阅读理解 An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a lot of famous actors and actress got off. Dressed in...

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广东省普宁市洪治中学2018届九年级上学期英语期中考试试卷

阅读理解

An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a lot of famous actors and actress got off. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special things done to avoid possible fans gathering so that no one shod know them. But they soon discovered that the action making themselves unknown can sometimes be too perfect.

“This is a wonderful place for a picnic,” said Gloria Gleam.

“It couldn't be better, Gloria,” Brinksley Meers agreed. “No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often?”

Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a right place under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He seemed to see red. “Now you get out of here, all of you!” he shouted. “I'm sheriff(司法长官) here. Do you see that notice? It says 'No Camping' -- in case you can't read!”

“Look, sheriff,” said Rockwall. “Don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.”

“Oh, is it?” said the sheriff with a smile as if we were fools. “Well, (5) , and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!”

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

（1）、The underlined word “see red” most possibly means ________.

A、happy B、angry C、frightened

（2）、What did these famous actors and actresses do to make others not know them?

A、They dressed in dark glasses and old clothes and took special things. B、They drive an ancient car. C、They visited some newspaper men.

（3）、When did the stranger appear according to the passage?

A、When they stopped by a dry river bed. B、When they had all made themselves comfortable. C、When they carried two larger food baskets.

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

A、Rockwall Slinger and Meerlin Greeves can't read the notice. B、Gloria Gleam thought that they would come more often because the place is fit for picnic. C、The sheriff didn't find that they were famous actors.

（5）、“ ________ ” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A、I'm Brinksley Meers. B、I never go to the cinema. C、I saw the notice just now.

举一反三

    When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain's Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely．
Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyb's voice．”This lady came up，and I'm thinking, "This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea." That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
    The performance was posted On line and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．Speaking from her home in Scotland．Ms. Boyle said that she hadn't thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that's hardly a makeover．”she added．
    Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents．"I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence."

   1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.
   Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creativelhy as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.
   After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Sfwitzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let computers anhywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create share their information with the rest of the world.
   Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn't interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.
   Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。
    At midnight (半夜) Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldn't go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer(肺癌). He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears (眼泪)ran down his face. He didn't see his wife was standing by him.
   “What's wrong with you, dear?”asked the woman.
   “Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands. The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now. ”
   “I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can I do that?”
   “But I think health is more important. ”
    Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think. ”
    The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination（X光检查）of his lungs(肺). And then he looked at the X-ray carefully for a long time.
   “Tell me the truth, doctor. ” said Mr. King, “Do you see any shadows (阴影) in my lungs?”
   “No, I don't see anything. ”
   “Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”
   “Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?”

    When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, "No! You are going to college." He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We'll go to the brick factory.”
    Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
    When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
    He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
    "It's terrible," I replied.
    "And marriage is even worse!" he said.
    I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

阅读理解

One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn't look at him. They didn't ask him to sit at the table. He wasn't happy. But he said nothing.

Mr. Smith went home quickly and put on (穿上) his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to cat. Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, "Eat, coat!" "The other people were surprised and asked, "What are you doing? Why do you do that?" Mr. Smith answered," I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn't look at me. You didn't ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me."

阅读理解

One Thursday afternoon, when I was in Grade 9, a new boy came into my classroom. He was short and thin. He walked up to the teacher and told her, very seriously, that he was new. His name was Christian. He sat down, took a look at me, and then looked away. I didn't think he was very nice and I was sure he wasn't the type I would like to make friends with.

During that year, I didn't talk to him much, but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly. He never ate lunch with anybody, and he never talked to anybody but me.

But one day I joined those unkind kids who were making fun of him. We made fun of him though I thought it was wrong.

"Haven't you got any friends?" a kid asked Christian, who had walked past us alone, with his head down.

"No, he hasn't got any friends. He's too stupid and shy," I said. Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest dog eyes I had ever seen. I felt very sorry at that moment.

That night, I couldn't sleep because I couldn't get Christian's face out of my mind. In the weeks that followed, be never met my eyes, in class and never smiled at me, It was really hard for me to decide to write him a note asking him. to forgive(原谅) me. But I thought I should.

The next day in class, I wrote him a note telling him how sorry I felt. About five minutes later, I turned and saw tears in his eyes. "You will never realize what your apology(道歉) has meant to me, Jimmy," he said to me. "I hope we can become friends."

We had lunch together that noon and we had the best talk I had ever had. Over the years at high school, we were close friends.

When I think back, I realize that, if I had not apologized, I would never have known what a lovely person Christian was.

Apologies can really change your life, so never miss the chance to tell somebody you are sorry.

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