广东省广州市海珠区2018届九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷.doc

2017-2018学年广东省广州市海珠区九年级（上）期末英语试卷

一、语法选择（共 15 小题；每题 1 分，满分 15 分）
A long time ago，some farmers lived in a small village．And there was a farmer（1）　 　 had four sons．
The farmer raised the four boys on his own．He hoped that his sons could learn not （2）　 　 opinions about things too quickly．So he gave his four sons （3）　 　 question in turn asking them to go to see a pear tree at a distance in different seasons．The sons promised they would not let their father （4）　 　．
The first son（5）　 　 out in the winter，the second in the spring，the third in the summer，and the youngest in the autumn．
One year passed．When all of them returned home，the farmer called them together to describe（6）　 　they had seen．
The first son said the tree was（7）　 　，bent and distorted．It wasn't worth seeing at all．And it seemed that it wouldn't bear any fruit，（8）　 　．
The second son said it was not like that．but the tree was covered（9）　 　 green buds and made people feel full of hope．
The third son disagreed，saying that it was full of flowers which smelled so sweet and （10）　 　 so beautiful．And he had never seen such beautiful scene that everyone would love it．
The last son disagreed with all of them，saying that it （11）　 　 with fruit，full of life and content．People would be satisfied with it．
At last，the four sons'eyes were fixed（12）　 　 their father．The father smiled．Then he told his four sons that（13）　 　 they were all correct，they only saw the tree in one season．He told his sons that（14）　 　 could not judge a tree or a person only by one season，and that the essence of a person could only be measured when all the seasons
（15）　 　 over．
If you just give up in winter，you will miss the hope of spring，the beauty of
summer and the harvest of autumn in your life．

1．A．who
B． what．
C．which
D．/
2．A．give
B．gave
C．giving
D．to give
3．A．a
B．an
C．the
D．/
4．A．up
B．on
C．off
D．down
5．A．set
B．sets
C．has set
D．have set
6．A．how
B．what
C．that
D．why
7．A．awful
B．more awful
C．awfully
D．more awfully
8．A．also
B．too
C．either
D．neither
9．A．in
B．on
C．of
D．with
10．A．look
B．looks
C．looked
D．was looking
11．A．fills
B．filled
C．is filled
D．was filled
12．A．to
B．up
C．on
D．with
13．A．if
B．so
C．but
D．although
14．A．he
B．him
C．they
D．them
15．A．is
B．are
C．was
D．were．

二、完形填空 （共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
Elephants are big，but Teensy was the smallest of them．Teensy tried everything she could think of to help herself grow．She put her legs out straight．She ate a lot．However，nothing seemed to （16）　 　．
One day Teensy went with the elephants to have lunch．They stopped in front of some trees and found their favourite green leaves．Teensy raised her nose and tried again and again．but she couldn't （17）　 　the branches．Not even the low ones!
At the end of the day，Teensy was with the rest of the elephants watching the （18）　 　．But Teensy couldn't see very much．"Excuse me，"said Teensy politely，"I'd like to see more than your knees，if you please．"But the elephants didn't hear little Teensy．They were too （19）　 　 enjoying the sunset．Teensy sat down and Waited （20）　 　for them to finish admiring the sunset．She knew she was too little to walk away by herself，so she sat and （21）　 　 what the sunset must look like．"Oh，I guess it is too pretty for words!"she sighed．Teensy was very sad．"Oh，woe is me．"she said．Suddenly，Teensy heard a tiny voice．"What is woe？"the voice said．Teensy looked down and saw a mouse．"Woe means （22）　 　，"said Teensy．She told the mouse about seeing only elephant （23）　 　 instead of the sunset．
"I'm too little，"she said．
"Why？You're not little at all，"said the mouse．
"Do you think so？"replied Teensy，"I'm sorry you're so small．I know how it feels．""Don't be sorry，"said the mouse．"I like being small!I can always fit into corners．
"Wow，"said Teensy，"so being（24）　 　CAN be good．"
"You're right．Little or big，you should always be（25）　 　 of who you are．"said the mouse．
16．A．do
B．get
C．work
D．answer
17．A．cut
B．see
C．hear
D．reach
18．A．trees
B．sunset
C．colors
D．branches
19．A．busy
B．tired
C．hungry
D．difficult
20．A．happily
B．patiently
C．excitedly
D．friendly
21．A．enjoyed
B．watched
C．imagined
D．explained
22．A．sad
B．slow
C．pretty
D．polite
23．A．ears
B．backs
C．noses
D．knees
24．A．big
B．tall
C．heavy
D．little
25．A．afraid
B．proud
C．careful
D．ashamed．

三、阅读 （共两节 25 小题；满分 45 分）第一节 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．
Manu，an eight﹣year﹣old boy，was sleeping comfortably in his bedroom．After a weekend break from his school，Manu failed to get up on time on Monday morning again．
"Manu，wake up．It's time for you to go to school，"shouted out Manu's mother，
Akhila，from the kitchen．Manu pulled the blanket over him and pretended he didn't hear his mother's repeated shouting．"Manu!Please wake up!It's already 6：30and your school bus will be here in ten minutes．Wake up and get ready．"
After much yelling，Manu finally got up lazily when the school bus stopped in front of the house．Akhila had to ask the driver to wait for a few minutes．She quickly helped Manu get ready and helped him get on his school bus．
"Phew!Manu didn't miss his bus today．Akhila sighed and thought to herself．"What should I do with this boy？Manu neither wakes up on time nor completes any of his daily tasks at the right time．It's time to teach him a lesson．"
The next morning，Akhila was in the kitchen as usual．Everything seemed normal in the house except for the unexpected silence．
Manu finally woke up at around 9o'clock．He looked at the clock and ran to the kitchen，crying out，"Mamma!Why didn't you wake me up？I am really late for school．"He couldn't stop crying．"I have a maths test today and Madam Mangat will punish me if I miss her class and the test!"Madam Mangat was the strictest teacher in Manu's school．The fear of missing her class made Manu cry even louder．"Mamma，what should I do now？Please help．I promise I will wake up every day on time．"
Akhila could no longer see her son crying and said，"Just promise me one more thing that you will do your
daily task on time without pestering you to do it．
"Sure Mamma!I promise!
Akhila said in a loving voice．"I have already got permission from your math teacher and she has allowed
you to take up the test today．"
Manu hugged his mother．"Mamma!Thank you．"He quickly got himself ready for school without any help
from Akhila．
On the way to the school，there was silence in the car but a smile on Akhila's face．

26．When did Manu get up on the Monday morning？　 　
A．After 6：30．
B．After the school bus left．
C．Before 6：30．
D．Before the school bus arrived．
27．What does the underlined word"pestering"mean in paragraph 7？　 　
A．Inviting politely．
B．Asking many times．
C．Allowing many times．
D．Encouraging patiently．
28．In what order did the following events happen？　 　
a．Manu cried for help．
b．Akhila drove Manu to school．
c．Akhila asked Manu for one more promise．
d．Akhila got special permission from the teacher．
e．Manu got himself ready for school without help．
A．a，d，c，e，b．
B．d，a．c，e，b．
C．a，d，e，b，c．
D．d，a，e，c，b
29．Why was there a smile on Akhila's face at last？　 　
A．She didn't wake up Manu．
B．Manu did well in the maths test．
C．She taught Manu a lesson successfully．
D．Manu got up by himself that morning．
30．What is the best title for the passage？　 　
A．A lazy son．
B．A strict mother．
C．A quiet lesson．
D．A happy family．
We choose food to eat every day．We might know some of the reasons for the choices，but food scientist Dr．
Brian Wansink has found that we are unaware of 90% of our food decision．Here are some"big ideas"in his research on the hidden power that drives our eating．
Food for thought
In one of the studies，Dr．Wansink made volunteers eat chocolate yogurt in a dark room．He told them the yogurt was with a taste of strawberry even though they were all eating chocolate．Finally，65% of volunteers described the yogurt as having a"nice strawberry flavor!"
The research shows that our imagination has an effect on our taste．If you expect a food to taste good，it will．So take a moment before you eat your unpleasant healthy food to remind yourself that you are eating delicious fish and chips．
Our eyes eat first
How your food looks is just as important as how it tastes．Dr．Wansink gave cakes to three groups of people．The cakes were exactly the same but served in different ways．
①Group one got the cake on a nice plate．
②Group two got the cake on a paper plate．
③Group three got the cake on a piece of paper．
Dr．Wansink then asked the people how much they would pay for each cake．
Dr．Wansink then asked the people how much they would pay for each cake．
①Group one who got the cake on a nice plate would pay $1.27．
②Group two who got the cake on a paper plate would pay 76 cents．
③Group three who got the cake on a piece of paper would pay 53 cents．
Take some time to make your healthy food look amazing．Cut your fruit into a flower shape and put your colourful vegetables on nice plates．This works really well for your appetite （胃口）．
Out of sight，out of stomach
Dr．Wansink also found that when people sat at the desk full of snacks，they ate 71% more of snacks a day
than those sitting near a clear table．We eat what we see．As a result，put all the unhealthy food in your fridge．
Hide it and make it really hard to get to．The closer bad food is，the more you eat it．

31．How many ideas are mentioned in the passage？　 　
A.3．
B.4．
C.5．
D.6．
32．Why did the volunteers say the yogurt had a strawberry flavor？　 　
A．They didn't like chocolate yogurt．
B．The yogurt had a taste of strawberry．
C．The yogurt was made from strawberry．
D．They thought they had eaten strawberry yogurt．
33．How can we make ourselves eat more vegetables we don't like？　 　
A．Have the same vegetable every day．
B．Serve vegetables on lovely plates．
C．Put vegetables on a piece of paper．
D．Eat vegetables as soon as they are cooked．
34．To avoid eating too many snacks，we should NOT　 　．
A．hide them．
B．put them on the desk．
C．leave them in the fridge．
D．make them really hard to get to．
35．What is the passage mainly about？　 　
A．Useful skills on selling food．
B．Ways to make healthy eating easier．
C．Ideas about how to avoid too many snacks．
D．Experiments to find out people's favourite food．
A robot is taking part in a popular TV show in China which tests people's brainpower．The smart AI （ 人工智能） robot，Xiaodu，will challenge humans to recognize faces and voices．
The TV show Super Brain will spend the whole Season Four on the topic of supercomputers vs．human brains．The AI robot Xiadu built
by search engine giant Baidu becomes one of the contestants．Baidu Company first showed off a small version of Xiaodu in 2015．In Super Brain IV，he will complete against four people and other clever computer programs．
Besides，Xiaodu，Sun Yiting，an eight﹣year﹣old boy with amazing hearing ability also stands on the stage of the show．He says he can correctly tell the height from which a balloon was dropped by listening to the sound of the balloon landing．Another contestant，Wang Feng，is a memory master who broke the world record for speed memorization of cards in a poker game．
In the first competition of Super Brain IV，both the humans and Xiaodu will be shown photos of two women when they were four﹣year﹣old babies．They must then pick out the right two adults from a lineup of 20 women who are dressed similarly and have similar haircuts．
The listening competition is even more difficult．The contestants need to choose the right person from 21
singers as they are all singing together，just according to a three﹣second mp3．
Baidu is confident that Xiaodu has the ability to do well in this difficult TV test，because the company has paid a huge amount of money for the study of AI robot and supercomputers，as well as speech，image，and facial recognition．In addition，it is not the first time that Chinese AI robot has become a contestant and final winner of a quiz show．Months ago，Wangzai，Sogo's AI robot，beat a Harvard graduate in a Chinese quiz show Yi Zhan Dao
Di．All of these make it possible that AI vs．AI will be shown on TV in the future．

36．What will Xiaodu do in Super Brain IV？　 　
A．Take part in competitions．
B．Be the host of the TV show．
C．Help people search for information．
D．Introduce AI robot to people for the first time．
37．Which of the following is true according to the passage？　 　
A．Sun Yiting is an adult contestant．
B．Wang Feng has broken a world record before．
C．Xiaodu used to be the winner of a quiz show on TV．
D．Pictures of babies will be shown in the listening competition．
38．The underlined word"They"in Paragraph 4 refers to　 　．
A．The AI robots．
B．The two women．
C．The four﹣year﹣old babies．
D．The human contestants and Xiaodu．
39．What makes Xiaodu have the ability to do well in the TV test？　 　
A．Another AI robot Wangzai．
B．The help from Sogo Company．
C．Baidu's efforts on developing AI．
D．The Chinese quiz show Yi Zhan Dao Di．
40．The passage can best be described as a/an　 　．
A．story．
B．news report．
C．letter．
D．advertisement．
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