【全国百强校】陕西省西安铁一中2018届九年级上期中考试英语试题

2017-2018-1期中考试*英语试题

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III.完形填空

第一节：阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Bike-sharing （共享单车）is popular in China now. It’s a new 21 ______ for short journeys in cities. It’s also good to the 22 ______ development of the big cities.

A report by a company says that shared bikes started the nation’s love for bikes again. Now more and more Chinese people are riding bikes instead of 23 ______ cars to make short journeys in cities.

An engineer of that company says that 24 ______ the start of shared bikes, people have made 25 ______ trips by car. The love for shared bikes is not only among young people, but also among people 26 ______ sixty.

At weekends, the number of the riders in Shenzhen 27 ______ the largest of all the cities. On weekdays, the number of people 28 ______ use shared bikes to work is going up in Shanghai.

It is said that bike-sharing will help 29 ______ the cities’ environment. It not only helps solve the traffic problems, but also helps make people’s lives more convenien t.

Months ago, the Chinese bike-sharing companies went to Singapore and Britain. Users there were excited and posted photos of themselves riding bikes on social media （传媒）. We believe three will be more people 30 ______ bikes all over the world.

21. A. choice B. secret C. plan D. ability

22. A. slow B. healthy C. harmful D. sudden

23. A. buying B. to buy C. driving D. to drive

24. A. since B. because C. though D. so

25. A. little B. less C. few D. fewer

26. A. in B. over C. from D. on

27. A. are B. be C. is D. to be

28. A. which B. whose C. what D. who

29. A. improve B. separate C. experience D. discover

30. A. ride B. will ride C. riding D. to ride

第二节：阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Falling leaves and cold wind show the arrival （到达）of another season. Nov. 7 is Lidong. It is a Chinese word for one of the 24 solar terms （节气）. It 31 the start of the winter.

To welcome Lidong, people have many colorful 32 that light up the cold days.

One of the most popular customs is to have a big meal. Winter is believed to be the season for storage （储藏）. 33 well helps people store energy to beat the cold in winter, and prepare for the growth in the coming spring. In the north, people prefer eating dumplings. The Chinese word for dumpling—jiao （饺）, has a 34 pronunciation as the word “change”—jiao （交）. Eating dumplings means celebrating the change of autumn to winter, 35 in the south, eating chick, duck and fish is common.

Throughout history, Lidong was 36 a time for people to store vegetables. There were not many fresh vegetables to eat in the winter. Therefore, around Lidong some people 37 the north began to store vegetables like cabbages and green onions in the cellar （地窖）underground. When it was time for cooking, fathers 38 the cellar with a basket tied to one end of a rope kids were happy to wait beside the cellar holding 39 end of the rope. When fathers filled the basketball with vegetables, kids helped to pull it out.