阅读理解 Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a la...

题型：阅读选择题类：模拟题难易度：普通

辽宁省营口市2017届九年级下学期中考英语第一次模拟考试试卷

阅读理解
  Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
  "I don't sing," said the man.
  But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!
  The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!'
  So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
  He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
  You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just ____your talent.

（1）、The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.

A、she had paid him for this B、she knew him very well C、she wanted to have a change D、she enjoyed his singing

（2）、Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.

A、the lady helped him a lot B、he caught the chance C、he continued to play in the bar D、he stopped playing the piano

（3）、The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean“ ” .

A、fail to realize B、forget to use C、try to develop D、manage to show

（4）、From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.

A、hide it and wait B、ask others for help C、pay no attention to it D、work hard to improve yourself

（5）、Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?

A、Sing in the Bar B、Achieve Success in Life C、Never Lose Heart D、Find Your Hidden Talent

举一反三

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don't be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What's courage?” she asked, running to her mother'' bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,”her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath' to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.

阅读理解

A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.

One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where lo plant it.

He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come al night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.

Finally he planted the tree in his woods (树林) where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference?” the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit.”

"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed (抢夺) everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (摧毁) a good apple tree!"

阅读理解

My best friends are John and Ann. We do many things together(--起).

John lives near my house. He's fifteen years old and he's tall and slim，with blonde hair and blue eyes. He's a little bit shy but very clever. He's very good at math and he helps me with my homework. He usually wears a T-shirt and jeans. We also play basketball at a nearby park together and sometimes we play video games at my house.

The other friend is Ann. She's short and strong, with straight brown hair and brown eyes. She likes wearing T-shirts and a baseball cap. She never stops talking. She says she would like to be a boy. We all have kung fu lessons every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. We love it. Ann is really good at kung fu. We call her the "Kung Fu Kid". She often plays basketball with us, too. We often have great fun together.

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

International Museum Day is coming! Here are some special museums that you must see.

	Sweet Museum, Russia Do you love candy? Don't miss the sweet world in Russia. You can find different kinds of sweet food here. But they are just models! Look, how big the lollipops (棒棒糖) are! People can ride on them. Want to taste the ice cream? Be careful—the ice-cream balls are lights!
	Museum of Failure, Sweden There are more than 100 failed products in the museum. Some of them come from the world's most successful companies, like the Newton computer from Apple. Maybe success stories are similar and kind of boring, but we can find interesting stories in failures and learn something from them.
	Cancun Underwater Museum, Mexico It is a secret garden under the sea. You can either dive (潜水) or take a glass boat into it. Down here, sea animals live around 400 sculptures (石膏像). Each sculpture tells a story and it's made of special material, which is good for the sea life.
	Museum of Broken Relationships, Croatia Some relationships end—with lovers, with dreams and with cities. This special museum has a collection of objects from people all over the world who want to lock their memories. Each of the objects shares a story of their past relationship.

阅读短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Miss Evans was going to give a speech on Friday afternoon. But on Thursday night she was told that she had to go to an important meeting the next day at the same time. "No one can be in two places at the same time. What should I do?" She thought. But soon, she had an idea.

At five to three on Friday afternoon, Miss Evans went to the lecture room. There were twenty students waiting for her. "I'm sorry," she said, "I won't be able to give my speech today." The students looked surprised. Miss Evans explained that she had an important meeting. "However," she went on, "though I can't be with you myself, my voice can." Then she put a small recorder on the desk," You see, I've recorded my speech and you can listen to it without me." Miss Evans turned on the recorded and left.

The meeting ended a little early. Miss Evans decided to go back to her students. She stood for a moment outside the room, listening to her own voice. Then she opened the door. To her surprise, the room was empty. As she looked around, she saw a number of small recorders "listening" to her speech!

"Well." she thought, "If I can be in two places at the same time, why can't they?"

我们童年时拥有的物品中，一定有一件是自己最喜爱的，它可能是一个礼物、一张照片、一件玩具⋯⋯请根据以下提示，写一篇英文短文，介绍你童年时期最喜爱的一件物品，晒晒你童年的美好回忆。

提示：
（1）What's it and how long have you had it？
（2）Who gave it to you？
（3）Why do you like it best？

参考词汇：birthday，make，keep，good，memories，feel， . . .

要求：
（4）参考提示内容，可适当发挥；
（5）语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；
（6）文中不得出现任何真实信息（姓名、校名和地名等）；
（7）词数：不少于60词。（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）

I'm glad to introduce my favorite thing in my childhood to you.

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