2020-2021学年浙江省宁波市慈溪市九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）

2020-2021学年浙江省宁波市慈溪市九年级（上）期中英语试卷

二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项．

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1. ????Things like hula hoops（呼啦圈）used to be very popular． Did you ever own any of these?? If you didn't,? don't feel too bad． They were all fads． A fad is something that becomes very （1）_______among a large number of people,? but only for a short time． （2）_______ can become a fad very quickly,? but can stop being popular just as quickly．（3）_______ it is no longer "cool",? a fad goes away． Anything can become a（n） （4）_______ ﹣﹣﹣fashion,? food,? music,? technology,? even language．

????In?the late 1970s,? Erno Rubik,? a professor was looking for a （5）_______ way to teach his students about 3D objects． He （6）_______ a six﹣color plastic object that would be called the Rubik's Cube（魔方）． The goal was to get each side of the cube a（7）_______ color． It was very challenging． It took a few years for the toy to become popular,? but then（8）_______ ,? in 1982,? it seemed everyone had one． People bought over a hundred million of the （9）_______． There were 50 books available that year offering solutions． Then,? just as suddenly as the craze（风尚）started,? it （10）_______． By 1983,? people were not interested in the Rubik's Cube anymore,? perhaps because so many people（11）_______ had one in their home．

????In?2012,? a South Korean musician named Psy released a song called "Gangnam Style"． The music video show Psy pretending（假装）to horse ride while he is dancing． In six months,? it became the first Youtube video ever to reach a billion views（观看）． Six months after that,? （12）_______ went on to reach two billion views． The song and video started a worldwide （13）_______ craze． " Gangnam Style" had a huge influence on world popular culture． U．S． President Barack Obama and U．K． Prime Minister David Cameron even （14）_______ the dance． " Gangnam Style" became less and less popular,?（15）_______the "Korean Wave" of culture remains popular all over the world．

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A.useful B.popular C.valuable D.relaxing

（2）

A.Anybody B.Someone C.Something D.Nothing

（3）

A.Although B.Whether C.Before D.When

（4）

A.invention B.fad C.goal D.dream

（5）

A.creative B.difficult C.traditional D.common

（6）

A.found B.bought C.invented D.borrowed

（7）

A.same B.dark C.bright D.different