2019年中考英语总复习第18课时九上Modules9-10练习

第18课时九年级上册 Modules 9～10一、阅读理解(2016·山东淄博中考)Death Valley is a huge place. It is more than 225 kilometres across the southern part of the state of California, and across the border(边界) with the state of Nevada.1． It can be dangerously cold during the winter months. The air temperature during the summer can be as high as 57℃. The heat of Death Valley has killed people in the past. It will continue to kill those who do not honour the climate. Death Valley does not forgive(原谅) those who are not careful.Death Valley was named by a woman in 1849. 2. Thousands of people from other parts of the country travelled to the gold mining(开采) areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did.Many people were not careful. They made bad choices or wrong decisions. One group of people had reached Death Valley by December. They avoided the terrible heat of summer, but there was not enough water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat. The people could not find a pass through the tall mountains to the west of the valley. 3. They had to kill their work animals for food and began to walk out of the valley.As they left, one woman looked back and said,“Good­bye, death valley.”4.根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

A．Slowly, they ran out of food.B．Death Valley has a long history.C．The name has never been changed.D．Death Valley is a beautiful but dangerous place.E．That was the year after gold was discovered in California.二、完形填空(2018·广东梅州梅江第二次质检)When we talk about inventions, we often mention the great inventors like Thomas Edison. However, some 1 things weren't invented by those famous inventors, but by some common people. Now, I'd like to tell you an interesting story about the ice lolly(冰棒). Do you know 2 the ice lolly is? It's a kind of frozen sweet thing—many kids' favourite in summer.Sometimes accidents may lead to great 3 . And it can take years before you realize you've invented 4 really good. In 1905, 11­year­old Frank Epperson mixed a glass of powered sod a with water. 5 mistake, he left the drink outside all night with a stick in it. It was a very 6 night. The next morning, Frank saw the drink had frozen to the stick. He tried to have the special drink. To his surprise, it 7 delicious.Eighteen years later, Frank 8 remembered the frozen stick. He started to produce the frozen stick and he 9 . At first, he called it Epsicle. Then he had a family and 10 of his own and they didn't like the name. So they changed it into popsicle(冰棍). Now it has the name ice lolly.1．A.careful B．helpfulC．harmful D．thankful2．A.who B．how C．what D．where3．A.jobs B．ideasC．stories D．problems4．A.everything B．somethingC．anything D．nothing5．A.By B．At C．For D．With6．A.hot B．cool C．warm D．cold7．A.felt B．smelt C．tasted D．looked8．A.nearly B．hardlyC．usually D．suddenly9．A.lost B．failedC．forgot D．succeeded10．A.parents B．friendsC．children D．teachers三、词汇应用阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。

(2014·山东潍坊中考改编)It is reported that a law has been approved(通过) in Spain. Spain children may soon 1.(require) to help out with housework by law.The law would be part of a wider child protection, and children under the age of 18 have to 2.(join) in all areas of family life. That 3.(include) housework and other work in the family.The rules come under a section of the law 4.(call)“the right and duties of children”．Along with 5.(do) housework, children would also have to be respectful to their parents and teachers, and would do 6.(well) in their studies than before. But the law doesn't say anything about punishment for children who don't obey the law.Married Spanish men can also face punishments for refusing 7.(do) housework—requiring men to share in household duties, and the care of children and elderly family members.Children should learn to do different 8.(kind) of housework at different ages, but it is almost 9.(possible) for Chinese children. They seem to avoid such usual housework at similar ages, because their families have protected them too much since they were born. Children should realise that they are part of the families and have responsibilities(责任) on taking care of10.(they) and the family members.四、阅读表达阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。

(2017·山东潍坊中考)Messaging app WeChat is being used for an ever longer period of time and is growing into a lifestyle choice embedded into daily activities and communication, a new survey has found.In 2016, one­third of WeChat's 889 million monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app, twice that of a year ago, according to the survey showed by Penguin Intelligence, a research arm of Tencent Holdings.The average(平均) daily time spent is also up a bit, now at 66 minutes, surpassing that of Facebook's average 50 minutes recorded last year.And it's becoming more popular than ever, spreading into new aspects of life from offline payments to receiving news feeds.The survey also found a large number of newly­added contacts(联系) of WeChat users are casual acquaintances(泛好友), especial ly in work­related communication. Such a developing situation is turning the app into a virtual(虚拟的) workplace. Over 80% of users have handled(接触过) office work on WeChat, from transferring documents and coordinating(协调) tasks to taking video calls and doing business.“The all­in­one super app is completely changing the way we live. When lining up for coffee, I can't see a single customer holding a wallet, ， they hold mobile phones over a reader and coffee are theirs，” said Fred Wellington, an Australian auditor working in Shanghai.1．How many WeChat's monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app in 2015？(根据短文内容回答问题)2．Please translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.(请把第3段中画线句子译成汉语)3．Why is the app WeChat being turned into a virtual workplace? Give two examples.(根据短文内容回答问题，并从文中举出两个例子)4．Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with one word.(根据对文章的理解，在最后一段的空白处填入一个恰当的词)5．Please give a suitable title for the passage.(请给文章拟一个标题)五、写作(2019·改编)如果你拥有了发明任何东西的超能力，你最想发明什么？请写一篇英语文章跟大家分享一下。