2018杭州市下城区一模

2018杭州市下城区一模

2017杭州上城区九下初三英语一模卷

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中选出最佳选项。

A

Many say their most painful moments are saying goodbye to those they love. After watching Cheryl, my cousin, watch her mother suffer for six months before dying. I think the most painful moments can be in watching to say goodbye. Cheryl made the two-hour trip over and over to be with her mother. They spent long afternoons holding hands and sharing memories.

Each time she kissed her mother before leaving, her mother would feel sad and say, “I’m sorry you drove so far and sat for so long, and I didn’t stay up long to talk with you.”

Cheryl would tell her not to worry. It didn’t matter. But

________.

A. saying goodbye to those they love

B. watching one’s mother leave and say goodbye

C. waiting to speak to those they love

D. waiting to say goodbye to those they love

17. Why did the mother say she had let Cheryl down?

A. Her disease had cost Cheryl much money.

B. Cheryl had cried too many times for her.

C. Cheryl hadn’t stayed with her every day.

D. She felt sorry for being unable to talk much.

18. Cheryl told her mother about the school basketball game in order to ________.

A. say sorry to her mother

B. test her mother’s memory

C. make her mother feel better

D. ask her mother to forget it

19. Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?

A. Visiting your sick parents is meaningful.

B. Saying sorry is necessary between loved ones.

C. Love means being there with loved ones.

D.

Children and parents need understanding.

B

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20. Look at the calendar. It’s October 6th today. You broke a clay cup this morning. When will they collect the

broken

cup?

A. On October 3nd.

B. On October 10th.

C. On October 17th.

D. On October 24th.

21. Which of the following things can be collected to burn?

A. Dinner food.

B. Fish cans.

C. Plastic plates.

D. Milk bottles.

C

When we think of food farming we usually think of green fields in the country, outside the city. Sam Chee works on a very different type of farm, in the center of the Canadian city of Toronto. “We grow fruit vegetables and herbs,” says Sam. “But not many people know the farm is here. You can’t see it from the street. We’re on top of an office building, 50 meters above the ground.”

Rooftop farming is becoming popular in cities like Toronto, New York and London. The roofs of buildings are often just wasted space, but this space can be used for growing good fresh food, right in the middle of the city. Sam explains how it works. “We grow everything in big boxes-there are hundreds of them. We catch rainwater to water the plants when the weather is dry.”

The rooftop farm where Sam works belongs to a restaurant called Green Garden, on the ground floor of the