2018年南京鼓楼区一模英语试题及答案

英语试卷 第 1 页 共 10 页 注意事项 南京市鼓楼区九年级 下 期中试卷 英语2018 04 1 本试卷共 10 页 全卷满分为 90 分 考试时间 90 分钟 试题包含选择题和非选择题 考生答题全部在答题卡上 答在本试卷上无效 2 请认真核对监考教师在答题卡上所粘贴条形码的姓名 考试证号是否与本人相符合 再将自己的姓名 考试证号用 0 5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡及本试卷上 3 答选择题必须用 2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑 如需改动 请用橡皮擦干 净后 再选涂其它答案 答非选择题必须用 0 5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡的指定位置 在其它位置答题一律无效 选择题 共 40 分 一 单项填空 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 分 请认真阅读下列各题 从题中所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑 1 It s so amazing that baby pandas weigh only about 140 gramsbirth Wow it s hard to believe that A onB inC atD with 2 Dad would you please walk a little more Sorry I thought you could follow me A closelyB quicklyC quietlyD slowly 3 I found a ring of keys on the playground just now Could you please tell methey are A whatB whichC whoD whose 4 great fun it is to be with her That s true She is a friendly person with a great sense of humour A WhatB What aC HowD How a 5 Why did your family buy a second hand car We couldn t afford a new one but even an old one is better than A noB noneC eitherD neither 英语试卷 第 2 页 共 10 页 6 There will be no winner in the trade war between China and the US I agree If we can t avoid it the situation will getas time goes on A badB badlyC worseD worst 7 I didn t have theto go out alone at night when I was a little child So did I But now I m brave enough A courageB powerC abilityD chance 8 Mike used to be a top student but he has fallen behindhe lost himself in playing computer games A afterB sinceC whenD until 9 My cousinin an American high school as an exchange student for two months last year A studiedB has studiedC studiesD was studying 10 Are you going to Hainan after the examination I m not sure Itmy parents time A tries onB turns onC carries onD depends on 11 My father works in Pukou He spends much time driving home every day Don t worry about that It ll be easier when the Yangtze River Bridge A repairsB will repairC is repairedD will be repaired 12 The suit is inexpensive but well made In the word inexpensive the in means A veryB moreC notD less 13 With the wide use of e business the way of shopping we were used toa lot A changeB changingC changedD has changed 14 Our school drama competition is coming next month I will try out for it this time A I hope soB Sounds greatC It s a pleasureD Cheer up 15 It s raining hard Would you please lend me your umbrella I ve lent it to Peter A I m afraid I can tB I can t agree more C I don t think soD I haven t decided yet 英语试卷 第 3 页 共 10 页 二 完形填空 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 分 请认真阅读下列短文 从短文后各题 所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 In all the world s cultures people sing play instruments and celebrate with music It plays such an important role in our lives that people devote much time to its study Experts 专家 are finding that because of the 16 our brains deal with music learning to play an instrument or just listening to music can have a large number of benefits 益处 Music education has 17 a lot of attention Learning to play an instrument can help children improve Maths science and language 18 One study in Canada followed children s IQ scores for nine months 19 that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes 音符 uses several parts of the 20 raising our ability to learn school subjects Music is also used for 21 purposes such as the treatment of diseases which influence memory The secret lies in the way the brain deals with music That s 22 an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago For patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer s listening to music can help wake up hidden memories by building up musical pathways to memories Studies of the music and brain connection often centre on classical music 23 it activates 激 活 both the left and right sides of our brains One study observed 观察 people s brain activity as they listened to music by 24 William Boyce It found that the brain activity was highest during the short breaks 中断 between the movements of a piece During each break the person s brain expected what would come next while organizing what he or she had just 25 This process 进程 is similar to the way our brain organizes information It may explain why classical music can help improve memory 16 A wayB resultC styleD step 17 A keptB givenC receivedD collected 18 A marksB skillsC pointsD talents 19 A believingB consideringC explainingD discovering 20 A bodyB brainC headD heart 21 A medicalB musicalC personalD practical 22 A howB whenC whyD what 23 A ifB sinceC thoughD unless 24 A writerB doctorC teacherD composer 25 A heardB sungC saidD done 英语试卷 第 4 页 共 10 页 三 阅读理解 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 分 请认真阅读下列材料 从材料后各题 所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A The LANLEY SCHOOL of English Do you need to learn English for work study or fun 4 courses Speaking at most 10 students 30 hour course Monday to Friday native teachers 125 00 Opening Times Monday Friday Saturday Sunday Contact 02 0443 1566 enquires lsofe co uk Reading at most 30 students 20 hour course Thursday big penguins can dive deeper and stay underwater longer so they can catch food far below the water surface 29 How can we tell one type of penguin from another A By looking at their legs and wings B By looking at their heads and necks C By looking at their flippers and cheeks D By looking at their eyebrows and hairstyles 30 Which of the following sentences about penguins is TRUE A There are sixteen types of penguins B Yellow penguins are the smallest penguins C They can only be found in cold places D They look clumsy but they are good swimmers 31 What is the second paragraph mainly about A It tells us the height of two types of penguins B It tells us the size and advantages of big penguins C It tells us the living areas of the smallest penguins D It tells us the living conditions of two types of penguins C At first glance there is little in Horton to attract people The other nearby towns have much more to offer Bradfield has its river and historic buildings while Newtown has shops and entertainment The buildings of Horton look dirty and unloved For shops there is a small supermarket a few bargain shops a bakery 面包店 which strangely does not sell bread and a flower shop which has one stand of sad looking flowers Even so Horton has several advantages over its neighbouring towns Firstly it has a country park Four thousand years ago this was an important fort 要塞 There are no historic remains here now but there are wonderful views over the countryside On sunny weekends you can often see kids out with their parents kicking balls or flying kites There aren t many job opportunities in Horton and the roads to nearby cities aren t really fast but there are excellent rail links You can be in London in an hour and a half and other cities are less than an hour away That means parents can work in other cities and still get home in time to 英语试卷 第 6 页 共 10 页 spend the evenings with their families Houses in Horton aren t pretty but they re functional and cheap The streets are quiet and safe and there are plenty of parks and playgrounds It has a library three primary schools and a secondary school St Mark s It s not as excellent as other schools in the area but it is friendly and offers a wide range of subjects and activities to children The town also has a swimming and a sports centre and the community halls hold regular clubs and events for people of all ages 32 What part of Horton isn t the writer satisfied with A The shops B The country park C Transport links D The schools 33 What advantages does Horton bring to workers A Plenty of jobs are easily found in the town B You can get to several cities quickly by train C You can drive to nearby cities in a short time D Working conditions are better here than in other towns 34 What type of people is Horton most suitable for A People who have well paid jobs B People who have low paid jobs C Families which have elderly people D Students who love sport and history 35 Which of the following sentences described Horton best A A quiet country town which has a number of good places to relax B A dirty unpopular town which has little to offer visitors or local people C A busy industrial town which has good connections to neighbouring cities D A friendly historic town which is a great place to live work and take a holiday D Today I am going along with Rowan Dougall a postman in Queensland in the far north of Australia on his daily delivery 投递 trip Every day Rowan sets off with his post bags in the tail of his little plane not much bigger than a large family car and flies across one of the wildest places on Earth Australia s Cape North to reach the very faraway inland areas called the Outback We fly just 300 metres above dangerous crocodiles 鳄鱼 and snakes This is one of the longest and most expensive postman trips in the world However a 50 cent stamp not only gets a letter posted to a neighbouring town it will get it hand delivered by flying postman to the furthest areas of the Outback To help with the costs the plane takes three or four paying local people or tourists and I am one of them In the back of the plane there is a pile of post envelopes of all sizes newspapers and a few parcels 包裹 Somehow I expected this post to look special maybe to include some hats or cowboy boots but this looks no more exciting than the post delivered to me in England I look at some of the names and addresses wondering about the people who are waiting for these letters and parcels Rowan s route is 2 000 km long with 15 stops and I get a chance to meet Sandy who has just received an order of clothes from a store I look forward to this weekly delivery she says but I do miss actually going shopping myself Rowan is checking the time There are another ten stops to make before dusk 黄昏 Time to leap back on the plane and up into the air 英语试卷 第 7 页 共 10 页 36 What does the writer say about the cost of delivering to Cape North A The sender pays more than the usual mail cost B People in the Outback pay 50 cents for a delivery C It may be possible to find a less expensive delivery D The money passengers pay help to cover some of the cost 37 What surprises the writer about the items of post on the plane A The items seem to be in a mess B Some of the items are very unusual C The items are similar to his own post D He can t see clear names on the items 38 When talking about the plane post service Sandy says that A she would like the service to be more often B the mail plane does not stop long enough there C she would like to be able to do her own shopping D there are many items that cannot be delivered to her 39 What is the writer s main purpose in writing the text A To describe postal delivery services in the Outback B To show the wild beauty of the Australian Outback C To warn about the dangers to postmen in the Outback D To get more support for postal services in the Outback 40 What might the writer say to a friend when he gets back to England A The post plane is too small for the post that has to be delivered B Only tourists are allowed to go as passengers on the post plane C The postman has to fly the plane himself and deliver everything by hand D The delivery could be faster if the postman spent less time talking to local people 非选择题 共 50 分 四 填空 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 分 A 请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词 使句子意思完整正确 并将答案填写在答题卡标 号为 41 45 的相应横线上 41 As a 爱好 and a way of exercising more and more young people enjoy cycling at weekends in China 42 Will you please come for dinner this Friday Billy Thanks a lot But every day is OK 除 以外 Friday 43 最后 I d like to thank all those people who helped make the fashion show such a great success 44 The photo show will help foreigners have a better understanding of traditional Chinese culture and its 现代的 development 45 The young man 选择 to start his career in his own village after he graduated from the university 英语试卷 第 8 页 共 10 页 B 请根据句子意思 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空 并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 46 50 的相应横线上 46 Excuse me Could you please tell me where the twins are They are talking to a friend of they in the meeting room 47 Because of the dirty air doctors advised people to avoid outdoor activity and shut doors and windows for protection 48 You look tired Betty What s wrong I didn t sleep well and stayed wake until the early morning 49 Many foreigners like Chinese food but they don t know some dishes take hours or even days prepare 50 Hello This is Sunshine Police Station Can I help you A car crashed into a tree and the driver was badly hurt A doctor want here C 请根据短文内容 从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空 使短文内容完整正确 并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 51 55 的相应横线上 populardifficultiesemptyeveryday livessteal money Oliver Twist is one of the most famous stories by Charles Dickens Set in the nineteenth century it is about a boy called Oliver who finds himself alone in the world He lives in a special house for poor people and always has an 51 stomach One day he asks for more food and gets into trouble Later Oliver runs away to London There he meets some boys who 52 and other things They teach Oliver to steal too Oliver does not want to because he is a good child After many 53 Oliver is taken home by a kind old man In the end Oliver discovers that the kind old man is a relative and he goes to live with him in the city There are many reasons why Oliver Twist is such a 54 story There is a lot of action in the book and it is also very humorous The writer was also very good at writing about the 55 of poor children in London in the nineteenth century his book made people care more about the problems of poor children 五 阅读填空 共 20 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 20 分 A 请认真阅读下列短文 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中第 56 65 小题的空格里填入 一个最恰当的单词 注意 每个空格只填 1 个 单 词 请将答案填写在答题卡标号为 56 65 的相应横线上 David Adler is a dreamer He always has been As a boy he often created stories to make his brothers and sisters happy His parents owned a house with three floors They used it to keep unwanted things on the third floor David loved to crawl 爬 around up there looking through all the things It gave him ideas for even more stories to tell David the dreamer grew up and became a teacher He didn t stop dreaming though One day his three year old nephew visited him He asked David a 英语试卷 第 9 页 共 10 页 David Adler a 56 He 57 up stories to make his brothers and sisters happy The unwanted things on the third floor gave him 58 for stories He 59 dreaming as before His nephew s 60 helped him write a story His 61 book called A Little At A Time was published He took a break from teaching 63 his son s birth The64which he took while caring for his son inspired him to write a mystery book As a boy David Adler s writing career As a teacher As a 62 It s his dreaming that 65 him to come up with ideas for his books question That question was followed by another question And another And another The boy s questions just kept coming After he left David s head was filled with all the questions his nephew had asked David Adler wrote a story using all those thoughts He sent it off to a publisher to see if they liked it They did His first story was going to become a book It was called A Little At A Time Not a lot changed after David Adler wrote his first book The only thing that changed was he started doing more writing David decided to take a break from teaching when his first son was born His wife had a good job and wanted to go back to work David had to stay at home to care for his son One day David took notes of all the things that he needed each time he took the baby outside That thought inspired 激发 him to write a mystery book It would be the first of many books centred on a character named Cam Jansen a girl with an amazing memory The books were a big success Then he gave up teaching and became a full time writer David Adler has dreamed up a lot of different stories He still spends a lot of time dreaming It is how he comes up with ideas for his books He says Don t Think Just Write He does his best work when he just writes the things that come into his head B 请根据短文内容和首字母提示 填写所缺单词 并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 66 75 的相应位置上 Who is the most famous mouse in motion picture history Right it s none other than Mickey Mouse After nearly 90 years Mickey Mouse is perhaps the s 66 in the world Walt Disney invented Mickey Mouse while on a train trip b 67 New York and Los Angeles Mickey s first movie came out in 1928 Minnie Mouse also appeared in the movie The movie was called Plane Crazy but it was a s 68 movie Later the same year another movie called Steamboat Willie was also made It was Mickey s first talking movie and was a r