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题型：阅读选择题类：常考题难易度：普通

广东省惠州市惠城区2020届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

阅读理解

Some of the greatest problems we face today are the destruction (破坏) of our environment. Brown clouds, polluted water, endangered wild animals…. these problems seem so huge.

So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don't have to drive…

But does it do any good? When I am the only one in line at the market with cloth bags, am I doing any good? Does my walking to stores make any real difference to the world?

I recently learned something about flamingos(火烈鸟) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time comes for migration(迁徙), a few of them first take off from the lake. But none of the others seem to notice. So the small group returns. However, the next day they try again. This time a few more fly along with them, but most of them still pay no attention, so they return again. They try for several times. Every time a few more birds join in but, since thousands of the others still take no notice, the great migration plan is once more stopped.

Then one day something changes. The same small group of birds once again starts flying and a small number more join in just as before, then more. Finally, they all take flight and the migration really begins. What a spectacular sight it must be — thousands of flamingos taking off into the sky at once!

A few can make a difference. Even if you're the one to take the first step, and continue trying, others will someday take notice and together we will solve even our greatest problems.

（1）、What problem is the writer talking about?

A、Jobs. B、Population. C、Environment. D、Health

（2）、In Paragraph 3 the underlined word "it" probably refers to .

A、the writer's family take plastic bags to stores instead of using cloth bags B、the writer's family walk where they don't have to drive C、the writer's family take a bath with too much water D、the writer's family eat too much meat

（3）、What does the underlined word "spectacular" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A、worrying. B、amazing. C、terrible. D、harmful

（4）、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A、Even if we can walk there, we still drive over. B、Brown clouds and polluted water are the only problems we face today. C、Flamingos like to get together in groups of a thousand or more. D、When a few of the flamingos first take off from the lake, all the others follow at once.

（5）、What's the writer's purpose of writing this article?

A、To show that the writer loves to see the migration of flamingos. B、To show that there are many problems in the world. C、To introduce a special kind of flamingo to readers. D、To tell readers to continue trying and it can make a difference.

举一反三

    During the day, you spend a lot of time running, jumping, laughing, eating, and talking. You use up a lot of energy(能量) , and by the end of the day you're tired. Sleeping gives your body a chance to rest.
    But your brain (大脑) and body are not completely at rest during sleeping. While you are sleeping, your mind may think of the things that happened during the day. It keeps the important things in mind as memories(记忆). It also thinks about things you were worrying about, and you may wake up with answers to some of your problems.
    You also grow while you sleep. The thing called "human growth hormone (荷尔蒙)" in the body helps you grow during sleeping. This growth hormone also helps the body to repair itself.
    Sleeping helps your body to conserve energy too. You use up a lot of energy during your daily activities. But when you are sleeping, your body temperature falls, and your "metabolism" (新陈代谢) slows down. You are still using some energy, but much less than when you are awake and active.
    Have you ever stayed up past your bedtime? Did you have difficulty getting up the next morning? Maybe you had problems seeing clearly or you cannot think clearly. That was your body's way of saying, "I need sleep!" A lack ( 缺乏) of sleep can stop your body and mind from working correctly.

    Garden building is considered an important part of Chinese culture. Some people say that if you have never walked through a Chinese garden, you cannot say that you have really visited China.
    Traditional Chinese gardens are located(位于)in North China in such places as Beihai Park, the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City. In larger imperial gardens, the main buildings are connected by an imaginary（虚构的） line in the middle of the garden on the north-south axis(轴). Other features (特征)of imperial gardens are colored-paintings, man-made hills and lakes.
   Most private gardens are found in the south, especially in cities south of the Yangtze River. Private gardens were mostly built at one side or at the back of the houses. Around the beautiful scene are small open areas with beautiful shaped-doors through which visitors can enjoy the sights. They are open on all sides and are often near the water so that the whole scene can be enjoyed. Suzhou, known as the home of gardens, displays the most and the best Chinese traditional private gardens. Different parts of it are examples of the garden style of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
    The landscape garden contains a number of pleasant natural scenes and some fairy tales. The ancient Chinese used to call the garden landscape “Jing” , which means “scene” in English. Good examples include the ten West Lake Scenes in Hangzhou, the twenty-four slim West Lake in Yangzhou and the eight Daming Lake Scenes in Jinan.

    I am a professor of sports and exercise so I often deal with nervousness in my research with sports people. Actually, most people experience nervousness at some time or another.
    If you are feeling anxious, my advice is to first find the cause or causes. Make s list of those things that are making you nervous and work out which ones you can do something about. Focus all of your efforts on managing the causes that you can control.
    Most people cannot tell the difference between controllable(可控制的) and uncontrollable causes, so things they can't control become a big reason for nervousness. Dealing with this is very important if people want to keep a healthy mind.
    Simply try to accept the uncontrollable causes of nervousness. You might be worried about the weather on a big day, an accident or an attack on the train, or perhaps just things that other people are doing at work. The results may be very important but there is still no use worrying because you can't control any of these things. Accept that you can't control everything. Once you understand this, it becomes easier not to worry.
    If a situation, such as swimming, is causing you to be anxious, try to face it as often as possible so that you can get used to it.
    It can often help to think about yourself doing the thing that make s you nervous—then close your eyes and imagine it going well. Imagine how the flight or job interview is going to happen so that you can get used to it. This will help you understand that the thing you fear most is probably not going to happen.

阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

We humans produce a lot of waste every day．We pour it onto the environment．This waste often gives off gases and dusts into the air．Often．it is harmful both to nature and to our human life．

Do you know one of the main causes of the large amount of dangerous waste? It is people who do not realize how big a problem it is．Because it can be simply removed and sent to a landfill(废渣填埋场)．The problem is often believed to end there．In addition，industries are not willing to find ways to deal with the dangerous waste．They think it will cost money．Many industries and governments build simple landfills to store waste．They often just pour waste chemicals into nearby bodies of water．Often，the chemicals used for industrial production cause dangerous forms of waste．The amount of these chemicals has increased greatly in the past．It is often difficult and expensive to get rid of them．It is also hard to store them in a safe way．

Every year, major health problems result from dangerous waste．Sadly, often only after someone has died or become seriously ill，and then the governments will take measures to reduce the levels of harmful waste．

Some governments have realized how serious the dangerous waste problem is．They are now trying to solve this problem．They are also trying to limit the amount of waste industries．

Not only governments but ordinary people must work together to solve the problem．We can choose not to buy those products which produce dangerous waste．Many scientists think waste can be reduced at least one third by using technologies and methods．

阅读理解

Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!

Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees.

The banana plant, however, is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn't have a strong, woody stem(茎，干). The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.

Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. The bananas grow together, which seem like "hands". A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Growers sometimes call bananas "fingers".

Each bunch(丛) of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.

After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked. At this point, they still aren't the sunny yellow color of bananas. Farmers pick them when they're green. That's how they're shipped to stores. They turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.

If you love bananas, you've got a lot of company. Americans have been enjoying bananas since the first shipment arrived in the United States in 1876. Today, American eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Every American eats over 26 pounds of bananas each year!

阅读理解

In some science fiction movies, evil robots refuse to die, no matter how hard people fight back.

Now science fiction has become science fact. For the first time, scientists have made a robot that can take a beating (挨打) and keep on going. Scientists from Cornell University made the robot, which looks like a spider with four legs.

Until now, even the most advanced (先进的) robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged. That is because its computer inside simply doesn't know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed.

To deal with this problem, the scientists put eight motors (发动机) and two sensors (传感器) that read how the machine is working. They all give signals to the machine's software. Using this information, the computer can then figure out the machine's shape at any moment.

The new technology is a big advance in robot-making, scientists say, and it's far from scary. It may someday help scientists create better artificial (假的) arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them. It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space.

"It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it's damaged," says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US. "With this work, we are nearer to solving this problem."

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