2017年九年级英语模拟试题I. 单项选择1. Look at the shape of the cake. It is _______ heart．A. anB. aC. theD. /2. Zhang Peng didn’t tell his parents that he was going home because he wanted to give them a _______.A. noteB. callC. giftD. surprise3. On holidays, the traffic policemen often work _______ five hours _______ a break.A. in, withB. since, withoutC. for, withoutD. at, for4. According to the survey, _______ 60% of working mothers in China don’t want to have a secon d child.A. mostlyB. especiallyC. partlyD. nearly5. I hope my school life of senior high will be _______ than that of junior high.A. more excitingB. very excitingC. as exciting asD. the most exciting6. —How to make dumplings, Linda?—First, _______ the meat.A. put upB. cut upC. use upD. give up7. Tomorrow is my father’s _______ birthday.A. forty-twoB. No. 42C. forty-secondD. the 42nd8. Thanks for inviting _______ to dinner. I really enjoyed it.A. meB. himC. youD. her9. We should do as much as we can _______ water.A. for savingB. savedC. saveD. to save10. —What language _______ in New Zealand?—English.A. speakingB. is spokenC. be spokenD. to speak11. The teacher asked if we knew _______.A. whose keys are theyB. whose keys they wereC. who lose the keysD. where are the keys12. You _______ worry about your friend. He’ll get well soon.A. needn'tB. can'tC. mustn'tD. have to13. Unless the weather _______, we'll have to cancel the picnic.A. improveB. improvesC. improvedD. will improve14. —I'm sorry I left my math book at home.—It doesn't matter. Don't forget _______ it here this afternoon.A. to takeB. bringingC. takingD. to bring15. Country music _______ nice and full of feelings．A. soundsB. listensC. hearsD. looksIII．综合填空(共20小题，共25分)A. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

每词限用一次。

（10分）1. At Christmas, Tom always _____________________ himself as Father Christmas.2. Would you mind turning down the music? I _____________________ a report now.3. —I have to be off right now.—What a pity! I _____________________ you could stay a little longer with us.4. The first Harry Potter book _____________________ in 1997.5. The Monkey King _____________________ the children of China for many years.B. 根据句意和汉语提示完成句子。

（5分）1. The ___________（高度）of our classroom is about 3.5 meters.2. Jenny cut ___________（自己）when she was cooking.3. A new school opened ___________（最近）in our city.4. The ___________（树叶）remain green in winter in Hainan Province.5. There’s a big river ____________（在…之间）their school and the village.C. 选择恰当的单词完成短文。

每词限用一次。

（有两个多余的选项）（10分）In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians. They play many different kinds of music—everything from 1 Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so 2 ? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, it's both of these things, but it’s3 something else: they're elephants.These musical elephants started at the TECC in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and love 4 . And, like many zoos 5 the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.Richard Lair works for the TECC. He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals' paintings are very good. But, in fact, elephants 6 better than they see. And so he had an idea: if elephants are smart and they have good hearing, maybe they 7 play music. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance, the elephants play a number of 8 , including the drums and the xylophone（木琴）.But can elephants 9 make music properly? Yes, says Lair. They are very creative. Human encourage the animals to play, but the elephants make their own songs; they don't just copy their trainers 10 other people. There are now CDs of the group’s music which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing.IV. 阅读表达（共20分）ASpace vegetables are grown from seeds（种子）that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. The seeds are affected by the radiation（辐射）and low gravity in space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. However, some people worry about eating space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us get sick because of the radiation in space. However, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. When seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.After genetically modified (转基因) food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. For example, if nut genes (基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. This means that no new genes are put into the vegetables. Therefore, there are no dangers of eating something unknown.任务一: 根据短文内容填空，不超过三个单词。