浙江省杭州市2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中模拟练习
一、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
    Can dolphins (海豚) talk? Maybe they cannot talk with words, but they can talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds. Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a "school". They do not study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals (哺乳动物), not fish, but they swim together like fish in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information to the others. They talk when they are happy, sad or afraid. They say "welcome" when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
    They make some sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them. Sometimes people catch dolphins for a large aquarium (水族宫). People can watch dolphins in a show. Dolphins do not like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely. There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody's life. Dolphins' meat is good, but people do not like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1．The word "school" in this passage means "________".   
A．a place for students to study B．a group of fish travelling together
C．a special kind of animal D．a place for training dolphins
2．According to the passage, dolphins ________ in the school.   
A．don't tell other dolphins when they are afraid
B．talk when they sleep
C．say "sorry" when a dolphin comes back
D．give information to the other dolphins
3．What's the best title (题目) for this passage?   
A．Dolphins' Talk B．Schools of Dolphins
C．The Dolphins D．Man's Friends
阅读理解
    A few weeks ago, I joined in a camping trip at Pitt Lake. I spent three days and two nights there.
    It was a new experience for me, so I was both nervous and excited at first. Luckily, the weather was beautiful, so we got off to a good start. As there were so many campers – including both coaches and students – we had one big canoe (独木舟) and one smaller canoe. I chose to be in the smaller canoe with my friend Mitra, but we soon found that this was not a wise choice. In order to keep up with the bigger canoe, all of us had to paddle (划桨) hard. My arms quickly became sore and my hands became numb (麻木的). To take our minds off the pain, Mitra and I played "20 Questions" while paddling. In this game, one person thinks of an object and the other person asks 20 questions to work out what the object is. We had a good laugh before we finally arrived at the campsite.
    We started a campfire soon after we arrived. At night, we got together around the fire, enjoying food and listening to scary stories. Some of the other campers put their wet shoes and socks beside the fire to dry. However, because of the wind, one pair of socks almost caught fire. Everyone panicked (惊慌) – one person got so scared that he fell out of his folding chair. Everyone thought it was pretty funny!
    The time flew quickly. Soon, it was time to go back. We didn't want to leave and agreed that we would hang out together again sometime soon.
4．The writer regretted choosing the small canoe because      .   
A．the game which they played wasn't fun
B．they couldn't move freely in the smaller canoe
C．the people on the bigger canoe laughed at them
D．they had to paddle hard to catch up with the bigger one
5．Mitra and the writer played "20 Questions" to      .   
A．forget the pain B．keep a clear mind
C．have a good laugh D．train their brains
6．They panicked at the campsite when      .   
A．one of the students fell out of his chair
B．they arrived at the campsite late that afternoon
C．they remembered the terrible stories they heard
D．the wind almost set someone's socks on fire
7．The writer felt       at the end of the trip.   
A．proud and relaxed B．happy and satisfied
C．nervous and excited D．bored and disappointed
阅读理解
Mr and Mrs Woods come from Washington. They love Beijing very much. They teach English in a middle school there. They have two children，Sandy and Paul. They are in Beijing now.