2018-2019公益中学九年级第一学期期中英语试卷阅读理解AIt was the Greek shopkeeper who taught me about the power of being kind.In 2008, I left Spain to study alone in London. My parents had to bring up my three younger sisters and two younger brothers, so I found three part-time jobs to pay for my studies. I worked early mornings and late nights, so I was tired, really tired, all the time.Unluckily, I got a cold and had a very high fever. Because I was new in London, I had no friends. Besides, I was too shy to talk with others and ask others for help. After sleeping on the bed for two days, I went out to get some food. Usually, I went to the supermarket, but this time I went into the Greek shop, a small corner shop, because it was closer.I picked up some food and gave it to the shopkeeper, who asked me, ‘You look terrible, my boy! You are not feeling well, right?’I said YES in a low voice.She pointed at the salami (腊肠) and bread I was buying and offered, ‘I can make you a sandwich, so you don’t have to do it yourself.’I nodded without saying a word.So, she made the sandwich and asked me to wait a moment. She went into the back room and came again with a bowl of hot soup.‘It will warm you up,’ she said with a friendly smile.What really warmed me up was not the soup. It was her smile that told me she cared me. Her kindness made me think of my mother.I was quite shy, but from that day on, I did not let shyness stop me from talking with and being kind to others. Now I work in a children’s hospital in Africa. I love my work and people around me. I always bring my smile and kindness to them.16.What can we learn about the writer and his family?A. His parents could not afford his studies.B. There are five kids in his family.C. The writer is the youngest child in the family.D. In 2008 the writer left London to study in Spain.17.What happened to the writer?A. He lost his part-time jobs.B. He had an argument with his friends.C. He got a cold and had a very high feverD. He was not popular at his school.18. Which order of the following is RIGHT?①The writer went to the Greek shop②The writer stayed on the sick bed for two days.③The writer works in a children’s hospital in Africa.④The Greek shopkeeper asked whether the writer was feeling well or not.⑤The Greek shopkeeper made a sandwich for the writer and brought him a bowl of hot soup.A. ①②⑤④③B. ②①④⑤③C. ④①⑤②③D. ②③④⑤①BRivers are one of our most important natural resources (自然资源). Many of the world's great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river flowing through it that plays an important part in the lives of its people. Since the beginning of history, people have used rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississipi. The lifeline of Egypt is Nile. To the people of India, the Ganges is great, but it is also important for transportation; ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in Southeast Asia. The greatest of all for navigation (航海), however, is the Amazon in Brazil . It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles upon it. Besides transportation, rivers give food to eat, water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people who live along their banks. In order to increase the supply of water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (坝) across a river and let a lake form behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate (灌溉) their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries.However, large cities and industries that are located upon rivers often make problems. As the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals and other materials. people are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits of them.19. Which of the following is WRONG according to the Paragraph 1 and 2?A. many cities are located on riversB. the lifeline of India is the NileC. Almost every country has at least one important river.D. Rivers play an important part in the lives of people.A. keeping the rivers cleanB. only making electricityC. washing clothesD. irrigating and making electricityA. using water for irrigatingB. too many crops around itC. chemicals and other materialsD. building a dam across a river22. The writer wants to tell us in the last Paragraph that_________.A. People should do more to keep rivers clean.B. People are learning the importance of riversC. Cities grow in size and industries increaseD. Cities and industries cause problems to riversCIf you have ever had a cat, or have watched one of the many funny cat videos online, you’ll know that cats have a mind of their own. A lot of the things they do are hard to understand - they like to climb up tall furniture, fit themselves in small spaces and attack (攻击) small objects for no reason at all.According to Tony Buffington, a professor at Ohio State University in the US, cats’ strange behavior largely comes from their way of life back in the wild.“Cats today still have many of the same instincts (本能) that allowed them to live in the wild for millions of years,” he said in a TED Talk. “To them, our homes are their jungles.”In the wild, cats are hunters. Their bodies and great balancing abilities allow them to climb to high places to better look at the environment. Even though they don’t have to hunt anymore in human houses, they still keep the old habit of viewing the living room form, for example, the top of the refrigerator.Cats’ hunting instinct is also what makes them attack small things like keys and USB drives. In the wild, they hunt whatever they can get, and most of the animals they kill are small.However, cats can also be prey. This explains why they like to stay in small spaces like drawers or washing machines - they are hiding, or they think they are hiding, from more dangerous animals. This is also why cats prefer a clean litter box; a smelly one could easily show enemies where they are.But knowing how cats’ minds work is not only useful for better understanding them. It may also help cats’ owners to better meet cats’ needs.For example, owners could try to make climbing easier for cats by moving their furniture around. They could also make eating feel more like hunting instead of just giving food to the cats.23. What do cats usually do at home according to the passage?A. Climb up some tall furniture.B. Attack big things or animals.C. Fit themselves into big spaces.D. Hunt for food in the house.24 What does the underlined word “prey” probably mean?A. The animal that are hunted as food.B. The animals that are dangerous.C. The animals that only eat meat.D. The animals that like clean places.25. To better meet cats’ needs, what can owners do?A. Put them back in the wild.B. Feed them only small food.C. Move their furniture around.D. Allow them to watch videos.26. What’s the passage mainly about?A. The food that cats are more likely to eat.B. The places where cats like to hide at home.C. The reason why cats have strange behavior.D. The common ways cats look after themselves.DAlthough people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don’t all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops spread across the country.The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing.In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso (浓咖啡) bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.27. what is the passage mainly about?A. What kind of coffee people likeB. what can be added to coffeeC.how a company has grownD. how good coffee can be made28. which is true about Starbucks’s first ten years of business?A. it opened only three storesB. its head of marketing worked in New YorkC. it was run by Howard SchultzD. its coffee beans were from Italy29. which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Starbucks closed most of its US shopsB. Schultz opened a Starbucks shop in Italy in 1983C. Starbucks offer a comfortable and casual environmentD. There are over 16,000 Starbucks in the US30. why did some Starbucks close in some place?A. Because all of the coffee tasted the sameB. Because the coffee in these places was too expensiveC. Because the people had no coffee culture in these countriesD. Because there were too many coffee shops i one place六选五：A. Relax and enjoy yourselfB. spend the timeB. learn a foreign language well D. focus on words and phrasesE. Listen and read every dayF. be active in your own learningLearning a language can be useful in today’s global society. Do you find it difficult to learn a foreign language successfully? Here are some tips to help you out.31.__________By far the most important is how much time you are immersed in the language. The more time you spend with the language, the faster you will learn. This means listening, reading, writing, speaking and studying the language. This does not mean sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who donot speak well.32.__________Build up your vocabulary. You’ll need lots. Start to notice words and how they come together as phrases. Learn these words and phrases through your listening and reading. Read inline, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists for review. Soon you will be able to use them.33__________Listen wherever you are on MP3 player. Read what you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you can mostly understand, or even partly understand. If you keep listening and reading, you will get used to the language. One hour of listening or reading is more effective than many hours of the class time.34.__________If you do want to learn the language, try to be an active learner. Choose something that you you want to listen to and read. Find out the words and phrases that you need to understand in your listening and reading. Do not wait for someone else to show you the language. Discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. Write when you feel like it.35. _________Do not worry about what you can’t remember, or can’t yet understand, or can’t yet say. It doesn’t matter. You are learning and improving. The language will gradually become clearer in your brain, but this will happen on a schedule that you can’t control. So sit back and enjoy. Just make sure you speed enough time with the language.完形填空I was eight years old. at that moment in my life, i liked baseball some much that nothing more ___36___ to me than baseball. My team was the New York Giants, as a fan, i followed the doings of those men in the black and orange caps. Even now when i think of the team which is ___37___ there, i can still remember the ____38___ of nearly every baseball player on the team. But none was ___39___, and none more perfect than Willie Mays.That spring I was __40__ to my first big-league game. Just as we walked to the exit after the game, I caught sight of Willie Mays. I rushed to him and said___41___, “Mr.Mays, could I please have your autograph?” He said, “Sure. You got a ___42___?” I didn't have one in my pocket. The great Willie Mays stood there watching in __43___. He just shrugged saying, “Sorry, kid.” And then he walked out of the ball park into night. I didn't want to cry, but tears started ___44___my cheeks, and there was nothing I could do to ___45__them.After that night, I started carrying a pencil___46___ I went. It became a habit of mine never to leave thehouse ___47__ making sure I had a pencil in my pocket. It's not that I had any ___48___ plans for that pencil, but I didn't want to unprepared. I had been caught empty-handed once, and I wasn't about to let it happen to me again. If something else, the years have ___49__ me this: If there's a pencil in your pocket, there's a good ___50___ that one day you'll fell glad to start using it.( ) 36.A. difficult B. important C. excited D. Favorite( ) 37.A. no sooner B. no matter C. no more D. no longer( ) 38.A. behaviors B. interests C. addresses D. names( ) 39.A. greater B. taller C. stronger D. kinder( ) 40.A. joined B. taken C. led D. Carried( ) 41.A. sadly B. simply C. quietly D. excitedly( ) 42.A. cap B. pencil C. ticket D. Pocket( ) 43.A. surprise B. silence C. joke D. Pain( ) 44.A. dying down B. putting down C. falling down D. running out of( ) 45.A. change B. keep C. stop D. remain( ) 46.A. whenever B. wherever C. whatever D. whoever( ) 47.A. for B. after C. without D. with( ) 48.A. special B. strange C. different ual( ) 49.A. gave B. taught C. remember D. warned( ) 50.A. lesson B. chance C. game D. example语法填空Life as ChopsticksRight now more and more people are digging into their food with two sticks which are________ (call) chopsticks. Even people eating with ______(knife)and forks begin to love them. What’s so special about them? Because they have deep______( influent) in many people’s ways of life. Simplicity. There’s hardly anything_______( simple) than chopsticks. With new technology developing every day there is still something that has just one use — simply to eat. Also the chopsticks don’t cost much. In real life we don’t need to keep________ (improve) things all the time.Aim. When using chopsticks you can not pick up everything in one go. Know what you want and just do it. Sometimes a little bit of focus makes the difference ___failure and success.Practice. Using chopsticks doesn’t come _______(nature). You have to learn to use them and practice it. Most would agree that there’s no better way______ to practice. In real life you may have many things you want to do but it will just be______ dream if you don’t try doing it.Slowing down. A healthy way to eat is to eat with chopsticks. It slows you down andit ______(allow) your stomach to tell your brain you are full before you overeat. In our life we sometimes need slow down to have time to think to realize that we’re actually full and don’t have to rush full speed through life.单词拼写1. I’m proud that all these good products were made in our l________ factories but sold all over the world.2. The fire s______ quickly and the whole mountain was burning.3. Practice makes perfect. It is one of the s_______ of success.4. The noisy children are often p______ by the teachers to do some cleaning.5. We planned to get to the village before noon. When we got there, it was e________12:00 a.m.6. If you want to memorize these facts, you can do by reading aloud and r______ out several times.7. Words written alike is often p_______ differently in English.8. Tom has s________ selling the house, but Ann is against it9. Like a leaf, the s_______ of the house collects sunlight during the day.10. The socks are specially made f________ bamboo because they are good for skin.书面表达你的英国笔友Sammy 想了解我们中国的传统节日。
