2014-2015学年九年级英语(外研版-上册)期中综合能力测试(情景交际+短文填空+任务型阅读)

14-15外研九上期中综合能力测试. 情景交际(a)阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。A. Good luck to you!B. Did you make it by yourself?C. Hey, Lucy, can you make one for me?D. Im so much looking forward to the festival.E. Do Chinese kids wear cloth tigers during the festival?F. We ate it once a year in the past. G. By the way, do you eat special food during the festival? Eric: Hey, Lucy, whats that in your hand?Lucy: Its a cloth tiger. Eric: (1)_ Lucy: Yes, I made it for my daughter. I want her to wear it during the Dragon Boat Festival. Eric: It looks very cute. (2)_Lucy: Yes, its a tradition. We think cloth tigers can bring them health and keep them strong. Eric: I see. (3)_Lucy: Sure, Id be glad to. Eric: Oh, thank you very much. (4)_ Lucy: Yes, we eat zongzi. Its made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. Its very tasty. Hey, why dont you spend the festival with my family this year? Eric: Oh, thats a great idea. (5)_(b) 根据对话内容，在横线上填上适当的内容补全对话。 A: Hi, Frank. I didnt see you this morning. Where did you go? B: (6)_A: Why did you go to the railway station?B: You know, the National Day holiday is coming. Id like to go back home, so I went to buy a railway ticket. A: But you look very tired. (7)_B: Well, I didnt sleep well because I had to get up very early.A: I see. B: (8)_A: Well, Ill go to visit the Giants Causeway with my parents. B: (9)_ Its a great natural wonder. A: So it is. Ill send some postcards of it to you as soon as I get there. B: (10)_. 短文填空(a)根据短文内容，从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使短文意思完整。（每词只能选用一次，每空一词）。can, invent, as, over, fast, learn, they, animal, also, sailLong ago, people did not have many choices about how to travel. They used to walk wherever they wanted to go. They used to carry heavy things on (1)_ heads or backs. (2)_ time went by, people tried to find easier ways to travel. They learned that (3)_ could help. Camels, donkeys and horses could carry big loads on their backs. These animals (4)_ also carry people. To travel on rivers and lakes, people (5)_ to build rafts and canoes. For travelling on the sea, people made strong (6)_ ships. These ships travelled with the help of sails and wind.Most travel was still not fast. Soon one (7)_ called the engine (发动机) changed travel. Gas engines were used in the first cars. The Wright brothers (8)_ used a gas engine when they invented the first airplane. Travel became much (9)_. Today, people use many new types of vehicles (交通工具) to travel! New vehicles are fast. However, the story of transportation is not (10)_ yet! People are always trying to bring us new types of vehicles. What do you think will be the next type of vehicle? (b) 阅读下面短文，在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。（每空格限填一词）Chi Zhen, an 18-year-old college student in Spain, used his camera to tell the stories of two people. He took a series of photos of his friends Anna Maria and Veronica. They enjoy (11)_ lifestyles and are getting opposite results. There is a photo of Anna Maria watching a TV programme. She loves watching TV programmes so (12)_ that she just eats take-away food in front of her computer every day. Anna Maria doesnt like going out (13)_ she thinks shes not beautiful and doesnt know what to say in social situations. She often says, “Im not as (14)_ as Veronica.”However, she doesnt know that while shes wasting (15)_ watching TV programmes, Veronica, the “lucky” girl who lives next door, has (16)_ herself four foreign languages. In her free time, she often goes to the library to (17)_ her knowledge. And she has travelled to many places. People like to talk with Veronica about her experiences, so she can (18)_ become the centre of attention. The influence (影响) of the photos is so great beyond Chis expectations. A student commented on Chis (19)_ on , saying, “A wall separates two worlds, and the future depends on (20)_ we do today.” The photos have inspired (启发) a great number of people to believe that the future is in their own hands. . 任务型阅读(a) 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从所给的六个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思完整、连贯。（有两项为多余选项）A. The “robber” was actually his father!B. Jerry felt sorry for what he had done. C. His parents usually got home very late.D. He walked out of the house without making any noise.E. After a big fight, Jerry ran out of the house. F. Jerry laughed aloud when Bob rushed out. It was April Fools Day. Jerry was really happy because he had fooled his best friend Bob by telling him that a postman was waiting for him outside the classroom with a big package. (1)_ Since it was April Fools Day, Bob didnt get angry with Jerry. When Jerry got home after school, he was surprised to find the door open. (2)_ Andthey never forgot to shut the door. Jerry walked into the house quietly and saw a person in a robber (盗贼) costume was looking for something in his parents bedroom. Jerry was so scared. (3)_ After he got out, he called the police immediately and described what was happening at his house. Just five minutes later, two policemen showed up and caught the man. When the mask (面罩) was taken off, Jerry got really embarrassed (尴尬的). (4)_ He was supposed to be at a costume party but forgot to take his wallet, so he came back for it. This was an unforgettable April Fools Day for Jerry! (b) 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。Do you enjoy cooking? Maybe your answer is “NO”. You may explain, “We are still children and our parents cook meals for us every day.” Now let me introduce a teenage boy who is very good at cooking to you. He is 15-year-old Flynn McGarry from Los Angeles.Flynn once cooked a 12-course meal for forty people at $160 per person. On March 28, 2014, he appeared on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. He has met the Obamas and has been on many talk shows.Flynn started to cook at the age of 11 because he didnt like his mums cooking. His mum didnt get angry. Instead, she bought her son some cookbooks to see if he could do any better. And it turned out that he could. “It was after looking at all these cookbooks that I thought, I could achieve that one day,” said Flynn. Flynn became famous when John Sedlar, the owner of a local restaurant, asked him to make a special 9-course meal for his guests. All the guests enjoyed the meal very much. “Flynn is a very unusual young man and he is very energetic,” John Sedlar told The New York Times Magazine.In fact, Flynn is so energetic that he has turned his bedroom into an experimental kitchen lab. The lab is filled with different tools and a worktable. “I plan to move to New York at the age of 17 and work at a big restaurant for a year. By the time Im 19, I hope to open my own restaurant. I want to have one of the most famous restaurants in the world,” said Flynn. “Its not easy to make my dream come true, but I like pressure (压力).” 5. What can we infer from the second paragraph? _ 6. What did Flynn probably think of his mums cooking? _ 7. What will Flynn do in two years? _ 8. What is Flynns dr