浙江省绍兴市新昌县2020-2021学年九年级上学期英语期中试题

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

When I was 15, I said to my class that I was going to write my own books. All the students nearly fell out of their chairs, 1me. "Don't be silly. Only geniuses(天才) can become writers. And you are getting a D this term. " I was deeply2and I couldn't help crying.

That night I wrote a short, sad poem about my3 dreams and mailed it to the Weekly Newspaper. To my surprise, they published(发表) it, and sent me two dollars. I was a paid writer! I4 it to my classmates. They laughed again. "Just luck，" they said. However, I tasted success. Because my first poem5 published.

By the time I graduated from high school, I had collected all my published works together. But I6 talked about my writing to my classmates again. They were7 killers. And people must always keep on their own dreams by8.

Later, I wrote a book about9 I understood and felt about my life. It10 me nine months to finish it. I chose a publisher(出版商) and mailed my book. I wrote a note11 it, "I wrote this book myself. I hope you will like it. Thank you. "

A month later, 12 I received a letter, with an invitation for publishing the book. It became a bestseller(畅销书), and13 into 15 languages. People ask what college I attended and what degrees(学位) I have got. The answer is none. I just write. I'm not a genius, and I'm not talented. I just write. To all those who dream of14 ， I should say to you, "Yes, you15 be writers! Always keep writing！"

Mother's Day and Father's Day are two big national holidays in many western countries. And it's interesting because they are not the same in every country. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. In America and Germany and many other countries, it's one Sunday in May. Father's Day is in the middle of June. How do you celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day? Let's learn something more about it from the following introduction.

Ann	In England, we call Mother's Day Mothering Sunday, because it's always on a Sunday. I don't really know the origin of it but I remember that my mother had a cup of tea early in the morning. And then we would go to church. And at the end of the church service, the children would collect a daffodil(水仙花） and take it back and give it to our mother who would normally be sitting in the service in the church. And really that's all we did to celebrate the day.
Tony	I remember taking cups of tea to my mother. The idea in general is that the washing-up would be done; perhaps some cooking would be done on Mother's Day. We would try to relieve her of all those jobs to make it a special day for her, so that whenever she looked around, there was something to eat, something to drink, or something to read, or something interesting for her to do.
Bill	Father's Day is always in June, a Sunday in the middle of June. On Father's Day, the idea is to find something fun that children could do with his father together. I remember going to baseball games. I think that on Father's Day it's particularly focused on doing things together because that is supposed to be relaxing and fun for Dad.

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I made a decision when I was driving to the vacation beach cottage(小屋). To myself, I had to say that I had been a selfish husband and father. I wanted to change. I should give as much love as I can to my family.

And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Mary at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks great on you. "

"Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and pleased.

Two weeks of not calling the company where I work; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums; a walk with Mary on the beach while the children flew their kites. Relaxed and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed. I made a new decision to keep on remembering to choose love.

But on the last night at our cottage, Mary looked at me with the saddest expression.

"What's the matter?" I asked her.

"Tom," she said in a voice filled with sadness, "do you know something I don't?"

"What do you mean？"

"Well... that checkup(体检) I had several weeks ago... , our doctor... did he tell you something about me? Tom, you've been so good to me...am I dying?"

After hearing this, I started laughing. "No, honey," I said, holding her in my arms. "You're not dying.I'm just starting to live."

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The Tomatina Festival（西红柿节）is a festival that is held in a town named Bunol in Spain, on which people throw tomatoes for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August each year.

In 1945, during a parade（游行） in the town one day, young men who wanted to be in the parade started a fight in the town square. They used tomatoes as weapons（武器）. This is the most popular story about how the Tomatina Festival started.

At around 10:00 am on Wednesday, activities that are organized to celebrate the festival begin. The first one is climbing a pole with a ham on top. When a person is climbing, some people sing and dance. When the person drops the ham off the pole, the tomato fight starts. The tomatoes come from Extremadura. The tomatoes there are less expensive and are grown specially for the festival. The number of tomatoes used is about 150, 000. After exactly one hour, the fight ends. The whole square becomes red because there is tomato juice everywhere. Then hoses（水龙带） are used to clean the square and to wash away the tomato juice on people's bodies. After that, the town goes back to the way it was.

The local government has made some rules for the safety of people. One of them is as follows: People have to squash（把……挤软） the tomatoes before throwing in order not to hurt other people.

The Tomatina Festival has inspired other similar celebrations in other parts of the world, for example, in the city of Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, a tomato fight is held on October 19^th.

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Imagine climbing the three highest mountains in Britain. Now, imagine climbing all the three in 24 hours. That's what Rebecca Shedden, a British schoolgirl did and she's only eight years old. She is one of the youngest people who have arrived on top of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis, the three highest mountains in Britain.

Rebecca and her dad finished the climb, a total of about 11, 000 feet(3, 353 meters), in 23 hours and 15 minutes. That includes the time spent driving to each mountain: a distance of 500 miles.

Climbing isn't new to this schoolgirl. She took her first trip up a mountain in her dad's backpack when she was just six months old!

"One of the best parts about this climb was Scafell Pike, " said Rebecca. "I've never walked in the dark before, and it was fun seeing all the sheep's eyes as they ran around in the dark. "

Rebecca brought along food, water, a medical kit, a hat, a map, a lamp, a camera to take photos and even a mobile phone in case something went wrong. Along the way, she and her dad had fun by making up mountain songs. "All my friends like to stay inside playing computer games, but I like being outdoors best, "says Rebecca. Rebecca also enjoys swimming and skiing.

   The young climber doesn't plan to stay on flat land for long. She wants to climb Mount Kilimanjaro（乞力马扎罗山）, the tallest mountain in Africa. "And I would like to climb Mount Qomolangma one day, too. " she said.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。

able   fascinate   businessman   know  make

根据所给汉语意思及文章内容，写出单词的正确形式。（没空限填一词）

Usually in English polite questions are longer and  (包括) extra language such as "Could you please... ?" or "Can I ask...?" It  (听起来) more polite to say, "Peter, could you please lend me your pen?" Sometimes, we might even need to spend some time (导入) into a question or a request. For example, if you want to stop a   (陌生人) in the street, we might first say, " Excuse me, I (想知道) if you can help me" or "I'm sorry to (麻烦)you but, " before asking them for help.

   It might seem that speaking  (礼貌地) is more difficult than being direct, and in a way this may be true. However, in order not to offend people, learning about language etiquette is just as (重要的) as learning  (语法) or vacabulary(词汇). And doing this will also help you become ­(更好) at English, or any other language you wish to speak.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用词语正确形式填空(每空不多于3个单词)。

Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist, has saved people without any magic. His success on hybrid rice(杂交水稻) fed (million) of people in hunger.

Yuan (be) born on September 7, 1930. After graduating from Southwest Agricultural institute(农业学院), he workeda teacher at agricultural school in Hunan.

About 50 years ago , some natural disasters(灾难) hit China. Yuan saw many people lose their lives becausehunger every day. Since then, he (do) research on how to grow good quality rice. In 1964, he found a natural hybrid rice plant by accident. It had great advantages over others. Yuan was excited about what he discovered. He then decided(study) this particular plant.

In1973, he started to grow a type of hybrid rice. It (produce) 20% more rice each unit than common ones. The next year he had great success. This progress made China the world's leader in rice production.

In China, most rice fields(稻田) grow yuan's hybrid rice. He is called the "Father of Hybrid Rice".

 He(die) on May 22^nd, 2021, he still lives in our hearts forever.

请阅读下文对四位游客的介绍（1-4题），从A-D中选出他们可能感兴趣的旅游地与之进行匹配，然后回答第5小题（不少于5个词）。

A. The Eiffel Tower It is the tallest building in Paris. It is more than 320 meters high. The towers has become the most important symbol of Paris. B. The Great Wall It's about 6, 700kilometers long and known as " the Long Wall of 10, 000 Li". It has become a symbol of China's long history. C. The Great Pyramid It's the largest and most famous pyramid in Egypt. It took more than twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. D. Taj Mahal(泰姬陵） Indian people are very proud of it, because it is considered as the most beautiful building in the world.

如今，微信（WeChat）变得时尚而受欢迎，给我们的生活带来了很大的影响。请根据以下要点，写一篇短文阐述微信（WeChat）的优缺点，并表达你对微信的看法。

要求:1）必须包括全部要点及你的至少两个观点，可适当展开，语句通顺，书写规范；

2）词数：80-100，已给出的句子不计入总词数；

3）文中不能透露真实的个人信息

Nowadays, WeChat is becoming fashionable and popular. It has made a difference to our daily life.