题型:阅读选择 题类:模拟题 难易度:普通
北京市朝阳区2018年九年级英语5月(一模)考试试卷
There was a time when no one knew the name Harry Potter. Now the adventures of this extraordinary student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are read in over 45 languages, including Russian, Thai, and even ancient Greek. No one can explain the Harry Potter phenomenon (现象) – not even J.K. Rowling, his creator.
J.K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. From a young age, she knew she wanted to be a writer. When she was 6, she wrote her first story—about a rabbit that gets sick. At school, she used to make up stories to tell her friends.
After graduation from college, she worked as a secretary. But she didn't give up her dream.She spent her lunch hour writing stories, mainly for adults. Then in 1990, on a train trip to London,she got the idea from the boy wizard. She says he just appeared in her head. She soon created many other characters to help Harry fight the forces of darkness.
She kept working on the story while she was teaching English in Portugal, where she married, had her first child, and divorced (与……离婚) a year later. When she returned to England, she brought back a box of Harry Potter stories.
After returning home, she was broke and living in a small house. She continued writing, and in 1995, finished the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It was published (出版) in 1997 and became an unexpected bestseller.
Rowling's life has changed a lot. She has become internationally famous and now earns around $40 million a year. She remarried, had a second child and lives in Scotland now.
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There was once a cave(岩洞)near a town. It was called"Cave of Fear" {#blank#}1{#/blank#} who tried to enter it didn't return. It's said that there might be a monster in the cave. In order to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the monster from getting out of the cave, people often left gifts and food at the mouth of the cave, and these {#blank#}3{#/blank#}things always disappeared soon.
One day, a young man came to the town. When he heard about the cave, he decided to enter the cave and found out {#blank#}4{#/blank#}there was a monster in it. As he went deep into the cave, he heard some strange {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. So he followed them. Suddenly, he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}that something was pushing his back. He was too scared to turn around to look at it. Finally, he was pushed into a huge cavern(洞穴). As he {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the cave, he got very surprised. He found that he was right in the middle of a big party. A lot of people were {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the party. They were all those people who had {#blank#}9{#/blank#} returned to the town.
Then those people told him that this was the idea of an old wise man in the town. The old wise man wanted to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}people that if someone wanted to make a change, he should be brave and wanted to have a try. So the wise man made up the {#blank#}11{#/blank#} of the monster. Only brave people could enjoy big parties in the cave.
Jack is a clerk of a bookstore. Here is the note from his boss, Ben. Jack has to decide what books to order according to the following note and the descriptions of the books.
Hi Jack, You must hand in the order list of books to me by the first working day of every month. The rules for choosing books are: •For textbooks: August is coming. We must choose all textbooks, without thinking of other rules. •For books which are not textbooks: If more than five copies of books were sold last month, we choose them. But if there are five copies or more in stock(存货), we do not make an order. If the wholesale(批发)prices of the books are higher than $75, we do not choose them. And we do not order anything whose retail(零售)price is higher than $100. Ben |
The descriptions of the books:
Title: Homeland English Publisher: Homeland Ltd Wholesale price: $110 Retail price: $140 Textbook: Yes Copies sold last month: 3 Copies in stock: 2 | Title: How to become Successful Publisher: Founders Company Ltd Wholesale price: $25 Retail price: $40 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 2 Copies in stock: 1 |
Title: Biology at a Glance Publisher: New Times Publishing Ltd Wholesale: $70 Retail price: $95 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 18 Copies in stock: 3 | Title: Good Health in 20 Days Publisher: Oscar World Ltd Wholesale price: $50 Retail price: $66 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 10 Copies in stock: 20 |
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