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九年级英语
2024. 1
(时间:90分钟 满分:110分)
一、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
① ②
Tony: Look! Lingling! There are so many dinosaur fossils (化石) and pictures!
Lingling: This is the first time I see “dinosaurs”! Do you know something about them?
Tony: Of course!
Lingling: Tell me quickly!
Tony: Dinosaurs were of all different shapes and sizes. The biggest one was as heavy as seven elephants! The smallest one was like a bird in the tree.
Lingling: So amazing...I want to know more!
③ ④
Tony: Some dinosaurs could fly in the sky, some could swim in lakes or the sea. Some dinosaurs were meat-eaters while some ate plants.
Lingling: You are a dinosaur expert!
Tony: What’s more, dinosaurs were reptiles. There are many reptiles living in the world now—crocodiles, lizards, snakes and turtles.
Lingling: Thank you, Tony. Let’s take a look over there.
Tony: OK. You are welcome!
1. Where could Tony and Lingling be?
A. A supermarket. B. A hospital. C. A cinema. D. A museum.
2. Which is not mentioned about dinosaurs?
A. Weight. B. Height. C. Shape. D. Food.
3. Which one is true according to the conversation?
A. Lingling has seen the dinosaurs twice. B. Tony knows little about dinosaurs.
C. Some dinosaurs could swim. D. All the dinosaurs ate meat.
B
My five-year-old daughter and I were just about to leave the supermarket Target when it started to pour rain. We stood behind the glass doors and looked outside. Some shoppers were waiting, either for someone to pick them up or for the rain to stop.
“Do we wait or just get wet?” I asked my daughter.
“Mum, let’s just get wet,” she said.
On our way out, I asked my daughter if she was sure.
“It’s going to be cold,” I said.
“Let’s go,” she answered.
We hurried across the parking lot, with buckets of rainwater dumping on us. I got her into the car, put our bags in the back and sat in the front seat. I turned the heater on, thinking my daughter would complain she was cold. As