题型：任务型阅读 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
浙江省台州市椒江区2018-2019学年九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
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Student |
Truck driver |
Full-time mother |
Business executive (企业主管) |
Doctor |
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Sleeping time |
9 hours |
6 hours |
8 hours |
6 hours |
5 hours |
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Bedtime hours |
10 pm-7 am |
7 am-10 am 4 pm-7 pm |
3 am-6 am 1 pm-3 pm 10 pm-1 am |
11 pm-5 am |
1 am-3 am 4 am-7 am |
The table above shows the sleeping patterns (模式) of people doing jobs. It is clear that there are big differences among them. For example, students continuously (连续地) sleep for each night because they go to school during the day. are busy and stressed out, so they only sleep for 6 hours. But they also sleep continuously during the night. Truck drivers sleep 6 hours and doctors sleep the hours among the five. However, because of their jobs, they have to divide their bedtime into different periods. Finally, mothers sleep when their babies do. They often have to wake up during the night to comfort (安抚) their babies. It is important to consider sleeping patterns when choosing a job.
Peter 将离开墨尔本（Melbourne）外出工作一年，他打算将其房屋出租。请根据下面的地 图与房屋平面示意图，把他的房屋出租信息补充完整。
House for Rent
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Wanta nice house for just $ 600 a week? This house is on{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Road in the City of Melbourne. It is just opposite Monash{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. It is well kept by the owner. Outside the house, there is a garage and a yard in the front. On the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}floor, there is a living room, a dining room, a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, and a laundry. On the second floor, there is one big{#blank#}5{#/blank#}and three bedrooms, fully furnished. It is the best for this price! Please call Peter at +61 3 9905 1777 in the daytime if you want to rent it. | |
Skyscrapers are very tall buildings in a city. Looking up at them might make you dizzy (眩晕的). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Skyscrapers are a .wonder, whether (不管) you are looking up or down.
How can the buildings be so tall? Something that happened during the 1880s made it possible. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} First, a man named William Jenney got the idea of using a steel frame to hold up the walls and floors (钢架支撑墙壁和地面) of a building Jenney s idea made it possible to build taller buildings so he is called the "Father of the American skyscraper" Second, the elevators （电梯）improved. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}That helped people go up and down the tall buildings more easily."
Back in the 1880s, Jenney s first tall building was 10 stories (楼层) high. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}In 2004, Taipei 101, at 101 stories high, became the tallest building in the world. But soon the Burj Khalifa in Dubai overtook it in 2010. The 828-meter building has 163 stories.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} For example, Shanghai Tower in China, One World Trade Center in the USA, Abraj Ai-Bait Clock Tower in Saudi Arabia, etc. All of them are really wonderful, aren't they?
根据材料内容，从方框中选择合适的句子填入文中空缺处，使材料完整、通顺。
A. But today, some buildings have 100 stories or more. B. They got much faster and safer. C. Looking down from them might make you dizzy, too. D. Now there are many very tall buildings all over the world. E. There were two important things at that time. |
I was once a fat girl, I weighed 336 pounds and looked as big as my fridge. I was never worried about it. But one day I had a medical examination(体检). {#blank#}1{#/blank#}It woke me up.
I began to feel nervous. Then I decided to do something!
In a year and five months, I lost 104 pounds. What a great thing I didn't have any expensive food, medical treatment (治疗) or camp style(训练营式的) exercise.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}First I looked through the Internet for do-it-yourself advice that people could follow on losing weight. Of course I saw countless ads which try to get me to buy their products. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}The only thing I did was to change my bad habits. The following are what I have done. You can try these.
Stop drinking something with I have too much sugar in it. Refuse sweet cake. Eat green vegetables, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Never eat after 6:30 pm. Also, do light exercise for 15 to 20 minutes five days a week. Then I kept doing what I should do. People sometimes says, "you don't need to tell me what to do. I know it already!" But the fact is that knowing what to do and doing what you know are different, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.
根据短文内容，将下面方框内的句子还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺（每个选项只能用一次）
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A. But I bought nothing. B. Use only vegetable oil. C. What was the secret to my success? D. The important thing is to know what to know and just keep doing it. E. The doctor told me that I was having heart trouble. |
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Friends are important in our life, because no one wants to be lonely. However, some people have difficulty in making friends and they often feel lonely. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} According to a new study from Chicago University, the reason is that this kind of people have brains（脑）different from common people. And they often feel unsafe when facing strangers.
Does that mean they have no way to become happy again? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Scientists of this study have thought up ways to help these people deal with their loneliness. They provided four steps for getting out of loneliness.
The first step is to accept social invitations even if you don't want to go." It's not enough for people just to get in touch with others online. That's because most people don't show their true selves there," said Dr. Cacioppo, one of this study's scientists. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} As" actions speak louder than words", people need to be active to communicate with others. They also need to meet people with the same interests. Also, they should try to expect the best from each activity. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Who knows what good things are waiting for us?
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A. People who feel lonely B. Another step is to get an action plan. C. After all," tomorrow is another day". D. What's the reason behind that? E. Why don't we like them? F. New ways to deal with loneliness G. No, don't worry. |
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