2017年英语试题

2017年九年级英语模拟试题I. 单项选择 1. Look at the shape of the cake. It is _ heartA.anB.a C.the D. /2.Zhang Peng didnt tell his parents that he was going home because he wanted to give them a _.A.noteB.callC.giftD.surprise 3. On holidays, the traffic policemen often work _ five hours_a break. A.in, withB.since, withoutC.for, withoutD.at, for4. According to the survey, _ 60% of working mothers in China dont want to have a second child.A. mostlyB. especiallyC. partlyD. nearly5. I hope my school life of senior high will be _ than that of junior high.A. more excitingB. very excitingC. as exciting asD. the most exciting 6. How to make dumplings, Linda?First, _ the meat.A. put upB. cut upC. use upD. give up7. Tomorrow is my fathers _ birthday.A. forty-twoB. No. 42C. forty-secondD. the 42nd8. Thanks for inviting _ to dinner. I really enjoyed it.A. meB. himC. youD. her9. We should do as much as we can _ water.A. for savingB. savedC. saveD. to save10. What language _ in New Zealand?English.A. speakingB. is spokenC. be spokenD. to speak11. The teacher asked if we knew _.A. whose keys are theyB. whose keys they wereC. who lose the keysD. where are the keys12. You _ worry about your friend. Hell get well soon.A. needntB. cantC. mustntD. have to13. Unless the weather _, well have to cancel the picnic.A. improveB. improvesC. improvedD. will improve14. Im sorry I left my math book at home.It doesnt matter. Dont forget _ it here this afternoon.A. to takeB. bringingC. takingD. to bring15. Country music _ nice and full of feelingsA. soundsB. listensC. hearsD. looksIII综合填空 (共20小题，共25分) A. 用所给词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。（10分）publish, excite, write, dress, think1. At Christmas, Tom always _ himself as Father Christmas.2. Wouldyoumindturningdownthemusic?I_areportnow. 3. Ihavetobeoffrightnow.Whatapity!I_youcouldstayalittlelongerwithus. 4. The first Harry Potter book _ in 1997. 5. The Monkey King _ the children of China for many years. B. 根据句意和汉语提示完成句子。（5分）1. The _（高度）of our classroom is about 3.5 meters. 2. Jenny cut _（自己）when she was cooking. 3. A new school opened _（最近）in our city. 4. The _（树叶）remain green in winter in Hainan Province. 5. Theres a big river_（在之间）their school and the village. C. 选择恰当的单词完成短文。每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）（10分）also, can, them, really, popular, hear, and, instruments, or, around, under, traditionalIn the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians. They play many different kinds of musiceverything from 1 Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so 2 ? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, its both of these things, but its 3 something else: theyre elephants. These musical elephants started at the TECC in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and love 4 . And, like many zoos 5 the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint. Richard Lair works for the TECC. He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals paintings are very good. But, in fact, elephants 6 better than they see. And so he had an idea: if elephants are smart and they have good hearing, maybe they 7 play music. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance, the elephants play a number of 8 , including the drums and the xylophone（木琴）. But can elephants 9 make music properly? Yes, says Lair. They are very creative. Human encourage the animals to play, but the elephants make their own songs; they dont just copy their trainers 10 other people. There are now CDs of the groups music which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing.IV. 阅读表达（共20分）A Space vegetables are grown from seeds（种子）that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. The seeds are affected by the radiation（辐射）and low gravity in space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. However, some people worry about eating space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us get sick because of the radiation in space. However, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. When seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.After genetically modified (转基因) food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. For example, if nut genes (基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. This means that no new genes are put into the vegetables. Therefore, there are no dangers of eating something unknown.任务一: 根据短文内容填空，不超过三个单词。（2分）Space vegetables are _ than normal vegetables.任务二: 从文中找出与“some people are worried about eating space vegetables.”意思相近的句子。（2分）_任务三: 根据上下文写出第三段中划线代词“they”所指代的内容。（1分）_任务四: 根据短文回答问题：How long can normal tomatoes stay fresh?（2分） _任务五: 选出最后一段中划线单词“allergic”汉意正确的一项。（2分）_ a. 种植 b. 过敏 c. 活力BBelieve it or not, dental floss（牙线）has been around for thousands of years. Researchers have discovered dental floss in the ancient teeth of prehistoric（史前的）humans. After all, people have been getting food stuck in their teeth since they began to eat!In the early 1800s, a dentist advised people to use the dental floss. In 1819, New Orleans dentist Levi Spear Parmly wrote a book called A Practical Guide to the Management of the Teeth. In the book, he advised people to floss with waxed（含蜡的）silk thread.Although historians believe Parmly was the inventor of modern dental floss, the first patent for dental floss was presented to Asahel M. Shurtleff in 1874. Shurtleffs company didnt begin to provide unwaxed silk floss for home use until 1882.However, dental floss didnt become popular right away. Professional dentistry was still a developing field, and _. Flossing didnt become more common until World War II ended. At that time Dr. Charles C. Bass used nylon floss to replace silk floss. Then today, dental floss is still made of nylon, as well as other types of plastic fibers（纤维）.Some dentists say that wed better floss at least once each day if we want to keep our teeth clean and healthy. Sadly, studies have shown that only 10 percent