山东省潍坊市中考英语总复习第21课时九下Modules5_8练习

1、第21课时 九年级下册Modules 5 8一、阅读理解（2018 -山东淄博临淄第一中学模拟）What will man be like in the future in 5, 000 or even 50,000 years from now? Wecan only makea guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly cha nging all the time.Let us take an example. Man, ev

2、en five hun dred years ago, was shorter tha n he is today.Now, on the average, men are about three in ches taller. Five hun dred years is a relatively（相对地）short period of time, so we may suppose that man will continue to grow taller.Aga in, in the moder n world we use our brains a great deal. Even s

3、o, we still make use ofonly about 20% of the brains capacity（容量）.As time goes on, however, we shall have to useour brains more and more and fin ally we shall n eed larger on es! It is possible to bring about a physical cha nge too. The head, especially the forehead, will grow larger.Nowadays our eye

4、s are being used too much. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that mans eyes will grow stro nger.On the other hand, we tend（ 有的趋势 ）to make less use of our arms and legs. These, asa result, are

5、likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fin gers will grow moresensitive（ 敏感的）because they are used a great deal in modern life.What about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any Ion ger. I n the futur

6、e, the n, both men and wome n are probably to be hairless!Perhaps, all this gives the impressi on that future man will not be a very attractive（有吸弓丨力的）person to look at! This may well be true. All the same, besides these changes, future man will still have a lot in com mon with us. He will still be

7、a huma n being, with thoughts and feeli ngs similar to our own.ways.1. Future man is probably to be different from us inA. twoB. threeC. fourD. five2. Future mans head will grow larger because .A. he will use his brain more and more as time goes onB. he makes use of only 80% the brains capacityC. th

8、e other 80% of his brain will grow fasterD. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries3. What will be probably TRUE about the man in the future?A. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.B. His fin gers will grow weaker because he wont use them.C. He will be hairless because h

9、air is no Ion ger useful.D. He will think and feel in a different way.4. What does the writer write the article for?A. To give us some knowledge of future man.B. To show that mans life will be different in the future.C. To let us know future man will become shorter.D. To tell us future man will not

10、use legs.二、完形填空（2018 - 山东潍坊昌乐期中 ）There was once a young man who began to feel s elf-satisfied aftersome small achieveme nts.One day, the young man took a walk with a wise man from the town. On the way the young manwas braggi ng（ 吹嘘）about himself, 1 the wise man did nt say a word. Whenthey got to a p

11、eak（山 峰）,the wise man asked, “ Look down. What do you see ?”“ I see trees, farmla nd, houses and people as2 as ants work ing in the fields，” theyoung man said.“What do you feel ?” the wise man asked.“ Everythi ng is3 me. I feel I rule the world，” the young man answered.The wise man said 4. After a m

12、inu te, he asked the young man to look up“ What do yousee this time ?” the wise man asked.“ I see 5 flyingaround high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the bluesky above the white clouds ，” the young man answered .Then he asked the wise mans feeli ngs.“ I feel small and powerless，” th

13、e wise man answered .“A person who knows to look upwardcan 6 understa nd his positi on（位置）.When a pers on knows the blue sky is always overhead,he wont be so 7 as to believehe rules over the world or other people.”The young man felt foolish（ 愚蠢的）for his 8 . From then on, 9 he began to feel asif the

14、world owed（ 亏欠）him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered 10 small hereally was. Try to look upward whe n you feel too good about yourself.1. A.ifB. butC. soD. or2. A.fatB. lightC. smallD. strong3. A.belowB. aboveC. betweenD. against4. A.everythingB. anythingC. somethingD. nothing5. A.m o

15、n keysB. tigersC. chicksD. birds6. A.badlyB. angrilyC. hardlyD. clearly7. A.cleverB. smartC.sillyD. useful& A.prideB. successC. luckD . smell9. A.whateverB. when everC. whereverD. however10. A.whyB. whereC. howD. what三、词汇应用阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。（2013 山东潍坊中考改编）Today ma ny Ch in ese people w

16、ants to improve their En glish indiffere ntways. 1.(recent),twe nty-fouryoung sin gersfrom all over Chi na 2.(enter) a competiti on by singing popular En glish son gs. Nearly all the sin gers sang very clearly and looked 3. (comfort) on the stage. Although some of them took part inthe competitionfor

17、 the 4. (one) time, they were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers.The winner of the 5.(men) competition was a 40-year-oldmanfrom Xian and the winnerof the wome ns competiti on was a 19-year-old girl from Dalia n. Both of 6.(they) werevery modest and they did nt think they were

18、7.(good) tha n the other sin gers.Jiangmei, the winner of the womens said studying English helped her win the prize and she would have to study hard.This kind of competiti on en courages people 8. (speak) English. Many people agreethat they make progress by singing English songs and that its a good

19、idea to have fun with English.Maybe you 9. (hear)of The Chinese SpeakEnglish programme before. If not, why dontyou find out about it? It suggests lots of ways for us to take an interestin 10. (learn)En glish.Besides singing Englishsongs, there are many other fun ways to learn English.If you lookhard

20、 eno ugh, you will find a good way to learn En glish better.四、阅读表达阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(2018 -山东淄博临淄第一中学模拟改编)Differentcountries have different ideas about how tobe polite. In Brita in, table manners are importa nt. But how do you show good table manners in Brita in? Here is some advice :How to sit: Yo

21、u should sit up straight in your chair. Whenyou eat, dont pickup the bowl.This is called very bad mann ers.Noises at the table: It is n ever a good idea to make a no ise at the table.Using your fin gers: Usually we dont pick food up with our fin gers whe n we are eati ng maindishes. But there are so

22、me foods such as pizza, san dwiches, chips and fruit weca n eat with fin gers.Pass ing thin gs: If some one asks you to pass someth ing like the salt, only get it if you8are the closest pers on to it. Never lea n（倾斜， 倾倒）across some one elses food. Its more politenot to use it yourself first pass it directly to the pers on who asked, and the n use it later.Its best to taste your food before you put salt in it.Your mouth: It is not polite to talk with your mouth full of food, nor toeat with your mouth open.How much to eat: It is polite to eat up the food that