2023年九年级第二学期英语人教版期中试卷4.docVIP

第PAGE 页， 共 NUMPAGES 页 2021~2022学年广东广州荔湾区广州市西关外国语学校初三下学期期中英语试卷-学生用卷 一、完形填空 1、There are two kinds of opinions on “the life in the past and the life today”. Someone thinks that the life today is quite ???????????? from that in the past. On the one hand, the significant technological developments do help people solve a lot of problems. However, on the other hand, the life in the past ???????????? more happiness to people than that does today. The life was ???????????? in the past. As the ???????????? of the world is getting larger, competition is getting fiercer (更加激烈的) now. If you are not able to do your job well, someone will ???????????? you soon. While others think the life today is much better than that in the past. There are many new ???????????? that make our life easy and comfortable. The rice cookers, gas stoves and microwave ovens are of great ???????????? to many housewives. The rice cooker is a real time-saver. It is so simple to use that even a child can ???????????? rice with it. There are some other machines which ???????????? the long hours of doing housework for the house wives. There are many other inventions which help make our life better. For example, the ???????????? help people get in touch with each other more conveniently and the Internet makes people’s life more colorful. 【小题1】 【小题2】 【小题3】 【小题4】 【小题5】 【小题6】 【小题7】 【小题8】 【小题9】 【小题10】 二、阅读单选 2、The Mogo Wildlife Park, an Australian zoo, saved all of its animals facing danger from bush fires (林区大火), thanks to a zookeeper, who brought monkeys, pandas, and even a tiger to his home. The Mogo Wildlife Park is located in the South coast. It is just 10 kilometers from Bateman’s Bay, a popular tourist place that has been seriously influenced by the fires, The fires have made thousands of people leave their homes and at least eight people die. The zoo houses nearly 200 animals, including Sumatran tigers and southern white rhinos. Chad Staples, the director of the zoo, told the Broadcasting Company that zo