河南周口市2020-2021学年九年级上学期英语期末试卷

2020-2021学年河南周口九年级上英语期末试卷一、阅读理解1.TheAI（人工智能）haschangedourlives.TherearefourusefulAIinventionshere.JiugeTheAIcanremember300,000Chinesepoemsclearly.What'smore,itcanwriteapoeminaveryshorttime.InaCCTVshow,Jiugebeatthreegreatpoemfansfromafamouscollege.ForpheusTheping-pongrobotcanplayinaneasywaywithabeginnerandadifficultwaywithabetterplayer.What'smore,itnotonlyencouragesplayerswithwordslikeGoodjob!butalsogivessomegoodadvicetoimprovetheirskills.Self-drivingAIItcandrivethecarmoresafelythanhumans.Itdoesn'tdrinkwineandneverfeelstired.Itcandowhatwehumansdo.Forexample,ifacarwiththisAIhaspassedabus,itwillflash（闪）twowhitelightssidetosidetoshowthankstothebus.FacialRecognition（人脸识别）ItisusedalotintheworldsuchasACS.ACSwon'tletastrangerinwithoutthehouseowner'spermission（允许）.Payingbyfacialrecognitioniscommonnow.ThepoliceinHangzhouevencaughtacriminal（罪犯）ataconcertwithitshelp.（1）WhyisJiugespecial?A.Becauseitcandrivecarssafely.B.Becauseitcanplaytheviolin.C.BecauseitwasonCCTV.D.Becauseit'sgoodatpoems.（2）WhatwillForpheusdowhileplaying?A.ItwillsayWhatashame!totheplayer.B.Itwillguesswhatjobtheplayeris.C.Itwillchangeitswayofplayingaccordingtodifferentplayers.D.Itwillbeangryiftheplayerisabeginner.（3）WhendoestheSelf-drivingAIcarflashtwowhitelightssidetoside?A.Whenthecarisreadytospeedup.B.Whenthecarhastostop.C.Whenithaspassedothervehicles.D.Whenthecarwantstoslowdown.（4）WhatdoestheunderlinedwordACSmeaninChinese?A.社会福利B.电子商务C.公共卫生D.门禁控制（5）WhichisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A.FacialRecognitionhelpedthepolicecatchacriminal.B.NoonecanbeatForpheus.C.Self-drivingAIcanmakesubwaytrainssafer.D.Jiugehaswritten300,000poems.2.EliasHoweisalwaysusedtogoingtobedat4o'clockinthemorning.Workingallnightbecamehislivinghabit.Who'sEliasHowe?Youmayneverhearofhim.HewasborninAmerica.Thesewing（缝纫）machinewasinventedbyhim.Over100yearsago,withoutmodernmachines,peoplehadtodothesewingbyhand.Eliasdecidedtodesignamachinetodothesewinginsteadofourhands.However,hehadatrouble.Hecouldn'tgetthethread（线）torunaroundtheneedle（针）.Inventingsewingmachinewashisdream.Sohedidnotgiveup.Hekeptthinkingabouthowtosolvethisproblem.Oncehewastired,hesleptinbed.Hehadadream.Inthedreamhewascaughtbyaking.Thekingorderedhimtobuildaperfectsewingmachine,orthekingwouldkillhim.Eliasmetthesameproblemasbefore.Thekingwassoangrythatheorderedhissoldierstokillhim.Thesoldiersraisedspears（长矛）andcameuptohim.SuddenlyEliasnoticedsomething.Therewasaholeinthetip（尖端）ofeachspear.Beforethespearsstucktohisbody,Eliaswokeupfromthedream.Andherealizedthathehadfoundtheanswertotheproblem.Insteadofgettingthethreadtorunaroundtheneedle,hemadeitrunthroughasmallholeinthetipoftheneedle.AsimplethoughtfinallymadeEliasinventthefirstsewingmachine.（1）WhydidEliasgotobedatabout4o'clocka.m.?A.Becausehehadsleepingproblems.B.Becausehegotusedtoworkingatnight.C.Becauseofthenoiseofthemachine.D.Becausehelikedtoplayatnight.（2）Whatcanweknowfromthesecondparagraph?A.Eliaswantedtoinventthesewingmachinetomakemoney.新课标第一网不用注册，免费下载！新课标第一网系列资料（3）Whatdoestheunderlinedwordsomethingmean?A.Dream.B.Spear.C.Problem.D.Hole.（4）WhathappenedinHowe'sdreamatlast?A.Eliashadagoodthought.B.Eliaswaskilled.C.Eliascaughtthesoldiers.D.Thekingwaskilled.（5）Whatcanweknowfromthepassage?A.Workingatnightishelpfulinnewinventions.B.Ifyouwanttoinventsomething,youshouldhaveagooddream.C.Sleepingcanalsosolvetheproblem.D.EliasHowe'sdreamcametrue.3.Inmanysciencefiction（科幻）movies,mentraveltofarawaystarsandevenfightwithaliens.Butarethererealaliensintheuniverse（宇宙）?Theanswerofsomescientistsisyes.Sotheyhavebeensearchingforaliensinouterspaceformanyyears.Theyhopetofindlifesignsofaliens.Somescientistsareusedtousingradiotelescopestosearchforaliensinspace.Inordertofindaliens,theyhaveworkedhardforoverhalfacentury,butsofartheyhavefoundnothing.Thensomescientistsguessedaliensmightnotwanttoconnectus,butalienscouldanswerourmessages.Sosomescientistssentradiosignalsintotheuniverse.Theyhopeonedaytheywouldbepickedupbyalientechnology.Thesescientistswanttoprovethatwearenotaloneintheuniverse.Butwhatshouldwedoifthealienphoneringsoneday?Shouldweanswerit?StephenHawking,thefamousphysicist,thoughtitcouldbedangeroustoconnectaliens.Hesaidthatthemainpurposeofaliens'visitingtooursolarsystemcouldbesearchingforourresources.Butotherscientiststhinkwehavenoneedtoworry.DavidMorrison,aNASAscientist,said,Ifanalienradiosignalreachestheearthfromaplanetthousandsoflight-yearsaway,thentheyalmostsurelyhavesolvedalltheproblemswestillhaveincludingtheshortofresources.Maybetheyaremuchsmarterthanus,butwhydon'ttheyhurtus?Ithinkwecantrytoconnectthem.（1）________scientistsbelievetherearealiens.A.MostB.FewC.AllD.Some（2）Scientistshaveworkedhardtofindaliensfor________.A.40yearsB.morethan50yearsC.30yearsD.50years（3）WhatisStephenHawking'sopinion?A.Alienscan'tbefound.B.Aliensaredangerous.C.Alienshavebeenontheearth.D.Aliensarefriendly.（4）WhydoesDavidMorrisonthinkwewanttoconnectaliens?A.Becausewewantt