外研版九年级下册Module 3 Life now and then 拔尖检测（含解析）

Module 3 Life now and then拔尖检测 (总分：65分 建议用时：60分钟) 大单元主题情境 在时代浪潮中，我们的生活、家乡，乃至国家，都在持续变化。让我们探寻时代发展印记，思考个人担当 情境 1回到家乡，长辈们总提起家乡过去的模样。到处有新变化，不变的是对家乡的热爱。 任务一 完形填空 （10 分） “When I was at your age, none of these buildings was here. ” “The area of these houses used to be forests. ” Have the elders in your family 1 said such things when they are walking around your hometown with you I often hear my family and 2 talking about these things. I fi nd it 3 to hear stories of my hometown. The old stories help me to better know about what my hometown used to be like. I lived in Waynesville 4 I went to college. My college was in Asheville. Since then, I have lived in the city. But I visit Waynesville once a year. Every time I come back, I’m surprised that many changes in the hometown have taken place in just one year. A clothing store on the main street used to be a restaurant. People have 5 a few new roads. Some neighbours have moved away, and there are so many 6 faces. In a word, my hometown has changed in many ways. The changes make me feel 7 . I then realize that 8 is always changing whether I’m there or not. I also 9 why the elders in my family and my relatives like to talk about things of the past. That’s because they also realize that everything is changing 10 . They try to keep memories of the old days. Of course, no matter what changes happen, we’ll always love our hometown. We hope that it can get better. ( ) 1. A. either B. ever C. still D. already ( ) 2. A. relatives B. classmates C. members D. players ( ) 3. A. different B. popular C. interesting D. suitable ( ) 4. A. though B. until C. because D. after ( ) 5. A. built B. found C. searched D. checked ( ) 6. A. famous B. new C. beautiful D. happy ( ) 7. A. surprised B. worried C. relaxed D. tired ( ) 8. A. someone B. nothing C. anything D. everything ( ) 9. A. wonder B. forget C. discuss D. understand ( ) 10. A. safely B. rapidly C. slowly D. regularly 情境 2课堂上，老师带着大家梳理过去一个世纪生活的变化，感受科技进步给生活带来的便捷。 任务二 阅读理解 A（10 分） Great changes have taken place in our lives in the last century. Here are some examples: Firstly, people were not able to travel such a long distance in such a short time in the past. Planes were not very popular at that time because they used to be a very expensive way to travel. Nowadays, we have fast and comfortable cars, and more and more people can travel by plane. Secondly, in the past, people had to work much harder because they did not have the tools that we have today. Today, machines do most of the difficult and dangerous work. Thirdly, the living conditions in the past were not as good as they are now. There were no bathrooms or running water in many houses, and many people couldn’t buy the things like refrigerators, TV sets or washing machines. Now, most families have several of these things. And many have comp ... ...