1、1第 18 课时 九年级上册 Modules 910一、阅读理解(2016山东淄博中考)Death Valley is a huge place. It is more than 225 kilometres across the southern part of the state of California, and across the border(边界) with the state of Nevada.1 It can be dangerously cold during the winter months. The air temperature during the summe
2、r can be as high as 57. The heat of Death Valley has killed people in the past. It will continue to kill those who do not honour the climate. Death Valley does not forgive(原谅) those who are not careful.Death Valley was named by a woman in 1849. 2. Thousands of people from other parts of the country
3、travelled to the gold mining(开采) areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did.Many people were not careful. They made bad choices or wrong decisions. One group of people had reached Death Valley by December. They avoided the terrible heat of summer, but there was no
4、t enough water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat. The people could not find a pass through the tall mountains to the west of the valley. 3. They had to kill their work animals for food and began to walk out of the valley.As they left, one woman looked back and said, “Goodbye, deat
5、h valley.” 4. 根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。ASlowly, they ran out of food.BDeath Valley has a long history.CThe name has never been changed.DDeath Valley is a beautiful but dangerous place.EThat was the year after gold was discovered in California.二、完形填空(2018广东梅州梅江第二次质检)When we talk about
6、 inventions, we often mention the great inventors like Thomas Edison. However, some 1 things werent invented by those famous inventors, but by some common people. Now, Id like to tell you an interesting story about the ice lolly(冰棒). Do you know 2 the ice lolly is? Its a kind of frozen sweet 2thingm
7、any kids favourite in summer. Sometimes accidents may lead to great 3 . And it can take years before you realize youve invented 4 really good. In 1905, 11yearold Frank Epperson mixed a glass of powered soda with water. 5 mistake, he left the drink outside all night with a stick in it. It was a very
8、6 night. The next morning, Frank saw the drink had frozen to the stick. He tried to have the special drink. To his surprise, it 7 delicious. Eighteen years later, Frank 8 remembered the frozen stick. He started to produce the frozen stick and he 9 . At first, he called it Epsicle. Then he had a fami
9、ly and 10 of his own and they didnt like the name. So they changed it into popsicle(冰棍). Now it has the name ice lolly.1A.careful BhelpfulCharmful Dthankful2A.who Bhow Cwhat Dwhere3A.jobs BideasCstories Dproblems4A.everything BsomethingCanything Dnothing5A.By BAt CFor DWith6A.hot Bcool Cwarm Dcold7A
10、.felt Bsmelt Ctasted Dlooked8A.nearly BhardlyCusually Dsuddenly9A.lost BfailedCforgot Dsucceeded10A.parents BfriendsCchildren Dteachers三、词汇应用阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。(2014山东潍坊中考改编)It is reported that a law has been approved(通过) in Spain. Spain children may soon 1. (require) to help out with h
11、ousework by law.The law would be part of a wider child protection, and children under the age of 18 3have to 2. (join) in all areas of family life. That 3. (include) housework and other work in the family. The rules come under a section of the law 4. (call) “the right and duties of children”Along wi
12、th 5. (do) housework, children would also have to be respectful to their parents and teachers, and would do 6. (well) in their studies than before. But the law doesnt say anything about punishment for children who dont obey the law.Married Spanish men can also face punishments for refusing 7. (do) h
13、ouseworkrequiring men to share in household duties, and the care of children and elderly family members.Children should learn to do different 8. (kind) of housework at different ages, but it is almost 9. (possible) for Chinese children. They seem to avoid such usual housework at similar ages, becaus
14、e their families have protected them too much since they were born. Children should realise that they are part of the families and have responsibilities(责任) on taking care of 10. (they) and the family members.四、阅读表达阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(2017山东潍坊中考)Messaging app WeChat is being used for an ever longer
15、period of time and is growing into a lifestyle choice embedded into daily activities and communication, a new survey has found.In 2016, onethird of WeChats 889 million monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app, twice that of a year ago, according to the survey showed by Pengui
16、n Intelligence, a research arm of Tencent Holdings.The average(平均) daily time spent is also up a bit, now at 66 minutes, surpassing that of Facebooks average 50 minutes recorded last year.And its becoming more popular than ever, spreading into new aspects of life from offline payments to receiving n
17、ews feeds.The survey also found a large number of newlyadded contacts(联系) of WeChat users are casual acquaintances(泛好友 ), especially in workrelated communication. Such a developing situation is turning the app into a virtual(虚拟的) workplace. Over 80% of users have handled(接触过) office work on WeChat,
18、from transferring documents and coordinating(协调) tasks to taking video calls and doing business.4“The allinone super app is completely changing the way we live. When lining up for coffee, I cant see a single customer holding a wallet, ， they hold mobile phones over a reader and coffee are theirs，” s
19、aid Fred Wellington, an Australian auditor working in Shanghai.1How many WeChats monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app in 2015？(根据短文内容回答问题)2Please translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.(请把第 3 段中画线句子译成汉语)3Why is the app WeChat being turned into a vir
20、tual workplace? Give two examples.(根据短文内容回答问题，并从文中举出两个例子)4Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with one word.(根据对文章的理解，在最后一段的空白处填入一个恰当的词)5Please give a suitable title for the passage.(请给文章拟一个标题)五、写作(2019改编)如果你拥有了发明任何东西的超能力，你最想发明什么？请写一篇英语文章跟大家分享一下。内容包括：1你想发明什么；2你想发明它的原因。注意：1词数 80 左右；2文中不要出现考生本人的真实
21、信息。I Want to Invent 5参考答案一、14 DEAC二、15 BCBBA 610 DCDDC三、1.be required 2.join 3.includes 4.called5doing 6.better 7.to do 8.kinds9impossible 10.themselves四、1.One sixth of WeChats 889 million. 2用户们每日使用微信的平均时间略有上升，现在是 66 分钟，超过去年公布的 Facebook 的平均 50 分钟的使用时间。3Because the casual acquaintances in workedrelat
22、ed communication are more and more, and over 80% of users have handled office work on WeChat, such as transferring documents and doing business. 4instead 5WeChat Is Changing the Way of Our Life/The Allinone Super App Is Completely Changing the Way We Live五、 I Want to Invent a Flying Car It is not un
23、common to meet traffic problems and serious air pollution in big cities. It is a must to have a plan to improve the serious condition. I get an idea to design my own flying machine like a car which can drive well in the street as well as fly between the high rises to avoid the traffic jam. Whats mor
24、e, when it is moving, it can transform the motion energy into electricity to drive the engine. Thus, it is possible to save a lot of fuel and reduce the air pollution. It is of great use to solve the problems of traffic jam 6and air pollution, and even save the natural resource. Bright idea can only be achieved with the determination and courage. I believe my idea will turn a new leaf of future life.
