辽宁省大石桥市水源二中2014届九年级上学期英语期中试题（word版(3)

The 60 speed of light produces some strange facts. The 61 star is so far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 62________ at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonight's started on 63 ________ journey towards you even before you were born. So, if we want to be honest(诚实), we can not say , \The stars are shining 64 tonight.\________ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. \Ⅴ. 阅读理解 （共50分）

（Ａ）根据短文内容，选择一个最佳答案。（共２０分，每小题１分） Passage 1 Almost every Chinese person can recite(背诵) the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ”. But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

学 校 A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people

throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million

people for a year. Do we have too much food? Absolutely

班 级 not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were

925 million hungry people around the world in 2011,

especially in developing countries. Six million

children die of hunger every year.

姓 名 Chinese people are well-known for being friendly and

generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their

guests have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily,

a number of people have realized the importance of

saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? 1. Don’t order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

2.Don’t leave any food in your bowls, while having meals

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

66. What’s the real meaning of the underlined sentence?

A.春种一粒粟，秋收万颗籽。 B.谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。 C.吏禄三百石，岁晏有余粮 。 D.足蒸暑土气，背灼炎天光。

67. According to the UN report, how many hungry people were there in 2011? A.6 million. B.925 million. C.200 million. D.725 million.

68. What should we do to waste less food?

A.Order more food in a restaurant. B.Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.

C.Take all the food you ordered home.D.Don’t store too much food like vegetables and fruit.

69. Which of the following is NOT true?

A.A number of people have realized the importance of saving food. B.The food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

C.200 million children die of hunger every year.

D.Many Chinese feel that they lose face if guests have eaten all the food on the table.

70. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A.Don’t waste food. B.Chinese people are friendly and generous.

C.We can’t die of hunger. D.Every grain is grown by farmers. Passage 2

Once there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was said that the island would go down, so all made boats and left except Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to offer her help until the last possible moment. When the island had almost gone down, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a great boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

Sadness was close by, so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you .” “Oh, Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even notice when Love called her.

Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. Love was so excited that she even forgot to ask who the elder was. So Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?” “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time understands how valuable Love is.” 71.What would happen to the island?

A.It would grow bigger. B.It would sink. C.It drove feelings away. D.All the feelings lived.

72.Sadness didn’t see Love when he passed by Love, did he?九年英语（7）第5页（共8页）

A.Yes, he did. B.Yes, he didn’t. C.No, he didn’t. D.No, he did. 73. Why didn’t Happiness help Love? A.Because Happiness didn’t like Love. B.Because Happiness didn’t hear Love calling her.

C.Because her boat was so small that she couldn’t take Love with her. D.Because she needed to be by herself. 74.Who helped Love out of danger?

A. Sadness. B. Knowledge. C. Happiness. D. Time. 75.What does the underlined word “valuable” mean in Chinese? A.令人喜爱的 B.珍贵的 C.吸引人的 D.有爱心的 Passage 3

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous

九年英plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.

He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins.In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

At twenty-eight, he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.He became an actor, and he also …… 此处隐藏：6752字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……