山东省潍坊市2022年中考英语总复习第18课时九上Modules9-10练习一、阅读理解(xx山东淄博中考)Death Valley is a huge place. It is more than 225 kilometres across the southern part of the state of California, and across the border(边界) with the state of Nevada.1 It can be dangerously cold during the winter months. The air temperature during the summer can be as high as 57. The heat of Death Valley has killed people in the past. It will continue to kill those who do not honour the climate. Death Valley does not forgive(原谅) those who are not careful.Death Valley was named by a woman in 1849. 2. Thousands of people from other parts of the country travelled to the gold mining(开采) areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did.Many people were not careful. They made bad choices or wrong decisions. One group of people had reached Death Valley by December. They avoided the terrible heat of summer, but there was not enough water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat. The people could not find a pass through the tall mountains to the west of the valley. 3. They had to kill their work animals for food and began to walk out of the valley.As they left, one woman looked back and said, “Goodbye, death valley.” 4. 根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。ASlowly, they ran out of food.BDeath Valley has a long history.CThe name has never been changed.DDeath Valley is a beautiful but dangerous place.EThat was the year after gold was discovered in California.二、完形填空(xx广东梅州梅江第二次质检)When we talk about inventions, we often mention the great inventors like Thomas Edison. However, some 1 things werent invented by those famous inventors, but by some mon people. Now, Id like to tell you an interesting story about the ice lolly(冰棒). Do you know 2 the ice lolly is? Its a kind of frozen sweet thingmany kids favourite in summer. Sometimes accidents may lead to great 3 . And it can take years before you realize youve invented 4 really good. In 1905, 11yearold Frank Epperson mixed a glass of powered soda with water. 5 mistake, he left the drink outside all night with a stick in it. It was a very 6 night. The next morning, Frank saw the drink had frozen to the stick. He tried to have the special drink. To his surprise, it 7 delicious. Eighteen years later, Frank 8 remembered the frozen stick. He started to produce the frozen stick and he 9 . At first, he called it Epsicle. Then he had a family and 10 of his own and they didnt like the name. So they changed it into popsicle(冰棍). Now it has the name ice lolly.1A.careful BhelpfulCharmful Dthankful2A.who Bhow Cwhat Dwhere3A.jobs BideasCstories Dproblems4A.everything BsomethingCanything Dnothing5A.By BAt CFor DWith6A.hot Bcool Cwarm Dcold7A.felt Bsmelt Ctasted Dlooked8A.nearly BhardlyCusually Dsuddenly9A.lost BfailedCforgot Dsucceeded10A.parents BfriendsCchildren Dteachers三、词汇应用阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。(xx山东潍坊中考改编)It is reported that a law has been approved(通过) in Spain. Spain children may soon 1. (require) to help out with housework by law.The law would be part of a wider child protection, and children under the age of 18 have to 2. (join) in all areas of family life. That 3. (include) housework and other work in the family. The rules e under a section of the law 4. (call) “the right and duties of children”Along with 5. (do) housework, children would also have to be respectful to their parents and teachers, and would do 6. (well) in their studies than before. But the law doesnt say anything about punishment for children who dont obey the law.Married Spanish men can also face punishments for refusing 7. (do) houseworkrequiring men to share in household duties, and the care of children and elderly family members.Children should learn to do different 8. (kind) of housework at different ages, but it is almost 9. (possible) for Chinese children. They seem to avoid such usual housework at similar ages, because their families have protected them too much since they were born. Children should realise that they are part of the families and have responsibilities(责任) on taking care of 10. (they) and the family members.四、阅读表达阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(xx山东潍坊中考)Messaging app WeChat is being used for an ever longer period of time and is growing into a lifestyle choice embedded into daily activities and munication, a new survey has found.In xx, onethird of WeChats 889 million monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app, twice that of a year ago, according to the survey showed by Penguin Intelligence, a research arm of Tencent Holdings.The average(平均) daily time spent is also u