中九年级上英语期中考试2017-2018

2 4中2 0 1 7 -2 0 1 8九年级英语期中考试2 1 .Do n ald Tru mp , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 1 -y ear-o ld b u sin essman , was ch o sen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Presid en t o f th e US last y ear.A. a; a B. a; / C. th e; a D. th e; th e2 2 .-Wh y d o esn t th e su rg eo n sto p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lu n ch ? -Becau se h e is to o b u sy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a d y in g p atien t in th e o p eratio n ro o m.A. to h av e; to sav e B. h av in g ; to sav e C. to h av e; sav in g D. h av in g ; sav in g2 3 .Th e sh o p p in g mall _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fo r two y ears, b u t I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ th ere o n ly o n ce. A. h as o p en ed ; h av e g o n e B. h as o p en ed ; h av e b een C. h as b een o p en ; h av e g o n e D. h as b een o p en ; h av e b een 2 4 .Th e Read er h as b een a p o p u lar p ro g ramme sin ce last y ear,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ th ereis still so meth in g n o t p erfect en o u g h . A. th o u g h B. u n til C. if D. an d 2 5 . Iv e ju st receiv ed a Wech at messag e-“tty ”. Do y o u k n o w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?A. h o w d o es it mean B. h o w it mean sC. wh at d o es it mean D. wh at it mean s2 6 .He mad e a serio u s mistak e, b u t h e to o k actio n to ch an g e th at _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it g o t wo rse.A. u n til B. wh en C. b ecau se D. b efo re2 7 .Th e g reat mo men t is well wo rth _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ p ro g ress th ey v e mad e in En g lish !A. b ein g rememb ered ; Wh at g reat B. rememb erin g ; Wh at g reatC. rememb erin g ; Wh at a g reat D. b ein g rememb ered ; Wh at a g reat2 8 .Hes d o u b tin g _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ h e can so lv e th e p ro b lem an d wo n d ers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .A. if; wh o to g o fo r ad v ice B. th at; wh o h e can ask fo r ad v ice C. wh eth er; h o w can h e d eal with it D. if; wh at h e can d o 2 9 .Mr. Green was so an g ry at _ _ _ _ _ _ _ h e was d o in g _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sh e walk ed o u twith o u t a wo rd . A. th at; wh at B. th at; th at C. wh at; th at D. wh at; wh at 3 0 .-Hes to o sh o rt to b e a su ccessfu l b ask etb all p lay er.- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Ev ery d o g h as its d ay . A. I th in k so B. Its h ard to say C. Th ats rig h t D. Yo u d b etter n o t. 3 1 4 2 I lo o k ed u p th e wo rd “su ccessfu l” in my d ictio n ary an d so me o f th ewo rd s listed were: h ap p y , fo rtu n ate, an d h ard -wo rk in g . If th at is th e d efin itio n (定义) o f “su ccessfu l”, th en I am tru ly su ccessfu l after failu re.I started d ab b lin g (涉足) in In tern et mark etin g in Octo b er 2 0 1 0 . It d id n t tak e lo n g fo r me to b eco me a v ictim(受害者) o f th e “b eco me-a-millio n aire(百万富翁)-o v ern ig h t” (1 ) th at was so p o p u lar o n th e In tern et. I h ad su p p o sed th at sellin g th in g s o n th e In tern et was so (2 ) th at ev en b eg in n ers co u ld start mak in g mo n ey o n th e v ery (3 ) d ay . I sp en t mo st o f my time ad v ertisin g rath er th an learn in g h o w to ad v ertise. Ho wev er, h alf a y ears h ard wo rk (4 ) n o mo n ey at all. In Ju n e, I fo u n d a p ro g ram th at was o f g reat v alu e, an d I b eg an to learn fro m it. It wasn t lo n g b efo re I (5 ) th e “g et-rich -q u ick ” min d . I b eg an to (6 ) th at th e In tern et sale is a p ro fessio n (职业) lik e an y o th er p ro fessio n an d I wo u ld h av e to tak e it (7 ) . I k ep t try in g to ch eer my self u p , wh ich I th o u g h t was th e k ey (8 ) su ccess in sales. I in sisted o n th e ex cellen t In tern et mark etin g an d th en g o o d (9 ) came. My d ab b lin g b ecame a h o b b y , an d th e p assio n (热情). Later p assio n (1 0 ) my b u sin ess. I h av e really b eco me a millio n aire with in a y ear. Th e mo re I learn , th e mo re I realize I n eed to learn mo re. Iv e mad e a lo t o f mistak es, (1 1 ) I k n o w th at ev ery mistak e is ju st o n e mo re (1 2 ) fo rward , as a so n g tells u s “y o u v e g o t to lo se to k n o w h o w to win .” (1 ) A. su g g estio n s B. th o u g h t C. ad v ice D. say in g (2 ) A. easy B. safe C. free D. crazy(3 ) A. last B. n ex t C. first D. seco n d(4 ) A. led to B. tu rn ed to C. rep lied to D. g u id ed to(5 ) A. g av e o u t B. g av e away C. g av e u p D. g av e in(6 ) A. co mp lain B. imag in e C. wo n d er D. realize(7 ) A. q u ietly B. serio u sly C. slig h tly D. h eav ily(8 ) A. o n B. to C. o f D. in(9 ) A. lu ck B. matter C. p lace D. ev en t(1 0 ) A. o rg an ized B. d escrib ed C. co rrected D. en co u rag ed(1 1 ) A. fo r B. o r C. wh en D. b u t(1 2 ) A. b rid g e B. sto n e C. step D. co n n ectio n 4 3 4 4It is v ery co mmo n fo r a classro o m to h av e a wo rld map o n th e wall. Ho wev er, a n ew map , called th e Au th ag rap h Wo rld Map , mig h t rep lace th eo ld map s. It recen tly wo n Jap an s 2 0 1 6 Go o d Desig n Award . It su rp rised man y b ecau se earlier win n ers o f th e imp o rtan t award h av e b een th in g s lik ero b o ts an d mo b ility ch airs. Bu t th is map is v ery sp ecial, b ecau se th e map s y o u h av e u sed at sch o o lare n o t co mp letely accu rate(准确). Th is is b ecau se it is d ifficu lt to co p y th e 3 -D sp h erical su rface(球面) o fth e wo rld o n to a 2 -D map . Bo d ies o f water an d lan d are d isto rted (变形) b ecau se o f th is. It mean sp laces lik e No rth America lo o k s th e same size as Africa, ev en th o u g h Africa is mu ch b ig g er.Similarly , Alask a lo o k s b ig g er th an Brazil, ev en th o u g h Brazil is mo re th an fiv e times b ig g er in real life. Man y p eo p le h av e tried to fix th is p ro b lem, b u t u n til n o w th ey h av en tb een su ccessfu l. Th e Au th aGrap h Wo rld Map ap p ears to h av e so lv ed th e p ro b lem u sin gg eo metry (几何学). Created b y Jap an ese d esig n er Hajime Naru k awa, it cu ts th e g lo b e in to 9 6 eq u al trian g les(三角形) an d p u ts th em o n to atetrah ed ro n (四面体) sh ap e. In th is way , th e d esig n er k eep s th e p ro p o rtio n s(比例) o f th e lan d an dwater th e same wh en g o in g fro m a 3 -D sp h ere to a 2 -D map . Th e map is alread y b ein g u sed in Jap an ese sch o o l tex tb o o k s.Acco rd in g to th e Go o d Desig n Award , it was th e b est ex amp le o f wh at th e p lan et really lo o k s lik e.Th ey d id , h o wev er, su g g est in creasin g th e accu racy fu rth er b y cu ttin g th e wo rld in to ev en smaller p ieces.(1 ) Differen t fro m o th er map s, th e Au th aGrap h Wo rld Map _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . A. is mo re accu rate B. is mu ch larg er C. in clu d es mo re p laces D. is a 3 -D o n e (2 ) Wh at d o we k n o w ab o u t th e Au th ag rap h Wo rld Map ?A. No rth America lo o k s th e same size as Africa o n th is map . B. Alask a lo o k s b ig g er th an Brazil o n th e map .C. It cu ts th e g lo b e in to 9 6 eq u al trian g les. D. It cu ts th e wo rld in to smaller circles. 4 5 4 6Hav e y o u ev er felt a stro n g feelin g , b u t n o t b een ab le to fin d th e rig h t wo rd s to d escrib e it? May b e th ere is a wo rd fo r it, b u t y o u ju st d o n t k n o w ity et. On e man is try in g to h elp fix th is p ro b lem. Un iv ersity o f East Lo n d o n p sy ch o lo g y (心理学) research er Tim Lo masis mak in g a list o f wo rd s fro m d ifferen t lan g u ag es aro u n d th e wo rld . Th e wo rd s h av e n o ex act eq u iv alen t(对等的) wo rd s o r p h rases in th e En g lishlan g u ag e. Perh ap s th e mo st famo u s ex amp le is “sch ad en freu d e”, th e German wo rd d escrib in g p leasu re at th e b ad lu ck o f o th ers.Bo rro win g fro m as man y lan g u ag es as h e co u ld , Lo mas search ed fo r “u n tran slatab le” ex p erien ces an d p u b lish ed th em in Th e Jo u rn al o f p o sitiv ep sy ch o lo g y last y ear. His stu d y is called th e Po sitiv e Lex ico g rap h y Pro ject. Lo mas h as fo cu sed (集中) mo stly o n h ap p y mo men ts. He h o p es th atlearn in g th ese wo rd s will en rich (使丰富) p eo p les liv es. So n o w, b ecau se o f th e Po rtu g u ese(葡萄牙语), wh en y o u ru n y o u r fin g ers th ro u g h a lo v ed o n es h air y o u can call it “cafu n e”. Or y o u can u seth e Sp an ish wo rd “estren ar” to d escrib e th e feelin g wh en y o u wear o r u se so meth in g fo r th e first time. Th e German s d escrib e d ay as “feierab en d ”,wh ile th e No rweg ian s d escrib e th e feelin g o f sittin g aro u n d a warm firep lace as “p eisk o s”.“Th e limits(极限) o f o u r lan g u ag e are said to d efin e th e b o u n d aries o f o u r wo rld ,” Lo mas wro te fo r Th e Co n v ersatio n . “If we lack (缺乏) o f a wo rdfo r a p articu lar feelin g , we are far less lik ely to ex p erien ce it.” (1 ) Wh at d o es th e u n d erlin ed wo rd “sch ad en freu d e” in th e seco n d p arag rap hmean in Ch in ese? A. 乐极生悲 B. 幸灾乐祸 C. 苦尽甘来 D. 火上加油 (2 ) Wh ich o f th e fo llo win g is NOT tru e ab o u t Lo mas stu d y ?A. He b o rro wed fro m man y lan g u ag es fo r h is stu d y . B. He stu d ied “u n tran slatab le” ex p erien ces.C. His stu d y is called th e Po sitiv e Lex ico g rap h y Pro ject. D. His stu d y fo cu sed o n sad mo men ts in p eo p les d aily life. 4 7 4 9Peo p le wh o jo g o r ru n fo r as little as fiv e min u tes a d ay can in crease th eir liv es b y ab o u t th ree y ears, a US stu d y say s. Th e research ers stu d y th e ex ercise h ab its o f o v er 5 5 ,0 0 0 ad u lts in th e Un ited States fo r 6 to 2 2 y ears. Ab o u t 2 4 % o f th e ad u lts d escrib ed th emselv es as ru n n ers. Co mp ared to th o se wh o d id n t ru n , th ey were 3 0 % less lik ely to d ie o f an y cau se d u rin g th e co u rse o f th e stu d y .Th e research ers d iv id ed th e ru n n ers u p in to fiv e g ro u p s. Th e stu d y was b ased o n th e time th ey sp en t ru n n in g ev ery week . Th o se in th e lo west g ro u psp en t ab o u t 5 0 min u tes ru n n in g o v er a sev en -d ay p erio d . Th o se in th e h ig h est g ro u p ran fo r mo re th an 1 7 5 min u tes o v er th e co u rse o f a week . Acco rd in g toth e stu d y , th e b en efits o f ru n n in g are p retty mu ch th e same fo r all ru n n ers. Th e research ers also measu red (测量) ru n n in g in o th er way s -b y to talweek ly d istan ce(距离), freq u en cy (频率) an d sp eed . Ev en th e ru n n ers in th e lo west g ro u p s were h ealth ier th an th e n o n -ru n n ers.“No matter h o w slo w y o u ru n o r h o w mu ch time y o u sp en d ru n n in g , if y o u d ev elo p a h ab it o f ru n n in g , y o u will b eco me h ealth ier,” th e research erssaid . To red u ce th e risk o f early d eath , all it tak es is 3 0 to 5 9 min u tes o f ru n n in g ev ery week . “Th is fin d in g h as p u b lic h ealth imp o rtan ce,” th e rep o rt co n tin u ed . “Fo rmo st p eo p le, time is o n e o f th e main reaso n s to tak e p art in p h y sical activ ity . Th is stu d y may en co u rag e mo re p eo p le to start ru n n in g . Peo p le wh o are to ob u sy to ex ercise may lo v e th e ad v an tag es o f a fiv e-min u te ru n .” (1 ) Acco rd in g to th e article, wh at is th e co n clu sio n o f th e US stu d y ?A. Ru n n in g fo r fiv e min u tes ev ery d ay can h elp imp ro v e o u r h ealth . B. Th o se wh o ru n fo r th ree h o u rs a week are th e h ealth iest o f all p eo p le.C. On e mu st ru n fo r 3 0 to 5 9 min u tes a week to av o id early d eath . D. Time isn t th e main cau se to tak e p art in p h y sical ex ercise.(2 ) Th e research ers co n sid er ru n n in g g o o d b ecau se_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . A. th e ex ercise d o esn t req u ire an y ex tra d irectio n sB. p eo p le can ru n wh en ev er th ey lik e C. ev en ru n n in g slo wly can b e g o o dD. ev en a fiv e-min u te ru n a d ay can d o u s g o o d (3 ) Wh ich o f th e fo llo win g statemen ts is TRUE?A. Peo p le wh o ru n fo r ten min u tes a d ay can in crease th eir liv es b y ab o u t th ree y ears.B. Th e stu d y to o k th e research ers ab o u t six y ears to fin ish . C. Th e research ers b eliev e mo re p eo p le will start ru n n in g after read in g ab o u tth eir fin d in g . D. Ab o u t 2 4 % o f American ad u lts are ru n n ers. 5 0 5 2My Stu d en t in Need , a n o n -p ro fit(非盈利的) o rg an izatio n th at serv ices sch o o ls acro ss th e US, ru n s an o n lin e p ro g ram wh ere teach ers req u estn ecessities(必需品) an d o th er items fo r th eir p o o r stu d en ts. Wh ats mo re, th e stu d en ts id en tities(身份) are k ep t a secret in th e p ro cess. Sin ce th eo rg an izatio n started in 2 0 1 3 , d o n o rs(捐赠机构) h av e filled mo re th an 1 ,5 0 0 req u ests fo r stu d en ts in n eed .Th e p ro b lem o f n o t b ein g ab le to affo rd b asic items o r sch o o l th in g s is co mmo n in th e US. Almo st h alf o f th e ch ild ren in th e co u n try are liv in g n earth e p o v erty lin e(贫困线), acco rd in g to d ata fro m th e Natio n al Cen ter fo r Ch ild ren in Po v erty . An d in th e 2 0 1 3 -2 0 1 4 sch o o l y ear, 1 .3 6 millio n p u b licsch o o l stu d en ts were h o meless, th e Dep artmen t o f Ed u catio n rep o rted , Kim Wo mb o lt, th e o rg an izatio n s d irecto r, ex p lain ed th at fo r an area to tak e p artin th e p ro g ram, its h ead mu st g iv e a sig n ed letter to th e o rg an izatio n . After th at, an y teach er fro m th at area can p u t in req u ests o n th e web site to h elp th eir stu d en ts.In th e p ast, req u ests were fo r n ecessities lik e win ter jack et an d b o o ts, o r sch o o l-related items lik e a mu sical in stru men t(器材) o r b asic eq u ip men t(设备), “It h as to b e a n eed an d h as to b e reaso n ab le,” Wo mb o lt ex p lain ed , ad d in g th at a cellp h o n e, fo r ex amp le, wo u ld n o t b e accep ted as a req u est.My Stu d en t in Need is lo o k in g to b eco me b ig g er an d wo rk with sch o o ls acro ss th e co u n try .(1 ) Wh at can we learn ab o u t My Stu d en t in Need fro m th e tex t? A. It started in 2 0 1 2 .B. Th e stu d en ts id en tities are k ep t a secret b y it. C. It is an o rg an izatio n th at sells stu d en t items.D. It h as so ld mo re th an 1 ,5 0 0 items to stu d en ts in n eed . (2 ) Wh at is n eed ed fo r an area to tak e p art in th e p ro g ram?A. A sig n ed letter fro m its h ead . B. A req u est fro m Kim Wo mb o lt.C. A sig n ed letter fro m th e o rg an izatio n . D. Req u ests fro m h o meless sch o o l stu d en ts.(3 ) Wh ich o f th e fo llo win g wo u ld n o t b e accep ted as a req u est? A. A p ian o B. A fo o tb all C. A cellp h o n e D. Win ter jack ets 填空题 5 3 5 7En rich in g y o u r life mean s mak in g an effo rt to mak e y o u r life as mean in g fu l an d h ap p y as p o ssib le. Th o u g h y o u may h av e d ifficu lty realizin git, th ere are en d less step s y o u can tak e to ex p erien ce n ew th in g s, g ain k n o wled g e, an d ap p reciate(欣赏) wh at y o u alread y h av e.Learn to fo rg iv e o th ers. If y o u o ften h ate o th er p eo p le aro u n d y o u , th en y o u wo n t liv e a wo n d erfu l life. So learn to mo v e fo rward an d accep t n o b o d yis p erfect an d th at ev ery o n e mak es mistak es. If so meo n e h as really h u rt y o u an d feel it d ifficu lt to accep t th at p erso n s ap o lo g y (道歉), th en b e h o n estab o u t it. Do n t p reten d (假装) th at y o u re o k ay an d th en g o o n co mp lain in g . Th is wo n t g et y o u v ery far.Vo lu n teer to h elp o th ers. It will n o t o n ly b e g o o d fo r th e p eo p le aro u n d y o u , b u t also mak e y o u ab le to co n n ect with d ifferen t p eo p le wh o canin flu en ce y o u r life ju st as p o sitiv ely as y o u can in flu en ce th eirs. Yo u can wo rk in a h o meless sh elter o r h elp d o th e clean in g in y o u r n eig h b o rh o o d . Try to b e less wastefu l. Try in g to b e n o t wastefu l can h elp y o u b eco meth an k fu l an d really ap p reciate th e wo rld aro u n d y o u mo re. Yo u can u se p ap er in stead o f p lastic wh en ev er y o u can . Do n t u se to o man y p ro d u cts th at can tb e u sed ag ain . Go to so mewh ere o n fo o t o r b y b ik e in stead o f d riv in g . All th ese id eas can mak e y o u less wastefu l.Get alo n g well with y o u r frien d s an d family . No matter h o w b u sy y o u are, y o u sh o u ld d ev elo p a h ab it o f sp en d in g time with y o u r lo v ed o n es an dlettin g th em k n o w h o w mu ch th ey mean to y o u . Yo u can write th an k -y o u card s to y o u r frien d s an d family memb ers o r call u p y o u p aren ts o rg ran d p aren ts reg u larly . If y o u re n o t liv in g in th e same p lace, th en o ften remin d y o u rself to call ju st to say “h i”.Title: En rich Yo u r Life Mean in go f a rich life It mean s a mean in g fu l an d h ap p y life.It h elp s p eo p le to h av e n ew (1 ) , g ain k n o wled g e an d ap p reciate th eir p resen t life. (2 ) toen rich y o u r life Fo rg iv e o th ers. Accep t th e fact th at n o b o d y isp erfect. Do n t b e (3 ) ab o u t it if y o ureally h av e d ifficu lty accep tin g o th ers ap o lo g ies. Vo lu n teer to h elp o th ers. Co n n ect with so meo n e wh o canh av e a p o sitiv e in flu en ce o ny o u r life. Try to b e less wastefu l. Th an k an d ap p reciate th e wo rldaro u n d y o u . (4 ) u sin g p ro d u cts th at can tb e reu sed as o ften as p o ssib le. Red u ce th e u se o f y o u r car an dtry to walk o r rid e a b ik e mo re o ften . Dev elo ph ealth y (5 ) with o th ers. Stay with y o u r lo v ed o n es an dlet th em k n o w h o w y o u care ab o u t th em.Keep in to u ch with th em b y writin g “th an k y o u ” card s o rmak in g reg u lar calls. 词汇5 8 .My fath er tau g h t _ _ _ _ _