浙江省余姚市九年级英语模拟考试试题（保送生）.doc

浙江省余姚市2015届九年级英语模拟考试试题i. 完形填空(每小题1分，共15分)its fourteen years since i left the philippines to live with my family in the usa. a month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, i learned a lesson from mosquito bites. right before 1 kennedy airport in new york, my grandmawarned me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 2 like me. she said, theres an old saying the 3 you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 4 to the mosquitoes. not 5 it, i replied, grandma, thats just an old wives tale!well, less than a week 6 my arrival in manila, i was already carpeted with a 7 of mosquito bites. i took many measures to keep myself from beingbitten, but they all proved useless.late one 8 in my cousins home, i couldnt bear the 9 of the bites. hoping to find some comfort, i 10 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. unhappy for beinginterrupted, she said, there is nothing you can do. go back to sleep. with a few turns, she slept again. enviously 11 her sleep, i hoped a big mosquito would 12 on her face. however, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. amazed, i ran to othersrooms, only to find they were all sleeping 13 as the same thing occurred again and again.from those bites, i came to 14 my grandmas silly tale. from then on, ive always tried to keep a(n) 15 mind about those strange old wives talesbecause they do have some truth to them.（ ）1.a. leaving b. passing c. visiting d. finding（ ）2.a. students b. foreignersc. passengersd. visitors（ ）3.a. earlier b. longer c. soonerd. later（ ）4.a. grows b. goes c. flows d. remains（ ）5.a. expecting b. understanding c. recognizingd. believing（ ）6.a. after b. beforec. when d. as（ ）7.a. shade b. pilec. cloud d. blanket（ ）8.a. morningb. afternoonc. eveningd. night（ ）9.a. noiseb. hit c. pain d. effect（ ）10.a. woke upb. shouted atc. looked ford. dropped on（ ）11.a. havingb. watching c. makingd. helping（ ）12.a. land b. fly c. fall d. wait（ ）13.a. joyfullyb. anxiously c. soundlessly d. worriedly（ ）14.a. tell b. know c. rememberd. accept（ ）15.a. open b. active c. clear d. honestii.阅读理解(ab每小题2分，c每小题3分,共25分)acause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. it may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning (推理的) skills. think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see. for example，you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. this is the effect. to look for a cause, think to yourself, “what would make someone put on a heavy jacket?” maybe the person is going outside into very cold weather. maybe the person works in the penguin pen (企鹅圈养地) at sea world. maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. all of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.now, think about a second example. the effect is a boy named tony has to go to the head teachers office. what are the possible causes? maybe he fought with another student. maybe he is just being picked up early. maybe he is being given a prize!here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. carol，13，was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother, doug, came into her room. he looked around a bit，but seemed really out of it. then doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. little brothers can be very strange，but this was really much too strange. carol didnt know what to do. just then, carols father appeared and explained that doug was sleepwalking. whats the cause and effect, could you tell?（ ）1. according to the second paragraph，which of the following is an effect? a. someone puts on a heavy jacket. b. someone works in the penguin pen. c. someone will go outside into cold weather. d. someone will go to visit an ice skating rink.（ ）2. tony has to go to the head teachers office. which of the following isnt the possible cause? a. he fought with another student. b. he is going shopping. c. he is being picked up early. d. he is being given a prize.（ ）3. what was doug doing when his sister carol tried to fall asleep?a. he was going outside. b. he was reading a story. c. he was sleepwalking. d. he was looking for his dad.（ ）4. which of the following is cause and effect? a. tony got up and had a glass of water. b. we came home and found him sleeping. c. the ball was lost and a window was broken. d. tim was late again and his teacher got angry.bno matter where the dads and their children go, that location immediately becomes a tourist destination. this has become a pattern for hunan tvs reality show where are we going, dad? and last week the show was heading overseas for a special international episode. the entry has taken place in new zealand, which was expected to become a popular travel destination for chinese fans of the show. if you dont know much about new zealand but would like to explore it, check out our travel guide to see what kinds of activities might interest you.nature and wildlife encounternew zealand was the last country on earth to be settled by humans. as such, its a paradise for exotic birds. youre also able to watch dolphins and whales on boat tours.possible itinerary (旅行指南)1.auckland: fly in and visit tiritiri matangi conservation project (bellbirds spotting); 2.waipoua forest: huge kauri trees; 3.kaikoura: whale watching by boat or air seal watching, hike the kaikoura peninsula walkway, join a dolphin encounter tour; 4.wellington (matiu/somes island): red-crowned parakeet, blue penguins, weta, skinks and tuatara; 5.stewart island: kiwi bird spotting; 6.te anau: takahe and kea; 7. queenstown: fly to auckland and finally _43_.landscape loverlandscape lovers may have heard that new zealand is brimming with natural wonders like active volcanoes (火山), snowy mountaintops, glaciers perched near beaches and caves infested with glowworms. indeed, you cant see many of these wonders anywhere else in the world.possible itinerary1.auckland: fly in; 2.whangamata: beach resorts and the coromandel forest park (short walks, mountain bike trails); 3.waitomo: underground caves and glowworm caverns; 4.rotorua: geothermal areas; 5.abel tasman: golden sand beaches (taking water taxi, sea kayaking, hiking, and snorkeling); 6.fox glacier and franz josef: biggest glaciers in the country (hiking and guided glacier walks); 7.queenstown: crystal clear lake wakatipu (bungee jumping, sky diving, horse trekking and cycling); 8. milford sound: fjord (boat cruises, sea kayaking, diving and flightseeing); 9.christchurch: fly back.（ ）1. new zealand is _ for chinese fans after the show where are we going, dad?a. more beautiful b. more famousc. more populard. cleaner（ ）2. which is the best expression to fill in the blank (空白处) in the passage?a. have dinner b. fly backc. go sightseeingd. ride horses（ ）3. how is the passage organised? (par = paragraph)a. par 1pars 24par 5 9b. pars 13par 4 7 pars 89c. par 1pars 25pars 69 d. pars 13pars 34par 5 9（ ）4. from the passage, we know that new zealand is a travel destination for _.a. landscape lovers b. nature lovers c. wildlife lovers d. different kinds of travel lover cscientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods-even if you also exercise regularly-could be bad for your health. and it doesnt matter where the sitting takes place-at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or tv- just the overall number of hours it occurs several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or ever die. while health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum amounts of physical activity, they havent suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position. after four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals, said ekblom-bak of the swedish school of sport and health sciences., she explained ,that genes regulating调节)the amount of glucose(葡萄糖) and fat, in the body start to shut down. even for people who exercise, spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful.tim armstrong, a physical activity expert at the world health organization, said people who exercise every day-but still spend a lot of time sitting-might get more benefit if that exercise was spread across the day, rather than in a single bout(一回). still, in a study published in 2009 that tracked more than 17 000 canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, whether or not they exercised. experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects. people should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits, ekblom-bak .said? but when theyre in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible, she said. 53.what is the-best title for the text? a. not, sitting too much while working. b. how to avoid sitting too much. , c. sitting too much could be deadly d. more and more people sit too much 54.according to the research_ a.the more time you spend in exercising in a single bout, the healthier you will be b.those who often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack c.regular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effects of sitting too much d.you had better not sit for more than four hours in a single bout 55.how does the danger of sitting too much affect the human body? a. it results in a higher death risk. b .it increases glucose and fat in the body. c. it makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day. d. it causes the gene to fail to balance the glucose and fat in the body. iii. 语法填空（每小题1分，共10分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式（最多限填三个单词）填空。 scotland has been 1 (celebrate) “hogmanay” for centuries. hogmanay is the other 2 for new years eve in scotland.know as the scotlands 3 (big) event, hogmanay is celebrated with fun and warmth in edinburgh. it starts just after boxing day 6 december 26th. hogmany or the new year in scotland was introduced 6 the invading vikings( 入侵海盗) in the 8th and 9th centuries. cleaning the house, taking out the ashes from the fire and clearing all debts 7 (be) some traditions that counted as part of the new year in scotland. one of the most wonderful 7 (custom) is shaking of giant fireballs on long metal poles. this can 9_ (see) during the new year in scotland. 10 popular tradition that is being practiced by many people in scotland during the new year is the ceremony of “first footing”.its believed that the 11 person over the thresh (门槛) on new years day will dictate(支配) the luck brought to the particular house during the new year. you can find and enjoy all of these during the new year in scotland.iv、书面表达（共25分）. 许多人喜欢在除夕夜观看春节联欢晚会（spring festival gala），但有些人提出要取消春晚。请根据提示，用英语写一篇短文，向央视投稿，告诉他们你希望今年的春晚继续还是取消，并阐述理由。the most