九年级中考模拟三英语试题
（全卷共110分，考试时间90分钟）
一、选择填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. —I plan to decorate my living room. Would you please help me push the sofa ________ the wall?
—Of course.
A. above B. over C. against D. through
2. — Did you enjoy ________ in Daming Lake yesterday?
— Yes. We had a good time boating on the lake.
A. you B. yourself C. ourselves D. yourselves
3. Don’t touch that wire with a wet hand. We ______ always be careful with electricity.
A. need B. can C. must D. may
4. —It seems that nothing I do will ________ Dad.
—Come on! He is proud of you and just wants you to be better.
A. surprise B. encourage C. trick D. satisfy
5. Keep working hard, and you will find lots of ________ abilities in yourself.
A. broken B. hidden C. dangerous D. smooth
6. —To tell you the truth, I don’t want to join in the singing competition.
—Come on. You just need more practice to build up your ________.
A. confidence B. stomach C. environment D. energy
7. Lucy had few close friends. So she didn’t know _________about the trouble.
A. who to talk B. who to talk to C. who to say D. what to talk
8. —The development of the science technology has changed our life in many ways.
— . It makes our life more comfortable and easier.
A. Exactly B. I don’t think so C. That’s not the case D. I’m afraid not
9. —________
—Thank you, I won’t.
A. Would you come and pick me up? B. Don’t forget your raincoat. It’s raining now.
C. May I borrow your dictionary? D. I promise never make the same mistake again.
10. The saying “One man’s meat is another man’s poison (毒药).” tells us _________.
A. whether the food one eats tells a lot about him
B. why does meat turn into poison
C how interests differ from person to person
D. what eating habits should we have
二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
There were tubes (试管) all over my lab desk, but my experiment had refused to work. I felt ____11____. A few months earlier, when I had just started the project, I was ____12____. I believed I could make it if I worked hard enough. So I spent long hours in the ____13____ every day. When the experiment ____14____, I simply worked harder.
Yet here I was, working harder than ever—but not getting anywhere. I didn’t know what to do.
It was late in the evening. One other person was still in the lab, and he ____15____ my worried look. He came over and asked ____16____ I was doing. I told him about my problems. After we talked through the experiment (实验), he said, “I think it’s time to go home and get some ____17____.” “Taking a break is also hard work, you know,” he ____18____ with a smile.
Those words opened my eyes. I ____19____ overworked myself in the lab. I felt less stressed and my research started to ____20____.
A few years later, my professor (教授) and I were discussing an age-old problem at a café. As he finished his coffee, he said, “We need to work ____21____, not harder.” I felt kind of surprised. I had ____22____ heard my professor say anything like this.
