2022-2023学年广东省茂名市第一中学九年级下学期创新班英语竞赛试题

2023年茂名一中初三创新班英语竞赛试题 一、阅读理解（本大题有20小题，每小题2分，共40分）。 阅读A、B、C、D四篇短文，从每小题给的四个选项中，选择能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A 　 This is the world’s first underwater restaurant. It lies five meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean and has all-glass windows from floor to ceiling. It costs five million dollars. In the five-star restaurant at the Conrad Maldives Hotel, you can enjoy the beauty of the ocean without getting your feet wet. You can see sharks, stingrays(黄貂鱼), turtles and stunning corals around you. You need to wear sunglasses in the restaurant, because it is too bright under the crystal-clear blue water. The restaurant is named “Ithaa” —meaning “mother of pearl” in the Maldivian language of Dihevi. Entering the restaurant, you can see six tables. Only two guests can sit near every table. And it costs you 190 dollars per person for dinner. The restaurant can offer 180-degree panoramic views. The New York Daily News rated it “the most beautiful restaurant in the world”. The restaurant has never had water inside. It was built on dry land in Singapore, and then workers carefully lowered it into the ocean in one place. Every day, lots of customers are waiting to have dinner in this restaurant. Not only can they have delicious food, but also they can enjoy the beautiful ocean. 1. When you have dinner in the restaurant, you should__________. A. eat with getting your feet wet B. wear a pair of sunglasses C. wear a raincoat and rain shoes D. offer your ID card 2. When you are eating in the restaurant, you can enjoy watching something EXCEPT__________. A. whales B. sharks C. stingrays D. turtles 3. The restaurant was built in__________. A. India B. New York C. Singapore D. China 4. __________guests can come to the restaurant to eat dinner at most. A. Twenty B. Six C. Eight D. Twelve 5. If you come to the restaurant to eat dinner with your parents, you should pay __________for your dinner. A. 190 dollars B. 380 dollars C. 570 dollars D. 760 dollars