江西省朝宗实验学校九年级英语上学期第二次段考试题 人教新目标版.doc

江西省朝宗实验学校2013-2014学年上学期九年级第二次段考英语试卷一、听力测试（25分）（a）请听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一小题，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。（每小题1分）1. where is mr smith probably now?a. in his office. c. in a hospital. c. in a restaurant.2. what day is it today?a. tuesday. b. wednesday. c. friday.3. why will the woman go to the library?a. to pay for a book. b. to borrow a book. c. to return a book.4. how many people are there in the river?a. one. b. two. c. three.5. what was wrong with the woman yesterday?a. she had the flu. b. she had a toothache. c. she had a stomachache.（b）请听下面3段对话和2段独白，每段对话和独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。（每小题1分）conversation 16. when will there be a birthday party?a. next sunday. b. next monday. c. this sunday.7. where will the party be held?a. by the river. b. in the womans home. c. in a park.conversation 28. why does tom come into the room?a. to get a letter. b. to talk to kate. c. to ask jane to help him.9. what is jane probably doing?a. doing her homework. b. studying for an exam. c. taking an exam.10. what will kate do next year?a. go to japan. b. find another job. c. go to an evening school.conversation 311. what will the woman do this evening?a. visit her doctor. b. have dinner with the man. c. go to a concert.12. what is the relationship between the two speakers?a. good friends. b. brother and sister. c. doctor and patient.13. when does the conversation take place?a. on tuesday. b. on wednesday. c. on thursday.monologue(独白) 114. when does mary usually surf the internet?a. after doing her homework.b. after getting home from school.c. after having dinner.15. what do we know about mary?a. she is good at playing computer games.b. she likes to find something useful on the internet.c. she spends too much time watching movies.16. what does the speaker mainly talk about?a. what students do in their free time.b. being a smart internet user.c. the power of the internet.monologue(独白) 217. why was ted angry?a. because rose knocked at his door loudly.b. because rose made too much noise.c. because rose didnt say sorry to him.18. what was rose doing when ted knocked at the door?a. she was having a party.b. she was listening to music.c. she was practicing singing.19. what did rose try to ask ted to do?a. join them. b. pay for the pizza. c. be quiet.20. who would probably pay for the pizza?a. ted. b. the young man. c. rose.（c）请听下面一段短文，根据短文内容完成句子，每空不超过3个单词。短文读两遍。（每小题1分）a one-day trip in beijingtimeplaceactivitiesin the morningthe summer palace: a beautiful 21. _going 22. _ and climbing; taking picturesin the middle of the daya 23. _having lunchin the afternoonpeking university: 24. _ both in china and in the worldpaying a visitbefore returningthe book townbuying books and 25. _二、单项选择请阅读下面各小题，从题中所给的从题中所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其填到相应位置。(每小题1分，共15分)26. i didnt get any prize at the talent show, but it was _ great experience for me.a. a b. an c. the d. /27. more than nine _ students are doing sports now.a. hundreds b. hundred of c. hundred d. hundreds of28. i have _ been to london before. i hope i can go there some day.a. already b. ever c. never d. yet29. well put off _ to paris if you are busy these days.a. go b. to go c. going d. went30. we believer scientists will _ a way to solve the problem of air pollution.a. set off b. put off c. come up with d. catch up with31. lets go to the mountains _ watching tv at home.a. rather than b. instead of c. in order to d. because of32. _ of them is a famer. what do they do?they are workers in the same company.a. both b. all c. neither d. either33. hes never been late for work, _?a. is he b. isnt he c. has he d. hasnt he34. i am going to the supermarket this afternoon._. why dont we go together?a. so do i b. so am i c. so i do d. so i am35. the question is more difficult than _ in this unit.a. any other questions b. any questionc. any questions d. any other question36. my radio doesnt work. i want to have it _.a. shut b. bought c. fixed d. locked37. they often talked about the things and persons _ they are interested in.a. who b. that c. which d. what38. where is tom?im not sure. he _ be reading in the library.a. must b. need c. might d. should39. the film made by walt disney _ all over the world.a. is used to show b. is used to showing c. used to show d. used to be shown40. ill help you clean up the room._.a. done mention it b. what a pityc. thats very kind of you d. not yet三、完形填空(25分)a）请先阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其填到相应位置。(每小题1分，共15分)it can be dangerous to travel by sea. ships sometimes 41 far away from land. when this happens, the sailors have to get into small boats. if another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will 42 .most people believe (相信) we must not drink sea water, they believe that if we 43 , we shall be very ill 44 all the salt in the water. a doctor called alain bombard did not believe this. he thought that people 45 stay alive by 46 sea water and 47 small fish, animals and plants in the sea. on 19 october 1953, he set out in a small boat to 48 the atlantic ocean(大西洋). he did not take any food 49 water with him.every day dr. bombard drank just a little sea water. he also caught fish and they had water 50 them. he drank this water, he could not cook the fish, so he ate them 51 they were. he took small plants from the sea, 52 gave him more food.dr. bombard became 53 , tired and quite ill, but after 65 days on the sea, he was still alive. he travelled 2750 miles from one side of the atlantic ocean to the other, and on 24 december 1953, he reached barbados.he 54 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live 55 sea water and animals and plants in the sea.41. a. sinks b. goes down c. sink d. lost42. a. ill b. die c. dead d. sick43. a. do b. drink c. have d. will do44. a. because b. as c. for d. because of45. a. could b. can c. will d. had46. a. drink b. have c. drinking d. getting47. a. eating b. to eat c. getting d. cooking48. a. across b. crossing c. cross d. through49. a. and b. but c. just d. or50. a. on b. in c. around d. under51. a. with b. when c. as d. for52. a. that b. which c. those d. what53. a. cold b. warm c. cool d. hot54. a. got b. made c. lost d. had55. a. by b. about c. on d. inb）先阅读短文，掌握其大意。然后从方框中所给的词中选出恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）careful, happy, funny, i, specially, parents, do, cut, face, disappoint, friend, problemchildhood memory is always happy and fun. i dont know if this is really one of my 56 things, but when i sat down to write, this is what came to my mind.my eyebrows (眉毛) have an upward point at the outer edges. when i was in junior school, i didnt care about having such 57 eyebrows but my friends often made me 58 . when they went with me to have my hair 59 , they would always tell the person to take care not to cut my eyebrows!one day when i was in grade 4, my little brother and i were playing in my 60 room, and i happened to find dads razor (剃刀). i 61 the mirror and thought about cutting the edges off my eyebrows! my brother told me not 62 it. but i did at last.the following day, mom sat me down and looked at me 63 . she said i looked different. then she realized it was 64 eyebrows. i was close to tears, but she laughed and told me not to worry. to my 65 , she said that my eyebrows would grow back soon enough.however, in high school, the girls-and even some boys-thought my strange eyebrows were quite attractive.56. _ 57. _ 58. _ 59. _60. _61. _ 62. _ 63. _ 64. _ 65. _四、阅读理解（40分）a）请阅读下列短文。根据短文内容从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。（每小题2分）aanimals homeday: mondaywe have dogs, cats and other pets that need your love and care.call mrs li at 010-8135-4420.city parkday: wednesdayrubbish! too much rubbish! we want you to help stop people from throwing away rubbish.call miss gao at 010-8079-9154.food bankday: fridaythere are many poor people in our city. they dont have enough food to eat. can you help us give out food to them?call mr lu at 010-8221-4824:old peoples homeday: saturdaythere are many old people in our city. they have no families and they are very lonely.call mr xu at 010-8799-383066. when can people go to visit the old people in the old peoples home?a. on monday. b. on wednesday. c. on friday. d. on saturday.67. which telephone number may be helpful to those who want to keeps pets?a. 010-8799-3830. b. 010-8221-4824. c. 010-8135-4420. d. 010-8079-9154.68. the notice is posted to _.a. invite some people b. advertise some productsc. have more volunteers d. took for some missing things.bnow the society is developing very fast. and our life is becoming better and better. with the development, it is true that times are changing for the old people. but not all the changes are bad ones. modern medicine, for example, has made old people healthier than ever before. another advantage is that there are many more old people than there used to be. this means that old people often have a good social life with their own clubs and organizations. old people, too, have more money than their own parents and grandparents had.the biggest disadvantage of modern life is loneliness. the young leave home when they grow up, and many old people live alone. fewer old people have brothers and sisters. an old persons one or two children may have moved to another part of the country. even when they live near, the young people have their own work to do and their own children to look after. they have not much time for the old. problems of loneliness often start when people stop work. when people retire, they find it difficult to start a new life without their jobs.the world has changed so fast that it is difficult for old people to understand the problems of the young. and the world is changing even faster these days than fifty years ago. it makes you think, doesnt it? what will it be like when todays young people are old?69. the changes in society _.a. make all people happy b. lead to a new social problemc. dont make us happy d. make old people feel very happy70. with the development of the society, _.a. there will be more and more old peopleb. there will be less and less old peoplec. old people should find another jobd. old people will be happier than young ones71. old people live more happily than their parents because _.a. they live longer b. they eat morec. they neednt do anything d. they live a better life and are much richer72. which is the main idea of this passage?a. modern society only belongs to the young.b. todays young people are happier than their parents.c. modern life has brought new problems to the old.d. we should take better care of the old people.con 26 june 2013, chinas shenzhou 10 spacecraft (宇宙飞船) returned to the earth. the most exciting and interesting moment was chinas first “space class”.on 20 june 2013, chinese astronaut (宇航员) wang yaping gave a special class on tiangong-1 to about 330 students in beijing. at the same time, more than 60 million students and teachers at about 80,000 middle schools across the country watched the class on tv.wang showed some interesting experiments to the students under weightless conditions in space. wang, with the help of the other two astronauts nie haisheng and zhang xiaoguang, did some interesting experiments. one of the experiments was done to show the students how astronauts knew their weight (重量) in space.wang also answered some questions about what it was like to be in space, “through the front windows, we can see the earth and many stars, but we havent seen any ufos,” wang said. “in fact, we can see the sun rise 16 times a day as we travel around the earth every (每隔) 90 minutes.”wang yaping is 33 years old. she is the second chinese woman astronaut and chinas first teacher in space.the worlds first teacher in space was christa mcauliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the united states, but the space shuttle (航天飞机) challenger exploded (爆炸) on january 28, 1986. mcauliffe and the other six astronauts in challenger died.barbara morgan gave a lesson in space in 2007. she showed students how to exercise and drink water in space.73. where did wang yaping give the class to students?a. in the shenzhou 10 spacecraft. b. in the tiangong 1.c. in the space shuttle challenger. d. on the earth.74. the underlined words, “weightless conditions” in the fourth paragraph, mean “_” in chinese.a. 兴奋状态b. 失控状态c. 无效条件d. 失重条件75. which of the following is not true?a. wang yaping showed the students how astronauts knew their weight in space.b. there were three astronauts in the shenzhou l0 spacecraft.c. zhang xiaoguang answered some questions about what it was like to be in space.d. wang yaping, was chinas first teacher in space.76. christa mcauliffe _.a. was a middle school teacher b. was 40 years old when she diedc. gave a lesson in space in 2007 d. showed students how to drink water in spacedin 1992, a ship which started from china, planning to sail across the pacific ocean, finally arrived in washington. but on its way, three big boxes carrying 29, 000 plastic bath toys (toys that babies play with when they are having a bath) from a chinese factory fell off the ship because of a strong wind. the boxes broke and the toys, including ducks and turtles, began floating (漂浮) in the water. year after year, they floated across the pacific ocean and landed in many countries.the dutch (荷兰的) artist, florentijn hofman, loved the yellow toy ducks so much that he created the worlds largest rubber (橡胶) duck in 2007, it was bright yellow, weighing over 600kg. since 2007, several ducks of different sizes created by hofman have been on display in many cities, such as amsterdam, sydney, sao paulo and hong kong.by displaying the large duck in different countries, florentijn hofinan tries to remind everyone of the time when they were very young. and the exhibition tour is aimed at making people around the world smile.there is an opening (开口) at the back of the ducks body so that staff can go inside and check the body of the rubber duck. inside the body there is an electric fan (电扇) that allows the duck to inflate (充气). once it inflates, it can move freely, even when the weather is very bad.in june 2013, beijing hofman worked with the organizers of the beijing international design week. he agreed that a large duck would be on display in beijing in september or october. it would be on display for about one month.77. the ship from china was supposed to arrive in _.a. france b. america c. brazil d. australia78. why does florentijn hofman display the large rubber duck?a. to ask people to donate money.b. to ask people to travel around the world.c. to remind people of the time when they were very young.d. to remember the lost toy ducks.79. the large rubber duck can move even when the weather is bad because _.a. it has an opening b. it is made of plasticc. people can go into it d. there is an electric fan in it80. what is the passage mainly about?a. a story of a famous organizer. b. babies who play with toys.c. a travel experience. d. the large rubber ducks.b）请阅读下列短文。根据短文内容从下面方框的七个选项中，选择五个适当的句子还原到原文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整，并将其答案填写到相应位置。(每小题2分)rats, seals, and other animals use their whiskers (触须) the way we use our fingers. whiskers help animals learn their environment through touch. 81. _ scientists are trying to learn more about whiskers.in fact, a whisker is an extra long and hard hair. at the end of each whisker are thousands of nerve endings (神经末梢), 82. _ then the brain uses information from the whiskers to form a picture of the environment around animals. a rat, for example, has about 60 whiskers. 83. _ scientists think this helps them find food.many other animals, like cats