山东省泰安肥城市老城街道初级中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

（一）首字母填空 5分 56.This book has a great 影响on the children. 57..There are fifteen 参赛者 in yesterday’s competition. 58..Nobody was a from school though it rained heavily yesterday. 59..No matter where you go in America,you can find many p made in China. 60.He goes to work early in the morning to a heavy traffic. (二)根据短文意思，选用方框中所给的单词的正确形式填空。 10分 down, please, popular, either, when, expensive, method, work, journey, cause Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they've been around for years.In the early1900s,there were more electric cars on the road than there were petrol (汽油)cars.At that time, petrol was (61) compared with other fuels(燃料). (62) petrol prices dropped and new technologies were developed,electric cars went out of fashion (过时).Instead,petrol cars became more (63) because they could travel longer distances(距离)without stopping. During the 20th century,petrol cars got bigger,heavier,and faster.They needed more fuel, and it (64) more air pollution.For years,car makers didn't worry about pollution.They didn't worry about the amount of petrol cars used,(65) .But when people began to realize that there was not enough oil on the earth，they asked car makers to produce more efficient(高效能的)and less polluting cars. One(66) of solving the problem was a“hybrid”car(混合动力车)，one that ran partly on petrol and partly on electricity.Hybrid cars became popular in the 2000s when petrol prices went up and the prices of hybrid cars went(67) . An all-electric car uses no petrol.The problem，however，is that car batteries (电池)need tobe recharged(再充电)，.That makes electric cars not so useful for long(68) . Many people are not (69) with it.The government and car makers are(70) together to develop safe,cheap,and useful electric cars.When people have these cars in the future,a petrol station may be a thing of the past. 根据短文