【中小学资料】内蒙古乌兰察布市2016届中考英语培优试题九(无答案)

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阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

（一）Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before 1 every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn’t smoke and neve r 2 . She didn’t eat chocolate. She didn’t eat sweet and fatty food, 3 . She weighted herself every day.

One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a 4 sitting in a rocking ch air under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking, 5 he looked very happy.

He smiled at her and said, “Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”

He had a wide smile 6 his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.

“Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes, it is a lovely day.”

Alicia thought he 7 very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the 8 of a happy old age.

“I hope you don’t 9 me aski ng,” she said, “but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I ca n look as happy as you do 10 I am your age.”

The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for 11 ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day.”

Alicia was 12 . She didn’t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did 13 wrong. She thought he should be 14 and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life 15 eating well or doing lots of exercise.

“How old are you?” she asked.

“It’s my birthday today,” said the man. “I’m forty-seven!”

1. A. lunch B. breakfast C. dinner D. supper

2. A. exercised B. drank C. worked D. slept

3. A. too B. also C. either D. still

4. A. man B. woman C. boy D. girl

5. A. so B. but C. and D. or

6. A. in B. with C. at D. on

7. A. saw B. looked C. listened D. found

8. A. secret B. dream C. plan D. future

9. A. stand B. mind C. allow D. enjoy

10. A. when B. since C. though D. for

11. A. health B. success C. happiness D. life

12. A. surprised B. worried C. excited D. relaxed

13. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

14. A. angry B. serious C. quiet D. sick

15. A. through B. from C. without D. by

（二）Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me __1 _ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have __2__ a whole variety of reasons. __3__ important reason is that I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different __4__ or better than or even superior to animals. One of the most important things is __5__ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education __6__. As I want to be a fully __7__ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to __8__. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are __9__ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __10__ fit into society.

1. A. quite B. so C. such D. another

2. A. come up with B. agreed with C. been fed up with D. got on well with

3. A. Most B. The most C. More D. Much

4. A. to B. around C. between D. from

5. A. education B. weather C. temperature D. science

6. A. finished B. don’t finish C. will not finish D. has finished

7. A. develop B. develop ed C. developing D. experience