山东省烟台市北部（五四制）2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读单选阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Howmuchfreetimedoyouhaveontheweekend?Whatdoyouusuallydoinyourfreetime?Wedidasurveyof200studentsinNo.10MiddleSchool.Let’sseetheresults.Howmuchfreetimedoyouhaveeachweekend?Howwouldyouliketospendyourfreetime?Sharingstories试卷，Iloveplayingsocceronweekendsbecauseitmakesmeexcited.ButIbrokemyleginasoccergamelastyearandwasawayfromschoolfortwoweeks.Nowmymomwon’tletmeplaysocceragain.Weoftenfightaboutit.Ifeelsoterrible.—Nick1．Howmuchfreetimedo66%ofthestudentshaveeachweekend?A．Lessthanforhours.B．Abouthalfaday.C．Awholeday.D．Morethanaday.2．Whatwouldmostboysliketodointheirsparetime?A．Todohousework.B．Todovolunteerwork.C．Toplaysports.D．Toplayvideogames.3．WhydoesNickoftenfightwithhismother?A．Becausehecan’tplaysocceragain.B．Becausehedoesbadlyinhisexams.C．Becauseheoftenhurtshislegs.D．Becausehedoesn’twanttogotoschool.Therearetoomanymysteriesintheworldthatwehaven’tdiscoveredyet.Someofthemarehiddenintheplaceswhichareimpossibletofind.Othersremainunsolvedevenuptothisday.InssmalltownofGryfinoinPolandliesoneoftheworld’smysteriesthathavebeenknown—asmallgroupofpinetrees(松树).Thesetreeslookstrangeinshape.Fromthelowestplace,thesetreesgrowwitha90°弯曲)bendtothe(north,butthengobacktogrowstraightupintothesky.Accordingtoscientists,thepinetreestherewereplantedmanyyearsago.Thoughtheyarestrangeinshape,thesetreesaregenerallyhealthy.Mostofthemareverytall.Someevengrowtonearly15.24meters.That’sabouttheheight-storyofbuilding.afiveTherearemanyguessesaboutthemysteryofthetreesintheforest.Someguessthatthe重力special)gravity(inthisareahascausedthetreestobendtothenorth.Butitseemsthatthisguessisn’tproper,becausegravityonlypullsthingsdownanddoesn’tmakethembend.Othersguessthattheheavysnowintheareaweighsdownthetreesastheyaresmall.However,ifthatisthecase,howwouldtheyexplainthefactthattheothertreesinthisare