C

Everyone has traits ( 特性 ) that make us who we are. We have physical. traits, like red hair, long legs and funny-looking toes. We also have character traits including humor, warmth, creativity and so on.

Certain physical traits are fully inherited (遗传 ), such as blue eyes and knobby knees. About 25,000 t0 35,000 genes (基因 ) are in a single cell in the human body. These genes carry the traits that are passed down genetically from parents to their children. '

Many traits exist between inheritance and development - the interaction with environment.One example is body shape. It tends to be passed down from parents. But once diet becomes a factor, environment begins to play an important role in how the body develops. Body shape is a trait that is a mixture of inheritance from parents and influence of environment.

So lots of our most important traits have been learned, rather than inherited. For example, if you're really great at video games, it's not because your parents passed down the skills in genes. It's because you have practiced a lot of video games and developed those skills yourself. If you have kids who turn out to be great at video games, it is because they put in the hours, learned the skills, and memorized the moves that are necessary to play the video games well.

Of course, some of us have brains that are more advantageous to video game playing. Say you were born with a large and powerful part of the brain that controls your hand-eye coordination (协调能力 ).That's inherited. What you do with it, how you choose to develop that advantage, is up to you.

You can pierce your nose or get a tattoo - it doesn't matter how much you change your body during the lifetime. None of those things will turn into genetic material to be passed down to the next generation. However, if your children grow up in an enwronment with role models who are pierced and covered in tattoos, they are more likely to get piercings and tattoos!

27 is a physical trait that is fully inherited

A. The eye color B. The special diet

C. The body shape D. The pierced nose 28. According to the passage, the writer believes that

A. character traits can hardly change during the lifetime B. the skills of video game playing are passed down to kids C. a kid's hand-eye coordination isn't related to inheritance D. environment plays an important role in traits development 29. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Why are Traits Important? B.How does Inheritance Influence Traits? C. Where do Traits Come from? D. What are Physical and Character Traits?

D

Motivated (有内驱力的 ) or Overachieving?

Everyone has the occasional classmate who hands in his work ahead of time with really beautiful handwriting. Some teachers may cheerfully get the homework by saying \may feel annoyed because \deadline is not until next Friday.\Behind this student's back are tons of whispers from his classmates, \overachiever and it's so annoying ...\

If you ask the same student to explain his behavior, he probably says that he is simply \Such students refuse to call themselves overachievers but prefer \\

Why is the term %used as an insult (侮辱 )? Do we not all work hard to achieve our goals? Why does the \himself an \

In my personal experience, being called an overachiever in front of my classmates is not pleasant at all. The word is often connected with an unkind smile or sometimes a hint of jealousy (嫉妒 ).\carries the implied (暗指的 ) sense which \lends it - you have done too much and you have gone too far. Anyway, it is beyond the proper degree and just annoying to those students who refuse to put in the effort themselves and get unhappy with you for doing so.

A student would rather think of himself as an excellent student and it is motivation that drives him to do his best. What is the implied meaning of \Connected with positive words like willpower, spirit and determination, the \ Although there are differences in their implications, the student who calls himself \his work; while the \by the simple desire to do well and willing to put in time and effort. In fact, the choice lies within the student: to overachieve or not to overachieve; to find the motivation to do well and be driven by it, or to sit back and blame others for overachieving to hide his inability to achieve.

30. According to the passage, overachievers _______.

A. are popular with their classmates B.hand in homework ahead of time C. are much loved by their teachers D. look down on others for being slow 31. The word \A. understand B. explain C. doubt D. accept 32. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Teachers expect students to benefit from their extra work. B. Students compete with each other to become overachievers.

C. Classmates may laugh at overachievers to hide their inability to achieve. D. The writer has some pleasant experiences of being called an overachiever. 33. The writer probably agrees that_______.

A.students shouldn't be encouraged to be overachievers B.students without motivation will become overachievers

C.motivated students make better progress than overachievers

D.motivated students have something in common with overachievers

四.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。 (共 10分,每小题 2分) Cartoonist: Charles Schulz

Charles Schulz is a true hero. For nearly 50 years, Schulz's comic strip, the Peanuts collection, has been the most well-known cartoon in the world. It has 355 million daily readers in 75 countries. On February 13th, 2000, Schulz died of cancer. But he will always be remembered by people old and young worldwide.

In Schulz's works, he always stayed positive. He tried to give readers a happy feeling. Kids like Peanuts because the characters live a simple life and go through the same troubles as they do. He did not pick out stressful topics of the day. Instead, he always brought readers into a joyful world by writing about a happy place with simple worries.

Schulz was also a good father of four children. It's said that he never failed to stop his work to play a pick-up baseball game or have lunch with his family. He was always very involved in his children's lives and supported their decisions. He taught them the importance of a person's inner worth. His family describes Schulz as a man with the fewest needs.

His youngest daughter, Jill, said, \When Schulz learned his cancer was serious, he was forced to give up the job he loved - writing the Peanuts cartoons. Unluckily, Schulz died the night before the last strip of his comics came out in the Sunday papers. Some might say this was unlucky, but Jill said her father enjoyed spending his whole life writing to make people happy. Charles Schulz put a little comedy into our often-stressful world. He will be remembered as the world's favorite cartoonist. \34.How many daily readers does the Peanuts collection have?

35.How did Schulz bring readers into a joyful world?

36.What did Schulz teach his children?

37.When was Schulz forced to give up the job he loved?

38.Why is Charles Schulz a true hero?

书面表达（共10分） 五、文段表达（10分）

39.从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的

文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 题目1

假如你是李华，在你的帮助下，交换生Tom在中文演讲比赛中获得了一等奖。请你给他写一封祝贺信，表达你的真诚祝贺，回忆他比赛时的表现，以及你从他身上学到了什么。

提示词语：wm，priZP,，speech competition，pronounce，practlce 提示问题：

◆Why do you congratulate Tom?

◆What made him successfulin the competition? ◆What can you leam from him?

题目2

自信赋予人力量，带给人快乐。拥有自信，人生处处是舞台，生活越来越精彩。

假如你是李华，请你为校刊英语园地“自信助我成长”专栏写一篇短文，谈谈自信的重要性，分享一次使你更加自信的经历，并说说我们如何更加自信。 提示词语：powerful，happy，believe in，keep doing 提示问题：

◆Why is it important to be confident?

◆What experience made you more confident? ◆How can we become more confident?

It's very important to be confident

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海淀区九年级第二学期期中练习

英语参考答案

2018.5

一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. C 12. A 二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）

13.A 14. D 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. C 三、阅读选择（共26分，每小题2分）

21. A 22.B23.D 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. C30.B31.D32.C33.D