沪教版九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷(II )卷.pdf

沪教版九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷（II）卷

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一、完形填空(共1题；共10分)

1.（10分）Oneday,IheardanAmericanboysaytoaChinesegirlstudent,“Youspeak
verygoodEnglish.”Butthegirlanswered,“No,no.MyEnglishisverypoor.”Theforeignerwas
quite1attheanswer.Thinkinghehadnotmade2understoodorthegirlhadnotheardhim
clearly,hesaid,“Yes,indeed,youspeakverywell.”Butthegirlstillkeptsaying,“No.”Inthe
endtheAmericanboycouldnotunderstandanddidn’tknow3tosay.

What'swrongwiththegirl'sanswer?Shedidn’t4acompliment(恭维)inthesamewayas
theAmericanpeopledo.Sheshouldanswer,“Thankyou”insteadof“No”.
She5understoodwhattheAmericanboyhadsaid,butshethoughtsheshouldbemodest.In
thewest,peoplewillfeelproudand6whentheyarepraised(赞扬).Soifsomeonesaysthedishes
youhavecookedareverydelicious,youshouldsay,“Thankyou.”

Inourcountrywethinkbeingmodestisavirtue(美德)andbeingproudisabadthing,butin
myopinion,beingconfidentdoesnot7beingproud,sosometimesyoushouldbe
confident8beingmodest.

9youaremodestandsay,“No,I'mafraidIcan'tdoitwell”,whileworkinginawestern
country,theothersmaythinkthatyoureallycannotdoit.Ifyouoftensay“No”,youwillcertainly
belookeddownonbyothers.Whenaskingforajob,ifonesayssomethinglike“Yes,Icancertainly
doit”insteadof“Letmehaveatry”,heorshewill10getit.Sointhewest,youshouldbe
bravetoshowyourself-confidence.

（1）

A.excited

B.surprised

C.relaxed

D.frightened

（2）

A.her

B.herself

C.himself

D.him

（3）

A.when

B.which

C.what

D.how

（4）

A.accept

B.receive

C.refuse

D.disagree

（5）

A.hardly

B.really

C.rarely

D.badly

（6）

A.kind

B.modest

C.shy

D.confident

（7）

A.think

B.say

C.ask

D.mean

（8）

A.differentfrom

B.aswellas

C.insteadof

D.thesameas

（9）

A.Unless

B.Until

C.Whether

D.If

（10）

A.expectto

B.failto

C.succeedin

D.believein

二、阅读理解(共4题；共46分)

2.（10分）CatsarethemostpopularpetsamongAmericans.Soitisnotsurprisingthere
aremanyexpressionsaboutcats.Doyouknowanyofthem?Nowletmeintroducesometoyou.

Somecatsliketocatchsmallbirds,likecanaries.Ifsomeonelooksveryproudorsatisfied(满
意)withhi