湖北省天门市2019届九年级英语培优试卷(二)(无答案)

天门杭州九年级英语培优试卷（二）

一、完形填空。

A

Philip is the bravest boy I know. His friends and family are all very 1 him.

Ten-year-old Philip was born with an 2 which means that he is always breaking his bones（骨头）. Although he has such a serious illness, Philip 3 playing sports. In January last year he 4 wheelchair racing. He came second in his first 5 , and since then Philip has won every other race!

In order to look for a new challenge（挑战， Philip 6 to take part in the London Wheelchair Marathon（马拉松. 7 , five days before the race Philip got sick. He didn’t want to 8 . He finally made up his mind to take part. Philip was given medicine by his doctor and guess what He not only 9 it, but he also finished in first place!

Philip is very 10 and never gives up. That’s why he has been chosen to be the Bravest Child of the Month.

( )1. A. proud of B. afraid of C. angry with D. strict with

( )2. A. ability B. effort C. illness D. interest

( )3 A. stops B. avoids C. minds D. loves

( )4. A. watched B. started C. cancelled D. held

( )5.A. Journey B. race C. class D. interview

( )6. A. regretted B. hated C. failed D. decided

( )7. A. Instead B. Also C. However D. First

( )8. A. give up B. sit down C. set off D. go out

( )9. A. refused B. left C. Completed D. invented

( )10. A. brave B. honest C. polite D. fair

B

Things like Hula hoops (呼啦圈) used to be very popular.Did you ever own any of these？If you didn't，don't feel too bad.They were all fads.A fad is something that becomes very popular among a large number of people，but only for a short time.__1__ can become a fad very quickly，but can stop being popular just as quickly.when it is no longer “cool”，

a fad goes away.Anything can become a(n) __2__—fashion，food，music，technology，even language.

In the late 1970s，Erno Rubik，a professor was looking for a __3__ way to teach his students about 3D objects.He __4__ a six­color plastic object that would be called the Rubik's Cube (魔方)．The goal was to get each side of the cube a __5_ color.It was very challenging.It took a few years for the toy t o become popular，but then suddenly ，in 1982，it seemed everyone had one.People bought over a hundred million of the toys ．There were 50 books available that year offering solutions (解决办法)．Then，just as suddenly as the craze (风尚) started，it __6__．By 1983，people were not interested in the Rubik's Cube anymore，perhaps because so many people __7__ had one in their home.

In 2012，a South Korean musician named Psy released a song called Gangnam (江南) Style.The music video shows Psy pretending (假装) to horse­ride while he is dancing.In six months，it became the first Youtube (一视频网站) video ever to reach a billion views (观看)．Six months after that，__8_ went on to reach two billion views.The song and video started a worldwide dance craze.Gangnam Style had a huge influence on world popular culture.U.S.President Barack Obama and U．K. Prime Minister David Cameron even __9__ the dance.Gangnam Style became less and less popular，__10__ the “Korean Wave” of culture remains popular all over the world.

( )1.A.Both B．Someone C．Something D．None

( )2.A.invention B．fad C．goal D．dream

( )3..A.creative B．difficult C．traditional D．common

( )4.A.found B．bought C．invented D．borrowed

( )5.A.strange B.dark C．bright D．different

( )6.A.spread B．appeared C．ended D．failed

( )7.A.already B．hardly C．especially D．only

( )8.A.he B．they C．we D．it

( )9.A.depended on B．tried out C．gave up D．put off

( )10.A.then B．and C．but D．so

二、阅读理解。

A