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广州四中教育集团2020学年第二学期
九年级英语期中测试试题
考试时间: 100 分钟 满分: 90分
注意事项:
1. 答卷前,考生务必在答卷上用黑色钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名,同时填写考场试室号、座位号。
2. 所有答案必须用黑色钢笔或签字笔写在答卷各题目指定区域内的相应位置上;如需改动,先划掉原来答案,然后写上新答案,改动后的答案也不能超出指定的区域;不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的试卷无效。
3. 考生必须保持答卷的整洁,考试结束后,将答卷交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项。
Have you noticed your life is becoming a little different? Now, when you go to ____1____ certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. ____2____ you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can ____3____ as the basic parts of a smart city.
The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city ____4____ uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life ____5____ than before. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we ____6____ learn from.
In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters ____7____ the place of traditional water meters. They can search water waste and leakage (泄漏) and send data to let the house owner ____8____. The same system is used for ____9____ city resources like electricity and natural gas. _____10_____ this way, people know _____11_____ they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.
Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone towards a nearby bus stop, the phone _____12_____ shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as _____13_____ arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App that collects data on almost _____14_____: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near some supermarkets _____15_____ immediate information on special offers.
1. A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. A. Where B. When C. What D. How
3. A. see B. sees C. to see D. be seen
4. A. who B. when C. what D. that
5. A. convenient B. more conven