2021-2022学年浙江省绍兴市柯桥区联盟学校九年级（上）期中英语试卷
（二）笔试部分（共95 分）二、 完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题15分，共计15分）
Arun Kumar Bajaj has a very unusual skill﹣﹣he can paint with a sewing （缝纫） machine.Technically，it's embroidery （刺绣），but his art works are so（1） that they can be thought as paintings to the untrained eyes.And the（2） that he does it all just with a sewing machine makes it much more fascinating.
Arun was really good（3） drawing and painting while growing up and dreamed of becoming a famous（4） ，but his father died suddenly several years ago，which （5） his plans and forced him to drop out of school in order to（6） the family business.His father was a tailor （裁缝） and he became one too，but he didn't let his dream of the artist（7） .He started "painting" with a needle and thread （针线），but （8） using his hands，he decided to use a rather unusual（9） ﹣﹣a sewing mac
hine.It too him some time to（10） this special art form，but today he is regarded as the world's only sewing machine artist.His（11） become very popular both in India and abroad.It's because the special tool he uses. "You need to do it very（12） because once you've started sewing the cloth，there's no way you can repair it，" Arun said. "It's all done in a single layer （层）（13） look."
Some of Arun's most fascinating works （14） a 4 x2 feet painting of Maharaja Ranjit Singh which took the artist over a year to finish.Arun runs a tailoring business，but he（15） a lot of his time to his artistic dream as well.
（1）A.simple | B.real | C.popular | D.traditional |
（2）A.fact | B.project | C.note | D.request |
（3）A.for | B.with | C.at | D.in |
（4）A.trader | B.artist | C.inventor | D.musician |
（5）A.developed | Bpleted | C.shared | D.stopped |
（6）A.deal with | B.give up | C.put off | D.depend on |
（7）A.achieve | B.stay | C.end | D.remain |
（8）A.thanks to | B.instead of | C.such as | D.because of |
（9）A.material | B.product | C.tool | D.skill |
（10）A.learn | B.spread | C.refuse | D.steal |
（11）A.works | B.machines | C.dreams | D.tricks |
（12）A.quickly | B.proudly | C.carefully | D.directly |
（13）A.strange | B.nice | C.funny | D.serious |
（14）A.create | B.connect | C.require | D.include |
（15）A.wastes | B.offers | C.loses | D.cuts |
三、阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题6分，共计30分）
2．（6分）阅读下面四篇材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
●Coffee is a part of people's life in the West，so is tea in China.One can see teahouses along the streets of China.The Chinese have such a close relationship with tea that they have developed a complete "Tea Culture".Tea Culture includes articles，poems and paintings about tea，as well as the art of making and drinking tea and different customs. ●Tea plays an important role in Chinese social life.Always，a guest is offered a tea at once while entering a Chinese home.Serving a cup of tea is more than a matter of politeness.It's a symbol of togetherness，a sharing of something enjoyable（尊重） to visitors.In some areas of China，it might be considered bad manners not to take at least a sip （一小口）. ●The Chinese pay great attention to their tea and the way they drink it.People have high requirements for the quality of the prepared tea leaf，the water they use to make tea and the tool they use to prepare and serve tea.Normally，the finest tea is grown at the height of 3，000 feet.People choose their water carefully.And fine water must be sweet，cool and clean.Water from good springs （泉水），as is rainwater from autumn and the rainy seasons. |
（1）Those who are interested in Tea Culture may want to .
A.write more poems about China
B.sell the tea products
C.have some teahouses
D.read articles about tea
（2）To make a cup of good tea， is/are the most important.
A.the quality of tea leaf，the water and the tool
B.tea leaves grown near the sea
C.sweet water from good springs
D.rainwater from summer
（3）We can learn from the passage that .
A.tea is popular with the people in foreign countries
B.Chinese people are really serious about drinking tea
C.it's convenient to serve tea when guests come
D.we don't need to drink the tea offered by the host
九校联盟
3．（8分）During the war，my husband was sent to an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be near him.I hated the place.I had never been so unhappy.My husband was ordered out on a long﹣term duty，and I was left in a tiny house alone.The heat was really hot and not a person to talk to.The wind blew non﹣stop，and the every air I breathed，were filled with sand，sand!
I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents.I told them I was giving up and coming back home.I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.I would rather be in prison （监狱）!My father answered my letter with just two lines﹣two lines that will always sing in my memory﹣ two lines that completely changed my life：
Two men looked out from prison bars One saw the mud （淤泥）the other saw the stars |
Tread those two lines over and over.I felt sorry for myself.I made up my mind I would find out what was goo in my present station.I would lo for the stars.
I made friends and they gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had refused to sell to tourists I watched for the desert sunsets，and bunted for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago.
What brought about this great change in me？The desert hadn't changed，but I had.I had changed my attitude一I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing advent
ure （冒险） of my life.I was excited by this new world that I had discovered.I had looked out of my self﹣created prison and found the stars.
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