江苏省南京六中20092010学年九年级上学期期末试卷（英语）

1、密 2009-2010学年度第一学期期末试卷初三英语第一卷 （共45分）（将答案按序号涂在答题卡上）一、单项填空（每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. Its not easy for trailwalkers to finish walking a trail within 48 hours.A.100-kilometre B.100-kilometresC.100 kilometres D.100-kilometres2. I preferred to when there was a choice in our school clubs.

2、 A. to sing; dance B. singing; dancingC. to sing; dancing D. sing; dance3. The girl was watching TV in the living room her mother was doing some cooking in the kitchen. A. after B. before C. while D. until4. Oh, my fat boy! you sleep, you will be. A. Much, lazy B. More, lazierC. The less, the lazier

3、 D. The more, the lazier5. Dont give up your English. is difficult if you put your effort into it. A. Anything B. Something C. Nothing D. Everything6. Youd better close to the burning stove. A. dont sit B. not to sit C. to not sit D. not sit7. Your house sits in the country far from noisy streets. I

4、t be very quiet. Yes, it is.A. can B. cant C. must D. mustnt 8. of the factory workers is three thousand, and of them are women workers.A. The number; the number B. A number; a numberC. The number; a number D.A number; the number9. He said he the film The Young Victoria before.A. had seen B. has see

5、n C. have seen D. saw10. Look! There are a lot of students football on the playground A. play B. to play C. playing D. are playing 11. When I arrived at the cinema, the film_ for half an hour. A. had startedB. had been on C. has started D. has been on12. They are talking about for the next tour. A.

6、where are they going B. where are they going to C. where they are going D. where they are going to13. Do you know for Shanghai last night? At 21:00. A. what time he left B. what time does he leave C. what time he leaves D. what time did he leave14. Yesterday we had a discussion about how our environ

7、ment. A. can protect B. to protectC. protecting D. should protect15. Beijing Music Awards 2009 is a good show for music lovers, _?A. isnt it B. arent it C. dont they D. arent they二、完形填空（每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other

8、girls and that nobody liked her. So she 16 felt happy. She preferred to stay at home alone and didnt talk to 17 else except her parents. However, one day, her mother gave her a rose hair clip. When she wore the little flower on her ponytail, she turned around before the looking glass and looked 18 p

9、rettier than ever. She went to school happily after she got everything ready. On her way to school she found that everyone smiled at her. 19 of her schoolmates said hello to her, but this had never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had 20 her good luck. She was happy about al

10、l of the wonderful things. 21 all her classmates wanted to know what had happened to her, she didnt want to tell them about her hair clip. When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you 22 your hair clip at home? I found it by the door this morning.”She was 23 to hear

11、what her mother said. She understood that she hadnt worn the hair clip to school at allIts not important what we wear or how we look. The most important thing is how we think about 24 . If we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be 25 . If we think we can, we can make it.( )16. A. often B.

12、usually C. seldom D. always( )17. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody( )18. A. far B. more C. very D. so( )19. A. None B. Most C. Few D. Either( )20. A. taken B. bought C. caught D. brought( )21. A. So B. Because C. Though D. But( )22. A. forgot B. left C. hid D. threw( )23. A. angry B. su

13、rprised C. excited D. happy( )24. A. us B. me C. ourselves D. myself( )25.A. confident B. honest C. modest D. practical三、阅读理解（每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。A The Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesEventsLowest priceHighest priceTimeOpening ceremony￥200￥5,000August 8Closing ceremony￥150￥3,000

14、August 24Badminton￥50￥500August 9-17Basketball￥50￥1,000August 9-24Diving￥60￥500August 10-23Football￥40￥800August 6-23Volleyball￥50￥800August 9-24根据表格内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的用 “A”，错误的用 “B”。26. The football event started before the opening ceremony.27. The Beijing Olympic Games lasted 15 days.28. The badminto

15、n event was over on August 9.29. Li Ping should pay 1,000 yuan if he wants to get a ticket of the highest price for the basketball event.30. Mr White wants to watch the opening and closing ceremonies. He should pay at least 300 yuan.ABBLook at the center circles of Picture Aand Picture B. Which of t

16、he centre circles lookslarger?Take a first look and you probably think thatthe centre circle in Picture A is smaller than that in Picture B. In fact , they are exactly the same size.Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one

17、to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. “Whats happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Dont worry. Here is how it goes: When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains（大脑） and then our brains int

18、erpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion”（视错觉）. Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much sm

19、aller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.31. The centre circle in Picture A looks smaller than that in Picture B.Thats because .A. something is w

20、rong with our eyesB. the two circles are not the same sizeC. our brains interpret the information in a wrong wayD. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other32. Whats the right order according to the passage?a. We look at things with our eyes.b. Our brains interpret the messages.c. Our br

21、ains tell us what we have seen.d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.A. a d b c B. c a b d C. a c d b D. b c a d33. Movie makers make use of visual illusions to .A. help the actors look betterB. make the actors much braverC. help the actors become strongerABCDD. make the actors seem different in s

22、ize34. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long asLine CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happenedto our eyes?A. The second one. B. The third one. C. The fifth one. D. The sixth one.35. The text is probably taken from .A. an adv

23、ertisement B. a science bookC. a movie magazine D. a story bookCThere are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare（比较） the prices of the things in different shops. We al

24、so need to know how to make the best choice when we shop. Knowing how to make such choices is a life skill, and we need to practice it in our daily life. Supermarket WBusiness hours: 6:00 a.m 10:30 p.m. Eggs (1 kilo): 6.50 Apples(1 kilo): 3.80 Pork ( 1 kilo): 18.20Tomatoes (1 kilo): 1.58Environment:

25、 Very goodService: Good Supermarket MBusiness hours: 5:30 a.m 10:30 p.m.Eggs (1 kilo): 6.60Apples(1 kilo): 3.96 Pork ( 1 kilo): 18.20Tomatoes (1 kilo): 1.50Environment: Very goodService: Good Supermarket YBusiness hours:6:00 a.m 10:00 p.m.Eggs (1 kilo): 6.20Apples(1 kilo): 3.30 Pork ( 1 kilo): 17.20

26、Tomatoes(1kilo):1.30Environment: Need improvingService: Just so-so Supermarket TBusiness hours: 6:00 a.m 9:30 p.m.Eggs (1 kilo): 6.90 Apples(1 kilo): 3.90Pork ( 1 kilo): 18.60Tomatoes (1 kilo): 1.60Environment: Just so-soService: Bad36. Which supermarket has the longest Business Hours? A. Supermarke

27、t W. B. Supermarket T. C. Supermarket Y. D. Supermarket M.37. The price of the pork in _ is the same as that in _.A. Supermarket W; Supermarket M B. Supermarket Y; Supermarket TC. Supermarket W; Supermarket Y D. Supermarket M; Supermarket T38. If you want to spend the least money on eggs, which supe

28、rmarket will you go to? A. Supermarket W. B. Supermarket M. C. Supermarket Y. D. Supermarket T.39. From above, which supermarket may have the fewest shoppers? A. Supermarket W. B. Supermarket T. C. Supermarket M. D. Supermarket Y.40. What may be the reason if a shopper usually shops in Supermarket Y

29、?A. The Environment. B. The Service. C. The Business hours. D. The Price.DThe first public television broadcast in the United States took place in 1928. The broadcast didnt reach many peopleat that time there were only four television sets.Today, 98 percent of American houses have at least one telev

30、ision, and 41 percent have three or more. The average (平均) American house has the TV on for 7 hours and 40 minutes every day.Many people are worried about the effect that so much television has on American peopleespecially children. The average child watches 28 hours of TV a week. The average youth

31、spends 1,023 hours a year watching TV (they spend only 900 hours a year in school). By the time they finish high school, the average American teenager will have seen 16,000 murders on TV.Our group trying to get people to watch less TV is the TV-Turnoff Club, who celebrate TV Turnoff Week every year.

32、 In 2002, they got 6.5 million people to stop watching TV for a week. “Turn off TV, turn on life,” they say.Watching less TV is also taking off with famous Hollywood persons. Tom Cruise, the actor, only allows his children to watch 3.5 hours of TV a week. Director Stephen Spielberg only lets his fiv

33、e children watch an hour a day. One Australian actress, Naomi Watts, lets her children watch only the soccer World Cup on TVonce every four years!41. What is the best title for this passage? A. A History of Television B. Can Television Be a Bad Thing C. Reduce watching time of TV D. Famous Hollywood

34、 Families42. What percentage (百分比) of American houses have one or two television sets? A. 41 percent. B. 57 percent. C. 59 percent. D. 98 percent.43. Which of these sentences is NOT true? A. TV is on in the average American house for more than 40 hours a week. B. The average young person in the Unit

35、ed States spends more time in school each week than watching TV. C. The Average American child watches more than 25 hours of TV a week. D. The average American teenager will have seen 16,000 people being killed by the time they finish high school.44. What is the TV-Turnoff Network? A. The people who

36、 came up with TV-Turnoff Week. B. A group of teenagers who watch a lot of TV. C. An organization that asks people to watch less TV. D. A group of Hollywood stars and their families.45. According to the reading, who lets their children watch the most TV? A. The TV-Turnoff Network. B. Stephen Spielber

37、g. C. Tom Cruise. D. Naomi Watts.第二卷 （共51分）（将答案写在答卷纸上）四、词汇（每小题1分，计16分）(A) 根据括号中的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。46. Yesterday we spent 500 yuan on the five tickets to the _ (音乐会).47. He is so funny that he always does some _ (令人惊讶的) things.48. How long will the bad weather _ (持续) ?49. Miss Wang is a woman of_（中等的）

38、height.50. The Greens stayed in the open air for _ (安全) in the earthquake.(B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。51. A dogs work is never _ (do).52. Audrey Hepburn died in 1993. Her _ (die) made his fans sad.53. _ (luck), the boy was saved from the danger in the end. 54. The boy was seen _ (get) into the superma

39、rket this morning.55. Sandy works as _ (hard) as Daniel does. 56. Students _ (not allow) to use mobile phone in class. (C) 选用方框中所给的词组填空。feel angry; have a bad effect on; action films; romantic films; excitingSandy: What do you think about fights in 57 , kitty?Kitty: I think theyre terrible. They mak

40、e you 58 . They 59 people, especially teenagers.Sandy: I see. So what is your favourite kind of film?Kitty: I like 60 because they usually have happy endings.Sandy: I love action films. Theyre really 61 .五、阅读短文（第62-66每小题2分，第67-76每小题1分。满分20分）A) 阅读短文，根据短文内容，填写下列表格。Last Saturday, our school organized a

41、 talent show to raise money for charity. It was a great success. Students took an active part in it, and we collected 20,000 yuan in all.After the show, I interviewed three students. First I talked with Liu Hong. In the talent show, she danced the ballet. “How long have you been dancing the ballet?”

42、 I asked. “For six years,” she answered. “Why do you learn it?” “I think its beautiful and I wanted to be a professional (专业的) dancer when I grow up.”Next I had a talk with Zhao Ming. He played a piece of Mozarts music. He played wonderfully. I asked, “When did you start playing the piano?” “Um, Im

43、twelve now and I have been doing it since I was five,” he said. “Are you going to play the piano after finishing high school?” “Sure, my dream is to be a pianist.”Finally, I asked Chen Jie, an 11-year-old girl. She sang us some folk songs (民歌). Her voice is very sweet. “Why are you interested in fol

44、k music?” I asked. “I admire Song Zuying and I wanted to be a singer like her. I have been singing folk music since five years ago. I hope I can hold a singing concert in the future,” she said.NameTalentHow many yearsDreamsLiu Hong 62. six63. Zhao Mingplaying the piano64. to be a pianist65. singing folk s