江苏省盐城市景山中学九年级英语下学期期中试题.doc

江苏省盐城市景山中学2016届九年级英语下学期期中试题考试时间：100分钟 卷面总分：120分第i 卷（选择题，共60分）一 .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。( ) 1. china is an asian country while england is _ european country . a. an b. a c. the d. /( )2. many new houses have been provided _ people in sichuan to live in. a. to, b. in c. with d. for( )3.the problem is very easy , but not _ can work it out .a.somebody b. nobody c. none d.everybody( )4. the harder you work, _ progress you will make a. great b. greater c.the greatest d. the greater( )5. what were the teachers _ about the exam when i came in?aspeaking b. talking c. saying d. telling( ) 6. what do you think of xu kes new film, the taking of tiger mountain? wonderful. it was the most exciting 3d movie i last year. a. watch b. have watched c. was watching d. watched( )7 the words we should pay attention to _ on the blackboard . a, write b, writing c, are writing d, are written ( )8. tom didnt finish his work midnight. poor thing! but he is really pushing himself too hard. a. while b. until c. since d. as( )9. would you please show me how to start the game? sure. . a. youre welcome b. never mind c. have a nice time d. with pleasure( )10. shes never been to beijing . _. ill go there with my parents this summer holiday .a.so am ib.so have i c.neither have id. neither am i( )11. i have great _ in finishing the work by myself. could you help me ? no problem. a. fun. b. success. c. advice. d. difficulty. ( )12. my grandfather came back to china _and devoted all his life to his hometown a. in his fourties b. at his forties c. in his forties d. at his fourties( )13.he devoted all the time he had _ the people. a. to serve b. to serving for c. to serving d. served ( ) 14. not only my sister but also i _ interested in the novel for a long time.a. have become b. has become c. have been d. has been( )15.could you tell me_?a. what she has dealt with the camera. b. how we can call this ladyc. what is wrong with the watch d. which city we should go 二完形填空（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。during the years when i was a teacher, i learned a lot of things. perhaps the most important one was the life-changing 16 of encouraging words. i 17 what leo buscaglia had done with his students in university of southern california. in one class leo buscaglia and his students had made two lists of words , one positive and one negative. then they 18 the negative words in the trash and tried to use only the positive words for one month. they were 19 at how much better their lives became just by using words full of 20 .i decided to try this as well by 21 something good to write on each paper my students 22 . no matter how many mistakes a students paper contained, there was always a 23 sentence, beautiful thought, or a great idea that i could 24 on. i remember glancing over my desk and 25 some of the students reading those encouraging words 26 . it was a joy seeing their eyes shine a little brighter, their backs sit up a little straighter, and their learning climb a lot 27 .i recently saw one of my 28 students and we talked for a while. he has got married, and has two children now. as i was saying goodbye, he said, “you know i 29 have a few of those old papers. i look at them from time to time. i just hope my kids have a good teacher like you.” i was amazed at the 30 those few positive words had on his life.may your own life be forever full of encouraging words in your ears, from your lips and in your heart.( )16. amethod bability cpower dapproach( )17. aimproved blearned cwondered dused( )18.athrew bcollected cstored dwrote( )19. acurious bdisappointed camazed dconfused( )20.aastonishment （惊讶）bencouragement cfriendship dadvantage( )21. abuying bfinding casking dwishing( )22.atook down bput away clooked through dhanded in( )23. acomplete bstrange csimple dmeaningful( )24. aagree bcomment（评论） cbring ddepend( )25.akeeping bhaving cseeing d1eaving( )26.aagain and againbnow and then clittle by little dstep by step( )27.afurther bhigher cdeeper dwider( )28.apresent bclever ccareful dformer（以前的）( )29. aever bnever cstill dmerely( )30. aresult bstrength ceffect dimportance三、阅读理解 a. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳答案。（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）aa young man once went into a town and bought himself a pair of trousers. when he went home , he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on .he found that they were about two inches too long .he went downstairs to the kitchen. his mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there .”the new trousers are too long.” he said ,”they need shortening by about two inches .could one of you do it for me ,please ?” his mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything .but as soon as had finished washing up,she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to her daughters.later on after supper ,the elder sister remembered her brothers trousers .she was a kind-hearted girl ,so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone ,and shortened the trousers by two inches.the younger sister went to the cinema ,but when she came home she, too , remembered her brothers trousers. so she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done.you can imagine the look on the young man s face when he put the trousers on the next morning.( )31.the young mans trousers were for him at first .a. a bit too long b. very good c. not too long d . too short ( )32.the young mans mother and sisters didnt answer because they were busy in the kitchen.a. cooking b .making tea c. washing clothes d. washing cups, glasses and so on ( )33. his elder sister shortened the trousers .a. in the evening b. after lunchc. as soon as she had finished the washing d. after she came back from the cinema ( )34. the next morning the young man found that the trousers were inches too short for him.a. two b. four c. six d. eight( )35. we can imagine that when the young man put the trousers on the next morning ,he would feel . a. happy b. surprising c .surprised d. thankful bi work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.this year, a very sweet old lady that i cared for, alice, has gone through a difficult time. shes got dementia and she has been in the hospital twice. in november i was finally able to get her back to her “home”.alice used to think her daughter was coming to visit her on christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days.when she finally realized that happy moment was not going to happen, she was very . knowing that her daughter was coming after christmas was not enough to make her feel happy, i hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday! on christmas eve, i gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church (教堂) that night. instead of taking her to my church, i took her to her old neighbourhood church where all her friends were. we got there early and i got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in. then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit beside her. the candlelight service was beautiful and alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.the truth of the story is that i am the one who got the best gift: the smile on alices face. ( )36. the underlined word “dementia” in paragraph 2 probably is .a. an illness b. a letter c. a house d. a plan( )37. what might the missing word in paragraph 3?a. off b. away c. up d. down( )38. what was the best gift that the writer got on christmas eve?a. the candlelight service. b. praise from alices friends.c. thanks from alices daughter. d. alices happiness. ( )39. who made the old woman feel glad in the story?a. her daughter. b. her grandchildren. c. her new neighbours. d. her old and new friends.( )40. what is the best title for this passage?a. my candlelight christmas eveb. the dream of an old, lonely ladyc. a real present d. my dreamclittle tommy was doing very badly in math. his parents had tried everythingtutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centersin short, everything they could think of. finally they took tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school. after the first day, little tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. he didnt kiss his mother hello. instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little tommy was hard at work. his mother was surprised. she called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. in no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. this went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening. finally, little tommy brought home his report card. he quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. his mom looked at it and to her surprise, little tommy got an a in math. she could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). she went to his room and asked, “son, what was it? was it the nuns (修女)?” little tommy looked at her and shook his head, “no. ” “well then,” she asked again. “what was it?” little tommy looked at her and said, “well, on the first day of school, when i saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), i knew they werent joking. ” ( )41. why did tommys parents send him to a catholic school? a. because he could eat well there. b. because he could earn more about nuns. c. because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. d. because his parents didnt want him to learn math any more. ( )42. tommys mother felt surprised that his son _. a. was still the same as usual b. ate so much at dinner c. kissed her hello after school d. worked hard but said little ( )43. “hitting the books” means “_” in chinese. a. 用功 b. 捶书 c. 发泄 d. 振作 ( )44. the last sentence in the passage shows that _. a. tommy felt sorry for the mail b. tommy was afraid of being nailed c. tommy didnt like the plus sign d. tommy liked playing jokes on others ( )45. from the passage, we can infer (推断) that _. a. teachers should be strict with their students b. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes c. a catholic school is much better than other ones d. nuns are good at helping children with their math 第 ii卷（非选择题， 共60分） b. 任务型阅读。（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。 in the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. there were not many people on earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited (无限的). today, things are different. the world has become too crowded. we are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. if we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive. everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. we know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. we realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. however, in most countries, waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this. we know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food. what can we do to solve these problems? if we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people that land where animals are kept. the world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control. finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future. the importance of 46 the environmentproblems1. more fish being 47 2. more _ 48 _ being cut down.3. more waste products being put into rivers4. more _ _49_ _ being borncausesthe world is becoming too _ _50_ _.modern methods make the situation 51 . 52 we human beings (人类) will not survive on the earth.solutions1. eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be_53 for everyone.2. use modern methods of _54_ _ control so that the population will not grow too fast.3. educate people so that the _55 _ will be better and cleaner.c.阅读与回答问题（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）if you lose 12 times in a row (连续地), will you just give up? dale carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept trying. and he became famous by showing people how to be successful. carnegie was born into a poor family in the united states. the boy didnt see a train until he was 12 years old. in his teens, he had to get up at 3 am every day to milk the cows for his family.when carnegie first entered college, he felt upset because he wore his ragged (破旧的) clothes and ordinary(平凡的) looks. his mother encouraged him, “why not try to be better in other things instead of just dress and good looks?”carnegie tried to be more active in college. he joined the debate (辩论) team. but one after another, he lost 12 competitions. the young man was very disappointed with himself. he said later that he thought of killing himself after failing so many times. but soon carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. his hard work paid off at last. in 1906, carnegie won a famous speech contest and became well-known. “believe that you will succeed, and you will,” he said.in order to share his success, carnegie opened schools and wrote books. his best-sellers(畅销书) include how to win friends and influence people and how to stop worrying and start living. more than 50 million copies of his books have been translated in 38 languages. they are still helping people on the road to success.56.what did carnegie have to do every morning in his teens? _57.why did carnegie feel upset when he first entered college?( in no more than 8 words ) _58.what did carnegie do to be more active in college? _59.what did carnegie open schools and write books for?( in no more than 4 words ) _60.what should we do if we fail so many times? _ 四词汇（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）a. 根据句意及所给的汉语提示完成句子。61.if you talk with british people, please something like age, weight or money.(避免) 62. miss ni is our english teacher . she is the _ with us in our study of all the teachers,i think.（严格的）63. here is my present for you . please _ it . （接受）64. nine of the students took part in the sports meeting. (20)65. a good friend is like a living (珍宝). b. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。66. travelling abroad is far more_(please) than staying at home, playing computer games all day.67. hepburn acted so well that she was_(mistake) for a real princess.68. the musician was amazed to be presented with the prize on such an _(usual) day.69. such problems between the two countries should be dealt with _(peace).70. we are proud of so many _ (achieve)of our country these yearsc 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。 life doesnt always give us the joys we want. we dont always g_71_ our hopes and dreams,and we dont always get our own way. but dont g_72_uphope, because you can make a d_73_, one situation and