2021-2022 学年度第二学期九年级第二次模拟考试 英语 试卷（笔试） （满分：75 分 考试时长：70 分钟） 2022.4.26 第一卷 （选择题,共 50 分）I.完形填空（10 分） 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卷上将相应的字母编号涂黑.（共 10 小题, 每小题 1 分）Governments and business worldwide are creating smartphone apps to help track the spread of COVID-19. Tracking the spread of a disease is an important step in _____1_____ its outbreak. By tracking down people who have been in contact _____2_____ COVID-19 patients, health experts can warn them, and keep COVID-19 from spreading _____3_____. This is called “contacttracing”. _____4_____ governments remove COVID-19 lockdown limits, they’ll need to be able to quickly find and contain (控制) new outbreaks. Contact tracing will be a(n) _____5_____ part of the process.But because COVID-19 spreads so _____6_____ to so many people, it’s almost impossible to trace all contacts with phone calls. That’s _____7_____ many people hope that digital contact tracing with smartphones will help.Most contact tracing apps collect _____8_____ about where people have gone and the people they’ve had contact with. The apps can notify (通知) _____9_____ when one of their recent contacts has been found to have COVID-19. Some systems also notify governments or health care workers.Now many apps have been _____10_____ around the world. But some people worry the apps are being made too quickly and may not protect people’s private information.1. A. stoppingB. keepingC. studyingD. using2. A. forB. byC. withD. at3. A. nearerB. furtherC. higherD. slower4. A. AsB. ThoughC. SoD. But5. A. expensiveB. friendlyC. cheapD. important6. A. quicklyB. clearlyC. politelyD. softly7. A. whereB. whyC. whichD. how8. A. storyB. adviceC. informationD. answer9. A. patientsB. doctorsC. familiesD. users10. A. developedB. foundC. boughtD. borrowedII. 阅读理解（40 分） 第一节 阅读下列短文,从下面每小题的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卷上将相应的字母编号涂黑.（共 15 小题,每小题 1.5 分,共22.5分）AUnfortunately, three men died in a car accident. Soon they found themselves at the gate of heaven and saw God. Before getting in, God asked each of them the same question. If they could answer the question perfectly, they would be allowed to get into the heaven. “I’m sorry for your death,” said God. “But when you are in your casket(棺材) and your friends and family are standing beside you, what would you like to hear them say about you?” Afraid of being refused, the three men were nervous. They thought for a while. The first man said, “I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor of my time, and a great father to my children.” Hearing this, God let him in. The second man said. “I would like to hear them say that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a great difference to children.” God agreed and let him in too. Then it was the last man’s turn. He looked anxious and replied “God, I have lots of things to do for my family and the world. So I would like to hear them say, ‘Look! He’s moving!’”11. The three men died because of ________.A. a warB. a car accidentC. hunger and coldD. heart disease12. Where did the three men meet God?A. In a school.B. In a hospital.C. At the gate of heaven.D. In a casket.13. Who was a teacher before he died?A. The first man.B. The second man.C. The third man.D. We don’t know.14. Who does the underlined word “them” refer to?A. The world.B. The other two men.C. Doctors.D. Friends and family.15. From the passage, we know ________.A. God didn’t like the third manB. the third man had no family or friendsC. the third man still wanted to be aliveD. God asked the three men what had happened to themBFun and practical, these apps are worth downloading.ForestWhen working on your homework. you might sometimes find that your smartphone is distracting(使分心) you. An app called Forest can help you stay focused. When you set a new task in the app and set a certain amount of time to finish it, a tree seed will be “planted” in the app. If you keep finishing your task, the seed will grow into a tree. But if you close the app and play with your phone instead, the tree will wither and even die. Once you finish the task, your tree will be “planted” in the app. Gradually, you will have a forest! You can share your achievements with your friends and try to “plant” different kinds of trees.Rocket Alarm ClockIt’s hard to get out of bed every morning. You might hit the “snooze” button(“止闹”按钮) on your alarm clock again and again just to get a little more sleep. However, the Rocket Alarm Clock app can help! The app’s alarm cannot be easily turned off. You have to shake your phone wildly, solve difficult math problems, or even blow into your phone’s microphone to turn it off. For example, in one of the app’s modes(模式), there are some unidentified flying objects(UFOs) that are attacking the earth. You have to blow hard on your microphone to get rid of the UFOs and tum off the alarm.XiawenThis app makes reading news feel like chatting with a friend. News stories pop up just like a text message from a friend. If you’re interested, you can click “read on”. If not, just click “next one”.In addition, the app’s news stories are presented in interesting ways. There are emojis, audio clips and memes to help you better understand each piece of news. If you want to comment(评论) on the stories you read, you can join different groups and discuss the stories with others.16. Why is the app called “Forest” invented?A. It will help plant trees.B. It will help you stay focused.C. It can tell you how to grow a tree.D. It can share your task with your friends.17. If you want to turn off the slam of “Rocket Alarm Clock”, you should do the following EXCEPT _________.A. shake your phone wildlyB. solve difficult math problemsC blow into the phone’s microphoneD. hit the “snooze” button again and again18. What can you do if you want to comment on the stories you read?A. Click “read on”.B. Join different groups.C. Read news in interesting ways.D. Use emojis, audio clips to understand news.19. The apps above are probably for _________.A. phone usersB. forest plantersC. news reportersD. heavy sleepers20. Which is the best title for this passage?A. Downloading appsB. Apps that help you studyC. Fun and practical appsD. Three reading appsC①While history has shown that the economic development is sometimes achieved at the cost of environmental damage Shenzhen is trying to tell a different story.②Shenzhen has been developing quickly in recent years. At the same time, the city’s air quality has kept improving. In 2019, the average concentration (浓度) of PM2.5 was 24 μg/m3, the lowest level since the monitoring system started in 2006. The city has set a goal to lower the index to less than 20 μg/m3 by 2025 and reach a world-leading level by 2035.③One of the most effective ways to curb air pollution is to encourage the use of electric vehicles, especially in public transport, across the city. At the end of 2017, Shenzhen became the world’s first city to make all its public buses, about 16,400 of them, run on electricity. A year later, more than 21,000 taxis in the city were almost all replaced by electric cars.④When the sky becomes clearer, the city has also made great progress in solving its water pollution. All 159 black and smelly water bodies and 1,467 small ones have been fully recovered. Five major rivers that run through the city have met national water standards (标准).⑤Maozhou River, one of the most heavily polluted rivers in Shenzhen, started to meet the lowest national standard for qualified(合格的) surface water in November 2019. The standard is that the water can be used for agriculture or sightseeing. This was the best level the river had achieved since 1992.⑥As a result, Chinese white dolphins and jellyfish have been seen to return to the Shenzhen Bay. And the number of many animals in and along the river has increased year by year.21. What does the underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Produce.B. Control.C. Protect.D. Cause.22. Which of the following questions is answered in the passage?A. When will personal cars be replaced by electric ones?B. What is Shenzhen’s goal of dealing with air pollution?C. How many kinds of animals are there in Maozhou River?D. What are the five major rivers that run through Shenzhen?23. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Shenzhen’s secrets of fast development.B. Shenzhen’s plans to clear the sky and rivers.C. Shenzhen’s ways of developing the economy.D. Shenzhen’s achievements in the environment.24 Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Shenzhen’s economic development is achieved at the cost of environmental damage.B. Shenzhen has set a goal to lower the average concentration of PM2.5 to 20μg/m3 in 15 years.C. The water of Maozhou River can be used for agriculture or sightseeing in 2020.D. Shenzhen became the world’s first city to make all taxis run on electricity.25. Which is the structure of the passage?A. ①/②③/④⑤⑥B. ①②/③/④⑤⑥C. ①②/③④/⑤⑥D. ①/②③④⑤/⑥第二节 阅读填空（共 10 分,每小题 2 分） 请阅读全文，并从下列的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯。 ___26___ after athletes shared them on TikTok and in media interviews. Some were even captured live taking a bite of the delicious food during competition. ___27___Red bean bunSnowboarder Jenise Spiteri, the only athlete standing for Malta, is a big fan of Chinese food.“One morning, I was too nervous to eat any food. ___28___ I didn’t realize that I still had one in my pocket when I did the run, so I was like “Oh, okey! Now I can finally eat,” she recalled.Chinese dumplingsAmerican athlete Julia Marino, who won a silver medal in women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, told NBC News that her favourite food in the Winter Olympics village was dumplings. ___29___Spicy hotchpotch (麻辣烫)Jutta Leerdam, a 23-year-old speed skating athlete from the Netherlands, posted her favorite spicy hotchpotch on social media. “This is the famous Chinese snack spicy hotchpotch, which is healthier than burgers and fries,” said Leerdam.___30___ allowing them to fully experience the Chinese foodA. Let’s have a look at some of them.B. The Olympics provided global athletes with 678 dishes from all over China,C. So, I only drank some water and went to the venue.D. A dozen Chinese dishes have become popular during the Beijing 2022 Winter Oympics,E. So, I put some red bean buns in my backpack.F. “I’ve probably had like 200 of them since I came here,” said she.第三节 信息匹配 （共 7.5 分,每小题 1.5 分）下面的材料 A-F 分别介绍了六种新型房子。请根据五个人的需求选择合适的房子。A. The 3D printed houses will be made by ICON in Texas.The company can print a 60-square-metre house in just 12-24 hours. The walls of the house look like cream. Each house costs $10.000 The materials can be used again.B. Some houses have been made in a shape like a ball. The walls, ceiling and floor are all in a house with this shape. The wind moves around the outside of the house. Ball-shaped houses can be hung from things or float on water.C. Some people live in windy places. Big winds can blow houses down. A dome house is made of triangle shapes to let the wind to around it. There is no wind in a dome house, so it is safer in a fire. D. A house in a tree doesn't use any space on the ground at all. No trees have to be cut down to make room for these houses. And the tree house can be built in the shape of a bee nest. Such a house doesn’t take very long to move to a new place.E. Some scientists have made a house that can walk. The house has six legs. It can walk over any ground. When it walks, three legs are always on the ground. A walking house would be very good if there was a flood or a fire. F. Some scientists are tying to turn used plastic into bricks. These bricks are designed well and can be used to build houses for the poor families in some parts of the world.31. Ken worries that there will be less and less space on the ground if people keep on building houses. It is bad for human to cut down so many trees for houses.32. Cindy is interested in houses with new technology, because it takes less time and costs less to build this kind of house. And it is better for the environment.33. Carrie lives near the sea. Sometimes her house will be blown down by the strong wind. She really hopes that her house can be kept away from the wind.34. Mary’s son is a super ball fan. He is crazy about ball games. He even dreams that he can live in a ball.35. Nancy is an environmental protection member. She hopes that she can build some houses with used things like plastic, bottles and so on.第二卷（主观题，共 25 分）语法填空（10 小题, 共 10 分）___36___ I’m sixty years old, I still read comic strips. When I was a child, I read comic strips almost every day. During my family trips, I would buy a new comic strip for 10 to 25 cents each. As a child, I read all kinds of comic strips with great interest. I was hardly aware that I was ___37___ (actual) reading. The drawings and the word balloons were so interesting that I found it difficult ___38___ (put) down my books. Comic strips introduced me ___39___ jokes and wordplay, and to the rich imaginative worlds of true literature (文学) that can be found in the Classics Illustrated comic series. Jane Eyre and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were two of the comic strips that I like ___40___ (well). My grandson Connor didn’t like reading in the past. He only read something that ___41___ (require) by his teachers. Then I introduced Jane Eyre to him. Now he just can’t stop reading. Some of my ___42___ (friend) parents thought comic strips were too childish and they stopped my friends from reading the books. But later some of the parents became great readers too.I’m not saying comic strips are ___43___ must for kids. For me, however, they are surely important. Without them, I would probably have never ___44___ (fall) in love with reading and literature. I’ve just ordered some of my favourite comic strips for Connor. But I will read them again before ____45____ (hand) them over.书面表达（15分）46. 假如你是李华，你的笔友Mike在写给你的电子邮件中说，因为疫情，他所在的学校下周开始要上网课了，他比较爱打游戏、看短视频，不容易集中精力，有点担心自己网课的效果，因此来信跟你交流网课的心得。请针对他的情况给他写一封回信。要点：1. 说1-2个网课容易出现的问题;2. 提至少2个相应的建议；3. 表达鼓励和祝福。要求：1、字数在80词左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数；2、必须包含以上全部要点，可以适当发挥；3、文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；4、表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范。参考词汇：疫情：Covid-19 pandemic 专心听讲：stay focused in class/listen attentivelyDear Mike,Glad to hear from you. You told me that you would start having online classes next week._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours Li Hua