2020湖北黄冈市黄州西湖中学九年级Unit 13 单元测试试题(附答案)

A . There were five winners. B. It was held in the spring. C. It failed to reach its goal. D. 500 volunteers took part in it. ( )55. Where might you see this material?

A. In a storybook. B. In a health report. C. In a travel magazine. D. In a local newspaper.

C

All animals produce waste. We call it “waste”, but we all know it can be very useful. Farmers have long used animal and human waste as a fertilizer (肥料). In some parts of the world, animal waste or poop, is collected, dried and burned for cooking and heating. (56)__________

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has an unusual way of using animal waste. The pandas in it produce a lot of poop a day. (57)__________ It’s not strange. After all, paper is made from plant fiber (植物纤维), which cannot be digested (消化) and simply goes through the body as waste.

Since pandas eat nothing but bamboo, their waste is perfect paper material. (58)__________ Their stomachs haven’t fully developed for their vegetarian diet, so their bodies make use of just 20% of what they eat. The other 80% comes out as poop: very high in fiber and perfect for paper.

After the poop is collected, it is cleaned, crushed and poured into frames to dry. (59)__________ No one can guess where the paper comes from. And because of its

good quality (质量) as well as the worldwide popularity of the panda, gift products made from the paper sell well.

(60)__________ They got the idea from the elephant dung paper (由大象粪便做的纸) made at the Elephant Conservation Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. And Creative Paper Wales in the UK sells paper gifts made from sheep waste.

根据材料内容，将A—E五个句子填入文中空白处，使材料完整、通顺，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. What’s more, pandas have a special advantage. B. After this process, it becomes really good, strong paper. C. But have you ever heard of paper that’s made from poop? D. However, the Chinese aren’t the first to make paper from animal waste. E. This material is being turned into a new product called Panda Poop Paper. 56. _____ 57. _____ 58. _____ 59. _____ 60. _____

Ⅷ. 词汇运用（每小题1分，共5分）

根据句意及所给汉语提示，写出句中所缺单词。

61. Look! There are some empty _________(瓶子) beside the bin.

62. We got a(n) _________(科学的) result through lots of experiments (实验). 63. Those _________(渔民) lost their boats in the storm.

64. The novel is regarded as one of the greatest _________(作品) of the twentieth century.

65. If no one _________(乱扔) in public places, our environment will become more beautiful.

Ⅸ. 完成句子（每小题1分，共5分） 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。 66. 请别将杯子倒置。(turn)

Please don’t_______ the cup _________ _________. 67. 这部电影会使我想起伤心的往事。(bring)

This movie will _________ _________ sad memories to me. 68. Jason已经为他的愚蠢行为付出了代价。(pay) Jason has _________ _________ his foolish behavior. 69. 山顶上有数以百计的人。(top)

There are hundreds of people _________ _________ _________ _________ the mountain.

70. 请把门从旧楼房上拆下来，它们危险。(pull)

Please _________ _________ _________ _________ from the old building. They are dangerous.

X. 综合填空（每小题1分，共10分）

阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次，其中有两个是多余的。

way, instead, person, receive, idea, create, crazy, find, happy, community, mean, with A man gives a stranger his umbrella during a rainstorm. A woman picks up litter on her way to work. A teenager writes encouraging notes for strangers (71)________.

What do these acts have in common? They are all random (随意的) acts of kindness, selfless acts that a person does to make people (72)________, with nothing expected in return. The person who (73)________ a random act of kindness

may know the person who performs the act, but often the acts are done anonymously (匿名地). Random acts of kindness are often encouraged by schools and

(74)________. In fact, in some countries, February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day. For many people, it’s important on this day to “pay it forward”. This (75)________ if someone does something kind for you, you don’t pay “back” that person by returning a kind act to him or her. (76)________, you pay it “forward” to someone new. This can be a wonderful (77)________ to make both you and someone else very happy.

Random Acts of Kindness Day (78)________ in Denver, Colorado, USA in 1995, and nine years later it spread to New Zealand in 2004. The (79)________ behind this holiday is to make the world a better place by spreading a little light around. Cheer someone up (80)________ your words, give someone a gift for no reason ... all these things can help to make a difference to someone who’s having a bad day.

XI. 书面表达（15分）

学校是我家，保护学校环境靠大家。下周你班要举办一次关于“保护学校环境”的英语演讲比赛。请你就此写一篇英语演讲稿，要求从两个方面进行阐述：1. 美化学校；2. 节约能源。

要求：1. 内容必须包括提到的两个方面，可适当发挥；2. 语句通顺、意思连贯；3. 词数90左右；演讲稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Hello, everyone. It’s our duty to protect and improve our school environment. I think each of us can do something. _________________________________