江苏省扬州市江都区20xx届九年级英语下学期第一次模拟试题

江苏省扬州市江都区20xx届九年级英语下学期第一次模拟试题内容摘要：

e was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills. Mailboxes were sometimes used for other things. One note left in a mailbox read.,Nat, take these eggs to Marian。 she39。 s baking a cake and doesn39。 t have any eggs. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Later, father died. As I drove home, I noticed two green and red mailboxes made by father were still on each side of Main Street. Each box had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes. When I saw Frank Townsend, Dad39。 s postmaster and great friend for many years. He asked What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?. The letters? 39。 I guess you never knew. Knew what? Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn’t hard for me to imagin e Dad sitting at the old table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families. For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime. 38. It can be inferred(推断 ) from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as __________. A. great chances to help other people B. happy occasions to play with animals C. exciting experience with a lot of fun D. good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies 39. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that ________. A. Dad had a strong sense of duty B. Dad was an honest and dependable man C. Dad had a strong sense of respect D. Dad was a kind and generous man 40. According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most? A. Dad read letters for a blind lady for years. B. Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl. C. Dad delivered some eggs to Marian. D. Dad answered children39。 s Christmas letters every year. 41. What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year? A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole. B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year. C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children. D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families (D) The Great Barrier reef（大堡礁） is worldfamous for Corals（珊瑚） of all shapes, sizes and colors, which covers more than 130,000 square miles off the coast of Australia. It is the world’s largest reef system and supports a great deal of ocean life. But today the Great Barrier Reef is dying. The warming effect of climate change has heated the waters around the reef and it has caused a bleaching Corals lose colors and even lives . And the Great Barrier Reef isn’t alone. “This is the longest bleaching event ever recorded,” says David Kline, an Oceanography scientist. “It happens all over the world, and it’s looking very serious.” Bleaching happens when warm water, pollution and sea plants overgrowth drive away the living things that live on the coral and give it color. Within weeks, the reef could die, leaving behind a forest of lifeless, white coral. Scientists believe the bleaching now under way may kill more than 15% of the world’s coral. Besides, reefs protect coastal munities from storms and flooding. Ocean life depends on coral reefs as shelters, while coastal towns depend on them as places of interest. But a bigger worry may be what the bleaching shows about future climate change. The rapid death of coral reefs shows that climate change is seriously affecting the world right now. Local solutionslike reducing fishing and cleaning up pollutioncan help slow reef loss, but scientists say a global problem requires a global solution. Nearly 200 countries agreed last year to work to keep global temperatures from rising more than 176。 F by 2100, but that goal will be hard to reach. And if governments fail, coral reefs will be only the first victims. 42. What can we know about the Great Barrier reef from the passage? A. It39。 s only famous in Australia . B. Corals cover more than 130,000 square metres. C. It supports a great deal of ocean life. D. It is the result of global warming. 43. What does the underlined word “bleaching” mean in Chinese? A. 死亡 B. 褪色 C. 衰弱 D. 消失 44. The color of the coral es from _______. A. The warm water around it B. Sea plants C. The living things which live on the coral D. Coastal pollution 45. We can learn from the passage that _______. A. The bleaching shows that climate may change in the future. B. It is believed that the bleaching now may kill more than 15% of Australian’s coral. C. Reducing fishing and cleaning up pollution can save the reef rapidly. D. If governments fail to keep global temperatures from rising, coral reefs will be the only victims. 第 Ⅱ 卷（非选择题 60分） 四、词汇运用 (共 l0小题；每小题 l分，计 l0分 ) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。 (每空一词 ) 46. Ding Yanchao, a winner in 2020 Moving Jiangsu Top Ten ,donated his body for _▲ __ (医学 ) research. 47. — Do you consider yourself a rude p。