江苏省南京市钟英中学九年级英语1月阶段性测试（新年综合知识大比拼）试题.docVIP

江苏省南京市钟英中学2015届九年级英语1月阶段性测试（2015年新年综合知识大比拼）试题( )1. -how far is it from this hotel to _ station? -it is _ eleven-kilometer walk from here.a. the; the b. the; an c. a; a d. a; the( )2. -what a useful _ youve given me! thanks a lot. -my pleasure a. information b. news c. suggestion d. advice( )3. different ways have been offered to us to solve the problems. we can choose _ to start with. a. one b. that c. each d. it( )4. it is reported that the sandstorm is moving _ the south year after year. a. at b. in c. towards d. from( )5. - i cant afford the pair of blue sports shoes. can you show me another? -what about the red pair? the price is a little_. a. cheaper b. higher c. lower d. more expensive( )6. people could _ control their feelings when they were watching the documentary about the nanjing massacre which happened in december,1937. a. hardly b. nearly c. simply d. clearly( )7. i dont _ the heat in summer in nanjing, i have been used to the hot weather here. a. like b. know c. stand d. mind( )8. -jack, could you help me _ more information about the bad effects of the hazy weather on the internet? -with pleasure a. put up b. make up c. take up d. look up( )9. you had better say “thank you” when you _ with the medal. a. present b. presented c. are presented d. were presented( )10. -wow, anna, you look so great in your new coat! -thanks. i _ it when it was on sale. a. bought b. have bought c. buy d. had bought( )11. -jenny, you should prepare as much as you can_ the coming guitar competition successfully! -sure, i will try my best, mr. brown! a. to fail b. to cover c. cover d. fail( )12. i never doubt _ the science museums are worth_. a. whether，visiting b. that, to visit c. whether , a visit d. that ,a visit( )13. - how soon will you start your journey? -im not sure. i havent decided _. a. when shall i ask the boss for leave b. where i will go to spend the holiday c. if i would go by train or by plane d. who should i travel with( )14. - i forgot my mothers birthday! -_ youd better keep it in mind next year. a. you did? b. i dont mind. c. i am afraid so. d. no problem.( )15. - im going to visit my aunt this weekend. she was very kind to us when we were at her home last time, remember? -of course i do. _. a. that sounds fun b. its very kind of you c. i hope it wont last long. d. give my regards to her，please.二、完形填空 (共10题，每题1分，共 10分 )what is school life like for a schoolboy? a schoolboys life is in preparation for the real battle of life. it is also full of interest.one of the first important 16 in a schoolboys life is to get as much knowledge and good mind-training as he can . his main business in school is to 17 . he has to read the books that he is 18 in the classes . he has to do the homework assigned to him. another part in a school boys life is the strict discipline (严格的纪律) . at school there are 19 . if he breaks them, he will get punished. this strict discipline is very 20 for him when he enters society. it can teach him some very necessary virtues on the road to a 21 life .school is a place for a schoolboy to learn 22 the life in society is like. for in the classroom and on the playground, he has to be with his schoolmates and not members of his 23 . he cannot do as he does at home. he soon learns the lessons of give-and-take, to be polite and to 24 for others , which is also the way when he has to carry himself in society .a schoolboys life has its interesting and healthy part. games and physical exercise not only 25 him strong , but also teach him how to work with others in the spirit of team work .( )16. a. ways b. roads c. parts d. ideas( )17. a. learn b. play c. work d. train( )18. a. studied b. taken c. bought d. taught( )19. a. classes b. students c. rules d. grades( )20. a. useless b. good c. exciting d. highly( )21. a. successful b. rich c. challenging d. kind( )22. a. how b. what c. that d. why( )23. a. team b. class c. grade d. family( )24. a. look b. love c. care d. need( )25. a. have b. make c. let d. help三、阅读理解（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）awolf totem is a film produced by both france and china. director: jean jacques annaudmain characters: feng shaofeng, dou xiao a moving story happened between a young man and a wolf.lets meet on february 19th, 2015!ticket price: ￥50 normal; ￥40 group purchase online; ￥35 vip card holder ( )26. wolf totem is produced _.a. in china b. in both china and francec. hollywood. d. bollywood ( )27. with a vip card, you can buy two tickets at the price of _. a. ￥35 b. ￥40 c. ￥50 d. ￥70 ( )28. which is not mentioned in this poster? a. who the director is b. what type of the film is c. when it will be shown d. who the main characters arebthe singer, mick jagger, sings a song that tells us we cant always get what we want but if we try sometimes we can get what we need. in the past years my parents have told me this saying many times. but i didnt listen to them.this year my girlfriend flew off to college in west palm, florida. this has been a killer for me because i cant see her and she is having a difficult time in school. so last month, i tried to get my dad to buy me a plane ticket to go there. my dad told me if i brought him some money he would help me pay for the ticket. i started to complain to him because i had no way of getting any money. i spent several days and nights thinking of ways to earn money. finally i thought i could get a job and work hard to earn some money. i applied to safeway company and i succeeded.i have worked at safeway for about a month now and work hard to earn money to see my girlfriend. the other day my mom had surprised me and told me that she asked her boss if she could use their business miles(旅费) to buy me a ticket down to florida for two weeks. i was very thankful and told her i would help pay for anything that i have to. we both smiled. i believe that you cant always get what you want but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.( )29the authors parents often told him the saying from the song because . ahe liked to complain to them about his life bthey expected him to learn from the singer che always wanted to get everything he wanted dthey tried to educate him to do things for himself( )30what does the word “killer” underlined in the second paragraph refer to? asomething that is quite troublesome.bsomething that is very boring. ca person who kills othersda person who treats women very badly.( )31by writing the passage, the author tries to show . awe can do nothing without money bfathers are strict while mothers are kind cits hard for parents to raise their children dwe should try to depend on ourselves for everythingcmaybe you will feel surprised when you are told that hot drink youre drinking could actually make you colder.and thats not the only thing making it hard to stay warm when the temperature continues to drop around you. youre going to need all the advice you can get to stay warm this winter. below are 5 things thatll help you avoid having to do this all winter. 1. loneliness can lower your body temperature.the lack of social contact can lead to physical consequences. in other words, giving someone the cold shoulder can actually make them feel colder.2. hot drinks might actually cool you off.when having a hot drink,your tongue nerves “tells” the rest of your body that something hot is coming and you need to start sweating. this will not help you become warm. on the opposite, consuming too much of a cold drink can actually warm you up because it causes your blood vessels to tighten.3. you dont catch a coldbecause of cold weather.exposure to lower temperatures doesnt give you a cold by itself. instead, the rise in sickness and colds in the winter months is mainly because people spending more time indoors, which allows germs to spread between people more easily.4. wearing white might actually be the warmest color. usually we wear white in summer and darker clothes in winter because black clothes get more heat from the sun and white clothing reflects it, but this common idea might be wrong. some researchers say that whites function as a reflector also applies to(适用于) body heat, that is to say, wearing white may trap your natural heat close to your body. dark clothes may be less likely to trap your body heat in.5. the cold weather can help you lose weight.in cold temperatures the body works harder to warm itself up, not only burning more calories but also activating(激活) brown fat, which burns them more efficiently than white fat. so, some people believe that punishing themselves with icy-cold temperatures can help them lose more weight.( )32. we can read this passage possibly in _. a. a textbook b. a sports magazine c. a science magazine d. a novel( )33. the underlined word “germs” in the passage probably means_ in chinese. a. 病菌 b. 病人 c.悲伤 d.寒冷( )34. according to the passage , if we want to get warm in winter, what clothes may be the best for us? a. the black one. b. the white one c. the dark one d. the brown one( )35. which is not true according to this passage? _a. in winter, people are more likely to catch colds because they often stay indoors. b. someone who is lonely may feel cold more often.c. hot drinks can keep you warmer.d. if you want to lose more weight, it is better for you to stay in cold temperatures. dthe baby elephant, sheila, was moved out of belfast zoo because of fears she might be hit by bombers during the belfast blitz (闪电战) of 1941. she was one of the lucky ones. a lot of the animals were killed because of fears they might escape during the bombing and attack people. they included a tiger, a black bear, a wolf, a penguin, and two polar bears. but sheila was walked down the road by zoo-keepers to a nearby house where a woman took her in and kept her in her backyard for several months until the bombing was over. the woman has never been identified (确认) and the zoo knows her only as “the elephant angel”. as the zoo celebrates its 75th birthday, people have decided to try to find the elephants saver. mark challis is the manager of belfast zoo. he explained a bit more about sheilas story. “well, we know that sheila, the elephant that was in the zoo at that time spent some time living with a lady relatively near to the zoo and we have one sweet photo, you can see it on our zoo website.”“in the photo you can see the elephant with the lady in her back garden and thats almost all we know. so were just trying to find a little bit more information and we are not even sure if the lady is alive today, but maybe her relatives or somebody will recognize the back of that house and we can fill in some detail on this story.”once the bombing was over, sheila went back to the zoo and lived for another quarter of a century. she died of a skin disease in 1966. ( )36. how many years has the zoo been open? a. for 25 years. b. for 75 years. c. for half a century. d. for several months.( )37. which of the following is right according to paragraph three? a. the zoo-keepers walked her there. b. the zoo-keepers used a big truck to get her there. c. the elephant escaped and ran to the garden herself. d. the zoo-keepers used bombers to frighten her away from the zoo.( )38. what happened to the unlucky animals in the zoo before the bombing? a. they were taken to a safe place. b. they started to attack people. c. they were killed. d. they all escaped from the zoo.( )39. what information do people have about “the elephant angel”? a. she owned a zoo website. b. she used to live close to the zoo. c. she is still alive. d. her relatives live in her old house.( )40. why was the photo posted on the website? a. to attract more visitors to the zoo. b. to celebrate the zoos birthday. c. to find the elephant angel. d. to explain the war to the public. 非选择题（50分） (答案请写在答卷纸上!)四、词汇运用 (本大题共16小题，每小题1分，共16分)(a) 根据句意和汉语注释,写出单词的正确形式。41. in order to have _(持久的) friendship between friends, honesty is the most important.42. this month, there will be a number of _(音乐会) given in the olympic center. 43. the new virus might be _ (超出) our control if we dont pay enough attention to it.44. everybody hopes that people all over the world can live _ (和平地) together forever. 45. my little brother cant play computer _(除非) he promises to do some reading every day.(b) 根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。46. _(praise) your son as often as possible, and he will become more and more confident.47. this western film is about the three _ (cowboy) love stories. many people are deeply moved.48. the sports meeting may _(cancel) if it keeps raining and raining.49. tiger is one of _(dangerous) animals. few people keep one as a pet at home.50. the fans felt _(amazing) when they found their favourite football team was beaten(c)根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确。recently, the chinese government has decided to ban (禁止）smoking in all the indoor public places. these places include restaurants, workplaces, schools or karaoke bars. and also smoking is not allowed in some other public places 51 bus stops, stadiums and sports ground. china hopes the ban can stop people from smoking passively. whats passive smoking? when people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus, others dont want to smoke but they 52 . it 53 peoples health. and itll be better if more people in the country quit smoking because of the ban.if someone breaks the ban, he will be fined 50-500 yuan. now 54 people are beginning to give up smoking. i hope china will become a better place for the visitors from all over the world. many people are waiting for the application of the ban, the ban is also 55 to be the most popular one this year.五、阅读短文(总共ab两篇，共20分)(a) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，完成文章后的表格。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。（共10题，每题1分，计10分） now students english handwriting gets worse and worse. that makes their teachers feel worried. is your english handwriting beautiful? if not, here are four steps that really work! use paper with lines using paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write english words or sentences. those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. be sure to fill the lined space completely. and remember that those capital letters are written properly.slow down if your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. for some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. if you write too fast, its hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistakes.hold your pencil correctly when you hold your pencil correctly, writing is much easier. some kids press down really hard when they write. that makes the handwriting not nice. try to be relaxed and dont hold the pencil so hard. let your writing appear nice and clean. if you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit. draw more pictures drawing can improve your handwriting. you need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home. handwriting is very important. imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? give them your autographs, of course! steps to 56 your english handwritingreasonstudents english handwriting gets worse and worse.stepsuse paper with linesit can help you 57 straight.those lines help you to write in the 58 size. 59 sure that you fill the lined space completely.capital letters are written properly.slow downif some kids write more slowly, their handwriting will be 60 .you may make more mistakes if you are in a 61 .hold your pen correctlyhold your pen in a 62 way, and writing is much easier.dont 63 down too hard when writing.draw more picturesit is believed that 64 can make the handwriting bette