精品解析：山东省烟台市牟平区（五四制）2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2023-2024学年度第一学期期中质量检测（笔答题） 初四英语 （100分钟，满分90分） 温馨提示： 1.本试卷共8页，满分90分；考试时间100分钟。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 2.答题前，务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、座位号填写在试卷和答题卡规定的位置上。 3.选择题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。 4.非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡指定区域内的相应位置；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。 5.写在试卷上和答题卡指定区域外的答案无效。 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Children’s Writer Yesterday, the much-loved children’s writer Beverly Cleary passed away at age 104. When she was a child, she had trouble learning to read. When she grew up, she set out to write books for children in her late twenties. Cleary kept writing until she was 83, creating over 40 books in all. ________ Sarah Park has known about the influence of music on the brain since a young age. Now, she hopes to use music to help people with mental(心理上的) health problems. Her invention, Spark Care+, made her became the top young scientist. Spark Care+ can deal with the information and choose the proper music to help lift the patients’ spirits. The Dream of a Horse Trainer Yuan Hao is a horse trainer. He has a horse named Dandan. It is Yuan’s dream to bring Dandan to equestrian(马术的) competitions. Training with Dandan is not easy work. Yuan once fell from Dandan five times during training. Dandan has been trained for more than six months, and it is getting better at following instructions. Yuan feels he is one step closer to his dream. 1. Which of the following is false about Beverly Cleary? A. She lived a very long life. B. Many people love her very much. C. She kept writing for more than half a century. D. She started writing books when she was a very young girl. 2. What would be the best heading for the second news? A. The Top Young Scientist B. A Girl’s Medical Dream C. Inventions Are Everywhere D. Enjoying Success When Young 3. Which of the following is true about Yuan Hao? A. He has realized his dream. B. He won many equestrian competitions. C. He had some difficu