2020-2021学年福建省三明市大田县九年级（上）期中英语试卷一、选择填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每小题所给的A 、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的正确答案。
1.  On National Day, I went to the cinema to see______ movie My People My Homeland.（）
A  a
B  an
C  the
2.  -What does your uncle do, George？
-He is a（n）_____.He is especially good at drawing animals.（）
A  engineer
B  artist
C  guide
3.  -It is______nine o ' clock. You should sleep now.
- Yes, Mum. I'll do it at once.（）
A  hardly
B  nearly
C  probably
4.  It's hard to believe that Paul plays the piano very well_____he is only an 11-year-old boy.（）
A  because
B  if
C  although
5.  My grandfather _______ a lot of changes in Dalian since he came here．（）
A  sees
B  can see
C  will see
D  has seen
6.  -I found_____in the classroom. Where have they gone？
-They've gone to the park. It is a Clean-up Day.（）
A  nobody
B  anybody
C  everybody
7.  -Don't_____hope. Things would be all right very soon.
-I won' t. Thank you.（）
A  give up
B  put up
C  hury up
8.  As an exchange student, Tom_____Xiamen since two years ago.（）
A  has been to
B  has gone to
C  has been in
9.  You shouldn' t lose heart._____，you are young and have many chances.（）
A  After all
B  On purpose
C  At last
10.  -We have been to the Great Wall.
-_____.（）
A  So Jane has
B  So has Jane.
C  Neither has Jane.
11.  I was so_____ after a long walk that I drank two glasses of water.（）
A  hungry
B  thirsty
C  excited
12.  -You ought to do something about your bedroom. It's a real_____.
--OK. I'll do it at once.（）
A  mess
B  form
C  pain
13.  -I've______ of money to buy a new bike.
- Oh, that's too bad. You have to walk.（）
A  carried out
B  blew out
C  run out
14.  It is reported that self- driving cars will one day bring food to our
doors_____ human drivers.（）
A  instead of
B  ahead of
C  as a result of
15.  -What a lovely doll! Could you tell me _____？
-Sorry, my mother bought it. But I don't think it was expensive.（）
A  when you got it
B  how much it cost
C  where you bought it
二、完形填空（共10题；每小题1.5分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、
sorting outB、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
16.  The sorting of garbage has many advantages. It can not only protect the environment, but also （1）________wasting the useful rubbish. So people have come up with many good （2）________ to sort their rubbish.
A UK company invented a "smart dustbin" to help with waste sorting （3）
________. People just need to drop their waste into the dustbin. A camera and
sensors （感应器） in the dustbin can tell what type of rubbish it is and correctly
sort it.
South Korea is using a way called "Pay For Your Waste" to （4）________ its people
to reduce food waste. When throwing away rubbish, there is a special dustbin for
food waste only. The smart dustbin then tells the （5）________of the food. People have to pay for their food waste by scanning（扫描） a barcode（条形码） on the dustbin. If they throw away （6）________ food, they will pay more.
Japan does best （7）________ waste sorting in the world. They sort waste so carefully that even plastic bottles and their caps go into different dustbins. Different types of paper （8）________ have their own dustbins.
China is improving its waste sorting skills. On July 1， 2019， Shanghai introduced waste sorting rules. If someone does not follow these rules, people from the relevant departments（有关部门） will（9）________ them. Shanghai also works with Alipay（支
付宝） to （10）________ "green accounts （账户）" service for its residents（居民）. If you sort the garbage correctly, you will get more points in your account. If you get more points, you will get more gifts.
（1）A. avoid B. finish C. enjoy （2）A. answers B. methods C. results （3）A. directly
B. completely
C. recently （4）A. refuse B. encourage C. survey （5）A. weight B. color
C. shape （6）A. less B. more C. worse （7）A. at B. on C. in （8）A. bags B. money
C. products （9）A. agree B. punish C. discover （10）A. create B. find C. check
三、阅读理解（共两节，25小题；满分45分）（一）第一节阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A.B .C.D四个选项中选出最佳答案。（共5小题；每小题10分，满分45分）
17.    Yonghua Leisure Activity Center
We have many entertainment activities.Many elderly people play chess or cards every da y.Free and open all time.
Home Ticketing Center
Welcome everyone.We have various low-
cost air tickets.The booking hotline is 99323066.The booking time is from to a nd to every day.Please book your tickets quickly.
Rongxin Volunteer Club
We need kind-
hearted volunteers.Welcome to join us.The subject requires young people between 20 and 3 0 years old.Telephone number is 99233666.
Yongle Environmental Protection Center
We decide to organize 10 middle school students to clean up in Hyde Park this Saturday. We are green persons. Welcome to join us.
（1）Mike can________at Yonghua Leisure Activity Center.
A  play table tennis
B  play chess
C  play basketball
D  chat with others．
（2）Wang Feng can book plane tickets________.
A  from his friend
B  by sending messages
C  by sending WeChat
D  by phone．
（3）How old are these volunteers？________
A  15
B  25
C  35
D  45．
（4）What does the Yongle Environmental Protection Center decide to do？________
A  To organize students to clean up
B  To organize students to plant
trees        C  To prevent villagers from cutting down trees        D  To protect the wild animals．
（5）We can find the material________.
A  On a TV show
B  in a fashion book
C  in a travel guide
D  in a poster．
18.    On my way home, I always saw a homeless man. He always stood at the side of the street near a traffic crossing. He was about 60 years old. He had long black and white hair and wore an old short coat. I felt sorry for him.
Every day after work, I would gather（收集） some spare change. I gave it to him if I saw him. Every time I saw him, he was very happy. Sometimes the red light would be on for a minute and we would have a short talk. His answer would always be the same, "I'm lucky!"
One day I lost my job. I was very sad. I thought to myself, as a mother of three children, I can't afford living expenses（生活费）. I drove home sadly and lonely and forgot to look for spare change. When my car came near the homeless man, he looked at me with a smile.
While I was waiting for the red light to turn, he came over to my car and said, "Today I'll give you a dollar." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a dollar bill.
That day he taught me a valuable（珍贵的） lesson more than a dollar bill. No matter what happens, no one can take away your choice to be joyful. Every time I'm in trouble, I'll think of the homeless man's bill and his "I am lucky."
（1）Where did the homeless man stand？________
A  In the restaurant.
B  Next to the subway.
C  At the side of the
street.        D  By the square.．
（2）What did the writer give to the homeless man when she saw him？________
A  Some money.
B  Some food.
C  Some clothes.
D  Some useful rubbish.．
（3）Why did the writer drive home sadly？________
A  Because she lost her job.
B  Because someone stole her money.
C  Because her master hit her on the head.
D  Because her master didn't give her pay.．
（4）Why did the homeless man give the writer a dollar？________
A  Because he had collected a lot of money.
B  Because he wanted to pay back her.
C  Because he knew what she experienced.
D  Because he wanted to make the writer happy.．
（5）What did the writer learn from the homeless man？________
A  Just one dollar can make us happy.
B  Whatever happens, choose to be joyful.
C  Helping others can make us happy.
D  No one can keep happy without money.．
19.    Not long ago, a short video of a deliveryman （快递员）touched the hearts of many users on the
Internet, People's Daily reported on Sunday. The video showed a food deliveryman eating a cake when crying on the side of a road in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
On April 26,  the day of his birthday, the deliveryman picked up a cake at a bakery and found a note on the order that said, "The cake is a gift for the delivery person. Life is not easy. Please take good care of yourself! "
Surprised at the order, he went back to the shop quickly to get more information. They called the customer and learned the cake was in fact for him.
The deliveryman was not going to celebrate his birthday this year because he has been busy working during the fight against COVID-19. The special gift from the kind-hearted customer moved him to tears, and he cried as he lit a candle on the cake, and then ate it.
During the novel coronavirus outbreak （新型冠状病毒爆发）,  people made millions of orders across the country and delivery workers really worked hard with danger. And many made orders for hard-working delivery workers, too.
"Everyone is moved and touched at some point in their lives," one user wrote under the video.
（1）The underlined word"bakery" in the passage means________in English.
A  a birthday party
B  a shop selling cakes
C  a place to get free food
D  a
person who makes cakes．
（2）________sent the deliveryman a cake as a gift.
A  The delivery man 's family
B  The bakery's owner
C  The deliveryman 's boss
D  One of the bakery' s customers．
（3）The deliveryman felt________when eating the cake.
A  sad
B  nervous
C  moved
D  relaxed．
（4）What can we know from the fifth paragraph？________
A  People couldn't shop online because of COVID-19.
B  Delivery workers had less work to do during the novel coronavirus outbreak.
C  It was hard for people to get the things they ordered online during the novel coronavirus
outbreak.        D  People felt thankful to delivery workers who were still working during the novel coronavirus outbreak.．
（5）What 's the best title for the passage？________
A  A special birthday
B  A terrible disease
C  A touching video
D  A hard-working deliveryman．
20.    In order to create paper and other wood products, people cut down many trees each year. So we should try our best to save paper to protect our environment. One useful way is to find paper substitutes. Here are some things that can replace paper products.
Use reusable cloths instead of paper products.
Around the house, a lot of paper is wasted every year on things like paper towels. If you use lots of paper products for cleaning and drying, you can save plenty of paper by using reusable cloths.
Use real dishes instead of paper.
Paper dishes may be convenient （方便的）, but they aren't good for the environment. Most paper plates just end up in the dustbin, meaning the paper isn' t even reeycled properly. When you have parties or any time the paper plates come out, ask people to use the real dishes instead.
Use your own cup instead of paper cups.
One-off （一次性的）paper cups from coffee shops and restaurants are another way that lots of paper is wasted every year. Like paper plates, many paper cups end up in the dustbin and being hard to recycle. Why not use your own cup?  It' s green and healthy.
Send e- cards instead of paper cards.
Lots of people like to send greeting cards for birthdays, holidays and other events, and this leads to plenty of paper waste. Not only the card itself is paper, but also it's sent in a paper envelope （信封）,  instead of sending paper greeting cards to all your friends and family in the mail,send e -cards for futur
e celebrations.