九年级英语全册Unit2检测卷新版人教新目标版(附五套中考试卷)

What’s going on?

You can see one of the best examples of insect teamwork by watching ants. If one ant finds food, it leads others there to eat it too. They follow each other by making long trails(踪迹). The ants go back and forth collecting food, to take back to their nest（穴）. When you move the fruit, the ants will still find it. But, instead of making a new direct route to the food, they will follow each other through their old trail route.

28. If the fruit is moved to a new position, the ants will ________. A. fail to find it B. give up looking for it

C. make a new direct route to it D. get to it through the old trail route 29. Which is the correct order to do this experiment? a. Move the fruit to a new position. b. Find an ant.

c. Check the fruit an hour later.

d. Put a thin slice of fruit in front of the ant.

A. a-b-c-d B. b-d-c-a C. d-b-c-a D. c-a-d-b 30. What can we learn from this experiment?

A. The experiment is done successfully in the lab. B. Ants do the experiment to show their team spirit. C. Careful watching does little help in this experiment. D. We can find out some facts by doing small experiments.

C

A round face, white fur, fatty body — but more importantly, a full set of funny poses — pushed a cat to be a star on Chinese Internet. Lou Lou, an online famous cat with over 680,000 fans on Sina Weibo. Its facial expressions have been used to make a number

of emojis(表情包) and widely used on the Internet. “You may not know the cat’s name, but you must have seen its emojis,” says Lou Banniang, the cat’s owner.

Sadly, Lou Lou died of a heart attack on Oct. 14, leading to a wave of sadness among quite a few online users. “I cannot accept the fact that Lou Lou has gone forever, and my favorite emojis cannot update any more,” Weibo user Xiao Pihai_223 said. “One of the necessities(必须) in my life is watching each and every move of Lou Lou. It looks like an angel to me, and it has now gone back to paradise(天堂),” added Pai Dadui, another user.

The cat first got public attention last year, because of a short video recording its naughty (淘气) yet interesting movements in the bathing process, and a clip that has been viewed millions of times. Besides emojis, Lou Lou’s image（图像）has appeared on pillows, cups, clothes and cartoons. People may feel sorry about the death of such a cute cat, but also are surprised by the animal’s power and influence. Cat culture seems to have exploded over the past few years, from millions of funny cat videos being shared all over social media, to cats becoming Internet famous in their own right.

Throughout human history, cats have been our best friends, just like dogs. They make fantastic company as pets, make us laugh and welcome us when we get home by walking about at our feet. In China’s largest question and answer community Zhihu, cat–related(与猫有关的) topics number 18,000, while dog-related topics are up to 90,000.

31. The number of cat-related topics is __________that of dog-related topics in China’s largest question and answer community Zhihu.

A. one-third B. two-thirds C. one-fourth D. one-fifth 32. What does the underlined word “exploded” mean in the passage?

A. Disappeared. B. Spread quickly. C. Changed. D. Died out.

33. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ A. The cat was famous because of its owner’s name. B. Cats have been our best friends instead of dogs.

C. Many fans were very sad because of Lou Lou’s death. D. Lou Lou was dead because of an accident. 34. Where can we probably read this passage?

A. In a musical magazine. B. In a detective story. C. In a science magazine. D. In a daily newspaper.

D

When the great library of Alexandria (亚历山大图书馆) burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it

for very little money.

The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of animal skin on which was written the secret of the“Touchstone (试金石)”! The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold.

The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while common pebbles were cold.

So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold—throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days continued over a long period of time.

One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity (机会). Unless we are cautious (小心的，谨慎的), it's easy to fail to recognize(识别) an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away. 35. According to the story, the touchstone_______. A. is a big pebble

B. feels cold

C. is magic

D. is pure gold

36. The man threw pebbles into the sea_______. A. to test how far he could throw

B. to practice throwing pebbles D. to express his disappointment

C. to avoid picking up the same pebble

37. What message does the story want to express? A. Good habits can lead to success. B. Habits can only hold you back.

C. Opportunity prefers slow but strong mind.

D. Opportunity only visits the ready and cautious mind.

第 II 卷（主观题 共 40 分）

四、词汇运用（本大题共 8 分，每小题 1 分）

(A) 根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

38. Yesterday was Mother’s Day. It was also my mother’s_____(forty) birthday.

39. To protect the earth, we mustn’t throw away the waste ______ (care).

40. The more you read, the _______ (wealth) you will feel in spirit. 41. People are worried about the (safe) of the seven-year-old girl who has been missing for over three days.

(B) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。

42. How _________ (累人的) it is to travel distances by train in such hot weather! 43. For them, the house’s main （价值）lies in its quiet country location. 44. In order to prevent the terrible news _________(扩散) further, we should keep silent. 45. Chinese people are strongly ________(反对) the development of THAAD(萨德) System, and few Koreans support this unwise decision.

五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空， 并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。 （本大题共 8 分，每小题 1 分）

46. It is known to all that a new kind of medicine needs _______ (test) before it is in use. 47. I had my finger cut when I ________ (divide) the watermelon into pieces. 48. Look at these footprints! Someone___________(step) into our garden. 49. —There is too much salt in the Chinese diet.

—So there is. The WHO says only 1.5 grams of salt_________ (need) for each man every day. 50. —We set World Reading Day ________(encourage) teens to form a good reading habit. —Nowadays, people are more aware of the importance of reading. 51. —Your job ________ (keep) open for your return. —Thanks.

52. Don’t you think it would be wonderful to have robots _______(iron) our school uniforms for us?

53. He told us that he ________ (go) over lessons at home instead of going outside if it rained. .六、阅读填空 根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案每空限填一个单

词。（本大题共5空，每空1分，共5分）

The University of St Andrews is the setting of royal(皇家的) love: on the grounds of this great Scottish university Prince William and Kate Middleton first met and fell in love.

More than that, St Andrews is Scotland's first university and one

of the oldest universities in the English-speaking world. Founded in 1413 (just after Oxford and Cambridge), over 6 hundred years, the university has been well known as one of Europe's leading and most distinctive(有特色的) centers for teaching and research.