江苏省扬州市邗江区九年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版.doc

江苏省扬州市邗江区2013届九年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版说明：1.本试卷分第i卷和第ii卷两部分；2.答题前,考生务必将本人的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置上。3.选择题每小题选出答案后,请用2b铅笔在答题卡指定区域填涂,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再填涂其它答案。非选择题请用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔在答题卡指定区域作答,在试卷或草稿纸上作答一律无效。考试结束后,请将答题卡交回。第i卷 选择题（60分）一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）从下列每题所给的选项中,选择一个最佳答案。1. although it seemed to be _ painful experience, he still found it _ fun. a. a, /b. /, ac. a, thed. the, a2. _ can make my mother change her mind. she is such a person who never gives up easily.a. something b. anything c. nothing d. everything3. traffic is heavy and the price of oil is much _ so that many people go to work by bus instead. a. higherb. highc. more expensived. expensive4. - when shall we go to west slender lake, this afternoon or tomorrow morning? - _ is ok. im free these days. a. bothb. allc. eitherd. neither5. - the little girl dances so well. where was she trained? - she learns all by herself. she _ goes to any training class. a. usuallyb. oftenc. evend. never6. if you really want to pay me back, i hope _ you see someone in need, you should give him a hand. a. whateverb. wheneverc. howeverd. whichever7. - i called you yesterday but you werent at home. - i _ flowers in my garden at that time. a. waterb. am wateringc. wateredd. was watering8. we dislike people _ talk much but never do anything. a. whomb. whichc. whod. whose9. - i like the program man and nature. - but i _sports news. a. preferb. choosec. wantd. miss10. - i feel tired and sleepy. - why not stop _ yourself? a. relaxingb. to relaxc. restingd. to work11. -why did you vote for maggie? -because she is very _. she always shares things with others. a. practicalb. activec. generousd. energetic12. - are you going to the bank, laura? - no, i _ to the bank already.a. have been b. have gone c. am going d. had been13. - could you tell me_ in yanghzou? - of course. i think its in dongguan street. a. where can we have something good to eatb. where we can have something good to eat c. when will the food festival be heldd. when the food festival will be held14. wearing white can help people _when they feel stressed.a. fall down b. calm down c. look down d. come down15. - i am going to have a job interview tomorrow morning. - well, _ a. have a good time!b. im happy to hear that. c. good luck!d. congratulations!二、完形填空 （共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）阅读短文,从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。this went on for years, and joe and his wife became quite 27 from their little vegetable shop. they were even able to 28 their sons to college.remember the beginning of the story, when joe was told by his new neighbor that there was gold in the land? well, the truth is, joes 29 of the english language was less than perfect. his new neighbor friend actually meant that his land had rich 30 . so you can see where the concept（概念）of gold comes from.16. a. fearedb. agreedc. usedd. failed17. a. whileb. asc. whend. after18. a. happyb. disappointedc. angryd. calm19. a. harvestb. plantc. waterd. feed20. a. controlledb. burnedc. destroyedd. turned 21. a. moreb. mostc. muchd. few22. a. jobb. problemc. pityd. dream23. a. realizeb. promisec. related. regret24. a. feedb. sellc. plantd. eat 25. a. take upb. set upc. turn upd. make up26. a. nowb. thoughc. sod. because27. a. carefulb. richc. aloned. cheerful28. a. bringb. takec. sendd. make29. a. understandingb. knowledgec. thinkingd. skills30. a. mudb. goldc. soild. material三、阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分,计30分）阅读下列短文,根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 （a）welcome to the grand hotel. to make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities (设备) .31. the above service notice can be seen _.a. in a restaurantb. in a hotel dining roomc. in a bedroom of a large international hoteld. at the entrance of a small family hotel32. you have arrived and stayed at the hotel at 11:00 p.m. and want a snack. what should you do? a. go to the hotel shop.b. go to the hotel bar. c. hang a message outside your door.d. phone the hotel shop assistants.33. which of the following is true? a. you cant have your breakfast in your room.b. you cant make a phone in your room. c. lunch is served from 12:00 to 2:00p.m.d. you can have dinner at midnight.（b）prana, our beautiful dog whose name means breath of life, isnt with us any more. but she brought such joy and love that we still miss her.there are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one.it was an autumn day in minnesota, but the weather didnt know the difference between autumn and winter. unexpectedly, we were hit with a big snow fall for which no one was prepared.we have two apple trees in our backyard. prana loved apples. when she went outside, shed take hold of an apple, put it far back in her mouth, and sneak into the house to save for eating later. the apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so i wasnt always happy that prana had brought them into the house. feeling my displeasure, she would turn her head so i wouldnt see her hidden treasure.on the day that it snowed too early in the season, prana went outside and i watched her from the window. i noticed that she was madly digging holes and brought the apples to the surface so they could be seen above the snow. i wondered why she was doing this. she seemed to be completely busy with some kind of important task to dig up as many apples as possible during her yard time.when i called her back into the house, she had her usual one apple in her mouth. about five minutes later, i looked outside. the yard was completely covered with birds. prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. she knew that they wouldnt have stored enough food to live through such an early winter.34. the story about the dog happened _.a. in autumn b. in winter c. in spring d. in summer35. what does the underlined phrase sneak into mean in the fourth paragraph? a. enter quickly b. enter secretlyc. enter happilyd. enter slowly36. prana was busy digging up the apples in the snow because_.a. she liked digging holes and eating apples b. she was always saving the apples for eating laterc. she wanted to leave the apples to her bird friends d. she loves playing with snow37. from the story we can learn that_.a. prana is helpful to the writerb. prana is devoted to the writerc. prana is not only beautiful but also joyfuld. prana is especially loving and thoughtful（c）taking away a citys rubbish is a big job. every day trucks come into a city to collect it. most rubbish is made up of things we cant eat or use. if we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.in some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. the kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. the sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.to keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then youd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.in other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. the fire burns everything but the metal. sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. the food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. it is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.38. you can most probably read the passage in _.a. a history book b. a tv guidec. a science bookd. a telephone book39. the underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_.a. 排污b. 染色c. 洗涤d. 吸尘40. according to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_.a. to feed animalsb. to feed plantsc. to build a house d. to make machines41. how should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?a. by burning it off.b. by putting it in water.c. by throwing it away.d. by reusing and recycling it.（d）hi, everybody!welcome to our newly-opened richards cinema bookstore!now let me introduce to you some of the new film books in our store.are you chinese film fans? ok, here comes the latest 25 new takes about chinese films. it is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different chinese films from the 1930s to the present. in recent years, chinese films are very popular in the states, such as crouching tiger and hidden dragon, hero, and flowers of shanghai.do you like french films? well, here is the french cinema book. it covers french films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. it is written for all lovers of french cinema: students and teachers, specialists and fans, and so on.maybe you are indian film fans and star-chasers. then here is encyclopedia (百科全书) of indian cinema. the book is a complete introduction to all the best indian films. it also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. you know, the indian film industry is the largest in the world after our hollywood.if you like british films, we have the british cinema book. it is a good review of british cinema. this book contains a good many nice pictures.in our bookstore, you can also find books about mexican, japanese, australian, german and italian films.well, please help yourselves to some coffee or tea, and have a good time here!42. the speaker of the passage is most probably _.a. the writer of 25 new takes b. a tourist in the cinema bookstorec. the manager of the cinema bookstore d. a reader of encyclopedia of indian cinema43. how many asian countries does the speaker refer to when he talks about the film books?a. two. b. three. c. four. d. nine.44. which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage？a. indian cinema is second only to hollywood.b. the british cinema book includes a complete list of names of stars.c. crouching tiger and hidden dragon is well received in the states.d. the french cinema book covers over a centurys french films.45. the purpose of the speaker is_.a. to satisfy the visitors various tastesb. to keep the writers in the cinema bookstorec. to offer the visitors chances to meet the film starsd. to have the readers into film producers第ii卷 非选择题（60分）四、词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分,计10分）用括号内所给词的适当形式填空（每空一词）。 五、任务型阅读 (共10空；每空1分,计10分)根据短文内容,完成下列表格,每空一词。the home of the future wont be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats as we do today. but people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams. no two homes will be the same. people will be able to buy “house materials” containing moveable walls, doors and windows. they will put together the different parts to create the home they want.many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still be done but will change and new jobs will be created. skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians wont disappear because machines cant take the place of them. we will still have teachers because students need human contact. but they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home. space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays wont be for everyone because they wont be cheap. short space trips will develop first, then hotels will move around the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. by the end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with things needed for families.there will be no paper in the future. instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. this will develop in order to protect nature. e-newspapers and e-magazines will take the place of traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the internet every day onto our re-useable paper.as we know, the earth is going to disappear sometime in the future. this isnt going to happen tomorrow but scientists say that it will happen in five billion years. we will have to find another home. at sometime in the future far away, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another plant. there wont be any other choice.title: tomorrows 56 things talked aboutchanges describedhouseshomes of future will all be 57 from one another. 58 skilled workers will still be 59 . teachers work will change a lot 60 of modern technology.vacationsspace trips and staying in space hotels will still only be for 61 people because they wont be cheap.some people can 62 their holidays on the moon.informatione-paper will be used 63 of traditional paper and the 64 of the e-paper will protect nature. the futurepeople will have to 65 to another planet.六、缺词填空（共10空；每空l分，计l0分） 阅读短文，根据括号中的汉语意思填入单词，使短文意思完整、通顺。每空一词。i remember when i was young, my parents used to focus on（关注）everything i did. i liked wearing bright red c 66 , but they said the colour was too sharp. i loved listening to rock and roll, but they said it was too n 67 . i hated eating vegetables, but they said they were good for my h 68 .later, i studied at a boys school. my parents always asked me to study hard. i felt stressed. every night, i asked myself, “whats wrong with me?” my parents always tells me that the things i do are b 69 .i gave up many things i liked doing. my life was not as c 70 as my friends lives.i studied psychology（心理学）when i was at university. i got very good marks, b 71 i still did not understand why my parents were so strict.then