1、 阅读理解阅读理解专题专题 江苏省无锡市锡北片 2020 届九年级一模英语试题 三、三、阅读理解阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选 项，并在答题卡上作答。（本大题共 26 分，每小题 2 分） A Red Star Theatre The famous singer Jay Chou will give a concert. Time：7.00 pm9.00 pm on June 1 Price： 60 200 Blue Sky Cinema 3D movie：Transformers 3 Director：Michael Bay Actors/A
2、ctresses：Shia LaBeouf，Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley，Josh Duhamel， etc. Time：7.30 pm9.30 pm from July 28 to August 5 Price： 80 International Picnic Come to enjoy the delicious food from all over the world. Place：the Peoples Park Time：12.00 noon5.00 pm this Saturday，September 10 Price： 100 25. Hao Shuai，wh
3、o wants to relax with 80 yuan on July 29，can . A.buy clothes on sale B.watch the 3D movie C.enjoy the concert D.have the international picnic 26. If you are a fan of Jay Chou，you can go to his concert in . A.Red Star Theatre B.Mengxin Shopping Centre C.Blue Sky Cinema D.the Peoples Park 27. You can
4、enjoy delicious food from all over the world at . A.8.00 am on Sunday B.9.00 am on Saturday C.4.00 pm on Saturday D.5.00 pm on Sunday. B Falling down in public is terrible for most people. However， a new social media craze （热潮） called the Falling Stars Challenge has turned falling into something fun
5、 to do. The craze began in Russia. It was most popular among young people. They posted pictures of themselves lying face down as though （好像） they had just fallen over. Some items like handbags，decorations and money were spread out on the ground around them in the photos. They shared these photos on
6、the Internet to flaunt their wealth. The craze soon became popular around the world. In China， however, it is taking on a new meaning. People are using it to flaunt their hobbies and talents. The objects in their pictures show what they do for a living and what they have achieved in their work. All
7、kinds of people are taking part in it. For example，students fall down onto textbooks and test papers. Police officers fall in front of their police cars with handcuffs in their hands. Famous people are taking on the challenge，too. Writer Liu Tong took a fall with dozens of copies of his new book. Mo
8、re than 1.08 million Chinese have taken on this challenge on Sina Weibo. Their pictures have been viewed more than 2.22 billion times. Internet users also discuss these photos.Most of them speak highly of the craze. One Sina Weibo user wrote，This shows the positive（积极的） energy of fighting and workin
9、g hard. Cheer for these young people! However，some also think the craze is just another example of a successful Internet meme（网络爆红）. They think people are just imitating（模仿）others. What do you think of the challenge? Will you try it? 28. Which of the following is NOT true about the Falling Stars Cha
10、llenge? A. It came from Russia. B. Young people like it best. C. It is a social media craze. D. It usually shows a real fall. 29. What does the underlined word flaunt mean? A. set off B. show off C. make up D. join in 30. Whats the best title for this passage? A. How to post pictures online B. Falli
11、ng for a new craze C. Taking on challenges bravely D. To show the positive energy C On my way to coaching basketball yesterday. I was listening to WGN, my favourite talk radio station. I could tell right away that there was something wrong by the serious mood of the speaker. There had been a plane c
12、rash.Two small planes crashed into each other. Bob Collins, the morning show man for WGN, was the pilot of one of the planes and had been killed. Later that night, as I made my 40-minute drive home, I listened as the station reminisced（缅怀）and paid admiration to a man who was loved by many. They told
13、 story after story, describing him as the greatest friend and a man who had lived life to the fullest.True love poured in from all over the country. The more I listened how this man had influenced those around him, the more discouraged（沮丧的） I became. I was discouraged because I wanted to know why we
14、, as a culture, wait until somebody has passed away before we let them know how much we love them. Why do we wait until someone cant hear before we tell them how much they mean to us? Why do we wait until it is too late before we think of the good qualities of a person? Why do we build someone up af
15、ter they have gone into eternity （不朽） ? What good does it do then? Yes, it does help us deal with the great sadness of losing someone who was special to us. And yes, it does bring those who are closer together. But as we remember this person with love, our words fall short of the ears that most need
16、ed to hear them. I now make a strong decision to tell those around me how much they mean to me. I am going to let my wife know just how loved and thanked she is, not only by my words, but also by my actions. I am going to play Batman with my four-year-old son more often, and in the middle, I am goin
17、g to steal into my sleeping babys bedroom, place my lips on his chubby cheek, and thank God for the endless joy he has brought into my life. Do you love someone? Then tell them! Has someone been an influence in your life? Then give them a call, write them a letter or send them an e-mail! Life is too
18、 short to leave kind words unsaid. The words you say, or the letters you write might just make all the difference in the world. 31. Why did the writer feel discouraged？ A.Because Bob Collins died. B.Because he did not enjoy listening to the radio station. C.Because the station reminisced and admired
19、 Bob Collins all day. D.Because people praised Bob Collins after he died，not before. 32. What would the writer like to do？ A.To keep feelings in the heart. B.To show his love and thanks to his family. C.To share everything with people around. D.To have a funeral（葬礼） before his death. 33. What atmosp
20、here（气氛）can you feel between the lines of this passage？ A.Touching B.Happy. C.Interesting. D.Cold. D China, which is proud of four great inventions in ancient times, has once again showed its ability to change the world with its four new great inventions: high-speed railways, mobile payments, shared
21、 bicycles and online shopping. The four new ways of life were the most attractive to youths from 20 countries taking part in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, according to a survey by the Belt and Road Research Institute（BRRI） of Beijing Foreign Studies University. The four new
22、great inventions all have something to do with Chinas high-tech innovation （革新） , which has improved the quality of peoples lives, said Wu Hao, a director of the BRRI. My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want simply on my phone, said Lin Jinlong, a foreign student from Cambod
23、ia, adding that even pancake sellers are using Alipay. We can also order food at home, which is super easy. If I were at home in Cambodia, I would have to go outdoors. The bikes themselves are not new, but the operating mode（运营模式） of bike-sharing is based on GPS, mobile payment, big data and other h
24、igh technologies. China has entered a new innovative time, said Bernhard Schwartlander, World Health Organization Representative in China. As a huge fan of bicycles, he also expressed his love for Chinas shared bicycles, saying that shared bikes are bringing cycling back to peoples lives. Rebacca Fa
25、nnin, said that China is beginning to lead in innovation in some ways. It is clear that China is innovating and no longer copying Western ideas, she said. A growing number of foreigners hope to push the development in their home countries by paying attention to the need for technological achievement
26、s like that of China. Lin mentioned his experience of taking the high-speed train from Beijing to Tianjin, which is more than 100 km away. The journey took only half an hour, while in Cambodia, which has only two railways, such a journey may take up to three hours. 34. Paragraph 1 talks about the of
27、 four new great inventions. A.history B.uses C.value D.names 35. Shared bicycles are called one of Chinas four new great inventions because . A.bikes are most popular in China B.China can produce the best bikes C.high technologies are used in them D.all kinds of bikes are made in China 36. In Cambod
28、ia, a journey of about 100 km probably takes now. A.half an hour B.an hour C.three hours D.three hours and a half 37. Which of the following is the right order according to the passage？ a. high-speed trains b. mobile payment c. the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation d. GPS A.cbda B.ab
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39、that I cant achieve anything. Then, there are other distractions, such as family or hobbies. The key is to give most of your attention to one thing. When I feel nervous, it helps a lot to repeat words such as calm, peace, either out loud or silently in my mind. It makes me feel more in control and i
40、mproves my confidence. This is a habit and is a powerful psychological(心理学的) tool. ( ) 48.The underlined word distractions” probably means _. A. good habits B. things that make one tired C. words to enjoy D. things that turn ones attention away ( ) 49. The same character of the three people is_. A.
41、humour B. happiness C. self-confidence D. wisdom ( ) 50. The best title for the passage is _. A. Health and Food B. How to Be a Winner C. Difficulties and Habits D. Be a Sportsman C Bertie was sad for weeks, months after the lion died. There was nothing I could do to cheer him or even console (安慰) h
42、im. He would sit for hours in his room, or go off on long walks all on his own. He seemed so shut away inside himself. Try as I did, I could not reach him. Then one day I was in the kitchen here, when I saw him hurrying down the hill, waving his stick and shouting to me. Ive got it, he cried, as he
43、came in, Ive got it at last. He showed me the end of his stick. It was white. See that, Millie? Chalk! Its chalk underground, isnt it? So? I said. You know the famous White Horse on the hillside at Uffington, the one they carved(雕刻) out of the chalk a thousand years ago? That horse never died, did i
44、t? Its still alive, isnt it? Well, thats what were going to do, so he will never be forgotten. Well carve The White Prince out on the hillsidehell be there forever, and hell be white forever too. Itll take a bit of time, wont it? I said. Weve got plenty, havent we? he replied, with the same smile he
45、 had smiled at me when he was a ten-year-old boy asking me if he could come back and mend my kite for me. Every spare hour we had, we were up there scraping (刨土) away with spades (铲子), and we had buckets (桶) to carry away the earth. It was hard, back-breaking work, but it was a labour (劳动) of love.
46、We did it, Bertie and I, we did it togetherpaws, claws, tail, mane, until he was complete and perfect in every detail. It was just after wed finished that the butterflies first came. We noticed that when the sun comes out after the rain in the summer, the butterfliesAdonis Blues, they are, I looked
47、them up come out to drink on the chalk face. Then The White Prince becomes a butterfly lion, and breathes again like a living creature (动物). So now you know how Berties white lion became The White Prince and how The White Prince became our butterfly lion. (Adapted from The Butterfly Lion) ( ) 51. Th
48、e sentence It took the next twenty years to do it. should be put at the beginning of one paragraph. Where should we put it? A. B. C. D. ( ) 52. The underlined word he in Paragraph 4 refers to (指代) _. A. Bertie B. butterfly C. the White Horse D. the white lion ( ) 53. The correct time order of the events about the story is _ . a. The lion died and Bertie was sad. b. Butterflies fl
