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牛津译林版2019-2020学年九年级上学期英语期末模拟测试卷(一)(含听力音频)

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    Rock art is the name given to pictures drawn on rock by ancient peoples. In the American Southwest, rock art can be seen on the walls of caves and mountains. Many of these places are in the Four Corners area, where the states of Arizona,Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico meet. More than 7, 000 rock art places have been found just in Utah, where the area's dry climate(气候)has helped keep the art.

    There are three forms of rock art. The first is petroglyphs, which are pictures carved(雕刻)into the surface of rock. A sharp(尖利的)stone may have been used as a carving tool. A heavy stone may have been used to hit the sharp stone into the surface. The second form of rock art is pictographs, which are pictures painted on the rock. The paint was made from plants and trees. The artists painted with fingers, brushes made from hair,or bird bones. The third kind of rock art is geoglyphs(峡口浮雕), which are designs made in the ground by taking away stones.

    Some rock art shows faces, hands, animals, and trees. Other pictures are symbols such as lines, circles, and squares. Some scientists think these symbols marked the location of water or good hunting grounds. Some think the symbols were put there during special celebrations. Others think the symbols showed the movement of planets and stars. Still others believe that they were just doodles.

    Some rock art may be a form of writing. Large scenes are shown on mountains. Some scenes seem to tell a story. A hunting scene may include animals and people with hunting tools. A scene with many people holding hands could mean friendship. Rock art in caves may have been a way to decorate the artist's home.

    Some rock art in the Southwest is about 200 years old. Other rock art may be 10, 000 years old. Scientists think an ancient people called the Anasazi created the older works. They were farmers and lived in caves.

(1)、The writer mainly wants ____.
A、to introduce an ancient art form B、to describe pictures drawn on rock C、to tell the history of a certain area D、to solve the mystery of old symbols
(2)、According to the passage, what are" doodles" probably like?
A、They are carelessly written or drawn. B、They show different symbols. C、They are carefully chosen or designed. D、They have special meanings.
(3)、What can we learn about rock art?
A、The artists were usually farmers and lived in caves. B、It requires special paint made from plants and trees. C、Most of it describes the daily life of ancient peoples. D、Utah has the largest collection of it in the Southwest.
(4)、What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
A、Petroglyphs are the easiest to be washed away by rain. B、Artists of modern times can copy rock art rather easily. C、The works created by the Anasazi must be pictographs. D、Places like rainforests are not ideal for keeping rock art.
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If you have seen the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth(《地心历险记》), you may wonder about the underground forest world. But such worlds can really be found in real life, too!

In early May 2022, a team of Chinese scientists and explorers found a large sinkhole (天坑) in Leye county, Guangxi. It is 306 meters long, 150 meters wide and 192 meters deep. "It didn't take us long to reach ground to walk on at first. We soon realized that we were nowhere close to the bottom of the 192-meter-deep sinkhole." Li Xinchen said. They also found trees up to 40 meters high and plants that came up to their shoulders, which makes it hard for scientists to walk in the forest. For them, the underground forest is almost like a spider web (网).

According to Xinhua News Agency, the local people in Leye county are no strangers to sinkholes. The county is called "the museum of sinkholes" where people have found 30 sinkholes so far. These sinkholes are formed because of the special karst landscape (喀斯特地貌). Karst is an area of land made up of limestone (石灰岩), which is a soft rock that can be easily mixed with water. When rain water flows through little cracks (裂缝) in the bedrock, the cracks are slowly enlarged. Over time, as the underground structure of the land becomes too weak to support the surface (表面) of the earth and then it falls slowly, opening up huge sinkholes. What's amazing is the great size of China's sinkholes.

"In China, they have this unbelievable karst with large sinkholes. In other parts of the world sinkholes might be far more undersized, only a meter or two in diameter (直径)," US researcher George Veni told Live Science. Sinkholes don't just look cool, they are gifts of life. Many of them are home to ancient plants, animal and microbe (微生物) lives. They also provide water for 700 million people worldwide.

 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A B. C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选.

Every Saturday evening, many people come to an open square in a small town in Xi' an. They want to watch Chen Kun and his friends put on a play. During the play, the audience (观众) can hear them, but they can not see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet play (皮影戏).

Shadow puppets are made of hard leather (皮革). The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colours and put on a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs.

During a shadow puppet play, Chen stands behind a white screen with lights behind it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Chen and his friends hold the puppets very close to the screen so the audience can see the puppets' shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different characters.

Shadow puppet plays are a traditional Chinese art. Now with TV and films, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. To encourage more young people to learn the skills of shadow puppet plays, Chen provides training courses for students to teach them how to make shadow puppets.

Chen and his friends often work very hard for little money, but they do not mind. They want to keep this traditional art form alive.

 阅读下面语篇,从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Taos is a small town in New Mexico, USA. Many people come here for a visit every year. They do not come to see the beautiful scenes (景色) 1 eat delicious food. They come to listen to a kind of 2 sound: the Taos Hum. 

The word "hum" means a low sound that never stops. 3 is the sound strange? Firstly, the Taos Hum that people hear is quite 4 . Someone says it sounds like a little bee (蜜蜂) flying around you. Others think it sounds like a car moving in a faraway (遥远的) place. Secondly, 5 knows where the sound comes from. Joe Mullins, a scientist from the University of New Mexico, is one of the first persons to do 6 on the hum. He put some instruments in places where people could hear the hum, but those instruments couldn't "hear" any hum! Others who wanted to find the hum failed, too. 

Many people try to 7 that strange sound. Someone says it is a noise made by insects. Someone believes it must come from some secret projects. Someone says there 8 be an underground UFO base! But no one is sure which is right. 

It might be interesting for 9 to listen to the hum, but it is not for people who live in the town. They have to hear the sound 10 . That is really a hard life.

 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

①Some people think creativity is making something completely new, so they do not think they are creative. But others believe creativity is just showing themselves through everyday acts and they are born creative. The truth is we all have the ability to show creativity.

②Are you someone who loves to read comics (漫画)? Perhaps it is time you create one of your own. Don't worry if you cannot draw very well or feel that you cannot write humorously. Nobody says this is an exam! You only have to please yourself to get the satisfaction. And of course you can share it with your loved ones, or post it on social media.

③Are you someone who likes making videos? Try a vlog, "video blog". In your vlog, you can share your daily life, your travel adventures, your hobbies and skills and many more. The vlog provides you with a platform to create something new every day.

④Are you someone who likes to be alone? Find a small place in your room where you can spend time with yourself. You can pick up a guitar if you like to play instruments, or a few storybooks if you love reading. You may like flowers, candles or pretty things. Decorate your room with them. If you feel bored with them, you can change, add or remove something.

⑤Take every chance to inspire your creativity, no matter how small it is. You might be surprised by what you can create! Start creating and enjoy the wonderful journey.

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