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九华初中九（3）英语培优练习 （14周）一、完形填空 （15分） “I cant believe what Im hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate（候选人）for president of Students Union. My best friend Tony come to me and said, “Im 41 , Mike. I really thought you should be 42 .” Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a polite “ 43_ ” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine. “Im, er, Im just wondering 44 you would consider（考虑）coming to work on my team,” he said 45 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.” “I dont think so,” I answered, feeling uncertain.“Well, if you change your 46 , we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to 47 table. All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process （选举过程）would give me a 48 to make important changes at our school. I 49 to join them.My fist goal was to 50 an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a 51 with Jeffs pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway without passing Jeffs smiling face. My next step was to 52 which activities students would like to have at school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a football team. With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. Luckily, the headmaster 53 to add these activities to our school program. With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well accepted at school. An eighth grader said, “Itll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.” Hearing these words made me 54 and confident. I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeffs team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his 55 . The fact that it has made a difference in other peoples lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!（ ）1. A. lucky B. happy C. sorry D. angry（ ）2. A. respected B. chosen C. invited D. trusted （ ）3. A. Good luck B. Help yourself C. see you D. Congratulations（ ）4. A. how B. whether C. when D. that（ ）5. A. seriously B. quickly C. nervously D. shyly（ ）6. A. position B. mind C. mood D. promise（ ）7. A. other B. the other C. another D. others（ ）8. A. choice B. change C. chance D. challenge（ ）9. A. tried B. refused C. failed D. decided（ ）10. A. discover B. invent C. create D. research（ ）11. A. poster B. project C. programme D. performance（ ）12. A. make sure B. look up C. work on D. find out （ ）13. A. agreed B. offered C. failed D. managed （ ）14. A. proud B. loyal C. modest D. curious（ ）15 A. dream B. future C. life D. success二、阅读理解（30分）AThe hospital was very busy. The nurses hurried from patient to patient. They did not have time to talk to them or answer their questions. Instead they just gave them their medicines, made their beds and moved on.The head nurse was as busy as her nurses. She had to walk around with the doctors, make sure the nurses were doing their work, complete her reports and answer the phone.Many of the phone calls were from the friends and relatives of the patients, They were telephoning for information about the people in the hospital.One phone call, however, was a little different from all the others.The phone rang and the head nurse answered it. “Hello, ” she said.At the other end of the line a voice replied, “Good morning, Im phoning about Fred Lee. Could you tell me how he is, please? ”The head nurse looked at her notes, “Mr. Lee has had his operation, and is now resting. ”“Can you tell me if his condition is good? ”the voice asked.“Yes,” the woman replied. “He is comfortable and the operation was a success.”“When do you think he will be able to go home? ”the voice asked.“Oh, probably at the end of the week, ”the head nurse said. Then she asked, “May I tell him who is asking about him?”“Yes, ” the voice replied. “Fred Lee. ”“No, thats the patients name,” the head nurse said.“Yes. And I am the patient. Phoning you is the only way I can get any information about my condition.”（ ）16. Why did so many people phone the hospital?A. They wanted to talk to the nurses. B. They wanted to ask about their friends or relatives.C. They were ill. D. They wanted to find out about their condition.（ ）17. How did the head nurse know what information to tell the person on the phone?A. She asked the doctors or other nurses. B. She asked Fred Lee.C. She looked at her notes. D. She told a lie.（ ）18. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Though the head nurse was busy, she was patient enough to answer the phone.B. Fred Lee wouldnt be able to go home until next week.C. The call was from Fred Lee himself.D. There was nothing serious with Fred Lee after the operation.（ ）19. What is the point of the story?A. Nurses are often too busy to talk to patients. B. Patients are very curious people.C. Nurses dont work hard at all. D. Phoning someone is always the only way to get information.（ ）20. The phone call was different because _.A. The man who made the phone call had a wrong number. B. There wasnt a Fred Lee there.C. The head nurse was played a joke on. D. It wasnt from one of the patients relatives or friends.BShu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten by snakes. “It was seeing people with snake bites that led me to this career, ”he said.In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.“I was greatly upset when they told me the story of an old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped（缠绕）a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison（毒）getting to his heart. Running home he shouted, Bring me the knife Minutes later the man lost his arm forever. ”“The heartbroken story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes.” Shu added, “I worked very hard and tried my best to make a good snake doctor.” And at last he made it.（ ）21. The best headline（标题）for this newspaper article is .A. Amazing Medicine B. Farmer Loses Arm C. Dangerous Bites D. Snake Doctor（ ）22. The farmer lost his arm because .A. the cloth was wrapped too tightly B. he cut it off to save his lifeC. Shu wasnt there to help him D. he was alone in the fields（ ）23. Shu decided to devote himself to snake medicine because .A. he wanted to save peoples arms and legs B. he had studied it at a medical schoolC. he had seen snakes biting people D. his army service had finished（ ）24. Why did Shu go into the mountains?A. He wanted to study snake bites. B. He wanted to help the farmers.C. He was being trained to be a doctor. D. He was expected to serve in the army.（ ）25. Which of the following can explain the word upset in the third paragraph （段）?A. sad B. surprised C. interested D. frightenedCLook at the center circles of Diagram（图）A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.Then look at the picture on the left. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. “Whats happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Dont worry. Here is how it goes: When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion（视觉错误）. Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.（ ）26. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?A. something is wrong with our eyes B. the two pictures change quickly from one to the otherC. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way D. the two circles are not the same size（ ）27. Whats the right order according to the passage?a. We look at things with our eyes. b. Our brains interpret the messages.c. Our brains tell us what we have seen. d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.A. a-c-d-b B. c-a-b-d C. a-d-b-c D. b-c-a-d（ ）28. What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?A. To help the actors look better. B. To make the actors much braver.ABCDC. To help the actors become stronger. D. To make the actors seem different in size.（ ）29. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?A. The second one. B. The third one. C. The fifth one. D. The sixth one.（ ）30. Which magazine is the text probably taken from?A. Art world B. Amazing Science C. Health and Medicine D. Daily news三、阅读与回答问题（5分）Kyra Komac, 28 years old, now has 25 furniture（家具）stores all over the country. The new store, in Londons Camden High Street, takes her back to where it all started. She tells us about how the business began.When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldnt leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her. To begin with, I didnt have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mum told me jokes and stories so I didnt get bored. When I got older, I gave my mum a hand and I really enjoyed it.Then, one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didnt have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my own. I spent my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. They were sold out in twenty minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some money to buy some wax（蜡）to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too. Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mum and I couldnt make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to give us a hand. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.At the age of 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, Ive never looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.31. How many furniture stores does Kyra Komac have now? 32. Where did Kyras mother sell flowers?（No more than 3 words. ） 33. What did Kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen?（No more than 8 words. ） 34. Who helped when Kyra and her mum couldnt make enough candles?（No more than 5 words.） 35. How did Kyras uncle help her to open her first shop?（No more than 8 words.） 九华初中九（3）英语培优练习 （15周）一、完形填空（15分） Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys 1 to watch.“What are you doing?” asked one of the 2 .“We plan to dig a hole all the way through Earth!” one of the brothers answered 3 .The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all through Earth was 4 .After a long silence, one of the diggers 5 a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide types of insects. He removed the lid (盖子) and 6 the wonderful things to the visitors.Then he said quietly and 7 , “Even if we dont dig all the way through Earth, look at what weve found along the way!”Their goal was far too ambitious (有雄心的), but it did cause them 8 . And that is what a goal is 9 to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen.But not every goal will be fully 10 . Not every job will end 11 . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every 12 will be realized.But 13 you fall short of aim(达不到目标), perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what Ive found along the way! Look at the 14 things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”It is in the digging that 15 is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, and in the end that truly matters.( ) 1. A. wentB. ranC. stoppedD. followed( ) 2.A. visitors B. workersC. brothersD. diggers( ) 3. A. angrilyB. excitedlyC. slowlyD. luckily( ) 4. A. difficult B. harmfulC. uselessD. impossible( ) 5. A. dealt withB. picked up C. worked outD. showed off( ) 6. A. showedB. threwC. gaveD. offered ( ) 7. A. comfortablyB. wildlyC. normallyD. confidently( ) 8. A. to digB. diggingC. doingD. to do( ) 9. A. againstB. forC. withD. at( ) 10. A. changed B. achievedC. toldD. stated ( ) 11. A. easilyB. hardly C. healthilyD. successfully( ) 12. A. dreamB. mistake C. adviceD. step( ) 13. A. how B. whereC. whyD. when ( ) 14. A. terribleB. sadC. romanticD. wonderful( ) 15. A. lieB. lifeC. earth D. trouble二、阅读理解 （30分）（A）Having friends, and finding new friendships is an important developmental task for preteens and teens. While they have learned to play well with others during their childhood, developing independent friendships is a different thing. Preteens and teens will be allowed to use their own resources to decide whether to be someones friend or not, instead of being taught by their parents. Parents must give their teenagers some freedom in choosing who they want to hang out with. You can help your teens to choose their friends, although its your teenagers who make the final decision. You can use teachable moments to talk about what makes a good friend. Here are some points to remember when you talk about friendships with your teenagers: 1) You are allowed to have many friends; 2) Honesty is important in a friendship; 3) Friends sometimes hurt each other, but they can say sorry and forgive(原谅); 4) Friends can influence each other, sometimes they will help you but sometimes they will hurt you, too.5) Who you choose to be your friend is important, so choose wisely; 6) It takes many learned skills to make and keep a friendship, and it also takes many skills to end a friendship; 7) It is okay and even helpful to make friends with the opposite gender(异性); 8) It takes time to make a good friend, but it is worth the effort; 9) Spending time together will help you get to know your friends well and you will feel comfortable sharing feelings; 10) A good friendship will make you feel good about yourself.( ) 16. What should their parents do when teenagers make friends?A. Do nothing but give them all the freedom. B. Talk with them and give some help.C. Decide and choose friends for them. D. Stop them from making friends with opposite gender.( ) 17. Which point is about how to end a friendship?A. Point 3.B. Point 4.C. Point 5.D. Point 6.( ) 18. Which of the following is NOT needed in making friends?A. Honesty.B. Effort. C. Lies. D. Skills.( ) 19. Which of the following statement is true?A. Friends never hurt each other. B. There is no need to forgive friends.C. Teenagers are allowed to have many friends. D. Girls should never make friends with boys.（B）For many families, their holiday is a time to spend with relatives（亲戚）or friends. You might stay in a house with people you dont know very well. Lets look at some problems that happen in these situations and these ideas can help you solve them. SituationsSolutions（解决办法）1 You are going to be staying at your aunt and uncles house for the first time. Will they let you watch TV? Need you help with dishes and clean up? Do you have to be quiet and in bed at a certain time?Talk to your parents ahead of time. Before you go to your relatives houses, discuss any special rule your relatives might have, and what kinds of things you should b