天门杭州九年级英语培优试卷（四）
一、完形填空。
(A)
One evening a young woman walked on the beach. She __1__ to see the footsteps (足迹) she had left in the sand，but they had already been washed away by the water. When she turned to continue her walk，she was surprised to see an old woman __2__ by a fire.
She walked up to the old woman and asked，“Where did you come from？I didn't see you here a minute ago.”
__3__ answering her question，the old woman said，“Sit with me，my child. I have something to show you.”
As the young woman sat down beside the fire，the old woman handed her a book. She turned the pages of the book one by one and was __4__ to discover they told the story of her whole life，from the early days of __5__ to the present. But when she turned to the next page，she found it empty. And the rest of the pages in the book were all empty.
“Does this mean my life ends tonight？” she asked. “No，my child. It means tonight your life __6__．”
At that time the old woman took the book into her hands and began to tear (撕掉) each of the pages that had words out of the book. She then threw __7__ into the fire until all left were empty pages. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.
“You see，” she said，“just as the water washed away your footsteps in the sand，your past is forever gone. What you __8__ have is here and now. Each moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and you should live it to the fullest，because you won't live that moment a(n) __9__ time. For your future，you are free to shape it as you wish，__10__ it has not yet been written.”
( ) 1.A.turns B．turned C．is turning D. turning ( ) 2.A.sitting B.to sit C．sat D.to sitting ( ) 3.A.Thanks to B．Instead of C．As for D. Thanks for ( ) 4.A.tired B．sad C．amazed D. tiring ( ) 5.A.childhood B．adulthood C．old age D. middle-age
( ) 6.A.ends B．lives C．begins D. beginning ( ) 7.A.them B．it C．her D. him ( ) 8.A.hardly B．lately C．truly D. true ( ) 9.A.other B．another C．second D. third ( ) 10.A.whether B．because C．then D. if B
jobless man wanted to apply (求职) for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a 11 :clean the floor. The man passed it: he cleaned the floor very well.
“You are hired，”the manger told the man. “Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the form to 12 .I shall also send you the date you should report for the work.” The man replied, “I don’t have a 13 ,or email!”
“I am sorry,” said the manager. “If you don’t have email, that means you do not exist(存在）.And we cannot 14 persons who do not exist.”
The man was very 15 .He didn’t know what to do. He only had 10 dollars with him. Once that was 16 .he wouldn’t have any money to buy even food. He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars. He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in small bags. He doubled his money.
He 17 this three times, and returned home with 60 dollars. He realized that he could continue to live this way. He started to go earlier every day, and returned later. He doubled or made even three times his money every day. Soon, he 18 a cart, then a truck. In a very short time, he had his many delivery(递送）trucks.
Five years later, the man became one of the most biggest food sellers in the country. He started to plan his family’s future. He called an insurance(保险）broker, a man who sells insurance. At the end of the conversation, the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied, “I don’t have en email.”
Hearing that, the broker felt very 19 . “You don’t have email, and yet have succeeded in becoming so 20 .Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email?” he said aloud, The man thought for a while, and replied, “an office boy at Microsoft.!” If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, don’t worry, hink of the positive...
Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you. ( ) 11. A. job B. hand C. chance D. test
( ) 12. A. checked out B. put up C. fill in D. write down ( ) 13. A. computer B. screen C. website D. letter ( ) 14.A. believe B. pay C. accept D. refuse ( ) 15.A. pleased B. excited C. embarrassed D. disappointed ( ) 16.A. exchanged B. spent C. wasted D. lost ( ) 17.A. repeated B. reminded C. tried D. counted ( ) 18.A. borrowed B. repaired C. received D. bought ( ) 19.A. worried B. satisfied C. upset D. surprised ( ) 20.A. clever B. healthy C. rich D. confident 二．阅读理解。
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When talking about picking a right school，a mother and teacher gave some pieces of advice.
In the latest issue (期) of Youth magazine，the mother shared the school advice she gave her daughters with young people across the country.
“I've told my daughters many times that I don't want them to choose a name，” the mother said.“I don't want them to think，‘Oh，I should go to these top schools.’ We live in a country with hundreds of excellent universities.So the first question is：what's going to work for me？”
“When it was time to prepare for picking schools，nobody around me believed I could get into Xiamen University.But through hard work I finally made it，” she continued.“So，my second piece of advice is：believe in yourself，no matter what other people might say.Once your goal is set，you only need to try your best to make it come true.”
“The last piece of advice is not to be worried even if your dreams don't come true.As I've said above，there are so many good universities out there.So it's important for everybody to understand that you can always find a university that gives you a great education.”
( )1．To explain her second piece of advice，the mother gave _____．
A．a story of her daughters B．a story of her own C．some different reasons D．some different ideas ( )2．We can learn from the last paragraph (段落) that ______． A．we can realize our dream through hard work
B．the name of the university isn't the most important C．it's not necessary to care what other people might say D．more than one university can give us a good education ( ) 3．The best title of the passage may be “______”． A．Colorful University Life B．Best School Education C．A Report on University Building D．Advice on School Picking B
Many gardeners believe that “talking” to their plants helps them grow---it turns
out that they may not be crazy after all. According to the scientists from the University of Exeter, plants may keep communicating with each other through a secret “unseen” language.
For their experiment, the scientists picked a cabbage plant that is known to send out a gas when its surface is cut. In order to get video evidence of the communication, they changed the cabbage gene by adding the protein---luciderase(虫荧光素酶), which is what makes fireflies(萤火虫) glow in the dark.
When the changed cabbage plant was in full bloom, they cut a leaf off with a pair of scissors, and almost immediately, thanks to the luciderase, they could see the plant sending out “methyl jasmonate(茉莉酸甲酯)”.
While this was a known fact, what was surprising was the fact that the minute this gas began to give out, the nearby cabbage plants seemed to sense some kind of danger and started to send out a gas that they normally have to keep predators(捕食者) like caterpillars(毛虫) away.
What the scientists are not sure is whether the plants are trying to warn the other leaves or the near plants about the danger---something that will require further research However, the team, which is led by Professor Nick Smirnoff, is quite excited about the findings because this is the first time it has been proved that plants do not live a passive
life, but actually move, sense and even communicate with each other.
However, before you get all concerned, they are quite sure that plants do not feel the pain when they are cut, since they do not have nerves---so go ahead and bite into that juicy carrot!
( ) 4.What’s the best title of the passage
A． Plants Can Send Some Gas B． Plants Can Communicate with Each Other C． The “Unseen” Language of Plants D． Plants Can’t Feel Pain ( ) 5.What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 1 mean A． Gardeners B． Plants C． Scientists D． Fireflies
( ) 6 .When the plant sent out methyl jasmonate, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A． The nearby cabbage plants seemed to sense some kind of danger. B． The nearby cabbage plants started to send out a gas. C． The nearby cabbage plants tried to warn the near plants.
D． The nearby cabbage plants communicated through a secret language. ( ) 7. According to the experiment, plants ________________.
A． don’t live a passive life B． can feel pain when they are cut C． can warn the other leaves about danger D． can talk with each other 四、选择合适的句子补全短文。
Thomas Hobohm, 14, lives in Southlake, Texas, in the US. The teenager looks like a nerd(书呆子): thin, quiet and wears a pair of glasses. 1 His hobby is programming. When he was 7 or 8 years old, his dad gave him a book called C++. I started reading it because I didn’t have anything else to read at the time. And I liked it,” Thomas said. 2
By the time Thomas was 13, he started working as a freelance(自由职业的) programmer. In seventh and eighth grade, he started teaching at a programming club in school. Last year, Thomas took part in a program called EMERGE. 3 Thomas and his team wanted to make a dash board(仪表盘). 4 The sensors can see where the firefighters are. 5 If there are dangerous gases(气体), the sensors can tell the dashboard. Isn’t this a smart idea to help save lives?
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