A. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案） April 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 1539 Outside Mexico CityDear Mariana...

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上海市黄浦区2017届九年级下学期英语4月学业模拟考试（二模）试卷

A. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）

April 13^th, 1539

Outside Mexico City

Dear Mariana,

Today we arrived safe. It was a long and dangerous trip over the ocean. The winter storms were strong. We were always a little sick from high waves.

The journey from the shore to Mexico City is also long and dangerous. There are robbers in the countryside. We will travel together with the other ship passengers, thinking we will be safer as a group. Tomorrow we will travel into the city to find our uncle.

Father says it will take a year for this letter to reach you. The trip from New Spain to Spain is very long.

Your loving brother,

Tomas

April 20^th, 1539

Mexico City

Dear Mariana,

Father and I finally arrived at Mexico City. Here, old buildings are being pulled down; new ones are being built. Just around the corner from Uncle's city house, Aztec workers are pulling down a small, beautiful pyramid. Father says it is one of the last Aztec temples.

In the center of the city, I met an Aztec boy named Carlos. He speaks a little Spanish. Carlos learns Spanish at his new school. He told me that the Spanish set up new schools for the Aztecs. There he got his new name, Carlos. He says he likes his new school but misses his old city. I wonder what this city used to be like before Cortes came.

Tomorrow we will go to Uncle's farmland. He and father are talking about the Aztec workers that father will oversee.

Your brother,

Tomas

found v. 建立 battle n. 战役 conquer v. 征服

（1）、What was Tomas' nationality?

A、Spanish. B、New Spanish. C、Mexico. D、Aztec.

（2）、How was Tomas' journey to Mexico?

A、Stormy and cold. B、Easy and safe. C、Long but safe. D、Long and dangerous.

（3）、How long did it take Tomas to travel from the shore to Mexico City?

A、One day. B、One week. C、A year. D、Two years.

（4）、Why did Tomas and his father come to Mexico in 1539?

A、To visit Mexico. B、To meet Carlos. C、To see the temples. D、To look for a better life.

（5）、When did Mexico get its name New Spain?

A、After 1539. B、After 1519. C、In the 1300s. D、In the 1400s.

（6）、What did the Spanish do to the people in Mexico in the early 1500s?

A、They taught children there English. B、They built new temples for them. C、They destroyed the local culture there. D、They helped to feed the local people there.

举一反三

    There was a little boy with a bad temper（脾气）.His father gave him some nails（钉子）to drive into the fence (栅栏)when he lost his temper.The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .
    Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .
    The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , "You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar（痕迹）just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry ,the wound (伤口)is still there .A verbal （言语）wound is as bad as a physical(肉体)one.

    When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, "No! You are going to college." He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We'll go to the brick factory.”
    Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
    When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
    He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
    "It's terrible," I replied.
    "And marriage is even worse!" he said.
    I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

根据短文内容，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Avril (艾薇儿) Lavigne is an excellent(优秀的)singer. She is successful because of her musical talent (天才).

She wrote songs by herself, played the guitar and had a wide range of voice when she was only 17 years old. She began to sing her own rock-and-roll music. She is a talent in the musical world. People in many different countries like her songs very much.

Avril Lavigne isn't a quiet girl. She is a wild, active and crazy girl. She started showing her voice and character at about age 2. “I'm just coming out and I'm going to be myself. I write what I feel. ” Avril said.

Her music can reach girls' and boys' hearts and even some adults', too. I can't wait to be out there; I want to rock the world! I want people to know that music is real and honest (坦率的). I am just being true to myself.

阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A.B.C .D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Big Bear was Skinny Rabbit's friend and neighbor. Big Bear's birthday came and Skinny Rabbit sent him a hammock(吊床). Two trees grew in the space between the friends' houses. Skinny Rabbit and Big Bear tied the hammock between them. Big Bear climbed into the hammock.

“How does it feel?" Skinny Rabbit asked.

“Just wonderful!" Big Bear said. "But do you see how the sun shines through the branches (树枝), Skinny Rabbit?"

"I do. It shines straight onto the hammock," Skinny Rabbit said. "I have an idea." He put his beach umbrella beside the hammock. "How's that?" he asked.

"It's almost perfect, Skinny Rabbit," said Big Bear. "Soft music would be nice for someone sleeping in a hammock."

Skinny Rabbit went back into the house and came out with a radio. He tuned it to a station. The station was playing music.

"Enjoy your sleep, Big Bear," said Skinny Rabbit. "I'll go and clean up the lunch dishes." "Wait a minute! I thought of something else." "What is it now?" asked Skinny Rabbit wearily

"This hammock needs a friend to share with, Will you join me, Skinny Rabbit? Afterward we can do the dishes together."

Skinny Rabbit said happily, "What a fine idea, Big Bear."

先通读下面的短文。掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
In order to quit smoking(戒烟)，Cheyenne Lu has been living in a glass box on a busy shopping street for three days．
    Lu has been smoking for the last 12 years,and she1 how difficult it is to quit．She tried many times before，but all failed(失败)．One main 2 was that she didn't tell her family and friends that she was trying to give up(放弃)．So this time she told them her decision．
    Lu has been eating and sleeping in a glass box3a computer and some DVDs helping her pass the time．She has been keeping all online diary(日记)to record4experiences in the glass box．
    Lu said she got a lot of encouragement from people passing by.5, some people tried to make it more difficult by stopping in front of her window and lighting a cigarette(点烟).One stranger6offered to give her$500 to smoke a cigarette with him."Surprisingly,it made me want to stop smoking even more．"said Lu.
   7Lu hasn't smoked for three days,she knows this is only the beginning of her smoke-free journey.But she has 8to look forward to.She is a 9fan,and she plans to use all the money she saves by not smoking to travel to London．She10to see her favourite football player Cesc Fabregas in real life.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案

One Sunday morning, Ben went to a barber's(理发师)shop and had his hair cut. When he came out, he was not happy with the result. In the evening, he met his friend Bob. He laughed and asked. "What happened to your hair, Ben?"

Ben agreed, "Yes, I think you're right, Ben. Mind you! Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time. What you need to do first is to look at all the barbers' hair, find out whose hair looks the worst, and then go straight to him."

"Why shall I go to him?" Ben asked in amazement, "But that would be foolish(愚蠢的)!"

"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think about it. He couldn't cut himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. "

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