2023-2024学年外研版九年级英语上学期期末检测模拟试题

九年级上册期末检测模拟试题 一、阅读下面A、B、C、D四篇短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 A 1. The text is mainly about how to____________. A. be a careful driver B. buy MTR tickets C. be a good passenger D. keep safe at home 2. When you hear a “beep” sound, ______________ . A. close the door B. rush onto the train C. get off the train at once D. stop and wait for the next train 3. Which picture shows the good behavior on the train according to the text? B While no one is looking, Frenchman Alain Robert jumps up an office building and starts to climb the wall. There’s no rope and no safety net — he’s using only his hands! By the time he’s halfway up, a crowd has gathered below. After an hour, he reaches the top and the crowd sighs with relief (如释重负). Alain has climbed over 85 of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. One of his first climbs was at the age of twelve. He didn’t have his apartment keys and his parents were out, so he climbed up the outside of the building — seven storeys high — and got in through a window. But, amazingly, Alain has a problem with height — he feels dizzy (眩晕的) when he’s up high! He has fallen seven times, which has left him partly disabled. But this doesn’t stop Alain. “I only think about what I can do, not what I can’t do,” he says. Why does he do it? Alain wants people to see their living environment differently. He says, “Maybe they think their building is ugly, this big tower with lots of glass — the opposite of a natural scenery. But for me, it’s another mountain. So I use the place where they work, and make it a kind of wonderland. Everywhere I climb, I see people who are happy.” What he does is sometimes illegal (非法的), but most of the time he just gets a fine (罚款). The only thing that can stop his climbing is rain! In 2002, he got stuck on the 35th floor of London’s Canary Wharf Tower when it started to rain. Alain’s nickname