初三英语一模试卷(201204).doc

扬州市梅岭中学九年级英语期中试卷2012.4（总分120分，考试时间100分钟）友情提醒：本卷所有题目均要求在答题纸上作答，在本卷上作答一律无效。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） 从下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。1. -Who invented _umbrella? -Sorry. I dont know. But its really _useful invention. A. the, a B. the, an C. an, the D. an, a2. -What can I do for you, sir? -Id like a bag of rice, for I have at home. A. some B. little C. a little D. a few3. -Is Jim, that poor 8-year-old boy, staying at home by himself now? -No. Theres another boy _ toys with him. A. plays B. is playing C. playing D. to play4. -What did you say just now? - I said, “If you _ Xiao Wang tomorrow, please ask him if he _ to work on the farm with us.”A. see, goes B. will see, goesC. will see, will goD. see, will go5. -The 2012 Olympic Games are coming soon. Do you know _ they are held? - Every four years. A. how far B. how soon C. how often D. how many 6. -We were told to be here before eight. -Oh, you . Im sorry for not telling you that we have changed the plan.A. cant B. neednt C. may D. must7. -Can you tell me whom the play _ in the 1990s? -Sorry, I dont know.A. was written B. is written C. was written by D. is written by8. -What do you think of your new friend Chen Dan? -He always thinks _ anyone else. He is very careful. A. more carefully thanB. more careful than C. much carefully thanD. much careful than9. - My young sister goes to swim with her friends every Sunday. - Oh? But she _ hate swimming. A. used to B. use to C. uses to D. is used to10. - Who can tell me _ in the future? - A special mirror invented by the French scientists.A. how do I look like B. what will I look like C. how I look like D. what I will look like11. -What did Mr. Green want to know? -He wanted to know if Tom _ the book three times. A. read B. has read C. had read D. reads12. -Help me hold the tree, please. -OK! Is it straight? -_. A. Now and then B. More and more C. Up and down D. More or less13. -Mum, Im leaving for the party and Im not coming back for dinner. -_, dear! A. Be careful B. Have fun C. Come back early D. Dont make trouble14. -I havent seen Jack for three days. Is he ill ? - . His mother told me that he was in hospital.A.I am afraid so B. I hope not C. I dont expect D. I am afraid not 15. -Hello! Could I borrow your CD player tomorrow, please? -Sorry! More loudly, please! _.A. Im afraid not B. Hold on for a moment, please C. Its a bad line D. The line is very busy二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）阅读下列段落，然后从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Rosa liked making up stories. She was so _16_ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was _17_. Now, as she got up to _18_ before the class, she knew that make believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.Rosas parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer _19_, she went to her fathers farm in Arizona.The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and _20_ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so _21_ that he couldnt find time to go to places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would _22_ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the _23_, he would always buy her a present.When summer came to a close, Rosa _24_ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a _25_ to talk about.Not long after _26_ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting _27_, like England and Germany. When Rosas friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not _28_. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to _29_!When the class began studying England, Mr Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could _30_ about her trip in England.16. A. afraid B. worried C. sure D. happy17. A. joke B. fun C. turn D. game18. A. talk B. teach C. show D. travel19. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed20. A. made B. played C. helped D. did21. A. weak B. pleased C. busy D. lonely22. A. show B. visit C. meet D. send23. A. farm B. city C. family D. school24. A. wrote B. called C. moved D. returned25. A. family B. friend C. teacher D. farm26. A. meeting B. school C. summer D. talk27. A. people B. cities C. languages D. places28. A. interesting B. true C. long D. same29. A. England B. Germany C. farm D. home30. A. think B. see C. remember D. read三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）阅读下列内容，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。ASteve Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troublewith his schoolmates. When he went to college, he didnt change a lot. Then he dropped out (缀学). But he was full of new ideas.After he left college, Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.Steve Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India, In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple computer with his friend in his garage (车库), He chose the name “Apple”just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.His Apple computer was such a great success that Steve Jobs soon became famous all over the world.31. Steve Jobs was famous for his _ all over the world.A. new ideas B. Apple computerC. apple garden D. video games32. Steve Jobs was not a good student in school because he_. A. never did his lessons. B. was full of new ideas. C. always made trouble with his schoolmates. D. dropped out34.From the passage we know _.A.Steve Jobs didnt finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates.B.He liked travelling in India and California.C.He could only design video games.D.H liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true.BAs young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize. They can also be small. You may just want to become one of the best students in your class. Once you find a dream，what do you do with it ? Do you ever try to make your dream real? “Follow Your Heart” by Australian writer Andrew Marthews tells us that making our dreams real is 1ifes biggest challenge. You may think youre not very good at some school subjects or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of ideas stop you from getting your dream, the book says In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is Dont let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams You must also never give up your dream There will be difficulties on the road to your dreamsBut the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results，while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book As you get closer to your dream，it may change a littleThis is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies34. “Follow Your heart” is the name of_ Aan article in a book Bthe most important dream Ca book by Andrew Matthews Da famous Australian writer35. Which of the following is Not true according to the passage? A. You must never give up your dream B. You must remember what your dream is C. You must be good at all your school subjectsD. You must decide what is the most important for your dream.36. The sentence“These kinds of ideasyour dream.” shows that you should_ Abelieve in yourself Bbecome a writer Cstudy very hard Dread “Follow Your Heart”37.The best title for the passage is_ AAn Australian writers dream BMany young students dream CHow to be one of the best of students DHow to make your dream come trueCIf the eyes are the windows of the soul, then the body is the mirror of our feelings. If we are feeling great, we may give our body signals (信号). If we look at someone elses body, we can often tell how they are feeling by their body signals. So reading body language signals is a great tool in daily communication.In case (假使) you dont think that learning how to read and use body language is important, here are some numbers for you. 7% of the information we receive is from what people actually say, and 38% of the information we receive is from the tone (语气) and the speed of their voice; while 55% of the information we receive is from their body language. These non-verbal(非口头的) signals will help you a lot, but you still need to focus on what people are saying. If you focus too much on their body language signals, you and the person may feel uncomfortable. It is useful to be able to read peoples body language, but it is useful to learn how to send the right signals and avoid the wrong signals too. Body language may be given several interpretations. Many signals have different meanings, depending on the person and the situation. Be sure of it when you are trying to read a body language signal. 38. According to the writer, body language is very _.A. simple to learnB. negative to be usedC. hard to understandD. helpful in communication39. The numbers mentioned in the second paragraph are to _.A. explain what body language isB. show the importance of body languageC. tell us body language is less used than verbal languageD. tell us body language is the only tool in communication40. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?A. Body language is widely used all over the worldB. Its too hard to understand the meanings of body languageC. Body language can be explained in different ways.D. People have already looked through many books on body language. 41. We can infer (推断) that the writer will most probably talk about _ next. A. examples of how to understand body language correctly.B. what the wrong body language signals areC. numbers about how many people wrongly use body languageD. an analysis(分析) of why people wrongly understand body language DNuclear powers (核能的) danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be described in one word: radiation (辐射). Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected (探测) by human senses. It cant be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we cant detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things. At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright (全部地，彻底地)by killing masses of cells (细胞) in important organs (器官). But even the lowest levels can do serious damage（损害；损失）. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be cared. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years. This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has happened. A person can be irradiated (放射治疗) and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents. Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth. 42. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in _. A. nuclear mystery B. radiation detection C. radiation level D. nuclear radiation 43. Radiation can lead to serious results even at the lowest level _. A. when it kills few cells B. if it damages a few cells C. though the damaged cells can repair themselves D. unless the damaged cells can reproduce themselves 44. Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _. A. kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately B. damage cells which may grow into cancer years later C. affect the healthy growth of our younger generation D. lead to all of the above results 45. Which of the following can be best inferred(推断) from the passage? A. The importance of protection from radiation cannot be overemphasized (过分强调). B. The mystery about radiation remains unsolved. C. Cancer is mainly caused by radiation. D. Radiation can hurt those who do not know about its danger. 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） 根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英文单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）46. Fights in actions films have a bad effect on people, especially _.（青少年）47. The naughty boy didnt _(认识到) what mistakes he made until I told him.48. Any person who does something _（违反）the law will be put into prison.49. Mr Wang said, “ , you ought to finish it this week.” (无论如何)50. Four _ of the worlds telephone calls are made in English. (五)51. Tom is the _(strong) of the two young men.52. Our way of learning English is a lot better than _. (they)53. It is _ to receive an e-mail without a computer or a mobile phone. (possible)54. Its spring now. The students prefer going out to (stay)at home.55. The survey _(conduct) in our school is a great success. 五、任务型阅读 （共10小题；每小题1分，计10分） 阅读下面短文，根据内容完成表格中所缺信息。（每空一词） Writing a thank-you letter can be a great way to express thanks for a favor (帮助；恩惠) someone did for you. Consider these following steps when writing your letter, which will help make your thank-you letter more meaningful and sincere. Before you start, buy some special stationery, such as nice paper or blank cards. The stationery doesnt have to be expensive, since even one-dollar card can be very nice. And you must decide whether you prefer to type your letter or write it by yourself. Handwriting has a more personal feeling, while a printed thank-you letter looks more professional (专业的). Now, you can start writing. You should express your purpose from the beginning. Start your letter by thanking the person for the gift or service he or she provided. Then you should explain how you plan to use the gift or service, or explain how the gift or service has already been used. Whats more, you can also express your feelings on the gift or service by saying that “It was a wonderful birthday present” It also helps to mention a personal feeling such as “I was just so happy with the party.” In the end, you should mention that you want to see or talk to the person again soon. For close relatives and friends, you can also tell them how much you miss them and express regret that their visit was short. Sign your thank-you letter personally and with a heart. Try “Love”, “Yours truly”, or “Take care” instead of “Sincerely” as it is more for business. In this way, you will always maintain (维持) a pleasant relationship with your friends and relatives. Title: How to Write a 56 LetterPurposeTo write a 57 and sincere letter to show your thanks. SuggestionsBefore 58 ：Buy some stationery that is nice and 59 . Decide whether to type the letter or to write it by 60 . The text of the letter：At the beginning of the letter, 61 your thanks to the person providing the gift or service. Introduce how the gift or service is 62 for you. Express your personal feelings abo