精品解析：山东省淄博市淄川区（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 2024.01 本试卷共8页，满分90分，考试时间100分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项： 1. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将区县、学校、姓名、考试号、座号填写在答题卡和试卷规定位置，并核对条形码。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔涂黑答题卡对应题目的答案标号；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。 3. 非选择题部分必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，字体工整、笔迹清晰，写在答题卡各题目指定区域内；如需改动，先划掉原来答案，然后再写上新答案。严禁使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带修改。 4. 保证答题卡清洁、完整，严禁折叠，严禁在答题卡上做任何标记。 5. 评分以答题卡上的答案为依据。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 一、完形填空（共10小题，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。 The umbrella is a great invention. But do you know who invented the umbrella? There are many different opinions ____1____ this question among countries around the world. Some people say that the people of ancient Egypt invented the umbrella. Some people believe that the Romans invented it. In China, it is ____2____ that Lu Ban’s wife invented the umbrella. There is even an ancient story about that. Lu Ban was the most famous craftsman (工匠) in ancient China. One day, he and his wife were taking a walk and enjoying the ____3____ of the West Lake. Suddenly, it began to rain ____4____. Both of them got wet when they got back home. His wife said, “It will be wonderful if there is something to protect us from the rain ____5____ we walk by the West Lake in the future.” Then Lu Ban answered, “That is easy. I ____6____ many pavilions (亭子) there.” His wife said, “It is a good idea. However, it is inconvenient because the pavilion is not movable. Is it possible to make a movable pavilion that can always follow us?” They thought for ____7____ long time but had no great idea. Another day, his wife saw some kids ____8____ in the rain. And each kid was ____9____ a big leaf above the head to protect themselves from getting wet. She got ____10____ from that and the next day, she made the first umbrella in ancient China. It was just like the leaf. 1. A. too B. about C. in D. out 2. A. saying B. sayed C. said D. says 3. A. weather B. water C. food D. beauty 4. A. hardly B. strongly C. heavily D. powerfully 5 A. when B. which C. what D. that 6. A. will build B. built C. have built D. build