[中考模拟]江苏省泰州市海陵区2018届九年级英语4月中考适应性训练试题含答案

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Choose a good journal book that you like. The size of your book is also important. It should feel good in your hand. Some people feel that a travel journal book should be small and easy to carry, while others prefer a large-sized one. My journal has always been about 8*11 inches. I haven’t found any real problems with carrying it. It fits well into a backpack. You’d better get your journal with a waterproof(防水的) cover.

You can write with different kinds of pens or pencils to make your journal look beautiful. Even if you are not good at drawing, a journal can make you more creative. You will find yourself quickly drawing things or writing poems in your journal. Bring back some pictures and postcards so that you can put them in your journal. You can cut them into the shapes you like so that you can make your journal look more beautiful.

Tourist maps are also a wonderful thing to add to your journal because they show where you have been.

There are so many things you can write in your journal, such as the beautiful sights, a person you have seen in a museum, a café that has caught your attention and your feelings about your trip. All these small details do make up your trip.

36. The writer is grateful for his professor’s suggestion because _______.

A. he had a good time in Europe

B. he has been used to keeping a travel journal

C. he has learned a lot about how to keep a travel journal D. the journal reminds him of the happy time in Europe. 37. “Keep a travel journal” means _______.

A. take nice photos while travelling

B. write great poems while travelling

C. keep a written record while travelling D. draw beautiful pictures while travelling 38. The writer advises to add some tourist maps to the journal to _______.

A. mark the most interesting places

B. record the places you have been to

D. find out where the next place is

B. give them to friends

C. avoid getting lost in strange places A. make your journal colorful C. make more money

39. According to the writer’s opinion, if you bring back some postcards, you can _______.

D. tell others where you go

40. Who may most probably find the passage useful?

A. Those studying abroad. C. Those loving travelling.

B. Those enjoying writing.

D. Those planning to be a journalist.

C

My husband and I were out shopping on a cold day. On the way out of

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