20xx秋外研版初中英语九年级上册第一次月考试卷

20xx秋外研版初中英语九年级上册第一次月考试卷内容摘要：

life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball. Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA. One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something. It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The birth of basketball is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special basketballs through s. Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball bee the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the games in Berlin. 11. Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do? A. Teach in school. B. Write some books. C. Work at hospital. D. Take part in the Olympic Games. 12. In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball? A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Spring. D. Autumn. 13. Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball? A. It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball. B. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born. C. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game. D. It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played. 14. At the time of Dr Naismith39。 s death, which of the following was true? A. Basketball was already a worldwide game. B. Basketball was played with 9 players on each side. C. Basketball was an Olympic sport. D. Basketball was still played using footballs. 15. What would be the best title for this story? A. History of Basketball B. How Basketball Has Changed C. Father of Basketball D. Happy Birthday, Basketball Passage 4 Our sun is a star, and nine worlds (天体 ) move round it. Worlds like these are plas. But there are other stars, other suns, not only thousands of them, but millions of them. Do different stars have plas? We can see the plas round our own sun. but we haven’t been anymore. The stars are too far away from us. Stars give out light, but the plas don’t have any light of their own. So we can’t see them. They are too far, and too dark. Still, we can tell that some stars have plas. While a big pla goes round, it pulls its star to one side. And sometimes we can see this. Then we know that the star has a pla. For example, Barnard’s Star is a small red star. And it is the quickest star in the universe. But sometimes it moves slower, and then quicker again. We have known Bernard’s Star for many years, and now we are sure it has a pla. 16. A star is a large body in the universe. It _________. A. moves round our sun B. has light of its own C. can also be called a sun D. both B and C 17. Which of the following is not true? A. The earth is one of the sun’s world’s B. There are millions of suns in the universe C. The worlds are very bright D. some stars have plas 18. We can see the plas round our sun. But we can’t see ________. A.。