2015-2016(下)第六中学九年级一模试卷

厦门六中2015-2016学年下学期初三一模试卷英语(二)基础知识与运用(每小题1.5分,共30分)V. 选择填空: 从A、B、C中，选出一个最佳答案完成句子。

17. — Hey, Jimmy! You ride to work every day.— Yeah. There are lots of ________. It’s good for both my health and our environment.A. suggestionsB. advantagesC. instructions18. — I no longer want to talk with him!— Don’t be so crazy. Anyway, it’s not a ________ joke.A. naturalB. carelessC. harmful19. — The people are talking about the news ________.— Yes. This is the third building that was talking down by terrorists.A. seriouslyB. happilyC. normally20. — Why are you in such a hurry?— I must be quick ________ I won’t be late for school.A. orB. becauseC. so that21. — Why don’t you like these two dresses?— I’ve tried them on, but ________ of them looked good on me.A. eitherB. neitherC. both22. — Ms. Clark, you seem to love being with your students very much.— You’re right. And you can’t imagine how much they________ knowledge!A. are thirsty forB. come up withC. are famous for23. — ________ will the bridge be put to good use?— In half a year.A. How soonB. How longC. How often24. — Jenny, let’s go home together.— Wait a minute. I ________ an e-mail.A. sendB. have sentC. am sending25. Nike ________ a job in a hospital, but to our surprise, he didn’t take it.A. offeredB. was offeredC. was offering26. — Have you searched the information ________ you want to use in your report?— Not yet. I will do it right now.A. thatB. whenC. what27. — I wonder ________.— Class 8 won the game although it’s hard to believe.A. when Class 8 wonB. whether Class 7 wonC. why Class 8 won28. — Shall we go camping on Friday or Saturday?— ________. Either will do.A. I’m afraid notB. I hope soC. I don’t mindVI. 完形填空：从A、B、C中，选出一个最佳答案，使短文意思完整。

Mike was reading in the garden when his mother came. She pointed to something and asked Mike what it was. Mike felt a little 29 , but he told her it was a sparrow and got back into reading.Several minutes later, his mother pointed to the same sparrow and asked the same question again. Mike got quite angry but 30 answered her question. After a little while, his mother did the same thing once more. This time Mike could not31 himself. He shouted at her for stopping him again and again.The old lady took out an old diary 32 , turned to a page and showed it to him. 33 Mike was little impatient, Mike began to read it.“Today, I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Mike pointed to a bird on the grass and asked me what it was. I 34 at him, said it was a sparrow and kissed him. After a while Mike asked me again and I did the same. Pointing to the same sparrow, little Mike asked me what it was twenty times and I 35 answering his question and kissing him every time.”Something gently touched Mike’s heart. His face turned red with 36 for being so impatient to his mother and he hugged her tight.Your parents have given you many things in their lifetime, but you may not realize that until they are gone.29. A. angry B. excited C. surprised30. A. hardly B. always C. still31. A. enjoy B. understand C. control32. A. happily B. silently C. politely33. A. Though B. Because C. While34. A. shouted B. smiled C. stared35. A. gave up B. looked forward to C. kept on36. A. shame B. fear C. pride（三）阅读理解（每小题2分，共50分）VII.阅读以下五篇短文，选择最佳答案作答37-61小题。

AAn eight-year-old girl heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation (手术) could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.Her daddy said, “Only a miracle can save him now.”The little girl went to her bedroom, pulled her money from its hiding place and hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand.“What do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.”“Pardon?” said the salesman. “My brother has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?”“We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said. “Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.” said the girl.A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of miracles does your brother need?”“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$ 1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered. “Well, what luck,”smiled the man. “$ 1.11, the price of a miracle for little brother.”He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.How much did the miracle cost?37. What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?A. Her brother was really sick and nothing could save his life.B. Her family was pretty poor and no one can lend them money.C. Her brother was badly ill and her family couldn’t afford the operation.38. In the eye of the little girl, a miracle might be ________.A. some useful medicineB. some good foodC. something uneasy39. When the little girl said “I can try and get some more.”, that shows she ________.A. had still kept some moneyB. hoped not to be refusedC. thought money was easy to get40. What saved her brother’s life?A. The girl’s love for her brother.B. The girl’s money.C. The medicine from the drugstore.41. From the story we can infer that ________.A. the little girl’s brother was in fact not to sick as they had thoughtB. the little girl is lovely but not so cleverC. something unexpected may happen if you keep onBTake any long piece of paper. Now glue (粘) the ends of the paper together. You have made a normal ring.Take a second long piece of paper. Twist (扭转) the paper once and glue the ends together. Now you have made a Moby’s band (带子). For people studying math, this band is uncommon.This strange band was first made in the 1800s by a German man named August Moby’s. Mr. Moby’s studied math. He wanted to find a way to show how this band works with math. Believed it or not, this band has only one surface. You can find this out for yourself.If you draw a line on the surface of the paper before you twist and glue it, the line is only on one side of the paper. The paper has two surfaces. However, if you draw a line after you make the Moby’s band, you can follow the line around both sides of the paper. In other words, the Moby’s band must have only one surface.It is also very interesting to see what happens when you cut the band. If you cut the Moby’s band in half once down the line you drew, you do not get two Moby’s bands. Instead, after you cut the band, it turns into one large twisted ring. Then, if you cut this ring in half along the middle of the band again, you get two connected Moby’s bands!Try it!42. What’s the Moby’s band?A. A long piece of paper.B. A normal ring for people to wear.C. An interesting twisted ring.43. Why did August Moby’s make this ring?A. To help study a math problemB. To have fun with paperC. To show how useful paper was44.How can you change the two surfaces of a long piece of paper into one surface?A. Cut the two surfaces of the paper into one.B. Twist the paper once and glue the two ends.C. Draw a line in the middle of the paper.45. What will you get if you cut the Moby’s band along the middle?A. One large twisted ring.B. Two Moby’s bands.C. Two long pieces of paper.46. Which of the following is NOT true?A. You need 2 pieces of paper to make a Moby’s band.B. The Moby’s band was first made about two hundred years ago.C. You can use any long piece of paper to make a Moby’s band.CTales From Animal HospitalDavid GrantDavid Grant has become a familiar face to millions of fans of Animal Hospital. Here Dr. Gram tells us the very best of his personal stories about the animals he has treated, including familiar patients such as the dogs Snowy and Duchess, the lovelycat Marigold Serendipity Diamond. He also takes the reader behind the scenes at Harmsworth Memorial Animal Hospital as he describes his day, from ordinary medical check-ups to surgery (外科手术). Tales From Animal Hospital will give great pleasure to all fans of the program and anyone who has a lively interest in their pet, whether it is a cat, a dog or a snake! ￡14.99 Hardback; 272 pages.ISBN 0751304417Isaac Newton: The Last SorcererMichael WhiteFrom the author of Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, comes this colorful description of the life of the world’s first modern scientist. Interesting yet based on fact, Michael White’s learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know about him. Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic (魔术) ended and science began.￡18.99 Hardback; 320 pages.ISBN 1857024168Fermat’s Last Theorem (定理)Simon SinghIn 1963 a schoolboy called Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world’s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat’s Last Theo rem. First put forward by the French mathematician (数学家) Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique. Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally worked out the problem in 1995. An unusual story of human effort over three centuries, Fermat’s Last Theorem wi ll give pleasure to specialists and general readers alike.￡12.99 Hardback; 384 pages.ISBN 185702521047. What is Animal Hospital?A. A hospital for animals.B. A book about animalsC. A pet program48. In Michael White’s book, Newton is described as ________.A. a person who looked different from his picturesB. a person who lived a colorful lifeC. a great but not perfect man49. Which of the following best explains the word “baffle”?A. To encourage people to ask questions.B. To cause difficulty in understandingC. To provide a person with a result.50. ________ came up with the world’s greatest mathematical problem.A. A schoolboyB. A French woman scientistC. A French mathematician51. What is the purpose of writing these three texts?A. To make the books easier to read.B. To introduce some famous persons.C. To sell the books.DYou are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. So it’s absolutely stupid to imitate them. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from ahigh building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on tricks, it still requires tons of strict training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on accurate timing (精准计时). For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion (爆炸) just at the right moment.Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but their work is dangerous. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, fell from a cliff (悬崖) but his parachute (降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed. Though there are risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too!52. Stuntmen are those who ________.A. dress up as actors in exciting moviesB. perform seemingly dangerous actionsC. fight with each other for their lives53. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ________.A. he needs little protectionB. he will be covered with a mattressC. his safety is generally all right54. The underlined word “imitate” means ________.A. copy the behavior ofB. look up toC. make a difference to55. To have successful performances, stuntmen need ________ most.A. strict trainingB. clever mindC. strong boy56. The passage most probably comes from a ________.A. science fictionB. magazineC. newspaperEComera is the only place in the world which has a whistle (口哨) language. We do not know how and why it began. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys (峡谷) on the island. A person on one side of valley cannot easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard. The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.We can understand why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is quite far away from the town, people pass the news from one to another. A boy on a hillside whistles to a man fishing on his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble completely to the doctor in town. People help each other in the same way when a car breaks or a cow is lost.The whistle language is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live on for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country. But on Comera you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, the people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.57. If a person on Comera island is ill, ________.A. others will make a phone call to the doctor in townB. people will pass the message to the doctor by whistlingC. his family will take him to the hospital at once58. From this passage we know radio and TV ________ on the island at that time.A. killed the special way of speakingB. helped Comera people to communicateC. hasn’t appeared on Comera island yet59. Comera island is unusual because ________.A. no visitors have been thereB. people have quite special ears to hear whistlesC. whistling is the way of communicating60. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The whistle language won’t be used any longer if TV appears.B. The whistle language can only be found in Comera.C. It is not easy for a person to live on Comera island if he cannot whistle.61. The passage mainly tells us about ________ on Comera.A. some strange peopleB. a special languageC. an amazing experience第二部分（非选择题）（四）情景交际运用（共15分）VIII. 根据对话情景，填入恰当的单词。