译林牛津版2019-2020学年初中英语九年级上册期中考试模拟试卷（2）C卷

译林牛津版2019-2020学年初中英语九年级上册期中考试模拟试卷（2）C卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解 (共3题；共30分)1. （10分）阅读理解 One day, John read an advertisement in a newspaper. It said Wanted. The best salesman in the world. John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job. Im the best salesman in the world, he said to the manager. Give me the job.You must prove youre the best, the manager said.OK I will, John said. Good. The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk. Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets. If yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, said the manager.Thats easy, John said. He took the boxes of sweets and left the office. Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets. But he couldnt sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. At the end of the week he went back to the manager. Im sorry, sir, he said, I was wrong about myself. Im not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.Oh said the manager. Who? The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets.（1）The manager told John . A . he could start work at onceB . he was the best salesman in the worldC . he wasnt a good salesmanD . he must show he was the best salesman in the world（2）John could get the job if . A . he sold a thousand boxes of sweetsB . he gave away a thousand boxes of sweetsC . he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweetsD . he bought a thousand boxes of sweets from the manager（3）The right order(顺序)of the story is . John went to ask for the job.John told the manager who the best salesman really was.John read an advertisement in a newspaper. John went to sell the sweets.A . ,B . C . ,D . （4）From this story we can know that . A . John didnt get the jobB . John was a good sellerC . the manager was a good sellerD . the advertisement was a good one（5）John couldnt sell the sweets because . A . he was not a good salesmanB . the sweets were too badC . he wanted to send them to his friendsD . nobody liked sweets2. （10分）阅读理解 Tom is an eight-year-old boy. He is sick to death of school because he doesnt want to do his homework. He is always looking for excuses not to do it. When he has a cold, he tells his morn he is badly ill and he can not do his homework. Though Toms mom is angry, she doesnt know what to do with him.Most of the time, Tom goes to school without finishing his homework. Even though he finishes his homework, he usually does it very carelessly.One Thursday evening, Tom told his morn that he couldnt do his homework because he was having a fever. After his morn took his temperature, she realized that Tom didnt tell the truth. So he had to do his homework. To his moms surprise, the light in Toms bedroom was still on at midnight. His morn opened the door quietly and found Tom was already asleep. His homework was only half done.The next evening, Tom went back home from school, his morn asked, Did your teacher punish you today? I know you didnt finish your homework last night.No, mom, Tom answered.How did you make it? his mom asked him. What did you say to the teacher?I told my teacher that an accident happened to me this morning.What? Toms morn looked at him with eyes wide.The school bus fell into the pool on my way to school, Tom said, I climbed out of the pool, but my homework didnt climb out of the pool.But you didnt take the school bus! Toms morn said.Of course, I didnt, Tom said. But my teacher didnt know that.（1）What does was sick to death of means in the this passage?. A . dislikedB . lovedC . felt excited（2）When Tom is ill, .A . he is always in bed.B . he doesnt do his homework.C . His mother is always angry at him.（3）At midnight on Thursday, . A . Tom was asleep with the light onB . Tom was staying up doing his homeworkC . Tom fell asleep and his homework was finished（4）What happened on that Friday morning? A . Tom took a school bus to schoolB . The school bus fell into a poolC . Tom made up a story for not doing his homework（5）From the passage, we know the boy doesnt like his _. A . teachersB . studyC . school3. （10分） Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing(缝纫)or reading.After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesnt wash her window. It really looks terrible.”One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible(可见的). Her window was clean!Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评)her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings(缺点)? Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(评判)someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly. （1）The writer was surprised that_.A . the woman was sitting by her windowB . the womans window was cleanC . the woman did cleaning in the afternoonD . the womans window was still terrible（2）“It dawned on me” probably means “_”.A . I began to understand itB . it cheered me upC . I knew it grew lightD . it began to get dark（3）Its clear that_.A . the writer had never met the woman beforeB . the writer often washed the windowC . they both worked as cleanersD . they lived in a small town（4）From the passage, we can learn that_.A . one shouldnt criticize others very oftenB . one should often make his windows cleanC . one must judge himself before he judges othersD . one must look at others through his dirty windows二、 完形填空 (共2题；共20分)4. （10分） A teenage girl couldnt stand her family rules , so she left home.She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and1years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still2her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she 3a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes,“I still love you Come back home! ”One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was so surprised that she couldnt believe her 4.“Is that me?” She moved 5and read the words,“I still love you” She cried. She couldnt wait6back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She 7her mother up,“Its me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter looked at each other with excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “ 8is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly,“The door has never locked 9you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that youll come back some day.”As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. 10 this way, both parents and children can be happy.（1）A . a little B . a few C . much D . more （2）A . looking for B . looking after C . looking at D . looking up （3）A . sets on B . puts up C . cuts up D . makes up （4）A . eyes B . ears C . nose D . head （5）A . farther B . further C . closer D . away . （6）A . going B . go C . to gone D . to go （7）A . wake B . wakes C . woke D . waking （8）A . what B . who C . when D . why （9）A . since B . for C . before D . unless （10）A . With B . In C . By D . On 5. （10分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。Last night, my mum and I arrived in Shanghai. It is one of the largest cities in China. In summer it is very hot here. The temperature can get up to 40 or even 1In winter, however, the weather is coldnear 0.Today we 2the Jade Buddha Temple（玉佛寺）， one of Shanghais most famous temples. 3we left the temple we went to the street market. There I found many thugs made of jade Jade is very 4in China. A lot of people like it. I bought a beautful jade necklace (项链). It had a 5carved (雕刻) on it. I got it because I was born in 1998, the Year of the Tiger. The tiger is one of the 12 6that go with the Chinese calendar (历法). Both my mum and I laughed when we 7she was born in the Year of the Pig！ At the market, I 8bought a red silk skirt. It was made in a silk factory right here in Shanghai. China is famous 9its silk. The Chinese have quite a long history of making silk clothes.The clock says its already 11:00. Time for bed. I must 10now. Tomorrow were going on a trip down the Yangtze River. I cant wait!（1）A . taller B . higher C . cooler D . colder （2）A . visited B . built C . drew D . forgot （3）A . If B . Because C . After D . Although （4）A . cheap B . popular C . large D . clean （5）A . dog B . horse C . snake D . tiger （6）A . animals B . months C . plants D . years （7）A . picked up B . found out C . looked up D . wrote down （8）A . still B . only C . also D . almost （9）A . at B . for C . with D . as （10）A . plan B . wait C . cry D . stop 三、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共18分)6. （18分）根据短文内容，完成下列表格(每格只能填一个词)。People in many places celebrate Christmas on December 25.In the USA, Christmas is a long holiday. Shops are usually not open on Christmas Day. And family members have a party together. There are usually Christmas Trees in houses, and children can find presents from their parents in the trees. In many places, children put a stocking(长筒袜)on the bed, because they think Father Christmas will put nice presents in the stocking at night.Things are different in China. The Chinese dont have a holiday at Christmas. Shops are open and there are usually Christmas sales(促销) in many shops. There are no family parties, but there are parties for young people in nightclubs and hotels. There are no stories about Father Christmas or presents in stockings. But young lovers(恋人) give each other presents.Different ways to celebrate ChristmasTime_25_to celebrate ChristmasIn the USAIn ChinaIts an important holiday and shops are usually closed.Shops are _There are _parties at home.There are parties in nightclubsand big hotels.Children get presents. They think Father Christmas will put presents in their stockings at night.Young lovers buy _for each other四、 语法填空 (共1题；共10分)7. （10分）语法填空 A kidnapped 3-year-old boy _ (name) Aiden helped police find himself on Tuesday, Jan. 13, after answering _ (he) mums phone in her stolen car- find out how he pulled it off!Authorities said they found a 3-year-old boy who was sitting _ a car stolen outside a Utah day care on Tuesday after he _ (answer) his mothers cellphone and honked the horn to draw their attention.The boys mother, Elizabeth Barrios, left the car unlocked and running _ a snowy morning as she dropped off another child, a baby, at the day care around 7 am in Ogden, a town about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City, the police said. When she walked out, she saw someone _ (drive) her car away with her 3-year old son Aiden inside.Police arrived and called her cellphone, which was in the car, hoping _ (reach) the thief and negotiate the boys release.Instead, the boy answered the phone. He told his mother that a _ (strange) had driven away her car and was going through her purse. She told him _ (s