河南省商丘市夏邑县2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

河南省商丘市夏邑县2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷

阅读理解 阅读材料，然后按文后要求做题。

11．（10分）

Young Heroes for the Earth

Nowadays，people around the world are working to help our earth.Check out how the young children influence the world.

Saving Pandas When Jack was 11，he started a group to teach kids about pandas.He also sold toy pandas to raise money to protect pandas in danger. "I hope to encourage more people to care about pandas." Jack says.

Growing Right Kathy，10，set up an organization to educate people about growing right plants in right places.She also wrote a book to help people learn what plants are native（本土的）to their area.

Creating Energy At the age of 12，Linda invented a machine called Super E.It collects heat from fields to make electricity.Linda says her invention creates electricity in a way that is less pollution to the environment.

Cleaning Up Patrick，11，joined the Ocean Heroes Camp last year.He started a project and picked up plastic waste around nearby neighborhood with his friends.The goal of the project was to fight against plastic pollution.

（1）How many kids are mentioned in the text？ 　   　

A．3.

B．4.

C．5.

D．6.

（2）Who set up an organization to educate people about growing right plants？ 　   　

A．Jack.

B．Kathy.

C．Linda.

D．Patrick.

（3）What was the purpose（目的）of Linda's invention？ 　   　

A．To cut down pollution.

B．To protect pandas in danger.

C．To learn about native plants.

D．To fight against plastic pollution.

（4）Which of the following has something to do with Patrick's project？ 　   　

A．

B．

C．

D．

（5）The writer lists the kids in order to  　   　.

A．show a result

B．have a discussion

C．provide some examples

D．give some reasons

12．（10分）When Juliet was a child，she often went to the city park and played with her friends.On a sunny

morning，when Juliet came to the park with her mom，she looked around and felt very unhappy.

"What's the matter，dear？What's wrong with you？ " asked her mom.

Juliet said， "Mom，how beautiful and clean it used to be!But now there's so much rubbish on the ground."

Juliet's mom looked around.There were waste paper，boxes，glass bottles and a lot of other rubbish everywhere.

"What can We do？ " asked Juliet sadly.

"I'm sure you will think of something，" said her mom.

As soon as Juliet and her mom went home，Juliet painted a picture of the park and wrote a sign in large black letters at the top of the picture.The sign read "PLEASE KEEP OUR PARK CLEAN" .Later，she took plenty of bags and went back to the park with her mom.Juliet put up her picture on a big trash can （垃圾桶）.

"Will you help me pick up the rubbish，mom？ " Juliet said as she handed her mom a bag.

"I surely will， " said her mom smilingly.

The children at the park ran over to see what was going on.Juliet handed them each a bag." Let's clean this place up，" said Juliet.Then they began to pick up the rubbish，talking and laughing.Soon all the bags were full.

"We need to come back another day.There's still some rubbish on the ground，but the park looks much better， " said Juliet.

Her mom said，"So it does. I knew you would think of a way to help. "

 

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

（1）Why was Juliet sad？  　   　

A．Because the weather was bad.

B．Because she couldn't find her mom.

C．Because there was too much rubbish in the park.

D．Because her friends were not at the park.

（2）Juliet drew the picture to  　   　 .

A．show off her painting skills

B．give her mom a big surprise

C．show people how beautiful the park was

D．encourage people to keep the park clean

（3）What can we learn about Juliet's mom from the underlined sentence？