江苏省苏州市工业园区星海中学2018届九年级上学期期中考试英语试题(无听力-无答案)

江苏省苏州市工业园区星海中学2018届九年级上学期期中考试英语试题（无听力，无答案）2017-2018学年第一学期 初三练习卷英语2017.1学生练习答题须知：1.答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、考号、原班级均用阿拉伯数字填写清楚。2.客观题必须使用2B铅笔填写，主观题必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，不得用铅笔、圆珠笔答题，不能用涂改液、修正带，字迹工整，笔迹清楚。3.请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在草试题卷上答题无效。4.每道题右侧的方框为评分区，考生不得将答案写在该区域，也不得污损该区域。5.保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破。二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. Fishing is of _ great fun. You will get close to _ nature and learn to be pati the same time.A. a; theB. a; /C. /; /D. /; the22. Fu Yuanhui impressed the public _ her lively expressions at the Rio Olympic GanYes. She is always working _ high standards.A. with; forB. with; toC. for; overD. to; for23. He never gives up, _ he has made _ progress in his study.A. although; muchB. although; littleC. though; fewD. but; a little24. You like the film, dont you?_, it shows _ imagination _ a sense of humour. Everyone will like it, I think.A. No, not only; but alsoB. No, either; orC. Yes, both; andD. Yes, neither; nor25. _ the teachers in the state is about 2,000,000 and _ the teachers are women.A. A number of; two millionB. A number of; two million ofC. The number of; two millionD. The number of; two million of26. Our teachers often tell us we should be careful, because no mistake is _ for us.A. too smallB. too bigC. so smallD. so big 27. Nothing is wrong with my watch, _?Im not sure. Let me check it for you, _?A. isnt it; shall weB. is it; shall weC. isnt it; will youD. is it; will you28. _ good news! Weve won again!A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a29. We are not sure if it _ tomorrow. If it _, we wont go out.A. will rain; rainsB. will rain; will rainC. rains; rainsD. rains; will rain30. There is so much noise around his flat that he feels _ mad.A. as much asB. as many asC. as good asD. as soon as31. A true friend can see the pain in your eyes _ everyone else believes the smile on your face.A. whileB. becauseC. beforeD. until32. Look! How beautiful the bridge is!Yeah, The bridge _ Suzhou to Nantong.A. connectsB. connectedC. connectingD. to connect33. Could you tell me whats wrong with you?I dont know _.A. which is the way to the nearest bankB. where can I go to the nearest bankC. what the way to the nearest bank isD. which the way to the nearest bank34. When she spoke in front of many people, she _ her voice to make herself _.A. rose; hearB. raised; hearC. rose; heardD. raised; heard35. Weve sold out all the tickets. _A. Is that serious?B. I cant believe it.C. Is that so?D. What a pity!三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）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。It is a usual sunny afternoon in the village of Midwich, England. It seems not 36 afternoon in the village, but all of a sudden, people and animals lose consciousness （意识）. they awake, all of the women of child-bearing age have become pregnant （怀孕的）.This is an episode （片段） from a 1960 science fiction story. The women in the story birth to children that have the 38 appearance. They all have blond hair and “strange 39 the children grow, they run around the village in a pack, 40 the same clothing hairstyles, staring （凝视） at everyone impolitely. 41 one child learns is also known others immediately. Villagers begin to express their belief that the children all have “one mir this story, the children are produced by some unexplained force from outer space. But this written 40 years ago 42 predicted the arrival of a recent method of genetic （基因的，遗 engineering cloning. Cloning is the genetic process of producing copies of an individual. W genetic copies of a human really have “one mind” as 43 in this story? This situation strange to us that we do not know what will become of it. 44 with this new situation, havent found out how to 45 it.36. A. dislikeB. unlikeC. alikeD. like37. A. sendB. makeC. takeD. give38. A. prettyB. sameC. uglyD. funny39. A. IfB. ForC. AsD. So40. A. having onB. wearingC. inD. with41. A. WhichB. WhileC. WhereD. What42. A. sometimesB. anywayC. somehowD. anyhow43. A. describesB. describedC. describeD. describing44. A. FacedB. ComparedC. CoveredD. Filled45. A. do withB. deal withC. makeD. settle四、阅读理解（本题共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhy do you think people in some hot countries eat very spicy food? Is it because the make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grand liked hot food, or is there any connection between spices and healthy food?Scientists think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. chemicals can kill bacteria （细菌）.Most common spices can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food,” explains on scientists. The bacteria grow more easily and spoil （使变质） food more quickly at temperatures. For this reason, it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates, Do you like your food spicy? Your answer probably tells something about the coun are from. If you like spicy food, it is possible that hundreds of years ago, when there fridges, people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling The tra spicy dishes helped those people to live longer, healthier lives. Today, in a time of frid spices just make the food taste better.46. The chemicals in spices keep food fresh by _.A. making food taste betterB. making food hotterC. preventing bacteria getting into foodD. killing bacteria in food47. Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because _.A. cold temperature makes bacteriaB. bacteria get used to hot foodC. high temperature helps bacteria grow fasterD. bacteria spoil food only at high tem48. According to the passage, spices are useful in all the following things except _.A. helping you to live longerB. helping to keep you healthierC. making your food taste betterD. being used as fridgesB“Bang!” the door caused a reverberation （回声）. It was just standing there, with fat standing on one side, and I on the other side.We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father. welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my from another space: happy and carefree.But now I dont know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always put his opinions and codes of behavi Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Pe thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamp stand his outrageous （蛮横的） words: “I cant throw you away, let alone these old papers?”All the lights were off except fathers.Dad was always like this. Maybe he didnt know how to express himself. After sh me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he has the creeping up （悄悄地来到） in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone e to do has become his second nature.The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe With the key in hand, nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the d ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between u exist at all. Love-its second to none.49. Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage a. I opened the door and entered the house.b. Sadly I ran out into the street.c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.d. I thought of my fathers kindness towards me.e. I walked about in the street without any aim.A. b, e, d, c, aB. b, e, c, d, aC. b, e, a, c, dD. b, e, c, a, d50. What made the writer think of his childhood?A. The sight of the street lights.B. The sight of the empty street.C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms.D. The sight of light in his own house.51. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?A. Perhaps the father is getting older and older.B. Perhaps the son has already grown up.C. Perhaps they never agree with each other.D. Perhaps the father has got used to doing that.52. What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?A. The father treats his son in an unfair way.B. The father is actually kind to his son.C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.D. The father is always finding fault with his son.CBamboo is one of the natures most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tre is a kind of grass.Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it wi back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1. 5 m 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are mo 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains （平原）.Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only g be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. Th also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They of bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables （绳索） that hold up the bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use fo than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and thei often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they c Bamboo pipes and drills （钻） can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered. 53. How is bamboo like grass?A. It is thin and easy to cut.B. It grows everywhere.C. It grows quickly after its cut short.D. It is short and green.54. The sentence “while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across.” means other bamboo plants may grow to be very _.”A. shortB. strongC. thickD. tall55. From the text we know _.A. most people call bamboo plant treesB. a bamboo plant may grow 4. 5 meters in three daysC. the bamboo plant changes its colors when it growsD. a bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago56. Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo?A. Because it is cheap.B. Because it is colorful.C. Because it drills fast.D. Because it is used by Asians.57. Which of the following is NOT true?A. There are many different kinds of bamboo with different colors.B. Cables made of bamboo can last for over a thousand years.C. Bamboo can be used for buildings, bridges and watering projects.D. Bamboo plants are able to grow well in any part of the world.五、词汇检测（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）58. The date of September 3m was made the official commemoration （纪念） day for （胜利） in me War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.59. Living by yourself without the help of your parents has become the biggest for students who study abroad. 60. My mother is much （严格） with me than my father in my study.61. Some scientists believe the aliens on other planets （创造） their own ci62. The mother knew the death of the lovely cat made the girl even （悲伤）63. Last month we played volleyball （对抗） a team from No.9 Middle School.64. My father has （从事） the color therapy since graduation.65. Do you think the movie Wolf Warrior 2 watching?Of course! I have watched it twice.66. I heard you have some problem with your .Yes, I dont know how to tell the difference between /e/ and /ei/.67. Is everyone here?No, Tom is because he is ill.六、句子翻译(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。68.纽约和伦敦都存在交通问题。_69.他宁可被嘲笑也不愿说出实情。_70.她想知道那本书她能不能再借一个星期。_71.他别无选择，必须在学习上严格要求他的自己。_72.别打扰她了，她的烦心事儿够多了，让她一个人呆着吧。_七、阅读表达（共3小题；73题1分，74题2分，75题3分，满分6分）One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came wi wrap （包装）.On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an hon turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I pla with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I