江苏立达中学20xx届九年级中考英语二模试题

江苏立达中学20xx届九年级中考英语二模试题内容摘要：

pick up some rocks with the robotic arm of his submarine, but the machine froze and would not work. However, Cameron did bring back plenty of pictures and video. He plans to use them for a National Geographic TV special and a 3D movie. Cameron had been planning the journey with a team of Australian scientists for seven years, and he designed the submarine himself. The last time someone made the same trip and returned safely was in 1960. I see this as the beginning, Cameron said. This is the beginning of opening up this new frontier（未开拓领域） . 26. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that_______. A. Guam is the deepest place in the Pacific Ocean B. Cameron dived and, swam in the Pacific Ocean C. Challenger Deep is the deepest place on Earth D. The Mariana Trench is part of Challenger Deep 27. Cameron successfully did the following EXCEPT. A. sent messages B. saw some sea animals C. picked up lots of rocks D. took lots of pictures 28. Which is TRUE according to the text? A. Cameron is the first person to make such a trip. B. Cameron started this trip because of the movie Titanic. C. Australian scientists designed the submarine for Cameron. D. Cameron spent seven years preparing for the trip. 29. The director went to the bottom of the ocean because_________. A. he wanted to explore the sea and make a 3D film B. he wanted to bean explorer and explore the sea C. he wanted to challenge lots of deep things there. D. he wanted to explore the old ship Titanic. B My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist（专家） in school. I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that good enough. I didn39。 t mind repeating myself many times. Before testing me the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important． Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don39。 t know what you are saying. what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye. she said. Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20minute classes each week with the Specialist. After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn39。 t give enough eye contact. I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying. When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood, Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down． I wasn39。 t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat mysel。