江苏省泰州市姜堰区励才实验学校九年级英语第二次模拟考试试题 牛津版.doc

江苏省泰州市姜堰区励才实验学校2013届九年级英语第二次模拟考试试题 牛津版一、单项选择( ) 1 wendy likes playing _ chess, while her brother is interested in playing _violin.a. /, the b. the, /c. /, / d. the; the( ) 2the number of the students in our grade _about _and _ of them are girls.a. are, six hundreds, two- thirds b. is, six hundred, two- thirdc. is, six hundred, two thirds d. are, six hundreds, two third( ) 3you look so worried, whats wrong?more and more people like me become to worry about the _ pollution after the haze (雾霾) appeared in beijing and some other cities in china.a. water b. air c. noise d. soil( ) 4we never doubt _ “food safety” can receive thousands of internet hits a day.i agree. it has become one of the hottest topics recently.a. if b. that c. whether d. what( ) 5 americans _forks and knives to chopsticks while chinese people _use chopsticks.different cultures make it.a. would rather; preferb. prefer; would ratherc. would rather; would ratherd. prefer; prefer( ) 6 it is cold outside. shall we have dinner at home tonight?good idea! ill _ my cooking skills. im quite a good cook.a. show off b. look at c. take off d. look for( ) 7lets watch the popular tv program “i am a singer”, shall we?_. it has been over for some time.a. sounds great b. yes, we shall c. im afraid not d. no, we shant( )8when will you go back to your hometown? _.a. not until the work is finished b. until the work is finishedc. after the work will be finished d. as soon as the work will be finished( )9whats the matter with you, sandy? im _ a bad cold. i think i am dying.a. going wrong b. getting into c. suffering fromd. catching up with ( )10_ news! our college will go to beijing for a _ visit this autumn.a. what excited; three days b. what a excited; three days c. what an exciting, three-days d. what exciting; three-day( )11students _slippers(拖鞋) when they are at school.a. dont allow to wear b. dont allow to put on c. are not allowed to wear d. are not allowed to put on ( )12do you know lucys grandma? of course. she is a kind woman, but she has for about a month since she in the accident.a. been dead; was killed b. died; was killedc. been dead; killed d. died; killed( )13sandy was _a bad mood and nobody could _yesterday.a. with, cheer up her b. with, cheer her upc. in, cheer up her d. in, cheer her up( )14mum, can i have to eat? im hungry. sorry, there is in the fridge. you can go downstairs to buy .a. anything; nothing; something b. something; none; anythingc. something; nothing; something d. anything; none; something( ）15.could you tell me _?i dont know. it seemed to be unimaginable.a. why “gangnam style” is known to all in chinab. when was “gangnam style” so popular in chinac. where “gangnam style” is populard. how was “gangnam style” well-known in china二、完型填空“wanted by the fbi (联邦调查局)”. to the murderer, or the bank robber, these are the most 16 words in the world. when the criminal hears 17 , he/she knows that lots of trained persons are 18 him/her. they know every trick that the criminal knows and many more. if he/she makes just one 19 , theyll get him/her. thats 20 the criminal who is hunted cant sleep well. thats why he/she becomes 21 . when he/she makes a mistake, he/she will not be wanted by the fbi any longer. he/she will be caught.the fbi began in 1924. attorney general(司法部长) harlan f stone chose j edgar hoover, a young lawyer(律师）in the department of justice(司法部), to head the new agency. “what we need 22 a new kind of police force,” he said. “criminals today are smart. we 23 beat them in old ways. we have to 24 officers to work scientifically.”j edgar hoover quietly went ahead with his plans. he chose his men 25 . they had to be 26 the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. he wanted only people with good manners and good 27 . they would have to meet all kinds of people 28 they worked as his officers. hoover wanted people who could use a teacup as 29 as a gun. he chose people 30 carefully that he made the fbi the hardest service in the world to get into. the fbi cannot help in every crime. it can look into only certain crimes against the government. solving all the other crimes is the duty of local police forces. ( ) 16. a. exciting b. frightening c. interesting d. surprising ( ) 17. a. it b. him c. her d. them ( ) 18. a. after b. near c. before d. beside ( ) 19. a. joke b. story c. trick d. mistake( ) 20. a. howb. whyc. when d. where ( ) 21. a. excited b. generous c. nervousd. relaxed ( ) 22. a. is b. are c. was d. were( ) 23. a. cant b. mustnt c. may not d. shouldnt ( ) 24. a. ask b. advise c. help d. train ( ) 25. a. quicklyb. slowlyc. carefullyd. carelessly( ) 26. a. at b. between c. from d. over ( ) 27. a. appearance b. character c. humour d. mood( ) 28. a. if b. though c. when d. while( ) 29. a. often b. quickly c. soon d. well( ) 30. a. too b. veryc. so d. such 三、阅读理解aguitar player wantedare you a lover of music? can you play the guitar? can you sing or dance? join our sunshine rock band. please call mike at 5487-6598 or send email to .hot clubdo you like to play table tennis? do you want to play it well? mr zhang is a good teacher. you can come here every saturday afternoon from 2：30 to 5：30.telephone: 8665-7868address: room 15, lantian hotelswimmer wantedcan you swim? do you like children? can you teach them to swim on sundays? come and join us. call joe at 8472-9999 for more information.summer jobdo you like to talk with people? do you like to write stories? would you like to work for a magazine? then come and work as a reporter. please call karen at 5561-8823.( ) 31. sunshine rock band needs .a. a guitar playerb. a reporterc. a swimming coach d. a table tennis coach( ) 32. if you can swim very well and like children very much, you will be more interested in the advertisement.a. first b. second c. third d. fourth( ) 33. if you like writing, you can call for a job.a. 8472-9999 b. 8665-7868 c. 5561-8823 d. 5487-6598( ) 34. your classmate wants to learn table tennis, so you can advise her to call .a. joe b. mr zhang c. karen d. mike( ) 35. the above ads are probably from .a. a newspaperb. a story book c. a science book d. a text bookbone day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. he held up a glass of water and asked the class, how heavy do you think this glass of water is?the students answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g. it does not matter on the weight itself. it depends on how long you hold it. if i hold it for a minute, it is ok. if i hold it for an hour, i will have an ache in my right arm. if i hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). it is exactly the same weight, but the longer i hold it, the heavier it becomes. if we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. what you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”we have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed (使恢复) and are able to carry on.so before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. dont carry it back home. you can pick it up tomorrow.whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.( )36. the teacher brought a glass of water to the class because_.a. he was very thirsty b. his arms were strong c. it was a good example d. he wants to share the water with students ( )37. “a glass of water”in this passage referred to (指)_.a. knowledge b. the burden c. the time d. the money ( )38. according to the teacher, you may feel_ if you put down the burden sometimes.a. more stressed b. much heavier c. more relaxed d. much happier ( )39. this was a lesson about_a. how to relax oneself in life b. how to solve a physics problem c. how to keep fit by drinking water d. how to study well( )40. which of the following statements is true according to the passage?a. you could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.b. all the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.c. the teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood.d. all the students can understand the teachers lesson.cang lee won the best director oscar for his adventure film life of pi at the 85th academy awards in hollywood, california february 24, 2013. life of pi shows a young indian named pi, who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for canada with a few animals. only pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant bengal tiger.“i really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievable journey with me,” lee said in his speech. the film also won three other oscars, for best original music, best cinematography(电影艺术) and best visual(视觉) effects. it won more awards than lincoln and argo which were also among the hottest nominees.coming from chinas taiwan, the 58-year-old lee won an oscar for best foreign language film in 2001 for crouching tiger, hidden dragon and another for best director in 2006 for brokeback mountain. he is the only person of asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.in an after-ceremony interview, lee said he believed asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. i was born in asia and grew up with chinese education. it is natural for me to put asian thinking into western things. the film, which cost 120 million u.s. dollars, has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. lee said most of the earnings came from outside china. lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the lantern festival, a chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat tang yuan. he wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets lucky.( ) 41. what kind of film does life of pi belong to? a. comedies. b. tragedies. c. detective films. d. adventure films.( ) 42. so far, how many oscar awards for best director has ang lee won? a. one. b. two. c. three. d. four.( ) 43. how do chinese people celebrate the lantern festival?a. families get together and have rice dumplings.b. children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins.c. people solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy tang yuan.d. children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets.( ) 44. what can we know from the passage?a. the 85th academy awards was held in hollywood, california this year.b. pi was a young american who had an adventure trip with a tiger in india. c. lincoln and argo won more awards than life of pi.d. asian films have come to the main stage of the world.( ) 45. which of the following about life of pi is true? a. it was a great success as it won four oscars. b. it earned nearly 600 million dollars in china. c. it describes pis escape from a terrible earthquake. d. it is the only successful film ang lee has ever made.dspace vegetables are grown from seeds (种子) that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. the seeds are affected by the radiation (辐射) and low gravity in space. when they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. however, some people worry about eating space vegetables. they think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us get sick because of the radiation in space. however, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. when seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. for example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.after genetically modified (转基因) food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. for example, if nut genes (坚果基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. this means that no new genes are put into the vegetables. therefore, there are no dangers of eating something unknown.( ) 46. the seeds brought back from space produce _ vegetables according to the passage. a. more deliciousb. healthier and bigger c. more dangerousd. cheaper and healthier( ) 47. genetically modified food is different from space vegetables because it _. a. is grown in spaceb. has nothing unknown c. has been genetically changedd. has no new genes( ) 48. according to the passage, normal tomatoes can stay fresh for about _ days. a. sevenb. thirteenc. twentyd. twenty-seven( ) 49. the underlined word “allergic” means “_” in chinese. a. 过敏b. 种植c. 发现d. 出售( ) 50. the writer wants to tell us that _. a. space vegetables are grown in space b. everybody worries about eating space vegetables c. space vegetables are safe and good for people to eat d. space vegetables may bring illness to us because of the radiation in space四、词汇1 compared with the dress she wears, mine is (fashion).2. have you got an iphone 5? no, i am a _ (support) of chinese products.3 it was said that a large number of doctors and nurses devoted (they) to fighting against h7n9.4. great changes have taken place since china _ wto. （enter）5 can you imagine that kim jong-un became the north korean leader in his (20)?6 can you turn the tv down? i am almost driven (mad)by the noise.7 (complete) my homework on time, i refused to play football with him after class.8 she didnt go to see the film lost in thailand (泰囧) with us because she _ (see)it already.9. (sad), most students can hardly have any spare time for their hobbies.10 who is your favourite writer? mo yan. he is the first chinese person _ (win) the nobel prize for literature.五、任务型阅读 in may 2011，gao xiaosong，a chinese musician，was caught in a car accident. when the police asked him to take a breath alcohol test（酒精呼气测试），the result showed that he had drunk too much wine. because of that，he was in prison for half a year. nowadays，cars are very important in peoples life. more and more cars are going into chinese families. however，lots of car accidents take place and many people are or killed every year. according to a police survey，there are a lot of drivers driving after drinking. and the number of drunken driving is still . after drinking，a driver cant control himself or his car. in some cases，some drivers even drove into rivers or houses after they drank.as it is so dangerous，there is no excuse for drunken driving. remember the following three rules when driving： never drive after drinking. never let anyone drive after drinking. never give alcohol（酒）to anyone who would drive later. if all of us can keep these three rules in mind，there will be fewer car accidents，fewer people will be heart-broken. for the safety of ourselves and for the happiness of our families，we must remember：no driving after drinking!1 根据文章内容回答问题：why cant people drive after drinking? 2 在文章空格处填入适当单词，使上下文通顺。 ， 3 将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。 4 找出more and more families ha