山东省济宁市微山县2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷（解析版） 四、阅读理解，阅读下面短文，从每小题ABCD四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或句子的最佳答案。 12．（6分）There are many different kinds of festivals around the world.Here are four of them. Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland Ireland is an island country.It's in the west of Europe.There are wide green fields.Saint Patrick's Day is on 17th March.It's an important holiday in Ireland.This holiday is to remember Saint Patrick.He did good things for the people of Ireland.During the holiday，there are parades and lots of green.You can see people in green clothes，and you can even see green buildings. Red Wednesday in Iran Red Wednesday is a fire jumping festival in Iran.It is on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year.People jump over the fire.They hope that it will take all the bad things away. Quebec Winter Carnival in Canada When winter comes，it's party time in Quebec City，Canada.The Quebec Winter Carnival is all about outdoor fun.It starts from the end of January and ends in mid﹣February.One of the most popular activities is the dog sledding race（狗拉雪橇比赛） The Desert（沙漠）Festival in Tunisia Tunisia is a very important country in North Africa.Every year on the last Sunday of December，the Desert Festival is held in Tunisia.As"Ships of the Desert"，camels are very important in the festival.There is camel racing and camel wrestling（摔跤）. （1）On Saint Patrick's Day，you can see the following EXCEPT . A.camels B.parades C.people in green D.green buildings （2）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ A.Ireland is a very important country in North Africa. B.People in Iran jump over the fire on Red Wednesday. C.The dog sled race has a history of about 10 years. D.The Desert Festival is held on the first Sunday in February. （3）Where can we probably find the passage？ A.In a storybook. B.In a cookbook. C.In a travel magazine. D.In a sport magazine. 13．（8分）You're complaining（抱怨）to your parents about something.Maybe your computer isn't good enough to play the new games.Or your friends' bikes are better than yours.Then you hear... "When I was at your age，there weren't any computer games or video games.And I didn't get a bike until I was 16.And it was a second﹣hand bike.Also it was too big for me!" So，is it really true that life is better for kids now？The answer is yes.Many kids can get more things than their parents.There are fewer children in a family now，so parents have more money to spend on each children. Technology（科技）started bringing many changes to our world after 1990.Thirty years ago，there were no small computers or different kinds of smart phones.But now some people even can't live without them! However，in this technology，we often spend more time at home.Kids aren't as healthy as they were in the past because they don't spend their time on exercise.They surf the Internet and watch TV in their free time.And，some people thin ... ...
