精品解析：辽宁省朝阳市朝阳县2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

2023—2024学年度第一学期期末考试 九年级英语试卷 （本试卷共45道题 满分100分 考试时间90分钟） 题号 一 二 三 四 五 总分 得分 第一部分 选择题（共55分） 一、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分） 第一节阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Name Clay Art Kite Sky Lantern Paper Cutting Appearing Time 4,000 years ago 2,000 years ago 226 AD 1,500 years ago Inventor Unknown Lu Ban Zhuge Kongming Unknown Material Clay, paper or cotton Paper, bamboo Paper, bamboo Paper Main Use Ancient Times Being with the dead Sending information Asking for help Remembering ancestors Today Decorating (装饰) Playing Praying (祈祷) Praying Complexity (制作难易度) Hardest Harder Hard Harder 1. Kites appeared about ________ than clay arts. A. 2,000 years later B. 2,000 years earlier C. 4,000 years later D. 4,000 years earlier 2. There are ________ kinds of materials mentioned in the passage. A. two B. three C. four D. eight 3. People make ________ most easily of all according to the passage. A. clay arts B. sky lanterns C. kites D. paper cutting 4 Which of the following is TRUE? A. The inventor of paper cutting is Lu Ban. B. Kites and sky lanterns have different materials. C. People used clay arts to decorate in ancient times. D. Chinese traditional arts have different uses in different times. B During my second year of nursing school, our teacher gave us a test. I was a hard-working student and I did well in all the subjects. I finished the questions successfully until I read the last one: What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school? Of course this was a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She is short and about 50 years old. She has dark hair. But how would I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never even thought about talking to her. I stared at my paper and started to feel rather guilty. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grades. “Absolutely,” the tea