2019 年浙江省台州市椒江区九年级第一学期 期末测试英语试卷 一、 完形填空 I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. A taxi driver lived in the house with a large garage ( 车库) across the road. He is 1 single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would 2 his taxi on the road. “Why not in the garage” I asked myself. Then one day, I learned that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home 3 work, leave his taxi and go out for his personal business in his 4 car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 5 . I was curious (好奇的) to see his personal car but didn’t make it 6 I happened to be outside one evening two weeks later, when the garage door was 7 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce (劳斯莱斯)! It shook me 8 when I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But deep inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a father. He drove others 9 his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and called him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was 10 something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a life. We go to bed every night and 11 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a party as close friends or go for a vacation as a family. We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our happiness and 12 on how high we climb the social ladder (梯子)—how much bigger and better a 13 we have. And we fail to notice Rolls-Royce, by 14 it dirty in our garage. We should pay more attention to than what we do! 1. A. a 2. A. park 3. A. for B. an B. drive B. to C. the D. ∕ C. check C. at D. repair D. from 1 15 we are 4. A. another B. other C. the other D. others 5. A. useful B. careful C. wasteful D. painful 6. A. when B. because C. until 7. A. broken B. closed C. painted 8. A. completely B. quickly 9. A. by B. in 10. A. yet B. ever D. though D. open C. finally C. on D. carefully D. at C. just D. still 11.A. stay up B. wake up C. take up D. warm up 12 .A. success B. beauty C. family D. health 13. A. garden B. garage C. car D. taxi 14. A. keep B. kept C. to keep D. keeping 15. A. who B. what C. which D. where 二、阅读理解 A PERSONAL ROBOT Make your parents and teachers happy! Are you having problems finishing your homework on time? Do you never tidy your PENGO WATCH CONTROL This is a watch that James Bond is really happy to wear! This is NOT a watch for common people! room until your mom shouts at you? You don’t 2 need to worry if you buy a Mr. Helping Hand personal robot. Mr. H is able to organize your Your PENGO WATCH CONTROL ● acts as a control for TVs and videos homework. Your personal robot will follow you around, putting away books, and clothes that ● gives you a daily weather report you have left on the floor or bed. ● tells you when to hand in your homework Mr. H also has these features ● makes a quiet warming sound when parents or teachers are near. ● is only 500 grams ● has long-lasting batteries Also, your PENGO WATCH CONTROL will always tell you the time! ● remembers simple instructions Often sold for $199 Often sold for $499 Now only for $99 Now only for $299 1 About the robot, we know that ____________. A. it doesn’t use batteries B. it is $200 cheaper than before C. it sells only $99 now D. people can talk with it freely 2 The PENGO WATCH CONTROL can do ___________ different things. A. three C. five B. four D. six 3 ____________ are the most interested in this kind of robot and watch. A. Students B. Teachers 3 C. Scientists D. Doctors B How can you learn about a person when you meet him for the first time? The fastest way is to look at his shoes. A recent research shows that people can learn 90% about a stranger simply by looking at the person’s shoes. The research includes the study of the size, price, color, style and quality of the shoes, in order to learn how old the person is, how much he makes every month, what kind of person he is in life, how he works and so on. In the study, 63 university students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by volunteers. The volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then they were asked to fill out a questionnaire (问卷). So what did the shoes say about their owners? Some of the results were expected. People making more money each month most commonly wore expensive shoes. Colorful and fashionable shoes were u