2016-2017学年江苏南京秦淮区中考二模英语试卷及答案
2016-2017学年度第二学期第二阶段学业质量监测试卷
秦淮区
九年级英语
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共10页，满分为90分；考试时间90分钟。2．答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上。选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂，非选择题必须使用墨水笔书写。
选择题（共40分）
一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. English is considered as ______ useful language, so more and more people try to learn it well.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. 不填
2. — Cindy, you look worried. Do you need a hand?
— You are so kind, ______ I want to do it on my own.
A. and
B. or
C. so
D. but
3. After 79 minutes of flying, the C919 landed safely at Shanghai Pudong International Airport ______ 3:20 pm on Friday.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. from
4. — The English speech competition is coming. I am very nervous.
— Cheer up. You should believe in ______.
A. myself
B. yourself
C. ourselves
D. themselves
5. There have been 7 underground lines in Nanjing and 9 more lines ______ in a few years.
A. are built
B. will build
C. will be built
D. are going to build
6. — Nature is our greatest treasure.
— Yes. If humans don’t take action, natural resources will ______ one day.
A. turn out
B. put out
C. carry out
D. run out
7.The famous scientist Danian Huang passed away on 1 January. It is a great ______ to Chinese
science.
A. loss
B. miss
C. news
D. challenge
8. — These two pictures are exactly the same.
— I don’t think so. If you look ______, you’ll find the colours of the mountains are different.
A. nearly
B. mainly
C. closely
D. hardly
9. — What did you do during the Dragon Boat Festival?
— I ______ a dragon boat race with my cousin. It was so exciting.
A. watch
B. watched
C. am watching
D. have watched
10. — What do you think of Readers on CCTV?
— It’s so wonderful! I’ve never seen ______ programme before.
A. a good
B. a better
C. the best
D. a worse
11. — Excuse me, could you tell me ______?
— In front of the gate of our school.
A. what time should we arrive at the park
B. where should we meet
C. where I can find you tomorrow morning
D. what we need to take with us
12. — It’s very kind of Lily to prepare all the things for the party.
— Do you mean we ______ bring anything?
A. can’t
B. shouldn’t
C. needn’t
D. mustn’t
13. In a dictionary, which of the following words is before the others?
A. banana
B. picnic
C. bicycle
D. forget
14. — Do you mind my opening the window? It’s really hot.
— ______. Do as you like.
A. Not at all
B. Don’t worry
C. Of course
D. I’m sorry you can’t
15. — It is said that there may be a war between these two countries.
— ______. Peace is what everyone wants.
A. I hope so
B. I hope not
C. It depends on you
D. I don’t mind
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Ten years ago, many people thought that the age of the physical
books (纸质书) was coming to an end. The objects that had been the
companions (伙伴) of millions of 16 for hundreds of years
were going to die out. Soon, we’d all be reading on little electronic
screens and laughing at the memory of p laces called “17 ” and
“bookshops”.
But it seems not true about the idea of the death of the physical
books. At least in the UK, as The Guardian noted, sales of e-books are falling while sales of physical books are 18 . More surprisingly, it’s young people who are buying the most physical books. More than 60 percent of 16-to-24-year-olds 19 print books to e-books. There are many reasons and the most popular one i s: “I would like to 20 the product.”
Books become very personal objects to reading lovers. It often starts 21 they get the books. Many buyers of books like to write down their names on the inside cover when they’ve bought one. And we 22 books around with us everywhere.
If there’s a mark made on the pages from coffee or food, it doesn’t matter. These small 23 make our books even more personal. It’s just like readers of physical books make friends with them.
The “friendship” 24 people develop with books isn’t just about feelings. Research has shown that readers remember more information from reading physical books than electronic ones.
However, there’s no 25 that e-books are here to stay. They aren’t simply a “here today, gone tomorrow” thing. But it’s also certain that physical books, which have been in production since the fifteenth century, are here to stay, too.
16. A. workers B. farmers C. doctors D. readers
17. A. theatres B. labs C. libraries D. studios
18. A. rising B. raising C. rushing D. resting
19. A. pick B. prefer C. like D. want
20. A. put B. lay C. hold D. throw
21. A. while B. since C. before D. when
22. A. read B. carry C. show D. donate
23. A. accidents B. stories C. presents D. messages
24. A. who B. what C. that D. when
25. A. way B. need C. excuse D. doubt
三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
With an announcement made on 1 April, 2017, Xiongan has become a well-known name in China overnight. Xiongan New Area, about 100 kilometers south-west of Beijing, covers three counties: Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin.
26. Xiongan New Area is ______.
A. in Tianjin
B. in Beijing
C. in Hebei Province
D. in Baoding
27. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Xiongan New Area covers four counties.
B. Xiongan New Area will become larger and larger.
C. Xiongan New Area is 100 kilometres north-west of Beijing.
D. Xiongan New Area will cover about 200 square km in the long term.
B
China is famous for its food and has already given me many memorable experiences. There are lots of Chinese restaurants in Australia, but I was told that they
were very different from what I would find in China. So I had no idea
what I would be eating when I moved here.
And now, almost eight months since I arrived, I’m still
discovering the strange and wonderful world of Chinese food. And I
haven’t seen any local restaurants serving prawn crackers (虾片) or
sweet and sour pork which I enjoyed in Australia.
Perhaps my most memorable meal so far was at a traditional hot pot restaurant. I have eaten plenty of hot pots before, but this one was really, really hot. My friends watched with interest as I tried duck blood, duck neck and duck intestines (肠). I would try anything once, so I was happy to give it a go. But I don’t think I’ll be trying duck blood or intestines again.
Walking through Wangfujing’s night market in Beijing was another interesting experi ence. I tried scorpion (蝎子) on a stick, sea urchin (海胆) and many other strange-looking animals. One thing I have noticed in China is that people love to eat everything on sticks.
But the thing I like most about Chinese food is that you don’t have to search very hard to find it. There are people selling delicious things on almost every corner, and there is always a restaurant nearby in Beijing.
It’s almost impossible to go hungry in China. The only question is: What should I try next?
28. What does the word “here” in Paragraph 1 refer to (所指) ?
A. China.
B. Australia.
C. The USA.
D. England.
29. The writer tried duck blood, duck neck and duck intestines because ______.
A. he thought they were delicious
B. he wanted to give everything a try
C. they were famous in the hot pot restaurant
D. his friends encouraged him to do so
30. From the passage, we can know ______.
A. the writer really loves to eat everything on sticks
B. there is always a restaurant on every corner of China
C. it’s hard to find prawn crackers or sweet and sour pork in Australia
D. the writer seldom gets hungry in China because of so much delicious food
C
Do you find it hard to learn math and history? A recent study carried out by scientists from University of London, may be of help to you. They found that teenagers could get higher marks in math if they studied in the morning and better grades in history if they were taught in the afternoon.
The researchers did a study at a secondary school in Bulgaria over nine years. The results showed that when teenagers had math classes earlier in the day, they scored on average (平均) 7 percent higher in tests than when taught in the afternoon. Lower-ability students did worst when they were studying math in the afternoon.
In history, students taught in the afternoon scored on average 6 percent higher than when they were taught in t he morning. However, it doesn’t work for other subjects such as languages or geography.
Velichka Dimitrova, leader of the study, said the findings show that we do better at different times of the day.
“In the morning, our brains are better and fresher, so we are better at doing something that repeats a lot like problem solving, where we require more speed and attention,” Dimitrova told The Telegraph.
“In the afternoon, it seems that this process (过程) slows down. On the other hand, history is better suitable for the afternoon, when we are more creative and open to discussion,” she said.
Subjects such as foreign languages require both memory and repetition (重复), and they also need people to be creative. This is perhaps why the time of day has no influence on learning.
Time-of-day effects such as those are believed to be connected to the body clock. This is the system in our bodies that controls when we need to sleep. Some schools in the US and UK have tried out later school starting times for teenagers, whose body clocks change as they grow into adults.
Dimitrova believes schools should take this chance to improve students’ performance just by changing their timetables.
31. According to the study, students taught in the morning do better in ______.
A. history
B. English
C. geography
D. math
32. It is believed that the time-of-day effects have something to do with a student’s ______.
A. age
B. hobby
C. body clock
D. learning habit