人教版2019-2020学年初中英语九年级上册期中考试模拟试卷(4)C卷

人教版2019-2020学年初中英语九年级上册期中考试模拟试卷（4）C卷

姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________

一、阅读理解 (共3题；共28分)

1. （10分）阅读理解

What are the basic ingredients(要素)of good manners？A strong sense of fairness is one of them.

A friend once told me an experience that he had. When he was driving along a one—lane(单行小路), unpaved(未铺路的)mountain road, the car ahead of his produced clouds of choking dust(呛人的尘土), and it was a long way to the nearest paved main road. Suddenly, the car ahead stopped at a wider place on the road. My friend thought there must be something wrong with the car ahead. He stopped and asked if anything was wrong. "No," said the other driver. "But you've endured my dust so far. I'll endure yours the rest of the way."

Another ingredient is empathy(同情心). It makes a person see into the mind or heart of someone else. Recently I happened to read such a story in a book.

A man was having dinner alone, and he was trying to open a bottle. But he failed. Then he asked a waiter for help. The waiter took the bottle, turned his back and opened it without difficulty. Then the waiter closed it again and turned back. He pretended(假装)to make a great effort to open the bottle without success. Finally he took it into the kitchen and returned very soon. He told the man that he managed to open it, but only with a tool.

Yet another ingredient is the ability to treat people alike(一视同仁). No matter who he is and what he does, everyone is worth respecting.

（1）The driver in the car ahead stopped to___.

A . repair the car

B . have a rest

C . ask the way

D . let the back car go

（2）The underlined word "endure" probably means___ in Chinese.

A . 原谅

B . 容忍

C . 抱怨

D . 谴责

（3）In fact the waiter opened the bottle___.

A . by himself easily

B . with a tool

C . with difficulty

D . without success

（4）The second story may happen___.

A . in the kitchen at home

B . on the main road

C . in the restaurant

D . on the busy street

（5）The best title of the passage is "___".

A . The Ability to Solve Problems

B . The Ways to Help Others

C . The Good Manners to Treat Others

D . The Empathy for Strangers

2. （10分）阅读理解

Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't 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 don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay(钱) for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't 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 . 513

B . 1,646

C . 2,159

D . 3,805

（2）The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means_________.