山东省日照市献唐学校2025-2026学年上学期九年级期中考试英语试卷（PDF版，无答案）

日照市献唐学校2025-2026学年第学期期中学业水平测试 九年级英语 一、阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Do you think stones can move by themselves There are some famous.moving stones in Death Valley,the US.Many of the stones are small but a few of them are very big.Some of the big stones are as big as a man.The biggest stone weighs about 350 kg. The stones only move at night Nobody has ever seen them moving,but now scientists know the answer to the question.The answer is the wind.When.the wind comes from the west the stones move to the east.When the wind is from the north,they always move to the south.But how ean the wind move a very heavy stone Death Valley is one of the hottest places in the world,but it can be very cold at night. Sometimes,there are even bad storms at night.Rain falls,and the wind is strong and cold.The water on the ground turns into ice easily.Then the strong wind can move the stones along the flat ( ground.In the morning,the sun comes up and dries the ground.So people can find them move from one place to another in the daytime. 1.When do the stones move in the Death Valley A.At night.B.During the day.C.All the day.D.Nobody knows. 2.If the wind comes from the northwest,the stones move to the A.west B.east C.southeast D.northwest 3.Which of the following is TRUE in the passage A.The stones in Death Valley are as big as a man. B.In Death Valley,it is hot during the day and at night. C.The wind in Death Valley blows from west and north D.At night,the strong wind moves stones on the icy flat ground. B Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county.Every.day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night.I was so tired and exhausted.My whole life was hopeless.Then one day I read the following article from a magazine. A woman went to live with her husband in camp in the Mojave Desert during the war.She simply hated the place.The heat was almost unbearable,125C even under a big tree.The wind blew all the time,and there was sand everywhere,Finally,in desperation she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another.minute and was coming home. Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father-just two lines: “Two men looked out from prison(监a狱)bars.One saw the mud,.while the other saw stars..” -1-