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四川省遂宁市市城区初中2017届九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

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    “You are what you eat” is a common English saying. It means the food you eat will become part of you. Many experts use it to tell people it's important to have a good eating habit. For example, too much sweet food makes a person overweight. To avoid being fat, kids are told to keep off sweet food. However, a team of American scientists have discovered something new about eating sweet food.

    “When we say some people ‘sweet', we mean they are kind and friendly to us. Perhaps this word can help us learn more about people's feelings and acts.”said Brain Meier, a scientist from the study team. “Taste is something we experience(体验) every day. What we have done is to find whether we can know someone's character and behavior depending on their taste.”

    In one of their experiments(实验), college students were asked questions about their characters, for example, they were soft-hearted or not. Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food. According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.

    In their another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet food such as cookies and chocolate helped other people in need, but those who ate non-sweet food such as chips weren't. For example, people with a sweet tooth were more possibly to volunteer to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.

    The result of experiments is that people's helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food. So eating sweet food is a useful way to make people nice and helpful. Next time, try some ice-cream.

(1)、What does the underlined word “it” refer to(指代) ?

A、The English saying. B、The eating habit. C、The American team. D、The sweet food.
(2)、According to the result of the experiments, sweet food makes people ______.

A、overweight B、excited C、friendly D、relaxed
(3)、Which kind of people may be less helpful?

A、The ones who like ice-cream. B、The ones who prefer chocolate. C、The ones who eat many cookies. D、The ones who eat many chips.
(4)、According to the passage, which of the followings is NOT true?

A、Some scientists discovered something new about eating sweet food. B、Kids are told to keep away from sweet food to be fat. C、What you put in your mouth will show your character. D、If people want to be kind or friendly, they can try some sweet food.
(5)、What does the passage mainly talk about?

A、Scientists asked college students questions about their characters. B、People who like sweet food are more willing to help others. C、Scientists told college students not to eat sweet food. D、People's character has nothing to do with their taste.
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 阅读短文, 根据其内容完成文后的表格。(每空不超过3个词)

After a long day's study at school, you are very tired. So after school you go home to relax. When you get home, a robot welcomes you. He's happy to see you and helps you take your school things to your room. He listens to you talk about your school life and tells you a new joke. And he tells you to call your cousin and to say happy birthday. And then he helps you with your homework. 

This is your future, and the robot's name is NAO. NAO has a small body, big eyes and a large head. He can walk and dance. He listens and talks, and he even learns and thinks for himself. His creators predict that the robot will be in people's homes before 2040. This $16, 000 robot knows who you are. 

NAO can even express emotions(表达情感). He is a self-guided robot. A self-guided robot can sense(感觉), think and act. Other robots might do two out of the three. For example, a robot might sense things using cameras and think using computers, but with no arms, he can't act. Another robot can move and sense things, but he can't think for himself. These aren't self-guided robots. But NAO can do them all. 

NAO—A Home Robot in the Future

Your life with a robot at home in the future

●The robot can welcome you and help you carry things when you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. 

●The robot can listen and speak to you. He can even tell jokes. 

●The robot can remind you of the things you forgot and help with your homework. 

Something about NAO

Looks

He has a small body, big eyes and a large head. 

Ability

●He can {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, listen and talk, learn and think. 

●He can also know who you are. 

Prediction

●He will be used {#blank#}3{#/blank#} before 2040. 

●You can buy the robot NAO at the price of $16, 000. 

The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} between NAO and other robots 

●Because of having more abilities than other robots, NAO is called {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. 

●NAO can sense, think and act, but other robots can only do two out of the three. 

 请阅读短文,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

According to a study in Nature Climate Change, the population of polar bears will be in serious drop by the year 

2080. The cause is melting(融化) sea ice. Without ice, the bears must walk on the bank which is away from their main food source. That means the animals will be in danger because of lacking food.

" There's not enough food on land to support a polar bear population." Doctor Smith, the study's lead writer said. Lacking of food induces another problem. Mother bears may not be fat enough to produce milk for their babies. Some bear populations could stop having babies, leading to a rapid drop in numbers.

Arctic(北极) sea ice usually melts in the spring and summer, and then grows in the winter. But now, the ice is taking longer to grow back. Weather reports say the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Ice here has reduced 13% every 10 years since the 1970s. The Arctic is home to about 25,000 polar bears. Scientists have known that the animals are in danger.

But the study also notes that it is still possible to slow Arctic melting. The world can reduce the burning of fossil fuels(石化燃料) and lower the greenhouse gas." Saving the polar bears is up to us, I believe that there is hope. But humans need to act quickly to turn that hope into a reality." Doctor Smith said.

 阅读短文,回答问题

Say you're sitting around with some friends playing video games and someone mentions a game that happens to be one of your favorites. "Oh, that game's easy. So not worth the time, " one of your friends says. The others agree. Although you enjoy the game quite a lot, not wanting to argue with them, you go along with the crowd.

You have just experienced what is commonly referred to as peer pressure, also called peer influence. You will adopt a certain type of behavior, dress, or attitude in order to be accepted as part of a group of your "peers". As a teen, you are likely to have experienced the effect of peer pressure in a number of different areas.

We are all influenced by our peers at any age. For teens, as school and other activities take you away from home, you may spend more time with your friends than with your family. As you become more independent, your peers naturally play a greater role in your life.

According to Dr. Casey from Cornel University, teens are very quick and accurate in making decisions on their own and in situations where they have time to think. However, when they make decisions in the heat of the moment or in social situations, their decisions are often influenced by factors like peers. In a recent study, teen volunteers played a video driving game, either alone or with friends watching. The researchers discovered that the number of risks teens took more than doubled when their friends were watching, compared with when they played alone. This shows that teens may find it more difficult to control risky behavior when their friends are around, or in situations where they are extremely angry.

Just as people can influence us to make unwise choices, they can also influence us to make good ones. A teen might join in a volunteer project because his or her friends are doing it, or get good grades because his or her friends think getting good grades is important. In fact, friends often encourage each other to study, or try out for sports.

While we are always influenced by those around us, the decision to act or not is up to us. So when it comes to decision making, the choice is up to you.

 阅读短文,把A—E五个句子填入文章空缺处,使短文内容完整。

You speak, write a letter, send an e- mail and make a telephone call. Your words carry some messages. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Do you think you can communicate without words? {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Tears in your eyes probably tell others that you are sad. When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. In China, you shake your head and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".

Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, blue seas and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} And we can understand what other people are thinking about.

A. People communicate through words.

B. People can communicate in many other ways.

C. A smile on your face shows you are happy or kind.

D. And you receive messages from the signs all the time.

E. They can help us to know what is going on in the world.

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