九年级期中考试之阅读理解-2023~2024学年初中英语第一学期期中考试提前摸底（含答案）

九年级期中考试之阅读理解-2023~2024学年初中英语第一学期期中考试提前摸底 九年级期中考试之阅读理解 【无锡市江阴市2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题】 四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分） A Maps give information about many things. They can show countries, states, towns, rivers, lakes and mountains. Some maps show roads and highways. People use road maps to help them get from one place to another. Some special maps provide helpful information about the weather. Most maps have titles. The title tells what the map is about. The map below is a street map. It shows streets and important places in a neighborhood called Bee Hill. It uses symbols to show where things are. For example, a small airplane shows where the airport is. The letter H shows where the hospital is. There is also a key on the map. This is a list that explains what all the symbols on the map stand for. At the bottom of the map is a compass rose. The compass rose shows the directions north, east, south and west. 45. From the first paragraph, we can learn _____. A. what maps are B. where we get maps C. how we make maps D. when we use maps 46. Which of the following symbols on the map shows where the library is A. B. C. D. 47. The park is _____. A. between Robin Street and Arroyo Street B. opposite the airport C. between Hill Street and Robin Street D. in the south of Bee Hill B Meet Caitlin. A student at the Blake School in Hopkins, 13-year-old Caitlin, is one of MATTER’s young volunteers with an exciting volunteer story. Back in 2020, Caitlin began to take part in a service program through her school that encourages students to volunteer during their free time. This encouraged her whole family to volunteer. They bought a couple of Volunteer Kits (装备箱) and packed healthy snack packs in their home for people suffering during the pandemic (疫情). Over the course of a year, Caitlin took the challenge to raise enough money to buy snack packs for the community! But Caitlin didn’t stop there. Now her mom, Leigh, joined her at MATTER. Caitlin explained why she was so devoted to helping people. “I think it’s really important to volunteer and give back to your community, especially when you’re offering people food, which is such an important need.” And what do Caitlin’s friends think of her passion for helping others “My friends think it’s really cool that I have such a big commitment (奉献) to this. A couple of them are interested in volunteering next year because they’re encouraged by what I’m doing at MATTER. It makes me feel good to know that others want to volunteer because I’m doing it.” During this National Volunteer Month, we want to thank Caitlin and all of our devoted volunteers who selflessly give their time and energy to support MATTER’s work. We know each of you has an exciting volunteer story to tell and because of your efforts, we are able to help peopl ... ...