甘肃省兰州市教育局第四片区2021-2022学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷

2021-2022学年甘肃省兰州市教育局第四片区九年级（上）期中英语试卷 一、解答题（共1小题，满分10分） 1．（10分）There is a man（1）　 　Rubik who invented a special cube.He called it Magic Cube（魔方）.It has become one of（2）　 　puzzle games（益智游戏）all over the world. Rubik was born in Hungary（匈牙利）（3）　 　World War Ⅱ.Rubik's family was very interesting.His mother was a poet.She was a free thinker who put her thoughts of life to paper.His father was an aircraft engineer.When Rubik was a child，his thoughts had to be very special and exact.Rubik was（4）　 　by his parents.He loved sculpture（雕刻），and went to college to study art and sculpture.After（5）　 　，he wasn't（6）　 　.He went back to college and studied architecture（建筑学）. Rubik（7）　 　his famous cube in 1974.It was not his plan to create a new toy.He was only （8）　 　in how to design things himself.Rubik said， "It was wonderful to see how the colors became mixed after only a few turns.After a while，I thought it was time（9）　 　back，so I want to put the colors back in（10）　 　.And it was at that moment that I faced the big challenge：What was the way home？" Thus（因此），the first Magic Cube was invented. （1）A.name's B.is named C.names D.named （2）A.popular B.the more popular C.the most popular D.popularity （3）A.during B.of C.at D.on （4）A.taken care B.taken after C.taken care of D.taken away （5）A.graduate B.graduation C.educational D.high school （6）A.happy B.pleasant C.satisfied D.proud （7）A.found out B.found C.discovered D.invented （8）A.interest B.interested C.interesting D.interests （9）A.go B.going C.to go D.went （10）A.time B.turn C.order D.style 三、阅读理解（共3小题，每小题10分， 共30分） 2．（10分）Teenagers usually experience changes at all levels—physical and emotional（情感的）.Some may feel uncomfortable when in new situations，such as talking to strangers.But with a small talk，you may easily fit into the new environment. A small talk is a light conversation for social occasions（场合）.Although it usually doesn't have much detail，it is the startin