人教版九年级全册英语UNIT 2单元测试卷时间：100分钟总分值：100分一、阅读理解（20小题，每题2分，共40分）阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。
A（）1. Why do thousands of people celebrate Cape Town Minstrel Carnival?A.To celebrate the harvest.B.To welcome the new year.C.To fight against evil.D.To celebrate the birthday of the king.（）2. What*s the common feature （共同点）of these three festivals?A.A crowd of people come out to celebrate together.B.These festivals always make us rethink sad memories in the history.C.They are celebrated every four years.D.These three festivals are all new starts.（）3. What can we infer （推I新）from the sentence " ・・・a morning full of colorful powder. ”第1页共11页Are you interested in the traditional Chinese festival? If so, could you come and celebrate the festival with us next year?Yours,Li Hua第10页共11页参考答案一、A)1—5:BADCDB)6—10: DABDCC)ll-15: DACBBD)16〜20: BAEDC二、21—25: DBAAB 26—30: DCBAD 31—35: CBABC --H-二、第一B36.are 37. second 38. mother's 39. get 40. themborn 42. older 43. usually 44. as 45.noodles H-弟一P46.because 47. It 48. to 49. of 50. are 四、51. Where did you go/What did you doDid they/your parents work there52.You used to have short hair/You had short hairCan you come to my house on thatdayAVould you like to come to my house on that day53.You're welcome/No problem/My pleasure 五、Dear Peter,The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival, is a traditional festival in China. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. People celebrate it to commemorate Qu Yuan, a famous poet. On that day, people in China often eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races. On that day, I watch dragon boat races with my parents on TV in the morning. My father used to be a dragon boat player. He is a big fan of dragon boat races. Then I help to do some housework. I help my mother make rice dumplings at noon, and cook her favorite food in the evening.Are you interested in the traditional Chinese festival? If so, could you come and celebrate the festival with us next year?Yours, Li Hua第11页共11页A.Holi people don f t like white or black.B.Only children like playing with colors.C.People use the colorful powders to paint on the buildings and walls.D.Holi people play with colors (watercolors or colorful powders) with theirfriends and families.()4. What*s the national color of the Netherlands?A. Red.B. White.C. Orange.D. Blue.()5. Which of the following is NOT true?A.There is a dance party full of music on Cape Town Minstrel Carnival.B.Holi Festival is famous as the festival of colors.C.The Dutch celebrate by dressing in orange clothes.D.Indians like King's Day very much.BIn many countries around the world, May 1st is a holiday which is called Labor Day or Workers* Day. It is an interesting holiday that honors working people and their jobs. But do you know how it started?During the late 1880s, in many parts of the world, people worked for fourteen to sixteen hours a day in factories, but made very little money. Later, in the United States and Canada, working people got together to set up unions. The union (工会)leaders asked factory bosses for shorter working time and higher salaries ( I：资)，but many of the bosses—A—.On May 1st, 1886, men and women in the United States and Canada stopped working and went onto the streets. They walked through cities and towns to force bosses to let them work eight hours a day. In the city of Chicago, several people died in fighting with the police. Over the next few years, people in cities around the world stopped working on May 1st to honor(尊敬)the workers everywhere. By the early twentieth century, the first of May became a national holiday in many countries.However, in the United States and Canada, May 1st is not a holiday. North Americans celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday in September. Today in the United States, Labor Day is mostly about having fun. People enjoy a long weekend and often celebrate it by having picnics with friends or family. In many parts of the第2页共11页United States, Labor Day is also the last day of summer vacation, and students return to school the next day.( )6. How long did people work a day in factories in the late 1880s?A. For 8一10 hours.C. For 12-14 hours.()7. Which can be the best for A?A. Refused their ideas.C. Agreed with them. ()8. What does the underlined word “force" mean?A.感激D.欣赏( )9. Which is the right order of the following events?©Working people began to fight for better life.②People stopped working on May 1st to honor workers.©Working people set up unions.A.①②③B.②①③C.③②①D.③①②( )10. How do people often celebrate Labor Day in America nowadays?A. By working all day.B. By giving gifts to working people.C. By having fun with friends or family.D. By having a big ceremony.COne dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. She could not afford a present, so she sat down and cried.Jim and Della had two possessions (贝才产)which they were both proud of. One was Jim's gold watch that was from his father and his grandfather. The other was Della's beautiful hair. It fell about her, and reached below her knee.Della put on her old brown jacket and her old brown hat. Then she went out of the door and down the stairs to the street.She stopped at a store. The sign in front of the store read “Hair Goods. " uWill 第3页共11页 you buy my hair? ” asked Della. u Twenty dollars, “ the woman said. B. For 10-12 hours. D. For 14 —16 hours.B. Accepted their ideas. D. Understood them. B.迫使C.宣扬 C.宣扬Then Della searched through the stores looking for a present for Jim.She found it at last. It was a watch chain. The bill was twenty-one dollars. At seven o'clock, the coffee was made and dinner was ready. Jim was never late. Della heard his steps on the stairs.The door opened and Jim walked in. He stopped inside the door. His eyes were fixed on Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read.“Jim, " she cried, "don't look at me that way. I sold my hair to buy you a Christmas present. Jim drew a box from his pocket and put it on the table.Della opened it. There lay the set of combs (梳子)that she had always wanted. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone.She smiled and held out Jim's present. "I hunted all over town to find it. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it. ”Instead of obeying (月艮从),Jim sat down, put his hands behind his head and smiled. "Della, “ he said, "I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs.” ( )11. Why did Della count her money three times?A.Because she was not good at counting money.B.Because she had nothing to do but count money.C.Because she got different numbers each time she counted it.D.Because she wished she could have more money. ()12. How could Jim feel when he fixed his eyes on Della?A.Shocked.B.Excited.C. Embarrassed.D.Angry.()13. What does the underlined word “it" in Paragraph 10 refer to?A. The box.B.The watch.C. The watch chain.D.The set of combs.()14. What can we infer (推断)from the passage?A. They lived a rich life.B.They loved each other deeply.C.Della didn*t like her hair.D.They might have a fight at last.()15. What's the best title for the passage?第4页共11页A.Beautiful HairChristmas GiftsB.Disappointing ChristmasAncient PossessionsDMonica is an American living in China. She is talking about the Chinese Spring Festival.Chinese people have celebrated the Spring Festival （or Chinese New Year） for thousands of years! 16 Sometimes it falls in January.For every Chinese family, it is important to prepare for the holiday before it begins. For good luck, people clean their homes, and they buy themselves new clothes. And, of course, they buy lots of food to eat during the festival, including fish, meat, fruit, and candy.17 People put up red paper decorations on their front doors and windows.Several days before the festival, people who live far away from their families travel home to see their family members. 18 Families prepare special holiday foods together, such as dumplings or rice cakes. And the best part? Parents and grandparents give children red envelopes （信封）with money inside!19 They think breaking things might bring bad luck to them. In some places on New Year's Eve, "dragon dancers“ in beautiful costumes go from door to door, beating drums and setting off fireworks （放烟火）all night long. 20Even if you can*t come to China to experience this fun holiday, there are Chinese New Year celebrations all over the world. If you visit neighborhoods where Chinese people live in your country, you can enjoy the celebrations, too!根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最正确选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
