冀教版九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷A卷

1、4)冀教版九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷 A 卷姓名 : 班级:成绩 :B . no第 # 页 共 14 页一、完形填空 （ 共 1题；共 15 分）1. （ 15 分）In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In 1way, failure may be away towards success. The “ Spider - story ” is often 2. Robert Bruce , leader of theScots in the 13thcentury, was hiding in a cave from the En

2、glish. He watched a spider3a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough 4 in the rock. He tried six times. On the 5 time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to6the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made 7models t

3、hat failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked8 he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, hereplied, “ Failure?I have9failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it wont 10“？ Were conditions right? Were youSo what? First ， always think about your failu

4、re. What caused 11 in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go 12next time.Second, is the goal youre trying to reach the right one? Try to do some 13about what your real goals may be. Think about this question.“ If I do succeed in this, where will it get me? This mayhelp you prevent

5、 failure in things you shouldnt be doing any way.to keep in 14about failure is that its a part of life. Learn tolive withyourself even though you may have 15（1）A . otherB . anotherC . firstD . second（2）A . toldB . saidC . talkedD . spoken（3）A . doingB . takingC . makingD . playingA . roomB . houseC

6、. placeD . soil（5）A . tenthB . sixthC . eighthD . seventh（6）A . saveB . helpC . defeatD . kill（7）A . hundredB . hundredsC . hundred ofD . hundreds of（8）A . whyB . whenC . whatD . who（9）A . notneverD . nothing（10） A . do B . make C . took D . work（11） A . one B . it C . that D . this（12） A . high B .

7、 large C . right D . bright（13） A . Thinking B . shopping C . reading D . cleaning（14） A . heart B . eyes C . ears D . mind（15） A . failed.B . succeeded第 3 页 共 14 页C . moneyD . passed二、阅读理解 （ 共 4题；共 38 分）2. （10 分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral （巴黎圣母院 ） in Paris has raised quest

8、ions about the conditionof thousands of other historic buildings acrossEurope. It also raises questions aboutwhether Europeangovernments are doing enough to keep up and care for such buildings.Some people say the fire last month was a wake-up call, not just for Europe, but the whole world. Large fir

9、es have long robbed humanity of knowledge, art and treasures. One example is the fire at the famous library of Alexandria in northern Egypt about 1700 years ago.In 2015, the German engineering company Siemens found that Scotland had about 10 serious fires a year, while England lost at least twelve l

10、isted buildings a year. In Germany, 70 historic buildings have been destroyed since 2000.And all too often, fires happen while old buildings are being repaired. Experts say that what is needed is continuous attention and maintenance （ 维护 ）. These steps, if taken, couldhelp avoid the needfor major re

11、pairing work.But regular attention and maintenance costs money.Part of the problem comes from the shortage of money provided by governments after the 2008 financial crisis （ 金融危机 ）. As a result, governments are increasingly looking for rich companies to keep up these historic buildings.We do need mo

12、re money, but this is a shared duty for governments, businesses and citizens across Europe, said an officer from the European Union.Some say world-famous monuments like Notre Dame are the driving force behind tourism and should get more respect. People have noticed the importance of such respect.His

13、toric buildings are a gold mine（矿 ）. You cannot explore it and then just leave the mine andgo to another one. It is something you really have to value, the officer said.（ 1） After the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, more attention is paid to .A . European governmentsB . famous librariesC . engineering

14、 companiesD . the old buildings（ 2） According to the passage, one of the biggest enemies of cultural treasures is .A . robbersD . tourists（3）These steps in Paragraph 4 refer to （指代） .A . attention and maintenanceB . careful repairing workC . enough respect from peopleD . serious financial crisis（4）T

15、he officer thinks should accept the duty of caring for these famous monuments.A . citizens around the worldB . the European governmentsC . rich European businessesD . the whole European society（5）The purpose of writing this article is to ask everyone to .A . value historic buildingsB . donate plenty

16、 of moneyC . pay attention to big firesD . avoid exploring mines3. （10 分）阅读理解Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wantedto steal （ 偷） the bell on his neighbors door, he walked up to the door, took hold of （抓住） the belland pulled hard. The bell made

17、a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise, ” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea.“Ah, Ill put some cotton in my ears. Then I wont be able to hear the noise.”The next day he went to the door of his neighbo

18、r, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got thebell out. Just then the neigh bor came running out. “Steal my bell? Ill teach you a lesson （教训）, ”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on

19、the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell.“Why did hecome out just then? ” he wondered （ 感到疑惑 ）.（1） The thief was trying to get.A . his neighborB . his neighbors doorbell第 5 页共 14 页C . some cottonD . a door with a bell on it（ 2） The thief put some co

20、tton in his ears. He thought it would befor him to stealthe doorbell.A . safeB . difficultC . dangerousD . easy（ 3） The neighbor ran out probably （ A . he knew his doorbell was being stolen很可能 ） because.B . he thought someone was eager （渴望的 ） to visit himC . He realized （意识到 ） something strange happ

21、enedD . Both B and C（ 4） The neighbor hit the thief to .A . give him lessonsB . punish （ 惩罚 ） him for stealingC . help him with the bellD . be his teacher（5） Which of the following is TRUE?A . The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.B . The thief knew why the neighbor came out.C . The thief

22、thought the neighbor could not hear the bell.D . The thief didnt want to know why the neighbor ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.4. （8 分）阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。BThere is a famous English saying“ You are what you eat ”, and it means what you put in your mouthwill become p

23、art of you. Many experts use it to tell people its important to have a good eating habit. For example, too much sweet food makes a person overweight. To avoid being fat, kids are told to keep off sweet food. However, a team of American scientists have discovered something new about eating sweet food

24、.“When we say some people sweet , we mean they are kind and friendly tous. Perhaps his word第 6 页 共 14 页can help us learn more about peoples feelings and acts.” said Brain Meier, a scientist from the studyteam. “ Taste is something we experience every day. What we have done is to find whether we can

25、know someones character and behavior depending on their taste.”In one of their experiments, college students were asked questions about their character-whether, for example, they were soft-hearted or not. Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food. According to their answers, the sci

26、entists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.In their another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet food such as cookies and chocolate were more willing to help other people in need, and those who ate nonsweet foodsuch as chips werent. For example, peopl

27、e with a sweet tooth were more likely to volunteer to cleanup their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.The result of experiments is that people s helpfulness or being nice has something to do withtheir taste for sweet food. So eating sweet food is a useful way to make people nice an

28、d helpful. Nexttime, try some ice-cream.（ 1） The underlined word “ it ” refers to（ 指代 ） .A . the sweet foodB . the eating habitC . the American teamD . the English saying（ 2） According to the result of the experiments, sweet food makes people A . overweightB . excitedC . relaxedD . friendly（ 3） The

29、scientists found that the people who preferred were less helpful.A . ice-creamB . chocolateC . chipsD . cookies（ 4） It can be learnt from the passage that .A . scientists asked college students questions about their futureB . scientists told college students not to eat sweet foodC . people with a sw

30、eet tooth are more willing to help others第 7 页 共 14 页D . peoples character has nothing to do with their taste.5. （10 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。BThis is an old story. It was first told long ago. A rich man wanted to make a journey to another town. He was a businessman. He wanted to take thi

31、ngs to sell. He also wanted to take some gold to buy some things with. He decided to take ten servants with him. They would carry the things to sell and the food to eat on the journey.He was a kind man. He said to one of his servants, You are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my serv

32、ants. You can not carry a heavy load. You may choose the lightest load to carry.The servant thanked his master. He pointed to the biggest load. This was bread for them to eat on the journey.You are foolish, said his master. That is the biggest and heaviest load. But the servant lifted up the load ch

33、eerfully and the journey began. They walked for four hours. Then they stopped for a rest. They all ate some of the bread. Then there was less bread for the servant to carry. The servants load grew smaller and lighter every day. At the end of the journey, the smallest servant had nothing to carry.（ 1

34、） The rich man wanted to sell things and .A . buy some goldB . buy some gold with the moneyC . buy some things with the goldD . sell some gold（ 2） Before the journey began, the rich man said something to .A . a businessmanB . one of his servantsC . the servantsD . some servants（ 3） The weakest serva

35、nt .A . asked for his masters adviceB . followed the masters adviceC . refused to accept the masters adviceD . took the advice another servant gave him（ 4） It took them .A . less than four hours to finish the journeyB . some days to finish the journeyC . no more than four hours to finish the journey

36、D . only four hours to finish the journey（5） The smallest servant was very .A . cleverB . foolishC . honestD . kind三、词汇运用 （ 共 2题；共 11 分）6. （1分）He is standing（near/beside） the table.7. （10 分）根据首字母提示，完成单词，补全短文。The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day

37、of the ninth lunar month. Its also c the Double Ninth Festival.The festival started as eas the Warring States Period （475-221 BC）. It has a history ofmore than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the h odd number （ 奇数 ）.People believe that two “nines ” meeting together stand fo

38、r a long life.So itis a special holidayf_Chinese people to show loveand respect for their elders.They holdmany kof activitiesin honor of old people, wishing them good hand a long life.The festival comes dthe golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drinkChrysanthemum （ 菊花） wine, eat Dou

39、ble-Ninth Cakes and cmountains. They also carry a kind of plantnamed dogwood. People in ancient times bthat the plant could drive away evil （邪恶的 ） spiritsand prevent them from c an illness in winter.四、语法填空 （ 共 1题；共 1 分）（keep） her children warm.8. （1分）The mother made a fire 五、任务型阅读 （ 共 1题；共 10分）9. （1

40、0 分）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，每个空格只填 1个单词。A good book can teach you things beyond（超出） your class. It can open your eyes and clear yourminds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it.Plan your timeYou should give yourself at least thirty minutes

41、in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast or lunch time.Always carry a bookWherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, make sure that you always carry a good book as well as your school things. Re

42、member that a book always stays with you.Find a quiet placeFind a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, no onewill trouble you. There should be no televisions, computers, music or even noisy family members aroundyou.Have a library dayHave a library card,

43、and you can read as many good books as possible in the library. Make it aweekly trip to the library. You can save a lot of money.Blog itOne of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog (博客 ) . If youdont have one, create one. Its free. Ask your friends and family to go there