九年级英语限时训练.doc

九年级英语限时训
一、单项填空
1. We work together to achieve our common purpose: _______ world that is safer, cleaner and healthier than_______ one we are living in.
A. the;/ B. a; / C. the; the D. a; the
2. - Which share is meant for me?
- You can take_______ half. They are exactly the same.
A. each B. any C. either D. neither
3. - Could I use a computer to get the latest news about the missing Malaysian Flight MH370?
- Sorry, sir. But we don't have any computer_______ here right now.
A. available B. suitable C. fashionable D. valuable
4. - Who has done that again?
-_______ you ask? Little Tom, of course！
A. Must B. Can C. Would D. Need
5. - Have you known each other for long?
- Not very long, _______ we started to work in the company.
A. after B. since C. when D. before
6. - I'd love to go to Hawaii for a holiday.
- But I doubt if we could_______ something like that.
A. allow B. offer C. afford D. cost
7. - Have you decided what to do next?
- No. We'll wait to see what_______ we'll draw from the experiment.
A. decision B. conclusion C. condition D. situation
8. - Why did you _______ change your mind?
-I realized my plan wasn't practical after a long discussion.
A. easily B. successfully C. quickly D. finally
9. - The twins look almost the same.
- They are similar_______ many ways though they are brought up_______ different families.
A. to; in B. in; in C. in; from D. from; with
10. - Late again! Where_______?
- Sorry, I_______ in the heavy traffic on my way here.
A. have you been; got caught B. have you been; have got caught
C. were you; got caught D .were you; have got caught
11. - _______ for your step, Jim, or you might fall into the lake.
- Well, I got it．
A. Get out B. Walk out C. Watch out D. Work out
12. - You don't know what great difficulty I had _______ to get the two tickets.
- But the film is really worth_______ twice.
A. managing; seeing B. to manage; seeing
C. managing; being seen D. managed; to be seen
13. - Nobody but yon_______ late for school this morning.
- Sorry, I _______ to school when it began to rain heavily..
A. was; went B. were; was going
C. was; was about to go D. is; am going
14. - Honey, this is a present for your birthday.
- Ah! A pair of shoes, well-known-brand – Nike. I think it _______ comfortable:
A. is worn B. wears C. is wearing D. has worn
15. - Shall we phone Mary and say sorry to her?
-_______ It was our fault.
A. No way. B. Not possible. C. Not at all. D. Why not?

二、阅读理解
A
I grew up in the 1950s with very practical parents. My mother washed aluminum foil（铝箔纸）after she cooked in it, and then she reused it. She was the earliest recycle（回收）queen before people had a name for it．
My father was no different. He preferred getting old shoes fixed to -buying new ones. Their marriage was good and their dreams were focused（集中）．Their best friends lived just a wave away. Though my parents have passed away, I can see them now - Dad in trousers, a T-shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawnmower（割草机）in one hand and dishtowel in the other.
It was the time to fix things -a curtain rod(挂帘杆),the kitchen radio, the screen door, the oven door, and so on. They fixed all things we had. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing and renewing made me want to scream.1 wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant being rich. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. I often thought like that.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I learned that sometimes there isn't any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away and it will never return. So, while we have it, it is the best that we love it, care for it, fix it when it's broken and cure it when it's sick.
This is true for marriage, old cars, children with bad report cards, dogs with bad hips and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it and because we are worth it.
26. We can learn that when the writer was young, she_______.
A. thought highly of her parents' habits
B. often helped her parents fix old things
C. often threw things away without being noticed
D. at times hated it when her parents fixed old things
27. What did the writer realize afier her mother's death?
A. Her mother truly loved her.
B. She had wasted a lot of money.
C. Things may never return once they are gone.
D. She had hurt her parents for many times.
28. What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?
A. To advise us to love what we have. B. To encourage us to recycle old things.
C. To explain why her parents recycled. D. To help us know about life in the past.
B
Selecting a proper summer camp for your child is not an easy task. You have to consider too many factors（因素）. Remember, you are sending your kid to a summer camp not just to let him enjoy himself but also to help him become confident. So you should try to select a summer camp for your kid so that after he returns from the camp, the first thing that he asks you is when you will send him again for camping. Let us see how you can pick the best summer camp for your child.
Search the Internet
If you browse（浏览） the Internet, you will find a number of websites of summer camps where you can find all the detailed information about the camps. For example, how much the whole camping will cost, where the camps are, what children can do in the camps and what additional facilities (额外的设施) they can provide. Don't forget to read the comments（评论） of parents who have sent their children to those camps and pay attention to how they find those camps.
______________
Some camp organizers prefer advertisements in newspapers. Some of the organizers even invite famous people to their camps to communicate with kids. You should keep an eye in the summer camp advertisements in newspapers so that you could pick a suitable one for your kid.
Ask for advice from your child's school teachers
Go to your kid's school and ask his teachers whether they can give you names of some of the summer camps they consider to be the best.
Know the interest of your child
While searching, you will come across different types of camps. They are organized according to the nature and interest of children like a music camp, a sports camp, etc. So it is very important to know what your child is interested in before picking a summer camp.
29. Which of the following can be put on the line before Paragraph 3?
A. Place advertisements in newspapers.
B. Visit the organizers of summer camps.
C. Search for advertisements in newspapers.
D. Invite famous people to talk with your kid.
30. We can know that in the writer's opinion, '
A. finding a proper summer camp for children is not difficult
B. the purpose of a summer camp is not only for children to have fun
C. what other parents think about a camp on the Internet is not believable
D. children usually don't have to go again after returning from a summer camp
31. According to the last paragraph, before making the final decision, parents should_______.
A. consider the interest of their kid B. rethink if camping is necessary
C. know everything about the camp D. know the kid's performance at school
C
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while - then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality（好客） easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine（事务）. They will be likely to expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
37. The writer of this passage must be_______.
A. an American B. a Chinese C. a visitor D. a student
38. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
B. Americans are usually more friendly than Chinese.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
39. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will be_______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
40. The underlined words "generous with our time" in Paragraph 3 mean_______.
D
Andy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his father had promised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was unaware of everything else around him.
He rode along until a strange sound drew him to the present. He came to a stop and looked up to the sky. What he saw frightened him. A huge group of bees filled the sky like dark cloud and seemed to be heading angrily towards him.
With no time to waste Andy sped off in the opposite direction, riding quickly without knowing how to escape the group. With a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping quickly, he sped down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his fear increased. Andy knew that he was sensitive(敏感的) to bee stings (蜇). Last time a sting had put him in hospital—and that was only one bee sting! He had been forced to stay in bed for two whole days. Suddenly, his father’s words came to him. “When you are in a dangerous situation, don’t panic. Stay calm, use your brain and think your ways out of it. ”
On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly from the chimney(烟囱) of the Nelson family home. “Bees don’t like smoke,” he thought. “They couldn’t get into the house.” Andy raced towards the Nelson house, but the bees were gaining around. Andy knew he could not reach the house in time. He guessed that the bees would catch up with him soon.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a small pond used by Mr. Nelson to water his vegetable garden. Off his bike and into the cool water he jumped, disappearing below the surface and away from the bees. After holding his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees have gone. Pulling himself out of the water, he walked up the hill and rang the doorbell. Mr. Nelson took him inside and rang his mother.
“You’ll really need that fishing break to help you recover(恢复),” laughed his mother. “Thank goodness you didn’t panic!” But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again of the fish he would catch tomorrow.
69. Andy was attacked by a huge group of bees on his way to ________.
A) his home B) school C) the Nelson house D) a nearby hill
70. Andy failed to notice the bees because ________.
A) he was calling his mother B) he was listening to a strange sound
C) he was going fishing with his father D) he was lost in the thought of the fishing trip
71. The bee stings would ________.
A) make Andy in hospital B) help Andy remember his father
C) improve his riding skills D) let Andy feel very excited
72. The italicized word “panic” in the 3rd paragraph here means “_________”.
A) ask for help B) run away C) feel frightened D) give up
73. Andy succeeded in getting rid of the bees by ________.
A) waving some smoke towards them B) hiding himself under the water
C) rushing into the Nelson’s house D) riding quickly off in the opposite direction
74. Which of the following can best describe Andy’s escape from the bees? ________
A) No pains, no gains. B) Once bitten, twice afraid.

69-74 BDACBD

Have you ever seen an exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves? There are five young male wolves in Brookfield Zoo now. The exhibition is d____1____ into two areas, an indoor room and a peaceful outdoor viewing or playing area. In the indoor area of the exhibition, which is small and can e____2____ become crowded, you can see the wolves t____3____ one-way glass and also enjoy a few different activities.
One of these activities is very interesting. You stand in a dark room, listening to recorded wolf howls（长嚎）. You can really get an idea of what it feels like to be in a dark and d___4___ forest. After about a minute and a half, some wolves in the woods a____5____ on the wall in front of you. It is a great experience for n____6____ lovers.
In the o___7___ area of the exhibition, there is a small river, ponds, fallen trees and a wetland. Visitors can walk among lifelike models of wolf prey(猎物), learning about different hunting s____8____ the wolves use, how they store their food and how they communicate, while watching the wolves from behind an electric fence.
After a tour of the exhibition, you can r__9__Wolf Brother written by Paver. It was made into a m__10__ by director Ridley Scott.
Welcome to our exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves!

D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): (12分)
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