2020届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷第5套真题)

2020届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

一、阅读理解

1. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

Don’t you know TRENDY ZONE- THE IN ZONE? Thereare 5 FLOORS OF NON-STOP TRENDS!Welcome to 580 A Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon.

OUR BOUTIQUES

Occupyingfive floors, the shopping center has more than 150 boutiques （礼品店）.These boutiques sell all thelatest trendy products, including Japanese fashion, cool sports shoes andunique baseball caps, just to name a few. Trendy Zone is also an ideal placeto shop for gifts. From its twenty or so gift shops, you will easily find anunusual gift for a loved one.

OUR TOP PICKS

If you arelooking for a unique gift, come to this shop on the first floor. Here, youcan find personal photo frames, key chains, bracelets and much more. This is theshop to visit if you’re a follower of Japanese culture. It sells hundreds ofJapanese magazines on fashion, sports, games... you name it!

SPECIAL OFFERS

If you’relooking for the best bargains, come around Christmas and take home somepieces of our special gifts. That is when the shops are selling manyitems on special offer——from 30 percent off to half price.

OUR LOCATION

Convenientlylocated in the heart of Mong Kok, Trendy Zone is the place to shop for theyoung and the young at heart.

Transportation:

MRT （地铁）：Yau Ma Tei Station

（1）Th e underlined word “that” in Column 3 refers to________.

A . offer

B . gift

C . New Year

D . Christmas

（2）Who will probably like shopping in TRENDY ZONE?

A . Girls who love Japanese culture.

B . Boys who want to find delicious food to eat.

C . Men who are expecting to get a good job.

D . Women who like to buy vegetables every day.

（3）Which of the following statements is true?

A . You can have special offers on weekends.

B . You can get to TRENDY ZONE by subway.

C . You can find key chains on the fifth floor.

D . You can see almost 120 gift shops here.

2. 阅读理解

Coincidenceshappenall the time, but last week something happened that really blew my mind.

I’mfrom Chicago, but I do business in Baltimore. That started on the night beforean important business lunch. I usually sleep like a dog, but that night, Ididn’t fall asleep until at around 2 o’clock because the last time I looked, itwas 1:45. The following morning, I woke up very late, as I rushed out, Inoticed the number. Room 145. “That’s odd,” I thought.

Thehotel waiter told me any bus that says “downtown” would take

methere. As soon as I got to the bus stop, I saw a bus coming and I found it was145; however. It didn’t say “downtown”. It came to a stop right infront of me and the doors opened. I don’t know what came over me, but I justgot on.

Thebus was empty. “What am I doing?’ I thought to myself. I was just about to getoff when I saw an envelope on a seat and picked it up. It wasn’t sealed so I looked inside andmy jawdropped. It was full of money. I started counting--140 dollars.”Almost” I thought. “That would have been strange, Then, Inoticed something on the floor. A five-dollar bill had fallen out. Things werestarting to get spooky.

Therewas an address on the envelope: Bellmore Street and you can guess which number.I had to go there. So, I waited for the bus driver to stop and asked him how toget to Bellmore Street. “Is this a joke?” he asked as he pointed at astreet sign. We were on Bellmore Street. So I got off and searched for thenumber. My heart was in my mouth when an old lady answered. She looked at me,and then at the envelope and simply said “Oh, thanks,” and closed thedoor. And that was it.

Istood there for a while. Then I remembered my business lunch. “What timeis it?” I thought. I saw it was 12:45. But as I wa s walking towards thebus stop, I realized something. My watch was still set to Chicago time, whichis an hour behind! The actual time was...

（1）Which bus did the writer take?

A . Bus 145 that was going downtown.

B . A bus that wasn’t going

downtown.C . The first bus stopped that was going downtown.D . A bus that the waitress showed him to downtown.

（2）Why did the bus driver stop at Bellmore Street?

A . Because that’s where the next stop was.

B . Because the writer asked him to stop there.

C . Because that was the address on the envelope.

D . Because the driver wanted to play a joke on the writer.

（3）How did the old lady feel when she saw the writer?

A . She was afraid to get her money back.

B . She felt nervous when she saw the writer.

C . She didn’t show any feeli ngs on her face.

D . She was angry that the writer had her money,

（4）What is the correct order in which these events happened?

①The writer searched for the number on Bellmore Street.

②The bus came to a stop right in front of the writer.

③The writer realized that the actual time in Baltimore was 1:45.

④The writer was surprised to find so much money on the bus.

⑤The hotel waiter told the writer about the way to “downtown”.

A . ③⑤②①④

B . ⑤③①②④

C . ③④②①⑤

D . ⑤②④①③

3. 阅读理解

Aferal child is a child who, from a young age, has lived with animals in thewild. What makes wild animals adopt these children and raise them as their ownis a mystery. Since feral children have often had no contact with humansfor a long time, they may be more like wild animals than people. Their stories,although often upsetting can teach us how people learn and use

language — andperhaps even what it means to be human.

InUganda in 1991, a tribeswoman saw a naked boy living with a troop of wildmonkeys in the jungle. The woman was shocked and quickly told the people in hervillage about the boy. When they tried to take him away from the monkeys, thefrightened boy threw sticks at them and climbed up a tree to hide. The monkeysfought fiercely, trying to stop the tribesmen from taking him away, but theydid not succeed.

Afterhis “rescue”, the boy was taken to Kamuzinda Chritan Orphanage,outside Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He was identified as JohnSsabunnya, a boy who had disappeared three years earlier after his mother wasmurdered and his father went missing. John was only two years old when hedisappeared.

Johncouldn’t speak when he arrived at the orphanage. It was obvious that he did notknow how to act in a human way-- he knew only how to behave like a monkey.However, he soon began to talk and was found to have a beautiful singing voice.

Johnshot to fame at the age of fourteen, when he toured the UK with a children’schoir.”His is a remarkable story. One day it could even be made into a film.”said tour organizer Hillary Cook.

（1）The underlined word “had no contact with” in paragraph 1 is closest to________.

A . had no patience with

B . had no communication with

C . had no quarrel with

D . had no choice but stay with

（2）What can we learn from Hillary Cook’s words in the last paragr aph?

A . John could not act like a human.

B . John’s experience is quite unusual.

C . John is like other boys in the choir.

D . People saved John and protected him.

（3）It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A . feral children are born with the talent to talk with animals

B . feral children are sure to be back to the human community

C . all feral children can be successful after living with humans

D . the study of feral children may help the research on language

（4）The writer organizes the passage by_________.

A . using numbers

B . showing opinions

C . telling a story

D . listing reasons

4. 阅读理解

Welike to believe that before we make a decision, most of the time, we take timeto consider all the facts carefully. However, Experts believe that only 5% ofour decisions are based on a rational thought process. So, what influences ourdecision-making process?

Weoften leave decision-making to our instincts.Scientists have foundout that if we had the choice, we like to avoid pain rather than get something.In fact, we’r e twice as happy when we try to avoid a bad situation than when weexperience a good one. This is why when companies send ads, they use phraseslike “How to avoid...”, “Don’t miss out!”, etc.

Thereare also physical reasons that affect our decision-making. Psychologist John Bargh carried onan experiment where people were asked

what they thought of a fictional person,while holding a cold or a hot cup of coffee. Those holding the hot cup believedthe person to be warmer and more sociable than those holding the cold cup. So,when temperatures rise, the more likely we are to believe in strangers.

Stressis another thing which affects our decisions. Different situations are more orless stressful for different people. Researchers have found, though, that womenare more conservative about decisions when stressed, while menare to make riskier choices.

Itmay come as a surprise but every day from the minute we get up, we have to makecountless decisions, like what to wear, what coffee to have and so on. Eachchoice makes our brain a little bit more tired, and this affects ourdecision-making. That’s why important people, like presidents wearing the samethree suits all the time, want to limit the small choices and spend more brainpower onthe bigger ones.

（1）Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

A .

B .

C .

D .

（2）What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A . Every day we have to make lots of big decisions.

B . People sometimes judge a person by what he wears.

C . What people wear influences their decision making.

D . Making fewer decisions helps to save brain power.

（3）What can we learn from the passage?

A . We make most of the decisions after our careful thinking.

B . People are likely to be happier to avoid something bad.

C . As the temperature is low, we are likely to believe others

D . People usually have risky decisions under heavy pressure.

（4）The purpose of the passage is to__________.

A . tell us what influences decision-making

B . advise people to make rational decisions

C . warn people not to make risky decisions

D . show disadvantages of rational decisions

5. 下面文章中有五处需要添加首句。请从以下选项通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。

Onceupon a time, in the middle of a pool, there lived a frog. One day, a princess（公主）rowed1thepool in a boat. As she moved past, the frog raised his head and called to her.

“Kissme, and I will2ahandsome prince.”

“Notlikely,” replied the princess, “I rule my own kingdom; I3myown armies, I make my own laws. I need 4prince, handsome or otherwise. What else doyou have to offer?”

“Kissme, and I will give you great 5.”

“Ithink not,” answered the princess, “I6allthe money in my country. Your great riches won’t bring me any7,just make my money less valuable. Is that the best you have to 8!”

“Kissme, and 1 will promise you attractive9”

Ha-ha,”sneered theprincess ,”How very 10! I may be not

good-looking11beauty does not last.”

“Whatdo you want then?” the frog stuck to his 12.

Theprincess thought hard, and moved 13.

“Iwant to be happy “ she said quietly and kissed the frog.

“You14love, riches, beauty, and yet you want happiness from kissing a frog! This isn’t a fairy tale you know.” laughed the frog, diving into the clear, blue pool.

Actually, frogs always 15you in the end. It’s hard to escape from them.

（1）A . throughB . pastC . overD . across（2）A . knock intoB . turn intoC . talk aboutD . care about（3）A . leadB . planC . teachD . guard（4）A . neitherB . eitherC . noD . each（5）A . happinessB . beautyC . fameD . wealth（6）A . needB . searchC . controlD . provide（7）A . difficultiesB . supportsC . troubleD . practice （8）A . offerB . payC . encourageD . show（9）A . hairB . brainC . clothesD . look （10）A . happyB . excitingC . funnyD . wonderful（11）A . andB . butC . soD . or （12）A . reviewB . tradeC . changeD . fact（13）A . backB . asideC . closeD . away （14）A . noticedB . refusedC . expectedD . promised（15）A . kickB . loveC . makeD . get三、语法填空

7. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Why do people listen to music? The answer mayseem simple: Music is pleasant to make and to hear. But music ________ our lives in many other ways, too.

Music changes our mood

My brother doesn’t choose music based on whathe wants to hear. Instead, he decides what he wants to feel and picks musicwith that mood in mind. Bright-sounding music ________makes people feel happy. ________some people enjoy listening to sad music, too.It can be like talking with a friend who understands your suffering. But forsome people, sad music can make them feel even ________.

Music helps us get things done

________you ever listen to music while you work? Yes,and I find that it sometimes helps me get focused. According to one expert,music can ________ to help you pay attention during boringor repeated tasks. But when doing tasks ________require more thought, mind can distract youmaking them harder.

My mom, a preschool teacher, uses music ________her classroom. When she wants to call a child, instead of shouting at________child’s name, she sings it. This creates amore positive environment, while still getting his/ her attention.

For most people, music is just one of their________.But it is far more than just entertainment. It is a powerful force that affectsus in many ways.

四、单词拼写，根据下列句子及所给的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确、完全形式（每空限填一词）。

8. A good breakfast provides us with the e________ ofthe whole day, and makes us active.

9. Hundreds of people a________ yesterday’sconcert and were moved by the music.

10. The big room is d________ bya folding screen. Now it seems to be two

rooms.

11. The road was covered with fallen l________in late autumn.

12. More than 70% of the earth s________ iscovered with water, so it is called a blue planet.

13. We don’t know e________ howmany people will join in the meeting, maybe two hundred?

14. The teacher encouraged Susan to be p________ andkeep on practicing because it takes time to improve the pronunciation.

15. As we all know, the family is the b________ unitof the society.

16. I have w________ severalletters to my best friend Jerry, but I still get no reply.

17. Alan is a superstar. He gets t________ ofattention everywhere he goes.

五、书面表达

18. 假定你是李平，最近收到法国朋友Linda 电子邮件，以下是邮件的一部分，请你阅读后回复，词数80左右。

From: Linda

...

Recently,more and more people in my country are interested in Chinese traditionalculture. Also, Chinese New Year is coming. I’d like to buy something Chinesefor my family and friends. Could you please give me some advice? What’s itmade of? What can it do? Why is it special?

Hopeto hear from you soon.

To: Linda Subject: New Year gift Dear Linda,

Yours,

Li Ping

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