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 villageAnd there was a farmer（1） had four sonsThe farmer raised the four boys on his ownHe hoped that his sons could learn not （2） opinions about things too quicklySo he gave his four sons （3） question in turn asking them to go to see a pear tree at a distance in different seasonsThe 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 autumnOne year passedWhen all of them returned home，the farmer called them together to describe（6） they had seenThe first son said the tree was（7） ，bent and distortedIt wasnt worth seeing at allAnd it seemed that it wouldnt bear any fruit，（8） The second son said it was not like thatbut the tree was covered（9） green buds and made people feel full of hopeThe third son disagreed，saying that it was full of flowers which smelled so sweet and （10） so beautifulAnd he had never seen such beautiful scene that everyone would love itThe last son disagreed with all of them，saying that it （11） with fruit，full of life and contentPeople would be satisfied with itAt last，the four sonseyes were fixed（12） their fatherThe father smiledThen he told his four sons that（13） they were all correct，they only saw the tree in one seasonHe 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） overIf you just give up in winter，you will miss the hope of spring，the beauty ofsummer and the harvest of autumn in your life1AwhoB whatCwhichD/2AgiveBgaveCgivingDto give3AaBanCtheD/4AupBonCoffDdown5AsetBsetsChas setDhave set6AhowBwhatCthatDwhy7AawfulBmore awfulCawfullyDmore awfully8AalsoBtooCeitherDneither9AinBonCofDwith10AlookBlooksClookedDwas looking11AfillsBfilledCis filledDwas filled12AtoBupConDwith13AifBsoCbutDalthough14AheBhimCtheyDthem15AisBareCwasDwere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 themTeensy tried everything she could think of to help herself growShe put her legs out straightShe ate a lotHowever，nothing seemed to （16） One day Teensy went with the elephants to have lunchThey stopped in front of some trees and found their favourite green leavesTeensy raised her nose and tried again and againbut she couldnt （17） the branchesNot even the low ones!At the end of the day，Teensy was with the rest of the elephants watching the （18） But Teensy couldnt see very muchExcuse me，said Teensy politely，Id like to see more than your knees，if you pleaseBut the elephants didnt hear little TeensyThey were too （19） enjoying the sunsetTeensy sat down and Waited （20） for them to finish admiring the sunsetShe knew she was too little to walk away by herself，so she sat and （21） what the sunset must look likeOh，I guess it is too pretty for words!she sighedTeensy was very sadOh，woe is meshe saidSuddenly，Teensy heard a tiny voiceWhat is woe？the voice saidTeensy looked down and saw a mouseWoe means （22） ，said TeensyShe told the mouse about seeing only elephant （23） instead of the sunsetIm too little，she saidWhy？Youre not little at all，said the mouseDo you think so？replied Teensy，Im sorry youre so smallI know how it feelsDont be sorry，said the mouseI like being small!I can always fit into cornersWow，said Teensy，so being（24） CAN be goodYoure rightLittle or big，you should always be（25） of who you aresaid the mouse16AdoBgetCworkDanswer17AcutBseeChearDreach18AtreesBsunsetCcolorsDbranches19AbusyBtiredChungryDdifficult20AhappilyBpatientlyCexcitedlyDfriendly21AenjoyedBwatchedCimaginedDexplained22AsadBslowCprettyDpolite23AearsBbacksCnosesDknees24AbigBtallCheavyDlittle25AafraidBproudCcarefulDashamed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 eightyearold boy，was sleeping comfortably in his bedroomAfter a weekend break from his school，Manu failed to get up on time on Monday morning againManu，wake upIts time for you to go to school，shouted out Manus mother，Akhila，from the kitchenManu pulled the blanket over him and pretended he didnt hear his mothers repeated shoutingManu!Please wake up!Its already 6：30and your school bus will be here in ten minutesWake up and get readyAfter much yelling，Manu finally got up lazily when the school bus stopped in front of the houseAkhila had to ask the driver to wait for a few minutesShe quickly helped Manu get ready and helped him get on his school busPhew!Manu didnt miss his bus todayAkhila sighed and thought to herselfWhat should I do with this boy？Manu neither wakes up on time nor completes any of his daily tasks at the right timeIts time to teach him a lessonThe next morning，Akhila was in the kitchen as usualEverything seemed normal in the house except for the unexpected silenceManu finally woke up at around 9oclockHe looked at the clock and ran to the kitchen，crying out，Mamma!Why didnt you wake me up？I am really late for schoolHe couldnt stop cryingI 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 Manus schoolThe fear of missing her class made Manu cry even louderMamma，what should I do now？Please helpI promise I will wake up every day on timeAkhila could no longer see her son crying and said，Just promise me one more thing that you will do yourdaily task on time without pestering you to do itSure Mamma!I promise!Akhila said in a loving voiceI have already got permission from your math teacher and she has allowedyou to take up the test todayManu hugged his motherMamma!Thank youHe quickly got himself ready for school without any helpfrom AkhilaOn the way to the school，there was silence in the car but a smile on Akhilas face26When did Manu get up on the Monday morning？ AAfter 6：30BAfter the school bus leftCBefore 6：30DBefore the school bus arrived27What does the underlined wordpesteringmean in paragraph 7？ AInviting politelyBAsking many timesCAllowing many timesDEncouraging patiently28In what order did the following events happen？ aManu cried for helpbAkhila drove Manu to schoolcAkhila asked Manu for one more promisedAkhila got special permission from the teachereManu got himself ready for school without helpAa，d，c，e，bBd，ac，e，bCa，d，e，b，cDd，a，e，c，b29Why was there a smile on Akhilas face at last？ AShe didnt wake up ManuBManu did well in the maths testCShe taught Manu a lesson successfullyDManu got up by himself that morning30What is the best title for the passage？ AA lazy sonBA strict motherCA quiet lessonDA happy familyWe choose food to eat every dayWe might know some of the reasons for the choices，but food scientist DrBrian Wansink has found that we are unaware of 90% of our food decisionHere are somebig ideasin his research on the hidden power that drives our eatingFood for thoughtIn one of the studies，DrWansink made volunteers eat chocolate yogurt in a dark roomHe told them the yogurt was with a taste of strawberry even though they were all eating chocolateFinally，65% of volunteers described the yogurt as having anice strawberry flavor!The research shows that our imagination has an effect on our tasteIf you expect a food to taste good，it willSo take a moment before you eat your unpleasant healthy food to remind yourself that you are eating delicious fish and chipsOur eyes eat firstHow your food looks is just as important as how it tastesDrWansink gave cakes to three groups of peopleThe cakes were exactly the same but served in different waysGroup one got the cake on a nice plateGroup two got the cake on a paper plateGroup three got the cake on a piece of paperDrWansink then asked the people how much they would pay for each cakeDrWansink then asked the people how much they would pay for each cakeGroup one who got the cake on a nice plate would pay $1.27Group two who got the cake on a paper plate would pay 76 centsGroup three who got the cake on a piece of paper would pay 53 centsTake some time to make your healthy food look amazingCut your fruit into a flower shape and put your colourful vegetables on nice platesThis works really well for your appetite （胃口）Out of sight，out of stomachDrWansink also found that when people sat at the desk full of snacks，they ate 71% more of snacks a daythan those sitting near a clear tableWe eat what we seeAs a result，put all the unhealthy food in your fridgeHide it and make it really hard to get toThe closer bad food is，the more you eat it31How many ideas are mentioned in the passage？ A.3B.4C.5D.632Why did the volunteers say the yogurt had a strawberry flavor？ AThey didnt like chocolate yogurtBThe yogurt had a taste of strawberryCThe yogurt was made from strawberryDThey thought they had eaten strawberry yogurt33How can we make ourselves eat more vegetables we dont like？ AHave the same vegetable every dayBServe vegetables on lovely platesCPut vegetables on a piece of paperDEat vegetables as soon as they are cooked34To avoid eating too many snacks，we should NOT Ahide themBput them on the deskCleave them in the fridgeDmake them really hard to get to35What is the passage mainly about？ AUseful skills on selling foodBWays to make healthy eating easierCIdeas about how to avoid too many snacksDExperiments to find out peoples favourite foodA robot is taking part in a popular TV show in China which tests peoples brainpowerThe smart AI （ 人工智能） robot，Xiaodu，will challenge humans to recognize faces and voicesThe TV show Super Brain will spend the whole Season Four on the topic of supercomputers vshuman brainsThe AI robot Xiadu builtby search engine giant Baidu becomes one of the contestantsBaidu Company first showed off a small version of Xiaodu in 2015In Super Brain IV，he will complete against four people and other clever computer programs Besides，Xiaodu，Sun Yiting，an eightyearold boy with amazing hearing ability also stands on the stage of the showHe says he can correctly tell the height from which a balloon was dropped by listening to the sound of the balloon landingAnother contestant，Wang Feng，is a memory master who broke the world record for speed memorization of cards in a poker gameIn the first competition of Super Brain IV，both the humans and Xiaodu will be shown photos of two women when they were fouryearold babiesThey must then pick out the right two adults from a lineup of 20 women who are dressed similarly and have similar haircutsThe listening competition is even more difficultThe contestants need to choose the right person from 21singers as they are all singing together，just according to a threesecond mp3Baidu 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 recognitionIn addition，it is not the first time that Chinese AI robot has become a contestant and final winner of a quiz showMonths ago，Wangzai，Sogos AI robot，beat a Harvard graduate in a Chinese quiz show Yi Zhan DaoDiAll of these make it possible that AI vsAI will be shown on TV in the future 36What will Xiaodu do in Super Brain IV？ ATake part in competitionsBBe the host of the TV showCHelp people search for informationDIntroduce AI robot to people for the first time37Which of the following is true according to the passage？ ASun Yiting is an adult contestantBWang Feng has broken a world record beforeCXiaodu used to be the winner of a quiz show on TVDPictures of babies will be shown in the listening competition38The underlined wordTheyin Paragraph 4 refers to AThe AI robotsBThe two womenCThe fouryearold babiesDThe human contestants and Xiaodu39What makes Xiaodu have the ability to do well in the TV test？ AAnother AI robot WangzaiBThe help from Sogo CompanyCBaidus efforts on developing AIDThe Chinese quiz show Yi Zhan Dao 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