2020-2021学年广州市玉岩中学九年级第一学期开学考试英语试题

广州市玉岩中学2018级初三年级第一学期开学考

英语试题

本试卷共7页，57小题，满分100分，考试用时90分钟。

注意事项:

1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用2B 铅笔在答题卡的相应位置填涂考生号。

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一、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

When the villagers moved to a new place in southeast Zimbabw(津巴布韦), Africa, they were happy to find a lake nearby. Now they would ___1___ have to walk a long way looking for water. At last they got water of ___2___ own.

But some days later, two young boys saw ___3___ they had never seen before---- a huge animal standing by the lake, eating grass. When the animals saw the boys, ___4___ walked into the lake and disappeared beneath the water.

Actually twelve hippos(河马) were living in the lake. The villagers were ___5___. In the country of Zimbabw, hippos attack people more often than lions do. The hippos would often stay on the village side of the lake all day. So the villagers could not go near the lake ___6___ the hippos got out. It was a too long wait for the villagers, because they needed the water from the river ___7___. “This is the only fresh water in the village,” said a villager. “there's no way we can avoid(避开) this lake” So the women began moving in groups whenever they went to get water from the lake. Before collecting water, they made sure that no hippos were nearby. The men began fishing in pairs, ___8___ one man always looking out for hippos.

It ___9___ time, but these days, hippos and humans live side by side, the villagers say that when hippos see people coming, they swim slowly to the other side of the lake and mind their own business. the villagers do not go into the part where hippos usually stay. they have learnt to share the lake they ___10___ need to survive.

1. A. no longer B. not longer C. not any longer D. no long

2. A. them B. their C. they D. themselves

3. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

4. A. they B. he C. it D. she

5. A. worry B. worrying C. worries D. worried

6. A. when B. until C. after D. before

7. A. survive B. surviving C. to survive D. survived

8. A. for B. with C. in D. of

9. A. took B. cost C. spent D. paid

10. A. all B. both C. none D. neither

二、完形填空（共10小题每小题1.5分，满分15分）

I get up at half past seven and get dressed for school. My school has a ___11___ —black trousers and shoes, a white shirt and a black and gold tie. The girls wear the same, or they can ___12___ a black skirt. Not all British schools have a uniform, but it’s common here.

I don’t live far from the school, ___13___ I walk there with my friends, Brian and Gemma. Lots of students ___14___ the school bus or their parents drive them to school. On Mondays we all start the day ___15___ a meeting in the school hall at eight fifty. The head teacher talks to us and gives us information about school events.

This year I’ve got nine subjects. We all study English, maths and science, and then we choose other ___16___.

We have 20 minutes for break in the morning and an hour for ___17___. Some students bring sandwiches to school for lunch, but my friends and I always eat in the ___18___ room where you can get a hot meal every day.

Lessons ___19___ at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, but on Mondays and Wednesdays I stay at school until five o’clock. There are lots of clubs and activities at our school.

At the end of the day I always spend two hours on ___20___ — sometimes three hours, as we get lots of homework now.

11. A. tradition B. uniform C. rule D. habit

12. A. borrow B. make C. wear D. take

13. A. so B. and C. or D. but

14. A. repair B. wash C. clean D. catch

15. A. at B. in C. on D. with

16. A. clothes B. subjects C. games D. clubs

17. A. lunch B. breakfast C. dinner D. supper

18. A. sitting B. living C. waiting D. dining

19. A. begin B. end C. continue D. last

20. A. events B. clubs C. homework D. activities

三、阅读 (共两节，满分35分)

第一节阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

(A)

Thomas Edison lost the first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison 40,000 dollars for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.