发布时间 : 星期三 文章江苏省宜兴市2018届九年级下学期第一次月考英语试题更新完毕开始阅读448a7e20c4da50e2524de518964bcf84b8d52d4b
It was James Dean and Marlon Brando that made them popular in movies and everyone started to wear them. They were a symbol of the rebellion of young people during the 1950s and 1960s. So these new trousers were not allowed in American schools and sometimes in theatres and cinemas. As time went on，jeans became more acceptable. American people in Europe and Japan often wore them when they were not on duty to show that they were Americans. The trousers showed the world a happier way of life, something that people needed, especially after what they had gone through in World War II.
Jeans had other advantages as well. They didn’t need to be washed as often as other trousers and women didn’t need to iron them. This became more important as more and more women started working and had less time for housework.
Today jeans are an important part of our lives. They are always washed a few times before they are sold to give them a faded look. 28. Jeans first appeared ___________.
A．in eastern America B．in western America C．in Middle America D．all over America 29. What is the possible meaning of the underlined “rebellion” in this passage? A．奢侈 B．活力 C．清纯 D．反叛 30. What is the best title of the passage? A．Jeans --- Symbol of Wealth
B．Jeans --- Working Women’s Best Choice
C．Jeans --- Popular Piece of Clothing in Our Daily Life D．Jeans --- Part of the Lives of Farm People and Workers
C
Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滚动) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly (完美). The circle put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in
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some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know someone is loving him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn't be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always live a wonderful time in our lives.
31. The circle rolled very slowly because it ________. A. spent much time talking to worms B. wanted to enjoy the sunshine C. was looking for its missing piece D. lost a piece of its own
32. Why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly? Because it ________. A. wanted to enjoy the world B. found a different world
C. wanted to look for another missing piece D. thought the world changed so quickly 33. The story mainly tells us that _______. A. nobody loves us if we give nothing B. a man who has everything is the happiest
C. losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes D. we are not whole when we lose something
D
Willa Cather once said, \answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing；the road is all. That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never used the computer with the thought that one more task had to be done.\
Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her, but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were, like her, simple and full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska, where she grew from child to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plain with its wild flowers, wheat fields and rivers.
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perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull; they like a church tower, an old factory, a waterfall, the country all made to look like a German Christmas card...But when I come to the open plain, something happens. I'm home. I breathe differently.\
34. Willa Cather wrote because she found writing _____. A. simple and lively
B. opened up a road to success C. neither too hard nor too easy D. interesting and enjoyable
35. What was the place like where Cather grew up? A. It was cold, plain and without a church. B. It was vast, open and flat.
C. It was like a German Christmas card. D. It was a colorful world of wild flowers.
36. When she said \meant that _____. A. you either love the place or hate it B. you decide either to stay or to leave C. some find the place warm; others find it cold D. some find the place peaceful; others find it wild 37. What happens when Cather comes to the open plain? A. She breathes differently from others. B. She wants to make the place her home. C. She feels completely comfortable. D. She finds the place similar to her home.
第II卷（主观题 共40分）
四、词汇运用 （本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
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1. Soft music is often played in some shopping malls to ________(创造) a relaxing atmosphere. 2. The director’s film tries to describe a journey of _________(发现)，both for himself and the
watchers.
3. You can _________ (几乎不) ask the old man to move away because he has lived alone here
all his life.
4. Mr Li teaches well. I’ve never met a ________(严格)one than him.
(B) 根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 5. Seeing these wonderful works of art, the foreign visitors _________ (simple) couldn’t
believe their own eyes.
6. When out of ______(serve) for long period, the battery should be stored in a dry and cold place. 7. Jimmy was a luck dog today as he was _________ (mistake) for the superstar.
8. The police have tried their best to find out the truth, but it is still _____(know) to the public. 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对应题号的横线上。（本大
题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
1. Listen! How beautiful the music made from water _________ (sound)! 2. What you ordered online last week _________ (arrive) soon, I think.
3. An elderly couple as well as a child ______ (notice) to enter the building just now. 4. ---Can I use the computer to search for information now? ---Of course, we________(repair) it. Help yourself!
5. As the baby’s mother, I can’t risk _________(leave) him alone, even for a short time. 6. The purpose of new technology is to make life we have been used to easier, ________ (not make ) it more difficult. 7. --- When did you lose your purse?
--- I’m not sure. Maybe yesterday afternoon when I _________ (run) after my pet. 9. We do believe that our future life will get better and better since science and technology ____________(develop) all the time. 六、阅读填空
先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
About the year 1900, a small dark-haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry, but his blue eyes were determined(坚定
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