仁爱版2020届九年级下学期英语第二次模拟考试试卷A卷

第 1 页 共 13 页 仁爱版仁爱版 20202020 届九年级下学期英语第二次模拟考试试卷届九年级下学期英语第二次模拟考试试卷 A A 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 3434 分分 1 8 分 阅读理解 Mary complained to her father about how hard she thought life was She didn t know how to make it and wanted to give up Mary s father took her to the kitchen He filled three pots with water and put each on a big fire Soon the pots started to boil 沸腾 In one he put carrots in the second he put eggs and in the last he put coffee powder He watched them boil without saying a word Mary waited wondering what he was doing In about twenty minutes he turned off the fire He took the carrots and eggs out and put them on different plates Then he poured the coffee in a cup He asked Mary what do you see He asked Mary to touch the carrots She found that they were soft He then asked her to take an egg and break it She saw a hard boiled egg after taking off the shell Finally he asked her to taste the coffee Its rich smell brought a smile to her face Each of them had the same trouble but each reacted differently The carrot was strong and hard at first but it became soft and weak The egg was weak too But after going through the boiling water its inside became hard The coffee powder changed the water and created something new Which one is you he asked Mary When trouble comes to you are you a carrot an egg or the coffee powder 1 Mary complained to her father about A how sad her school life was B how bad the weather was recently 第 2 页 共 13 页 C how hard she thought life was D how unlucky she was recently 2 What s the meaning of the underlined word rich in Paragraph 4 A Having a lot of money B Strong and pleasant C Containing a lot of something D Full of interesting or important facts 3 Which of the following is NOT true A The coffee powder changed the water into coffee B The hard boiled egg used to be hard inside C The boiling water is the same challenge for the three D After going through the boiling water the carrots became soft 4 What does Mary s father want to tell her the most A Hard carrots turn soft in boiling water B Learn from the hard boiled egg when facing trouble C Always ask for help when you don t know what to do D If you can t change the situation change yourself 2 8 分 阅读理解 In 1883 an engineer named John Roebling got an idea to build a bridge between New York and Long Island However bridge building experts around the world thought that it was impossible It had never been done before After much discussion he made his son Washington a great engineer believe that the bridge could be built 第 3 页 共 13 页 The project started well but a few months later an accident took the life of John Roebling Washington was badly hurt and he was not able to walk or talk However Washington never lost his heart He still wanted to complete the bridge But all he could do was to move one finger So he decided to make the best use of it By moving his finger he slowly developed a way of communicating with his wife He touched his wife s arm with his finger telling her that he wanted her to call the engineers again Then he used the same way to tell the engineers what to do The project carried on again For 13 years Washington tapped out 敲出 his instructions with his finger on his wife s arm until the bridge was finally completed Today the Brooklyn Bridge stands as a monument 纪念碑 to one man s unbeatable spirit It is also a monument to engineers and their teamwork and to their faith in a man who was considered crazy by half the world 1 Why did the bridge building experts think John s idea was impossible A Because the technology was poor then B Because no one had done it before C Because they didn t accept new ideas D Because they didn t believe in him 2 What happened a few months after the project started A The bridge fell down B The father lost his life C The son lost all his fingers D The son was lucky to be safe 3 What is the right order of the following events a An accident happened 第 4 页 共 13 页 b John wanted to build a bridge c The bridge was completed 13 years later d Washington agreed to help build the bridge e Washington used his finger to communicate with his wife and the engineers A d b a e c B d b e a c C b c a d e D b d a e c 4 The Brooklyn Bridge was successfully built because of Washington s A good luck B love for his family C never say die spirit D high skill in building bridges 3 10 分 English tutor wanted Do you like kids Are you outgoing Do you have three years experience 经验 as an English teacher Do you have free time on Saturdays and Sundays We need a woman teacher for our daughter My daughter is twelve and she is not good at English For the job you will Teach from 3 00 to 6 00 pm Play with our daughter Tell her stories in English You will work in our house We live in Beihai Road Garden District The pay is 30 each hour If you want to know more information please call Mrs Yang at 82569876 第 5 页 共 13 页 1 Mrs Yang wants for her daughter A a day B a good graduate 毕业生 C an English tutor 家庭教师 D a math tutor 2 If you are the tutor you must teach the daughter for on Saturdays A a day B two hours C three hours D a whole afternoon 3 What is not a part of the job A Cooking for the kids B Working in the kid s house C Being good with the kid D Telling English stories to the kid 4 If you want to be the tutor you DON T need to A be beautiful B have three years teaching experience C have time on weekends D be a woman teacher 5 Which is NOT true A The tutor must teach the kid on weekends 第 6 页 共 13 页 B The kid is not good at English C The tutor can speak English D The tutor can get 260 if she teaches the kid for two weekends 4 8 分 America is growing older Fifty years ago only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older Today 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65 The aging of the population will affect American society 社会 in many ways education medicine and business Quietly the growing of America has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages A person s age no longer tells you anything about his her social position 职位 地位 marriage or health There s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school get a job or stop working isn t as strong as it used to be It doesn t surprise us to hear of a 29 year old university president or a 70 year old man who has become a father for the first time Public ideas are changing Many people say I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age No one says Act your age any more We ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways 1 It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America A has made people feel younger B has changed people s social position C has changed people s understanding of age D has slowed down the country s social development 2 The underlined word one in the first paragraph refers to A a society B America 第 7 页 共 13 页 C a place D population 3 Act your age in the last paragraph means people should A be active when they are old B do the right thing at the right age C show respect for their parents young or the old D take more physical exercise suitable to their age 4 If a 20 year old man becomes general manager of a big company the writer of the text would most probably consider it A normal B wonderful C unbelievable D unreasonable 二 二 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1010 分分 5 5 分 任务型阅读 It was December Marie a 13 year old Australian girl was happy It was Christmas and Marie s mother was making a special cake She put four small coins into the cake and then she baked 烤 it After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table It was missing but Marie s mother didn t notice After Christmas Marie got sick She coughed and she couldn t speak After six weeks she felt better but she still couldn t speak Doctors at the hospital looked her over and then said We are sorry but we can t help her For 12 years Marie didn t speak She grew up she got a job and she got married But she never spoke One day when Marie was 25 years old she got a sore throat at 第 8 页 共 13 页 work She coughed up something small and black What was it Marie didn t know She took it to the hospital A doctor at the hospital said This is a coin The doctor told Marie I think you can speak again A Where was the fourth coin B Marie s parents took her to hospital C The four coins were for good luck D The coin is difficult to find E She began to cough F Marie went to a special doctor and soon she could talk 6 5 分 据短文内容 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 选项中有两项为多余选项 My sister Alli and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts 烟蒂 for seven years One day we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts We called it No Butts About It At first we drew pictures with The Earth Is Not Your Ashtray 烟灰缸 written on them We put the pictures around our hometown in parks by beaches and along roads We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts does harm to the environment Most smokers don t think that dropping butts harms the earth Later we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us We used the money to buy ashtrays to give smokers We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn t have to drop butts At the moment we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes Many people have started to join our group since it began And there are 第 9 页 共 13 页 even groups in England Australia and India Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years And we have won many prizes for our good work We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals plants and people One day it will be A My sister and I set up a No Butts About It group B But we are not interested in prizes C Today there are 45 other No Butts About It groups in America D They made the ground dirty E But it does All rubbish does F Many smokers like to drop butts here and there G Some companies would like to do it 三 三 用单词的正确形式完成短文用单词的正确形式完成短文 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1010 分分 7 5 分 选词并用其正确形式填空 完成短文 in total on the earth in the future be covered with be treated well Once the world green plants and the living things led a peaceful life However later some animals and was even killed for money There are not many Luckily people are trying to save the animals in danger now We all hope that all the living things will live a pleasant life as before 8 5 分 根据短文内容从方框中选择恰当的单词填空 使短文完整