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2023-2024学年上学期期末模拟考试
九年级英语
(考试时间:100分钟 试卷满分:100分)
注意事项:
1. 本试卷共七大题,满分100分(不含听力口语30分)、考试用时100分钟;
2. 答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡和对应的位置上,并认真校对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合;
3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动、请用橡皮擦干净后、再选涂其他答案;答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上,不在答题区域内的答案一律无效,不得用其他笔答题;
4.考生答题必须答在答题卡上、答在试卷和草稿低上一律无效。
第一部分 完形填空 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Development of Electric Cars
Electric cars may seem like a recent invention, but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were 1 electric cars on the road than gasoline (汽油) cars, because at that time, gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels (燃料). Electric cars were more popular.
When gasoline 2 dropped and new technologies on gasoline cars were developed, electric cars were out of date. Gasoline cars became more popular 3 , because they could go farther without stopping.
During the 20th century, gasoline cars got bigger, heavier and faster. They needed more fuel, and it 4 more air pollution. For years, the car makers didn’t worry about pollution. They didn’t worry about how much gasoline cars used, either. But when people began to 5 that there was not enough oil on the earth, they asked carmakers to produce more efficient (高效能的) and less polluting cars.
One 6 of solving the problem was a “hybrid” car (混合动力车), one that ran partly on gasoline and partly on electricity. Hybrid cars became popular in the 2000s because gasoline prices went up while prices of hybrid cars went 7 .
An all-electric car uses no gasoline. The problem, however, is that car batteries(电池)need to be recharged(再充电). That makes electric cars not so 8 for long journeys. Many people are not pleased with it. The government and carmakers are working together to 9 safe, cheap and useful electric cars. When more and more people have these electric cars in the future, a gasoline station may 10 .
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