人教版2020届九年级上学期英语第一次月考试卷C卷

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The next afternoon, no one showed up at the rehearsal (排练) except Rey. An hour had passed, and he still hadn't heard from others.

Finally, Rey called Stephen. \to do something else.\

Rey spent the rest of the afternoon working on the play. Moving the set himself took too long, and running around to change costumes left him out of breath. Worst of all, half the airplane dragged on the ground as Rey pulled it across the stage. Rey felt upset and confused.

He knew now that he couldn't do the play alone. He needed his friends' help if it was going to work at all.

The next day at school, Rey had a talk with his friends, \listen to you. What do you want to do?

\easier to handle. Stephen thought everyone should get a chance to play a real part like Wilbur Wright. Fern wanted to be able to act her part the way she wanted.

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（1）What did Rey decide to do for the project? A . To change the classroom setting. B . To make an airplane for the children. C . To do a play about the Wright brothers. D . To make some hats for the classmates. （2）How did Rey feel when he did the play alone? A . Proud. B . Angry. C . Upset. D . Cheerful.

（3）Everyone smiled in the end because . A . they finished their project B . everyone could play a part C . Rey always had great ideas D . they won the first prize

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24. （8分） Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love. I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.

It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.

When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!

（1）I wasn't always happy because ____________ . A . Prana loved apples

B . Prana caught an apple and ate it

C . the apples fell on the ground and were dirty D . Prana brought the dirty apples into the house （2）On the snowy day, Prana ____________ A . ate up all the apples

B . dug holes to put the apples in them

C . brought the apples under the snow to the ground D . left the house and died

（3）The birds flew to the garden to ______________. A . look for Prana B . eat the apples C . make new homes

D . store food for the winter

（4）The topic of the story is about __________ . A . apples B . animals C . love D . life

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25. （8分） \some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.

To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds.

If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an \ear\for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over. Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous \think of a white bear\you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to \help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears' Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works!

（1）According to the passage, earworms are ______. A . songs that keep going round in our mind B . worms that live in a part of our brain C . tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga D . parasites clearly under our control （2）Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A . Singing songs may get earworms out of your head B . Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory C . Humans do not have complete control over their mind D . You won't suffer from earworms unless you hear the song. （3）What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to? A . The instruction to shut up your mind. B . Don't think of the white bear”problem. C . Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You out Of My Head

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D . Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task. （4）What is the passage mainly about?

A . The causes and influences of earworms. B . What earworms are and how to deal with them. C . How to clear earworms out of your head.

D . The relation between earworms and popular songs. 26. （10分）阅读理解

Many of the students in my class join the Art Club．We learn many things in the club．Jennifer likes playing the guitar very much，so she learns to play the guitar．Now she can play three pieces of music．Cindy likes dancing．She learns Chinese dance every afternoon after class．Now she can dance well．Victor likes playing chess．He often plays chess with Mike in the club．He often beats (打败)Mike at chess．Michelle likes painting．She paints one picture a week．Now she has 16 pictures．Some of the pictures are very good．We each can do what we like in the club，so we all like the club．

（1）Many of the students in the class join the ______ Club． A . Basketball B . Guitar C . Art D . Chess

（2）How many pieces of music can Jennifer play now? A . Two． B . Three． C . Four． D . Five．

（3）When does Cindy learn to dance? A . In the morning． B . At noon．

C . In the afternoon． D . In the evening．

（4）What does Mike do in the club? A . Dances．

B . Paints pictures．

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