2024年辽宁i省鞍山市人教版九年级英语最新中考模拟试卷（十八）

2024年辽宁地区九年级英语最新中考模拟试卷（十八） 第一部分 选择题 一、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分；满分40 分) 第一节 阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 ( )1. Who wrote the book The Story of the Stone? A. Cao Xueqin. B. Luo Guanzhong. C. Shi Nai’an. D. Wu Cheng'en. ( )2. If you are interested in history of the Northern Song Dynasty, which book will you read? A. The Story of the Stone. B. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. C. The Water Margin. D. Journey to the West. ( )3. If you want to buy The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West, how much will you pay? A. ¥222. B. ¥191.5. C. ¥182.5. D. ¥189. ( )4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Yang Jie is the director of Journey to the West. B. The Water Margin was turned into TV series in 1994. C. The Story of the Stone tells the story of a special stone. D. Pear Buck translated The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. B When the days grew long in the middle of summer, Lisa liked to go to the park and watch the clouds. One day, Lisa saw a cloud that looked like a standing dragon. After a few minutes it became a fly-ing dragon. Then it seemed to change direction. Another cloud moved in to mix with it, and the dragon changed into a dancing elephant. Then it became a sitting dog then a barking(吠,叫) dog, and then a tiger. “This is better than TV!”Lisa shouted. Mr. Thomas, the music teacher at Lisa’s school, was flying a kite with his son in the park. He heard Lisa’s voice. He gave the kite string(线) to his son and came to Lisa. “Hi, Mr. Thomas!”Lisa said.“Look at those clouds. They keep changing! First they looked like a dragon, then an elephant, then a dog, and now a tiger!” Mr. Thomas looked up.“A tiger?”he said.“That looks like a horse to me. It's running towards the sun. That's so lively.” Lisa looked again. He was right! “How do clouds know how to make so many shapes?” “The clouds don't know how to make shapes. Your imaginat