14九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

1、延庆县20132014学年第一学期期末试卷初三英语听力理解 （共26分）一、听对话，从下面各题所给的a、b、c三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对话读两遍。（共4分，每小题1分）1. a. b. c. 2. a. b. c. 3. a. b. c.4. a. b. c.二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白内容，从下面各题所给的a、b、c三个选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。（共12分，每小题1分）请听一段对话，完成第5至第6小题。5. what color is the shirt?a. green. b. blue. c. red.6. where are the speakers

2、?a. at a bank. b. at a store. c. in a zoo.请听一段对话，完成第7至第8小题。7. when will tom come back?a. at 9:15.b. at 9:30.c. at 9:45.8. what does betty ask tom to do?a. do sports.b. return home.c. sing songs.请听一段对话，完成第9至第10小题。9. how is susan going to the seaside town?a. by bus.b. by plane.c. by ship.10. what is s

3、usan probably going to take?a. an umbrella.b. a skirt.c. a radio.请听一段对话，完成第11至第13小题。 11. who is the mans youngest cousin?a. lily. b. bob. c. john.12. how often does the man usually visit his cousins?a. once a week. b. once a month. c. once a year.13. what can we learn from the conversation?a. the ma

4、n is living in new york now.b. the woman has been to new york before.c. the speakers both enjoy visiting beautiful cities.请听一段独白，完成第14至第16小题。14. why did lucy start a new magazine?a. she wanted to be famous.b. she wanted to get more experience.c. she wanted to do something different.15. how many part

5、s are there in the magazine?a. two.b. three.c. four.16. what do you know about the magazine?a. it has the latest news.b. it has some ads for restaurants.c. it has articles about the people in the town.三、听对话，记录关键信息。（共10分，每小题2分）请根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在相应位置上。对话读两遍。house for salerooms17.a _ one with

6、 two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchenaddress18. no. _, park streetprice$ 9859surroundings (环境)19. a supermarket, a _20. a very good _ time to see it21. every day except wednesday and _知识运用 （共25分）四、单项填空（共13分，每小题1分）从下面各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。22. look at the girl in the red skirt. _is my

7、 new classmate.a. she b. he c. you d. it 23. lucy lived in beijing _2008 to 2012.a. onb. fromc. at d. of 24. which do you prefer to use, qq_e-mail?a. and b. but c. or d. so25. tony is not as clever as lucy, but he works_ than her.a. hard b. harder c. hardest d. the hardest26. _ you sing the english

8、song? yes, i can. but only a little.a. can b. may c. must d. need 27. david is the tallest student in our class. _is taller than him.a. anybodyb. everybodyc. somebody d. nobody 28. there _ still some apples in the fridge now. a. isb. arec. wasd. were29. jenny, i need some milk?ok, mum._do you need?a

9、. how longb. how farc. how oftend. how much30. mike, where is miss li?she _ a speech to the first-year students now.a. givesb. gave c. is givingd. will give31. its time for class. mr.king asked all the children_down quietly.a. sit b. to sit c. sat d. sitting32. miss lin _ a lot of work for the poor

10、area for about 10 years.a. doesb. didc. has doned. will do 33. the books_ into many other languages last year.a. translate b. translated c. are translated d. were translated34. i dont know _ tomorrow.a. where my father will gob. where will my father go c. where did my father go d. where my father we

11、nt五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选择最佳选项。tina was a seventeen-year-old girl who always wore a bright smile. she got a serious disease and had to use a walker most of the time. people didnt speak to _35_ very often. maybe it was because she looked _36_ and people didnt know ho

12、w to come near to her. tina usually _37_ the ice with people she met with a big “hi”. in one class, i gave the students an assignment (作业) to _38_ a poem. i only made the assignment worth a very small part of their total grade since i knew most of my _39_ wouldnt do it anyway. in the class, one by o

13、ne each student _40_ to correctly recite the poem. finally, annoyed (生气) and half kidding（开玩笑）, i said that the next student who couldnt recite the poem had to do three push-ups. to my _41_, tina was next. she used her walker to move to the front of the class. when she recited, she made a mistake. _

14、42_i could say a word, she threw her walker and started doing push-ups. i wanted to say, “tina, i was just kidding!” but she _43_, continued the poem and she finished the rest perfectly. when she finished, a student asked, “tina, why did you do that? its not an important assignment!” “because i want

15、 to be like yours! to be _44_ ” tina said. silence fell on the whole room when another student cried out, “tina, were not normal! we are teenagers! we get in _45_all the time.” “i know.” tina said as a big smile spread across her face. the rest of the students laughed, too. tina got only a few _46_

16、that day, but she got the love and respect of her classmates. to her, that was worth a lot more than a grade.35. a. her b. me c. us d. them36. a. strong b. different c. short d. young37. a. gave b. ate c. broke d. brought38. a. read b. copy c. find d. recite 39. a. friends b. students c. teachers d.

17、 parents40. a. started b. planned c. continued d. failed41. a. surprise b. joy c. excitement d. satisfaction42. a. because b. after c. before d. if43. a. woke up b. gave up c. stood up d. made up44. a. happy b. normal c. social d. true45. a. attention b. thought c. touch d. trouble46. a. points b. c

18、hances c. mistakes d. exercises阅读理解（共44分）六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）a news reviewhead-on train crash on may 18, two trains had a head-on crash（相撞）near new york city. over 250 people were on the trains then. about 60 people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.travel t

19、imetourists came together to the taishan mountain, on may1. over 180,000 tourists visited the place of great interest from april 29 to may 1, during the three-day holiday.brave volunteer liao zhi, a dance teacher from chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 wenchuan earthqu

20、ake, arrived in yaan 13 hours after the earthquake. the dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.tomato competition a tomato competition was held in huainan, anhui province, on april 16. the best tomatoes were chosen acco

21、rding to their shape, color and taste. the competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.47. about _ people were hurt in the head-on train crash.a. 18b. 29 c. 60d. 25048. liao zhi, the dance teacher from_, came to yaan to offer help.a. chengdub. huainan c. taishan d. new york49.

22、 the tomato competition in anhui province was held to_.a. help the people in yaan b. save the people on the trainsc. help grow better tomatoesd. forget the terrible time bkindergartens may teach you very important things you need to know. dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his fathers life with the skil

23、ls he learned.the boys father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. he couldnt speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. at that point, dancy used his fathers phone to call his mother for help. the 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her usef

24、ul information and he was able to tell where they were. just as he had learned in the kindergarten, dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “f,u,r,n,i,t,u,r,e.” but that wasnt enough for his mother to find them. then he added that they were near a bridge. finally, his mother understood

25、 he was talking about a store called furniture 22 on new jerseys route 22. the mother called 911 and the father was saved in time. “he just thought his dad needed help,” dancys mother told the reporter. she also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “it is surprising for him to get offthe hi

26、ghway and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “dancys spelling skills helped him seize（抓住）the moment,” he said. “and thats the real value of education.”50. when the father became seriously ill, he and his s

27、on were _.a. on the wayhomeb. in the kindergartenc. in a shopping center d. at a bus station51. dancy called _for help when his father couldnt speak.a.911 b. his mother c. shine d. the reporter52. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. dancy drove his father home.b. the reporter

28、was really a hero.c. shine sent dancys father to hospital.d. dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.cthe vieira family moved to the united states in 1981. at that time, they decided to stop speaking spanish at home and only communicate in english. this was because they were now living in an

29、 english-speaking country.now the vieira children are adults, and they sometimes travel to spain to visit their family and friends. but they cannot communicate with them. unfortunately this is common. when people move to new countries, they often leave their own customs and mother language behind. t

30、his is a mistake because there are many benefits（益处）of knowing more than one language.one advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate directly with more people around the world. you do not have to depend on others to talk for you, so youre more independent. people who kn

31、ow only one language must use others to help them communicate.furthermore, speaking a second language also allows people to experience other cultures and customs more effectively（有效地）. local expressions, vocabulary, and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a persons understanding of another cult

32、ure. so, knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.finally, having more multi-language speakers improves relationships between countries. if people from different countries can communicate well, the world can become closer. countries will then have more respect for ea

33、ch other and better understand each others problems.the benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. in fact, there are no disadvantages. it is very sad that many people dont try to learn another language. it is even worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become s

34、ilenced.53. the passage begins with the experience of the vieira family in order to_.a. discuss the need for teaching a new languageb. show the problems of speaking only one language c. describe the advantages of moving to another countryd. introduce the passages main characters to the readers54. ac

35、cording to the passage, if you can speak more than one language, you can_.a. find a better jobb. make more friendsc. better understand historyd. communicate more independently55. the underlined phrase “multi-language speakers” (in paragraph 5) means “people who know _.”a. more than one language b. a

36、 new languagec. their mother language d. body language56. what is the passage mainly about?a. how to learn another language.b. the importance of learning english.c. the benefits of learning other languages.d. the reasons why people come to america.d“yes, ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard nasas sp

37、ace elevator. were going to leave soon. the entire ride will take about five hours, so sit back and enjoy the trip. as we rise, be sure to look out the window. youll see the sky change from deep blue to black. it is one of the most wonderful views（景色）you will ever see! ”does this sound like the sci-

38、fi channel? well, its not. scientists are thinking that a “space elevator” will be possible toward the end of the 21st century. a space elevator will consist of a long cable (电缆) from the earths surface into space to an altitude(高度) of about 35,786 km. “elevators” will travel along the cable and mov

39、e people and loads between earth and space. one of the greatest advantages is that the cost will be much less. researchers estimate (估计) that a passenger with baggage at 150 kg might cost only $222! compare that to todays cost of around $3.3 million for the same weight. it would make “cheap” space t

40、ravel possible. scientists believe carbon nanotubes (纳米管) may be used to make high-strength materials for the cables, although they are still being studied.it was arthur c. clarke who brought this idea to the general public. in his science fiction novel fountains of paradise, engineers build a space

41、 elevator on top of a mountain peak on an island. one day, clarke was asked a question by a student during his speech. the student asked when the space elevator would become a reality. clarke answered, “probably about 50 years after everybody stops laughing.” hes got a point. when we stop thinking o

42、f something as impossible, then we start working on its development.57. why should passengers in a space elevator look out the window while they are moving into space?a. because the blue sky is very beautiful.b. because the view outside is wonderful.c. because the sky changes from black to blue.d. b

43、ecause the trip will take about seven hours.58. which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. scientists havent used carbon nanotubes to make the cables.b. traveling in space elevators will cost much less in the future.c. passengers will be able to travel in space elevators with bag

44、gage.d. space elevators will travel for 35,786 km around the earths surface.59. what is the best title for this passage?a. possible now: space travel b. cheap space travelc. going into space in an elevator d. space travel impossible七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）peter w

45、as the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. he hated losing anything. 60. _ if he lost, he would feel terrible. it seemed to peter that losing was theworst thing in the world.a new kid, albert, came to peters school. he was good at table tennis, too.61. _ peter worked

46、 hard to get ready for the match, but albert didnt seem to think muchof it. when the match began, albert was a real player. there was always a smileon his face, while peter looked serious all the time. peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat, but he lost in th

47、e end.“you played very well, peter. i think we can play again sometime,” saidalbert. but peter didnt feelhappy and couldnt fall asleep that night.one day, peter saw albert playing basketball. though he lost again and again, the happy smile never left his face. peter found albert was great at table t

48、ennis but bad at basketball. 62. _whether he won or lost the game, albert enjoyed it. peter came to realize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it. 63. _a. however, he enjoyed both of them.b. so he felt happier than ever before.c. peter and albert were good at swimmin

49、g.d. when hewon, he would feel really good.e. soon there would be a match betweenpeter and albert.八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）“i sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the internet.” “i check my e-mail almost forty times a day.”“i seldom spend less than three hours each time on t

50、he net.” “spend more time in chat rooms than with my real-life friends.”do you know any people like these? they are part of a new addiction(瘾) called internet addiction. according to experts, internet addicts(迷)spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. they lose control of the time the

51、y spend on the internet. for example, one college student was missing for several days. his friends were worried and 1ooked for him everywhere but couldnt find him. they called the police. the police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the internet for seven days straight. a study

52、shows that about six to ten percent of internet users become addicted. the teenagers spend more time on the internet than with families. thats why some experts worry most about young people. is “surfing the internet” a hobby or all addiction for you? you may have a problem if you have one of the fol

53、lowing symptoms(症状):you cant wait to get online again.you go out with your friends less and less.youve decided to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours.you do not go to important family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the internet.what is the solution(解决办法)? some experts suggest that people set strict limits(限制) on their time for internet use. you have to learn to control it, or the internet would control you.64. do internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week?65. where was the