沪教版九年级上学期英语期中质量检测试卷A卷

第 1 页 共 14 页 沪教版九年级上学期英语期中质量检测试卷沪教版九年级上学期英语期中质量检测试卷 A A 卷卷 一 一 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2626 分分 1 8 分 阅读下面短文 从每小题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 C It s not just gloves that can help people keep warm in winter Love can too A pair of 16 year old American twins Jack and Jake Moran started a program called Warm Hearts Warm Hands last month Their aim was to collect new and used gloves with fellow students at Richards High School We started this program a few weeks ago after we saw something on the news about a student who got frostbite 冻伤的 riding his bike to school Jack said I just kind of realized that there are so many kids who don t have or wear gloves The school has started the collection competition among classes and the class that collects the most gloves gets a pizza party The twin brothers talked to other students about their program Many teachers also joined in bringing in gloves and encouraging their students to help meet the needs of local community members The conversations we are having now aren t so much about what actions we can take but about This program has really shown me that I don t need to get on a plane and go to help refugees 难民 to make a difference I can do it right here I can do it every day Jake said More than 500 pairs of gloves have been collected in a month and more donations 捐赠品 are coming in every day including hats and scarves 1 started the program Warm Hearts Warm Hands A The twins 第 2 页 共 14 页 B A student C Many teachers D some refugees 2 The class that wins the collection competition will A get a pizza party later on B send gloves to those who need them C be interviewed by the local newspapers D be invited to visit people in the local community 3 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A Jack would like to get on a plane and go to help refugees B At the beginning they wanted to collect new and used gloves to help others C They started the program for poor families D All the teachers at Richards High school joined in the program 4 Which of the following can be put in in paragraph 6 A the value of taking action B the importance of keeping warm C the friendship between classmates D the encouragement from teachers 2 8 分 In some science fiction movies evil robots refuse to die no matter how hard people fight back Now science fiction has become science fact For the first time scientists have made a robot that can take a beating and keep on going Scientists from Cornell University made the robot which looks like a spider with four legs 第 3 页 共 14 页 Until now even the most advanced 先进的 robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged 毁坏 That is because its computer inside simply doesn t know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed To deal with this problem the scientists put eight motors 发动机 and two sensors 传感器 that read how the machine is working They all give signals to the machine s software Using this information the computer can then figure out the machine s shape at any moment The new technology is a big advance in robot making scientists say and it s far from scary It may someday help scientists create better artificial 假的 arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it s damaged says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US With this work we are nearer to solving this problem 1 Why do robots easily break down when they are damaged A They cannot repair themselves B The computer has changed a lot C They have no computers inside D The computer cannot work if the robot changes 2 The new technology 技术 allows the robot to A keep working after being damaged B tell people where it is C do house work for humans D remember a lot of information 3 The underlined word them in Paragraph 5 refers to A sensors 第 4 页 共 14 页 B robots C scientists D arms and legs 4 How do the sensors in the robot work A They can replace the computer when it s broken B They help the computer learn the robot s condition C They can find out where the damage comes from D They can send signals to the person who uses the robot 3 10 分 阅读理解 Height is just one of the features your genes 基因 decide In fact because you have two parents your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent If both your parents are tall then most probably you will be tall too But if you have questions about how tall you re going to be ask your doctor if he or she can help you find them out But genes don t decide everything For example eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential 潜力 Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height It s natural that you re wondering how fast you should grow There s no perfect or right answer Generally speaking kids grow about 6 cm a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years 2 cm here and 3 cm there make a little difference to the height you re at now How have you been growing up to this height What other changes may your body be going through Don t be amazed if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time Everyone has a growth spurt 高峰 during puberty The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys But it can be earlier or later between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys 第 5 页 共 14 页 You ll usually begin to notice that you re growing faster about a year after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty 根据材料内容选择最佳答案 1 If you want to know how tall you should grow A you should have enough exercise B you can ask doctors for help C you should take some special medicine D you can record your growth during puberty 2 The Chinese for the word puberty is A 童年时期 B 婴幼儿时期 C 习惯养成期 D 生长发育期 3 This passage is mainly about A how you look like your parents B how you grow to a certain height C how the genes work in your body D how your parents height influence you 4 After reading this passage we can explain A what healthy diet is B how good it is to be a doctor C how much sleep time we need 第 6 页 共 14 页 D why genes can t decide everything 5 Which is NOT mentioned in the passage A Your height most probably depends on how tall your parents are B Girls age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys C You may be amazed sometimes when you grow too fast D The features showing the first changes of puberty between boys and girls are different 二 二 任务型阅读 任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 3030 分分 4 30 分 Answer the questions 根据短文内容 回答下列问题 When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah he happened to live near a copper smelter 炼厂 and the chemicals coming out of the smelter made a beautiful forest become a wasteland One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area Paul got so angry when he heard these words From then on something happened inside him Years later Paul was back to the hometown and he went to the smelter office He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back The answer from that big industry was No Paul then went to college to study the science of plants Unfortunately his teachers said there weren t any birds or squirrels 松 to spread the seeds It would be a waste of his life to try to do it Everyone knew that he was told Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected nobody accepted his idea Paul later got married and had some kids But he didn t give up And then one night he did what he could with what he had Under the cover of darkness he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting And every week he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass Slowly rabbits appeared Later as there was pressure 压力 to clean up the environment the company actually invited Paul to do what he was already doing Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has It took him a 第 7 页 共 14 页 long time until his hair turned grey but he managed to keep that impossible promise he made to himself as a child 1 What did the copper smelter do to Paul s hometown 2 Did the copper smelter agree to let Paul bring trees back at first 3 Why did most people think it would be a waste of time to change that area 4 What did he decide to do one night 5 How long did it take Paul to realize his dream 6 What can we learn from Paul s story 三 三 完型填空 完型填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 5 10 分 完形填空 先通读下面的短文 掌握其大意 然后在每小题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳 选项 Creativity 创造力 is the key to a bright future Here is 1 schools and parents can help their children to develop their creativity Drew worked for a company in 1925 At work he invented 发明 a kind of material 2 enough to hold things together But his boss told him not to think more about the idea Drew didn t stop and finally using his own time made a kind of tape which now is used everywhere by many people And his company learned from its 3 Now the company asked its workers to 4 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas Creativity is not something one is just born with A person with high intelligence 智力 does not mean that he uses it creatively Creativity is the matter of 5 your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something We know that many schools have tried to develop students creativity but some teachers only want to develop students reading writing and math skills and have to 6creativity for correct answers Children from such schools can give correct answers but they are unable to use 7 to work out problems 第 8 页 共 14 页 It is important to give children choices From the earliest age children should learn to make decisions and understand their 8 Even though it s choosing between two kinds of food 9 lunch decision making helps thinking skills As children grow older parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision The child may have a 10 time but that is all right 1 A when B where C how D what 2 A thick B wide C light D strong 3 A mistake B thought C suggestion D effect 4 A take B cost 第 9 页 共 14 页 C spend D pay 5 A finding B using C taking D improving 6 A grow up B catch up C give up D hurry up 7 A it B them C that D ones 8 A meanings B conversations C results D questions 第 10 页 共 14 页 9 A with B to C of D for 10 A hard B lucky C happy D mad 四 四 语法填空 语法填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 6 10 分 阅读下面短文 在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式 Recently a foreign student in China gave a very touching answer to the question What should China be proud of It was wide spread online Emma is from Canada She came to China four years ago Now she is university student in Ningbo The following is China in her eyes find a job in China can be really simple There are more job chance here than in any other country in the world Its public security 安全 is great I travel to many countries so far and I think China is really safe About 400 million Chinese are studying English China will