靖江外国语学校九年级第二次模拟考试
英语试卷
(考试时间：120分钟 满分：120分)
第一部分 选择题
一 单项选择 (15分)
1. I don’t think it is _____ useless competition, because it has offered us ____valuable experience for the next competition. A. the; a B. an; / C. an; a D. a; /
2. Yang Jiang, a famous writer and translator, passed away ________ the age of 105, she translated many
famous foreign novels ________ Chinese during her life.
A. at; in B. on; in C. at; into D. of; into
3. _______Sandy _______Jean speaks good English, so they can communicate with these American students very well. A. Neither, nor B. Not only, but also C. Both, and D. Either, or 4. —Do you know the Indian girl Malala?
—Of course, her ___________ makes the world shocked(震惊的) and she becomes the youngest
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. A. advantage B. progress C. achievement D. attention
5. Many people this cultural TV program can get the public interested in ancient Chinese poems.
A. expect B. invent C. manage D. devote
6. According to a recent survey, ________ three fifths of working mothers in China don’t want to have a second child. A. mostly B. especially C. specially D. nearly 7. —Where have you ______ these days? — I have ______ to Nanjing with my friends. A. been; gone B. been; been C. gone; been D. gone; gone
8. Life is like climbing a mountain. you may feel tired, you will enjoy the beautiful view at the top of the mountain. A. Since B. Unless C. Though D. Because
9. The opening ceremony of the 2018 Boao Forum for Asia (博鳌亚洲论坛开幕式) __________ in Hainan on April 8. I think it is really a great __________. A. was taken place; success B. was held; success C. took place; successful D. was held; successfully 10. --- Do you want to eat here? --- No. Just fish and chips to _________, please. A. take up B. take on C. take off D. take away 11. — crowded Qingliang East Road is!
— Yes, because the number of cars has kept greatly since April. A. What a; rising B. How; raising C. How; rising D. What; raising 12. —May I take this magazine out of the reading room? — No, you ___________. You read it here. A. mustn’t B. mightn’t C. needn’t D. won’t 13.—If you _______ careful enough, you may hurt yourself. —Thanks. I’ll be as _______as I can. A. don’t; careful B. aren’t; careful C. aren’t; carefully D. don’t; carefully
14. ——Would you mind lending me your bike? ——__________________. A. Of course, here you are B. Yes, OK C. Yes. My bike is broken D. Certainly not, here you are 15. —Why not go on a trip to Beihai Park by Mobike this Sunday? —Good idea! But I wonder .
A. how can I download Mobike App B. whether it’s going to rain
C. that we can meet at the school gate D. how much should we pay for the Mobike 二 完型填空（15分）
Dad and I were always passionate（热情的） about our feelings, and when I reached my teen years, our 16 really heated up. Our biggest fight was about my chosen 17 . “People like us aren’t writers!” Dad would shout.
“Maybe people like you aren’t writers,” I would shout 18 , “but people like me are!”
I grew up in a nice house with a lawn and lots of rooms. All I had to do was get good grades and stay out of trouble. Dad spent his youth living in an old building and 19 money to support his family. But he drew a curtain（门帘，幕） over his 20 , never speaking of his growing-up days. No one knew what he had 21 . But not knowing Dad’s past, I could never know what drove him to want so much safety for me.
As I insisted on writing, Mom told me Dad read and re-read everything I got published, although he 22 mentioned my work to me. Instead, he continually tried to drive me into a career he considered 23 -nursing or teaching.
But in the last days of his life, Dad 24 . It was as if he suddenly realized that he should make the truth known. He talked about everything—how it felt to carry heavy baskets of coal upstairs and 25 one bathroom with five other families, and how worried he was that his family wouldn’t have enough warm clothes for winter. Dad told me 26 he’d wanted to protect me from poor life, so I’d never have to go 27 what he had. When he said sorry for trying to break off my wings, I told him that he was the very one who’d given me the chance to 28 . Dad smiled and tried to nod.
On the last day of his life, as Mom and I sat holding his hands, he signaled(示意) to the nurse to come close. “You know my daughter,” he said with great 29 . “I just want you to know—she’s a 30 .”
It was the proudest moment of my life. 16. A. discussions B. fights C. movements D. conversations 17. A. school B. career C. subject D. topic 18. A. out B. in C. around D. back 19. A. saving B. raising C. wasting D. making 20. A. future B. past C. present D. dream 21. A. chosen B. provided C. experienced D. achieved 22. A. sometimes B. never C. always D. often 23. A. safe B. easy C. special D. challenging 24. A. stayed up B. opened up C. put up D. picked up 25. A. deal B. clean C. share D. build 26. A. what B. how C. when D. where 27. A. over B. into C. for D. through
28. A. read 29. A. pains 30. A. nurse
三 阅读理解（30分）
B. live B. hope B. teacher C. fly C. pride C. writer D. change D. sadness D. doctor
A
These days, picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some photos chosen by Jim. Read on to find out which one you like best. China’s first Hello Kitty theme restaurant was opened on Dec 23 in the capital of China. It’s all pink and sweet inside the restaurant. The table cloth is pink, so are, the chairs, ceiling and floor. Even the lamp light shines soft and rosy. Dining at Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant costs about 160 yuan ($25) per person. Dustin and Sara from North Georgia &State University (NGCSU) of the United States perform(表演) Peking Opera at LiaoCheng University in East China’s Shandong Province. Eighteen students from NGCSU came to China to study Chinese culture during the summer vacation. Located in Miyun County, north-east of Beijing, Fuling Mountain is a national-level forest reserve. As the mountain is cloudy and foggy all the year round, Fuling Mountain then began to be called Wuling Mountain. It is regarded as the Yellow Mountain in North China. Bill Gates,chairperson of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, attended an anti-smoking event ahead of the 25th World No-Tobacco Day, in Beijing on May 29,2012. Some Chinese famous people also attended the event. World No-Tobacco Day falls on May 31 every year. 31. If you eat at Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant, . A. you should live in the capital of China B. you have to wear your pink clothes C. you must feel excited about the shining lights D. you will probably spend about 160 yuan each time 32. What did Dustin and Sara do in China? A. They climbed Fuling Mountain in Beijing. B. They visited a Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant. C. They performed Peking Opera in Shandong. D. They attended an anti-smoking event.
33. Fuling Mountain is called Wuling Mountain because . A. it’s in the northeast of Beijing. B. it is always cloudy and foggy. C. it is a national-level forest reserve.
D. it’s the Yellow Mountain in North China. 34. Which is true about Bill Gates ?
A. He is manager of a computer software company. B. He advised people to stop smoking.
C. He was invited to Beijing by Chinese famous people. D. He set up World No-Tobacco Day on May 31. 35. The photos may come from ______________.
A. the Internet news B. a doctor’s diary C. an advertisement D. a science magazine
B
What’s in a name? Well, probably more than you think. If you’ve ever looked at someone and thought, “you really look like you’d be a Jessica” or something of the kind, you’re not alone —and there’s a scientific reason for why someone’s face matches their name.
According to research, there could actually be some truth to the idea that a person “looks like ”their name. For their experiment（实验）, a team of researchers pulled data（数据） from eight different studies,
In one experiment, researchers found that when people are shown a stranger’s face and given a selection（选择）of five names, they pick the right name about 35% of the time. The team ran several more experiments of a similar nature with different conditions and found that people still did a pretty good job of matching strangers to their real names.
In another experiment, researchers also trained a computer to find similarities （ 相 似 点 ） in thousands of faces of people with the same name, and they found that people with the same name often have similarities around their eyes, or at the corners of their mouths.
Zwebner concluded（做出……结论） that people could actually be using their facial（面部的）muscles（肌肉） to change their appearance in a way matches the characteristics of their name. Take, for example, someone with the name “Joy”, “The moment she’s born, her parents and society treat her in a way that befits that name,” she said. “They say, ‘you really are so joyful, smiling just like your name.’ She develops a certain look maybe because she is smiling more because of all the positive （积极的）feedback（反馈）she gets when she smiles.”
Long story short, our names might actually be influencing us more than we think, shaping who we come to be based on what society expects from someone with our names.
36. In the experiment when people are asked to look at a stranger’s face and select（选择） from five names,____________ of the time they choose the wrong names. A. 20%
B. 35%
.
D. a science magazine
C. 45% D. 65%
37. We can read this passage in _______________ A. a musical magazine C. a science fiction
B. a detective story
38. The underlined word “befit” in para. 7 may mean “_____________ ” in the passage. A. find B. match C. expect D. change 39. Which sentence is true according to the message?
A. People can use their noses to change their appearance to match their names B. If someone has the name “Joy”, he or she may be really joyful. C. There is no scientific reason for why someone’s face matches their name D. Our names might not influence us more than we think.
40. In this passage the writer mainly wants to tell us_____________________.
A. people’s names have nothing to do with their appearance B. people like those who have positive names C. we can use our names to influence people around us D. our names are influencing us more than we think
C
Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea? Sometimes the answer isn’t to just force an idea out of your mind. Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander（走神）. Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, found an association （联系）between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes having participants（参与者）first do an “unusual-use task”. They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.
Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again: Complete a difficult task ; complete an easy task; take a 12 –minute break; or skip（跳过）12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.
Surprisingly, the group that performed(执行) best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.
But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as “unconscious thought”. Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle（不易察觉的）way.
When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.
Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.
41. What could you do to create great ideas according to the passage?
A. Work hard. B. Let your mind wander. C. Have a nice sleep. D. Read more books.
42. The “unusual-use task” included having participants______________________ . A. complete an easy task B. complete a very difficult task C. take a 12-minute break D. come up with different ways to use an object 43. Why did the participants who completed the easy task perform best? A. Because they were more creative than the others.
B. Because they were more knowledgeable than the others
C. Because they were better at solving problems than the others
D. Because they had the time to daydream, which might have helped unlock their creativity. 44. What does the underlined phrase “unconscious thought” in Paragraph 5 mean? A. Your brain is thinking about a problem outside of your awareness（意识） B. Your brain knows what you’re thinking and doing.
C. Your brain has a purpose of its own that cannot be known.
D. Your brain refuses to receive any information from the outside world. 45. What is the main idea of the passage?