江苏省盐城市毓龙路实验中学九年级英语上学期期中试题.doc

20152016学年度第一学期期中考试九年级英语试卷考试时间：100分钟 卷面总分：140分 考试形式：闭卷第i卷 ( 选择题, 共80分)一、听力（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）a.听下面10段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。( ) 1. what is mikes favourite sport? ( ) 2. what does the man want to buy for his daughter? ( ) 3. what will sally do this sunday afternoon? ( ) 4. which sign are they talking about? ( ) 5.how will the man go to hong kong? a. by plane. b. by car. c. by bus.( ) 6. how much will the man pay if he buys two student tickets? a. $ 12. b. $ 6. c. $ 3.( ) 7. what will tom have? a. some fruit. b. some food. c. some drink.( ) 8. what are they talking about? a. a film. b. a song. c. a book.( ) 9. what does andy think of his school life? a. stressed and bored. b. exciting and colourful. c. lively and interesting. ( ) 10. what does the man ask the girl to do? a. shout at her classmates.b. pay no attention to the classmates. c. argue with her classmates.b. 听下面两段对话和一篇短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话和短文读两遍。 听第一段对话，回答第11至12题。( ) 11.what will the woman do tomorrow？a. hold an important party.b. have an important exam.c. buy a white t-shirt.( ) 12. what does yellow represent?a. power b. peace. c. wisdom.听第二段对话，回答第13至15题。 bettys part-time job age the girl is 13 years old.working hours a day 14 hours .money paid an hour 15 dollars. ( ) 13. a.12 b.22 c.20( ) 14. a. 14 b. 4 c.20 ( ) 15. a.24 b. 1 c. 6听一篇短文，回答第16至20小题。( ) 16. who is the headmaster?a. sam lin. b. tim king. c. sam king.( ) 17. when do lessons start every morning? a. at 7:30. b. at 8:00. c. at 8:30.( ) 18. what do the students do in the afternoon? a. they are free to do anything. b. they must learn english. c. they take exams.( ) 19. what will happen when the students need a doctor? a. they will go to the school clinic (医务室). b. the school will take them to the hospital. c.a doctor will be sent for.( ) 20. how soon will the students get the results of the exam?a. in 3 months. b. in 4 weeks. c. in 3 weeks.二、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。( ) 21. -do you know tan dun?-of course. he is a famous composer and won _oscar for his music in the film crouching tiger, hidden dragon in 2001.a. a b. an c. the d. /( ) 22.this pair of jeans looks nice on sandy because she looks very nice _ blue.a. in b. on c. with d. at ( ) 23. when you are feeling sad, you may say “im feeling_.”a. yellow b. orange c. green d. blue ( ) 24. he doesnt like singing _dancing.a. but b. and c. or d. so( ) 25. it makes him feel good _the cake with us. a. share b. to share c. sharing d. shares( ) 26. - is your uncle in his_? -yes. his forty-first birthday is coming next month. a. fortieth b. forty c. fourties d. forties ( ) 27.simon is creative enough to _new ideas. a. come in with b. come up with c. come out with d. come down with ( ) 28.if we dont study hard, we will _in our class.a. take the lead b. be the first c. fall behind d. be successful( ) 29. i will not go to bed _i finish watching my favourite tv programme.a. since b. until c. after d. when( ) 30. -i wonder _if i park my car here.-of course it does. you need to find a safer place.a. when it minds b. if it works c. how it matters d. whether it matters ( ) 31.wars are disasters. a lot of people will lose their homes whenever a terrible war_. a. breaks out b. is broken out c. breaks down d. is broken down( ) 32.poor thing! jack had a fall while he _on the ice. he got hurt badly.a. skates b. skated c. was skating d. is skating( ) 33. neither i nor my father _ swimming.a. likes b. is like c. like d. liking( ) 34.china doesnt have a strong football team. maybe it will be another few years _the chinese team wins the world cup. a. before b. since c. after d. when( )35.-the tv program a bite of china season two is popular around china. how do you like it? -_.a. i think so. b. pretty good. c. its my pleasure. d. all right.三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。the best thing to start your day is a good breakfast. there are different 36 of breakfasts around the world. “eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper(穷人).”asthe old saying(谚语) 37 us, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. it 38 us with energy after a long night without food. if people dont have breakfast in the morning, they will feel tired and get angry 39 . breakfast helps children stay more focused in school. a study showed that children who eat breakfast regularly score 40 in most subjects. breakfast is 41 important for weight loss. if you have a balanced breakfast, you will eat 42 throughout the day.a healthy and 43 breakfast should include some protein(蛋白质) like eggs, milk or a little meat, which makes you energetic all day. carbohydrates (碳水化合物) like rice or bread can keep you 44 . vegetables and fruit 45 the vitamins that humans need. 46 , in china, breakfast is different from region(地区)to region. porridge（粥）with pickles(咸菜), baozi, noodles, soybean milk and youtiao are common throughout the 47 country. 48 western culture has influenced china a lot, most people still 49 traditional chinese breakfast. they think that porridge and noodles are not only easily digested(消化), but also can provide 50 energy in the morning. ( ) 36.a. ways b. types c. rules d. methods( ) 37.a. says b. talks c. tellsd. speaks( ) 38.a. provides b. gives c. offersd. has( ) 39.a. easy b. easily c. more easy d. easier( ) 40.a. lower b. less c. higher d. fewer( ) 41.a. also b. too c. as well d. either( ) 42.a. less b. fewer c. more d. much( ) 43.a. experienced b. balanced c. excitedd. different( ) 44.a. activity b. actively c. active d. action( ) 45.a. has b. have c. is d. are( ) 46.a.therefore b. thus c. because d. however( ) 47.a. all b. one c. whole d. total( ) 48.a.through b. but c. although d. so( ) 49.a. dislike b. know c. want d. prefer( ) 50.a. many b. few c. little d. enough四、阅读理解 （共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）a.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出能正确回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。awe talked to 300 people. one hundred were from 11 to 18 years old. one hundred were from 19 to 26. one hundred were 27 to 35 years old. we asked them what they like to do on weekends. please look at the chart.favourite things to do (by age).( )51. people of 19-26 most enjoy _.a. taking a walk b. playing computer games c. watching tv d. going to the movies( )52. people aged 11-18 enjoy_ most.a. taking a walk b. watching tvc. going to the movies d. playing computer games( )53. how many people enjoy playing computer games in the 19-26 group?a. 75 b. 60 c. 25 d.50b the morning was cold and clear. a yellow bus came around the corner and stopped near a wood (树林). a coach asked the students to get off the bus. girls began to gather by the starting line. one of them is a young, little girl. she had prepared for this running race for the whole summer. she looked around at the other girls, noticing how she was different. there was a break in the silence, and everyone started to run. after about twenty-five minutes, every runner finished the race except the girl. she was still running for the next forty minutes. as she came near the finishing line, she saw her parents, classmates and the coach. they shouted her name and told her not to stop until the end. the sweat (汗水) was flowing down her face. she kept on running until she crossed the line. i was that girl, and that was the first time i had finished a cross-country race (越野赛跑). finishing this race made me realize that i could do anything with my own strength. after that, i took more hard work to practice running. i was not a natural-born runner, but i want to become one. i continued to struggle (努力) with every run. now i run much faster than before and become more and more confident. i am so thankful for running because it has helped make me who i am today.( ) 54. the writer finished her first cross-country race in about _minutes.a. 20 b. 25 c. 40 d. 65( ) 55. from the sentence “i was not a natural-born runner”, we learn that the writer .a. wasnt good at running b. didnt like runningc. ran faster than anyone d. couldnt run when she was born( ) 56. what can we learn from the passage?a. all good runners are natural-born. b. the writer didnt use to be so confident. c. a good coach is the most important for a runner.d. the writer is a very good runner now.( ) 57. whats the main idea of the passage?a. we should practice running if we want to be more confident. b. we should do things that we are good at.c. we should keep on doing what we want to, no matter whether we are good at it or not. d. we could become the best if we keep on practicing.ca recent study found peoples lives are made shorter in north china. it is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. researchers（研究者）think that the heavy air pollution in china should be to blame(承担责任). its really the truth. our government has already done something. however, it doesnt seem to work so well.“air pollution in china is doing harm to peoples health. the harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said chen yuyu of beijing university, one of researchers of this study.dirty air brings serious problems in north china. in january this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. that was caused by rising temperature and waste gas（气体）from coal heating（燃煤）.chinese government should strongly fight with air pollution. they should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. people should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. the factories that pollute heavily should be closed.“we need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” li hongbin, another researcher of the study said.( ) 58. the passage above may come from a(n) _.a. story b. advertisement c. report d. diary ( ) 59. which of the following is li hongbins idea? a. the life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years.b. chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily.c. people need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot.d. the air problem brings us serious problems.( ) 60. what should people do to protect the environment? a. they should take buses. b. they should ride bikes.c. they should go on foot. d. all of the above.( ) 61. whats the main idea of the passage?a. air pollution in north china is caused by waste gas.b. to save the environment, our government should do something more.c. the temperature becomes higher and higher in north china.d. how air pollution in north china is caused. d7 january, 2014a new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the united states. it also notes a large increase in the number of international students from china.these findings are from the latest open doors report. the report documents the record number of international students in the united states during 2012, 2013 school year. it says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending american colleges and universities during the last two years. that represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier. on the other hand, the number of americans studying overseas(海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.the report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at american colleges and universities were from china .that is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. peggy blumenthal, an expert（专家）of international education, described the effect of the increase in chinesestudents. now they have been coming for some time. but this year was the highest level ever. she says many chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. the children mainly choose to study in america.we know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world if they want to go. and for the most part, looking around the world, chinese students still prefer to come to the united states as their choice.chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend american colleges and universities. after china, india sends the second largest number of students to the united states for higher education. india has about one hundred thousand students in american schools. south korea is third with about seventy-two thousand students.why do so many foreign students study in the united states? peggy blumenthal provides one reason.the advantage america has is that we have a huge system (系统)and a very perfect system. so there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the united states. among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students.foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in american higher education. and from learning english, thats the voa special english education report. im bob doughty. thanks for listening.( ) 62. bob doughty seems to be _.a. an exchange student from the usa b. an expert of international educationc. a viewer of voa d. a reporter from voa( ) 63. which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?a. south korea b. india c. china d. america( ) 64. which is not the reason why so many chinese students go to the usa for further study?a. lots of chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their childrenb. the usa has a huge and a very perfect education system.c. there is a lot of room to host international students in the usa.d. the usa has some top universities and colleges in the world.( ) 65. which of the following statement is true?a. china has 122,000 more students than south korea at american colleges and universities. b. the number of americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.c. the number of asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.d. most of the international students in the united states are chinese.b. 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） the chinese are very generous with money when it comes to educating their children. some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to england,the us or australia,regardless(不管) of how much this costs.many also want their children to take after-school activities where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet,or other classes that will give them a head start in life. the chinese believe that the more expensive an education is,the better it is,so parents often spend a great deal of money on education. even poor parents buy a computer for their son or daughter. however,what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. parents should know their childrens different skills.they will usually be good in some areas while poor in others. what most parents fail to realize though,is that todays children lack(缺乏) confidence. the problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well. they are not teaching them the most important skills that can be helpful to their growth. these skills can also build their confidence. parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking,sewing and other housework. teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will nee