九年级英语期末考试(2023年上半年)附答案与解析

单选题
Life is full of _____ chances, but they're not always _____ ones we hope for.
A./; the
B.the; the
C./; /
D.the; /
【答案】A
【解析】
句意：生活充满了机会，但机会不总是我们所期望的那样。

本题考查定冠词和零冠词的用法。

生活充满了机会，在这儿chances 是泛指，泛指的复数名词，表示一类人或事物时，不用定冠词；the ones we hope for是特指，定语从句we hope for来修饰ones，当表示对某人、某物进行特指，就是“不是别的，就是那个”时要用定冠词the；故选A。

单选题
__________ Amy likes to go to the cinema, but she doesn’t like to see horror films.
A. Since
B. As
C. Though
D. 不填
【答案】D
【解析】英语中though与but不能同时出现在同一个句子中，句中已有but，故答案选D。

单选题
―Do you know everybody came to the party?
―I'm afraid not. I don't know the one you had a long talk with.
A. which; that
B. /;whom
C. that; which
D. who;/
【答案】D
【解析】
本题考查：定语从句。

选项which做定语从句的关系代词时指代前面的物；that 做关系代词时既可指人也可指物，who做关系代词时，指人。

whom指人，但需在从句中做宾语成分。

综合分析前后文及答案选项，依据前面的everybody可知后面用who作为关系代词，可知此处填who最合适，其中I don't know the one you had a long talk with.中the one是talk with的宾语，此处可用whom引导，也可以省略关系代词。

完整句意为：—Do you know everybody who came to the party? —I'm afraid not. I don't know the one you had a long talk with.—你认识所有来参加聚会的人吗?—恐怕不是。

我不认识那个和你谈了很久的
人。

正确答案为：D
单选题
We just need one of you for the game. you your brother can join us.
A. Both; and
B. Either; or
C. Not only; but also
D. Neither; nor
【答案】B
【解析】
本题考查：连词短语的用法。

选项 A. Both; and 表示两者都...... B. Either; or或者....或者....表两者之中的选择。

C. Not only; but also 不但.....而且..... D. Neither; nor表示两者都不......综合分析前后文及答案选项，依据前面的We just need one of you for the game我们只需要你们中的一个来参加比赛。

可知此处填Either; or最合适，完整句意为：We just need one of you for the game. Either you or your brother can join us.我们只需要你们中的一个来参加比赛。

不是你就是你弟弟可以加入我们。

正确答案为：B
单选题
The teacher asked the students to a story about a trip to the Moon. A. give up B. cheer up C. take up D. make up
【答案】D
【解析】
本题考查：动词短语的辨析。

选项A. give up 放弃；交出。

B. cheer up 高兴起来。

C. take up拿起；开始从事。

D. make up化妆；编造。

综合分析前后文及答案选项，依据a story about a trip to the Moon.一个关于月球旅行的故事。

可知此处填make up最合适，完整句意为：The teacher asked the students to make up a story about a trip to the Moon.老师让学生们编一个关于月球旅行的故事。

正确答案为：D
单选题
―What did Tom say to you just now, John?
―He asked .
A. if I could go to the movies with him tonight
B. why I am so happy today
C. who I played football after school
D. what will I do for the weekend 【答案】A
【解析】
本题考查：宾语从句。

选项A. if I could go to the movies with him tonight 如果我今晚能和他一起去看电影。

B. why I am so happy today为什么我今天这么高兴。

C. who I played football after school 放学后我踢了谁的足球。

D. what will I do for the weekend这个周末我要做什么。

综合分析前后文及答案选项，可知此处填if I could go to the movies with him tonight 最合适，作asked 的宾语，if引导宾语从句。

完整句意为：—What did Tom say to you just now, John? —He asked if I could go to the movies with him tonight .—约翰，汤姆刚才对你说什么了?—他问我今晚是否能和他一起去看电影。

正确答案为：A
单选题
The Spring Festival is coming. Look! many little children are practicing dancing in cold weather carefully for the show.
A. So; such
B. Such; such
C. So; so
D. Such;so
【答案】A
【解析】
本题考查：语境分析及形容词副词辨析。

选项so是副词，修饰形容词和副词；而such是形容词，修饰名词。

它们后面都接单数可数名词，但词序不同。

so的词序为：so+adj.+a（an）+n.而such的词序为：such+a（an）+adj.+n.当后面接复数名词或不可数名词时，只能
用such，而不能用so。

但复数名词或不可数名词前有many，few，much，little修饰时，只能用so而不能用such。

此外，so与that可以直接构成词组so that，引导目的状语从句和结果状语从句，表示“以便、以至于”的意思。

综合分析前后文及答案选项，可知此处填so; such最合适，完整句意为：The Spring Festival is coming. Look! So many little children are practicing dancing in such cold weather carefully for the show.春节就要到了。

看!这么多小孩子在这么冷的天气里认真地练习舞蹈，准备表演。

正确答案为：A
单选题
一I don’t know where to go this summer vacation?
一Why not visiting Suzhou ? There are many places of interest there.
A. suggest
B. wonder
C. consider
D. encourage
【答案】C
【解析】suggest建议；wonder想知道；consider考虑；regard考虑，把……看做。

句意：这个暑假我不知道去哪儿。

——为什么不考虑参观黄冈呢？那儿有许多有趣的地方。

结合语境可知选B。

单选题
--- Do you know the Pakistani girl Malala?
---Of course, her _______ makes the whole world shocked and she becomes the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
A.application
B.agreement
C.attention
D.achievement
【答案】D
【解析】
句意：--你知道巴基斯坦女孩马拉拉吗？--当然，她的功绩让全世界震惊，她是最年轻的诺贝尔和平奖获得者。

本题考查名词辨析：A. application表示“申请，请求”；B. agreement 表示“协定，协议，同意”；C. attention, 表示“注意，专心，注意力”；
D. achievement, 表示“成就，成绩，功绩”。

根据回答becomes the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize她是最年轻的诺贝尔和平奖获得者，可知应该是功绩。

故选D。

单选题
_______,when Marx was already _______,he found it was important to study the situation in Russia, so he began to learn Russian.
A. In 1870s, in his fifties
B. In 1870s, in fifties
C. In the 1870s, in fifties
D. In the 1870s, in his fifties
【答案】D
【解析】试题分析：句意：在十九世纪七十年代，马克思已经五十岁了，他觉得研究俄国的形势很重要，便开始学习俄语。

in the 1870s 十九世纪七十年代；in one’s fifties在某人五十多岁时；故选D。

单选题
It's raining cats and dogs. We have no choice but the picnic.
A.cancel
B.to cancel
C.cancelling
D.cancelled
【答案】B
【解析】
句意：下着倾盆大雨。

我们别无选择，只好取消野餐。

have nothing to do but (to)do 是一个固定句式.have no choice but to do这一个因为but 前没有实意动词do 的任何形式,所以不能去掉to.根据句意可知，此空应填to cancel,故选B。

一I am not looking for any trouble here.
一.Sit and talk.
A. So do I
B. So am I
C. Neither do I
D. Neither am I
【答案】D
【解析】
句意：我不想在这里找麻烦。

一我也不。

坐下来谈谈。

1.So+be /助动词/情态动词+主语。

表示“主语也是……”。

2.Neither+be/助动词/情态动词+主语，表示“主语也不……”。

3.So+主语+be动词/助动词/情态动词。

此表示“主语确实如此”。

表示对上面的肯定情况的话予以赞同。

4.Neither+主语+be动词/助动词/情态动词，表示“主语确实如此”。

表示对上面的否定情况的话予以赞同。

根据题干分析，“我不想在这里找麻烦。

”答语“我也不。

”，应用neither倒装，故排除A和B；根据上句I am not looking for any trouble here.可知，此空应填Neither am I.故选D。

单选题
Students ____ not to use mobile phones in our school now.
A.ask
B.asked
C.are asked
D.asking
【答案】C
句意：在我们学校学生们不允许使用手机。

本题考查被动语态，主语是Students，而后文是use mobile phones in our school，很显然学生在学校是不被允许使用手机，应该用被动，被动语态的构成是be done, 只有C选项符合。

故选C。

单选题
一Why does Buck feel so worried?
一.
A. He can't understand why he is trapped in this small box
B. He believes that something bad was going to happen to him
C. He is not sure that he can go back to his home on this train
D. He doesn't know what do these strange men want with him
【答案】B
【解析】
句意：一巴克为什么这么担心？一他相信他会遇到不好的事情。

A.他不明白为什么他被困在这个小盒子里。

B.他相信他会遇到不好的事情。

C.他不确定乘这趟火车能回家。

D.他不知道这些奇怪的人想和他一起干什么。

根据句意可知，答语是宾语从句，结合汉语意思，只有B符合题意，故选B。

单选题
Customer: I especially like this flowery skirt.
Shopkeeper: It's very much in style this summer.
A.You really have a good taste
B.The flowery skirt is not in now
C.This color looks a bit too loud
D.I don't think the one fits you
【答案】A
【解析】
句意：顾客：我特别喜欢这条花裙子。

店主：你真的很有品味。

今年夏天很流行。

A.你真的很有品味；B.花裙现在不流行；C.这个颜色看起来有点太鲜艳了；D.我觉得这个不适合你。

根据It's very much in style this summer句意可知，这是情景对话，只有A符合题意，故选A。

完型填空
The earth is our home. We must take good care of it. Life today is easier
than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought some new ________. One of the biggest problem is pollution. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has polluted the _________ The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so ________ because there were not so many people. When the ________ was used up or the river was not clean in a place, man went to another place. However, man is ________ polluting the whole world nowadays. Air pollution is still the most serious pollution. It's bad for living things in the world.
Many countries don't let people ________ anything bad in the houses and factories in the city. Pollution brought by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of ________ pollution. It's mainly caused by heavy traffic. People say riding bikes is the ________ way to protect the environment in terms of means of transportation. Riding causes no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don't go to work by bike. It's not because bikes are expensive or people would become tired if they ride to work. It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. More and more people ________ their bikes and go to work by car and then things get worse and worse. There should be special roads only for bikes, making it so difficult and expensive for drivers to drive their cars in the city that they will go back to ________ their bikes.
【1】A.matter B.questions C.troubles D.problems
【2】A.moon B.star C.earth D.sun
【3】A.hard B.clear C.serious D.big
【4】nd B.tree C.food D.fruit
【5】A.sadly B.proudly C.slowly D.easily
【6】A.burn B.create C.cook D.fire
【7】A.water B.white C.air D.noise
【8】A.least B.best C.most D.worst
【9】A.put on B.put off C.put away D.put up
【10】e B.buy C.sell D.repair
【答案】
【1】D
【2】C
【3】C
【4】A
【5】C
【6】A
【7】C
【8】B
【9】C
【10】A
【解析】
现在的生活比数百年前是更容易了，但它也带来了一些新的问题。

最
大的问题之一是空气污染。

告知人们为了人类，为了后代，我们必须要保护我们的家园—地球。

【1】句意：但是它也带来了新的问题。

A. matter侧重的是某个事件；
B. questions是需要"解答"的问题；
C. troubles，侧重"麻烦"是抽象意义上的；
D. problems是需要"解决"的问题。

problem 所指的问题，往往是"老大难的问题，"根据后面One of the biggest problem is pollution 期中一个最大的问题是污染，所以选D。

【2】句意：人类已经污染了地球。

人越多，污染越多。

A.moon月球；
B.star 星；
C.earth 地球；
D.sun 太阳。

结合Man has polluted the句意人类已污染了地球可知。

故答案为C。

【3】句意：许多年前，问题不是很严重，因为没有那么多的人。

A难的；B清晰的；C严重的；D大的；根据Many years ago，the problem was not so （3）because there were not so many people可知本句句意为：许多年前，这问题不严重是因为没有如此多的人，所以选C。

【4】句意：当一个地方的陆地被用完或者河水不干净时，人类去另一个地方。

A陆地；B树；C食物；D水果。

根据后面was used up or the river was not clean in a place，man went to another place．或者河水不干净，去了另一个地方，前面应该是陆地用完了，所以选A。

【5】句意：然而现在人类正慢慢地污染整个的世界。

A伤心地；B自豪地；C慢慢地；D容易的。

根据However，man is （5）polluting the whole world nowadays，后面是污染了全世界，应该是慢
慢地。

故答案为C。

【6】句意：许多国家不让人们在家里和城市的工厂里燃烧坏的东西。

A燃烧；B建立；C烹饪；D点火。

根据后面Pollution brought by SO2is now the most dangerous 二氧化硫造成的污染是最危险的，前面应该不让烧东西。

故答案为A。

【7】句意：二氧化硫污染是最危险的一种空气污染。

A water水；
B white白色，白色的；
C air 空气；
D noise噪音。

根据Pollution brought by SO2is now the most dangerous 常识二氧化硫污染是最危险的空气污染可知。

故答案为C。

【8】句意：人们说骑自行车是最好的保护环境的方法。

A最少的；B最好的；C最多的；D最坏的。

人们说最好骑自行车，可知前面是最好的方式，所以选B。

【9】句意：许多人放好他们的自行车，开车上班。

然后事情变得越来越糟糕。

A穿，戴；B收起，放好；C收好；D向上看。

根据前句It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger．（这是因为道路上的汽车数量变大）知本句意为更多的人收起他们的自行车而开车去工作，故答案为C。

【10】句意：应该有自行车专用车道，使在城市开车上班的司机们感觉更难更昂贵以至于他们将再骑自行车。

A使用；B买；C卖；D修理。

根据There should be special roads only for bikes，making it so difficult and expensive for drivers to drive their cars
in the city that they will go back to （10）their bikes．应该只有专用的道路才能骑自行车，这使得司机在城市里驾驶他们的车变得非常困难和昂贵，他们将返回，应该是用他们的自行车。

故答案为为A。

阅读理解
Morpher, the folding bike helmet(头盔)
People hate to wear a helmet because it's thick and heavy. Morpher is a bike helmet made from plastics. It is just as strong as the traditional ones, but flexible(灵活的)enough to fold almost totally flat. Also it is much easier to carry.
Shoes that tie themselves
After we see the movie Back to the Future, almost everyone wants a pair of self-tying shoes. Now, thanks to Nike, the shoe dream comes true. When you press a button, the shoes can tie themselves.
The smart alarm clock-Hello Sense
An alarm clock , called Hello Sense, can improve your sleep. It can control the temperature, light and even air quality in your bedroom to help you have a perfect sleep environment. And it can record your sleep cycles.
Sweet potatoes that could save lives
The lack(缺乏)of vitamin A can cause blindness and many other illnesses. In sub-Saharan Africa, plant experts are helping them grow a kind of new sweet potatoes. These potatoes can help them fight against some illnesses.
【1】Morpher, the folding bike helmet is_______ .
A.thick and heavy
B.not as strong as a traditional one
C.made from metal
D.flexible enough to fold almost flat
【2】The underlined word "button" means "_____ ".
A.钉子
B.按钮
C.图案
D.形状
【3】The smart alarm clock can NOT _______ .
A.improve our sleep
B.control our weight
C.record our sleep cycles
D.control the temperature in the bedroom
【答案】
【1】D
【2】B
【3】B
【解析】
本文主要介绍了四种不同的发明，可折叠自行车头盔、能自己系鞋带
的鞋子、新型的智能闹钟、可以挽救生命，对抗多种疾病的红薯。

【1】细节理解题。

题干句意：Morpher, the folding bike helmet is_____.折叠自行车头盔是。

选项A. thick and heavy又厚又重；B. not as strong as a traditional one不像传统的那么强。

C. made from metal 金属制成的；D. flexible enough to fold almost flat柔韧到几乎可以平折。

结合原文信息，依据文中第一段Morpher is a bike helmet made from plastics. It is just as strong as the traditional ones, but flexible(灵活的)enough to fold almost totally flat. Morpher是一种由塑料制成的自行车头盔。

和传统的一样强烈，但灵活足够的折叠几乎完全平坦。

可知，A,B,C选项都有误。

故选D。

【2】词义猜测题。

题干句意：The underlined word "button" means " "下划线单词“button”的意思是" "。

选项结合原文信息，依据文中第二段Now, thanks to Nike, the shoe dream comes true. When you press a button, the shoes can tie themselves.现在，感谢耐克，鞋的梦想实现了。

当你按下一个按钮时，鞋子就会自动系好。

故选B。

【3】细节理解题。

题干句意：The smart alarm clock can NOT .智能闹钟不能。

选项A. improve our sleep 改善我们的睡眠。

B. control our weight控制自己的体重。

C. record our sleep cycles 记录我们的睡眠周期。

D. control the temperature in the bedroom控制卧室的温度。

结合原文信息，依据文中第三段It can control the temperature, light and even air quality in your bedroom to help you have a perfect sleep environment. And it can record your sleep cycles.它可以控制你卧室的
温度、光线甚至空气质量，帮助你拥有一个完美的睡眠环境。

它可以记录你的睡眠周期。

可知，B项没有在里面。

故选B。

阅读理解
Jane Eyre（简爱）tells the story of a good and independent woman, who does not depend on others and does not give up even facing many difficulties. Jane is poor and an orphan（孤儿）and is treated badly by her rich aunt and cousins. She is sent away to a school where the pupils are treated very badly. Jane remains strong, because she knows she is good. And when she had the chance to run away, she does. Jane takes a job in the house of a rich man called Mr Rochester.
Jane falls in love with Mr Rochester who is twenty years older than her. Jane is sad when Rochester brings a beautiful woman Blanche to his house. Jane thinks Rochester will marry Blanche. So she decides to leave. Rochester asks her to stay but she will not. She tells him she loves him and says that she is poor and not beautiful, but it does not mean that she has no feelings. She speaks to Rochester as a ‘spiritual equal’. Rochester asks Jane to marry him and she agrees, but on the day of the wedding she finds out that Rochester is already married. Jane decides to leave and even though Rochester says his wife is mad and begs Jane to
stay, she cannot. Jane will not stay with a man who is already married. She has no family to protect her and no money, but she is proud and she wants to do the right thing.
When Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was first published, it was called an autobiography（自传）. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, like Charles Dickens, shows the double-standards in Victorian Britain. The poor and especially orphans were not given any protection by the law, they were seen as animals not humans. The rich lived a life of luxury(奢侈) and by giving a little money to charity they thought they had done their best.【1】What does the underlined “independent” mean in the first paragraph?
A.坚强的
B.大方的
C.自立的
D.严谨的
【2】In this passage, how many names in the book are mentioned?
A.Two.
B.Three.
C.Four.
D.Five
【3】The ‘double-standards’ in Victorian Britain refers to ________.
A.the unequal rights between men and women
B.the different thoughts between adults and children
C.the huge differences between the rich and the poor
D.the different lives between material and spiritual worlds
【4】The passage is mainly about ________.
A.British life in the 19th century
B.English literature
C.Charlotte Bronte’s life and works
D.the book Jane Eyre and its value
【答案】
【1】C
【2】B
【3】C
【4】D
【解析】
本文主要是讲了一个孤女简爱，她很自立。

从小他舅母和堂兄妹十分讨厌她，她被送到一家很不好的学校，找机会她离开了炼狱般的学校，并到了一家庄园。

从此她爱上了那个庄园男主人——罗切斯特先生。

而正当两人举行婚礼之际，得知了男主人居然有一个老婆。

于是，她伤心地离开。

夏洛蒂·勃朗特的《简爱》体现了英国维多利亚时代的双重性：富人极度奢侈，而穷人毫无地位。

【1】词意猜测题。

题干句意：在第一段中independent什么意思？根据后面的who does not depend on others and does not give up even，does not depend on others不依靠别人，does not give up不放弃，可知A.坚强的B. 大方的D. 严谨的，都不合题意。

故选C。

【2】细节理解题。

题干句意：在这篇短文中共提及了这本书中的几个人？
在第一段中提及到2个人Jane（Jane is poor and an orphan（孤儿）and is treated badly by her rich aunt and cousins.），Mr Rochester（Jane takes a job in the house of a rich man called Mr Rochester.），第二段提到了Blanche（Rochester brings a beautiful woman Blanche to his house.），
第三段虽然提到了Charles Dickens，但不是书中的人物。

故选B。

【3】细节理解题。

题干句意：在英国维多利亚时代的双重标准指的是_____。

A.男女之间不平等的权力；
B.大人与小孩之间的不同想法；
C.富人与穷人之间的巨大区别；
D.现实生活与精神生活之间的不同。

依据第三段The poor and especially orphans were not given any protection by the law, they were seen as animals not humans. The rich lived a life of luxury(奢侈) and by giving a little money to charity they thought they had done their best.穷人尤其是孤儿不被法律给作保机会，他们被看作是动物而不是人，富人则过奢侈的生活。

这是说的穷人与富人之间的区别。

故选C。

【4】主旨大意题。

题干句意：这篇文章主要讲了______。

A.19世纪英国人的生活；
B.英国文学；
C. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特的生活和作品；
D.著作《简爱》和他的价值。

依据第一、二段主要介绍了著作《简爱》，第三段主要介绍了这本书的价值可知本文的主旨是著作《简爱》和他的价值。

故选D。

阅读理解
Salt Lake City is a beautiful city in the west of North America. If you go there, you'l1 see a monument(纪念碑)with seagulls on top of it. Here is
the story about the seagulls.
Over one hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children traveled a long way from the east to the west. They crossed the mountains and arrived at thequiet place in the valley. They built their homes and made their farms near the big salt lake. They had to work very hard on their farms because their life depended on their crops.
One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.
"What's that?" asked one of them. "Where?" asked another. "Over there. " he answered.
They saw something like a cloud coming towards them. But it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it came nearer and nearer. Suddenly a shout went up:"Locusts(蝗虫)!Millions of them! "
The farmers were all frightened, because they knew what locusts could do. And they had never seen so many of them before.
In no time the locusts came down and started eating their crops一the wheat, the vegetables, even the grass and the leaves on the trees. The farmers tried everything to kill the locusts，but while they were killing them in one place, millions more arrived in another. What could they do? Suddenly they heard a great noise. As they looked up into the sky, they saw another great cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, they saw not locusts, but seagulls this time. The farmer cried out, "They've
come to eat what the locusts. have left! "
But to their joy，the seagulls had come to eat, not their corps, but the locusts. They had seen or smelt the locusts and had come to eat them. In a short while they ate up millions of them. The farmers' crops were saved.
The people were very thankful. They decided that frrnn then on no one should ever kill a seagull. They also built a monument to show their thanks to the seagulls.
【1】Over one hundred years ago, .
A. there was no city near the salt lake
B. people worked hard in the lake
C. there were no locusts near the lake
D. people didn't like seagulls at all 【2】The farmers were frightened because they knew .
A. the seagulls would not come
B. the locusts might eat all their crops
C. they could not kill any locusts
D. the locusts would kill some of them 【3】The passage does not tell us .
A. where the locusts came from
B. what the seagulls came to eat
C. when the group of people moved there
D. why the farmers worked so hard
【答案】
【1】A
【2】B
【3】A
【解析】
文章大意：在北美西部有一座美丽的城市——盐湖城，那里有一座纪念碑，上面有海鸥，本文主要讲述了关于海鸥的故事。

【1】细节理解题。

根据Over one hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children traveled a long way from the east to the west. They crossed the mountains and arrived at thequiet place in the valley. They built their homes and made their farms near the big salt lake. 一百多年前，一群男人、女人和孩子从东到西走了很远的路。

他们过了山，来到了山谷里安静的地方。

他们在大盐湖附近建起了自己的家和农场。

可知，一百多年前，盐湖附近没有一座城市。

故答案选A。

【2】细节理解题。

根据In no time the locusts came down and started eating their crops一the wheat, the vegetables, even the grass and the leaves on the trees.很快蝗虫就下来了，开始吃他们的庄稼-小麦，蔬菜，甚至草和树上的叶子。

可知，农民们害怕，因为他们知道蝗虫可能会吃掉它们所有的庄稼。

故答案选B。

【3】细节理解题。

A. 蝗虫是从哪里来的，通读全文可知，文中没有提及蝗虫是从那里来的。

B. 海鸥来吃什么，根据But to their joy，the seagulls had come to eat, not their corps, but the locusts.可知海鸥是来吃蝗虫的。

C. 什么时候一群人搬到那里的，根据Over one hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children traveled a long way from the east to the west.可知一百多年前，人们搬到了那里。

D. 为什么农民们这么努力工作，根据They had to work very hard on their farms
because their life depended on their crops.可知农民努力工作是为了他们的生活。

根据题意可知本题是问这篇文章没有告诉我们什么，故答案选A。

单词拼写
词汇检测
【1】Andy is so busy that he hasn’t ____________(回复) my last three e-mails.
【2】Now, school children all get ____________(免费的) books from the government in China..
【3】During her lifetime Hepburn earned four more Oscar___________(提名).
【4】Like many famous scientists, Yuan Long-ping _____ (致力于) himself to the study of science.
【5】Fang-fang's mother is busy doing her business, so she isn't able to___________( 留出,匀出) time for her daughter.
【6】How are you going to ________ (证明) that it is difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild?
【7】I could____________( 几乎不) find my old house because great changes had taken place there.
【8】Murder in a Country House is a horror film ______________(导演) by Cindy Clark..
【9】Some students of our school got good results in the English _________(竞赛) in December.
【10】---- Look！He is skiing so fast. ----Hard to ________ (想象) his legs were once broken.
【答案】
【1】replied
【2】free
【3】nominations
【4】devotes
【5】spare
【6】prove
【7】hardly
【8】directed
【9】competition
【10】imagine
【解析】
【1】句意：安迪是如此的忙以致他没有回复我上次的三封电子邮件。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填replied；题干中he hasn’t___ 说明本句是一个完成时态，所以要用has done形式，reply的过去分词为replied；故答案为：replied。

【2】句意：现在，中国的学生都能从政府那儿得到免费的课本。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填free；free免费的，自由的；故答案为：free。

【3】句意：一生中，赫本获得了至少四次奥斯卡提名。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填nominations；nomination意为“提名，推荐”，是可数名词，其前有four，应用复数形式，故答案为：nominations。

【4】句意：像很多有名的科学家一样，袁隆平致力于科学研究。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填devotes；本句用一般现在时态，主语是三单，所以动词用第三人称单数形式，devote oneself to sth是固定搭配，意为献身于或致力于某事。

故答案为：devotes。

【5】句意：芳芳的母亲正忙于生意，所以她不能匀出时间给女儿。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填spare；spare意为抽出，留出，匀出；be able to后接动词原形；故答案为：spare。

【6】句意：你将怎样证明硕大的熊猫在世界上存活是困难的。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填prove；prove意为证明，be going to 后接动词原形；故答案为：prove。

【7】句意：因为那儿发生了巨大的改变，所以我几乎不能找到我的旧房子。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填hardly；can hardly为几乎不能，表否定；故答案为：hardly。

【8】句意：《乡宅凶杀案》是一部由辛迪克拉克导演的恐怖电影。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填directed；direct意为指导，导演；用过去分词形式修饰前面的名词，表示存在被动关系，如a boy called Tom一个被叫做汤姆的男孩；a film 与direct之间存在被动关系，应用过去分词形式；故答案为：directed。

【9】句意：我们学校的一些学生在十二月份的英语竞赛中取得了好成绩。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填competition；competition意为竞赛，比赛，其动词形式为compete；故答案为：competition。

【10】句意：看！他滑雪板这么快，很难想像他的腿曾经受过伤。

由语境和汉语提示可知，应该填imagine；imagine意为想象，设想，to 后面用动词原形；故答案为：imagine。

翻译题
翻译句子
【1】我爷爷宁愿看报也不愿看电视。

___________________________________________________________ ______
【2】姚明是世界上最好的篮球运动员之一。

___________________________________________________________ __________
【3】妈妈常叫我别在外面呆得太晚。

___________________________________________________________ _________
【4】受害者说他没看清楚那个凶手。

___________________________________________________________ ________
【5】昨天当我离开学校时，天正下着大雨。

___________________________________________________________ __________
【答案】
【1】My grandpa would rather read newspapers than watch TV./ My grandfather prefers to read newspapers rather than watch TV.
【2】Yao Ming is one of the best basketball players in the world.
【3】Mother often tells me not to stay out too late.
【4】The victim said that he hadn’t seen the murderer clearly.
【5】It was raining heavily/hard when I left school yesterday.
【解析】
【1】根据句意可知，本句主要用“宁愿做……也不去做……”：would rather do sth than do sth/prefer to do sth rather than do sth. 看报纸：read newspapers，看电视：watch TV；故答案为：My grandpa would rather read newspapers than watch TV./ My grandfather prefers to read newspapers rather than watch TV.。