20xx届九年级英语下学期期中教学质量检测试题

20xx届九年级英语下学期期中教学质量检测试题内容摘要：

cond prize was announced. It was me! I went up to the stage and read what I had written, “My mother’s son” . When I finished, the people stood up and cheered. Tears were running down my mother’s face. I saw my father blowing his nose. He cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder, “Son , this is the proudest moment of my life.’’ It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my mother’s son . 根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂 (A)，错的涂 (B)。 (10分 ) 51. Students were asked to write about their mothers at the writing petition. 52. The result was announced on Thursday night. 53. The writer wrote things on his mother’ s work. 54. The son won the first prize at the petition. 55. The writer felt tired to be a scientist’s son. A. I’ll do like that. B. I’m not feeling well. C. There’s nothing serious. D. Do you sleep well at night? E. I hope you’ll get better soon. (B)(C)两篇 根据短文内容，从每小题三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 (20分 ) (B) Do you know John Denver? Do you know the country music “Take Me home, Country Roads” ? John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singe rs in the 1970s. He was famous for his song “Take Me home, Country Roads” which is still wellknown and enjoyed by people all over the world today. I like country music very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired. The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields. Country music usually talks about everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit of America. It’ s slow and simple and easy to understand. Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs were about the lives of farmers. The life of the countryside could be hard, so the words in country music were often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they also made them into records. When people in the countryside move to towns and cities to look for work, they take their music with them. Country music continues to change. It talks more than about countryside and farmers today and became more and more popular across America. 56. “Take Me home, Country Roads” is . A. a piece of music B. a kind of guitar C. the spirit of America 57. Now country music is usually about _______. A. everyday life and feelings B. the feelings of farmers C. the lives of workers 58. People began to make country song records _______. A. in 1920 B. in the 1920s C. in the 1970s 59. Which is NOT true about American country music? A. People play the music only at family parties. B. It developed in the Southern America. C. It was often sad. 60. What is the best title of this passage? A. John Denver B. Life of the Countryside C. American Country Music (C) Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining, too. In India, most of people would look at the reduction(减少 ) of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A pany called goReader has created a “ school bag” which is the size of a laptop puter, weighing about kg. The goReader has a color screen and can “ hold” all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in The Asian Age newspaper. The pany plans to work closely with the publishers(出版商 ) of textbooks so that these books can be supplied on the Inter. All the students will have to do is to download their textbooks from the Inter. Taking notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their tex。