山东省滕州市鲍沟中学2023年中考复习强化练习作业(二)九年级英语试题

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2023届山东省滕州市鲍沟中学中考复习强化练习作业（二）

九年级英语

一、完形填空

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

The Little Stream Choir(小溪流合唱团) was started at a primary school in Dongcun, a small town in Jiangxi

Province. Of the school’s 282 students, 215 are left-behind children whose 1 work hundreds of miles

away and only come back once or twice a year.

Dongcun is surrounded(环绕) by green hills and natural caves(洞穴), with clear streams flowing out of the

caves. That is 2 the choir got its name. “We hope that the children, like a running stream, will flow along

the mountains in their hometown to big rivers and seas outside,” said Zhong Linshan, head of the choir.

But the road to starting the choir was not 3 . Until 2017, there were no full-time music teachers.

In May 2017, a pair-up project started between the school and Xinyu University. Under the project, the university

would 4 student volunteers to the school twice a week to give music lessons.

Four months later, the children welcomed Zhong, their first full-time music teacher. When Zhong first came,

she found that the children in the school knew 5 about music, and she had to teach them from the very

beginning, “Do-Re-Mi.” To keep the children interested, Zhong tried hard to make the training fun, 6 she

also prepared some gifts for them.

Zhong’s hard work 7 paid off(回报). The choir is getting more professional and has 8 at

the New Year music show of Xinyu University since 2018. What’s more, the children have taken on a new look.

They are confident(自信的) and brave. Sixth-grader Yan Jiaxin is a member of the choir. 9 she joined

the choir in Grade 2, the once shy child has grown into a confident, sunny girl.

The Little Stream Choir makes us 10 the power(力量) of music. Best wishes to the choir and the

children!

1．A．friends B．classmates C．teachers D．parents

2．A．when B．how C．what D．where

3．A．difficult B．tiny C．easy D．general

4．A．send B．avoid C．remain D．mention

5．A．few B．much C．little D．more

6．A．and B．but C．or D．so

7．A．badly B．carefully C．loudly D．finally

8．A．created B．performed C．traded D．punished

9．A．Since B．When C．Before D．After

10．A．fail B．mail C．lay D．see

二、阅读单选

Have you ever wondered how many ants there are on Earth? Scientists at the University of Hong Kong

certainly have studied it. In a new study, they counted the number of the world’s ants and it is about

20,000,000,000,000,000 (20 with 15 zeroes)! That means for every human, there are nearly 2.5 million ants.

How did they count such a big number? In the past, many scientists counted ants in different areas. They

collected fallen leaves and earth and dried them to force the ants to come out for counting. Based on 465 studies

that cover all lands, the new study made the number.

According to Wang Runxi, one of the scientists, the number and distribution (分布) of ants can be valuable

predictors (预测器) of environmental changes. “Ants play an important role in the ecosystem,” Wang told Science 2

and Technology Daily. “They help loosen (松) the soil, spread seeds of plants, break down things and form a part of

the food chain (食物链). They are everywhere on Earth except for the coldest places.”

“Compared with big animals, little ants have more feelings to environmental changes.” Wang added. Most

ants live in high-temperature areas. But in recent years, ants have been moving toward cold places because of

global warming (全球变暖). Changes in forests, such as too much cutting, also have an influence on the number of

ants, the study showed.

“Our global map of ants allows us to better understand and predict ants’ responses to worrying environmental

changes.” scientists wrote in the study.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

11．How many ants are there for each human?

A．About 2 billion. B．About 2.5 billion. C．About 2 million. D．About 2.5 million.

12．How did scientists count ants in different areas?

A．They counted the ants running on the ground.

B．They picked leaves from trees and counted ants on them.

C．They dried fallen leaves and earth to make ants come out.

D．They made a fire on the fallen leaves to count the dead bodies.

13．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Why ants are important. B．How ants work in the soil.

C．How the ecosystem works. D．What Wang Runxi found about Earth.

14．What has caused ants to move in recent years?

A．The food chain. B．Too much cutting.

C．The global warming. D．The pollution of soil.

15．What is the text mainly about?

A．How heavy ants can be. B．Why we should protect ants.

C．Studies on wild animals in the world. D．Research on ants’ number and

importance.

Where there is a will, there is a way. Perhaps not many students can understand this better than Michael Ha.

Because of his story of success, he has become an example to many young people.