广东江门市福泉奥林匹克学校2019-2020学年九年级下学期第一模拟考试题英语试题

1、福泉奥校 2019-2020 学年第二学期第一次模拟考试九年级英语第页（共 8 页）- 1 -江门市福泉奥林匹克学校2019-2020 学年第二学期九年级第一模拟考试英语时间： 100 分钟满分： 120 分一、语法选择 (本题 a.b 篇有 25 小题，每小题1 分，共 25 分)alast year, around labor day, i read a “happy ad ” in our local newspaper.therewas a lady in a localnursing home, who was celebrating her1birthday and her fam

2、ily wanted everyone to know about it.itsaid that2you wanted to drop her a line, here was her address.so i did.i found a birthday card anddropped her a short note, wishing3a happy birthday.a week or so later, someone knocked at my front door.i opened the door and found a middle-aged manstanding on my

3、 doorstep.he introduced himself as the son of the woman4i had sent the card to.heexplained that he just wanted to drop by in person and thank me5sending such a nice card to hismom.apparently(明 显 地), like many other old men or women, she did not receive much mail and wasquite6to receive mine.i just d

4、idntknow7to say.i told him it was my pleasure and that i hopedhis mom hadenjoyed the birthday.that year, i did not sendout any christmas cards, except to this lovely old lady in the nursing home.i justtold her that i8about her and hoped that she had a nice holiday.i sent her9valentine card andalso a

5、couple of notes in between.she passedaway a couple of months ago.i never met this lady, but i dropped her a line of sympathy.ihope that my few little notes were enough10a couple of her days hereon the earth.()1.a.90b.the 90c.90thd.the 90th()2.a.ifb.becausec.unlessd.though()3.a.sheb.herc.herselfd.her

6、s()4.a.whichb.whosec.whend.whom()5.a.byb.withc.atd.for()6.a.excitingb.excitedc.more excitingd.more excited()7.a.howb.whichc.whatd.why()8.a.was thinkingb.is thinkingc.hasthoughtd.think()9.a.ab.anc.thed./()10.a.brightenedb.brightenc.brighteningd.to brightenbonce upon a time, there was a small town.and

7、 there was a cave nearthe town.people called11the“ cave of fear” .manypeople had explored into the cave12no one had ever returned from there.sopeople lived in terror.they were afraid that the monster would leave the cave one day.since then, no one wentto the cave any more.many years later, a young m

8、an came to the town one day.he heard13the situation of the cave, sohe decided14the cave and15the monster.the young man wanted16person to go withhim, but everyone was17afraid that not a single person got nearthe mouth of the cave with him.the young man never gave up.he went inside the cave18.suddenly

9、, he felt something hit himhard on the back.this pushed him forward towards a hole in the rock.he19avoid it, and fell福泉奥校 2019-2020 学年第二学期第一次模拟考试九年级英语第页（共 8 页）- 2 -through.he thought he was about to20.21, ashe fell, he heard music and voices.they got22when he reached closer to the bottomof the cave.

10、he heard a group of people shout, “ surprise!”it was23big party! the partygoers were all those people24had never returned to thetown.they explained to him that this place had beenthe idea of an old mayor of the town.that mayor createdthe story of the monster to tell people that fear would stop your

11、way25exploration.()11.a.itselfb.itc.itsd.its()12.a.ifb.orc.butd.however()13.a.fromb.aboutc.ond.for()14.a.enteredb.enterc.enteringd.to enter()15.a.meetsb.will meetc.is meetingd.meet()16.a.otherb.anotherc.othersd.the other()17.a.veryb.soc.suchd.even()18.a.aloneb.lonelyc.togetherd.altogether()19.a.must

12、nt b.couldntc.cantd.wouldnt()20.a.dieb.deathc.deadd.dying()21.a.howeverb.butc.sod.because()22.a.clearb.clearerc.clearestd.clearly()23.a.ab.anc.thed./()24.a.whob.whosec.whichd.whom()25.a.withb.forc.ofd.to二、完形填空 (本题有 10 小题，每小题1 分，共 10 分)my name is michal.though i26poland and polish is my native langua

13、ge, i have learned englishvery well.now i want to share my experience with you.i had my first contact with english when i was six.my dad27me to listen to the beatles.i listenedto them every day for the next seven years.at the beginning, i could understand28of what they weresinging.but soon i started

14、 to29more words.the next year, i got a book with the words of all theirsongs.i readthe book many times.i learned many songs.and i understood a little of the meaning.it became my30to learn english so well that i could understandthe beatles.when i was 13 years old, i started31english science fiction b

15、ooks.i could not understand thosebooks at first becausei did not know english so well.but i felt the books in english must be32andexciting.so i learned every new english word that i33.in that way, my reading ability improved.when iread in english, i have the pleasure of both reading and using englis

16、h.at the same time, i find english is avery important34for learning science.english has given me so much satisfaction and pleasure and also i find it is so35in my work.andim trying to help people learn english with pleasure.()26.a.come inb.live inc.take outd.move out()27.a.orderedb.forcedc.helpedd.a

17、dvised()28.a.anythingb.nothingc.somethingd.everything()29.a.readb.writec.understandd.remember()30.a.worryb.ideac.dreamd.concern福泉奥校 2019-2020 学年第二学期第一次模拟考试九年级英语第页（共 8 页）- 3 -()31.a.speakingb.listeningc.writingd.reading()32.a.interestingb.boringc.awfuld.peaceful()33.a.madeb.hadc.metd.wrote()34.a.solu

18、tionb.servicec.wayd.tool()35.a.uselessb.usefulc.difficultd.creative三、阅读理解 (本题 a.b.c.d 篇有 20 小题，每小题2 分，共 40 分)aon asunday afternoon, a giant “ ancient city”appearedon the surfaceof hongze lake in jiangsuprovince.but after about half an hour, the “ city”was gone.you might think that someunknown forces

19、 were at work.but itsbelieved that the “ city on the lake”wasactually a mirage( 海市蜃楼).a mirage is a trick that light and air play with our vision(视觉).normally,light travels in a straight line, but it can bend ( 弯曲)and changedirection depending on what it passesthrough.this bending is called “ refrac

20、tion ”.if different layers( 层 )of air areat different temperatures, light will bendat different angles( 角度 )when passing through them.this can create a false image of a nearby object.take the “ city on the lake”as anexample.the layer of air nearthe lake is colder than the higher layers, asthe lake a

21、bsorbs( 吸收)most of the heat.the buildings in the mirage were actually on anearby mountain.buttheir image showed up above the lake after light refracted in different layers of air.mirages happennot only over large bodies of water, but anywhere where the ground can absorb a lot ofheat.they are often s

22、eenon hot roads andin deserts.the next time you think you seeapool of water on theroad on ahot summer day, you will know itsjust amirage animage of the sky causedby bending light.()36.the underlined word “ refraction” means “”in chinese.a.反射b.直射c.折射d.照射()37.a mirage is.a.an image of a building nearb

23、yb.peoplesimaginationc.an image of the sky causedby bending lightd.an image of the mirror srefraction()38.light will bend at different angleswhen.a.it passesthrough different layers of different shapesb.its heatis absorbedby waterc.it passesthrough different layers of different temperaturesd.the lay

24、er of the air nearthe seais ascool asthe higher layers()39.which of the following is right?a.if you seea pool in a desert, it must be a mirage.b.if you seea pool of water on the road when the weather is hot, it must be a mirage.c.the mirage is made by some unknown forces.d.normally,lightcan travel i

25、n different lines.()40.the besttitle for the passagemay be.a.mystery of miragesb.lightstravel linec.different imagesof objectsd.lightsrefraction福泉奥校 2019-2020 学年第二学期第一次模拟考试九年级英语第页（共 8 页）- 4 -bthe amazon is the worldslargest tropical( 热带的) rainforest andis seenasvital(至关重要的) tothe fight againstclimat

26、e changebecauseof the large amounts of carbon dioxide that it absorbs.however, therewas araging( 熊熊燃烧的) fire in the amazon last month.bolsonaro announcedthe army would be sentinon friday after severaldays of criticism from the public and world leaders that brazilsgovernment was notdoing anything to

27、fight the fires.brazilian state expertsreported nearly 77,000 wildfires across the country so far this year,up 85 percentover the sameperiod in 2018.“this yearsfires fit with an established seasonalagricultural pattern” , saidcnn meteorologist(气象学家) haley brink. “itsthe best time to burn becausethe

28、vegetation（植被）isdry.” “most of thesefires are human-lit, ” said poirier, who explained that even during dry seasons,therainforest cannot catch fire easily, unlike, the dry bush lands of california or australia.brazilian climate scientist carlos nobre said he worries if 2025 percent of the ecosystem(

29、 生态系统)is destroyed that the amazon could reach a tipping point , after which it would enter aself-sustaining(自给自足) period of die back as the forest changesinto savannah( 无树大草原).nobre warned that it is notfar off with already 1517 percent of the rainforest having been destroyed.it is suggestedthat pe

30、ople should do many other things to reduceworry.they not only have to set up theirhome but also they should plant more trees.they also need to change their economical type.rules arenotcomplete enough to prevent people from cutting trees.everyone must help to fight environmentally damagingactions.()4

31、1.this passagemay come from a( n ).a.storyb.reportc.advertisementd.diary()42.made the brazilsgovernment was criticized.a.no fight against climate changeb.the raging firec.sending the armyd.no actions to fight the fires()43.according to paragraph 2, we canknow that.a.poirier said that the amount of w

32、ildfires in 2019 was much more than that in 2018b.it is the besttime to burn becausethe weather is dry and hotc.haley thought it was not easyto catch fire in the rainforest even it was dryd.it is much possible that the raging fire was lit by human()44.the underlined words “tipping point” meanin chin

33、ese.a.转折点b.临界点c.最高点d.关键点()45.from the passage,we know that the author mainly.a.blames the government without actionsb.worries whether the amazon can beof sustainability （持续性）c.calls for people to plant trees together in the amazond.collects the comments（评论）from others to support his passagecdo you e

34、ver feel like your thoughts are going around in circles? one minute, you rethinking about yourhomework.the next minute, you rethinking about your plans for the weekend.is it possible for us to slow our thoughts down or even stop them completely?it depends on your福泉奥校 2019-2020 学年第二学期第一次模拟考试九年级英语第页（共

35、 8 页）- 5 -definition(定义)of “ thinking”,according to michael halassa,a researcherat mit, the us.we basically gothrough each day in oneof two states weeither realize that we rethinking or we don t.ourbrains won tstopthinking completely until we die.“ the brain never actually stops thinkingin a broader

36、( 更广的) sense.mostthoughts areactually in thebackground( 在后面进行)without us noticing them and theresnot really a way to turn thesethings off,”halassasaid.human brains can unconsciously process( 无意识地处理)about 11 million pieces ofinformation per second, according to forbes.you can compare this to how acom

37、puter works.even when you arentusing your computer while itsturned on, it is still running operations “ in the background” .yourcomputer, much like your brain, is constantly“ thinking”,even if you renot actively using it.some researchershave referred to this phenomenon( 现象 )as “ thought-chatter” .it

38、 describes therandom( 胡乱的)thoughts that pop in and out of our mind at different times during the day,according tostevetaylor, a psychology lecturer( 讲师).some thought-chatter canbe enjoyable, such asdaydreaming.albert einstein came up with his famousthe theory of relativity(相对论)while daydreaming at w

39、ork.but too much thought-chatter can make usfeel too anxious or worried, taylor said.meditation ( 冥想)can help us clean up some of this thought-chatter.()46.when “ your thoughts are going around in circles”,you.a.are thinking about one thing repeatedlyb.are thinking about one thing after anotherc.can

40、not think about a problem very clearlyd.cannot stop thinking about pastevents()47.what doesparagraph4 try to prove?a.human brains are thinking all the time.b.human brains work faster than computers.c.a computer can deal with plenty of information.d.a computer can think like a human brain.()48.the un

41、derlined word “ thought-chatter” means“” in chinese.a.冥思苦想b.朝思暮想c.静思冥想d.胡思乱想()49.according to the story, the word “” can be usedto describe our brains.a.crazyb.busyc.randomd.relaxed()50.whatsthe passagemainly about?a.the way how our brains work.b.how to stop our thoughts from working.c.what is thoug

42、ht-chatter?d.the benefits andharms of thought-chatter.福泉奥校 2019-2020 学年第二学期第一次模拟考试九年级英语第页（共 8 页）- 6 -d配对阅读。左栏是对5 种环境问题的描述,右栏是专家给出的7 个对策 ,请为每一种问题选择最适合的一个对策 ,并将答案的字母编号填写在相应的位置。()51. air pollution is becoming more andmore serious, and carbon dioxideemissions( 排放)areincreasing.and factories that burncoa

43、l also pollute the air with a lot ofblack smoke.() 52. water pollution seriously affectspeopleslives.and the factories donot clean the water beforeemission( 排放).at the sametime,there is a serious shortageof waterresources.()53. the areaof land desertification(荒漠化 )is expanding andthere aretreestress

44、in the forest becausehumanscut down treesand makemoney from them.()54.tons of garbageis stored all over thesuburbsof the city.itssmelly.itstoodifficultto sort it out.()55. large number of animals arekilledin coastal areasasfood, whichdamagesto the diversity(多样性)of biological resourcesand evensomespe

45、cies would be extinct( 灭绝的 ).a. stop cutting down treesand start plantingtreeswhere the land desertification isserious.after that, take good care of themso that they can grow up healthily.b. go to work by busor bike rather than bycar in order to reduce the dioxideemissions.in this way we will have c

46、leanerair and better sky.c. ask people to stop eating the extinctspeciesof animals.those who eat them willget a seriouspunishment.and then setup ahomeland for them to live happily.d. drive cars to work or school every day anddon tsharecarswith others.then refuse theinvitation of giving others aride

47、as well.e. people should try their best to uselessclean water and savemore water.thegovernment should keep aneye on thewaste water from factories.f.publish a rule to require peopleto sort outtrash and carry it out in eachcommunity.try to handout advertisementsto arouse( 唤起) peoplesawareness.g. keep

48、a panda asa pet at home and feed itcarefully with bamboosor leaves, but nevertake it outside in order to protect it.whatsmore, dont handit to the zoo.四、短文填空 (本题有 10 小题，每小题2 分，共 20 分)the sun shinesalmost every day.in the morning it is a little cold56.the temperaturesarelow.then later in the day, it i

49、s sunny and warm.so i haveto wear ajacket in the morning and take it57.when it getswarm.sometimes it rains and i haveto wear my58.and in different seasons,i weardifferent clothes to make myself comfortable.in winter it is snowy and rainy all the time.i have to wear a lot of clothes myblue hat59.my h

50、ead, my black scarf around my neck, my red coat around my body and my thick white sockson my60.then i wear my black boots.i look like abear with all theseclothes. i61.it! itmakesme look too funny! but i am not cold.in spring my fingers are always cold in the morning.therefore ialways wear my 62.to k

51、eep my handswarm.福泉奥校 2019-2020 学年第二学期第一次模拟考试九年级英语第页（共 8 页）- 7 -summer is the63.seasonbecauseit is hot and sunny.i only wear t-shirts and shorts.myt-shirts are in all colors.on my feet i wear my blue sandals( 凉鞋) or white socks with my red and bluesports shoes.thenin64.it getscloudy and windy again,

52、 and i have to wear my coat or jacket.i donot like it becauselater i have to adjust myself65.follow the changeof nature again! it is winter andi look like abear!五、读写综合 (传统文化)(本题分为a、b 两部分，共25 分)a.回答问题 (每小题 2 分，共 10 分 )下面是对我国二十四节气之一芒种的简介,请根据所提供的信息,回答后面的问题。the chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms.grain in ear ( 芒种), the 9th solar term,begins on june 6this year and endson june 21.the arrival of grain in ear signifies( 标志) the ripening(成熟 ) of crops such as barley( 大麦) andwheat.it is also a busy period for farmers.rainfall increasesdur