. But as I grew older, I wanted to 56 . news reports on TV. Now I dont want to listen to the radio any more.57 . , my grandparents still like listening to it. We have to have the radio and TV on at the 58 . time. I watch TV and they listen to their 59 . on the radio.阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从下面方框内所给11个词中选择10个意义相符的词，必要时进行词形变化，填入空白处，每空一词。care, sun, for, how, happy, piece, because, they, well, never, ifMost people would stay away from bees while meeting them. However, if your goal(目标) is to grow a beautiful and productive(丰收的) garden, you will want to bring on bees.How to attract(吸引) bees?Plant! Plant! Plant! Plant not only vegetables but also colorful flowers. Bees are attracted by colors and purple, yellow, white and blue are 60 . favorites. If possible, you should be 61 . to plant different flowers for bees to choose from. Be sure to plant some flowers in 62 . areas. Bees like warm and bright places 63 . than cool and dark ones.Another part of learning 64 . to attract bees is to always leave a place for wild grass or flowers near your garden. This is where bees can live comfortably and 65 . . You can also design a bee house 66 . the bees to live. To do this, you can use several 67 . of bamboo tied together. Place the house close to the ground 68 . bees prefer living close to the ground. Preparing such a place can make sure that they will enjoy and 69 . want to leave.Be sure to leave water around for them to drink. Once the bees are there and active, you will have a fruitful garden.七、单词填空根据下列短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。One day, a tortoise (乌龟) was walking in the forest. The tortoise was tired, but he had to keep walking.70 . his way he saw an eagle(鹰)in a tree. The eagle was sitting there and doing 71 . .The tortoise 72 . the eagle, “Mr. Eagle, can I sit like you and do nothing?”The eagle answered, “Sure, why not?”Then the tortoise sat on the ground under the tree. He decided to rest there for a while. Soon he fell into a deep sleep because he was too 73 . .A man 74 . his car to the forest. He loves to keep a tortoise. While he was driving around, he suddenly saw the tortoise 75 . under the tree. He was so excited 76 . he got off the car. Then he walked to the tortoise silently.When the tortoise woke up, he found 77 . in the car.See? The tortoise wanted to sit like the eagle and do nothing, but he didnt find a safe place. Dont do silly things like the tortoise.八、回答问题Walking for charityTwo Americans Stephen and Andersen went on a 190-day charity walk across the US to raise money for the Purple Heart Fund, a charity providing military veterans(老兵) with financial support and more.Both at the age of 24, they live in the eastern state of Delaware. Stephen is a US Marines veteran. Andersen recently graduated from college. They have been best friends since childhood. They both like travelling and have a strong desire(愿望) to see the country. So when Stephen proposed(提议) this cross-country journey, Andersen agreed with no hesitation(犹豫).On Wednesday evening, March 1, the two men started off from their hometown, heading west against a cold wind with large bags on their backs.Every day they walked about 40 kilometers. They never knew for sure where they would sleep until it got close to sunset. They mostly slept outdoors, but eve