山东省威海荣成市实验教学联盟（五四制）2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

初四英语试题 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共8页，共80分。考试时间90分钟。考试结束后，只上交答题卡。 2. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号、座号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。 3. 需要涂卡的小题，选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，答案选在试卷上无效。 4. 非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡指定区域内相应的位置，写在试卷上的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 一、阅读理解（五篇文章，26小题，1-20每小题1分，21-26每小题2分，共计32分） 阅读A、B、C篇短文，从文后每小题A、B、C选项中选择最佳答案。请将答案编号涂卡。 A There lived a happy cobbler (修鞋匠) in a village. He passed his days working and singing from morning till night. A rich neighbor of his was a banker. One day, the banker said to him, “How much money a year do you make?” The cobbler said, “I make enough to make both ends meet.” “I am sorry for that. You must be living in a poor condition,” said the banker. “But I am used to this kind of life and I am happy,” said the cobbler. The next day, the rich banker came to visit the cobbler again. He came with ten thousand taka (塔卡，孟加拉国货币单位) in a bag. He said to him, “Look, my friend! I’ve brought ten thousand taka for you. Keep this money and remove your distress (贫穷).” The cobbler was greatly surprised. At first he refused to take the money. The banker told him that he could use the money in times of difficulties. The cobbler took the bag of money from the banker at last and thanked him. Now a new anxiety (焦虑) took hold of the cobbler. He said to himself, “Ten thousand taka is a lot of money.” He could not think where to keep the money. He did not find any safe place to keep the money. He dug a hole in his house and kept the money there. But he always thought that his money could be stolen at any time. This anxiety kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night. He could not even put himself into his work. As a result, his life became more miserable. Peace and happiness disappeared in his life. The cobbler slowly realized that he had money, but no peace of mind. 1. What did the banker think of the cobbler’s life according to the first paragraph? A. Hard. B. Happy. C. Relaxing. 2. What can we infer (推断) fr