湖北省黄石市2018届九年级下学期英语4月调研考试试卷

—Oh, he must be tired.

episode(第三季) on February 19, 2018.

—I can't agree more. Because we often have more than one choice.

—Oh, no. They're not ___________.

—Yes, _______ of them did, but ________ spoke.

—Exactly. I have seen it twice.

—________. Everything is OK, Mum.

    Once there was an old man who was very proud of 1 things. One was his long white beard (胡子) The other was his ability to fall asleep the moment his head 2 the pillow(枕头).

    One day, his 3-year-old grandson asked him 3 he did with his beard when he slept : did it go under the quilt(被子)or above the quilt?

    The old man had never paid attention to this 4 and he didn't remember whether hisbeard remained above or went under the quilt. So he promised to 5the answer. It was very cold that night. The old man got into bed early and pulled the quilt over6Then he suddenly remembered his grandson's7.

    He knew that his beard was under the quilt. He 8it from under the quilt, and placedit above the quilt. This made him fell that something was not quite 9.So he put the beard under the quilt again. But he soon felt it would be 10if it was out. In and out went the beard; first under the quilt, then above it, then under once again. The old man had a sleepless night.

    The next morning the first thing he did was cut his beard. It wouldn't trouble him forever.

Wonderful Events

    Issumboshi was a one-inch boy, and he was so small that he could not do any useful work on the family farm. His grandfather became tired of feeding such a useless man and sent him away to the city.

    “Learn to become a warrior(武士),”he told his grandson.“Then perhaps you will grow into a man of normal height.”

    To help the little man on his way, his grandfather gave him a cup to use as a boat on the river, his mother gave him two long grains of rice to use as oars and his father gave him a pin to use as a sword.

    Issumboshi's journey was long and dangerous. However, because he was so brave and clever, he at last reached the city safely.

    To his surprise, the streets were empty. The people of the city were hiding in their houses from a powerful giant.

    Immediately, brave Issumboshi went out to meet the giant. The giant tried to pick him up and eat him, but Issumboshi was so small and quick that the giant could not get hold of him.

    Issumboshi struck again and again at the giant with his sword. Before long, the giant fell to the ground and died from a thousand wounds.

    “Oh, what a great warrior he is!”the people of the city shouted as they came out of their houses.“What a great hero this young man is!”Hearing this, Issumboshi felt so proud that he stood up straight. He told himself, “I am already taller than I was. How wise my grandfather was to send me to the city!

    Shadow puppet play(皮影戏), also called “shadow play”, is a traditional Chinese art of storytelling. Dramas were played out in screen or walls for thousands of years to entertain(娱乐) and instruct. It was very popular in many parts of China during the Tang (618—907) and Song(960—1279) periods.

    Shadow puppets are made of hard leather(皮革). The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colors and put on a stick. Different colors are used to show good and bad of persons in the drama. Some puppets have movable arms and legs. They're reflected(反射，映出) on the white screen through the light.

    During a shadow puppet play, the players stand behind a white screen with lights behind it

    The audience sit in front of the screen. The players hold the puppets very close to the screen so the audience can see the puppets' shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different roles.

    Now with TV and films, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. But the basic principle(愿望) and ways of shadow performance played an important leading role in the invention of the modern movie and the development of the movies and cartoons. Nowadays, the

    Chinese shadow puppet plays have been collected by the museums of many countries in the world. It is the treasure in the world culture and art family.

    A few months ago, a strange thing happened in my life. I heard a strange sound outside the window every night. I was scared and didn't know what to do. I thought there might be a thief standing outside the window was closed. I asked my parents to see what it was. But they didn't find anything. They thought it might be the wind. But I didn't think so.

    That lasted for a few days. I couldn't sleep well. Sometimes I even couldn't fall asleep, One day, I bought a flashlight(手电筒) in a market. At midnight, as soon as I heard the strange sound, I jumped out of my bed with the flashlight. I saw a black cat jumping up and down near thewindow. He might want to make friends with my pet cat, but he couldn't get into my house.

    Do you think it is strange? Have you ever had this kind of experience in your life?

⑴--⑷根据短文内容，回答问题⑸英译汉

Emma: What are you doing, Li Lin?

Li Lin:

Emma: I have read it before. What do you think of the story?

Li Lin: Yu Gong found a good way to deal with his problem.

Emma: Really? It seems impossible to move a mountain

Li Lin: But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard. Yu Gong kept trying and didn't give up.

Emma: I think we should try to find other ways to deal with a problem

Li Lin: But what could YU Gong do except moving the mountains.

Emma: He could build a road

Li Lin: We have different opinions about the story. There're many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.

Emma: Yes, that's fine.

A. Don't you think it's a little silly?

B. I'm reading a book called YU Gong Moves a Mountain(愚公移山)

C. That's better and faster than moving a mountain

D. In my opinion, it's really interesting

E. Do you prefer to read stories?

F. I still don't agree with you.

G. How about you?

A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher. These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked .The teacher asked them the difficulty they had had. Then their talk soon turned to talking about the stress (d压力) in work and life, The teacher went to kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many—China ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help to the coffee.

    When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said,“ Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? You want only thefor yourselves, and it is the source of your problems.”

    “What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other's cups.”

    “Now about this; life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society the cups. They are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we to enjoy the coffee. don't let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”

共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(~),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词:

2．只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分.

    My parents and I spent half a month in New York last year. We went to there in autumn. We think it is best season to visit America. The weather is usually cool or there aren't too many tourist in October. We stayed in a hotel in the center of the city. It was conveniently as we travelled most on foot. We couldn't understand the bus routes, and my parents didn't like travelled by underground. I went to look at the places that all tourists went to see. We went shopping in Times Square and spend too much money. What we liked most were going to the theater. We don't have the chance to see so wonderful plays at home.

内容包括:1）选择两个方面,谈谈我市“创文活动”前后的情况(过去如何,现在如何)

2）就中学生应该如何为黄石“创文活动”出力提两点建议。

作文要求:1）不得照抄原文:不得在作中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名.

2）语句连贯,记数80个左右。作文开头已经给出,不计入总词数.

    Our city has been on a “civilized city” campaign for over half a year.