江苏扬州市江都区九年级下第二次模拟测试英语试卷

We can have ________ bluer sky if we create _________less polluted world.

---Can you describe what Mr. Green's daughter is like?
--- Oh, she has the very_______ of Mr. Green. I'm sure you can know her at the first sight.

— Must I turn off the gas after cooking?
— Of course. You can never be________ careful with that.

—What can you see _________ the bridge, Millie?
—Oh, an elephant is standing over there. Let’s go and see it.

—I’m sorry, sir. I’ve made lots of mistakes in the monthly exam.
— Never mind. ___________, the exam is a bit difficult.

The plan they are talking about _________ improving greatly.

---Who’s that at the door, Tony?
---________ is the postman, I think.

China Dream is a great way to gather people together and ___ the fast development of our country.

________ waste of time it is to spend too much time on computer games!

---What do you think of the concert given by the artist?
---Exciting, _______ one piece of the music wasn’t played quite well.

---When shall I call you back, in the afternoon or evening?
--- ________. I’ll be in all day long.

---How were your May Day holiday?
---Everything was wonderful except that our car________.

---I hope to take the DIY course.
---Good idea. _________more about it, visit the website.

—Look! Here comes the bus and I have to go now. Thank you for seeing me off.
—Goodbye, and       !

I’m amazed to hear from my school teacher again. ___, it is ten years since we met last time.

I walked into the Huddle House Restaurant in Brunswick, Georgia and sat down at the table. I picked up the menu and was to order something for breakfast.
“Excuse me,”
I looked up and        a nice-looking woman standing before me.
“Is your name Roger?”       asked.
“Yes,” I answered, feeling rather confused(迷惑) as I had never seen her before.
“My name’s Barbara and my      is Tony, “she he said, pointing to a middle-aged man sitting alone at the table by the window. He was      and weak.
“Tony White, from Landon School in Jacksonville, Florida.” She added.
I looked at that man for a few seconds,       I didn’t recognize(认识) him.
“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell,”I said.
She walked back, began       with her husband and once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.
I ordered breakfast and a cup of         , sitting there, trying to remember who this Tony was. “I       know him,” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning.
“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!” I could      believe my eyes. “Jesus! He’ s so thin now. Not the big boy that I        from back in 1977.”
Everything came up to my mind. The time this        boy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class, and the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just to make himself         a big man to all other students.
“I am sorry, Roger,” Tony rolled by me in the wheelchair, being pushed by his wife, raising his thin trembling hand. “I am so sorry for        that I did to you.”
“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know what to      to him.
After a few months later, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was       . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.
How I regretted for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!

A．heard B．saw C．felt D．told

A．you B．we C．he D．she

A．husband B．father C．brother D．son

A．fat B．thin C．strong D．young

A．but B．and C．or D．so

A．listening B．writing C．talking D．playing

A．tea B．juice C．coffee D．milk

A．needn’t B．need C．mustn’t D．must

A．hardly B．really C．simply D．mostly

A．protect B．remember C．love D．miss

A．clever B．shy C．bad D．friendly

A．look after B．look for C．look at D．look like

A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything

A．talk B．tell C．say D．speak

A．healthy B．dead C．famous D．Blind

Which movie lasts the longest time?

Which statement about the movies is true?

Who played the lead role in one of the movies?

My best friend and I made our first trip to Ireland less than a year ago. I wasn’t very excited about it at the very beginning. But my uncle wanted me to visit Ireland and offered to pay for my trip. Then I did. All of the words “magical, charming and memorable” don’t even describe what Ireland is. Our favourites were Kilkenny, Cobh and Killarney. We did a self-driver tour.
We stayed in a castle in Dublin for two days, where my ancestors(祖先) came from. The town we thought we might be bored in was Kilkenny, but we loved every minute we were there. There were so many places to explore and the pictures we took were beautiful.
It was so exciting to see the little village of Cobh and know it was the last stop for the Titanic(a famous ship) at that time. We loved the visitor centre there and the little shops. We never got any bad food there. It was so mouth-watering at every stop! And when we stayed in Westmeath, we saw the Trim Castle through the windows and found some scenes from Brave Heart which was filmed there. We were so excited. Again, more beautiful pictures were taken in that tiny town.
We love the country, the people, the food and the magic. We would go back very soon. I was so thankful for my uncle who had given me the chance to be there.
I have no words to adequately describe our trip. Go, explore the small villages, eat and enjoy! I still look at my pictures and can’t believe I was actually there.
What can we learn from the first paragraph?

What can we know from the third paragraph?

What does the underlined word “adequately” in the last paragraph mean?

Where does the article most probably come from?

April will bring a new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last week, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch will differ from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size, strap and whether it is a sports or regular version.
Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕).  The "sensor" on the screen not only detects your finger, but knows the difference between when you are tapping, and when you are pressing harder.
The watch also has “haptic feedback(触觉反馈)”. You can send personal messages to your friend, such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.
Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.
According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications that we had never thought of. Some car factories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even airlines are jumping in--passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.
The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can measure your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same "accelerometer" as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without much activity.
Many stores are planning to stop selling the Nike, Jawbone and FitBit devices(设备) to welcome the Apple Watch. Will Apple Watch really replace these devices and make fitness much more fun?

We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch ________.

With apple watch, you can ________.

Many businesses help push for the uses of apple watch EXCEPT ________.

Many stores are planning to stop selling FitBit devices because ________.

Success does not belong to a select group of individuals (个人). Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.
Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be plain, clear, and it must also be exciting.
Show up. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You can’t have a best seller, if you have never written a book. You can’t get your dream job, if you’re afraid to turn in an application. Showing up doesn’t guarantee(保证) success, but if you don’t show up, you won’t succeed.
Fail. Unless you’re willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success won’t happen. To have success you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do something right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula (公式) for success is to double your rate of failure (失败). So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.
Work Harder. Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day. Success is not about doing what the common person can’t do. It’s about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, it’s about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. It’s the habit of doing things with excellence that causes success.
Enjoy the Journey. Success is a journey, not a destination (终点). Success is not a certain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.
Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” You have to change, you will change, and you will succeed.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in achieving success?

What does the writer really mean by saying “Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day.” ?

Which of the following is TRUE about success according to the passage?

The best title of the passage might be_______________.

词汇运用（共l0小题；每小题l分，计l0分）
根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
Any progress of that blind kid in his study is beyond       (赞扬).
He        putting her through and caused a lot of problems. (后悔)
The teacher looked           at the mess and couldn’t say a word . (生气)
What caused the accident remains      , so we need to do more research on it. (未知的)
Because of carelessness, the young lady mistook my passport for       .(她的)
The athlete tried his best and finished        in the800-metre race. (three)
Keep trying hard, and you will     in making your dream come true. (success)
The local government has made up their mind to protect these         rights. (fisherman)
The volunteer devotes all his time he has to        the community.(serve)
It took us at          two hours to clear the waste in the park. (little)

We all dream about things that we would like to do and things we hope to achieve in the future. But are everybody’s dreams the same? Here are some of the findings of a survey about hopes and dreams, in which thousands of students across China took part.
What are the hopes of teenagers? We received several different answers to the question: what would you like to do after you finish your education? It seems that some students would like to start work as soon as they can, so that they can help offer their parents better lives. Other students hope to go on studying after they finish school and to go to university. Although money is important, many teenagers want to do jobs they like. According to the survey, the most popular choice of job is computer programming.
What are the dreams of teenagers? Teenagers have all kinds of dreams. Some are more realistic(现实的) than others. For example, many students would like to be volunteers if Beijing could hold the World Cup, maybe working as translators or tour guides. And many students dream of having a trip to every corner of the world one day.
According to the survey, less realistic dreams are also common, but many students reported that they were willing to work hard to achieve their dreams. Quite a few dreamed of becoming famous, perhaps famous sports people or singers. Some students would like to go on exciting trips. One student would love to sail across the Pacific Ocean. And then there are dreams that there is no possibility for students to achieve. Three students would like to be able to fly.
It is clear from the survey that teenagers have similar hopes. It seems that most students hope to have a good education and find a good job. On the other hand, students dream of very different things: good things, and even crazy things. It is very important to dream, so hold on your dreams, one day they may just be realized.

A survey about some Chinese students’ hopes and dreams
Hopes of teenagers	●Some students want to begin work as soon as possible to help    their parents with better lives. ●Some students hope to       studying after finishing school. ●Many students would like to do jobs they enjoy though money is of great     . ●Most students       computer programming as their jobs.
of teenagers	●Some students have more realistic dreams, such as working as volunteers at the World Cup and     around the world. ●Some students have less realistic dreams, such as becoming famous sports people or singers and   across the Pacific Ocean. ●It is highly   for some students to achieve their dreams like being able to fly.
Conclusion	●The survey shows that teenagers’ hopes are     while their dreams are different. ●You can’t realize your dream    holding on it and hard work.

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, c    up and smile all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the h     smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go on a trip, it s    starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the w   . But dear friend, why don’t you sit down and listen to the sound that the n    offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will g    better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures (失败) can’t be a   . I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are a  of it and give up hopes easily. When we face failure, we must be confident of ourselves, draw some useful l     for the future from it and try our best to finish w   we have decided to do. Just as a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Attitude (态度) decides everything. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

句子翻译(共5小题；每小题2分，计10分)  
将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。
我想知道为什么鱼睁着眼睛睡觉。
在过去几年里扬州发生了很大变化。
老师经常告诉我们遇到困难时不要灰心。
直到你学了物理，你才会知道它多有用。
我们最好采取措施来防范一些疾病的传播。
 

写作（计20分）
“全民阅读”被写入了《政府工作报告》，目的是倡导全民热爱阅读。请根据提示用英文向English Post投稿，简述阅读现状及你对阅读的看法和打算。

要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2）必须包括所有相关信息，并作适当发挥；
3）词数：100词左右（开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
4）不得使用真实姓名和校名等。
The National Reading has been put in the government work report in order to encourage a love of reading in all Chinese people.