2020届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解1. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

Don’t you know TRENDY ZONE- THE IN ZONE? Thereare 5 FLOORS OF NON-STOP TRENDS!Welcome to 580 A Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon.OUR BOUTIQUESOccupyingfive floors, the shopping center has more than 150 boutiques （礼品店）.These boutiques sell all thelatest trendy products, including Japanese fashion, cool sports shoes andunique baseball caps, just to name a few. Trendy Zone is also an ideal placeto shop for gifts. From its twenty or so gift shops, you will easily find anunusual gift for a loved one.OUR TOP PICKSIf you arelooking for a unique gift, come to this shop on the first floor. Here, youcan find personal photo frames, key chains, bracelets and much more. This is theshop to visit if you’re a follower of Japanese culture. It sells hundreds ofJapanese magazines on fashion, sports, games... you name it!SPECIAL OFFERSIf you’relooking for the best bargains, come around Christmas and take home somepieces of our special gifts. That is when the shops are selling manyitems on special offer——from 30 percent off to half price.OUR LOCATIONConvenientlylocated in the heart of Mong Kok, Trendy Zone is the place to shop for theyoung and the young at heart.Transportation:MRT （地铁）：Yau Ma Tei Station（1）Th e underlined word “that” in Column 3 refers to________.A . offerB . giftC . New YearD . Christmas（2）Who will probably like shopping in TRENDY ZONE?A . Girls who love Japanese culture.B . Boys who want to find delicious food to eat.C . Men who are expecting to get a good job.D . Women who like to buy vegetables every day.（3）Which of the following statements is true?A . You can have special offers on weekends.B . You can get to TRENDY ZONE by subway.C . You can find key chains on the fifth floor.D . You can see almost 120 gift shops here.2. 阅读理解Coincidenceshappenall the time, but last week something happened that really blew my mind.I’mfrom Chicago, but I do business in Baltimore. That started on the night beforean important business lunch. I usually sleep like a dog, but that night, Ididn’t fall asleep until at around 2 o’clock because the last time I looked, itwas 1:45. The following morning, I woke up very late, as I rushed out, Inoticed the number. Room 145. “That’s odd,” I thought.Thehotel waiter told me any bus that says “downtown” would takemethere. As soon as I got to the bus stop, I saw a bus coming and I found it was145; however. It didn’t say “downtown”. It came to a stop right infront of me and the doors opened. I don’t know what came over me, but I justgot on.Thebus was empty. “What am I doing?’ I thought to myself. I was just about to getoff when I saw an envelope on a seat and picked it up. It wasn’t sealed so I looked inside andmy jawdropped. It was full of money. I started counting--140 dollars.”Almost” I thought. “That would have been strange, Then, Inoticed something on the floor. A five-dollar bill had fallen out. Things werestarting to get spooky.Therewas an address on the envelope: Bellmore Street and you can guess which number.I had to go there. So, I waited for the bus driver to stop and asked him how toget to Bellmore Street. “Is this a joke?” he asked as he pointed at astreet sign. We were on Bellmore Street. So I got off and searched for thenumber. My heart was in my mouth when an old lady answered. She looked at me,and then at the envelope and simply said “Oh, thanks,” and closed thedoor. And that was it.Istood there for a while. Then I remembered my business lunch. “What timeis it?” I thought. I saw it was 12:45. But as I wa s walking towards thebus stop, I realized something. My watch was still set to Chicago time, whichis an hour behind! The actual time was...（1）Which bus did the writer take?A . Bus 145 that was going downtown.B . A bus that wasn’t goingdowntown.C . The first bus stopped that was going downtown.D . A bus that the waitress showed him to downtown.（2）Why did the bus driver stop at Bellmore Street?A . Because that’s where the next stop was.B . Because the writer asked him to stop there.C . Because that was the address on the envelope.D . Because the driver wanted to play a joke on the writer.（3）How did the old lady feel when she saw the writer?A . She was afraid to get her money back.B . She felt nervous when she saw the writer.C . She didn’t show any feeli ngs on her face.D . She was angry that the writer had her money,（4）What is the correct order in which these events happened?①The writer searched for the number on Bellmore Street.②The bus came to a stop right in front of the writer.③The writer realized that the actual time in Baltimore was 1:45.④The writer was surprised to find so much money on the bus.⑤The hotel waiter told the writer about the way to “downtown”.A . ③⑤②①④B . ⑤③①②④C . ③④②①⑤D . ⑤②④①③3. 阅读理解Aferal child is a child who, from a young age, has lived with animals in thewild. What makes wild animals adopt these children and raise them as their ownis a mystery. Since feral children have often had no contact with humansfor a long time, they may be more like wild animals than people. Their stories,although often upsetting can teach us how people learn and uselanguage — andperhaps even what it means to be human.InUganda in 1991, a tribeswoman saw a naked boy living with a troop of wildmonkeys in the jungle. The woman was shocked and quickly told the people in hervillage about the boy. When they tried to take him away from the monkeys, thefrightened boy threw sticks at them and climbed up a tree to hide. The monkeysfought fiercely, trying to stop the tribesmen from taking him away, but theydid not succeed.Afterhis “rescue”, the boy was taken to Kamuzinda Chritan Orphanage,outside Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He was identified as JohnSsabunnya, a boy who had disappeared three years earlier after his mother wasmurdered and his father went missing. John was only two years old when hedisappeared.Johncouldn’t speak when he arrived at the orphanage. It was obvious that he did notknow how to act in a human way-- he knew only how to behave like a monkey.However, he soon began to talk and was found to have a beautiful singing voice.Johnshot to fame at the age of fourteen, when he toured the UK with a children’schoir.”His is a remarkable story. One day it could even be made into a film.”said tour organizer Hillary Cook.（1）The underlined word “had no contact with” in paragraph 1 is closest to________.A . had no patience withB . had no communication withC . had no quarrel withD . had no choice but stay with（2）What can we learn from Hillary Cook’s words in the last paragr aph?A . John could not act like a human.B . John’s experience is quite unusual.C . John is like other boys in the choir.D . People saved John and protected him.（3）It can be inferred from the passage that________.A . feral children are born with the talent to talk with animalsB . feral children are sure to be back to the human communityC . all feral children can be successful after living with humansD . the study of feral children may help the research on language（4）The writer organizes the passage by_________.A . using numbersB . showing opinionsC . telling a storyD . listing reasons4. 阅读理解Welike to believe that before we make a decision, most of the time, we take timeto consider all the facts carefully. However, Experts believe that only 5% ofour decisions are based on a rational thought process. So, what influences ourdecision-making process?Weoften leave decision-making to our instincts.Scientists have foundout that if we had the choice, we like to avoid pain rather than get something.In fact, we’r e twice as happy when we try to avoid a bad situation than when weexperience a good one. This is why when companies send ads, they use phraseslike “How to avoid...”, “Don’t miss out!”, etc.Thereare also physical reasons that affect our decision-making. Psychologist John Bargh carried onan experiment where people were askedwhat they thought of a fictional person,while holding a cold or a hot cup of coffee. Those holding the hot cup believedthe person to be warmer and more sociable than those holding the cold cup. So,when temperatures rise, the more likely we are to believe in strangers.Stressis another thing which affects our decisions. Different situations are more orless stressful for different people. Researchers have found, though, that womenare more conservative about decisions when stressed, while menare to make riskier choices.Itmay come as a surprise but every day from the minute we get up, we have to makecountless decisions, like what to wear, what coffee to have and so on. Eachchoice makes our brain a little bit more tired, and this affects ourdecision-making. That’s why important people, like presidents wearing the samethree suits all the time, want to limit the small choices and spend more brainpower onthe bigger ones.（1）Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?A .B .C .D .（2）What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A . Every day we have to make lots of big decisions.B . People sometimes judge a person by what he wears.C . What people wear influences their decision making.D . Making fewer decisions helps to save brain power.（3）What can we learn from the passage?A . We make most of the decisions after our careful thinking.B . People are likely to be happier to avoid something bad.C . As the temperature is low, we are likely to believe othersD . People usually have risky decisions under heavy pressure.（4）The purpose of the passage is to__________.A . tell us what influences decision-makingB . advise people to make rational decisionsC . warn people not to make risky decisionsD . show disadvantages of rational decisions5. 下面文章中有五处需要添加首句。