黄冈市2012年九年级调研考试英语试卷

1、黄冈市 2012 年九年级调研考试英语试题二、语言知识运用（共两节。计35 分）第一节单项选择（共20 小题；每小题1 分，满分 20 分）a ）从 a、b、c、d 四个选项中，选出与所给句子划线部分意义相同或者相近并能代替的那一项。26 i heard that some people were hurt by tigers in zoos recently. thats too bad. i think visitors should not be close to dangerous animals.a keep down.b keep away from.c put down.d ta

2、ke away.27 could you please help me? we need another twenty chairs. sure. ill do it right now.a twenty chairsb twenty more chairsc more than twenty chairsd as many as twenty chairs28 on children s day i d like to get some candy as presents. oh jim. eating too much candy can lead to a toothache.a get

3、b causeccreatesd make29 sometimes i cant get much writing practice, mr. smith. why don tyou join an english club?a at timesb all the timec at the same timed some time30 after the anti-smoking campaign started, the air in public places is much fresher than before. so a large number of people support

4、this campaign.a are relaxed aboutb are annoyed withc are againstd are forb ）从 a 、 b、 c、 d 四个选项中，选出可以填在空白处的最佳选项。31 what are they doing there? all the _ teachers and _ students are having a meeting.a women； girlsb women； girlc woman ；girld woman； girls32 how is that area? _ of the 1and in the area _ c

5、overed with trees and grass.a two fifths ； isb two fifth ；arec two fifth ； isd two fifths ；are33 morn, i m thirsty. can i have some cakes? sure. but _ of your hands is dirty, tommy. please wash them first.a eitherb bothcnoned neither34 according to the new rule, people who drive after drinking wine

6、must be punished(惩罚 ). how great the rule is! _ drivers are, _ accidents happen.a the more careful ； the moreb the more careless； the fewer第 1页 共 7页c the more careful ； the fewerd the more careless； the less35 how about going to paris for vacation? i dontthink it s a good idea youre rich enough. par

7、is is quite an expensive city.a ifb unlessc whend because36 tomorrow is father s day. i wonder _. ill cook a big dinner at home and send him a gift.a where will you have dinner with your fatherb how will you show love to your fatherc what you will do for your fatherd what you will send to your fathe

8、r37 im very tired these days because of studying for physics. why not music, it can make you _.a listen to， relaxedb to listen to ； to relaxc listening to ； relaxd listen ； relaxed38 jenny plans to work in no. i middle school after leaving school. really? it s the school _ i studied 7 years ago.a wh

9、ereb whatc whichd that39 on cctv i learn that a new wenchuan county _. yeah. all the local people have moved into new houses. the county is more beautiful thanit used to be.a is being builtb has builtc has been builtd was built40 would your sister go to hainan this summer? if i don tgo, _.a neither

10、will sheb neither does shec so will shed so does she41 jack hasntpaid for the school things, has he? _. his father will pay for him.a yes， he hasb no， he hasntc yes， he hasntd no， he has42 must i hand in the exercise-book now, miss wang? no, you _. you _ hand it in tomorrow.a mustnt； needb mustnt； m

11、ayc cant； cand neednt； may43 wheres your headmaster? he _ beijing. he won tbe back _ next week.a went to ； afterb has gone to； untilc has been to； untild has been to； after44 have you heard of the forest fire? yeah. after eight hours hard work, the firemen finally _ the fire _.a put； outb put； offcp

12、ut； awayd put； down45 i think teenagers should be allowed to have part-time jobs. _. studying is more important for them.a i think sob i disagree with you第 2页 共 7页c i agreed no problem第二节完形填空 （共 15小题，每题1 分，满分15 分）阅读下面短文，从文后所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。nasreddin was a poor man, so he tried to grow as46vege

13、tables as he could in his owngarden,47 he would not have to buy them at the market.one evening, he heard a48 in his garden and looked out of the window. a white ox(公牛 ) had gotten into the garden and was49his vegetables. nasreddin at once took hisstick( 棍 ), ran out and 50the ox, but he was too old

14、to catch it. when he got back to hisgarden, he found that the ox had destroyed51of his vegetables.the next morning, while he was walking on the street near his house ， he saw a cart(车 ) withtwo52 oxen that looked very much like the one that had eaten his vegetables. he was53his stick with him, so he

15、 at once began to beat the two oxen with it. because54 of themlookedmore likethe ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he 55both of themequally( 平等地 ) hard.the owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a56 coffee-house. when he sawwhat nasreddin was doing to his57, he ran out and sh

16、outed ：“ what are you doing? whathave those58animals done to you to make you beat them like that? ”“ you59this! ” nasreddin shouted back. “ this is a60 between me and one ofthese two oxen. he knows very well why i am beating him! ”46 a muchb moreclarged many47 a even ifb ever sincecso thatd because4

17、8 a lightb noisecdrumbeatd alarm49 a stealingb cuttingcwateringd eating50 a chasedb followedcwalkedd called51 a hardlyb hardcmostlyd most52 a yellowb greycwhited black53 a catchingb carryingccomparingd competing54 a bothb eithercneitherd all55 a knockb hurtcwond beat56 a farawayb nearbycfard near57

18、a animalsb vegetablesc childrend sticks58 a littleb luckycstrongd poor59 a work outb look intockeep outd care about60 a jobb matterclessond problem三、综合阅读（共三节，计34分）第一节综合知识 （共 6 小题；每小题1 分，满分6 分）根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择正确答案。61 if you cut yourself by accident, then youd better _ first.a press the cut hardb see

19、a doctor at oncec cover the cut with a clean clothd call parents62 what is the theme of disneyland?a disney movies and disney charactersbmickey mouse and donald duckc disney cruised cartoons第 3页 共 7页63 _ is one of the traveling spotlights in canada.a the eiffel towerb the golden gate bridgec great l

20、akesd the sydney opera64 which was invented earliest in the 20th century?a a tv setb a computerc a digital camerad a cell phone65 _ will host the _ olympic games in the year 2012.a london; 29thb paris; 30thc washington dc; 29thd england; 30th66 which is true in the following table manners around the

21、 world?a in america, you are supposed to eat with your hands.b in france, you are supposed to put bread on the table.c in china, you re not supposed to pick up your bowl to eat.d in korea, the youngest person is supposed to start eating first.第二节阅读理解 （共 7 小题；每小题2 分，满分14 分）（ 1）in the movie 2012, the

22、volcano( 火山 ) in the yellow national park erupts, smoke flies thousands of meters into the air, and car sized pieces of stone and ash(灰烬 ) fly out.now, some scientists say, it s very possible that the yellowstone volcano will soon erupt in real life for the fourth time in history, after about 640,00

23、0 years. according to the daily mail, the volcano in the yellowstone national park, wyoming, us, has been rising at a record rate since2004. its magma surface( 岩浆表面 ) has gone up 3 inches(7.6 centimeters) per year over the last three years alone. this rise is one of the key signs that a volcano is a

24、bout to erupt. however, scientists are not certain when the eruption will happen or what it will cause.unlike what happens in 2012, a volcano eruption would not destroy the whole world, but itcould cause huge damage to people living nearby.the famous eruption of vesuvius in 79 ad destroyed the ancie

25、nt roman city of pompeii. the 2010 eruption of the iceland v olcano caused more than 800 people to lose their homes and many airports in european countries to shut down for a few days.there are more than 1,500 active volcanoes in the world. a volcano is considered active if ithas erupted in the last

26、 10,000 years.in ancient times, more than 80 percent of the earth s surface was volcanic. volcanic eruptionsformed the sea floor and some mountains over many years. gas from volcanoes formed the earth satmosphere.volcanoes come from very hot liquid rock, called magma, inside the earth. when magma co

27、mes upward and breaks through the earths surface, it forms volcanoes.the rising magma heats water, which leads to explosions( 爆炸 ) of steam. this pushes rocks and ash high into the sky. three different things erupt from a volcano ：hot liquid rock, volcanic ash and gases.67 the writer says something

28、about the movie 2012 in paragraph 1 to _.a remind readers that 2012 is comingbadvertise the moviec attract readers interest in the movied introduce the topic of volcanoes68 according to paragraph 2, a volcano will probably erupt if _.第 4页 共 7页a it has a history of about 640,000 yearsb its floor has

29、been rising for a few yearsc it has erupted three times in historyd its floor goes down three inches each year69 which of the following statements is true?a the eruption of vesuvius in 79 ad destroyed ancient rome.b the 2010 eruption of the iceland v olcano caused the greatest losses in history.c an

30、 active volcano may not have erupted in the last 10,000 years.d volcanic eruptions helped form the sea floor, some mountains and the atmosphere.（ 2）the heart is one of the most important parts of all animals, including humans. it produces and moves blood( 血液 ) inside the animal s body.however, craig

31、 lewis, a 55-year-old american man, has just become the first man in the world living without a heart in his chest.in march of 1ast year, lewis was dying from a heart disease and there seemed to be no way to save his life. but then doctors billy cohn and bud frazier of the texas heart institute succ

32、eeded in replacing his heart with a pump(泵 ). the device(装置 ) is like a human heart and moves a continuous flow of blood through the body, using blades( 机器的叶片 ) to move it along.doctors put t he device in after removing lewis heart. within a day, the patient was up and able to speak.“ i listened, ”s

33、aid linda, lewis wife.“ it was a hum( 嗡嗡声 ), which was amazing. ”she saidshe knew the operation was risky.“ he wanted to live, and we didn t want toselohim.”as long asthe device works, lewis will stay alive without a heartbeat or pulse(脉博 ).the two doctors had developed the device some time before a

34、nd tested their invention on acow named abigail. “you couldn t hear a heartbeat from abigailshehadschestnopulse,and butshe was happy and in good health,” dr cohn said.then the pair went on doing experiments on nearly 50 cows. the day after the operations, theanimals were doing everything they were t

35、he day before-eating, sleeping and moving. the onlydifference was that this time, there wasn t a heart pumping blood throughtheir bodies.70 it can be 1earned from paragraph 1 that _.a the heart is more important to humans than to other animals b the heart is the most important part in the human body

36、c lewis is the world s firstlivingmanwithout a heartd the heart is a place for animals to think about things71 the underlined word “ it” in paragraph 2 means _.a a heart diseaseb the devicec a human heartd blood72 put the following events in the right order ： _. the two doctors did experiments on ne

37、arly 50 cows. lewis received the operation. the device was developed.第 5页 共 7页 abigail was tested.ab cd73 according to the passage，which of the following is true?a lewis is 1iving without a heartbeat or pulse.b lewis couldn t speak for two days after the operation.c abigail became weak after the ope

38、ration.d the device can work better than a heart does.第二部分非选择题（40 分）第三节：任务型阅读（共 7 小题，每小题2 分，满分14 分）阅读下面两篇短文，根据所给语境，按要求完成下列各题。（ 3）i had to make a decision. while cleaning the house, i found my 13-year old sister s diary( 日记 ).i picked the book up from the floor and opened it, searching for my name. i

39、 thought that iwould find something bad. as i read, the blood ran from my face. it was worse than i thought. isat down on the floor. there was nothing bad there at all. there was a short description of herself,her goals and her dreams, and of the person who had encouraged her most. i started to cry.

40、i was her hero. she admired me for my personality, my achievements and, strangely, myhonesty. she wanted to be like me. she had been watching me for years. i stopped reading. i feltashamed of myself. i had put so much energy into pushing her away that i had missed out onbeing her friend.i wasted yea

41、rs hating someone and now i had violated(违背 ) her trust. it was i who hadlost something beautiful, and it was i who would never allow myself to do such a thing again.reading the words my sister wrote warmed my heart, and i wanted to know her again. i wasfinally able to put away the silly things that

42、 kept me from her. that afternoon. i decided to go toherthis time to experience ， but not to judge( 指责 ), to welcome, but not to fight. after all， shewas my sister.74根据处完成下面的句子。（每空一词）as i read, my face _ _.75将处翻译成汉语。_76根据短文内容，完成下面的句子。（每空一词）after reading the diary, the writer realized that he had _ h

43、is sister and he would be_ to her.（ 4）the huangpu river is a must-see for most tourists. you can enjoy the museum of international architecture( 建筑风格 ) on the bund and the skyline of lujiazui in pudong. you can have a close look at the famous shanghai radio and tv tower and the magnificent( 壮丽的 ) ji

44、nmao building.you can also see videos, sing songs or watch wonderful performances on the boat you are第 6页 共 7页taking. tea and coffee are served during the trip. the tour guide will tell you something about the old shanghai and modern shanghai both in chinese and english. you are sure to have a good

45、time on the boat.they offer three different boat tours along the river every day：the 1.5-hour trip to see yangpu bridge at the price of 25-35yuan.the 3.5-hour trip to wusongkou, the mouth of the yangtze river, which leads to the east china sea. this costs 50-100 yuan.visitors can get on the boat at the ferry pier( 轮渡码头 ) on the bund on east jinling road. the booking office is open from 7:30am to 5:30pm. call49543201 for mote information.information cardthe languages the guide uses on the boat77 _the things you can do 78 _see videos, sing songs or watch wonderfulperformances.bu