辽宁省沈阳市于洪区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

于洪区2023-2024学年度上学期期末学业水平测试 九年级英语试卷 考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：90分 Ⅰ.阅读理解（共20个题，每小题2分，满分40分） （一）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Lee Hsien Loong Congratulations to Shanti Pereira for winning gold in the women’s 200m at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2023! Her victory is Singapore’s first athletics gold medal at the Asian Games since 1974. This is also Shanti’s second medal after winning silver in the100m race earlier. This is our third gold at the Games after world champion Maximilian Maeder and Ryan Lo. Team Singapore athletes have also picked up medals in sailing and swimming. Our athletes are giving their all to fly the flag high, though the competition is hard. We are all proud of you. For those of you who have completed your events, thank you for what you have done. For those of you who are still in the competition, keep going, we are behind you! -LHL ▲Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent his congratulations through social media. 1 Who sent his congratulations to Shanti Pereira for winning the competition? A. Maximilian Maeder. B. Ryan Lo. C. Lee Hsien Loong. D. Social media. 2. How many medals has Shanti Pereira won totally at present? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 3. What kind of medal did the Singapore athletes achieve besides sailing and running? A. Jumping. B. Fighting. C. Skating. D. Swimming. 4. How will Shanti Pereira feel when she reads this message? A. She will be sad. B. She will be mad. C. She will be nervous. D. She will be encouraged. B Do French Fries Really from France? There has been a food fight between France and Belgium (比利时). The two countries have been arguing over who really invented French fries. You may think that French fries come from France. However, this might not be true. Some historians believe potatoes were first being fried in the late 1600s in Belgium. According to local stories, poor villagers living in Meuse Valley (默兹河流域) in Belgium often ate small fried fish. During the winter months, the river would freeze a