重庆市2020年（春秋版）九年级上学期期末英语试题A卷-1

重庆市2020年（春秋版）九年级上学期期末英语试题A卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、补全短文6选5In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before.1 . , because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also,2 . . They are not careful enough while they do their homework,3 . . some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up very late. Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike.4 . . It will probably make them sleepy during school hours. Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, they should make the best use of their time.5 . , they will find it much better for both their study and health.ASome homework is too difficult.BMost students sleep less than nine hours every night.CWhen they have enough time for sleeping.DIt can be a long way home to school.Eso it takes them a lot of timeFsome students dont know how to save time二、完型填空A farmer lived in a small village. Each morning, he went to work on the farm with his donkey. The place was far and the work was_, so in the middle of their trip back, the farmer always stopped to rest.Before the farmer went to_at night, he tied(系)his donkey to a tree. One day, however, he couldnt_the rope(绳). “This is a big problem,” he thought. “If I dont tie my donkey up，itll run away.”He_slept next to the donkey and kept it from running away by catching its ears. It was not a good way. The donkey wasnt_, and the farmer couldnt have a good nights rest.An old man walked by and saw this. He asked_was going on. The farmer told him about it, and the old man said, “Take your donkey to the usual_and pretend(假装) to tie it up there. It will not run away.”The farmer did_the man said. Then he took a rest. To his surprise, the donkey really didnt go anywhere! Although there was no rope, the donkey didnt_.Just then the farmer understood the old mans_. The donkey was bounded(被束缚)not by a rope, but by itself.6 . AtraditionalBenjoyableChardDenough7 . AdieBworkCtravelDsleep8 . AstandBgetCfindDchoose9 . AnearlyBfinallyChardlyDclearly10 . AimportantBoutgoingCseriousDcomfortable11 . AwhoBwhyCwhatDwhich12 . AfarmBplaceCbedroomDtown13 . AasBwhenCifDbecause14 . AleaveBeatClaughDwork15 . AarticlesBwordsCdiscussionsDjokes三、阅读单选Huw Thomas fell in love with Megan. But then an accident changed his life, and he had to move to Canada. Megan promised to write to him. But Huw never heard from her until one day a letter arrived.He saw the letter came from where he and his father had lived in their early years. Who was writing to him? He turned the envelop(信封) over in his hands several times. Then he took out the letter and read：Dear Huw，I dont know if this letter will reach you, and I dont really know why Im writing to you after all these years, but Huw turned to the end of the letter and saw：Best wishesMeganHe couldnt believe it. He turned back to the first words of the letter and read：After all these years, but Ive just found your letter to me from Canada. Believe me, this was the first time Id read them and they made me cry, even after 50 years. I found them in a box of my fathers papers. They were never opened.Huw, I never knew that youd written to me. I thought your new life in Canada had made you forget me. Now I realize that my father kept your letters. I can still remember asking him if there was any letter for me, and he always said, “_， my girl. I told you he was no good.” Finally, after about a year, I believed him.But why did he keep the letters? Do you think he wanted me to find them when it was too late? Anyways, hes dead now, so I cant ask him. All I can say is Im sorry. Sorry for what my father did, sorry that you never heard from me and sorry for everything.I hope that at least this letter reaches you. Of course, Ill understand if you dont want to write back to me, but if you do. I am still Megan Jenkins, and I will live at the same address.Best wishes，MeganHuw read the letter again. Everything with Megan came back to him. He had never forgotten her. He couldnt. Every day he looked at her face on the wall. He had a drawing of her. It had travelled everywhere with him. But to hear from her again “Are you all right, Dad？” asked Mike, coming into the room. (Adapted from Two Lives by Helen Naylor)16 . Why did Huw turn to the end of the letters before he finished the rest of it?ABecause he was not interested in the beginning.BBecause he didnt like to read letters from Megan.CBecause he wanted to finish reading it in a short time.DBecause he wanted to know whom the letter was from.17 . Megan failed to read Huws letters because _.Aher father kept themBthey were lost on the wayCshe moved to another cityDhe didnt post them at all18 . Which of the following sentences can be put in the _？ASorry, its my faultBLook up hereCNo, he has forgotten youDYes, here are the ones from him19 . What can we infer from the passage?AHuw had never got married all these years.BMegan was still living with her father in Canada.CMegan was sure that Huw would receive her letter.DMegan still loved Huw and felt sorry for what had happened.The next time you take medicine when youre ill, you may eat a cone snail(芋螺). At least thats what some scientists are hoping. Scientists have found that cone snails can help with backache, as well as toothache and other body problems.There are over 600 different kinds of cone snails. This family is especially found in warm and hot waters in the oceans. They catch and eat small fish and even other cone snails. The snails have_that theyll give out and use to kill small animals they have caught because cone snails are slow-moving. Sometimes the venom can even kill people. But some scientists have discovered that the venom can also be used as medicine.The shells of cone snails are often brightly colored, and have interesting shapes, many people think the shells are so beautiful that people kill them, collect lots of shells, and sell them around the world. The environment is also very dangerous for them because of fishing and boating.Scientists want to help save the cone snails. They hope to make new rules to stop them from dying. If they die out, scientists may never discover what kinds of medicines they can give us.20 . We can find a cone snail in _ .Aa warm riverBin a hot oceanCa cold oceanDa lake21 . What does the underline(下划线) word “venom” mean in the second paragraph ? _.A盔甲B毒液C螺纹D鳞片22 . People kill the cone snails in order to _ .Asell their shellsBstudy their venomCsave the environmentDkill animals23 . The best title of the passage may be _ .AA Special MedicineBGreat VenomCCone SnailsDSaving the Cone Snails阅读下列图表，回答 43-45 小题。Jacksons Yearly SaleThis week only (Open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.)Mens and womens clothing: Shoes, coats, sweaters, swimwear and jeans Furniture(家具): Sofas, dining tables, chairs and bookcasesAddress: The corner of Main and East StreetSmiles is having a big weekend sale TVs, radios, and computers Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Fort Street MallAppleOpen Time: 8: 00 a.m. to 6: 00 p.m.Come and see what we have on sale for your office! On First Street30% off office furniture: Desks and bookcases20% off office equipment(设备): Typewriters(打印机) and telephones 10% off office things: Pens and paper24 . A telephone used to be $200 at Apple, but you only have to payfor it now.A$140.B$160C$18025 . Our school needs sofas and something for teachers to take notes, we should go to.AJacksons and SmilesBSmiles and AppleCJacksons and Apple26 . From the chart, we can learn.Awe can go and buy some desks at 7 p.m.BJacksons has the longest opening hours in a dayCif we want to buy some womens clothes, we can go to First StreetMrs. Black lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. Her son, Jack, lived with her. He worked in a shop in the village, but then he found a job in town named Green Sea. He went to live there. Mrs. Black was very angry. She got on a train and went to see her son. Then she said to him, Jack, why do you never telephone me?Jack laughed, But, mother, you havent got a telephone. No. She answered, I havent, but you have got one. 27 . The old Black _.Ais deadBlives with his wifeCwent to a small villageDworked in a shop28 . Jack lived with his mother _he worked in the village.AbeforeBwhenCafterDso29 . Green Sea is _.Aa big cityBa small villageCa townDa mans name30 . Jack didnt phone his mother because _.Ahe had no phoneBhe was very busyChis mother had no phoneDhe went home every day31 . Jacks mother was very angry because _.AJack didnt want to ring her upBJack had a telephone but she hadntCshe didnt know how to make a telephoneDshe didnt know she couldnt be called四、根据首字母、中文提示填空根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词32 . My brother is a student at a p_ school.33 . I want to know more about your school. Can you give me some i_ about it?34 . I like a friend who is _(相似的)to me.35 . The interesting story makes everyone l_.36 . Lily _(应该)share the good news with her best friend.37 . It took us two hours to r_ the museum.38 . His sister didnt do well in the singing _(比赛)39 . Lucy usually enjoys herself in front of the _(镜子)before leaving home.五、语法填空阅读短文，然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。Thanks to the nonprofit（非盈利的）program Music and the Brain, 40 . （recent）it has offered Mayfield School keyboards，music classes and teacher training.When the students saw piano keyboards in neat rows（整齐地排列）, they were quite amazed. After all, it was the 41 . （one）time for them to see something like that. With the help of the program, the children become more creative through music. When they practise playing the piano, they have to be 42 . （patience）. The students need all 43 . （kind）of abilities to work together. They have to see musical notes and decode（解码）them in their brains. At the same time, they use their fingers to make sounds. Music improves the44 . （students）brains.Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at 45 . （play）musical instruments: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck played the piano wonderfully.In a word, to learn music 46 . (be) beneficial（有益的）.六、书信作文47 . 假设你是李华，最近收到了好友Mike 的电子邮件。邮件中他述说了最近一件很烦恼的事，他的同学总是抄袭他的英语作业，他不知如何拒绝。请你给他写封回信，表达你对他的理解，告诉他不要因为拒绝让朋友抄作业而感到烦恼。同时请说出你的想法并就如何正确帮助同学学习英语提出建议。要求：（1）至少提出3个建议。字数控制在70词左右；（2）作文请根据实际情况分段。注意信件要有结尾，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；（3）注意书写整洁美观。提示词： copy 抄写Dear Mike,Glad to hear from you. But Im sorry to know that you are so worried.Yours,Li Hua第 9 页 共 9 页