【正文】 here the twins were, have gone D. where the twins are, have been Ⅲ .完形填空（共 15 小題；每小題 1分，滿分 15分） 閱讀下面的短文，從 A、 B、 C、 D中選出能填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。 In the United States, Monday is the beginning of the working week. It is the day most Americans like 32 . It’s not surprising that the day they like most is 33 . Saturday is the end of the weekday and the beginning of the weekend . Life is different in the weekend. Most Americans take care of their houses, cars ,or sleep late in the morning. They enjoy the feeling that time seems to be moving 九年級 英語 試題 第 6 頁（共 18 頁） more 34 .The working week is for things you 35 to do, while the weekend is for things that you want to do. Some people may get in a car and go for a drive in the 36 . They like to do outdoor sports. And on Saturday nights they might go to a public eating place or a cinema. Henry Ford was the 37 in the United States to set up a working week of five days. He thought that if the working people had more 38 time, they would spend more money, which is good for the country. Today the lives of most Americans are in this way : 39 days of work or school followed by two days of rest. Anything and everything can 40 on Saturday nights. People go dancing, visit friends, or have drink too much alcohol(酒 ). They sleep and watch TV. People do the same things 41 other things of the week, too. On Saturday nights, movie theatres sell more tickets. It also is the biggest night for places that selll alcoholic drinks. This is one reason 42 on Saturday nights more muders(謀殺 ), fights, and deadly car accidents happen. Many people 43 Saturday nights at home with have dinner together. Perhaps they watch a movie on a video cassette recorder. 44 people go on a date. People on a date or a public concert, yet they only talk to each other. Is there 45 that people don’t like about the weekend? A study of 1,000 Americans found that half would gladly have a paid workday for an extra(額外的 )day of free time. The only thing wrong with the weekend , they think, is that it does not 46 long enough. ( )32. A. most B. least C. best D. worst ( )33. A. Saturday B. Monday C. Sunday D. Friday ( ) B. heavily C. quickly D. lightly ( ) B. want C. happen D. have ( ) B. town C. country D. city ( ) B. best C. first D. quickest ( ) B. free C. happy D. worried ( ) B. four C. five D. six ( ) B. go C. take D. see ( ) B. at C. on D. for ( ) B. why C. when D. where ( ) B. cost C. pay D. spend ( ) other B. Other C. Others D. Another 九年級 英語 試題 第 7 頁（共 18 頁） ( ) B. somehow C. nothing D. anything ( ) B. stop C. make D. drink Ⅳ .閱讀理解 (共 23小題，每小題 1分，滿分 23分 ) 閱讀下列短文， 從 A、 B、 C、 D 中選出能回答問題或完成句子的最佳答案。 A Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountainclimbing that we both enjoyed . We couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountainclimbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力 ). Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing . I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.” At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶 ). ( ) passage tells us that mountainclimbing was _____for Father and Son. A. enjoyable B. municated C. painful D. fortable ( )48. The word “quit” in the passage means “______”. A. carry on B. put off C. give up D. pick up ( ) of the following is the closest in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph? A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain. B. The sky is always as clear as crystal. C. You can find life is full of nice things. D. Never give up halfway. ( )50. We can infer (推斷 ) from the last paragraph that ______. A. the writer was very successful in his life B. the writer reached the top of the mountain C. though the writer was young, he could understand his father 九年級 英語 試題 第 8 頁（共 18 頁） D. the writer used to stop halfway when he climbed the mountain ( )51. The best title for the passage is “______”. A. Standing at the Top of the Mountain B. Reaching the Top of the Mountain C. Conversations between Father and Son D. How to Get to the Top of the Mountain B ( )52. The Long