江苏省江阴市要塞片九年级二模英语试卷

  In my mind, no such_______ thing in our country as_______ Great Wall can represent the  image and culture of China．

--- Did you have a sound sleep last night?
--- Yes, never slept ________.

In those days, we had no phones, so we had to keep in touch ________ letters often.

  The girl in black trousers _____often noticed ______the teachers’ office.

  ______ I have a quick word with you? Something important has happened.

  ---It’s 12 April today. Have they            found any useful information about the plane's black box?
---Flight MH370? Yes, but it’s difficult to decide where the black box really is.

  _____not only Jim but also his parents _____ a few places of interest since they came to China?

  --- It is selfless _____ the doctor to devote all the time he had     for the patients.
--- I think so, they are so great.

  China supplies more than 90 percent of the world’s rare earth metals, but its reserves only ________ about one-third of the world’s total.

  Could you tell me_____________?

  How nervous we are ________ the coming high school entrance exams _______ June 15th.

  His aunt wanted to have him _______ the radio, but he had had it ________ already.

  _______ was most important to her, she told me, was her family.
A. It        B. This        C. What            D As

  --- It’s cloudy outside. Please take an umbrella.
--- ________.

  Peter and Paul had a permission from their parents to camp in a field close to their farm. But, being adventurous boys, they knew it would be more      to camp in the woods that lay beyond the river. Excitedly, the boys went away with their tent and food.
Carrying their heavy load, the two brothers walked along the riverbank,      noticing the distance or the sun beating down. They were eager to reach their destination before lunchtime. As they entered the cool, shadowy woods, they began to search for a suitable camping spot. Peter wanted to      close to the river at the edge of the woods, but Paul, who was older, insisted that they camp further away.      Peter followed his brother deeper into the woods. “This really is a wonderful setting!” said Paul in excitement. They      the tent, and settled down to eat the sandwiches they had made, then decided to find their way      to the river to catch some fish.
“Are you sure that this is the right way  ?” whispered Peter shakily. “I’m sure we passed that hollow tree just a while ago. ” Paul walked         silently. “Look, there it is again. We’re lost, aren’t we?” complained Peter. Paul had to admit that he didn’t know where they were.       , they were a long distance from where they were supposed to be. They were not even sure of where they had set up their camp. They set in         for a few minutes until Peter had a bright idea. “Why don’t we look for clues（线索） the way trackers do in the movies? We weren’t careful about how we walked, so I’m sure we would have left behindsome broken tree branches and leaves. ”
Carefully, the boys followed the marks that they had left, until finally they found their campsite. Hurriedly, they packed their belongings and set off       the direction of the river.
What would their parents think of their adventure?

A．surprising B．exciting C．annoying D．frightening

A．hardly B．quickly C．really D．properly

A．live B．lie C．wait D．stay

A．unfriendly B．unluckily C．unwillingly D．uninterestingly

A．put off B．put on C．put down D．put up

A．forward B．near C．back D．further

A．alone B．about C．in D．on

A．Afterall B．Atlast C．Aboveall D．Atfirst

A．enjoyment B．satisfaction C．disappointment D．imagination

A．for B．to C．at D．in

  Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don’t all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops spread across the country.
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing（市场营销）.
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso (浓咖啡) bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.
However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.
The underlined word “ran” in Paragraph 3 probably means “       ”.

According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences?
a. This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.
b. He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.
c. Howard Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.
d. Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.
A. a-d-c -b            B. a-d-b-c            
C. d-c- b-a            D. d-c-a-b
Why did so many Starbucks close in some countries?

  It was New Year’s Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake.
He had already passed sixty and brought from his journey nothing but errors and regrets. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant and his heart sorrowful.
The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads- one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and filled with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and devils and poisonous snake hissed ( 发嘶嘶声) and crawled (爬, 爬行).
He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself. His regret like a sharp arrow struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood. But they had made their way to success and were now honoured and happy on this night.
The high church clock struck and the sound made him remember his parents’ early love for him. They had taught him and prayed for his good. But he chose the wrong way. With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: “Come back, my early days!”
His youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year Night. He was still young though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.
Those who still wander on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble (绊脚) on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain（徒劳）: “ Oh youth, return! Oh give me back my early days!”
Why does the author set his story on New Year’s Night?

The aged man in the passage on New Year’s Night can be described as ____.

The author writes the passage mainly to ____.

  A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned(赦免)the bird on Thanksgiving eve.
The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House website. The lucky turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden and posed for the cameras at the presidential podium(讲台).
The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621. That’s when English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave thanks for the progress they had made after a hard winter in their new country. As America grew, Thanksgiving customs also spread and got bigger. George Washington declared that the first national Thanksgiving would be on November 26, 1789. In the decades to follow, however, people celebrated Thanksgiving locally, with no official date. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November 1863 a national day of Thanksgiving. It stayed that way until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it one week earlier. He wanted to lengthen the shopping period before Christmas to encourage gift-buyers and to help businesses. So Congress（议会） ruled that, after 1941, Thanksgiving would be an official federal holiday falling on the fourth Thursday of November.
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November. Millions of Americans got together to give thanks with friends and family. The lucky turkey, Courage, was one of them. After his pardon, Courage would be sent to Disneyland Resort in California, where he would be the grand assemble of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by ________.

The first Thanksgiving Day was held to ________.

We can infer(推断)from the passage that ________.

  Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.
Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings.
One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby.
The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again.
Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children.
Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere (干涉) unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression (消沉).
The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear.
These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies?

What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?

Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills?

What is the main idea of the passage?

 （A）根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答卷上。
________(条件) on Mars are very hard so there is no life there.
People enjoy Chinese food because it has different ______ (味道) and is usually very delicious.
A nuclear（核）war is surely _________(残酷) than any other kind of war in the human history.
Now more and more         (大学) students can make money to support their daily life.
（B）根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答卷上。
My classmates and I often buy __________（we）healthy food at the supermarket.
The scientist died in his _________ (forty). What a pity! He should be taken good care of.
Would you please help us describe one of the most famous ___________（direct）appearance in English?
With the         (develop) of science, we can enjoy life better.

Usually before exams, students ________（give）two minutes to write down their names.
--- Is John going away?
--- I think so. He __________ (hope) for a better job, but he didn’t get it.
I turned back only to find myself _________ (follow) by a group of beggars.
Little Jim should love _________ (take) to the theatre this evening.
--- Rick! Your clothes is wet through. Didn’t you listen to the weather report this morning?
---No, I didn’t. I was in a hurry. Besides, it _________ (rain) when I left.
We think the life we are used to          （change）a lot over the years.
There seems to be a little girl         (sell) flowers on the square.
I felt confident that our school football team __________ (win) the match the next time.

  Many parents take on the role of being their children’s preschool teacher and the responsibility of readying them for kindergarten (学前班). To a_____ this goal, it is important for parents to i______ a variety of (各种各样的) subjects in a positive and playful manner.
“Learning should not be forced,” says Marion Godwin, who has taught first grade in Moorestown, N. J. for more than 30 years. “ It should be taught according to what they know and do best—and that is‘ play’. When t________ them, play games and have fun with the subject. And parents should always be looking for ‘teachable moments’.”
“You want a child to be a lifelong(终生的) l_____, so you want to show them learning is everywhere,” she says. “If parents take the time to lay a strong educational foundation(基础), their children will keep b______ on it.”
Introduce children to science with hands-on (亲自动手的) activities that I         them, such as growing plants from seeds, discussing animals and how to care for pets, and observing (观察) the chemical changes that occur during cooking”, she says.
“Sorting activities, simple patterns (图案) and counting games are a great way to teach children the basics of math, and taking them on field trips, singing songs and reciting rhymes also are ways to p_______ them for the first day of school”, she says.
“I think children are naturals when it comes to computers,” she says. “Let them play educational games on the computer and teach them how to t____ their first names using the keyboard. When they are more f______ with using the computer, let them find pictures of animals and places on the web. ”
“Don’t criticize (批评) the child,” she says. “You can’t force them to learn something. If they don’t get something right, so what? Smile and be happy and make the e_______ joyful. Parents need to understand that if a child gets something wrong, they may think something is wrong with them. Keep working with them and when they get the right answer make sure you tell them how hard they worked to get the correct answer. ”

我们为中国登山队再次成功登上珠穆朗玛峰顶而感到骄傲。
We ______________________________that the Chinese climbers reached the top of Mount Qomolangma again.
我们旅行时，安全是最重要的。
__________________________________ while we are travelling.
这个工厂一直把垃圾倒在河里，但现在已经有了很大的改变。
The factory __________________________________, but now it has changed a lot.
她太激动了，以至于一直哭着，说不出话来.
She was so excited _______________________________________________________.
杰克喜欢表演并已成功扮演了一位推销员的角色。
Jack likes acting and he __________________________________ a salesman successfully.
我不能冒险让他独处，即使是一会儿。
I couldn’t____________________________________, even for a short time.

 假定你报名参加了校学生会组织的“和谐校园你我他”为主题的英语演讲比赛活动。请按下列要点写一篇演讲稿。（参考词汇：respect尊敬）
1. 就我的观点，作为中学生我们首先应遵守校规，尊敬师长，团结友爱；
2. 其次，应积极参加校园内外各种志愿者活动（从中的体会......）；
3. 近几年，空气污染越来越严重，给人们的日常生活带来很大伤害，中学生应该注意保护环境；出处：21教育名师】
4. 中学生应安排好自己的时间，学会搞好学习和爱好之间的平衡
5. 最后，中学生应学会感恩，包括……
注意：1.演讲稿应包括上面要点；
2.要求词数100左右（开头部分不计入总词数）；
3.省略号部分要求作适当发挥。
As we all know, a beautiful, peaceful and harmonious school is very important for all of us to grow up healthily.
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