人教版2024-2024学年九年级(上学期)学科期末检测A卷
姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________
一、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)
1. （15分）阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
For thousands of years，no other country has been as wonderful to the world as this one．It makes you wonder what's 1 the pyramids，how people made mummies(木乃伊)and why the Great Sphinx stands there to be with the 2 ．This is Egypt，one of the oldest civilizations in the world．
Built along the world's longest 3 ， the Nile，Egypt is a big country with the second largest population 4 Africa．As a land rich in beauty，history and culture，ancient Egypt left behind many 5 for the world．
The solar calendar(日历)we use today actually 6 Egypt．Around 4，000 BC，Egyptians used a calendar that was 365 days long．They had twelve months made of 7days each．And they made the left five days a festival．
Egyptian characters(文字)are some of the 8 characters in the world．It looks like our oracle bone inscriptions in ancient China．Their characters 9 many others，including the Latin alphabet(字母表)we use today．
When it came to 10 science，Egyptians left us mummies，which we try to see how they kept a 11 body for such a long time．Egyptians covered bodies with a special salt·This makes the 12 dry, which keeps it looking lifelike．Some mummies are more than 2,000 years old．
Today，many people are 13 interested in this crazy land．Scientists have found more than 130 pyramids in Egypt， 14 a research in National Geographic．The biggest is the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza．It is about 138.8 metres 15 ， which is almost as tall as a 40 story building．The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the most famous ancient wonder of the world that still stands today．
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A . on B . inside C . behind D . in front of （2）
A . mountains B . canyons C . waterfalls D . pyramids （3）
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A . river B . road C . coast D . mountain （4）
A . at B . in C . near D . around （5）
A . coins B . messages C . forests D . treasures （6）
A . got to B . came from C . returned to D . looked for （7）
A . 28 B . 29 C . 30 D . 31 （8）
A . oldest B . funniest C . ugliest D . longest
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A . recorded B . attracted C . influenced D . described （10）
A . musical B . medical C . physical D . educational （11）
A . dead B . silly C . weak D . smooth （12）
A . head B . face C . body D . stomach （13）
A . yet B . still C . ever D . never （14）
A . such as B . thanks for C . all over
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D . according to （15）
A . tall B . wide C . long D . deep
二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共36分)
2. （8分）When he was 16, his father seriously said to him, “I’ll give you whatever you want before you are 18. But after that, I won’t care much about you, and you should give me whatever I want.” When his 18th birthday was coming, the young man began thinking about looking for a job. So he sent resumes(简历) to many companies he liked on the Internet. But, most got no reply, he said, “Maybe they were surprised about my primary school education.”
By chance, one of his friends was looking for someone, who could work as an egg porter(搬运工) in the supermarket, for 0.5 Yuan a box. Facing lots of difficulties in getting a job, he said, “I’ll take this job. At least I can make some money for my petrol(汽油).” Then every day, he drove his car, his 18th birthday gift, to work in the supermarket. He did that for three months.
Later, he heard that a newspaper was looking for a network technician(网络技术员), so he asked for it. But they were also worried about his school education. He practiced his skill right in front of the computer, and showed the managers web pages he had designed. He started to work the next day, and became the director of network department in less than a year.
And now, the 23-year-old man is a boss. In January 2005, he started a magazine for children, with himself as the editor in chief（主编）. And the only writer was his father.
（1）It was difficult for the young man to get a job because _______. A . he was only 18 years old
B . his father cared too much about him. C . he had an expensive car
D . he didn’t have enough school education （2）What did the 18th birthday mean to the young man? A . He could get a car as a gift.
B . He had to make a living all by himself. C . He had to leave his parents. D . He had to work in a supermarket. （3）The young man’s father might be_______.
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A . a well-know and rich writer B . a computer programmer C . a very old and kind man D . a manager of a big company
（4）The magazine the young man started was perhaps______. A . about network technicians B . about working for newspapers C . made of many funny stories D . sold only in supermarkets 3. （8分）根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 B
William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer's daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford- upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine，Shakespeare retired (退休）and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
（1）Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except . A . Hamlet B . Macbeth
C . Romeo arid Juliet D . Man and Superman
（2）Shakespeare decided to be an actor in . A . 1578 B . 1582
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人教版2024-2024学年九年级(上学期)学科期末检测A卷
