廣州市海珠區(qū)九年級上期末考試英語試卷含答案

1、2017-2018學年廣東省廣州市海珠區(qū)九年級（上）期末英語試卷一、語法選擇（共 15 小題；每題 1 分，滿分 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）

2、 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 ho

3、me，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 o

4、f 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

5、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 me

6、asured 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 awfulCawfu

7、llyDmore awfully8AalsoBtooCeitherDneither9AinBonCofDwith10AlookBlooksClookedDwas looking11AfillsBfilledCis filledDwas filled12AtoBupConDwith13AifBsoCbutDalthough14AheBhimCtheyDthem15AisBareCwasDwere二、完形填空 （共 10 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 15 分）Elephants are big，but Teensy was the smallest of themTeensy tried ev

8、erything 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 s

9、he 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

10、（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 h

11、eard 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

12、 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 mouse16AdoBgetCworkDanswer17AcutBseeChearDreach18AtreesBsunsetCcolorsDbranches19AbusyBtiredChungry

13、Ddifficult20AhappilyBpatientlyCexcitedlyDfriendly21AenjoyedBwatchedCimaginedDexplained22AsadBslowCprettyDpolite23AearsBbacksCnosesDknees24AbigBtallCheavyDlittle25AafraidBproudCcarefulDashamed三、閱讀 （共兩節(jié) 25 小題；滿分 45 分）第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共 20 小題；每題 2 分，滿分 40 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、B、C 和 D 項中，選出最佳選項并在答題卡上將該項涂黑Manu，an e

14、ightyearold 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

15、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

16、 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 th

17、e 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

18、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

19、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 h

20、imself 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 wordpesteringmea

21、n 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 rea

22、dy 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 s

23、trict 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

24、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

25、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

26、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

27、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 i

28、nto 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

29、 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

30、 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

31、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 snacksDExperi

32、ments 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 vshu

33、man 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 am

34、azing 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 ga

35、meIn 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

36、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 robo

37、t 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 poss

38、ible 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

39、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

40、 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 Di40The passage can best be described as a/an AstoryBnews reportCletterDadvertisementWelcome to ReadersHom

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47、ens story tellers？ AGordon KormanBDaisy WhitneyCJerry PinkneyDFScott Fitzgerald42Which books would you like to read if you enjoy humour？ ASchooled and When You Were HereBSchooled and The Lion and the MouseCThe Great Gatsby and When You Were HereDThe Great Gatsby and The Lion and the Mouse43What can

48、we learn from the passages？ ASchooled talks about teenage problemsBThe Lion and the Mouse is full of amazing wordsCThe Great Gatsby is a story happened in the 19th centuryDIn When You Were Here，Danny got the letter before his mother died44If you have only 10 dollars for two books，which of the follow

49、ing can you buy？ASchooled and The Great GatsbyBSchooled and The Lion and the MouseCThe Great Gatsby and When You Were HereDThe Great Gatsby and The Lion and the Mouse45What is the purpose of these passages？ ATo teach students what to readCTo sell books in ReadersHomeBTo introduce different writersDT

50、o encourage people to read in the library第二節(jié) 閱讀填空 （共 5 小題，每小題 1 分，滿分 5 分）閱讀短文及文后選項，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑An adventure of a mouseIt was time to leave the caveId been with my mum and brothers and sisters for the first five weeks of my life（46） So I packed up a bagI nside were things that I thought

51、 Id need to have along the wayThis included a toothbrush，a change of clothes，and，of course，my lucky bottle capMy Uncle Louie had found the bottle cap on his travels long agoHe was running from a fierce catThats when Uncle Louie discovered it wasluckyHe used it to slide down a hillAt the bottom of th

52、e hill，rushing water began to carry him away（47） Luckily，he was able to guide the boat through the watersI listened to Uncle Louie tell the story many，many timesOne day，to my surprise，he gave me the lucky charm （幸運符）（48） With that，I said my goodbyesThen I left the cave that I had known for so longOu

53、tside the sun was shiningBirds were singing high in the trees（49） All of a sudden my ears caught the sound of something unusualThe sky darkened like nightThe wind blew stronglyI quickly searched for coverThere was noneThe next thing I knew，white stones began hitting the groundThen it hit meMy bottle

54、 cap!（50） I placed it over my head just as one of the ice balls crashed onto the capStunned，but not hurt，I sat still for some timeThen I smiledThe lucky charm had saved the day and my life!AI have carried it with me ever sinceBI wanted to explore the outside worldCThinking quickly，he used the bottle cap as a boatDI reached into my pack and pulled out my lucky charmEWith each step I took，the excitement of being on my own grew bigger and bigger四、寫作（共三節(jié)，14 小題，滿分