2010届九年级英语I used to be afraid of the dark测试题3.

Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark课时3-4 Reading and Writing一.完形填空A good dictionary is a very good tool(工具). It will tell you not only what a word means but also 1 it is used. A dictionary needs to be printed (印刷) again about every ten years. Languages develop and a good dictionary must show these new changes.A new English dictionary will only tell you 2 most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right or wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only many people use a word, a dictionary will either tell this or not list(编列) it. 3 dictionaries will tell you many interesting facts. If you type a word and the word is too long, look it up in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you 4 to break (分拆)a word. And they also 5 you how a word is spoken.Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get”or “take”, may have dozens of meanings. In some dictionaries, the main meanings are often list first. The other newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always 6 the front part. This part explains 7 .Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes 8 . Do you know that the word “brand (标记)”comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because hundreds of years ago people burned their own names on tables or boats to show who 9 them. They also burned their names on their farm animals __10 they would not be stolen.Y our dictionary also has a lot of interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.1. A. when B. where C. why D. how2.A.how B. what C. why D. if3. A. Every B. Some C. All D. Many4.A.when B. where C. why D. which5.A.say B. talk C. show D. write6.A.see B. look C. watch D. read7. A. how use it B. to use C. how to use it D. use it8.A.into B. up C. by D. from9. A. builds B. makes C. build D. made10. A. when B. in order C. so that D. beforeWhat do you do at the weekend? Some 11 like to stay at home, but 12 like to go for a walk or to play football. My friend Jack works 13 a factory during the week. At the weekend he 14 the same thing. On Saturday he 15 his car and on Sunday he goes with his family to a village 16 the countryside(农村)His aunt and uncle have a farm there. It isn’t17 but always there’s so much to do18 the farm. The children help with the animals and give 19 food. Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they 20 hungry and Jack’s aunt give them a big meal.11.A. people B. peoples C. ones D. one12.A. other B. another C. others D. the other13.A. hard on B. hardly in C. hard in D. hardly at14.A. does always B. make always C. always makes D. always does15.A. washes B. watches C. wash D. watch16.A. on B. in C. at D. into17.A. a big B. one big C. a big one D. big one18.A. at B. on C. in D. into19.A. the their B. they its C. its their D. its his20.A. are all B. all are C. have all D. all have二.阅读理解Almost everybody likes to play. All over the world men and women, boys and girls enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep healthy. They help people to live happily.Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in winters and summers. Sailing is fun in warm weather, but skating is good in winter.Games and sports often grow out of the work people do. The Arabs are famous for their horses and camels. They use them in their work, and they use them in their sports events, too. Hunting and fishing are very good sports－but millions of people hunt and fish for a living.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game onthe sports field, they often become good friends. Sports help to train(训练)a person's character(性格). One learns to fight fair and hard, to win without pride and to lose with grace(体面) .21 . Which of the following is not true?A. Sports help people to keep healthy.B. Sports help people to live happily.C. Sports help to train a person's character.D. Sports can make people become enemies. (敌人)22. A The word "enjoy" in the sentence. "All over the world men and women, boys and girls enjoy sports." means ____.A. dislikeB. go in forC. be afraid ofD. support23. People from different countries often become good friends ____.A. as soon as they meetB. after they understandC. after they play a game on the sports fieldD. before they see each other24. Which of the following is true?A. Lots of people make a living by hunting and fishing.B. People only go hunting in winter.C. The Arabs are good hunters.D. Hunting and fishing are very good for the people.25. The writer tells us ____.A. one should fight hard but not fair.B. one should fight fair but not hard.C. one should not become proud when he wins.D. one should not feel happy when he wins.We all know that there are many pyramids in Egypt, but most of us don’t know the people of Mexico in the old times also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs. They built a pyramid and then built a temple on top of it. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are big. Each pyramid has a wide stairway that goes form the bottom to the top. There is nothing inside the pyramid, only earth and stones.Scientists thinks it took 10, 000 men more than ten years to build the great pyramid Teotchuacan. It is 2000 years old. On the top they built a temple to the sun. The temple is no longer there.How did the people of old times build the pyramids? Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can just how they did it.Notes:Pyramid金字塔Egypt 埃及Mexico 墨西哥tomb 坟墓temple 庙stairway 楼梯scientist 科学家Teotchuacan 特奥帝瓦坎26. The people of Mexico built a pyramid and them built ____ on top of it.A. the sunB. a templeC. a tombD. the moon27. The pyramids in Mexico are _____.A. very smallB. bigC. higher than those in EgyptD. not big28. Each pyramid has a wide stairway that goes from the bottom to the top ______.A. in EgyptB. in ChinaC. in MexicoD. in England29. People built the great pyramid Teotchuacan ______.A. in 2000B. 2000 years agoC. in 1990D. for the moon30. It took 10,000 men ____ to build the great pyramid Teotchuacan.A. ten yearsB. less than ten yearsC. more than ten yearsD. twenty yearsIn 1995，Ray Kroc visited a small restaurant in California．The owner of it was the Mc Donald（麦当劳）brothers．They built it by the road，so people could drive up to the restaurant，buy food without getting out of their cars and drive away easily．They called it“drive－in”restaurant．Ray Kroc saw the bright future of the restaurant of this kind．He bought the restaurant and used the brothers' family name for his new restaurant．The first Mc Donald's restaurant chain（连锁店）was born．Now there are more than 5，000 restaurants in the United States and in 60 other countries．The largest Mc Donald's restaurant is in Beijing，China．It has 1,000 workers．About seven hundred people can sit and eat there at one time．31．Who opened the first Mc Donald's restaurant chain ？A. Two brothers．B. Ray Kroc.C. Two brothers 'father．D. People in Beijing．32．How do you buy food in a “drive－in”restaurant？A. Y ou don't have to get out of your car．B. Y ou have to get off your car．C. Y ou have to wait for a very long time．D. Y ou don't have to pay for your food. 33．Why did Ray Kroc buy the two brothers' restaurant ？Because ______ ．A. the two brothers were nice to himB. it was a small restaurantC. he wanted to make people happyD. it would bring him a lot of money34．Where can we find a Mc Donald's restaurant？A. Only in America.B. All over the world.C. In many parts of the world.D. Everywhere except 60 places．35．How many people can sit and eat in the biggest Mc Donald's restaurant at one time？A. About 60．B. About 700．C. About 1，000．D. About 5，000．三.根据所给第一个字母的提示，填入适当的单词，使短文意思完整，正确。