题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
北京市通州区2016届九年级上学期英语期末学业水平质量检测试卷
阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
English is an excellent language to learn. It is important for study, business and travel. Read the information below and learn more about listening and reading skills.
Listen to English radio.
One of the best ways to improve your English listening is to listen to English radio on your mobile phone.
• You should listen to the radio shows for more than 30 minutes every day.
• Try to understand what is said. Don't just let the English wash over you. If you find the listening too fast, try to pick out the key words to get a general idea of it.
• You can also make a note of any words or phrases(短语) that you don't understand. Look them up in the dictionary later. 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 movies or TV shows that you will enjoy. This will make the listening more interesting. When you like the movie or TV show, you may forget your task is to practice listening. You just enjoy it.
• However, you should not watch movies or TV shows with Chinese translations(翻译) on the screen. It will be difficult for you to focus on English.
Read an English book, newspaper or magazine(杂志).
Reading is an important part of learning a language, so don't forget to practice!
• Choose a book that you are really interested in. It can be an English novel or a magazine. Then start working your way through it. If you find it boring, it's difficult for you to finish reading it.
• Again, try to understand what you're reading. Pick out any words or phrases that you don't understand. Then look them up in the dictionary.
Learning any language requires hard work and skills, so find good methods and work hard.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Can you imagine a sea of sand three times bigger than India? This is the Sahara Desert, the largest desert in the world. It covers 11 countries in North Africa and is over 9 million square kilometers.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} In the Sahara, temperatures are very different during the day and night. It is much hotter during the day than at night. Because of the extreme 极端的) temperature in the desert, it is a very difficult place to survive(幸存). Marco Rivera, our survival expert, has some tips.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Take warm clothes and a blanket. You will need a hat, long trousers and a thick sweater to keep you warm at night. During the day, cover your body, head and face. Clothes protect you from the sun and keep water in your body. You will also need a warm blanket at night. It can get cold rapidly (迅速地). When the temperature drops, it can make you feel even colder.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Try to drink some water at least once an hour. You need your water to last as long as possible. Drink only when you need. If you eat, you will get thirsty and your water will run out soon. You can eat a little to stop you from feeling very hungry. Eat small amount of food slowly.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} It's important to stay out of the sun during the day. Make a hole under your car and lie there. This will keep you cool and help you sleep. Find a warm place to sleep at night. A small place near a tree or a rock will be the warmest. But be careful before you decide where to sleep. Dangerous animals like snakes also like to sleep in these places. Look carefully for animals before you lie down.
(a)根据短文内容,从方框中选出每段的主旨大意。
A. Temperature. B. The place to sleep. C. The largest desert in the world. D. The things to take. E. Some advice about water. |
(b)根据短文内容,补全下面的表格。每空一词。
The size of the Sahara Desert | It is over {#blank#}6{#/blank#} million square kilometers. |
Why is the Sahara Desert a very difficult place to survive? | Because of the extreme {#blank#}7{#/blank#} in the desert. |
What things to take? | Warm {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and a blanket. |
How to drink water? | Try to drink some water at least {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an hour and try to make your water last as long as possible. |
Where to sleep at night? | A small place {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a tree or a rock. |
Near the North Pole(北极) there are only two seasons: winter and summer.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} For over two months you can't see the sun, even at noon. In summer, days are long. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} The temperature is very low near the North Pole. Even in summer the temperature is below 0 ℃. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They make their clothes from the skins(皮) of animals. From the skins they also make hats and shoes.
It's very cold, so people there have to build their houses with skins or snow.
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When they move, they take their tents with them. Sometimes, they build houses of snow. But don't think that these houses must be cold. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} The life near the North Pole is very interesting.
A.In winter, nights are long. B.In fact, they are very warm and safe. C.So people there wear warm clothes all year round. D.For over two months the sun never sets and there is no night at all. E.When they go out to look for food, they live in tents(帐篷) of skins. |
Joel Griffin is a famous expert of dinosaurs (恐龙). An interviewer from The world is getting some information from Mr. Griffin.
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They lived millions of years ago and their bones (骨头) have turned to stone. They tell us what the world was like millions of years ago. Scientists slowly put together what they discovered. The first dinosaur bones were discovered in 1818.
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When dinosaurs were alive,the earth was a very different place. The weather was much warmer and the land was covered with forests. There were no animals,such as cows or horses,like the ones we know today.
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There were thousands of different kinds of dinosaurs. Of course there were some huge dinosaurs. They were the biggest animals that have ever lived. But some were very small. Some dinosaurs had heavy bodies and walked on all four legs. Others walked on two strong back legs and had two short front ones.
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Some dinosaurs only fed on plants. They were often heavy,slow﹣moving. Many of them spent a lot of time in water. It prevented their enemies from attacking them. Other dinosaurs were meat﹣eaters. They hunted for their food. These dinosaurs were fighters with sharp teeth.
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Many of the plants that the dinosaurs needed to eat disappeared. Some scientists believe that the weather changed from warm to cold. Some scientists believe that dinosaurs were not able to get used to the changes in the environment. They did not like the cold weather and they could not find enough to eat.
A. What did dinosaurs eat? B. When did dinosaurs live? C. What were dinosaurs like? D. Why did the dinosaurs die out? C. Where were the dinosaurs bones found? F. What was the earth like at that time? |
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