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浙江省湖州市吴兴区2020届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷(含听力音频)

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    We all know the strange feeling of watching the time change on a clock. You never see it change because the hands move so slowly. But, of course, the time is changing all the time.

    Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible. For example, the human brain tripled(增至三倍)in size and began to think more. Our faces became flatter.

    If our heads became larger in the past, how will things change in the future? Unlike the changes of a clock face, the changes in human faces are very difficult to predict. One of the main reasons for this is the way in which we can now control parts of nature. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, all changes were natural, but now we can actively choose paths(路径)for our own evolution(进化).

    A US artist named Nickolay Lamm has recently offered an idea. It is what human faces may one day look like. The designs, inspired by his conversations with scientist Alan, show humans with larger heads and eyes,especially the forehead may be larger because of increased usage of the brain.

    Just a few hundred years ago, most humans were working in the fields, whereas nowadays more and more people receive education. These are just predictions, and no one can be sure how human beings will become in the future. But with such huge changes in our environments, it seems likely that we will look very different in the future.

(1)、The changes of human are hardly noticed because______________.
A、human faces never change B、the human brain becomes bigger C、the changes take place too slowly D、we never think about the changes
(2)、The third paragraph tells us___________.
A、human faces can't be controlled by us B、human faces used to change by nature C、it is easy to predict the changes in human changes D、human can't change the size of our brain in the future
(3)、The underlined word "whereas" in the last paragraph has the similar meaning as "______".
A、finally B、at the same time C、however D、on the other side
(4)、From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ____________.
A、the predictions will surely be truth B、people in the past liked to be educated C、future humans must have larger heads D、humans will not look the same as today
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Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount(数量) of listening they need before they start speaking, and children who start speaking late are often long listeners. Most children will"obey (服从)"spoken instructions some time before they can speak, although the word"obey"can almost not describe the cooperation (合 作)shown by the children. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gestures and by making noises.

People agree that babies enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months babies use one or two special noises to show their happiness, pain, friendliness and so on. But since these are not a kind of communication, language. From about three months old they play with sounds for enjoyment, and by six months they are able to add new sounds to their words. This self-imitation (自 我 模 仿) leads to deliberate(故意的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then appears — can people take these imitations as speech?

It is a problem we need not get our teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a special person means by it in a special situation, and what a child means by a word will change as he or she gets more experience of the world.

Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself or herself. I wonder, however, whether anything is gained when parents try to use this ability to teach new sounds.

 阅读下面语篇,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出各题的最佳选项。

Frustration (挫折感) is a feeling that is common to nearly everyone: so much to do, so little time. Another year gone by with nothing done, you find all last year's resolutions haven't been realized. Neither did you run that marathon (马拉松) , nor did you learn the guitar. But never mind, things will be different in a new year. This time you will try to finish them through the wind and rain, right? Sadly in Mid-February, 80% of you will have already given up your plans. 

I have always considered the word perseverance (毅力) means such serious suffering (痛苦) and loneliness. Luckily, there is a simple way to achieve success by changing your daily habits. 

In his book, Atomic Habits, author James Clear tells the way of keeping perseverance. He suggests that, if you truly wish to make big changes to your life, the best way is not by making big New Year's resolutions, but by making small changes to your daily habits. 

Getting a small change day by day can help you achieve your big goal. In short, you are your habits and if you have some respectable habits, you will achieve great things. Start slowly and don't worry about others'opinions. You are in competition with yourself. So if at first you don't succeed, fail and fail again, make some changes and you'll succeed. 

 阅读下面语言材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Medflies (果蝇) are a big headache for farmers worldwide. They can lay their eggs in over 300 kinds of fruits and vegetables. The worst thing is that when they make their way into an area, it is hard to keep the products free of them.

Medflies lay eggs inside the poor fruits or vegetables. When the eggs break, they turn into worms that can seriously damage the products. The problem is that it can be hard to know that the flies are there until it's too late. The fruits and vegetables still look normal even after the eggs are laid inside. Once the damaged fruits and vegetables are sent to other places, the Medflies spread and reproduce at a surprisingly fast speed.

In the 1980s, three Medflies were found on a farm in California. To stop the problem from spreading, the local government set up a quarantine area (隔离区) where no fruits, nuts, or vegetables can be moved out. Meanwhile, it developed a program to keep Medflies under control. The plan involved using planes to spread millions of male Medflies out over the area. According to the scientists, these Medflies all have been treated with a special method to make sure that they can't help produce new Medflies. That means even though new eggs are laid, they will never grow.

Dropping millions of Medflies sounded like a bad idea, but to everyone's surprise, the program worked well. The government says the number of Medflies in California has shrunk by over 90%. Now we can fight Medflies with Medflies!

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