江苏省东台市第二教育联盟20xx届九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

江苏省东台市第二教育联盟20xx届九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷内容摘要：

irst from the sun. Plants use water and sunlight to make their own food. Animals can not make their own food, and they eat plants. Other animals then eat the plant eaters. A food chain shows what eats what. It might show that zebras eat grass and then lions eat zebras. Lions also eat other animals. Zebras eat other kinds of plants. So it takes more than one food chain to show how lions and zebras get their energy. A food web shows how food chains work together. From it we can see how energy moves from plants to animals. Plants and animals that live in hot, dry deserts depend on water as well as food. Creosote bushes have small leaves that hold water. Their seeds provide food and water for kangaroo rats. Kangaroo rats don‘t need to drink water. They get all the water they need from the plants they eat. Kangaroo rats keep cool by ing out only at night to look for food. Ringtail cats also e out only at night. Ringtail cats hunt and eat kangaroo rats. Coyotes eat both the kangaroo rats and the ringtail cats. Nothing is wasted in a food wed. Vultures eat dead animals. Vultures are scavengers. Scavengers do not hunt and kill other animals to get food. They eat animals that are already dead. When a ringtail cat or a coyote dies, it makes a meal for the vultures. Scavengers do an important job in keeping the environment clean. ( )6. Where does the energy that living things need first e from? A. Animals. B. Plants. C. The sun. D. Plant eaters. ( )7. Why do ringtail cats e out only at night? A. Because they are afraid of coyotes. B. Because they are shy animals. C. Because it is very hot in the daytime. D. Because they can eat kangaroo rats. ( )8. What kind of animal can be placed in the empty box of the picture? A. Kangaroo. B. Vulture. C. Cat. D. Zebra. ( )9. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A. Lions eat different kinds of animals. B. Plants are on the top of the food chain. C. Scavengers can keep the environment clean. D. Some animals get water from the plants they eat. ( )10. What‘s the best title of the passage? A. Web of life B. Things that we eat C. Food in the desert D. The place where food is from C A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers that are much taller than today‘s buildings, underwater ‗bubble‘ cities and holidays in space. The report is from a pany. It asked experts(专家 ) on space and architecture, as well as city planners, to give their ideas on the life in 2116. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today. The experts used the Inter as an example. They said that 25 years ago, people could not imagine how the Inter and smart phones would change our lives. The Inter has pletely changed the way we municate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable. Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the prediction(预言 ) they thought were most likely(很可能的 ) to happen in the future. They predicted that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work from home and have work meetings online. People will have highly developed 3D printers that will let you download(下载 ) a design for furniture or a food recipe and then ‗print‘ the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health instrument that will tell us what the problem is and give us treatment. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get resources that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that is missing is whether people will need to study English. ( )11. The writer uses the example of the Inter in Paragraph 1 to show . A. the Inter was often used B. the Inter has developed fast C. people will not believe the changes D. technology will change people‘s lives ( )12. With the help of highly developed 3D printers, a way to get a sofa in 2116 is to . A. buy one in a shop B. ask somebody to make one C. download a design and ‗print‘ one D. design and make one by oneself ( )13. According to the passage, the missing prediction is . A. how people will work B. where people will get resources C. what people will have at home to treat illness D. whether people will still need to learn English ( )14. The passage is mainly about . A. the life in 2116 B. holidays in space C. the history of the Inter D. medical treatment ( )15. The passage is most probably from . A. an advertisement B. a newspaper C. a detective story D. a health report 第 II 卷（非选择题，共 60 分） B. 任务型阅读。 （共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，计 10 分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。 When we say someone is in a blue mood, it means he or she is unhappy or sad. Are you feeling a little blue? Here are some fast and easy ways to cheer you up.。