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2020-2021学年广东省河源市东源县九年级（上）期末英语试卷

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1．It was a long way for Pineda to succeed.
   His story began in El Salvador，where he was born with something wrong with his mouth.He had great difficulty in speaking.At the age of 2，his family's house burned down.Pineda was hurt（1）

and his legs needed to be cut.His mother died（2）

he was 8，and he spent years on the streets before he（3）

in by an orphanage （孤儿院）.
   Finally，at the orphanage，Pineda began to receive support and encouragement.He taught（4）

to play the guitar.He began his performance with other musicians.Then the group went to Chicago，where Pineda，then 18，caught the attention of many people，who wondered what they could do to help him.
   A hospital offered him free medical care.A rich man agreed（5）

for Pineda's tickets to and from El Salvador.
   When he was in the hospital，Pineda began writing music，and wondered（6）

he might be able to record his own album （音乐专辑）.Soon with the help of a musician， "The Sound of Gratitude（感激）" was born.On October 15th，Pineda went to （7）

Chicago club to play his new songs to strangers，and to the friends（8）

had helped him come so far.
   （9）

good luck he had!It was amazing that Pineda had gone through so many years of hardship. "We（10）

a saying in El Salvador， 'Suffer first，then enjoy.' I guess that's what's happening."he said.

（1） A．serious B．seriously C．less serious D．less seriously

（2） A．if B．since C．when D．because

（3） A．has taken B．took C．was taking D．was taken

（4） A．him B．his C．himself D．he

（5） A．to pay B．pay C．paying D．paid

（6） A．that B．if C．where D．why

（7） A．a B．an C．the D． /

（8） A．which B．who C．whose D．whom

（9） A．What a B．How a C．What D．How

（10） A．have B．will have C．had D．are having

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2．We often think of Edison when we talk about inventions.He was （1）

in 1847.Known as a famous inventor，he had more than 2，000 （2）

during his life.Without doubt，he has made great contribution to the whole world.
Edison was not clever when he was young.But he was （3）

at observing and thinking.One day，his father found him squatting（蹲） on the grass. "What are you doing？" asked his father.Edison answered， "I am giving birth to a little chicken." He told his father that he saw a hen giving birth to a chicken by accident.He thought， "A hen can give birth to a chicken，what about me？" So he did the same as the （4）

.He seemed to have a point.Edison was curious about everything.For example，he wanted to know （5）

the train worked and then he tried to find out the answer by himself.Edison went to school at the （6）

of seven.But he thought the school was very boring.So he didn't listen to the teacher （7）

.As a result，he did badly （8）

his study.Three months later，he was forced to leave school.Edison's mother had to teach him at home and answered all kinds of his strange questions.One day，his mother bought him a book （9）

Natural Reader.He was very interested in the little experiments in the book.So he （10）

a small lab at home and began to do experiments by himself.Later，he became a great inventor.

（1） A．born B．made C．invented D．found

（2） A．movies B．works C．inventions D．novels

（3） A．active B．good C．interested D．successful

（4） A．father B．neighbor C．chicken D．hen

（5） A．how B．what C．when D．why

（6） A．year B．age C．time D．month

（7） A．carefully B．especially C．politely D．heavily

（8） A．without B．of C．to D．in

（9） A．written B．named C．marked D．given

（10） A．set up B．ended up C．showed up D．made up

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Ireland （爱尔兰） is rich in music.The Irish people love to sing，dance and make music of all kinds.The harp（竖琴） has always been a very important musical instrument in Ireland.
During the wars between Ireland and Britain，it was like a national flag for the Irish.In the seventeenth century it became more important than ever before.A very famous harper was O'Carloan.He was born in Westmeath in about 1670.When O'Carloan was about sixteen，he became blind.With the help of a kind，rich lady，he learned to play the harp.He also wrote poems and music for the harp.People have saved a lot of his music and harpers now still play O'Carloan's beautiful music.
When people hear the word "nocturne （夜曲）"，they usually think of Chopin.O'Carloan's nocturne are famous，but the first nocturne came from an Irishman called John Field.He was a pupil of the greatest pianist Clementi in London.We can't hear of him today because there were no records of music in his time.
Ireland also has its great pop and rock musicians.A very successful group is U2.It started in Dublin in 1979.U2 is a group that plays rock music.Its members speak for young Irish people，but they are even popular all over the world.Although Ireland is a country with only five million people，there are many Irish musicians.And a lot of them are world-class.

（1）What kind of musical instrument is important in Ireland？

（2）When did O'Carloan become blind？

（3）Who wrote the first nocturne？

（4）Where did the Irish group U2 start？

（5）What's the population of Ireland？

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