广东省广州市珠江中学2020届九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

2016学年上学期六中珠江中学初三级期中检测问卷英语满分110分（120分钟）一、语法选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下午你连贯的要求，从26~35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Andy Lau, one of Asia’s most popular __1__, was born on September 27, in Hong Kong. Andy was born in a poor family. So __2__ being famous, he did a lot of labor work __3__ money for his family.His original ideal __4__ to be a fireman. When Andy first began to sing, there were just very __5__ people who liked him. __6__ he never stopped struggling, and he never gave up in his way. He tried his best to learn and work very __7__. His efforts made him __8__ at last. Almost 20 years past, Andy has always been __9__.Over the years, Andy has got a good image not only __10__ a superstar but also a hardworking entertainer in Hong Kong. His work spirit has won the respect and admiration of his fans. In the past 20 years, Lau __11__ over 100 films and kept a successful singing career.However, for many years the one thing Lau really wanted to do was to be taken __12__ as an actor. He __13__ with the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2008.Recently, Lau was __14__ as the ambassador(大使) of __15__ a kind of lung disease.1. A. singer B. singers C. singers’ D. singer’s2. A. before B. after C. when D. if3. A. earn B. to earn C. earning D. earned4. A. be B. is C. being D. was5. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few6. A. So B. But C. Though D. As7. A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest8. A. succeed B. to succeed C. success D. successfully9. A. good B. better C. the best D. goodness10.A. in B. as C. of D. like11.A. has made B. made C. will make D. has been made12.A. serious B. seriouser C. seriously D. be serious13.A. awarded B. has been awarded C. is awarded D. was awarded14.A. name B. naming C. named D. to name15.A. prevent and control B. preventing and controllingC. to prevent and to controlD. prevented and controlled二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~45各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Madison Stump is a 13-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) in the USA. To save our planet, she has __16__ a green business, Paper Again.Madison lives in a “green” family. She is __17__ trying to be 100% earth friendly. One day,Mandison was thinking over what else she could do to help the environment. __18__, she thought, “Why not __19__ those used boxes and paper to create beautiful notebooks? And I can sell them to help people in need.” Tha t night, Mandison made her first notebook with scrap paper (废纸), and she used an empty gum box for a __20__. It was the __21__ of her green business.Mandison’s first customer was her sister. She, of course, never __22__ it! However, Mandison didn’t mind because she got to see her use it. Before you know it, all Mandison’s school friends were asking to buy the amazing notebooks. Then, Mandison’s dad came up with the __23__ idea of starting a website, , so that these notebooks could be bought online.Now Mandison is the __24__ of a real business! Her notebooks are selling at the store in her hometown. And she is often __25__ on the local television news!16. A. set out B. set off C. set up D. set at17. A. always B. already C. never D. seldom18. A. Happily B. Luckily C. Finally D. Suddenly19. A. return B. recycle C. repair D. repeat20. A. cover B. paper C. face D. book21. A. end B. change C. start D. entrance22. A. paid for B. made for C. sent for D. waited for23. A. familiar B. silly C. boring D. wonderful24. A. worker B. staff C. owner D. winner25. A. explained B. reported C. replied D. said三、阅读理解（共两节，满分45分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWhen you got up this morning, your Mom probably asked you to make your bed and put your dirty dishes in the sink(洗碗池), but did she tell you to take care of the goats? That’s just what Emery Jonas, 13, and his brother Greyden, 10, were asked to do!The brothers help out on the family farm in Indiana by caring for 41 goats and making soap from their milk.Emery and Greyden have worked with them every day for four years and were even there when many of them were born.After waking up, Emery and Greyden lead the goats into the milking room and provide them with whole oats(全麦). After milking the goats, they take them out and feed them with alfalfa pellets(颗粒饲料).“A lot of people use grains or mixtures of grains,” said Emery. “We don’t do that because in a lot of the grains, there is molasses(糖蜜)to hold it all together, and Mom says too much molasses is not good for the goats.”Caring for the goats every day may seem like a huge chore, but Emery said, “Raising goats is much easier than other things. You can train them to do a lot of things. As I did - I trained them to open doors.”“They just grab it with their teeth and use their tongues to open it,” Greyden said.Of the 41 goats that Emery and Greyden care for, 16 are babies.“All the babies this year were born while I was there, so they’ve known me just abou t alltheir lives,” Emery said. “With the babies, Greyden is the mommy because he does everything for them. He feeds them, lets them out into the woods and does all the stuff that they need.”26. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to _____.A. introduce the topicB. question the readersC. describe the author’s lifeD. compare different kids’ life27. Emery and Greyden lead the goats into the milking room to _____.A. feed the baby goatsB. feed them with milkC. draw milk from themD. clean them with soap28. Emery and Greyden think caring for the goats every day is actually _____.A. pretty funB. quite hardC. rather boringD. very dangerous29. According to Emery, which of the following best describes Greyden?A. Wise.B. Honest.C. Generous.D. Responsible30. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Greyden’s mother asked him to make his bed when he got up in the morning.B. When Greyden was eight, he started to do the job of taking care of the goats.C. Greyden trained his goats to open doors by their feet.D. Greyden made every effort to attend the baby goats.BLife is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out.Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy, he was told he was hopeless at science and was at bottom of his class. Now, aged 79，the very same Gurdon shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Japanese stem cell (干细胞) researcher Shinya Yamanaka.Like so many scientists, Gurdon shows us where the power of curiosity and perseverance(坚持) can lead.When he was 15 in 1948，Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys at his high school in biology and every other science subject. Gurdon’s high school scienc e teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was “quite ridiculous”.In spite of his teacher’s criticisms(批评), Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the lab early and left later than anyone else. He experienced thousands of failures.“My own belief is that we will, in the end，understand everything about how cells actually work,” Gurdon said.In 1962, Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved its genetic information into an egg cell. The egg cell then grew into a clone of the adult frog. This technique later helped to create the sheep Dolly in 1996，the first cloned mammal(哺乳动物) in the world.In 2006，Gurdon’s work was developed by Yamanaka to show that a sample of a person’s skin can be used to create stem c ells. Using this technique, doctors can repair a patient’s heart after a heart attack.“Luck favors the prepared mind,” Gurdon told the Nobel Prize Organization. “Ninety percent of the time things don’t work, but when they do, you have to seize the chance.”31. Who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine?A. Sir John GurdonB. Shinya YamanakaC. Sir John Gurdon and Shinya YamanakaD. Gurdon’s science teacher32. What does the underlined word “ridiculous” mean?A．荒谬的B．无畏的C．荒废的D．无知的33. In what order are the following events mentioned in the passage.a. create the sheep Dollyb. take a cell from an adult frogc. use a person’s skin to create stem cellsd. move a frog’s genetic information into an egg celle. grow into a clone of the adult frogA. b-a-c-d-eB. b-d-e-a-cC. b-d-a-e-cD. b-c-d-a-e34. According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?A. Sheep Dolly was the first cloned animal in the world.B. Gurdon ranked first at his high school in biology.C. It’s impossible for the doctors to repair a patient’s heart after a heart attack.D. According to the science teacher, Gurdon was not a gifted student.35. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Ninety percent of the time things don’t work.B. Luck favors the prepared mind.C. Life is full of pleasure.D. How to know cells actually work.CIf you bought some candy months ago but never ate it, how can you tell whether it’s still eatable? The easiest way is to check the “expiration date (EXP)” printed on the cover. If that date has already passed, you’re likely to throw the candy away. But is that really necessary?According to a new report from the NRDC, tons of food is wasted each year, largely because people don’t fully understand what expiration dates, or “use-by dates”, act ually mean, so they think the food is not safe to eat.Food dating was introduced in 1975 because customers wanted more information about the things that they were eating. When they first showed up, use-by dates only showed freshness because producers wanted their products to be tasted in their best conditions.However, most customers mistakenly believed that use-by dates showed how safe the food was. But the truth is that these dates aren’t related to the danger of food poisoning. Eggs, for example, can still be eaten three to five weeks after being bought, even though the use-by date is much earlier. When their use-by dates pass, cookies may lose their crunch (松脆的口感), but they are not harmful.“It’s an unclear subject, the difference between food qu ality and food safety,” said Jena Roberts from a US food testing company. “Even the workmates in the food factory are not sure about it. This is why the use-by dates must be printed on the covers of products. “We hope it can help customers understand the i nformation so that they won’t waste a lot of food.”But this won’t be a mistake that is easy to correct, because people have believed it for so long. Another problem is that the quality levels of different foods change differently. Some are still eatable long after their use-by date while others are not.As a result, food factory officials are now thinking of changing the use-by date to a date which can show when food is most likely to be thrown away.36. Every year, why is tons of food thrown away?A. Because it is no longer delicious.B. Because it is no longer fresh.C. Because the use-by dates are wrongly printed.D. Because people think it’s not safe to eat.37. Which of the following pictures can show the meaning of “expiration date (EXP)”?38. What did the use-by dates show at first according to the passage?A. Food freshness.B. Food quality.C. Food safety.D. Food producer.39. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A. Most customers care more about freshness than food safety.B. Most customers fully understand what expiration dates mean.C. Even after their expiration dates pass, some foods are still safe to eat.D. “Expiration dates” were first used to show when food was likely to go bad.40. What is probably the best title for this passage?A. Customers and foodB. Food quality and freshnessC. Food datingD. Expiration dates and food safetyDItalian Lakes and Greek Islands (12 Days)Prices starting from＄1,999Your tour begins in Milan, Italy, and moves on to the pretty Italian Lake District and the attractive resort of Stresa, your home for two nights. Collette Vacations has carefully chosen the Costa Victoria as your home away from home for your 7-night journey along the waterways of the Mediterranean. The cruise ship is filled with the warmth and culture of Italy and is richly designed with entertainment areas and very good living conditions. It will take you to the places of your dreams.You’ll spend 4 days touring Greek cities you’ve always heard about. In Katakolon, you will have the only unguided tour to nearby Olympia on the whole journey. Then with a local guide you will visit the Greek islands of Santorini, which is often related to the story of the lost city of Atlantis, and Mykonos, a wonderful island with beautiful beaches.Your journey ends in Verona, home of the love story Romeo and Juliet, with a fun-filled farewell dinner—a perfect ending to a pleasant journey.12 Days, 25Meals: 10 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 9 DinnersDay 1 Overnight flight to ItalyDays2—3 Regina Palace, Stresa, ItalyDays4—10 Costa Victoria ( Costa cruises)Day 11 Hotel Leopardi, Verona, ItalyDay12 Leave for homeLeaving date Price for one personApril 7 $2,099June 2 $2,199October 6 $2,099November 3 $1,99941. How is the journey planned?A. It starts and ends in Italy.B. It starts and ends in Greece.C. It starts in Italy and ends in Greece.D. It starts in Greece and ends in Italy.42. What can be inferred from the travel plan?A. The prices include entertainment service.B. The prices include three meals a day.C. The price is the highest in summer.D. Tourists may think of a love story while visiting Santorini.43. Bob plans to take the 12-day trip with his parents in winter, how much do they need to pay?A. $5997B.$6927C.$6297D. $659744. What does the underlined part “ the Costa Victoria” most probably refer to?A. A famous hotel.B. A beautiful resort.C. A comfortable ship.D. A long-distance bus.45. Tourists will travel on their own in______ .A. StresaB. OlympiaC. MykonosD. Verona第二节阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）阅读短文及文后A-E选项，选出可以填入46-50各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。