2019九年级英语上期中考试题(有答案)

A

A few years ago, I worked at a church(教堂) and since my son was home

schooling, he went with me to the church every day. Most mornings, we’d stop at a local convenience store, getting a chocolate drink for him and a cup of coffee for me.

The clerk at the store we chose to visit refreshed our lives each day, and so we returned again and again. She had found her own way of enjoying life and her job. I’m not even sure that she was realizing that her energy put a smile on the face of

each customer.

When a customer brought cookies to the counter, any other clerk could have asked: “Would you like some milk with those cookies? ”Instead, she inquired,“Would you like a lottery ticket(彩票) with those cookies?”

She might have asked me if I wanted a donut with my coffee. But instead, she asked: “Would you like some batteries(电池) with that coffee?”

Yes, life is what you make of it. This clerk’s method of dealing with what some think is a boring job, and with the customers she met daily, made the hours in her

day more enjoyable. In doing that, she also refreshed the lives of others and made them laugh.

Sometimes, if my day at the church had been particularly tiring, we’d stop at that

store before heading home. We’d giggle (咯咯笑) as we left the store, the clerk’s words echoing (回响) behind us. “Would you like some shampoo with that

soda?”

16. What did the writer do a few years ago?

A. She was a teacher in a school.

B. She was an office worker.

C. She was a doctor in a hospital.

D. She was a worker at a church.

17. When did the writer and her son usually stop at the local store?

A. In the morning

B. At noon

C. In the afternoon

D. In the evening.

18. Why did the writer and her son usually stop at the local store?

A. Because the drinks were delicious there.

B. Because the food was cheap there

C. Because they felt happy there

D. Because there was only store 19.what was the clerk like?

A. She was serious.

B. She was lively.

C. She was nervous.

D. She was foolish.

20. The clerk at the store may ask the customers,“”

A. Would you like some milk with cookies?

B. Would you like some bread with milk?

C. Would you like some batteries with the coffee?

D. Would you like some milk with cake?

DACBC

B

Rock-paper-scissors is a game played all around the world. Ever since we were kids. we have relied on it to deal with disagreements with friends——from which channel to watch to who gets to eat the last ice Cream——all because we think the results are completely random.

But are they?

Wang Zhijian, PhD, a professor at Zhejiang University，believes that there is a regulation behind this simple game. So he gathered 360 students, divided them into

groups of six and had each group play 300 rounds of rock-paper-scissors, reported USA Today.

After the first results, Wang thought he was wrong, because players chose each of the three moves about one-third of the time, suggesting that the game is random after all. However, Wang later noticed a surprising regulation of behavior in the data. When players won a round, they usually stuck to the same choice. But when they

lost，they tended to change to a more powerful move. For example, if Player A had

just thrown down scissors to beat Player B's paper，Player A was more likely to throw down scissors again while Player B was likely to choose rock，since rock beats scissors. According to Wang, this might be a function that is called “conditional response”.

So, for the next step of his study, as he told BBC, Wang plans to do some research about how human brains make quick decisions when competing. Now that you've learned how to predict the moves of your opponent, you’ll have an advantage next time you play rock-paper-scissors with your friends. But there is one problem：make sure they haven’t read about Wang's study, or your advantage

will disappear.

Also, Wang pointed out that his predictions were made depending on the results of the prior round, so when it comes to the very first round, it is always a matter of chance. This means that if you and your friends want to decide something by only one round, the study won’t be much help to you.