1、1北 京 市 西 城 区 2018 年 九 年 级 模 拟 测 试英 语 试 卷 2018.5知 识 运 用 (共 14 分 )一 单 项 填 空(共 6 分 ，每 小 题 0.5 分 )从 下 面 各 题 所 给 的 A B C D 四 个 选 项 中 ，选 择 可 以 填 入 空 白 处 的 最 佳 选 项 1. Jane，is this your bag?No. bag is pink.A. I B. My C. Me D. Mine2. Life the 1900s was very different from what it is now.A. in B. on C. from D
2、. by3. The horse is too old to run as as it did.A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. the fastest4. Hurry up， well have to wait another two hours for the next train.A. and B. but C. or D. so5. Jim， do you go to the gym?You look fit.Twice a week.A. how often B. how far C. how much D. how long6. Sam，I calle
3、d you yesterday，but you were not at home.Oh，I at my aunts.A. am B. was C. have been D. will be7. Tomorrow my dad a big dinner for my birthday party.Sounds great!Have a good time.A. cooks B. was cooking C. cooked D. will cook8. Why didnt you open the door for me just now?Sorry，I a bath.A. will take B
4、. am taking C. was taking D. take9. Have you seen the film Monkey King?Yes. I it three times. It is so interesting.A. saw B. have seen C. will see D. am seeing10. If you too much ice-cream，you will get sick.A. will eat B. were eating C. ate D. eat11. Do you know that 1,000,000,000 people are using W
5、eChat?Yes. It by more and more people around the world.A. accept B. accepted C. is accepted D. was accepted12. Dad，could you tell me next Sunday?Nothing special.A. what you did B. what are you going to doC. what did you do D. what you are going to do二 完 形 填 空(共 8 分 ，每 小 题 1 分 )阅 读 下 面 的 短 文 ，掌 握 其 大
6、 意 ，然 后 从 短 文 后 各 题 所 给 的 A B C D 四 个 选 项 中 ，选 择 最佳 选 项 Throughout history，people have used jewelry(珠 宝 ) to make their clothes look more special. Jewelry was，and still is，in fashion all over the world. Through the years，people have worn jewelry for different 13 :to make themselves look beautiful，to
7、 protect them from bad things，and to14 how much money they have.2In South Africa，men in the Ndebele tribe(部 落 )often gave their15 jewelry made of silver or gold rings. Ndebele women wore necklaces around their necks andbracelets around their arms. Rings were 16 worn on their legs. The rings showed w
8、ealth. Awoman with many rings had a( n) 17 husband. In the past，women only took the rings off whentheir husbands died. Today Ndebele women still wear the rings，but not all of the time.People in India have been wearing jewelry for more than 5,000 years. In the past，both menand women wore a lot of jew
9、elry. Women wore as many as 50 bracelets at a time!Over time，men18 wearing so much jewelry，but for women jewelry continues to be very important.In India，jewelry means safety. If a family has trouble with money，they can always 19 their jewelry. And，as with the Ndebele tribe，jewelry means wealth. Indi
10、an women can expect toreceive jewelry as gifts for each important life event，such as birth ，marriage，and becoming amother.In ancient China，people wore jewelry not just to show wealth but also for 20 . They believedthat the jade(玉 石 )used in their jewelry was alive and that it could keep bad things a
11、way. ManyChinese people today still believe this， and some people only wear the bracelets on their left arms.13. A. reasons B. clothes C. places D. problems14. A. ask B. show C. guess D. explain15. A. daughters B. mothers C. wives D. friends16. A. still B. never C. just D. even17. A. older B. richer
12、 C. smarter D. stronger18. A. kept B. hated C. stopped D. suggested19. A. sell B. wear C. hide D. design20. A. fun B. beauty C. friendship D. protection阅 读 理 解 (共 36 分 )三 阅 读 下 列 短 文 ，根 据 短 文 内 容 ，从 短 文 后 各 题 所 给 的 A B C D 四 个 选 项 中 ，选 择 最 佳 选项 (共 26 分 ，每 小 题 2 分 )AThinking outside the BoxIf you thi
13、nk young people cant have an influence on the world，think again. Over the years，teens have invented excellent things that solve problems and have changed the ways people dothings.Take fourteen-year-old Eliott Sarrey for example. He invented Bot2Karot，a gardening robot thatcan take care of a small ve
14、getable garden. The robot is controlled by an app on a smartphone. Ithelps people grow and take care of vegetables. It also saves water and energy，and makes gardeningeasy for people who are very busy or have difficulty getting around.Brooke Martin is an animal lover who missed her dog when she was a
15、way. So she inventediCPooch when she was just twelve years old. The iCPooch lets pet owners check on their pets fromanywhere in the world using a smartphone. It also allows owners to use their smartphone cameras tovideo chat with their pets.Fourteen-year-old inventor Robert Saunt was tired of buying
16、 or borrowing different video-gamecontrollers for each game console(操 控 器 ) . So he invented a controller called Game Blox. It can be3used with four of the most popular game consoles. His invention will save players a lot of money andspace，and it will save 330 million kg of materials every year.Kids
17、 all over the world find ways to solve problems every day. Who knows?Maybe the next timeyou have a problem，youll come up with the next amazing idea!21. If you have no time to take care of your vegetable garden， can help you.A. Bot2Karot B. iCPooch C. Game Blox D. Smartphone Cameras22. Brooke Martin
18、invented iCPooch when she was .A. 4 B. 10 C. 12 D. 1423. According to the passage，Robert Saunt .A. is an animal lover B. was tired of playing gamesC. invented a controller D. helps with gardeningBParisian architect(建 筑 师 )Paul Andreu has designed so many landmark buildings in China.Among his best kn
19、own are the National Grand Theatre in Beijing，the Jinan Grand Theatre and ShanghaiPudong International Airport. Andreu is nearly 80 and he continues to develop projects in China. The world famous architect，writer and painter held his first art show last summer in Beijing where he sat down for this i
20、nterview.How was it that you went from architecture to writingand more recently to painting?I have a desire to create，for continuous renewal. While I cant say that I know everything aboutarchitecture，I no longer have much to prove or discover. For me，painting is just as important，creatively，but its
21、something you do alone in your workshop，with a piece of paper and a pot ofinkits totally refreshing.Why did you wait so many years to start painting?It was a kind of need. I was tired off in my field and wanted to try something new and I tried toimprove this situation by writing. But writing is a ve
22、ry long processit takes at least a year to write abook. Painting is faster. Being alone with yourself during the day，in the light，and then puttingyourself in a situation where you produce something of which you know nothing and for which no onehas askedits a kind of freedom you seldom have in life.W
23、hat is your project in China right now?Theres a project in the Zhuhai Macao area. The Chinese engineering and building companyZhuhai Da Heng Qin asked French architect Thomas Coldefy to think about the project，suggestingthat he work with an architect whos already known in China. He asked me if Id be
24、 willing to dosome of the work. Well present the project some time before December;the planned completion dateis in 2019.24. Paul Andreu has gone from architecture to painting because .A. he likes paper and ink B. he thinks painting is fasterC. he has a desire to create D. he has to prove that he is
25、 great25. Where is Paul Andreus project in China now?A. In Beijing. B. In Jinan.C. In Shanghai Pudong. D. In the Zhuhai Macao area.426. What do you know about Paul Andreu from the passage?A. His achievements. B. His challenges. C. His worries. D. His habits.CAfter the holiday season，our guess is tha
26、t you are tired from visiting the store and buying gifts.It is easy to get stuck，both spiritually and physically by having too much. This is why minimalismand living simply should be your resolution for 2018.Economic development results in a lot of consumerism(消 费 ):get a good job，get a nice car，and
27、 settle into a beautiful house. But some people say that our lives could use a little lightening thesedays:We work and work and work to only buy and buy and buybut does all that material wealthreally lead to our happiness?Are we filling our time with unnecessary things，when we should befilling our t
28、ime with friends，value ，and service?An article from the website，Becoming Minimalist， points out the problem with this cycle(循 环 )in the best way，“ Nobody really believes happiness is directly tied to the number of things we own.Yet almost all of us live like it. We get stuck in it. We work more hour
29、s than ever before， earn moreincome， but save less.”Minimalism isnt all about ridding(摆 脱 )consumerism and products from your life. Minimalismis about finding your own sense of self and focusing on the things you love. It is about creating alifestyle that is focused on only those people and things t
30、hat enrich you.These days，minimalistic living can come in many forms. We think the most practical form ofminimalistic living for us is to follow our list:How You Can Live Lighter in 2018. Purge Your Closet:Take a day and clear out all of your drawers and closets. If somethingdoesnt have special mean
31、ing or adds no value to your lifegive it away. Have only what youneed and what you can see. Test Those Limits:See how long you can go without shopping. Give yourself a limit，whether itbe two weeks or six months，whether it be avoiding a certain mall or buying clothes. Then putyour self will to the te
32、st. After your allowed time，chances are you will realize all those extrablouses werent worth it and you will set yourself up for future spending control. Cut the Cord:This sometimes means giving up your modern technology:TV，cell phone，computer，etc. Limit yourself to only a few hours of TV per week，o
33、r only 30 minutes of socialmedia per day. Youll make more time for the things and people that you love and clear outsome unnecessary noise from your life. Live to Your Goals:Find out what your life goals and values are. Then，see what may help youor stop you from achieving this goal. Cut out that whi
34、ch doesnt lead to your happiness andsuccess and add more of what does.Remember，a pared down lifestyle doesnt mean less success or less happiness. It representsyour freedom to focus on the things in life that really matter.27. The cycle “ people work and work only to buy and buy” shows .A. people get
35、 stuck physically and spirituallyB. people dont believe wealth leads to happinessC. people dont want to save moreD. people fall in love with buying28. To practise minimalistic living，you should .A. give away your drawers and closetsB. go to the shopping mall every six monthsC. have 30 minutes of soc
36、ial media per dayD. discover your life goals and values29. The words “ pared down”in the last paragraph probably mean “ ” .A. free B. light C. popular D. convenient30. Which of the following best explains the writers opinion?5A. It might take you a long time to wait for the “ right”thing.B. Clear ou
37、t the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.C. Change yourself with the development of society.D. Freedom is more important than success.DA research study has looked into what happens inside your brain while you read and listen to music.You know that thrill(兴 奋 )you get when listening to your
38、favorite music?That exciting feelingwhen you hear your favorite songs?According to a recent study，it seems the same thing can happenwhile you are reading，but not with every kind of text. This opens up interesting questions aroundhow music，reading and emotions are connected in the brain.The study“ We
39、 decided we would do a comparison between four or five different kinds of texts to see howthe brain reacted，”explains Adam Zeman ，a scientist. “ The participants (参 与 者 )lay in an MRIscanner reading the texts，and then we compared brain activity for those five texts.”The texts ranged(涉 及 )from deadly
40、 boring ones to highly exciting ones，including the Highway Code，parts fromnovels，and poems.So what happened in the participants brains while they were reading?Emotional reactionAs the researchers observed，participants found some texts more emotional than others. Whenreading these emotional texts，the
41、re was higher activity in brain areas related to pleasure andrewardthe same areas related to the thrill we get when we listen to music. As Zeman says，“ itperfectly shows that the emotional reaction to literature(文 学 )and to music has quite a bit incommon. So it doesnt seem to matter whether you are
42、listening or reading if you get a thrill. That wasone quite strong finding.”Introspection(内 省 )There were more interesting findings. Reading poetry is often considered an activity thatrequires us to use the brain，but did the study find any truth of this?When the participants werereading poems，the te
43、am found there was more activity in a particular group of brain areas called theDefault Network. “ These areas seem to be related to things we do with our minds when we areresting，like thinking about whats happened to us recently，thinking about whats going to happen inthe near future，about other peo
44、ple，and that network seems to be more strongly related to poetrythan with other texts，”explains Zeman. This connection between poetry and introspection could bethe subject of further research.ConclusionsThe study shows that the different texts activate different areas of our brains when we read.Zema
45、n says，“ the study did support what we thought:reaction to literature was going to be a bit likethe one to music in terms of emotion. We felt that we ended up with a great deal of unansweredquestions which we hope somebody will continue to ask.”31. What did the research try to find out?A. How music
46、helps us read different kinds of texts.B. What kind of texts most people like while listening to music.C. Why reading different texts causes different reactions in emotion.D. Whether reading can cause similar emotional reaction like music does.32. What did the participants do in the study?A. They li
47、stened to music. B. They read different texts.C. They answered many questions. D. They compared brain activities.33. What can we learn from the study?A. The emotional texts work better for the research.B. Poetry reading can activate the Default Network.6C. Music helps to bring pleasure and reward.D.
48、 People think about the past when resting.四 阅 读 短 文 ，根 据 短 文 内 容 回 答 问 题 (共 10 分 ，每 小 题 2 分 )Moms Recipe for LifeI have a lot of Moms recipes in a blue box where all my special ones were put，like thepumpkin pie she made during my growing up years. Even so，the recipe I treasure most is not on anyindex card，nor did she send it to me in a letter. Instead，she lived this recipe all of her life.My mother grew up in a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa. My grandfa
