冀教版九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷C卷姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________一、完形填空 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分）通读全文，根据短文内容的理解，选择正确答案填空。
Life is full of chances and challenges. For students, if we don't study hard, 1, we will fall 2 other students. At first, I didn't know 3 the word " exam" meant. Later, I knew an exam was a 4 of competition. In competitions, there were always 5 and losers. As I grew up, I got to know competitions well. In one's life, there must be competitions, so people could 6.Each time I saw children 7 games, and heard their laughter, I 8 I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents' words—You must work very hard 9 have a good future. So I 10 up my pen and began to study hard again.I was still not 11 what competitions really meant. One day, I was 12 an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. I suddenly knew what the competition was. It was not as cruel 13 my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competitions were important and necessary.I learned a lot 14 what I experienced. Now I understand 15 about the world. Competitions are important for us all.（1）A . because ofB . sooner or laterC . at the same timeD . as soon as（2）A . behindB . offC . overD . after（3）A . howB . whenC . whatD . where（4）A . fewB . memberC . kindD . number （5）A . winnersB . studentsC . soldiersD . athletes （6）A . appreciateB . improveC . combineD . important （7）A . to playB . playingC . playedD . plays（8）A . donatedB . hopeC . rememberD . wished （9）A . so thatB . in order toC . for（10）A . pickedB . droppedC . threwD . took（11）A . agreeB . sureC . knowD . believe（12）A . joiningB . enteredC . comeD . taking part in （13）A . asB . thanC . betweenD . though（14）A . aboveB . underC . amongD . from（15）A . lessB . moreD . good二、阅读理解 (共4题；共26分)2. （10分）阅读理解（判断正误）In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States, each farm family lives in its own fields. Usually their neighbors live far away. It's hard for them to see each other on weekdays. Their children take school buses to the nearest school. These school are only for the farm families in this area. In some areas, there are small school for a few farm families, and the children can walk to school and often go home for meals.In Australia it is very different. Farmers live close to each other and their children can walk to school and often go home for meals.Life keeps changing for everyone. Farmers keeps changing,too. Today there are cars, good roads, radios, television sets and there are modern machines for farming. All of them are changing farm life.（1）American farmers are the same as Australia farmers.（2）In Australia,each farm family lives far away from their neighbors.（3）In the USA, it's hard for the farmers to see each other on weekdays.（4）Children of Australian farmers go to school by bus.（5）Farm life keeps changing and farmers keep changing.3. （6分）Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do the hard work, but he is paid less. He likes to watch football matches very much and spends much time on them.One afternoon there was a big football match on the playground. He borrowed some money from his friend and hurried there. There were a lot of people there. And all the tickets were sold out. He was sorry for it. He saw a pole(杆) outside the playground and climbed it quickly. A policeman came and said, "Don't stay on it. It's dangerous.""Wait a minute, please!" Henry said and just at that moment the policeman heard cheers on the playground and asked in a hurry, "Which team has kicked a goal (进球)?""Ours!""Wonderful! You can stay there. But take care!"The policeman said happily and left. When the match would be soon over, he came back again and asked, "Who has won?""Theirs, 3:2.""Come down,"the policeman said angrily. "Such a match is not worth watching!"Henry had to come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, "Climb up quickly and see who has kicked a goal."（1）Henry failed to get a ticket for the match that day because ___________.A . he had no money to buy a ticketB . he didn't want to buy a ticketC . he had no time to buy a ticketD . all the tickets were sold out（2）From the third paragraph, we can guess that __________.A . the policeman wanted to teach Henry a lessonB . the policeman tried to please HenryC . the policeman didn't like HenryD . the policeman was also a football fan（3）The policeman asked Henry to climb up the pole _________.A . to cheer for their teamB . to see the result of the matchC . to cheer for the other teamD . to say goodbye to their team4. （4分）Many people don’t think that the number 13 is a lucky number. Many hotels do not have a 13th floor. The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number13. Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them.No one really knows why people do not like the number 13. Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count, they used ten fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.Some Christians (基督徒) say that 13 is not lucky because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus (耶稣) was killed (被杀). In a story about the old Greek (希腊的) gods, 12 gods were asked to a meal but one more came. This made 13. It is why the god Balder, who was at the meal, was killed.（1）Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people, or _________________.A . they will never come for dinner togetherB . they will ask one of them to leaveC . all of them will leaveD . they will wait for two other people to come（2）The story is about _____________________.A . the death of JesusB . the person who killed BalderC . why 13 is not a lucky numberD . the way people count with their fingers5. （6分） A famous study was done in a school by a professor from a university. At the startof the school year, the teachers were given the names of five children. They were told that these five were the most excellent students in the class. But the fact was that these students were only average, and they were not the best students at all. Well, guess what? At the end of the year, all the five average students scored among the highest in the class.What made these average students change so much to become top students? The only difference was the change in their teachers' attitude. Because the teachers believed that these five kids were the top students, they expected more from them. And so these five average students began to believe and expect more from themselves. So they worked harder to do as well as they could.Do you know why? If you expect the best from people, they'll usually want to give you their best.A great leader said, “Treat a person just how he appears to be on the outside, and you'll make him ev en worse. But treat a person like he's already a success, and you'll help make him the best he can be.”Like the true story of 7-year-old Johnny, his teacher got so angry with him that one day she said,“Johnny, you're the naughtiest boy in this class. I'm sure you'll never change.” The next year Johnny had a new teacher. And on the first day of class, she met with Johnny after school and said,“Johnny, I've heard a lot about you! But do you know that I don't believe a word of it.” And every day after that, this new teacher treated Johnny as if he was one of the smartest students even when Johnny did naughty things. Later on, Johnny became a school leader. Because that's the power of our belief and attitude toward children.（1）The professor started his research by _______.A . teaching the five children himselfB . asking the five children to find a new teacherC . telling the five students to work harder than ever beforeD . telling the teacher the five students were the best in the class（2）The five average students became top students mainly because of ________.A . the professor's studyB . the teachers'hard workC . the change in the teachersD . the change in the teachers' attitude（3）What does the passage mainly tell us?A . Attitude and belief can change a person.B . Only teachers can make you a top student.C . A professor's study can help you score highest.D . If you want to get more，you should have new teachers.三、词汇运用 (共2题；共15分)6. （5分）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次（每空一词）（2）You can only be successful________hard work.（3）He felt very sad because in the whole class he did________in the exam.（4）You can put down the colorful things in your life in________.（5）Ten years later, she________one of the richest traders in the world.7. （10分）根据短文内容及所给首字母提示，写出所缺单词，使短文完整、通顺。
