2021年暑假九年级英语拔高训练二

2021年九年级英语暑假拔高训练二 一. 完形填空 When I was eight years old, my mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go somewhere 1 Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important . I would at least get a new2 . I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would get something 3than a toy. She said I would get t6access （通道）to a world of toys.T had no real idea what she meant. Did that mean we were buying a toy 4 But we did not end up at any toy store. Neither did we finally see anyone we knew. 5 , mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked 6 something out of the past. It didnt have a modem 7 at all. We took stone steps up to the entrance（A 口）. Only then I found out what this place was, because there was a sign that 8 Marcy Public Library. We pushed the door open, and my mother 9 me to the front desk. Id like to get my daughter a library card, she told the man 10 the desk. He asked her to fill out a . What kind of books do you like to 11_ he asked. I was too shy to12 .1 only smiled. Well, youll find it out in he said.I do not remember 13 I picked out that day, but I know that in the years that followed I read through books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I 14 knew that day. So my mother was 15 . Getting a library card was like getting the access to a world of toys. 1. A. special B. strange C. lovely D. strict 2. A. bicycle B. card C. toy D. schoolbag 3. A.worse B. better C.cheaper D. wider 4. A.model B. house C.painting D. store 5. A.Luckily B. However C. Any way D. Instead 6. A. at B. after C.for D. like 7. A. sound B. look C. taste D. feeling 8. A. said B. printed C. spoke D. read 9. A. belonged B.encouraged C. led D. searched 10. A. over B.above C. on D. behind 11. A. hear B. write C.read D.speak 12 A. choose B. reply C. borrow D. cry 13. A. what B. how C. when D. why 14. A. ever B. al ways C. never D. already 15. A. wrong 二、阅读理解 B. right C. silly D. brave Rupert Isaacson （路彳白特伊萨克森）was born in Africa, and grew up in London and in the English countryside, where he discovered his love of horses. Because he grew up hearing so many fascinating memories about Africa from his parents, he went there and lived with the people called The Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. By the year 2000, Rupert was already working as a reporter, writing articles and guidebooks about Africa and India. He met his wife Kristin in India. Today, they live with their son, Rowan, in the US. But Rupert faced the greatest challenge of his life when, at the age of two, Rowan was diagnosed（诊断）with an illness that influenced his ability to communicate with others. Rupert discovered that spending time with horses and riding them was helping Rowan. But unluckily, the Bushmen of the Kalahari do not have horses. So the family set out for Mongolia（蒙 古），where horses have been impor