安徽省马鞍山市2019届中考二模英语试题及答案(2)

“Why don’t you want to be a(n) 50 ?” asked the owl.

“Because I am so small and weak,” she cried. “I want to be as big and strong as the lion. He is important, but I am not.”

The owl said 51 in her ear. Then the bird dried her tears and 52 away. One week later, the bird came back. “Thank you very much, Mr. Owl. You are so 53 ,” she said to the owl. “I’m very happy now. Every day, I watch out for lions and tigers. When they come 54 , I shout as loudly as I can. Then my friends all run and hide. They often 55 me for that. I am useful and important now.”

The wise owl smiled and said: “Dear, no one in the world is useless.” 46. A. both

B. all

B

Children today have many things to play with. They can watch television,56what they like on the Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children did for57long ago? They read books. Some of you might ask,“Are books really fun? ” Believe it or not, books58many things that television or computers cannot.Most books use 59to tell a story, theycan make progress in your imagination（想象力）. You can60the characters（人物）and background in your head and youcan also imagine61the characters feel. The words and sentences that areused in storytellingare also very interesting and usually cannot be62often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and63that they can bring tears to your eyes.

Books also help us to think harder and64. As we continue to read, we ask questionsto ourselves and try to find answers.

These are some of the 65why books are so fun to read and why people always look forward to good books.

九年级英语二模联考试题卷 第6页（共18页）

C. either C. what C. singing C. replied C. tiger C. anything C. drove C. polite C. far

D. none

D. when D. sleeping D. asked D. owl D. something

47. A. how 48. A. crying 49. A. agreed 50. A. lion

B. why

B. smiling

B. advised B. bird

51. A. nothing 52. A. ran