山东省潍坊市高密市立新中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试题

九年级英语月考试题 2023.10 注意事项： 1.本试题满分 110 分，考试时间为 90 分钟； 2.答题前务必将试题密封线及答题卡上面的项目填涂清楚。所有答案都必须涂、写在答 题卡相应位置，答在本试卷上一律无效。 一、阅读理解(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A In many countries around the world, May 1st is a holiday which is called Labour Day or Workers’Day. It is an interesting holiday that honours working people and their jobs. But do you know how it started? During the late 1880s,in many parts of the world, people worked for fourteen to sixteen hours a day in factories, but made very little money. Later,in the United States and Canada, working people got together to set up unions( 工会). The union leaders asked factory bosses for shorter working time and higher salaries(工资) ，but manyof the bosses ▲ On May 1st, 1886, men and women in the United States and Canada stopped working and went onto the streets. They walked through cities and towns to force bosses to let them work eight hours a day.In the city of Chicago, several people died in fighting with the police. Over the next few years, people in cities around the world stopped working on May lst to honour workers everywhere. By the early twentieth century,the first of May became a national holiday in many countries. However, in the United states and Canada, May 1st is not a holiday. North Americans celebrate Labour Day on the first Monday in September. Today in the United States,Labour Day is mostly about having fun. People enjoy a long weekend and often celebrate it by having picnics with friends or family. In many parts of the United States, Labour Day is also the last day of summer vacation, and students return to school the next day. 1. Which can be the best for ▲ ? A. refused their ideas B.accepted their ideas B. agreed with them D. understood them 2. What does the underlined word “force” mean? A.感激 B.迫使