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【江苏省盐城市大丰区2019 31~33 BCD 34~36 ABB 37~40 ADBD 41~45 DCABB 江苏省盐城市大丰区2020届九年级下学期期中质量检测（一调）英语试题 三、阅读理解（计 50分） A. 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。（共 15题, 每题2分, 计30分） A New York is 3 hours ahead of California but it does not make California slow. Someone graduated at the age of 22, but waited 5 years before getting a good job! Someone became a CEO at 25, and died at 50 While another became a CEO at 50, and __▲____ to 90 years. Someone is still single, while someone else got married. Obama retires（退休）at 55, but Trump starts at 70 Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone. People around you might seem to go ahead of（在. . . 前）you, some might seem to be behind you. But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME. Don＇t envy them or laugh at them. They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours! Life is about waiting for the right moment to act. So, RELAX. You＇re not LATE. You＇re not EARLY. You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE. 31. We can know that when it＇s 6 a. m. in New York, it＇s ______________in California. A. 9 a. m. B. 9 p. m. C. 3a. m. D. 3 p. m 32. The best word for he blank in he poem is _____________. A. born B. lived C grew D. married 33. What can we learn from the poem? A. Obama starts at 55, but Trump retires at 70. B. Life is all about waiting for time zones. C. The earlier we succeed, the better we will be. D. Don＇t hurry and take your own steps B In Chinese, there is an idiom“江郎才尽“（Jiang Lang＇s talent ends）. It means a writer has lost his or her ability to write well. Who was Jiang Lang? Jiang Lang was an ancient Chinese poet whose real name was Jiang Yan. He was born to a poor family during the Southern Dynasty (420-589). When he was young, he studied hard and became good at writing. Everyone praised his talent. The prince heard about his great writing skills and gave him a job in the royal court（朝廷）. But later on, as Jiang Lang moved into higher positions and became richer, he stopped studying. Day by day,