天津市河西区2014--2015学年第一学期期中考九年级英语试题及答案(3)
2014-12-02天津市河西区
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On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Thought the music was great,people were going home quickly for the weekend, few of them stopped to listen to his music.
The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground,. then he began to playing
Soon there were many people around him. They were attracted by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to get it soon."
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man run there in a hurry and said , “You did come here. ” I knew that you were an honest man and would certainly come here."
The young violinist asked, "Are you Mr George Sang?"
The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"
"Lottery It’s the lottery which I won a prize of ＄500,000.” said the man.
The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. "Is it?" he asked. George nodded and took the lottery ticket and kissed it,
Later his classmate asked the violinist, "In order to pay the tuition fee(学费)and you had to play the violin in the railway station every day to make money. Why didn't you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?"
The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily. But if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever."
( )61. Where was the young man?
A.At the gate of a cinema
B.B. At the gate of a theater
C.At the gate of a subway station
D.At the gate of the bus stop
( )62. What was the young man doing there?
A.He was singing songs
B.He was playing the violin
C.He was selling newspapers and magazine
D.He was waiting for one of his friends.
( )63. What’s the difference from the day before to the man?
A. He wore a beautiful shirt.
B. He made a lot of money.
C. There were fewer people there.
D. He laid a large piece of paper on the ground
( )64. What did Mr. George Sang lose?
A. His cat B. His gloves C. His cinema ticket D. His lottery
( )65. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Honesty is more important than money.
B. It’s a good place to make money at a subway station.
C. If we want to be a rich man, we should buy some lotteries.
D. We should do our best to improve our musical skill.
Keys: CBDDA
C
A little sheep was eating grass with a group of sheep one day. She soon found some sweet grass at the end of the field. Farther and farther she went away from the others.
The sheep was enjoying herself so much that she did not notice a wolf coming nearer to her. However, when it jumped on her, she was quick to start saying, "Please , please don't eat me yet. What in my stomach now is only grass. If you wait a while, I will taste much better."
The wolf thought that was a good idea, so he sat down and waited. After a while, the little sheep said, "If you allow me to dance, the grass in my stomach will be digested(消化) faster." Again the wolf agreed.
While the little sheep was dancing, she had a new idea. She said,"Please take the bell from around my neck. If you ring it as hard as you can, I will be able to dance even faster. Then you won't have to wait for so long" The wolf thought it was great and agreed.
The wolf took the bell and rang it as hard as he could. The shepherd(牧羊人) heard the bell ringing and quickly sent his dogs to find the missing little sheep. The dogs frightened the wolf away and saved the little sheep's life.
( ) 66. Why did the little sheep go away from the others?
A. Because she liked being alone.
B. Because she found some sweet grass.
C. Because she walked too quickly.
D. Because she was afraid of the wolf.
( ) 67. What did the sheep do when the wolf jumped on her?
A. She was too frightened to move.
B. She didn't notice her danger.
C. She started to talk to the wolf.
D. She didn't know what to do.
( ) 68. How many times did the little sheep say to the wolf?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
( ) 69. What made the shepherd know where the little sheep was?
A. The sound of the bell
B. The sheep's cry
C. The dance of the sheep
D. The way the wolf laughed
( ) 70. The best word to describe the little sheep is ________?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
Keys: BCBAD