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九年级(下)水平调研英语试卷
第I卷(选择题)
一、完形填空:本大题共10小题,共10分。
There are many brave and talented people who work in different branches (分支) of science. Extreme (另类的) scientists are people who work in very difficult and dangerous places. They don’t work in a ___1___ all the time like other scientists do. Instead, they search ___2___ information that can only be gathered through firsthand experiences. These scientists have to explore deep caves, swim with sharks or act as swan (天鹅) mothers. The number of great white sharks in the world ___3___ smaller now. They are one of ___4___ animals on Earth.
Scientists need to find out how many sharks ___5___ now. Sometimes scientists have to get very close to a shark. The easiest and ___6___ way to do this is from inside a shark cage (笼子). ___7___, sometimes sharks attack (攻击) the cage. They shake it, and bend the bars with their sharp ___8___.
The trumpeter swan (黑嘴天鹅) is the largest swan in the world, but it ___9___ so that it nearly became endangered birds. Because of this, parent swans _____10_____ younger swans to migrate before.
Scientists have to teach the younger swans how to do it. They teach the swans to follow a plane which looks like a lead swan. Extreme scientists are always trying to discover something new.
1.
A. hospital B. factory C. lab D. hotel
2.
A. for B. to C. of D. at
3.
A. get B. is getting C. are getting D. got
4.
A. dangerous B. more dangerous C. most dangerous D. the most dangerous
5.
A. there were B. are there C. there are D. were there
6.
A safest B. closest C. farther D. faster
7.
A. Lovely B. Unlovely C. Luckily D. Unluckily
8.
A. teeth B. tooth C. eye D. eyes
9.
A. kills B. killed C. was killed D. were killed
10.
A. won’t teach B. have never taught C. wouldn’t teach D. don’t teach
二、阅读理解:本大题共20小题,共40分。
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