九年级下学期3月联考英语试卷D卷.doc

九年级下学期3月联考英语试卷D卷一、 阅读理解 (共5题；共35分)1. （6分）阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出最佳选项。D.There is a little girl. Her name is May. She is eight years old. May always asks her mother, Why is my name May? Her mother says, Because your birthday is in May. The little girl is very happy and she likes her name. She thinks her name is very interesting. Every year, on Mays birthday, all her friends come to her house and say happy birthday to her. They watch TV, play games and eat the birthday cake together. And she can get a lot of presents(礼物).May has a little brother. He is five years younger than his sister. She likes him very much. He was born(出生) in April. Can you guess his name? Haha, his name is April. Oh, April will have a sister next month, the second month of a year. Can you guess what her name is?（1）Why is the girls name May? A . Because she was born in May.B . Because she likes the month May.C . Because her mother likes the month May.D . Because her mother was born in May.（2）What doesnt May do on her birthday? A . Play games.B . Go to the movies.C . Watch TVD . Eat the cake.（3）How old is Mays brother? A . Three.B . Thirteen.C . Eight.D . Five.（4）Which is TRUE according to the passage? A . May thinks her name is boring.B . May doesnt like the month May.C . Mays little brother was born in April.D . May doesnt like her little brother.2. （6分）根据短文理解，选择正确答案。A group of old classmates, who have succeeded in their work, got together to visit their teacher. Their conversation soon turned to complaining(抱怨) about the stress(压力 ) in their work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and many cups. Some of the cups are expensive and lovely, but some are cheap and not beautiful. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, Have you noticed all the nice looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the cheap ones? Its OK for you lo want only the best for yourselves, but that is why you have the stress in your work and life even if youre very successful now. All of you really wanted the coffee, not the cups, but you cheese the beast cups and were eyeing each others cups.Now think about this: life is the coffee, and money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life. They do not change the quality (质量) of life. Sometimes, we just care about the cups, and we fail to enjoy the coffee. So, dont let the cups drive you; enjoy the coffee instead. （1）The students who visited the teacher .A . arc satisfied with their workB . arc successful ill their studiesC . arc strict with each otherD . arc successful in their work（2）The teacher look out cups .A . for the students to have coffeeB . to show to the studentsC . for the students to have a lookD . to show his favorite coffee（3）The teacher noticed that the students .A . liked the cheap cupsB . only took the best cupsC . were drinking coffeeD . preferred the coffee to the cups（4）Why did the students have stress in work and life?A . Because thee really wanted coffee.B . Because they didnt have good cups.C . Because they didnt pay enough attention to life itself.D . Because they didnt have money to buy coffee or cups.（5）From the story, we know the teacher wanted the students lo enjoyA . the cupsB . the coffeeC . lifeD . money and position3. （10分）阅读理解When you work long hours and Sundays are no longer a day to rest, feeling overworked(工作过度) can become the new normal. Take sportsmen as examples and do the same yourself, so youll know if youre overworking.Check your resting heart rate (率). Every day, before you get out of bed, take your pulse (脉搏). Usually your heart rate will stay within a few beats every minute. But when youre overworked, the rate increases. If your heart rate is up in the morning, get a little more rest or sleep that night.Check your emotions. Getting angry easily? If you cant put your finger on a clear reason, there may be something wrong with your emotions. Hoping to change the condition wont help. The only way out is a break.Check your weight. If you lose or increase more than 1% of body weight from one day to the next, something is wrong. Maybe yesterday you were too busy and failed to notice you didnt eat and drink enough. Or maybe you failed to notice that you were eating too much.（1）How many ways are mentioned to check if were overworking? A . Two.B . Three.C . Four.D . Five.（2）When should we check our heart rate? A . In the morning.B . In the afternoon.C . At noon.D . At night.（3）What is the best way to deal with the problem of overwork? A . Doing more sports.B . Drinking more water.C . Having more rest.D . Eating less food.4. （8分）(2012.滨州)One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read, I am blind. Please help me.”A creative publicist(广告员)named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own corns in the hat. Without asking for permission, took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized(识别)his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it.The publicist said, I just wrote the message a little differently.” He smiled and went on his way.The new sign read, Spring has come, but I cant see anything.”（1）Whats the blind mans name?A . Tom.B . John.C . Tony.D . Sorry, I dont know.（2）Who wrote a new message?A . The blind man.B . The teacher.C . The publicist.D . The farmer.（3）How did the blind man recognize the publicist?A . By his sign.B . By his footsteps.C . By his voice.D . By his corns.（4）When did the story happen?A . In spring.B . In summer.C . In autumn.D . In winter.（5）What can we learn from the passage?A . Publicists are always friendly and helpful.B . We can get more money by changing a sign.C . The blind man is very stupid, so he has little money.D . The power (力量) of language is great.5. （5分）从方框中选择最佳选项完成对话，有两项多余a. Not really.b. You wont believe it!c. Where did you go on vacation?d. How was your vacation?e. How long were you there?f. We stayed at home for the whole week.g. We had a great time!A: Hi, Billy. _B: It was excellent! I went to Hawaii with my cousin. _A: Lucky you. _B: About a week.A: Wonderful! Was the weather OK?B: _It was cloudy most of the time. But we went surfing every day. The waves were amazing.A: So, what was the best thing about the trip?B: Well, something incredible(难以置信的) happened. _二、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)6. （15分）完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was 1 from the rest of the world because of heavy snow.On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch 2 a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be 3 if it spread the town. Dr.Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. 4 , the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.How could the medicine get to Nome? Cars and horses couldnt travel on the 5 roads.6 January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were 7 .Nomestown officials came up with a(n) 8. They would have the medicine sent by train from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled(狗拉雪橇) driversknown a“mushers”would 9it to Nome in a relay(接力)The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. 10 he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannons face was black from the extreme cold.On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to 11 a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most 12 part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice，which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would 13, and so would the sick children of Nome.A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. The only hope was Balto, Kaasens lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, 14 to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. Ten minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to run. He had found the trail.At 5：30 am on February 2，Kaasen and his dogs arrived in Nome. Dr.Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered. Nome had been 15 . （1）A . cut off B . cut down C . cut away D . cut up （2）A . examined B . warned C . interviewed D . treated （3）A . harmless B . helpless C . fearless D . careless （4）A . Whatever B . Also C . Instead D . However （5）A . narrow B . snowy C . busy D . dirty （6）A . From B . On C . By D . After （7）A . tired B . upset C . pale D . sick （8）A . idea B . excuse C . message D . topic （9）A . carry B . ret