浙江省杭州市上城区2020-2021学年九年级上学期期末教学质量检测统考英语试题

2020-2021学年杭州市上城区九年级第一学期英语 期末教学质量检测 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） A Short Story Competition ※ We want your writing! Think you can write a winning story? Enter the 17th Annual Newtown Library Short Story Competition for your chance to win $1,000. The three winning entries(作品) will also be published in the Newtown Times. ※ Prizes 1st Place: A check for $l,000 and publication in the Newtown Times. 2nd Place: Publication in the Newtown and $300 in book tokens(书券). 3rd Place: Publication in the Newtown Times and $150 in book tokens. ※ How to Enter Send your enter by post to the Newtown Public Library, 45 High Street, Newtown, or come by and hand it in person. You can enter as many stories as you like! ·lease type your entry on white A4 paper. Use Times New Roman font, size 12. Handwritten entries will not be accepted. ·The words for each story is no more than 2,000 words. ·Please also include your full name and contact information on the first page. Your entry must be your own work and unpublished at the time of submission. We look forward to reading your work! 16. You can enter the competition by _______. A. mailing your stories B. handing out your stories C. reading Newtown Times D. calling the public library 17. The stories for the competition must be _______. A. handwritten in Size 12 B. over 2,000 words C. typed on red paper D. written on your own 18. What kind of passage is it? A. A letter. B. A story. C. A poster. D. A novel. B Recently the French government passed a law in order to change the face of France’s cities. The law states that the roofs(屋顶) of all new buildings in the downtown(闹市区) of cities must be covered in part with either plants or solar panels(太阳能板). So, why are these so-called rooftop gardens useful? First of all, they will help cut the amount of energy which is needed for heating and cooling the buildings in summer and winter. The plants on green roofs will also help produce pleasant air, thus cleaning the polluted