北京市海淀区20xx届九年级上学期期末考试英语试题人教新目标版

北京市海淀区20xx届九年级上学期期末考试英语试题人教新目标版内容摘要：

cookies body （ ） 48. At the end of the story, Christopher felt ______. A. unsatisfied. B. unworried. C. endangered. D. encouraged. C Color is an activity that children worldwide have long enjoyed. With a picture already made for them. Kids simply choose a crayon. Pencil or marker of their favorite color and fill it in. Today, it also bees more and more popular among teenagers and even adults, who are enjoying relaxing hours of coloring. In December, five of the top ten bestselling books in the United States were coloring books. They‟re fun but are coloring books good for you? The positive feedback from customers is encouraging. Trina Lucido, a popular artist creating coloring books, says that many of her customers are buying the coloring books for others who are sick or going through a rough time. She adds that the “big idea” behind her latest book is to encourage people to do something creative. Lucido is right, according to Allan Rohan, a psychology professor. “Many customers appreciate coloring books as a new creative stage,” he said in an interview, “but what‟s more important is that people spend time coloring in order to reduce (减少 ) stress after a long day.” Research shows that coloring can reduce stress by guiding people to focus on one simple task. When a person is filling in a flower with a light purple color, he focuses on the flower and fets about all his troubles in life. Experts add that coloring may relieve people from a certain king of pain. Doing the coloring helps people ease their mind and calm down. Also, coloring influences people‟s brain in a healthy way. The shape of the drawing makes one side of the brain active, while the color of the drawing improves the other, Coloring can bring out your imagination and can take you back to your childhood. Interesting, isn‟t it? “It is very relaxing,” said Susan Jackson, a big fan of Lucido‟s coloring books. “Any street just sort of falls away, Coloring frees my mind. And it‟s not just try to fill blank pages. The pictures make me feel happy…and there is just something about them. So I‟m saving the pictures I like best to the very end.” （ ） 49. Trina Lucido wants her coloring books to ______. A. encourage people to be creative B. be one of the bestsellers C. let people enjoy relaxing hours D. help develop friendship. （ ） 50. Why can coloring reduce stress? A. Because it brings out imagination. B. Because it shows the beauty of nature. C. Because it helps people to be more focused. D. Because it can take people back to childhood. （ ） 51. What can we learn from this passage? A. Lucido‟s coloring books are muchloved. B. Coloring is an effective way to cure diseases. C. Susan Jackson tries to save her colored pictures. D. The shape and color of drawing do harm to our brain. D According to a recent newspaper article, girls do better than boys at every level of education. So it is hardly surprising that women are now far more likely than men to go to universities. “Eclipsed” (黯然失色 ) Mary Curnock Cook, a leader of the University and College Admissions Service, is so worried about the future of boys that she wants to see a national effort to solve the issue. If this differential growth carries on unchecked, girls born this year will be 75% more likely to go to university than their male peers (同伴 ). So what is at the root of this gap? Are there changes in the nature of universities which have led to the dominance of women on campus? Are girls simply better at schoolwork these days, and boys less interested? By the time teenagers get to their high school, girls are already greatly outnumbering boys. So before they sit a single exam, there are probably more girls than boys who are likely to go to university. “Waste of time?” The average grade for a girl is C+ pared to C for a boy at Alevel examinations. But the differences between boys and girls start much earlier on. According to a University of Bristol study, boys are nearly twice as likely as girls to have fallen behind by the time they start school. Primary schools often have more female teachers, and mothers helping out. According to the study, girls and boys often have different attitudes towards schoolwork. The report says:”Boys are more likely than girls to regard school as a waste of time.” What‟s more, boys tend to spend over one hour less per week on homework than girls. They are more likely to play puter games and less likely to read outside of school. “There are a lot of boys thinking they can get away with the least work and wanting to spend their time doing other „more interesting things‟,” says Roger Leighton, the former head teacher of Sydney Russell School. “Girls, on the other hand, tend to understand the need to work hard earlier on they take a longer view.” （ ） Curnock Cook wants to _______. A. find out the cause for the difference B. find out the number of girls on campus C. see boys work harder than they used to D. see people work together on the problem （ ） 53. The underlined word “dominance” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to “______”. A. achievement in schoolwork B. position of advantage C. progress in subjects D. control of attention （ ） 54. What can we learn from the passage? A. Boy do better at some levels of education. B. There are changes in the nature of universities. C. Girls spend more time on schoolwork than boys. D. Boys and girls perform similarly in primary school. （ ） 55. Which of the following is probably the best title for the passage? A. Which is more attractive to students? B. What do girls understand bette。