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一、完形填空（本题有20小题，每小题1分；共20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
The World Always Makes Way For The Dreamer
When I was nine years old, living in a small town in North Carolina. I found an 1 for selling greeting cards in the back of a children's magazine. I thought to myself I can do this. I begged my mother to let me send for the kit. Two weeks later, when the kit arrived, I ripped off the brown paper wrapper, grabbed the cards and dashed from the house. Three hours later, I returned home with no card and a pocket 2 of money proclaiming, “Mama, all the people couldn't wait to buy my cards!” A salesperson was born.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler 3 everyone's spirits up to the ceiling. I 4 there feeling like l could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to make people feel like that.” My father asked me 5 I meant. “I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler.” I replied. A 6 was born.
Recently, I began pursuing my dream of motivating others. 7 a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 company 8 as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my money. Many people were 9 that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked why I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my 10 to start my own company and leave my secure position after 11 a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a 12 that changed my life. He asked us, " 13 a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?" After giving us a 14 to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, "Why do you need a god?" I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realize that 15 I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn't need a god's help to be a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was born.
Having made that decision, I was immediately 16 . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no 17 . But I held fast to my dream, even during the 18 times. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. We didn't miss a mortgage payment. And I was able to book several speaking engagements (业务) with new customers. I discovered the incredible 19 of dreams. I loved my old job, my peers and the company I left, but it was time to get on with my dream.
To celebrate my 20 , I had a local artist paint my new office as a garden. At the top of one wall she stenciled, “The world always makes way for the dreamer.” (文章选自美文欣赏)
主旨大意：本文讲述了作者紧紧追随着她的梦想，即使在最艰苦的时期也不放弃，然后奇迹果真出现了，作者的事迹告诉我们这个世界永远属于追梦的人。
1. A. photo B. poster C. card D. advertisement
答案：D
本题属于容易题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行简单推断的能力。考查名词，根据后文中“for selling greeting cards in the back of a children's magazine. ”可判断这是作者发现一个招聘明信片推销员的广告，故选advertisement。
2. A. covered B. filled C. full D. supplied
答案：C
本题属于稍难题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行推断的能力。根据后文可知作者的卡片已一张不剩，还装着满满一口袋钱回到了家，再根据固定搭配“be full of”,故选full。
3. A. rise B. do C. put D. raise
答案：D
本题属于稍难题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行推断的能力。
父亲带作者去听齐格勒先生的演说，齐格勒先生把每个人部说得热情高涨、跃跃欲试，raise everyone's spirits, 故选raise。
4. A. left B. came C. arrived D. reached
答案：A
本题属于稍难题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行简单推断的能力,听完齐格勒先生的演说，离开的时候，作者觉得自己可以做任何事情，故选left。
5. A. that B. what C. which D. why
答案：B
本题属于容易题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行推断的能力。前一句中，作者提到自己也想让人们这样文章，父亲就问作者是什么意思，故选特殊疑问词what。
6. A. dreamer B. writer C. artist D. speaker
答案：D
本题属于容易题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行简单推断的能力,根据上一句I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler，作者想当一个像齐格勒先生这样的动员演说者，所以一个演说者诞生了。
7. A. After B. Before C. As D. While
答案：B
本题属于较难题，根据后文所知在此之前的四年里，作者在一个拥有100家公司的财团做事，故选before。
8. A. beginning B. working C. acting D. regarding
答案：A
本题属于容易题，句子的后半句中提到as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager，作者从一个销售培训者开始做到地区销售经理，故选beginning。
9. A. disappointed B. moved C. surprised D. delighted
答案：C
本题属于容易题，主要考查形容词的用法，学生根据上下文进行简单推断的能力。联系上下文可知，作者在事业达到颠峰时离开了这家公司，许多人都十分惊讶，在收入达到六位数时作者却选择了离开，故选surprised。
10. A. plan B. promise C. decision D. mind
答案：C
本题属于容易题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行简单推断的能力，作者下定决心去开公司，考查make a decision的搭配。
11. A. attending B. joining C. entering D. holding
答案：A
本题属于容易题，考查动词的固定搭配，attend a meeting, 作者参加了一次地区销售会议后，故选attending。
12. A. newspaper B. book C. report D. speech
答案：A
本题属于容易题，考查名词词义辨析，The vice-president of our company delivered a speech that changed my life.副总裁做了一次演说，从而改变了作者的命运。
13. A. Whether B. When C. If D. Unless
答案：C
本题属于稍难题，考查if引导的条件状语从句，根据本句句意，副总裁问我们：“如果一个神仙会满足你的三个愿望，那人你将会希望得到什么?”故选if。
14. A. minute B. hour C. week D. moment
答案：D
本题属于简单题，考查名词的辨析，根据句意副总裁给我们一会时间让我们写下自已的愿望。
15. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
答案：A
本题属于较难题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行推断的能力，作者意识到所有这一切都是为这一刻做好了准备，故选everything。
16. A. examined B. searched C. found D. tested
答案：D
本题属于较难题，主要考查动词的运用，作者刚下定决心，就遭受了考验，be tested。
17. A. help B. income C. harm D. money
答案：B
本题属于简单题，主要考查名词的辨析，根据上文可知作者辞职了，丈夫失业了，所以他们没有收入，故选income。
18. A. serious B. enjoyable C. tough D. simple
答案：C
本题属于较难题，主要考查形容词的辨析,根据句意可知作者紧紧追随着她的梦想，甚至在最艰苦的时期也不放弃，during the tough times。
19. A. lesson B. respect C. pride D. power
答案：D
本题属于较难题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行推断的能力,作者发现了梦想不可思议的力量,故选power。
20. A. lesson B. respect C. pride D. power
答案：A
本题属于容易题，主要考查学生根据上下文进行简单推断的能力。考查名词，根据上一段提到作者克服了很多困难，追寻自己的梦想，获得了成功，故选success。
二、阅读理解（本题有5小题，每小题2分；共10分）
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Boys do best with “as few girls as possible” in English lessons at primary and secondary schools, Steven Proud, a research student at Bristol University, told the Royal Economic Society's conference. But when it comes to maths and science, both boys and girls at primary school achieve up to a tenth of a grade more when there is a high proportion of girls in the class, Proud found.
Proud followed boys' and girls' test results at the ages of 7, 11, 14and 16 in 16,000 schools in England between 2002 and 2004 for his PhD. He analysed the test scores to see whether the proportion of girls in a year group made a difference to the results of both boys and girls in maths, science and English.
Boys consistently perform up to a tenth of a grade worse when they study English with high numbers of girls as opposed to few or no girls, Proud found. The more girls there are in an English class, the worse boys perform. This is particularly the case in primary schools, he discovered.
Proud argues that his results show boys should be taught English in single-sex classes. Girls, who outperform boys in English at every stage at school, are unaffected by the number of boys in their English classes. He said, “The result simply that boys would benefit at all ages from being taught English with as small a proportion of girls as possible. In maths and science, the results tend to imply that both boys and girls benefit from having more girls in the classroom. A mix of the genders in both science and maths is the best.”
Proud sad boys may do worse in English when there is a high proportion of girls in their class because they realize that the girls are better than them. It could also be that teachers use teaching styles more appropriate to girls when there are more girls than boys in the class. Both genders perform better in math and science at primary school when there are more girls in the class because boys tend to disrupt the class more, he said. (文章选自全品-优等生 九年级上)
1. According to paragraph 1, we can say .
A. if there are no girls in the class, boys will study better
B. Boys’ English grades are worse when more girls are in the their class
C. there is a high proportion of girls in the class, boys will do better than girls
D. there is a high proportion of girls in the class, girls will do better than boys
答案：B
本题属于容易题，细节理解题，主要测试学生在阅读过程中查找并筛选相关信息的能力。由第一段第一句 “Boys do best with ‘as few girls as possible’ in English lessons at primary and secondary schools...”可知，在小学和初中，女生越少，男生的英语成绩越好，因此答案为B。
2. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. The proportion of girls makes a difference to the results of both genders.
B. How to learn a language?
C. Who is cleverer?
D. A mix of genders in both science and maths is the best.
答案：A
本题属于较难题，主旨大意题，主要测试学生在阅读过程中的总结归纳的能力。通读全文，本文主要讲述的是男女生的比例差别能影响他们的成绩，因此A选项是最佳标题。
B
Chinese Dragon Head-raising Day is a traditional Chinese festival held on the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar. It marks the start of spring and farming. Ancient people believed that after this day, rainfall increases because the rain-bringing Dragon King has woken up from his winter sleep. In ancient times, farming highly depended on the weather. Proper rainfall and plenty of sunlight were necessary for a good harvest at the end of the year. The Chinese dragon, besides a symbol of good luck and great power, is also the god managing weather and water. So Dragon Head-raising Day is about honoring the Chinese dragon and praying spring or good weather for better farming in spring.
The festival celebrates ancient agrarian Chinese culture, and while some of traditional ways to celebrate it are no longer lasted, others persist.
The most famous tradition is getting a haircut. A saying warns that cutting your hair in the first month will cause your uncle to die. Although today few pay attention to it, it was once a tradition for people to go to the outside barbershops after they avoided haircuts for the preceding month.
Today, Chinese Dragon Head-raising Day is celebrated in many different ways, most of which are still similar to those practiced in the ancient times, including eating spring pancakes and noodles. People eat tofu balls in East China's Fujian Province during the festival while fried beans are the traditional festival food for people in parts of Shandong Province. Food eaten on this day also gets a lucky name. For example, noodles are “dragon's beard” and dumplings are "dragon's' ears".
Chinese Dragon Head-raising Day is a traditional Chinese festival held on the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar. It marks the start of spring and farming. Ancient people believed that after this day, rainfall increases because the rain-bringing Dragon King has woken up from his winter sleep. In ancient times, farming highly depended on the weather. Proper rainfall and plenty of sunlight were necessary for a good harvest at the end of the year. The Chinese dragon, besides a symbol of good luck and great power, is also the god managing weather and water. So Dragon Head-raising Day is about honoring the Chinese dragon and praying spring or good weather for better farming in spring.
The festival celebrates ancient agrarian Chinese culture, and while some of traditional ways to celebrate it are no longer lasted, others persist. The most famous tradition is getting a haircut. A saying warns that cutting your hair in the first month will cause your uncle to die. Although today few pay attention to it, it was once a tradition for people to go to the outside barbershops after they avoided haircuts for the preceding month.
Today, Chinese Dragon Head-raising Day is celebrated in many different ways, most of which are still similar to those practiced in the ancient times, including eating spring pancakes and noodles. People eat tofu balls in East China's Fujian Province during the festival while fried beans are the traditional festival food for people in parts of Shandong Province. Food eaten on this day also gets a lucky name. For example, noodles are “dragon's beard” and dumplings are "dragon's ears". （文章选自全优方案-夯实与提高 九年级全）
3. In fact ancient Chinese held Dragon Head-raising Day ___ ___.
A.to get as much rain as possible
B.to wish for good weather for better farming
C.to wake up the sleeping Dragon King
D. to celebrate the Dragon King's birthday
答案：B
本题属于容易题，细节理解题，主要测试学生在阅读中查找相关信息的能力。根据文章第一段最后一句的内容，Dragon Head-raising Day is about honoring the Chinese dragon and praying spring or good weather for better farming in spring. 可知，在古代，中国人庆祝龙抬头这个节日是为了祈求好的天气，利于耕种，有好的收成。
4. The underlined word “persist” probably means ____ __ in this passage.
A. 消亡 B. 改变 C. 持续 D. 完善
答案：A
本题属于稍难题，词义猜测题，主要测试学生通过阅读理解单词意义的能力。阅读第二段可知，“龙抬头”的这个节日是用来庆祝古代的农耕文化，但是一些传统的庆祝方式不再持续，一些消失了，从而判断persist意为消失。
5. This passage was most probably written for ____ ___.
A. foreigners learning about agrarian culture
B. Chinese students proud of the long history of our country
C. Chinese farmers in need of good weather conditions
D. foreigners interested in Chinese traditional culture
答案：D
本题属于较难题，推理判断题，主要测试学生在阅读过程中查找并筛选相关信息的能力。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍的是“龙抬头”这个节日，作者的写作目的是为对中国传统文化感兴趣的外国人所写。
三、词汇运用（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共10分）
根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Smoking has not been allowed in public places in England since July 2007. This was a successful 1 (决定) made by the government in years. It was 2 （受欢迎的）with most people. In a survey last month, 78% of the people said they would still 3 (支持) the smoking ban.
It is now much more pleasant to go into a pub or a 4 (餐馆). Before that, pubs were filled with smoke which made you cough and made your hair and clothes 5 (发出气味). 6 (然而), recently, a study shows that 16% of the bar and pub owners are upset to notice a drop in business, because smokers prefer killing time at home and 7 (很少地) go out for a drink.
No smoking in public places is good for people's 8 (健康). 400, 000 people in England have given up smoking 9 (慢慢地) and the number of people with heart problems has fallen by more than 2%. It also has a good 10 (影响) on non-smokers. For example, the number of children with asthma has dropped by around 20%.
1. 答案：decision
本题属容易题，主要测试学生准确使用名词的能力。
通过阅读，理解句意，推断a successful decision, 确定使用名词decision的单数形式。
2. 答案：popular
本题属容易题，主要测试学生准确使用形容词的能力。
通过阅读，理解句意，根据空格前后的形容词搭配be popular with,意为受欢迎，判断使用形容词popular的原级。
3. 答案：support
本题属稍难题，主要测试学生准确使用动词的能力。
通过阅读，理解句意，根据空格前的would, 判断时态为过去将来时，使用动词support的原形。
4. 答案：restaurant
本题属稍难题，主要测试学生准确使用名词的能力。
根据句意及空格前的不定冠词a，判断使用名词的单数形式。
5. 答案：smell
本题属稍难题，主要测试学生准确使用动词的能力。
根据上下文和句意，which引导的定语从句中出现使役动词make, 根据前半句make you cough, make sb. do sth.，推断使用动词的原形smell。
6. 答案：However
本题属简单题，主要测试学生准确使用连词的能力。
通过阅读，结合句意，推断出前后句子是转折的关系，又有逗号隔开，确定是并列连词however。
7. 答案：seldom
本题属简单题，主要测试学生正确使用频度副词的能力。
根据句意及中文提示,确定使用频度副词seldom。
8. 答案：health
本题属稍难题，主要测试学生准确使用名词的能力。
通过阅读理解句意，公共场合不吸烟是对人们的健康是有利的，确定使用名词形式，故填health。
9. 答案：slowly
本题属稍难题，主要测试学生准确使用副词的能力。
通过阅读，根据上下文理解句意，推断出英国很多人已经慢慢地放弃抽烟，心脏有问题的人数也减少了，用来修饰动词give up smoking, 用副词形式，故填slowly。
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