第17课时 九年级 Units 1～2
一、单项填空
1．(2019·原创)Dad, please don't tell mom that I will come bac net Sunday. I want to eep it a ________ and give her a surprise. A．chance
B．choice C．secret D．idea
2．(2019·原创)—How did you now the news? —Jane told me by ________ me an e-mail. A．sending
B．send C．sends D．to send
3．(2018·江西中考)Susan never gets upset when she has to wait in line. She is very ________. A．shy
B．honest
C．funny D．patient
4．(2018·江西模拟五)If you want to now more information, ________ on the Internet. A．loo after it C．loo up it
B．loo at it
D．loo it up
5．(2019·原创)Tom is so ________ that he attends all inds of activities after school. A．quiet C．active
B．shy D．honest
6．(2018·江苏连云港中考)The total number of online literature website users had ________ to 352 million by the end of June 2017.And the number is still growing. A．increased C．included
B．influenced D．introduced
7．(2019·预测)—What's the ________ of the car at present? —It's about 70 ilometers an hour. A．place C．price
B．speed D．mar
8．(2019·预测)The true spirit of Christmas is to treat everyone with indness and ________ love everywhere. A．spread C．compare
B．search D．provide
9．(2019·预测)In order to improve our spoen English, more ________ should be paid to our pronunciation. A．condition C．attraction
B．attention D．situation
10．(2019·预测)I've ________ five pounds. I thin I need to lose weight.
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A．put on
B．tae off D．tae away
A
(2018·广西百色中考)The Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. During the festival, Chinese people have many activities. They paste Spring Festival Couplets(春联), greeting the New Year and saying goodbye to the old year. On the first day of the Spring Festival, people hang out, wearing new clothes. Nowadays, children get red pocets from their parents and their relatives. It is a good time for people to visit relatives and friends. More importantly, the Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world.
The Spring Festival was celebrated in the U from 1980.Every New Year, people also get together and have lots of activities. They sing songs and share with friends or watch movies in the cinema. Besides, the Spring Festival has become a ey time for Chinese living in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional New Year. The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three wees of celebration across Australia. Thousands of people come to Sydney's Chinatown. They enjoy firewors and lion dances. The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant taes away the meaning of the tradition. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
11．According to Paragraph One, children can get red pocets from their ________ on the first day of the Spring Festival. A．friends
B．parents and relatives D．classmates
C．put away
二、阅读理解
C．teachers
12．Which activity is NOT mentioned(提到) in Paragraph One? A．Hold a New Year party. B．Hang out, wearing new clothes. C．Visit relatives and friends. D．Paste Spring Festival Couplets.
13．The underlined word “firewors” in the second paragraph means “________” in Chinese. A．火炉工
B．消防员 D．畅销书
C．烟花表演
14．Which of the following is TRUE in the passage?
A．The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. 2 2
B．The Spring Festival is celebrated only in China. C．The Spring Festival was celebrated in the US from 1980.
D．Chinese living in Singapore usually hold the family dinner on New Year's Eve at home. 15．How many countries are mentioned ecept China in the passage? A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five.
B
根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供16～20小题选用，第二个方框供21～25小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项剩余。 (2017·福建中考改编)
A．early B．for C．health D．called E．highest F．first The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also 16.________ the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as 17.________ as the Warring States Period (475～221 BC). It has a history of more than 1，700 years. Among the numbers from ero to nine, nine is the 18.________ odd number(奇数). People believe that two “nines” meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday 19.________ Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders.
They hold many inds of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good 20.________ and a long life.
A．traditionally B．the C．fall D．catching E．but F．and The festival comes during the golden time of 21.________. On the day, people 22.________ drin chrysanthemum(菊花) wine, eat Double-Ninth Caes 23.________ climb mountains. They also carry a ind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times believed that 24.________plant could drive away evil(邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from 25.________ an illness in winter.
三、词形转换
用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，每空格限填一词。
26．Sam looed at me with a very strange ________(epress) when I told him the good news. 27．You must use your time ________(wise) and have proper rest.
28．Jacie Chan is a ________(succeed) actor in the world, and he also devotes himself to charity.
29．Linda's brother wears a shirt and ________(tie) at wor.
30．The old man ________(lay) out a newspaper on the bench and sat down on it.
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31．My dog usually bars when it sees a ________(strange) wal past. 32．Bad luc! A thief ________(steal) my wallet on the bus this morning.
33．I thin that people should treat each other with indness and __________(warm)．
四、阅读表达
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
Once a ing got two nice falcons(猎鹰) from his son. He had never seen such beautiful falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to fly.
After several months, the ing came to see how the training was going on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sy, while the other one was staying on the branch(树枝) of a tree quietly without moving.
The ing called all his falconers together and ordered them to try every way they could to mae it fly. But none of them succeeded. One day, while the ing was taing a wal in the forest, an idea came to his mind. He decided to find someone who new the natural environment well to solve the problem. Then he sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.
The net morning, the ing saw the other falcon flying above in the sy freely. “It is unbelievable！” shouted the ing. “How could you mae it happen？”
The farmer replied，“It's very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested.” It is always the same to humans. We all have “two flying wings in our hearts as well, but we often seem not to notice them and stay where we feel safe and comfortable. We won't realie we can fly so high and freely until the “branch” we are resting on breas. 34．Where did the ing get the falcons?
___________________________________________________________________ 35．Why did the ing as the farmer to train the falcon?
___________________________________________________________________ 36．What did the farmer do to mae the falcon fly?
___________________________________________________________________ 37．What do you thin of the farmer?
___________________________________________________________________ 38．To reach high, can we stay where we feel safe and comfortable? ___________________________________________________________________ 4 4
参考答案
一、1～5 CADDC 6～10 ABABA 二、11～15 BACDC 16～20 DAEBC
21～25 CAFBD
三、26.epression 27.wisely 28.successful 29.tie
30．laid 31.stranger 32.stole 33.warmth
四、34.From his son.
35．Because he lived in the forest and new the natural environment well. 36．He cut off the branch where the falcon rested. 37．He is clever. 38．No, we can't.
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