最新人教版九年级英语全册Unit12单元检测卷及答案(精品试卷)

四、.阅读理解。（每题2分，共15分） A

Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.

Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.

56. Mexico is ____the USA.

A. on the south of B. on the north of C. a part of D. as

large as

57. Mexicans speak______.

A. English B. French C. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语) 58. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.

B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000. C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population. D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world. 59. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in ______. A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico 60. The best title (题目) of the passage is ___. A. Mexico City B. Mexico's plants C. Mexico D. Mexico's population B

James and his wife went to Beijing Restaurant for dinner at 7:00 pm. On April 1st, 2005, while they were eating, a waitress came to tell them that the two men at the next table were film-makers and that they would like to have a talk with James.

James agreed. One man came to sit down next to him and said that they were making a film named “The Magic Gloves.” The story was like “Harry Potter” and they were looking for an actor to play a magician. They would like to

invite James to have a try.

James was excited, “Many people think I look like Patrick Steward.” However, as he was going to leave China in 3 days, he wanted to try out after dinner. The man agreed.

At 9:00 pm, when James asked for the bill so that he could go with the film-makers, the manager of Beijing Restaurant said sorry to him with a smile, “It’s April Fool’s Day joke! Your meal is free. Thank you.”

James completely forgot about it but when he found that he was fooled, he didn’t leave at once. The waitress asked him if he needed some help. James said, “I was fooled once. I’m afraid the meal is not free. I am waiting for the bill to see if it is another joke.”

61. James came to the restaurant _________. A. to have dinner B. to meet the film-makers

C. to celebrate April Fool’s Day D. to play a magician

62. James agreed to act out because .

A. he was full B. he thought he looked like Patrick Steward

C. he wanted to make some money D. he liked Harry Potter

63. The phrase “was fooled” in the last paragraph probably

means .

A. was attacked B. was laughed at C. was disturbed D. was played a joke on 64. Which of the following is true?

A. James stayed at the restaurant for less than two hours. B. The two men sitting next to him were really film-makers. C. James didn’t know it was April Fool’s Day until he was

told so.

D. James left the restaurant right after dinner.

65. When the manager came to tell him the truth,

James .

A. was angry that he had been fooled

B. was pleased that he had been given a free meal C. was still not sure if they were playing another joke on

him

D. decided to wait for another free meal C

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor(主编) holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events(事件) of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events. As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important.