2014～2015学年度第一学期泰州市第二附属中学期中考试九年级英语试卷.doc

期中考试九年级英语试卷二、单项选择（20分）（ ）21. How can _ man like him be recommended as _ head of our hospital?A. the, / B. a, a C. the, the D. a, /（ ）22. Why does Yun Tianmng look so tired out these days?He pracitses basketball every day so that he could _ for the Slam Dunk Contest.A. stay out B. try out C. break out D. work out（ ）23. You should be stricter with yourself _ you will fall behind instead of taking the lead.A. and B. but C. or D. so（ ）24. Peter does not like the shoes there because they are _ too big _ too small.A. not only, but also B. neither, nor C. both, and D. either, or（ ）25. Mozart had a amazing gift for art and his music is well worth _. A. being listened B. listen to C. listening to D. to listen （ ）26. You can trust Frank. We never doubt _ he is honest.A. weather B. that C. whether D. if（ ）27. I noticed Lily _ a pink dress at the party. I think she looks better_ red. A. wearing ; in B. dresses ; on C. dressed; in D. wear ; on（ ）28. Why didnt Luo Ji go with them then? _ he was too tired.A. Since B. As C. Because D. Although（ ）29. How soon will Sam get his money back? _. Better late than never!A. Till next week B. Until the next week C. Not until next week D. Not till the next week（ ）30. The students were reading aloud _ the bell rang and class was over.A. when B. while C. as D. whenever（ ）31. Enough sleep is so important to my body and mind that I wont _ any longer to finish the endless homework from now on.A. make up B. cheer up C. eat up D. stay up（ ）32. Spud _ carry on practicing _ give up so he could make an excellent player. A. liked, better than B. preferred, to C. would rather, than D. preferred, rather than（ ）33. Taizhou, a land of honey and milk, is well known _ its easy lifestyle.A. for B. to C. as D. of（ ）34. Do you know the town at all? No, this is the first time I _ here. A. came B. am C. am coming D. have been（ ）35. Im not sure if Lily_ me. If I _, I will go with you.A. will invite, will be invited B. will invite, am invited C. invites, will invite D. invites, invite（ ）36. Do you know _? Let me have a guess. Is that Ms Luo?A. whom we can ask for help B. who to go with usC. whose the bicycle belongs to D. how to call the woman in white（ ）37. Ill be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat? Not at all. _.A. I have no time. B. Id rather not. C. Id like it. D. With pleasure.（ ）38. _ attend the folk concert tonight, Judy? Id love to but Im busy preparing for the exam! A. Why not you B. Shall we C. What about D. Perhaps you shouldnt（ ）39. I never expected you could offer such a report with _ information. Thank you!Dont mention it.A. a great deal of B. a large number of C. a bit D. a few（ ）40. Tom is so careless that he always makes mistakes. Which of the following sentences can NOT be used to remind him to make things better in his exams?A. Think twice before acting. B. Actions speak louder than words. C. You cant be too careful. D. A miss is as good as a mile. 三、完形填空 “I cant believe what Im hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate（候选人）for president of Students Union. My best friend Tony come to me and said, “Im 41 , Mike. I really thought you should be 42 .” Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a polite “ 43 ” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine. “Im, er, Im just wondering 44 you would consider（考虑）coming to work on my team,” he said 45 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.” “I dont think so,” I answered, feeling uncertain.“Well, if you change your 46 , we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to 47 table. All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process （选举过程）would give me a 48 to make important changes at our school. I 49 to join them.My fist goal was to 50 an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a 51 with Jeffs pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway without passing Jeffs smiling face. My next step was to 52 which activities students would like to have at school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a football team. With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. Luckily, the headmaster 53 to add these activities to our school program. With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well accepted at school. An eighth grader said, “Itll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.” Hearing these words made me 54 and confident. I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeffs team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his 55 . The fact that it has made a difference in other peoples lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!（ ）41. A. lucky B. happy C. sorry D. angry（ ）42. A. respected B. chosen C. invited D. trusted （ ）43. A. Good luck B. Help yourself C. see you D. Congratulations（ ）44. A. how B. whether C. when D. that（ ）45. A. seriously B. quickly C. nervously D. shyly（ ）46. A. position B. mind C. mood D. promise（ ）47. A. other B. the other C. another D. others（ ）48. A. choice B. change C. chance D. challenge（ ）49. A. tried B. refused C. failed D. decided（ ）50. A. discover B. invent C. create D. research（ ）51. A. poster B. project C. programme D. performance（ ）52. A. make sure B. look up C. work on D. find out （ ）53. A. agreed B. offered C. failed D. managed （ ）54. A. proud B. loyal C. modest D. curious（ ）55 A. dream B. future C. life D. success四、阅读理解（30分）AThe hospital was very busy. The nurses hurried from patient to patient. They did not have time to talk to them or answer their questions. Instead they just gave them their medicines, made their beds and moved on.The head nurse was as busy as her nurses. She had to walk around with the doctors, make sure the nurses were doing their work, complete her reports and answer the phone.Many of the phone calls were from the friends and relatives of the patients, They were telephoning for information about the people in the hospital.One phone call, however, was a little different from all the others.The phone rang and the head nurse answered it. “Hello, ” she said.At the other end of the line a voice replied, “Good morning, Im phoning about Fred Lee. Could you tell me how he is, please? ”The head nurse looked at her notes, “Mr. Lee has had his operation, and is now resting. ”“Can you tell me if his condition is good? ”the voice asked.“Yes,”the woman replied. “He is comfortable and the operation was a success.”“When do you think he will be able to go home? ”the voice asked.“Oh, probably at the end of the week, ”the head nurse said. Then she asked, “May I tell him who is asking about him?”“Yes, ” the voice replied. “Fred Lee. ”“No, thats the patients name,” the head nurse said.“Yes. And I am the patient. Phoning you is the only way I can get any information about my condition.”（ ）56. Why did so many people phone the hospital?A. They wanted to talk to the nurses.B. They wanted to ask about their friends or relatives.C. They were ill.D. They wanted to find out about their condition.（ ）57. How did the head nurse know what information to tell the person on the phone?A. She asked the doctors or other nurses. B. She asked Fred Lee.C. She looked at her notes. D. She told a lie.（ ）58. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Though the head nurse was busy, she was patient enough to answer the phone.B. Fred Lee wouldnt be able to go home until next week.C. The call was from Fred Lee himself.D. There was nothing serious with Fred Lee after the operation.（ ）59. What is the point of the story?A. Nurses are often too busy to talk to patients. B. Patients are very curious people.C. Nurses dont work hard at all. D. Phoning someone is always the only way to get information.（ ）60. The phone call was different because _.A. The man who made the phone call had a wrong number. B. There wasnt a Fred Lee there.C. The head nurse was played a joke on. D. It wasnt from one of the patients relatives or friends.BShu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten by snakes. “It was seeing people with snake bites that led me to this career, ”he said.In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.“I was greatly upset when they told me the story of an old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped（缠绕）a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison（毒）getting to his heart. Running home he shouted, Bring me the knife Minutes later the man lost his arm forever. ”“The heartbroken story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes. ” Shu added, “I worked very hard and tried my best to make a good snake doctor.” And at last he made it.（ ）61. The best headline（标题）for this newspaper article is .A. Amazing Medicine B. Farmer Loses ArmC. Dangerous Bites D. Snake Doctor（ ）62. The farmer lost his arm because .A. the cloth was wrapped too tightly B. he cut it off to save his lifeC. Shu wasnt there to help him D. he was alone in the fields（ ）63. Shu decided to devote himself to snake medicine because .A. he wanted to save peoples arms and legs B. he had studied it at a medical schoolC. he had seen snakes biting people D. his army service had finished（ ）64. Why did Shu go into the mountains?A. He wanted to study snake bites. B. He wanted to help the farmers.C. He was being trained to be a doctor. D. He was expected to serve in the army.（ ）65. Which of the following can explain the word upset in the third paragraph （段）?A. sad B. surprised C. interested D. frightenedCLook at the center circles of Diagram（图）A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.Then look at the picture on the left. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. “Whats happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Dont worry. Here is how it goes: When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion（视觉错误）. Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.（ ）66. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?A. something is wrong with our eyesB. the two circles are not the same sizeC. our brains interpret the information in a wrong wayD. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other（ ）67. Whats the right order according to the passage?a. We look at things with our eyes. b. Our brains interpret the messages.c. Our brains tell us what we have seen. d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.A. a-c-d-b B. c-a-b-d C. a-d-b-c D. b-c-a-d（ ）68. What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?A. To help the actors look better. B. To make the actors much braver.C. To help the actors become stronger. D. To make the actors seem different in size.（ ）69. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?ABCDA. The second one. B. The third one. C. The fifth one. D. The sixth one.（ ）70. Which magazine is the text probably taken from?A. Art world B. Amazing ScienceC. Health and Medicine D. Daily news六、词汇填空 （15分）A. 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确（每空一词）。76. Billy seems to have difficulty _（发音）the new words.77. Scientists continue to make more _（进步）in the fight against cancer. 78. Here is some _（建议）about friendship, which may be of some help to you.79. During World War II, millions of _（德国人）lost their lives.80. Though Mr Shi got a lot on his mind, he _（答复）to the girls e-mail as soon as he received it.B. 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空（每空不限一词）。81. Left-behind children are forced _（deal）with problems in their daily life by themselves.82. It was in his _（forty）that Liu Cixin completed his famous novel Three bodies.83. That Chinese bell is _（value）among the five ancient ones.84. All medals _（present）to the winners already and the meeting will soon come to an end.85. Jims _（careful）was the cause of the fire. He didnt notice the sign which says “Danger”.86. About 9000 African elephants _（appear）in the 1990s.87. It is believed that these machines _（control）by computers in a few years time.88. He has impressed the world with his works. No wonder people think _（high）of them.89. Cheng Xin had no choice at that moment but _（promise）not to be late again.90. The government must have the houses _（fix）to make sure no one lives in fear of his life.七、阅读填空 （20分）A. 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后每小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。James Herriot was a famous doctor for animals. He was born in Scotland in 1915. He grew up with a pet dog named Don. Wherever he went, Don went with him. They would often hike into the mountains. After Herriot graduated from high school, he dreamed to be a vet, especially for dogs. He went to college, but soon found out that to be a vet just for dogs was impossible during that time. Mostly, vets（兽医）helped treat horses, cows, sheep and pigs. As he loved animals, he continued his education. In 1938, he found a job as a vet in Yorkshire, England. It was a beautiful part of England. Herriot loved the beautiful countryside, but treating large animals was very hard work. Shortly after, Herriot noticed that people in the country also had dogs as pets. They were never treated when they became sick because the vets wouldnt treat them. Herriot started treating the dogs. At first other vets laughed at him, because he wasnt working on “real” animals. However, the owners of the dogs were very glad that Herriot would help their pets. They considered their pets as members of their families. Herriot knew very well how they felt when they saw their sick dogs become well again. He himself kept two dogs, Hector and Dan. They would go with him in his car every day as he went to the farms to help treat sick animals. So Herriot was brave enough to pay no attention to the people who laughed at him and carried on.Later in his life, James Herriot wrote a lot about his own experience as a country vet in Yorkshire, England. He wrote ten books, all about animals. He even wrote a book, just about dogs, James Herriots Dog Stories. No matter how much he loved all kinds of animals, he loved dogs the best.James HerriotEducationHe attended high school and after graduation, his 91 was to be a vet.He went to college, but found it not 92 to be a vet just for dogsSince he had a deep love for animals, he went on with his 93 .CareerAt the age of 94 , he started to work as a doctor for animals.Treating large animals was very hard work.Other vets laughed at him, 95 he wasnt working on “real” animals while the 96 of the dogs were glad, because to them, pets were family 97 . Herriot had enough 98 to pay no attention to other vets and carried on.Hobbies and AchievementsWhen he was young, he often went hiking.He has kept at least 99 dogs in all and he loved them best.He wrote ten books about his 100 as a country vet.B. 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In a 101 wa