1、北京市101中学2020届下学期初中九年级开学测试英语试卷、单项填空（共6分, 每0.5小题分）1. Jim, would you please pass_ the newspaper？ Here you are.A. meB. herC. himD. us2. When is the Earth Day？ Its _ April 22nd every year.A. ofB. inC. onD. a3. Work hard, Tom, _ you will not pass the exam. OK. Ill try my best.A. soB. andC. butD. or4. Mum,
2、 _will the breakfast be ready？ Five minutes.A. how muchB. how longC. how oftenD. how many5. Thats a nice mobile phone. It is. My aunt _ it for my last birthday.A. buyB. will buyC. have boughtD. bought6. _ you make a kite for me, Dad？I want to fly it in the park. Yes, I can.A. CanB. MayC. NeedD. Must
3、7. Where is Miss Lin？ She_ my desk-mate with her lessons in her office.A. helpsB. is helpingC. helpedD. will help8. Is Jim in the classroom？ No, he_ to the dining hall.A. goesB. will goC. has goneD. went9. Pudong International Airport is one of_ airports in the world.A bigB. biggerC. the biggerD. th
4、e biggest10. My teacher is very kind and she always_ afraid of speaking in public.A. encourages me not to beB. encourage me not beingC. encourages me not beD. encourage me not be to11. Beijing is a nice city because more and more trees _ every spring.A. plantedB. are planted C. will be planted.D. pl
5、ant12. Could you tell me_ yesterday？ Because my bike was broken on my way here.A. why you came lateB. why do you come lateC. why you come lateD. why did you come late二、完形填空（共8分, 每小题1分）During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few days. When I 1 , I was greeted with two essays due
6、, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. Until I went home from school that day exhausted（筋疲力尽）. I had to stay up really late to finish them all.The next day at school, I got a rude awakening（认识到）： Id totally forgotten to prepare for the 2 on Romeo and Juliet, which Id take ove
7、r my lunch hour! Worse still, I had 3 the in- class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom（厄运）.All I could do was try to guess on the questions I didnt know.As it turned out, I didnt know the majority of the questions. I was just about to gi
8、ve up when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I looked down at there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! I can kiss goodbye to all my 4 of failing the test! My heart started beating, and my brain whispered, “Yes! Rea
9、d over the answers-quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, “No! You will get caught!” My mind turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! . This went on for ten of the longest seconds in my entire life. Finally I decided to finish the test on my own without 5 I was satisfied with my decis
10、ion but pretty 6 I had failed the test.The next day when I worked into the English room, my great Joy of having been an_ _7_ soul changed into a wave of doom as I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I got up the nerve to turn it o
11、ver. You can only imagine my. 8 when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never in my whole life been so happy to see my grade a C.My mom says the victories that take the most courage are won within. Now I know exactly what she means. Now not only can my conscience（良心） rest easy, but I dont
12、have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad ending like Romeo and Juliet.1. A. arrivedB. returnedC. appearedD. finished2. A. lectureB. easyC. playD. test3. A. missedB. carriedC. lostD. dropped4. A. boredomB. worriesC. lonelinessD. tiredness5. A. sufferingB. checkingC. cheatingD. thinking6.
13、A. certainB. regretfulC. annoyedD. relieved7. A. openB. honestC. optimisticD. energetic8. A anxietyB. shockC. fearD. appreciation三、阅读理解（共26分, 每小题2分）AMARSThe Red Planet“MARS The Red Planet!” is one of our Early Reader Space books. It has surprising facts and photos explaining all about Mars. Aiming m
14、ainly at kids aged 710, its an interesting way for readers to find out more about the red planet.The WeatherThe Weather is one of our Early Earth books for boys and girls aged 13 15. This is a fun and fantastic way for readers to find out more about the weather on our earth. It offers information in
15、 a fun waymixing facts, photos, and even has a web page with video clips explaining more about the information in the book.HorsesThe book written by Kate describes the noblest animal on the planet for early readers. The book is packed with beautiful and clear pictures that help your child to underst
16、and the（fun） facts about this animal. It also includes anatomy（解剖） of horses.Kids Book of Fun Facts & Amazing Pictures on Animals in Nature A Perfect Horse Book for Kids Aged 58.The Earth Science BookNo other book on Earth science is packed with so much fun. Its for kids aged 912. The Earth Science
17、Books pages overflow with dozens and dozens of enjoyable, educational, and easy-to-do activities that explain basic Earth science facts and important environmental issues. These activities show you all about the planet Earth.1. If your sister wants to know more about the space, she can choose_.A. Ho
18、rsesB. The WeatherC. MARSThe Red PlanetD. The Earth Science Book2. “Horses” is about_.A. the red planetB. the weather on our earthC. the easy-to-do activitiesD. the noblest animal on the planet3. Which is true according to the ads above?A. The Weather is about the Moon.B. Horses is a perfect book fo
19、r kids aged 58C. The Earth Science Book was written by KateD. MARSThe Red Planet is about the noblest animal.BHeight is just one of the thousands of features your genes(基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height
20、of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall youre going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.But genes dont decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing
21、 to your full potential(潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.No doubt youre wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. Theres no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about 2 inches (6 centimeters) a year between age 3 and t
22、he time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height youre at now, how youve been growing up to this point, an
23、d what other changes your body may be going through.Dont be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt(高峰) during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or laterbetween 7 and 13 for girls
24、and 9 and 15 for boys.Youll usually begin to notice that youre growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.1. If you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow, _.A. you should have enough exerciseB. you can ask doctors for helpC. you should
25、save the environmentD. You can record your growth during puberty2. After reading this passage, we can explain_.A. how good it is to be a doctorB. how much sleep time we needC. why genes cant decide everythingD. what healthy diet is3. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Your height most probably
26、 depends on how high your parents are.B. Girls age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys .C. The time showing the first changes of puberty is never noticed.D. You may be scared sometimes when you grow too fast.CA study showed that the experiences children have in their first few
27、 years are important. These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention, they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion (万
28、亿) connections in the brain of a three-year-old child.Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distinguishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patterns. For example, one order was mu-ba-ba. This is the pat
29、tern “A-B-B. Another order was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern “A-B-C”. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the “A-B-B” pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurr
30、ed in the order.Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and grammar. “Position is key to language,” she says. If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: John caught the bear. is very different from The bear caugh
31、t John.Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books, the Internet, or smartphones - no matter how educational - doesnt appear to be enough for childrens brain development. They carried out a study of nine- month-old American babies. They e
32、xpected the first group whod watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought face-to-face with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as nat
33、ive listeners. But the other babies - regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened to the audio - learned nothing.1. What makes connections in a babys brain?A. Having a higher IQ.B. The connection with other babies.C. The babys early age.D. Experiencing new information.2. What did Ju
34、dit Gervain and her team find in the experiment?A. Babies can well understand different words.B. Word order is relevant to meaning.C. Babies identify different sound patterns.D. A certain brain region processes language.3. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3?A. Grammar is important
35、 in learning languages.B. Words have different sounds.C. Different languages have different grammar.D. Different orders have different meanings.4. What is the main conclusion from the study led by Patricia Kuhl?A. Social communication improves babies brain development. B. Listening to different lang
36、uages develops babies brain. C. Foreign languages help babies brain develop.D. Babies shouldnt watch a lot of television.DGarbage sorting has become a hot issue around China, especially after Shanghai began carrying out a regulation on July 1.Beijing, as a forerunner in environmental protection, has
37、 thus been expected to follow suit. The capital of the country has long been campaigning for sorting and recycling household waste, as part of its environmental drive for sustainable growth, local media reported.The current regulation gives garbage sorting responsibilities to government departments,
38、 property management groups and other organizations. It also gives rules for companies, outlining how theyre responsible for waste collection, transportation and treatment. Only individuals are not subject to responsibilities.The long awaited revision will soon change the situation, “Taking out the
39、trash without sorting it properly will be illegal,” said Sun Xinjun, director of the Beijing Commission of Urban Management. In Shanghai, violators are now fined up to 200 yuan ($30) for trash-sorting violations. The maximum fine in Beijing will not be less than that, he said.The Beijing city govern
40、ment first set out to promote garbage sorting in 2009. Authorities have since called on citizens to sort their household waste into four typesrecyclable waste, kitchen trash, dangerous waste and othersand leave it in a corresponding dustbin or trash can. Blue-colored dustbins signify items within ar
41、e recyclable, green represents kitchen trash, red corresponds to dangerous materials and grey to other waste.To promote the awareness of garbage sorting and expand the base of participants, authorities have employed workers to help residents on the spot. With intelligent devices, those who throw in
42、recyclable waste at given sites will be rewarded with bonus points, which can be used to buy daily goods. At some communities, there are no colorcoded dustbins. Instead, a scheduled garbage collection service is offered to help improve the environment. In other communities, workers offer a door-to-d
43、oor service to collect recyclables or kitchen waste.Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group has been promoting new garbage sorting facilities such as recycling cabinets and smart kitchen waste trash cans since 2016, Xinhua News Agency reported. Nearly 26,000 metric tons of household waste
44、 is generated across Beijing on a daily basis and 29 terminal garbage disposal facilities are working at full capacity. Nearly 9.3 million tons of household waste was processed in the city last year.1. According to the passage, which dustbins should some used coke cans be thrown into?A. Grey-colored
45、 dustbins.B. Blue-colored dustbins.C. Green-colored dustbins.D. Red-colored dustbins.2. We can learn from the passage that_.A. Beijing carried out a more severe rule on garbage sorting than ShanghaiB. the amount of household waste in Beijing is far from something disturbingC. the change of the curre
46、nt regulation has annoyed citizensD. new technology has been applied to help deal with garbage3. What is the best tile for the text？A. How to Sort Garbage in ChinaB. Garbage Collection in BeijingC. The Current Regulation in BeijingD. Waste Recycling Project Counts四、阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分, 每小题2分）Alic
47、e Moore is a teenager entrepreneur（创业者）, who in May 2015 set up her business AilieCandy, By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super sweet treat that could save kids teeth, instead of destroying them.It all began when Moore visited a bank with her dad. On the outing, she was offered a candy bar. However, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad for her teeth. But Moore was sick of missing out on candies. So she desired to get around the warning, Why ca
