2021年江苏无锡市惠山区九年级第二次模拟考试英语试卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、单选题1． ----How was _____ dinner at Mike’s house ?----It was great. Mike’s mum is ______ wonderful cook.A． a the B． the a C． the; the D． a; an2．----I’m going to the supermarket. Let me get you some fruit.----OK. Thanks for your _______.A． offer B． information C． message D． order3．The boy had already lived in England for a year, _______ he had a big advantage _______ the other students.A．so; on B．but; onC．so; over D．and; over4．In order for the meeting, my sister forced herself to get up early this morning. A．not to be late B．not being late C．to be late D．being late 5．The dictionary is ________ to my translation, but that one is ________.A．great help; helplessB．a great help; of no helpC．important; of few importanceD．very helpful; of no any use6．In summer milk will quickly go bad _________ it is put into a fridge.A．though B．unless C．because D．once7．The exercises ________to be harder than we thought.You should practice more before the exam. Remember, practice makes perfect. A． turned out B． found outC． made up D． took up8．Not only the twins but also their cousin Jim _______ been to Japan, but _______ of them can speak Japanese.A． have; neither B． have; noneC． has; neither D． has; none9．It was _______pleasant surprise for the mother to see her son ____had beenmissing for nearly ten years that she didn’t know what to say.A． so, that B． such a, thatC． so, who D． such , who10．10．It’s beyond doubt ______it will ____ later in the day. Take a raincoat with you. A．that, be rain B．whether, be rainC．that, be rainy D．if, have rain11．A smile costs ______, but gives much.A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything 12．She drove so fast at the turning that the car almost went ______ the road. A． on B． along C． from, D． off13．—It’s hard to believe ______the way out of the forest without the help of the local guide?A． what they were able to findB． what were they able to findC． how they were able to findD． how were they able to find二、用所给单词的正确形式填空14． ---Reading is the best way to pass time on the train.---______, I never go traveling without a book.A． You are joking. B．That’s trueC． I don’t think so D． It sounds like fun三、完型填空（题文）You may have a lot of friends and expect your friendship to last a lifetime. However, lifelong friendships are not ________ what everybody can get. Friends sometimes misunderstand each other. For one thing, you may want your _______ to be near at hand, but also you need your independence (独立).For example, when one of your friends comes asking _______ it is all right to spend the evening in your house, sometimes you just say “_____” to him or her because it is not convenient for you. Unfortunately, not all your friends _______ this type of independence. They believe that friends can ask for any favor and the answer should always be “yes”. Also, misunderstanding sometimes happens when you ask for ______. You expect yourfriends to help you whenever you need. But the fact is, your friends may not always drop everything to satisfy _______ of your needs. This may make you ______ with them and your friendship could end. The most important thing for you and your friends to do is to always show understanding and respect for each other.Lifelong friendships don’t develop overnights. In a true friendship, both people equally_______ each other. Long-term friendships provide the time to build up a _____ together. As you spend more time with your friend, you are creating special times and stocking up (存储) on memories.15．（小题1）A．always B．sometimes C．never D．ever16．（小题2）A．parents B．friends C．students D．teachers17．（小题3）A．when B．as C．if D．why18．（小题4）A．yes B．no C．good D．OK19．（小题5）A．provide B．understand C．produce D．invent20．（小题6）A．help B．food C．money D．respect21．（小题7）A．every B．each C．both D．either22．（小题8）A．happy B．excited C．cheerful D．angry23．（小题9）A．connect B．compare C．support D．solve24．（小题10）A．story B．family C．character D．history四、阅读单选（题文）I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone.Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben’s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day food fest”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place.By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five o’clock, everyonewas a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty（收成）of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift!Well, the point wasn’t so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another’s company. None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben’s garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants!25．（小题1）According to paragraph 2, people wish they also had a garden so that_______. A．they didn’t have to spend so much money on foodB．they could grow vegetables and sell at the marketC．they could invite their neighbors and hold parties in itD．they could spend happy times together with their family in it26．（小题2）For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden? A．To ask them to attend a birthday party.B．To help them get to know each other.C．To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.D．To ask them to share some interesting stories.27．（小题3）What did the writer most probably think of the time he spent in the garden? A．It was too long. B．It was wonderful.C．It was not as good as he thought. D．It was too terrible.F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while.In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary “My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby,published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（财政的）security(安全，保障). Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.28．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?a. He became addicted to drinking.b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.e. He failed to reorder his life.f. He joined the army and met Zelda.A．f-c-e-a-b-d B．b-e-a-f-c-dC．f-d-e-c-b-a D．b-f-c-d-e-a29．We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald_______.A．had made some money when he met Zelda in AlabamaB．was well educated and well off before he served in the armyC．would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken downD．helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital30．The passage is probably followed by a concluding(总结的) paragraph about_____. A．Zelda’s personal lifeB．Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary worldC．Fitzgerald’s friendship with GrahamD．Zelda’s illness and treatmentWhen I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t agood student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you.”he said, “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.31．What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?A． Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.B． She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.C． I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.D． Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.32．Why did her father listen to her quietly?A． Because he believed that what her daughter’s“enemy”said was mostly true. B． Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.C． Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.D．Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth. 33．Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?A． Not an Enemy, but the Best FriendB． The Best Advice I’ve Ever HadC． My FatherD． My ChildhoodIf English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained thescientists.34．The main subject talked about in this passage is ________.A．science on learning a second language B．man’s ability of learning a second languageC．that language can help brain power D．language learning and maths study 35．The underlined word “bilingual” probably means _______.A．a researcher on language learning B．a second language learnerC．a person who can speak two languages D．an active language learner36．We may know from the scientific findings that ________.A．the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is B．there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second languageC．the experience of learning a second language has a bad effect on people’s brainD．the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time37．In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that _________.A．learning a second language is the same as studying mathsB．early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects C．Italian is the best choice for you as a second languageD．you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language五、根据句意填空根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
