精品解析：甘肃省兰州市城关区第五中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

兰州市第五中学2022-2023第一学期九年级期末考试 英语 总分：90分 考试时间：90分钟 一、完形填空（共10小题，每题1分） Once upon a time, a young boy needed a pair of new shoes. He had to go to the market to exchange the shoes. His mother went to the barn to get one large cow first. Then she got two hens. Next, she put some ___1___ into a bag. The trip was not easy. The cow walked very slowly, and it ___2___ stopping to eat grass. The boy had to pull the cow’s rope to make it move. However, it got darker and started to rain. The salt ___3___ started to melt(融化) because of the heavy rain. “I ___4___ the shoemaker will trade these things for shoes” Mom said. “I wish there is a better way to get what we need,” the boy said. Long ago, people traded for getting what they needed. People traded cows, chickens, salt, ___5___ other things were also used in trading. Trading was useful for people, but it did have ___6___ and it was not always easy. Some people would just ___7___ because of these problems. Cows were too big and ___8___, so they were hard to carry. Also, trading things could be messy. Usually many people didn’t want a melted bag of salt. And other small things could also be ___9___ to count. People needed something easy to carry and use. It had to be fair, which meant it had to have the same value for all people. That value had to be clear, so money was ___10___ later. This is where money comes from. 1. A. rice B. salt C. money D. corn 2. A. keeps B. avoids C. practices D. forgets 3. A. quickly B. probably C. suddenly D. freely 4. A. imagine B. hope C. consider D. feel 5. A. but B. or C. and D. so 6. A. advantages B. problems C. plans D. differences 7. A. get up B. wake up C. look up D. give up 8. A. tall B. short C. heavy D. thin 9. A. similar B. easy C. hard D. safe 10. A. created B. saved C. valued D. invented 二、阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分） Passage A Children’s Games in Ancient China During ancient times, children didn’t have much to enjoy themselves. However, they came up with interesting games to play in