北京广渠门中学学年九年级上学期期中英语试题.docx

1、北京广渠门中学学年九年级上学期期中英语试题北京广渠门中学2020-2021学年九年级上学期期中英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、单选题1My brother bought a toy as birthday present.Ahim; my Bme; my Cmy; me Dhis; him2What are you going to wear_ the show?A yellow shirt, blue jeans and trainers.Afor Bwith Cas Dfrom3 is the Amazon River?Some experts say its 7,025 ki

2、lometers long but others say its 6,440 kilometers long.AHow far BHow soon CHow much DHow long4一Must I come at 6: 30 tomorrow morning?No,you neednt. You come one hour later.Acan Bneed Cshould Dmust5I tried calling you, your phone was out of service.Aand Bbut Cso Dor6Chiang Mai (清迈) has been one of to

3、urist places for Chinese since the movie Lost in Thailand (泰囧) was shown.Ahot Bhotter Chottest Dthe hottest7Where is your brother?He isnt at home. He back in three days.Awill come Bcomes Ccoming Dcome8I saw Ken in the meeting room, and he Joe for the school magazine.Ainterviews Binterview Chas inter

4、viewed Dwas interviewing9Hello. May I speak to Mary?Sorry. She to museum just now.Ago Bwent Cgoes Dwill go10-Would you like to watch the three-D film Titanic with me ?-Certainly. I dont mind seeing it again although I _ it twice.Asaw Bwas seen Chave seen Dhad seen11A babys first month birthday is a

5、special event in China and_with a special party.Acelebrates Bis celebrated Cwas celebrated Dwill celebrate12Im going to buy a car. Any advice, Charlie?- Well, it depends on _. If money isnt a problem, you can buy a BMW.Awhen will you buy one Bwhat color do you likeChow much you can afford Dwhere you

6、 are driving二、完型填空 When I was a small boy, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.We lived near a forest, and every evening the mockingbird would come and 13 . I decided to catch a young 14 and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private music

7、ian. Then I succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was 15 , so it fluttered (扑腾) in the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and look forward to some beautiful singing.On the second day, the little birds mother flew to t

8、he cage with 16 in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything. I was 17 to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.The following morning when I went to see my bird, I found it 18 on the floor of the cage. I was terribly surprised and sad! What had happened?Arthur

9、 Wayne, a famous biologist, happened to 19 my father at that time. After she knew my story, she explained to me, “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose 20 .”Since then I have never caught any l

10、iving creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.13Adance Bfly Csing Djump14Abird Bboy Cfish Dthief15Ahappy Bcareful Cactive Dafraid16Awater Bfood Csongs Dstones17Aworried Bpleased Cbored Dtired18Aalone Balive Cdead Dsick19Ainvite Bvisit Cchallenge Dintroduce20Afriend

11、s Bparents Cfreedom Dhappiness三、阅读单选Inventions make the world better, smarter and a little more fun.The folding bike helmet (头盔)People hate to wear a helmet because its thick and heavy. Morpher is a bike helmet made from plastics. It is just as strong as the traditional ones, but flexible (灵活的) enou

12、gh to fold almost totally flat. Also it is much easier to carry.Shoes that tie themselvesAfter we see the movie Back to the Future, almost everyone wants a pair of self-tying shoes. Now, thanks to Nike, the shoes dream comes true. When you press a button, the shoes can tie themselves.The smart alarm

13、 clockHello SenseAn alarm clock, called Hello Sense, can improve your sleep. It can control the temperature, light and even air quality in your bedroom to help you have a perfect sleep environment. And it can record your sleep cycles.Sweep potatoes that could save livesThe lack (缺乏) of vitamin A can

14、 cause blindness and many other illnesses. In sub-Saharan Africa, plant experts are helping them grow a kind of new sweet potatoes. These potatoes can help them fight against some illnesses.21Which company makes self-tying shoes?AAdidas. BKappa. CNike. DLi-Ning.22The smart alarm clock can NOT .Aimpr

15、ove our sleep Brecord our sleep cyclesCcontrol our weight Dcontrol the temperature in the bedroom23You can find the passage in a .Anewspaper Bstory book Cguide book Dcookery book An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire (退休). He told his boss that he planned to leave the building business and l

16、ive a more relaxing life with his wife, enjoying his big family. He would miss the pay check each week, but he needed to retire. He believed they could get by (勉强过活) even on a small amount of money.The boss was sorry to see his good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a p

17、ersonal favor. The carpenter said yes, but soon afterwards he was found to be absent-minded. He used shoddy materials to build the house. How disappointing it was to end his career in this way!When the carpenter finished all his work, the boss came to inspect (检查) the new house as usual. But after t

18、hat, he handed the front-door key to the carpenter, saying. “This is your house, my gift to you.”What a shock! What a shame! If he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the worst house he had ever built in his life.Think of yourself

19、as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or put up a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you ever build. Even if you live it for only one more day, that day deserves (值得) to be lived comfortably. Life is a do-it yourself project. Your life today is the

20、 result of your attitudes (态度) and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.24According to the article, the carpenter .Awas too old to build a fine house Bhad a large family to raiseCwas not in need of money Dwas not welcome25The car

21、penter was when he learned that the house he had built was for himself.Aexcited Bdelighted Cworried Dsurprised26What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the text?AWe should build a house wisely. BBuilding a house is like building a life.CWe should pursue (追求) a comfortable life. DWe should hav

22、e the right attitude towards life. Young sunflowers turn and swing every day. New findings add to evidence that the plants are animal-like.Harmer, a professor in the University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, carried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field, in pot

23、s outdoors and in indoor growth chambers.By staking plants so that they could not move, Harmer showed that he could destroy their ability to track the sun. He also noticed that sunflowers prevented from moving were not as tough and leafy as those that were free to move. When plants were moved indoor

24、 with a settled overhead light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days.The indoor plants did start tracking the “sun” again when the apparent source of lighting was moved across the room. The plants could reliably tack the movement and return at night when the artificial day was close

25、 to a 24-hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours.When sunflowers track the sun, the east sides of their stems grew more rapidly than the west sides. At night, the west sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way. The team identified a number of genes that were expressed at higher le

26、vels on the sunward side of the plant during the day or on the other side at night. A plant growth-regulating hormone (激素), called auxin, appears to be a key driver.The “dance” to the sun cycle obviously slows when the sunflower matures (成熟) and its flowers open up. At that point, the plants stop mo

27、ving during the day and settle down facing the sun in the east.“Bees like warm flowers.” Harmer said, adding that the bees are cold-blooded, so landing on a warm flower saves them energy and perhaps feels really good.“The morning warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more appealing to ins

28、ects, perhaps causing them to release more attractive scents earlier in the day.” he said “Were currently testing this idea.”27Why did Harmer do the experiment on sunflowers?ATo see how sunflowers grow up BTo show what sunflowers genes are.CTo study why sunflowers track the sun. DTo check if sunflow

29、ers swing in cloudy days.28What does the underlined word “staking” probably mean in Paragraph 3?Abreaking Bcontrolling Cgrowing Dsearching29What is the result of sunflowers being stopped from moving?AThey will produce a number of new genes. BThey will grow faster than usual.CThey wont swing back tho

30、ugh set free. DThey wont grow well. If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease following ope

31、ration. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldis “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music.“Facts suggest that exercise improve the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist(心理学家) Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added.The volunteers said they felt better emotionally after working out with or without th