天门杭州九年级英语培优试卷（五）一完形填空 (A) My parents have always loved everything about India, so a year ago we went on holiday there. Its a wonderful_1_with beautiful scenes and interesting people . However, I didnt enjoy Indian_2_very much. On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the_3_they said. “If you go by train, itll take you only two hours to get there.” However, the hot_4_ took over four hours. I was very_5_when we got there , so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were_6_to find it was quite nice. I wasnt full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs. I said to my dad, “Ive been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please?” Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very_7_ I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself_8_my mouth was on fire! I started to cough（咳嗽）and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldnt_9_how spicy (辛辣的) it was! I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldnt make me eat another Indian meatball for all the_10_in the world!( )1.A. town B. city C. country D. restaurant( )2.A. food B. scenes C. people D. costumes( )3.A. palace B. hotel C. airport D. entrance( )4.A. sail B. walk C. drive D. ride( )5.A. hungry B. curious C. cheerful D. nervous( )6.A.shocked B. surprised C. bored D. tired( )7.A. quietly B. easily C. quickly D. gently( )8.A. burning B. watering C. crying D. smiling( )9.A. feel B. believe C. think D. know( )10. A. diet B. luck C. time D. Money (B) Do you know anything about the invention of the bar code (条形码)?A small food store owner found it was _1_ to keep records of the product information.In 1948，he asked the Drexel Institute of Technology to solve this _2_Bernard Silver，a graduate student，was interested.He and his friend Norman Joseph Woodland _3_ to work on it.Soon，they invented their first working system (系统) The system did work _4_，but it was very expensive and sometimes the system didnt work well.If the invention was to become _5_ in stores，the problems had to be solved.Finally，Woodland solved _6_ The patent (专利权) for the bar code system was _7_ for by Silver and Woodland in 1949，but the patent was not given until 1952._8_ this patent was given，the system was still not popular among store owners. In 1970，a business named Logicon Inc _9_ the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code (食品工业统一码)Marsh Supermarket in Troy was the first store to _10_ this bar code reading system.It has become very popular ever since，and now its used in all types of stores all over the world.( ) 1.A.easy Bdifficult Cinteresting Dboring( ) 2.A.plan Bproblem Cproject Ddoubt( ) 3.A.started Bcontinued Crefused Dfailed( ) 4.A.at first Bfor example Con time Din person( ) 5.A.lively Bcheap Cdirect Dpopular( ) 6.A.it Bhim Cher Dthem( ) 7.A.asked Boffered Cmade Ddivided( ) 8.A.Unless BAlthough CIf DSince( ) 9.A.found Bmentioned Cinvented DRemained( ) 10. A. give up B. put up C. set up D. clean up二阅读理解。(A)A group of old classmates, who have succeeded in their work, got together to visit their teacher. Their conversation soon turned to complaining（抱怨）about the stress（压力）in their work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and many cups. Some of the cups are expensive and lovely, but some are cheap and not beautiful. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Have you noticed all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the cheap ones? Its OK for you to want only the best for yoursleves, but that is why you have the stress in your work and life even if youre very successful now.” “All of you really wanted the coffee, not the cups, but you chose the best cups and were eyeing each others cups.” “Now think about this: life is the coffee, and money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life. They do not change the quality of life. Sometimes, we just care about the cups, and we fail to enjoy the coffee. So, dont let the cups drive you, enjoy the coffee instead.”( ) 1. The students who visited the teacher _.A. are satisfied wi