九年级英语二模试题
时间：90分钟 满分：110
一、选择填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. —I don’t know where to go during the coming holiday.
—Why not ______ visiting Xuzhou? There are many places of interest
A. regard B. consider C. risk D. suggest
2. Look at the black clouds. They are a sure ________ of rain.
A. chance B. view C. sign D. idea
3. —Coco, I can’t understand the meaning of this word.
—You’d better ______ the word in your dictionary.
A look for B. look up C. look after D. look like
4. —The best things in life are free.
—I couldn’t agree more. Air costs ______, but we can’t live without it.
A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
5. —This novel has helped me a lot through my hard times.
—Good books can teach us things ________ subject knowledge.
A. above B. beyond C. over D. against
6. —Tom will have a birthday party next Sunday. Do you want to go?
—If you go, ________.
A. so I will B. so will I C. neither will I D. neither I will
7. —Can you teach me how to improve spoken English?
—The more you practice, ______ it becomes.
A. the worse B. the worst
C. the better D. the best
8. —Do you really decide to take the job?
—Yes, or I will ________ not taking the offer.
A. repeat B. regret C. review D. reduce
9. —Do you want to become a painter in the future, Leo?
—Maybe. I am still young. The ________ are endless.
A. achievements B. treatments C. personalities D. possibilities
10. Please read the poem below. Which word is the most suitable for “______”?
A Spring morning
By Meng Haoran
This spring morning in bed I’m lying,
Not to awake till birds are crying.
After one night of wind and ______
How many are the fallen flowers!
A. rains B. storms C. snows D. showers
二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Long ago in China, there lived five brothers who looked almost the same. The only way to tell them was by their amazing ____11____. First Brother was as strong as ten horses. Second Brother could fly in the sky like a bird. Third Brother could ____12____ an ant sneeze (打喷嚏). Fourth Brother could make his body iron hard. Fifth Brother could make a river when he cried.
One day, Fifth Brother came across a strange ____13____. When he was enjoying the delicious apple picked from the garden, ____14____ three men appeared. They took him to the owner of the garden. The owner was a bad, greedy man. He ____15____ Fifth Brother in his deepest prison. He said only if Fifth Brother ____16____ the treasure of Fire Island to him, he could set Fifth Brother free. Fire Island was in the middle of a nearby ____17____. A dragon lived there, guarding its treasure. Stealing it seemed like a(n) ____18____ task, but Fifth Brother agreed to try.
That night, far away, ____19____ Brother heard Fifth Brother call for help. After listening to his story, Third Brother told other brothers what had happened. They made a ____20____ to go to help their brother get the treasure.
The next day, the five brothers worked together and with great ____21____, they got the treasure from the dragon in the lake. Then Fifth Brother gave it to the owner. ____22____ the owner would not let Fifth Brother go because he thought Fifth Brother had many powers.
When Fifth Brother knew this, he started to ____23____. Soon, his tears ran like a rushing river that swept the owner away.
