甘肃省兰州市城关区第五中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期1月期末英语试题

兰州市第五中学 2022-2023 第一学期九年级期末考试 英 语 总分：90 分 考试时间：90 分钟 一、完形填空（共 10小题，每题 1 分） Once upon a time, a young boy needed a pair of new shoes. He had to go to the market to exchange the shoes. His mother went to the barn to get one large cow first. Then she got two hens. Next, she put some __1__ into a bag. The trip was not easy. The cow walked very slowly, and it __2__ stopping to eat grass. The boy had to pull the cow's rope to make it move. However, it got darker and started to rain. The salt __3__ started to melt(融化) because of the heavy rain. “I __4__ the shoemaker will trade these things for shoes，” Mom said. “I wish there is a better way to get what we need，” the boy said. Long ago, people traded for getting what they needed. People traded cows, chickens, salt, __5__ other things were also used in trading. Trading was useful for people, but it did have __6__ and it was not always easy. Some people would just __7__ because of these problems. Cows were too big and __8__， so they were hard to carry. Also, trading things could be messy. Usually many people didn't want a melted bag of salt. And other small things could also be __9__ to count. People needed something easy to carry and use. It had to be fair, which meant it had to have the same value for all people. That value had to be clear, so money was __10__ later. This is where money comes from. 1. A. rice B. salt C. money D. corn 2. A. keeps B. avoids C. practices D. forgets 3. A. quickly B. probably C. suddenly D. freely 4. A. imagine B. hope C. consider D. feel 5. A. but B. or C. and D. so 6. A. advantages B. problems C. plans D. differences 7. A. get up B. wake up C. look up D. give up 8. A. tall B. short C. heavy D. thin 9. A. similar B. easy C. hard D. safe 10. A. created B. saved C. valued D. invented 二、阅读理解（共 15小题，每题 2 分） Passage A Children's Games in Ancient China During ancient times, children didn't have some to enjoy themselves. However, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood. Kickin