2017杭州上城区九下初三英语一模卷第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中选出最佳选项。AMany say their most painful moments are saying goodbye to those they love. After watching Cheryl, my cousin, watch her mother suffer for six months before dying. I think the most painful moments can be in watching to say goodbye.Cheryl made the two-hour trip over and over to be with her mother. They spent long afternoons holding hands and sharing memories.Each time she kissed her mother before leaving, her mother would feel sad and say, “Im sorry you drove so far and sat for so long, and I didnt stay up long to talk with you.”Cheryl would tell her not to worry. It didnt matter. But still her mother felt she had let her down and said sorry at each goodbye. “Mom, do you remember when I made the high school basketball team?”Cheryls mother nodded.“Youd drive so far and sit for so long, and I never even left the bench to play. You waited for me after every game and each time I felt bad and said sorry to you for wasting your time.” Cheryl gently took her mothers hand.“Do you remember what youd say to me?”“I would say I didnt come to see you play. I came to see you.”“And you meant those words, didnt you?”“Yes, I really did.”“Well, now I say the same words to you. I didnt come to see you talk. I came to see you.”Her mother understood and smiled as she fell asleep.Their afternoons together passed quietly into days, weeks and months. To the last day they cared each other in silence, love given and received just by seeing each other.16.According to the writer, the most painful moment is _.A. saying goodbye to those they loveB. watching ones mother leave and say goodbyeC. waiting to speak to those they loveD. waiting to say goodbye to those they love17. Why did the mother say she had let Cheryl down?A. Her disease had cost Cheryl much money.B. Cheryl had cried too many times for her.C. Cheryl hadnt stayed with her every day.D. She felt sorry for being unable to talk much.18. Cheryl told her mother about the school basketball game in order to _.A. say sorry to her motherB. test her mothers memoryC. make her mother feel betterD. ask her mother to forget it19. Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?A. Visiting your sick parents is meaningful.B. Saying sorry is necessary between loved ones.C. Love means being there with loved ones.D. Children and parents need understanding.BCollection Days for RubbishKinds of RubbishCollection DaysThings we can recyclePlastic thingsWednesdayCans, Bottles, PET bottlesThursdayThings we can burn Examples: Food waste, Clothes, Used paperTuesdayFridayThings we cant burnExamples: Clay things, Metallic thingsthe first Mondaythe third Monday Please get the rubbish ready by 8:00 a.m.Please try to reduce the rubbish in your life! metallic 像金属的20.Look at the calendar. Its October 6th today. You broke a clay cup this morning. When will they collect the broken cup?OctoberSun.Mon.Tue.Wed.Thur.Fri.Sat.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031A. On October 3nd.B. On October 10th.C. On October 17th.D. On October 24th.21.Which of the following things can be collected to burn?A. Dinner food.B. Fish cans.C. Plastic plates.D. Milk bottles.CWhen we think of food farming we usually think of green fields in the country, outside the city. Sam Chee works on a very different type of farm, in the center of the Canadian city of Toronto. “We grow fruit vegetables and herbs,” says Sam. “But not many people know the farm is here. You cant see it from the street. Were on top of an office building, 50 meters above the ground.” Rooftop farming is becoming popular in cities like Toronto, New York and London. The roofs of buildings are often just wasted space, but this space can be used for growing good fresh food, right in the middle of the city. Sam explains how it works. “We grow everything in big boxes-there are hundreds of them. We catch rainwater to water the plants when the weather is dry.” The rooftop farm where Sam works belongs to a restaurant called Green Garden, on the ground floor of the building. The farm produces about half the restaurants fruit and vegetables. Sam believes that the rooftop farm is what makes Green Garden special. “We help to keep food production local. We dont need to transport this food from anywhere and that saves energy. Its better for the environment.” The food from the rooftop is fresher too. “When the fruit and vegetables are ripe we can pick them and use them right away. They taste better when theyre rea