根据短文理解，完成填空 My grandmother is over eighty years old. She always complains about how greatly things have...

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广东省揭阳市五校2016届九年级上学期英语期末联考试卷

根据短文理解，完成填空

My grandmother is over eighty years old. She always complains about how greatly things have changed, and she often says that life used to be better.

Families aren't families the way they used to be. If a husband and wife are having problem with their marriage, they don't stay together any more. They choose to divorce. Mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone is busy working; no one has time to look after children at home.

And the cars! No one walk any more; people get richer and richer, and more and more people buy cars and drive. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now children don't.

And in school, children don't have to think any more. When I was at school, I used to add, subtract, multiply and divide using my head in math class, but now, children use calculators instead.

Most families have computers and TVs now. In the past we didn't have computers or TVs, we spent a lot of time talking with our family members. But now, people are too busy to talk to each other. If they have time, they'd watch TV or surf the Internet rather than talk to family members. They are even too busy to eat and think.

Life used to be simple, but it isn't any more.

Information Card

	Used to	Now
Family	Mothers used to stay at home and	Everyone is busy working
Transportation	On foot
Study	Using heads to do math exercises	Using instead
Life	Talking with a lot	Watching TV or Instead.

举一反三

A)先阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的 A、B、C、D在四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

Good morning! I'm Zhang Han. I'm a student of Yujiang Middle School in China. The school is nice.

I'm in my 1 now. This is a desk. The 2 of the desk is blue. It is Lily's desk. Brown is her last name. Lily Brown is my good friend. She's from England. So she can speak 3 well. Look!A set of keys and a schoolbag are on the desk. The keys are yellow. They are Lily's. The4 is blue. Is it 5 , too? No, it's my schoolbag.

6 desk is next to(挨着) Lily's? It's mine. It's red. What's 7 my desk? Two pens are on it. The first pen is mine and the next pen is Li Ting's. Who is Li Ting? She is my good friend, too. She is a nice girl and she often(经常)8 me at school. Can you see a watch on the desk?I9 it in Classroom 2A this morning. Is it yours? Please 10 me at zhanghan@ gmail. com.

阅读下列短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Many students have problems in listening to English. Read the information below and learn more about how to improve your listening skills（技能）.

Listen to the English radio.

One of the best ways to improve your English listening skills is to listen to the English radio on your mobile phone.

●You should listen to the radio shows for more than 30 minutes a day.

●Try to understand. Don't just let the English wash over you. If you find it too fast, try to pick out the key words to get a main idea of it.

●You can also make notes when you hear some new words or phrases（短语）. Look them up in the dictionary and then listen to the show again.

Watch English movies and TV shows.

Another fun way to improve your listening is to watch English movies and TV shows.

●Try to choose films or TV shows that you will enjoy. This will make the listening more interesting. If you like the film or TV show, you may forget your job is to practise listening. You just enjoy it.

●However, you should not watch movies or TV shows with Chinese. It will be difficult for you to focus on English.

If you have any other questions, please send emails to us and we will give you the best answers.

请根据短文内容，选出句子填到文中适当位置，使短文完整、通顺(有一项多余)。

The following is a discussion from Mr. Knowall's BBS. The topic of the discussion is about the ways of students' keeping their private (秘密的) things.

( The first floor) Sunshine : {#blank#}1{#/blank#} But my mother often read my diaries. To stop her, I began writing diaries in English a year ago. I know she can't read in English at all. So I can keep my private things. And,I also find my English becomes better.

( The second floor) Tell me why:{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Teachers always say we should ask our parents to look at them and sign(签名) their names, but sometimes I don't do that. When I have bad grades on the exams,I " help" my parents sign the reports.

( The third floor) Grassroot King:My parents always ask me what I am doing in front of the computer. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I set a password(设置密码) for my computer so they can't start it and find my private things.

( The fourth floor) Happy Smile :{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Since then, I always show my feelings to my friends in the blog, but not with my parents. They know nothing about the Internet. I always tell them that I look for some information for study. In this way, I keep my private things.

…

( The … floor) Mr. Knowall:I disagree some of your ideas. In my opinion, there is a great way of keeping your private things. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} If your parents know that you are safe, they' ll let you keep your private things.

A. I think school reports are private.

B. I started my blog two years ago.

C. Do you enjoy keeping diaries?

D. Why not talk to your parents?

E. Diary is a good place to keep my private things.

F. I don't want them to know my private things.

从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

Who is the most famous artist in the world? If not Leonardo da Vinci, it might be Pablo Picasso(毕加索).

Picasso(1881-1973) was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. He had a talent for drawing. Born in Spain, Picasso showed his talent at an early age. He first learned painting from his father, who was an art teacher. By the time he was 13. he could draw better than his father. He could draw and paint just about anything, and in any style. He liked to try out new ideas.

People put his life and art into different periods. One of his most famous periods was his Cubist period. Cubism is when an artist paints things, like a bottle, from many different angles(角度) all in the same picture. So, you see the front, the back and the sides of the bottle all at the same time. In a way, it is a bit like having x- ray(透视) eyes.

This new way of painting surprised the art world in the 20th century. Picasso has become an idol(偶像) to many artists nowadays. People say he helped us see the world in new ways.

So do you want to see the art of Picasso? On August 14th, an exhibition(展览) opened in Shanghai. It shows 103 of his works. The exhibition will last until October 31st. But it will not be available to the public on weekends. If you are fond of Picasso's work, don't miss this great chance!

假如你是上文的 Jessica，英语老师让你对你班学生课外活动的情况进行一次调查并要求你在下节英语课上将该调查结果介绍给同学们，请写一篇短文为此做准备。

内容包括：

1. 介绍调查结果：30%的人看电视，40%的人玩电脑游戏，课外阅读和听音乐分别占15%和10%，仅仅5%的人参加体育锻炼；

2. 谈一谈你对此结果的看法或建议。

作文要求：

1. 不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。

2. 语句连贯，词数80个左右。文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Hi, everyone! Last week, Miss Li asked me to find out what we usually do after school. Here are the results of the survey.

假如你是李华，最近你校正在评选新时代好少年（the Good Teenager of New Age）。请根据以下表格提示，用英语写一篇自我介绍，为自己"拉票"。