上海版2020届九年级下学期英语第二次模拟考试试卷B卷

第 1 页 共 11 页 上海版上海版 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 B B 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 6868 分分 1 25 分 Confucius is the greatest teacher in Chinese history He was born on September 28 551BC 公元前 in the Kindom of Lu in today s Shangdong Province When he was young he and his mother had a hard life At the age of fifteen he began to learn music and he did well in it Then he went on learning other subjects When he was thirty he became a teacher He started his own school He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether they were rich or poor He had about 3 000 students and many of them became famous Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher His most important ideas are kindness and good manners He said young people should take care of old People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others His ideas are around in people s everyday life Today people can still hear them and they go far into east and south Asia 阅读短文 根据短文内容判断下列句子的正 T 误 F 1 Confucius is the greatest teacher in Chinese history 2 Confucius and his mother had a comfortable life when he was young 3 Confucius was good at music when he was fifteen 4 As a teacher Confucius thought that only the rich could get education 5 第 2 页 共 11 页 Being kind and having good manners are Confucius most important ideas 2 8 分 2015 九上 安岳月考 根据短文内容 选择最佳答案 Droughts 干旱 are common in Kenya Before they came every 10 years but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time We gave the droughts names longoza was the drought when many animals died there was the drought of the planes because food was dropped from the air by planes and one particularly bad drought was called man who dies with his money in his fist 拳头 because even if there was money there was simply no food to buy I was born in 1951 in Machakos From what my mother tells me when I was 7 there was a serious drought I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger I can t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating I slept like that is how we described it I can t count the number of days when I slept like that or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry knowing I d wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit 赊欠 Each night he would return home around 10 00p m My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling along with the hopes that we would eat that night But my father would arrive frustrated and empty handed And I would sleep like that 1 The best title for the text is A A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts B Food and Hunger C Protecting the Environment D Droughts and Their Names 2 What does the drought of the longoza refer to 指代 A Many animals needed food dropped by planes 第 3 页 共 11 页 B People had to eat animals because of hunger C Many animals died because of the droughts D People died of hunger even if they had money 3 Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling A To wait for her father to come back to have supper B To cook the food that her father would bring back C To keep her house warm all night D To make her hungry mother happy 4 The sentence I slept like that means A I was disappointed when my father came back empty handed B I felt sorry because my family got hungry again C I went to sleep with no food for breakfast D I went to bed with nothing to eat 3 10 分 阅读理解 A East TV Center Open Day Tours 观光 East TV Center is an interesting place to visit Our tours include 包括 studio 演播室 visits including the news and sports You will also meet a reporter and read news with him Price Adults 成人 3 50 第 4 页 共 11 页 Children 2 50 Opening Times Tours are available every Monday from 9 30 a m to 4 00 p m Getting There Bus No 9 stops outside the TV Center To get more information please call 0670 1030907 COME AND JOIN US 1 If you choose to visit East TV Center you can visit the news studio visit the weather studio read news with a reporter get a book from a reporter A B C D 2 If Peter wants to visit East TV Center with his 10 year old son how much should he pay A 3 50 B 4 00 C 5 50 第 5 页 共 11 页 D 6 00 3 You can visit East TV Center A at 9 00 a m on Monday B at 2 00 p m on Monday C at 9 00 a m on Tuesday D at 2 00 P m on Tuesday 4 Which bus stops outside East TV Center A Bus No 6 B Bus No 7 C Bus No 8 D Bus No 9 5 The material is probably from a A storybook B dictionary C newspaper D diary 4 25 分 阅读短文 根据其内容回答问题 The British are known for their sense of humour However it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes The main point to remember is that the British often use understatement Understatement means saying less than you think or feel For example if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain he might say It s a little damp 潮湿的 outside Or if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person someone else might say She isn t exactly friendly 第 6 页 共 11 页 Understatement is often used in unpleasant situation or to make another person look silly Understatement plays an important part in British humour Another key to understanding British humour is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others They often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to our everyday life when someone accidently falls over in the street They also like to make jokes about people from different classes of society They like to make jokes about their accents the way they dress and the way they behave What s more the British love to watch comedies 喜剧 about people who do not know how to behave in society The comedies series Mr Bean is a good example of this kind of humor Mr Bean is the character created by British actor Rowan Atkinson in 1990 Mr Bean doesn t talk often and instead he uses his body movement and facial expressions to make people laugh Perhaps what makes Mr Bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world cannot do Mr Bean is popular in many countries round the world because you do not have to speak English to understand the humour Because of this many people have become familiar with the British sense of humour 1 Is it difficult for foreigners to understand British jokes 2 What does understatement mean 3 What do the British love to watch comedies about 4 How does Mr Bean make people laugh 5 What are the key points for people to understand British humour 二 二 任务型阅读任务型阅读 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1010 分分 第 7 页 共 11 页 5 5 分 2016 镇江 阅读下面信息 用恰当的词完成下面的表格 每空一词 Everyone wants to find happiness But sometimes looking for happiness can be as hard as looking for lost treasure Just when you think you nearly reach it something unexpected happens This may puzzle 使困惑 you a lot Here are some tips for helping you find happiness Don t put all your eggs in one basket If you depend on one thing or one person to make you happy it may be impossible You need to enlarge your circle of friends and activities Follow your heart When we go against our own thoughts we usually feel sad Follow your strong feeling and let it guide you toward people and things that will improve your life Day by day you will be happier than before Organize your ideas Many people push away happiness when they think too much Don t keep everything in head Try making a list of the things that seem too big to manage on your own You may find the list isn t as long as you thought You can do most of the things by yourself Look at your life as a whole Most of the things that prevent us from feeling happy are just some little things Remember life is always going on and whatever the little thing is it will end Remember your values 价值观 We all have a value system a way we have decided to go through life which makes us feel like a good person The important thing is to remember your values when life becomes hard Keeping your values strong will help create happiness Happiness can be hard to feel at times so don t think there is something wrong with you if you don t feel it The ways above will help you to feel more of it Something puzzling Happiness is sometimes hard to get Make more friends and take part in rmre activities There may be no for you to find happiness if you depend on one thing or one person Let your heart guide you toward people and things that will improve your life In this way your happiness will Tips for solving the puzzle Write down the things that you seem to manage on your own You will be happy to find you can do more things than you 第 8 页 共 11 页 thought Look at your life as a whole Most unhappy things will end sooner or later Keep your values strong after you ve made a on how to spend life Being a good person even when life is hard will help create happiness Conclusion You will get happiness with the help of the five tips 6 5 分 2018 无锡模拟 阅读填空先通读下面的短文 然后根据短文内容 在文章后表格的空格内填 入一个最恰当的单词 You may know that more people drink coffee than tea around the world And that after oil it is the second biggest traded commodity 商品 You may also know that the drink comes from beans which are first roasted and then ground 研磨 But what else do you know about this popular drink It is said that the story of coffee started with an Ethiopian goatherd 牧羊人 named Kaldi One day Kaldi was surprised to see that his goats were behaving very strangely Instead of grazing 吃草 quietly they were jumping around almost dancing He also noticed some red cherries from a plant that the goats were eating He tried some himself and was surprised by the feeling of extreme happiness and excitement He felt like dancing too But it wasn t used as a drink at first It was used as food The coffee berries mixed with animal fat were used by monks to stay awake during long hours of prayer From Ethiopia coffee was later cultivated 培育 in Yemen and the first hot drink was developed there around AD 1000 Three centuries later Muslims were keen coffee drinkers and as Islam spread so did coffee Coffee houses appeared in Cairo and Mecca For hundreds of years the plants were protected safely But some beans were smuggled 偷运 out of Arabia and taken to India In the 17th century coffee was soon grown in a new continent From India to Indonesia a century later the beans were once again smuggled to Brazil Brazil is now the largest coffee producer in the world It was the caffeine that made the goats dance and kept the monks awake Although it is found in other soft drinks and tea coffee has the most caffeine In the short term a couple of cups of coffee can prevent fatigue and delay sleep But several cups a day every day can cause anxiety 第 9 页 共 11 页 and restlessness The of Coffee Discovery Kaldi found that his goats got after they ate some red cherries Kaldi himself tried some and he became very happy and excited At first Coffee was instead of being drunk In AD 1000 Coffee was cultivated in Yemen and the first hot drink was developed In AD 1300 Coffee to different places so coffee houses appeared in Cairo and Mecca In the 17th century Coffee was soon grown in a new continent from India to Indonesia Now Brazil the