精品解析：山东省威海荣成市16校联盟（五四制）2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中联考英语试题

2022-2023学年度第一学期初四期中质量检测题 年级________ 班级________ 姓名________ 考号________ 总分80分，答题时间90分钟 一、阅读理解 （共五篇短文，共25题，计30分。1-20题每小题1分，21-25题每小题2分） 阅读A B C篇，从A B C三个选项中选择最佳答案。 A Modern Farms of America Today On the old-time farms in America there were chickens and turkeys (火鸡). There were also cows pigs and other livestocks (家畜). But there were very few machines. Most of the work was done by the entire farm family with the help of a “hired man”. Sometimes extra labourers were needed in busy seasons. Horses provided 79 percent of the power used labour 15 percent and machines only 6 percent. Today all that has changed. On many modern farms machines now provide 96 percent of the power human labour 3 percent and horses 1 percent. Modern farms are enterprising (企业性的) business which keep only livestocks that can pay its way (支付费用). The children go to school by bus every morning the parents work on the farm or in the house and hired help is seldom needed. Their work has been replaced by a whole army of machines. Farms in the machine age also use the new fertilizer new feeds (饲料) new hybrid (杂交) seeds and other helps developed by farm sciences. As a result, the farmers are able to produce more food with less labour. This means fewer but larger farms and fewer but more prosperous farmers. 1. On the old-time farms in America most of work was done by ________. A. very few machines B. the entire farm family C. extra labourers and hired men 2. On the old-time farms most power was provided by ________. A. chickens and turkeys B. human labour C. horses 3. On the modern farms almost all the work is done by ________. A. even more hired men and extra help B. the entire farm family C. a whole army of machines 4. The children of the farm family ________. A. go to school by bus every morning B. work on the farm or in the house C. drive cars to go to school 5. In the machine age farmers ________. A. are able to produce more food with less labour B. are more prosperous C. both A and B B When you’r