外研版2019-2020学年九年级上学期英语第二次阶段性测试试卷C卷

外研版2019-2020学年九年级上学期英语第二次阶段性测试试卷C卷一、完型填空 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）通读下面的短文，然后从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案填空，使短文完整通顺。

Cindy was just seven years old when she started going on walks. Since then, she has joined a sports club with her 1, Kevin."We started walking around the countryside," 2 Cindy. "There are a lot of paths near our house, and now we go walking all year round, even 3 winter. My first 4 was 2 kilometers away. But we did it little by little over quite a long time. After I 5 the sports club, I became more and more energetic (精力充沛的). Walking has made me much 6. I think it would be a really good idea to 7 other kids of my age to walk because many kids are getting fat nowadays."Cindy's father, Kevin is really 8 of his daughter's opinion of walking. "I wish we could get more kids out walking. 9 now lots of children are busy with TV programs and computer games, so it's not 10 for them to go out. But I think I should try my best to help them."（1）A . fatherB . friendC . teacher（2）A . speaksB . saysC . talks（3）A . inB . onC . at（4）A . runB . changeC . walk（5）A . joinedB . leftC . attended（6）A . richerB . healthierC . shorter（7）A . needB . orderC . encourage（8）A . kindB . afraidC . proud（9）A . UnluckilyB . HappilyC . Easily（10）A . difficultB . easyC . important二、阅读理解 (共5题；共43分)2. （10分）（2016•孝感）阅读短文，然后根据其内容选择正确答案。

AAn elephant and a monkey were arguing.“Look, how big and strong I am!” The elephant said.The monkey disagreed, “Look, how fast I can run and climb! Can you?”At last they asked a wise tiger, “Which is better—to be strong or to bequick?”The tiger said, “Go across the river and pick the fruit on that tree forme, then I can tell.”So they went to the river, but the water ran fast and the monkey wasafraid.“Get on my back,” said the elephant proudly, “I shall carry you.”Soon they crossed the river. There stood the tree. But the fruit was toohigh for the elephant to reach. He also tried to pull the tree down, but failed.“Don't worry.” The monkey climbed quickly up the tree, and picked thefruit.Then they returned and gave the tiger the fruit. “Which is better—to bestrong or to be quick?”The tiger smiled, “Neither of you could get the fruit alone. Ittook both the elephant’s strength and the monkey’s quickness to get it.”（1）The elephant and the monkey argued about .A . who could climb fasterB . whose skill was betterC . how to be strongerD . where to pick the fruit（2）The monkey was afraid of .A . the fruitB . the elephantC . the tigerD . the water（3）Why couldn't the elephant get the fruit?A . Because the elephant was ill.B . Because the tree was not strong.C . Because the monkey was fast.D . Because the fruit was too high.（4）What did the monkey think of his quickness?A . Angry.B . Proud.C . Afraid.D . Nervous.（5）How did the monkey and the elephant finally get the fruit?A . By working together.B . By pulling down the tree.C . By arguing with friends.D . By asking the tiger for help.3. （10分）根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

Hello, I'm Mary Brown. Here, you can see my two family photos. In the first photo, you can see my grandparents, my aunt, my uncle and my uncle's daughter Susan. In the next picture you can see six people (人). These are my parents Simon and Helen. These two boys are my brothers Alan and Peter. And those two girls are my sister Betty and Betty's good friend Sonia Black. Where am I? Well, I'm not in the photo.（1）You can see ________ people in the first photo.A . fourB . fiveC . sixD . seven（2）Simon's family name is ________.A . BrownB . GreenC . SmithD . Black（3）Peter is Betty's ________.A . cousinB . uncleC . friendD . brother（4）Mary has _________ sister(s).A . oneB . twoC . threeD . four（5）Who is Sonia?A . She is Helen's daughter.B . She is Susan's cousin.C . She is Betty's friend.D . She is Alan's sister.4. （10分） Yang Nan, 17, was happy to move to her new home in a northern area of Beijing. She was told that her neighborhood used to be rich farmland planted with vegetables, corn and wheat. But looking at the new road, beautiful parks and supermarkets, to her surprise, Yang couldn't see any sign that food was once grown there.Yang is not alone. In recent years, many Chinese people have moved into new houses in country areas. Tall buildings have been built everywhere in the suburbs. The crops and fruit trees are no more grown there. But these changes have caused big problems too, warns Gan Zangchun, an official（官员）at the Ministry of Land and Resources(国土资源部）．"Chinese cities are growing very fast. This has made the area for farmland much smaller than before. This is really bad for the country's ability to grow food, not to mention the lives of farmers," said Gan last Monday.As the population of China is growing all the time, the country needs more farmland to grow food for the increasing people of China. But the recent rise in house prices has made selling land a good business. A lot of land has been used to build new houses for sale. So you can see, the shortage of the farmland is now a very serious problem.Pollution, such as, oil pollution, industrial(工业) pollution and water pollution, which makes land useless, is another reason for the big drop in China's farmland. About 2.67 million square kilometers of land in China have been polluted and turned into desert.Today, can we use less farmland to grow enough food for more people? Of course not! The government wants China to have at least 120 million hectares（公顷） of farmland. Only in this way can we raise such a big population. But there are only about 121.8 million hectares left. "It will be really difficult to reach the goal", Gan said. He said that the government would fight illegal(非法的) land use and something useful must be done to stop farmland from becoming desert.（1）The article seems to tell us that_____________.A . farmland is in dangerB . countryside is turned into townsC . farmland has been soldD . Chinese cities are growing fast（2）From what Gan Zangchun said, we know he is worrying about ____________.A . China's development is too slowB . the population of China is growing fastC . Chinese people have worse life than beforeD . the reduction(减少) and pollution of the farmland（3）What size of the land have been polluted and turned into desert?A . 120 million hectares.B . 121.8 million hectares.C . 2.67 million square kilometers.D . Millions of square kilometers.（4）Which statement of the following is NOT true?A . Yang Nan's new home is in a northern area of BeijingB . The country needs enough farmland so that the farmers can grow enough food for the people of China.C . Chinese cities are growing too slowly so the government encourages people to change the farmland into towns.D . Pollution is also an important reason for the big drop in China's farmland.（5）What will the government do with the problem of the drop in China's farmland?A . Government needs farmland to grow food for the people of China.B . Government will order not to build new towns any more.C . Government will stop the growth of the cities in order to stop selling farmland for business.D . Government will fight illegal land use and stop farmland from becoming dessert5. （8分） Miss Evans was going to give a lecture (讲座) on Friday afternoon. But on Thursday night she was told that she had to go to an important meeting the next day at the same time. “No one can be in two places at the same time. What shall I do?” she thought. But soon, she had an idea. At five to three on Friday afternoon, Miss Evans went to the lecture room. There were twenty students waiting there for her. “I'm sorry,” she told them, “I won't be able to give my lecture today.” The students looked surprised. Miss Evans explained（解释） that she had an important meeting. “However,” she went on, “though I can't be with you myself, my voice can.” Then she put a small tape recorder (录音机) on the desk, “You see, I've recorded my lecture and you can listen to it without me.” Miss Evans turned on the recorder and left.The meeting ended a little early. Miss Evans decided to go back to her students. She stood for a moment outside the lecture room, listening to her own voice. Then quickly, she opened the door. To her surprise, the room was empty. As she looked around, she saw a number of small recorders “listening” to her lecture!“Well,” she thought, “If I can be in two places at the same time, why can't they?”（1）Miss Evans had to __________ on Friday afternoon.A . give a lectureB . go to a meetingC . record her lectureD . both A and B（2）Miss Evans recorded her lecture so that while she was away.A . the students could listen to itB . she could listen to her own voiceC . her voice could be with herD . the students could do the same（3）When she returned from the meeting, Miss Evans found her lecture.A . all her students listening toB . every student recordingC . her students had left some recorders recordingD . some of her students listening to（4）Miss Evans thought it was ________.A . all right for her students to do the same as she didB . wrong for her students to be absent（缺席的) from the lectureC . kind of her students to leave so many recordersD . good for her students to do the same as she did6. （5分）Charles，Isabel，Alex，Tara和Toby五个人都爱好体育。