牛津9a第一学期期中试卷及答案

1、 太仓市 20072008 学年第一学期期中质量分析初三英语听力部分(26 分)一、听力选择(26 分，116 题，每小题 1 分，1721 题，每小题 2 分)a)对话理解(每小题 1 分)听下面 16 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 a、b、c 三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。1ahome2ahorses3a8：50bto the hospitalbdogscto schoolcpandasc9：10b9：004ayesshe will come to china to learn chinesebyesshe is planning to learn chinesec

2、noshe doesnt think it is a good idea5ato go to the shop6ashe felt very sadbto post his lettercto visit his motherbshe felt quite happy cshe felt very tired7ashe will go to sichuan bshe will go to hangzhoucshe hasnt decided yet8asince three months ago bthree weeks ago cfor three weeks9aon the morning

3、 of sep1bon the morning of sep2con the afternoon of sep210aby planebby traincby car11adecemberbjanuarycfebruary12aat the cinema13anature and growth。bin the streetbcahn and peacefulcat a shopcmoney and envy14athey dont know each otherbthey are good friendscthey are brother and sister 15aits strange t

4、o drink tea with sugar and milkbsome people just like milkcpeople dont like tea at a1l16asomething is wrong with his handbsomething is wrong with his headcsomething is wrong with his legsb)短文理解(每小题 2 分)听下面的短文。短文后有 5 个小题，从题中所给的 a、b、c 三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。17when did the first laughter club open?ain 19961

5、8where did the man who opened the first laughter club come from?a1ndia bamerica cengland19who is steve wilson?bin 1994cin 1 995athe man who opened the laughter clubbthe scientist who discovered that laughter is good for healthcthe man who took laughter clubs toamerica20which of the following is not

6、true?alaughter is the same in any languageblaughter is good for usclaughter is different in different languages21how many laughter clubs are there around the world now?aless than 1,000bmore than 1,000cabout 1,000笔试部分(104 分)二、选择填空(从每小题所给的 a、b、c、d 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，把其编号填入下面相对应的空格内。共 30 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 30 分)

7、a)单项选择 22paper money was inthirteenth centuryuse in china when marco polo visited the country inathe，bthe，thec，the d，23一 dont forget to bring my new books tomorrow afternoon一 no, iadidntbneedntcwontdcouldntdtold24iatell25they looked forward with hopeto join in some activities yesterdaybtelling cwas

8、tolda chance to receive further educationafor getting26一 is therebof gettingcto get dto gettingin the box?一 no,asomething，anythingcanything，nothingbanything，somethingdnothing，anything，tea or coffee?27whichyou ratherawould，to drinkbwould，likedwould，drinkcwould，28the noise of the tv almostadrive he ma

9、dbdrives mad himddrives him madcdrove he mad29ahow30his failing in the exam again made himafeeling sadly bto feel saduseful advice he gave us!bwhat cwhat adhow acfeel sadly dfeel sad31一 i like my teacher very muchhe is very kindus一 oh，thats very kindaof to bto，of32simon hardly speaks english，ais he

10、bdid hehimcto，to?dof ,ofcdoes hedisnt he33一 how many students listened to the teacher carefully enough in the class?一anobodybnonecsomeonedsome one34at the shopping centre，he didnt know whatandwith an empty bagabuy，leavecto buy，leftbbuy ,to leavedis to buy，leaves35i think this talk is worthato listen

11、bto listen toc1isteningd1istening to 36he broke his left leg last week，so he candanceano；any more37what do you thinkathatbnot；any muchcno；any muchdnot；any morewe should do to improve our english?cwhich dhowbher some presentsato buying，to givingcbuy, give39there are38i preferher some moneybto buy，to

12、givedto buying，to givingin the reading room, but many of those books arentto readaenough books，enough easycbook enough，easy enoughbenough books，easy enoughdbook enough，enough easy40could you please tell usawhere we can findcwhere we to findour english teacher?bwhere can we finddwhere to we find41my

13、mother asked me to go shopping yesterdayin this sentence to go shopping isaobjectbpredicativecadverbialdobject complementb)完形填空what is your favourite colour? do you like yellow, orange，or red ?if you do, you must bean optimist(乐观者)，a leader or an active person who enjoys lifedo you prefer grey and b

14、lue?then you are probably quiet, shy and youd rather follow than 42 .you seem to be apessimist(悲观者)。colours 43 our moods , there is no doubt about it . a yellow room makes most peoplefeel more 44 and warmer than a dark green oneit seems that a red dress brings warmth andcheer on the other hand, blac

15、k is depressing(令人压抑的)a black bridge 45 the riverthames , near london, used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀)than other bridges in the are-a until it46 green，the number of suicide attempts( 企图)fell sharply at once ，perhaps it47 pink or baby blue light andwould have fallen even more if the bridge

16、had been done48 colors make people not only happier but also 49 . it is true fact that factory workerswork better，harder ,and have 50 accidents when their machines are painted orange rather51 black or dark green42ago back43ainfluenced44acheerful45aonbcomecleaddthinkbdont influencebcheercinfluencecne

17、rvousccrosscgotdinfluencesdworrieddthroughdwas painteddforbover46apainted47aonbis paintedbbycin 48adark49aactive50alittle51atobbrightbmore quietblessccleardgoodcmore active dmuch activecfewercondmoredatbthan三、阅读理解(共 13 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 26 分)aapril 21st in 2006 was the 80th birthday of queen elizabeth.s

18、he is one of the mostfamous women in the worldhere are some interesting stories about the queenqueen elizabethis the fortieth monarch(君主)since 1066she has been the queen ofgreat britain for 54 yearsduring her 54-year reign(统治)，she has made over 250 official visitsto 129 different countries, includin

19、g china in 1986 she has also hosted more than 90 formaldinners for those important people from foreign leaders when she visits foreign countries orhosts formal dinners，the queen often receives presents from foreign leaderssome unusualpresents include animals like jaguars and sloths from brazil，and b

20、lack beavers from canadathe queen is a great animal lover and she is known for her love of dogsso far，the queenhas had more than 30 dogs she is also really fond of horses and good at feeding horses herhorses have won major races several timesthe queen usually sends a telegram(电报)of congratulations t

21、o her people who are 100years old on their hundredth birthdayperhaps she will send herself in twenty years1ts notimpossible，since all her family members have enjoyed a long lifethe queens mother died in2002 at the age of 10152we can learn from the passage that queen elizabethisa80 b81 c10053when did

22、 queen elizabethbecome the queen of great britain?a1n 1950 bin 1952 cin 1006 din 198654according to the passage，we can guess that jaguars and sloths are two kinds ofyears old this yeard101aplants55the queen likes animals and she lovesacats bdogsbanimalsctreesdflowerschorsesdboth b and c56at the age

23、of 100，any person in britain mayasend a telegram to the kingccelebrate 0ueents birthdaybreceive a telegram from the queendmeet the king bover 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to china for the 2006sworldmun meeting(世界大学生模拟联合国大会)the meeting was held in peking universityfrom

24、 march 27th to 31 st,2006the idea of the worldmun began in 1991a group of students at harvard(哈佛)universitywanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested in theworldthey wanted to discuss different problems around the worldthe worldmun isbased(以为基础)on understanding，c

25、ompromise，learning and friendshipthe first meetingwas held in poland in 1992after thatit is held in spring every yearlast year，it was held inscotlandthis was the first time the worldmun meeting was held in asia( 亚洲)it was also thebiggest one in historythe students came from the best universities aro

26、und the worldduring thefiveday meeting，they did everything that people in the un dothough their skin colors andcultures(文化)were different, they had the same wish to make the world better57by the end of the year 2006，the worldmun meeting had been helda12 times58the word“compromise”in the passage mean

27、sa友谊 b理解 c和解59which of the following is not true?b13 timesc15 timesd17 timesin chinesed屈服athe students want to travel around the worldbthe students are interested in the worldcthe students want to discuss different problemsdthe students wish to make the world better60the best title of the passage is

28、athe first worldmun meetingcuniversity studentsbthe worldmun meetingdproblems around the worldcjenny felt more confident about her life after reading about her star signshe alwaysfollowed the advice for her star sign，virgoone monday, it said，“be careful not to answer phone calls this week，or you cou

29、ld miss agreat opportunity!(机会)”“i think im patient enough not to answer the phones for a week,”thought jennytwenty minutes later，her mobile phone rangit was from her companytheywere calling to tell her that she was needed to go to the office early that day ，but jenny did notanswer the phonewhen she

30、 arrived at the office，her boss was angry because jenny，his onlysecretary(秘书)，was four hours late he became even angrier when he knew that she did notanswer any phone calls for the whole day when the same thing happened the next day，jennys boss became impatient and told her togo home !during the res

31、t of the week ，jenny did not answer any phone calls she missed 20phone calls on sunday and felt sad that she did not speak to anybody on her birthdayon the following monday morningjenny rushed downstairs to get the newspaper and readher star signs advice for the new weekshe felt she was very silly a

32、fter reading an apology(道歉)for last weeks mistake in the newspapervirgos advice should be”be careful to answerphone calls this week”“not”was put in by mistake！61jenny feltapatientafter reading the advice for her star signbconfidentcwisedpowerful62jenny was asked to go home onamonday btuesdaycfridaydsunday63what was the main reason that jennys boss got very angry?ajenny was latebjenny didnt work at allcjenny didnt answer the phone calls for a whole daydjenny had a long rest64in fact，the newspaper wanted the virgosato answer all phone callsbnot to answer any pho