山东省济宁市任城区2023-2024学年上学期九年级期中考试英语试题

2023-2024学年九上期中真题——十三中 16. What time do Western people usually have dinner ? A . At midday . B . At 5:00 in the afternoon . C . Around 7 p . m . or even later . D . Before 7:00 in the afternoon . 17. What will a host probably say to a guest at the start of a meal ? A ." Help yourself !" B ." Eat slowly!" C ."Can I help you ?" D ." Could you serve me ?" 17.When people don’t like the , food . what will they do ? A . Take the food away in silence . B . Tell the host to take the food away politely . C . Put it on the edge of the plate and leave it there . D . Eat as less as possible without saying anything . B I had the meanest （最刻薄的） mother in the world . While other kids ate candy for breakfast , I had to have cereal （谷类食物） and eggs . When others had Coke and candy for lunch , I had to eat a sandwich . But at least I wasn't alone . My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did . My mother knew where we were at all times . She knew who our friends were . We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath every day . The other kids got to wear the me clothes for days . We had to be in bed by 9:00 p . m . and get up at 8:00 a . m . We couldn ' t sleep till noon like our friends . So while they slept , our mother gave us work to do . We had to wash the fishes , make beds and learn to cook . I was sure she staved awake at night , thinking up mean things to do to us . Through the years , things didn ' t improve a bit . We could not lie in bed " sick " like our friends did in order to miss school . My mother was the meanest mother . All of us went on to higher education . None of us have ever done bad things . She forced us to grow up into educated and honest people . I am trying to saise my children like this . I will feel proud when my children call me mean , because you see, I ' am so glad I had the meanest mother in the whole world . 19. What does the underlined sentence " But at l