九年级下学期第一次英语模拟测试试题(有答案)

九年级下学期第一次英语模拟测试试题

本试卷共四大题，

10

页，满分

110

分。考试时间

120

分钟。

一、语法选择（共

15

题，每小题

1

分，满分

15

分）

Michelle

and

I

are

saddened

to

learn

of

the

passing

of

Steve

Jobs.

Steve

was

____1____

the

greatest

of

American

innovators

（创新者）

---

brave

enough

to

think

differently,

bold

enough

____2____ he could change the world, and ____3____ enough to do it.

By building one of the planet

’

s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the

spirit of American ingenuity

（

独创性）

. By making computers personal and ____4____ the internet

in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, ____5____ intuitive

（直观

的）

and fun. And ____6____ turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to ____7____

children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying ____8____ he lived every day like it was

____9____ last. Because he ____10____, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and

achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.

The world ____11____ a visionary

（有智慧的人）

. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve

’

s

____12____

than

the

fact

that

much

of

the

world

learned

of

his

passing

on

a

device

____13____ he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers ____14____ Stev

e’s wife

Laurene, his family, and all those ____15____ loved him.

1. A. on

B. in

C. among

D. between

2. A. believe

B. to believe

C. believing

D. believed

3. A. talent

B. talents

C. talented

D. talentless

4. A. put

B. to put

C. putting

D. puts

5. A. and

B. but

C. or

D. so

6. A. by

B. with

C. from

D. in

7. A. million

B. millions

C. million of

D. millions of

8. A. that

B. which

C. what

D. why

9. A. he

B. him

C. his

D. himself

10. A. does

B. is doing

C. did

D. has done

11. A. loses

B. is losing

C. lost

D. has lost

12. A. success

B. succeed

C. successful

D. successfully

13. A. which

B. when

C. why

D. where

14. A. for

B. which

C. to

D. of

15. A. which

B. who

C. whom

D. whose

二、完形填空（共

10

题，每小题

1.5

分，满分

15

分）

Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people ____16____ them to prevent

the rain. But it’s not easy to hold an umbrella____17____ there is heavy

rain and strong wind.

And

it’s

harder

to

make

a

phone

call

or

ride

a

bike

with

an

umbrella

in

the

hand.

An

American____18____

name

is

Alan

Kaufman

and

his

company

spent

6

years

inventing

a

hand- free umbrella. At last, they____19____ it.

They____20____

it

Nubrella.

Just____21____

a

button,

and

the

Nubrella

will

open

easily.

第

1

页

共

8

页

____22____ the help of its “shoulder support”, the umbrella can rest on the user’s sh

oulders. So

the user needn't hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands free even in the strong wind.

The

hand-free

umbrella

is

$$59.94

each. People

all

around

the

world

____23____

it

very

much.

Having one such smart____24____, they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in

rain now. ____25____ in the rain under a Nubrella is really cool, isn’t it?

16. A. held

B. hold

C. to hold

D. have held

17. A. though

B. since

C. if

D. because

18. A. who

B. who’s

C. whose

D. which

19. A. made

B. make

C. had make

D. are to make

20. A. will call

B. called

C. had called

D. has called

21. A. touch

B. touches

C. touching

D. touched

22. A. On

B. At

C. With

D. In

23. A. was liking

B. to like

C. has liked

D. like

24. A. invention

B. inventor

C. inventing

D. invented

25. A. Walked

B. Walk

C. Walks

D. Walking

三、阅读

(

共

25

小题，满分

45

分

)

第一节

阅读理解（共

20

< br>小题，每小题

2

分，共

40

分）

A

◆

GONE WITH THE WIND

Author: Margaret Mitchell

￥

25 (in bookstores)

￥

18 (online)

Gone

With

the Wind

is

a

best-seller,

which

tells

a

story

that

happened

in

the

American

Civil War (

美国内战

). Scarlett O'Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong

and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.

◆

A LITTLE PRINCESS

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

￥

18.3 (online)

Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father

was

very

rich

and

she

lived

a

rich

and

comfortable

life.

Then

her

father

died

and

Sara

lost

everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to

fight successfully against her poverty (

贫穷

) and the scorn (

嘲笑

) of her fellows (

伙伴

). It's an

excellent book with 4 tapes for children.

◆

PETER PAN

Author: J.M Barrie

￥

15 (in bookstores)

￥

12 (online)

It is a children's story full of imagination and adventures (

冒险

), which is about Wendy, John,

and Michael Darling's adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not

grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes)

第

2

页

共

8

页

◆

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

￥

20 (in bookstores)

The most famous novel in American history, Uncle

Tom's Cabin talked about the struggle

between free states and slave states during the

American Civil War and is as powerful today as

when it first came out 150 years ago.

◆

THE SECRET GARDEN

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

￥

35 (in bookstores)

￥

30 (online)

Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan (

孤儿

), finds herself in her uncle's dark house. Why are so

many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night?

Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house

and a long-lost garden back to life.

26. All of the following books have children as their main characters except ______.

A. PETER PAN

B. GONE WITH THE WIND

C. A LITTLE PRINCESS

D. THE SECRET GARDEN

27. We can know from the passage that ______.

A. there are only three books with tapes

B. we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores

C. two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

D. THE SECRET GARDEN is

￥

5 cheaper in bookstores than online

28. If you buy THE SECRET GARDEN and PETER PAN online, you have to pay ______.

A.

￥

30

B.

￥

12

C.

￥

50

D.

￥

42

29. Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ______

a. the power of hope

b. friendship

c. her uncle

d. Nature’s magic

A. a, b, c

B. a, c, d

C. b, c, d

D. a, b, d

30. Which of the following books is set in the American Civil War?

A. A LITTLE PRINCESS

B. UNCLE TOM'S CABTN

C. THE SECRET GARDEN

D. PETER PAN

B

Monday was China

’

s traditional

“

Tomb-Sweeping Day

”

, when people mourn(

哀掉

) their dead.

But

it

also

became

a

day

for

national

celebration,

when

rescuers

saved

115

workers

who

were

trapped for more than a week in the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine in Shanxi province.

“

It

’

s a miracle,

”

Liu Dezheng told reporters on Monday morning after the first nine miners (

矿

第

3

页

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8

页

工

) were taken out shortly after midnight.

“

We believe more miracles will happen.

”

At

about

noon,

rescuers

carried

out

the

second

group

of

106

survivors

(

幸存者

).

The

survivor

clapped his hands and tried to reach for his rescuers in an expresion of joy. Both Shanxi Governor

Wang Jun and State Administration of Work Safety Director Luo Lin c

alled the rescue “a miracle”

in the history of China’s coal mine rescues.

The trapped miners survived underground with the encouragement of thinking of their families.

They

live

through

eight

days

and

eight

nights

by

getting

sawdust(

锯 末

)

，

tree

bark(

树皮

)and

turbid(

混浊的

) water for food.

One

survivor

said

that

he

had

to

hang

from

tunnel

walls

by

his

belt(

腰带

)to

survive

when

the

disaster came. After being in the water for three days, he climbed into two passing mine cans(

矿

车

)with eight other men and floated to a dry place.

A

rescue

team

on

an

inflatable

boat(

橡皮艇

)threw

lifelines(

救生索

)to

the

trapped

men

after

realizing

that

the

boat

could

not

move

any

further.

Once

the

survivors

found

themselves

in

the

boat, Wang said he was asked whether he would take them out.

“

I promised them that they would

be lifted out as long as I could get out,” Wang said.

After being rescued, one of the survivors told doctors he wanted to call his family. “I have two

daughters and a son. I have to work in the mine to earn m

oney for them,” said another 45

-year-old

survivor

who

was

taken

to

the

Shanxi

Aluminium

Plant

Hospital,

which

admitted

35

survivors

from the mine. The hospital is among five local ones treating the workers.

“

It’s great to be up on the surface again,” said

one 27-year-old survivor.

31. What's the meaning of the underlined word “rescuers” in Paragraph 1?

A. Doctors who create miracles.

B. Persons who are saved by others.

C. Workers who work in the coal mine.

D. Persons who help someone out of danger.

32.

From

Paragraph

3,

we

know

that

the

survivor

who

clapped,

when

he

was

taken

out

of

the

flooded coal mine, was vey ________.

A. hungry

B. tired

C. dangerous

D. excited

33. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The trapped miners did something to save themselves when in the underground mine.

B. The rescue team prepared fully to rescue the trapped miners before going into the mine.

C. One of the survivors hardly believed that he could be saved out of the mine on the boat.

D. The trapped miners were encouraged because their family also joined in the rescue work.

34. How many local hospitals were the survivors sent to according to the passage?

A. Four

B. Five

C. Six

D. Seven

35. What's the best title of this passage?

A. Wangjialing Coal Mine

B. On “Tomb

-

Sweeping Day”

C. Miracle rescue from flooded mine

D. A miracle in the history of China

C

You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework?

What do they do in their spare time?

On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea

and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the

answers to many of your questions in this report.

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