【正文】 it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “ inner clock” . This discovery may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also animalsincluding manhave this “ inner clock” which controls the working of their bodies and influences their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious power. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food. In the past, this did not matter very much because people lived in natural condition. In the modern world, things are different。 tired ( )25. I’ m going to look for another job ________ the pany offers me more money. A. after B. unless C. when D. for ( )26. — How many books _____ they ________？ — Five. But they haven’ t finished reading even one. A. did， borrow B. had， borrowed C. will， borrow D. do， borrow ( )27. — Do you speak English？ — Yes， I speak _________ a little English _______ some French. A. neither， not B. both， or C. either， or D. not only， but also ( )28. We hope you can __________ a better idea to solve the pollution problem. A. look out B. e up with C. get along with D. catch up with ( )29. The floor is made of wood. You’d better___________ your cigarette. A. put on B. put up C. put out D. put off ( ) Yang together with her friends _____ to the party last week. A. invited B. was invited C. were invited D. be invited ( )31. — What did the young man e to your pany for? — He wanted a job ________ he had never experienced before. A. what B. the one C. it D. that ( )32. Our math teacher _______most of his time _________ teaching his students. A. took。s geography teacher. ( )13. What will Millie do on Saturday? A. Go to the park. B. Take an exam. C. Stay at home and study. ( )14. Which season is it? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. ( )15. What did Millie ask the young man to take? A. To take some drinks. B. To take an umbrella. C. To take a coat. 三、短文理解 聽下面一則短文，從每小題 A、 B、 C三個選項中 ,找出相應問題的最佳答案。 ［ 聽每 則 對話前，你將有時間閱讀 各個 小題，每小題 5秒鐘；聽完后，各 個 小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。 湖北省赤壁市 2017 屆九年級英語下學期第一次模擬（調(diào)研）試題 考生注意： 1．本試卷分試題卷（共 8頁）和答題卷；全卷共 82個 小題，含聽力測試和筆試兩部分；滿分 120分，考試時間 120分鐘。 每則對話讀兩遍。［聽短文前，你將有 30秒鐘的時間閱讀各小題 。 in B. cost。 now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very useful, then, to know more about the “ inner clock” . It might help us understand more about ourselves. ( )56. From the passage, a recent experiment showed that _____. A. different flowers open and close at different time of day B. for their opening and closing, flowers do not need information from the outside world C. flowers are influenced by weak light even when they are in a dark room. D. flowers can be used for telling the time ( )57. Kept in constant darkness, flowers _____ A. will not open or close as usual B. will open as they do in natural conditions C. will not open any longer D will always remain in full blossom （開花） ( )58. _____ have a mysterious power of knowing time without information from the outside world. A. Animals including man as well as plants B. All living things except man C. Flowers are the only things in the world that D. Neither animals nor plants ( ) underlined word influence in paragraph2 has the same meaning with the word_____________ A. change B. affect C. increase ( )60. Further study of the “ inner clock” will be useful because _____ A. it might help us in some way B. we do not yet understand plants and animals well enough C. the number of spacemen and airplane pilots is fast increasing D. we should try to live more naturally than we do now (C) CCTV held a charity show in May to raise money for the earthquakehit areas in Sichuan. Many famous stars took part in the show.① They didn’ t ask for any pay, they all did it for free. There were a lot of performances like singing， dancing and crosstalks(相聲 ). ② The audience(觀眾 )were so excited that they clapped（鼓掌） their hands all the time. Almost everyone was moved to cry by a lot of sad or moving stories. During the performances, they donated money to the disaster area