江苏省靖江市2018届九年级上学期期末调研考试英语试题

D. had to pick her clothes according to her mother’s rules

62. The first time the writer’s mother asked her for advice on clothes, she .

A. was unhappy to do something for her mother B. began to realize that her mother needed her care

C. was worried that her mother was too old to live alone D. had no idea what was suitable for her mother 63. What’s the meaning of the underlined word“paused”in the fourth paragraph?

A. ran B. cried C. stopped D. laughed 64. When the writer gives her opinion about clothes, her mother . A. always accepts her suggestions happily B. sometimes chooses to follow her own ideas C. is often surprised by what the writer says D. is still uncertain about what to wear 65. The writer wrote this article mainly to .

A. show what it is like to have a strict mother B. remind readers to visit their parents often C. show her mother’s great influence on her

D. show how the role of parents and their children can change

四、阅读表达 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题（. 10 分，每小题 2 分）

English people are well known for the amount of tea that they drink. Per person in the UK consumes (消费) around 1.9 kg of tea every year. Tea is drunk by all sections(阶层) of society.

But tea is not native to Britain. Most of the tea is grown in India and China. Tea first arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea was available to buy. However, this was only available to the rich.

At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased slowly. Black tea arrived at this time. At first people drank this tea exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British characteristic .

In the 1800s tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. This includes drinking tea with a snack around 4 p.m. to avoid feeling hungry. It is a tradition that is still going today but has become less popular in recent times.

In the late 1800s, the price of tea dropped a lot as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms-shops where you could buy and drink tea-started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and social activities in these places. At the start of the 20th century, Englishmen began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it. Kettles (烧水壶) became necessary in every kitchen. (No more than 6 words)

66. How much tea does per person in the UK consume every year? 67. When did black tea reach the UK?

68. Why did English people first have“afternoon tea”?

69. What kind of people could enjoy tea before the late 1800s?

70. What did people enjoy in the places like tearooms?

五、任务型阅读

阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，每个空 格只填 1 个单词（. 10 分，每小题 1 分）

It’s common to see food delivery (投递) workers riding electric bikes through big cities in China. Most of them seem to be in a hurry as they run red lights to deliver their meals in time. However, such reckless(轻率的)behavior often leads to serious problems.

In the first half of last year, food delivery drivers had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai alone. This means that on average ( 平均 ),

there is a food delivery worker that gets hurt or even dies on the road in Shanghai every 2.5 days. Other cities also share similar problems. In Nanjing, three people died and 2,473 were hurt in road accidents related to food delivery workers in the same period.

The rise of reckless behavior among food delivery workers is connected with （与…有关） the growing need for their service. About 150 million people in China use food

delivery services. Such a big market has brought a large need for food delivery workers, with some

companies offering high salaries(薪水) to attract new workers.

However, food delivery workers often have much stress from their bosses. They face company fines of 20 yuan for delivering food late and 200 yuan for receiving complaints from customers. Moreover, the more orders they take, the more money they can make. Some workers

even check their mobile phones for new orders while they’re riding their bikes.

Although most companies have required delivery workers to follow traffic rules,“there remains a problem of whether these requirements and rules for delivery workers are truly entering their ears, brains and hearts,”Wang Liang, head of the Traffic Police Corps with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, told news website The Paper.

To solve the problem, some cities have taken action. Shanghai has asked companies to train their workers on traffic rules and safety. Now in Shenzhen, if a delivery worker gets caught breaking traffic rules more than twice, he or she will be stopped from driving food delivery

vehicles (交通工具)for a whole year.

Title：Delivery drivers asked to take more care on the roads

Introduction to the problem It is common to see food delivery workers break 71 rules. For example, they 72 red lights. Such reckless behavior can 73 serious problems. Reasons for the problem The behavior among food delivery workers has 74 to do with the growing need for their service. Food delivery workers feel stressed because they will face company 75 if they deliver food late or customers 76 about them. To make more money, they check their mobile phones for new orders while 77 their bikes.