南通市九校九年级上学期联考英语试卷

1、2005-2006学年度南通市九校（学科基地）联考英语试卷本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。第一卷从第 1 页至第 10 页，第二卷从第 11 页至第 42 页。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。考试时间420 分钟。第一卷（选择题 共4 05分）注意事项：作答第一卷前，请考生务必将自己的姓名、考试证号用书写黑色字迹的0. 5 毫米的签字笔填写在答题卡上，并认真核对监考员所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、考试证号是否正确。2.第一卷答案必须用 2B 铅笔填涂在答题卡上，在其他位置作答一律无效。每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再

2、选涂其他答案。第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分 20 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）听下面 5 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅 读一遍。1. How old is Jean?A. Ten years old.B. Thirteen years old.2. Where does the man want to go?A. New York.B. Chicago.3. Why does the man need to sta

3、y out of school?A. He s got a cold.B. He s got a fever.4. How does the woman feel?A. Discouraged.B. Satisfied.5. What can be the result of the talk?A. The woman can be off on Friday.B. The woman shouldwork on Friday.第二节：（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。 每段对话或独白后有几个小题， 从题中所给的佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话

4、或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题,各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 67 题。6. What food was popular during the 1500s?A. Potatoes.B. Chocolate drink.C. Corn.7. Who brought the potato from Peru to Europe?A. American Indians.B. The Spanish.C. The Irish.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8-10 题。C. Fifteen years old.C. Atlanta.C. He s got

5、 flu.C. Sad.C. No result.A、B、C 三个选项中选出最 每小题 5 秒钟。听完后,第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）8. What can the woman be?A. She is a waitress at a hotel.B. She is the sister of Mr. Brooks.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）C. She is the assistant of Professor Johnson s9. How could the man get in touch with Mr. Johnson?A. Find th

6、e Blackwood Hotel.B. Dial 509 directly.C. Dial 114 to find the teleph one nu mber of the hotel.10. Why did the man ask the woma n to ch a nge a dollar?A. To pay for the information.B. To make a phone call.C. To get to the hotel by bus.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11-13 题。11. What are the man and the woman talking a

7、bout?A. Future plans.B. Studying at university.C. Part-time jobs.12. What can we most possibly infer about the man from the talk?A. The man s subject is computer scienee.B. The man isn t a college student.C. The man is her boyfriend.13. Which of the following is NOT the man s suggestion?A. Studying

8、computer.B. Finding a part-time job.C. Having time for fun.听第 9 段材料，回答第 4446 题。14. Who is going to work today?A. The woman.B. The man.15. When will the two speakers meet again?A. At 1:00.B. At 11:45.16. Where do they probably live?A. In the center of the city.B. Near the gym.听第 40 段材料，回答第 4720 题。17.

9、 Who are the speakers?A. A student and a professor.B. Two college students18. What is the man s purpose for talking with the woman?A. To be introduced to her professor.B. To ask for her advice.C. To ask her to be his teacher.19. What is the name of the course they are discussing?A. Classical literat

10、ure.B. Basics in English.20. What does the woman think of Professor Wood?A. A bad teacher. B. A warm-hearted man.C. Rebecca.C. At 2:30.C. Out of the city.C.A pare nt and a stude nt.C. Problems in philosophy.C. His lecture boring.第一节：单项填空(共 15 小题；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，并在答题卡上将

11、该项涂黑。21. Good evening, Mr. Green .1 m sorry to bother you. But it s the fourth of December today.Oh, Mrs Baxter, _ rent! I m sorry it s late. bu II wrCheck right now.A . the; theB . a; aC. a; theD. the; a22. May I have a glass of beer, please?Beer? There is_ left, but you can have some orange juice.

12、A. noneB. no oneC. nothingD. few23. The lion is con sidered to be the king of the forest as it is a (an )_ of courage.A. sig nB. markC. exampleD. symbol24. Alan, _ home very late from his job, found his angry wife waiting for him at breakfast table.A . returningB . returnedC . to returnD . had retur

13、ned25. Oh, what a pity! It _ so easy for me to bring those photographs I wan ted to show you, but Ithem at home.A . would have bee nB . would beC . had bee nD . was26. - Flight 331_ . Id better be on my way. Goodbye.-Bye. Happy landing!A. was announced B. is being announced C. has announced D. is an

14、nounced27. He kept a little no tebook, in which_ the n ames and addresses of his frien ds.A. wroteB. writ ingC. was writtenD. were written28. Tom decided that he had to do someth ing to_ his an ger.A. let offB. give offC. give outD. send out29. Cooper and Teller are_ of selli ng $ 4,700 worth of her

15、oin to a nu mber of drug users.A. accusedB. accustomedC. adjustedD. accompa nied30. Why didn t you keep your words, Billy?Sorry, dear. But I really forgot where I was_ to meet you.A. dema ndedB. imagi nedC. supposedD. guessed31. What s the matter? You really look upset. Well, better luck next time.A

16、. Why, I always look up to youB. Me? I n ever look dow n upon an ybodyC.I have a bad coldD.I failed an importa nt test32. Sometimes we just believe what we see,_therealitymay bediffere nt.A. even thoughB. as ifC. sinceD. uni ess33. It was in the very house_ was built with stones_he spe nt his childh

17、ood.A. that; thatB. that; whereC. which; thatD. which; where34. _the problem of land erosion getting more serious, the government is searching for a way to deal with it.A. AsB. WithC. WhenD. If35. _ the right decisions_ the future is probably the most important thing well ever do in ourlives.A. Maki

18、ng; concernedC. To make; concerned第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36- 55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。“ One of the most difficult thi ngs to give away is kindn ess, for it is usually retur ned.Mark Ortman.With several major conferences in tow n, there was not a room to be ren

19、 ted any where.couple walked in out of the 36 rains, the desk clerk 37 they would n ever find lodgi ng( act of 38, he 39 them the only bed in tow n, his only bed.The couple at first refused, but through 40 and kindn ess, he persuaded the coupleWhen theve left 42 the next morning, the e lderly gentle

20、man said to the desk clerk, whoshould man age the best hotel in the Un ited States. Maybe 44 I ll build one. quietly)about that and the elderly couple left.The 45 and the elderly couple were forgotte n by the desk clerk un til two years _ a letter from the old man 48he come up to New York and see hi

21、m. There was a roun d-trip airli ne with the letter.The desk clerk thought,“ Why not? ” and to50 thte New York. The old man met him at the airportand 51 took him to a con struct ion site to show him an eno rmous structure52 there.“That”, said the old man,is the hotel Im bu5ding fo!ryou toThe old man

22、 was William Waldorf Astor, and the hotel would54 be known as the Waldorf-Astoria.The former desk clerk, George C. Boldt,55the first man ager.36. A.coolB. coldC. warmD. hot37. A.knewB. lear nedC. recog ni zedD. admired38. A. frie ndshipB. respectC. kindn essD. mercy39. A. suppliedB. offeredC. gaveD.

23、 provided40. A.causeB. thoughtC. argume ntD. reas on41. A.receiveB. getC. acceptD. find42. A.checked outB. looked outC. went outD. turned out43. A.the kindB. the nextC. the veryD. the clever44. A.some timeB. sometimesC. sometimeD. some day45. A.affairB. matterC. in cide ntD. accide nt46. A.the nB. o

24、r soC. laterD. after47. A.heardB. postedC. receivedD. accepted48. A. i nviti ngB. requesti ngC. wan ti ngD. telli ng49. A.moneyB. ticketC. timetableD. port50. A.rideB. liftC. voyageD. flight51. A. proudlyB. atte ntivelyC. immediatelyD. eagerly52. A. bei ng builtB. being madeC. being preparedD. being

25、 completedB. Make; concerningD. Making; concerning选出最佳选项，When an elderly临时寄宿).In anto 41 his offer.43 Yoipamson” They chuckled (laughed46 when he_4749Like Deming and Juran, Humphrey seems to be winning more praise overseas than at home. The Indiangovernment and several companies have just founded th

26、e Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute at the SoftwareTech no logy Park in Chenn ai, I ndia.Let s hope that US lead in software will not be eaten up by its quality problems.56. What country has more highest- rati ng compa nies in the world tha n any other coun try?A. Germa ny.B. The US.C. Brazi

27、l.D. I ndia.57. By what means did Japa n grab its market share by the 1970s and 1980s?A. Its products were cheaper in price and better in quality.B. Its advertis ing was most successful.C. The US software in dustry was falli ng beh ind.D. Japa n hired a lot of In dia n software specialists.58. What

28、does the fou ndi ng of the Watts Humphrey Software Quality In stitute symbolize （ 象征）?A. US determ in ati on to move ahead with its software.B. India s ambition to take the lead in software.C. Japa nese efforts to solve the software quality problem.D. Chin ese policy on importi ng software.59. What

29、is the writer worry ing about?pay me to liste n, diag nose , treat and talk. That suggests trust; I must remember that, and trust them too.60. The writer smiled while readi ng the patie nt message because he knew_ .A. Mrs. Jones would ask for more testsB. the patie nt was being un reas on ableC. the

30、 nurse was jok ing with himD. Mrs. Jones would call him61. What has caused Mrs. Jones eye problem?A. Wrong glasses.B. Medical checkup.C. Her own imagi nati on.D. Chatt ing on the Intern et.62. The un derl ined words“ clouded her judgme nt” in the last paragraph probably meanA. made her less trustful

31、 toward the doctorB. put her in con trol of her own feeli ngsC. made her less able to think clearlyD. put her in a dan gerous situati onCA peer is a pers on who is about the same age as you. Peers affect your life, whether you know it or no t, just byspe nding time with you.Peers can have a good eff

32、ect on each other. Maybe ano ther stude nt in your scie nee class taught you an easyway to remember the pla nets in solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book, and nowevery on es readi ng it.53. A. countB. possessC. con trolD.man age54. A. that wayB. this wayC. evenD.soo

33、n55. A. turnedB. becameC. desig nedD.practiced阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ A、B、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂 里。八、A. Many US software specialists are worki ng for Japa n.B. The quality problem has become a world problem.C. The US will no Ion ger be the first software player in the world.D. In dia and Japa n are j

34、oining hands to compete with the US.BMy first react ion was annoyan ce. It was Friday afternoon, and I was with in an hour of finishing my work forthe week. As I was leavi ng, a nurse brought me one more patie nt message. The stateme nt read:“to say that she has had blurred vision （ 视觉模糊 ）ever since

35、 her medical test this morning.” I smiled. Suddenour tests were caus ing eye problems.s 12 software houses that have earned the highest rati ng in the world, seve n are in Indiah er treatme nt on the advice of an Internet chat room. A woma n who had a men tal problem was substitutingThat s largely b

36、ecause they have used new methodologies （ 方法）rejected by America software specialists. Forexample, for decades quality specialists W. Edwards Demi ng and J. M. Jura n had urged US software compa nies tocha nge their attitudes to quality. But their quality call mainly fell on deaf ears in the US -but

37、 not in Japa n. By the 1970sand 1980s, Japan was grabbing market share with better, cheaper products. They used Deming sind Jura n sidetosbri ng dow n the cost of good quality to as little as 5% of total product ion costs. In US factories, the cost of qualitythen was 10 times as high: 50%. In softwa

38、re, it still is.Watts S. Humphrey spe nt 27 years at IBM headi ng up software product ion and the n quality assura nee （ 保证） .But his advice was seldom paid attention to. He retired from IBM in 1986. In 1987, he worked out a system for assessing评价）and improving software quality. It has proved its va

39、lue time and again. For example, in 1990 the cost of quality atRaythe on Electr onics Systems was almost 60% of total software product ion costs. It fell to 15% in 1996 and has si neefurther dropped to below 10%.（用.代替）St. John s word for her medication. Now Mrs. Jones was imagining problems. I rolle

40、d my eyes.My sec ond reacti on was worry. As Ilooked through her record, I tried to figure out why she would haveblurred vision, but nothing in her record explained the new problem. She s probably just anxious, I thoshe wouldn t have called if she had been all right. I picked up the phone.What I nex

41、t felt can only be described as delight. Before I made the call, the nurse ran in: Mrs. Jones called.Her vision is fine. It turned out that she picked up the wrong glasses when she left the office. The X-ray technician has bee n havi ngthe same problem. I let out a laughter. Mrs. Jones had bee n rig

42、ht. Her visi on had bee n blurred. Now we know why.Fin ally I felt shame. I came to realize what Mrs. Jones had taught me. I had first known she was wrong, that her an xiety hadclouded her judgme nt. In stead, my medical trai ning had clouded mine. Now I feel tha nkful that Mrs. Jones figured it out

43、 before Imade a mistake about our relati on ship. Patie nts come to me for my help. They第三部分：阅读理解 （共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）However, sometimes peers affect each other in another way. For example, one kid in school might try to getanother to cut class with him, your soccer friend might try to persuade

44、 you to be mean to another player and neverpass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him.Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kidsmay make fun of them if they dont go along with the group.

45、Others may go along because they are curious to trysomethi ng new that others are doing. The idea that“ every one s doing itproblems.You ask how Chin ese America n people view each other. This is an importa nt questio n. Because I know so littleabout China that I am not able to judge how Chin ese vi

46、ew America ns. I am sure that the view differs accord ing to individual experie nces that pers ons might have. And it is not easy to describe America to foreig ners. America is a vastmass of people and cultures. These people came from all parts of the world, from Asia, Africa,their better judgme nts

47、, or their com mon sen ses beh ind.Peer pressure can be extremely strong and hard to get rid of. Experiments have shown how peer pressure can influe nce some one to cha nge her mind from what she knows for sure is a correct an swer to the in correct an swer -justbecause every one else gives the in c

48、orrect an swer! That holds true for people of any age in peer pressure situati ons.It can be hard to walk away from peer pressure, but it can be done. Pay attention to your own feelings and beliefsabout what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do. Inner stre ngth and self- con fi

49、de nce can help youstand firm, walk away, and resist doing something when you know better.63. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Peers have a good effect.B. Childre n give in to peer pressure.C. Peer pressure is hard to stop. D. Peer pressure.64. The un derl ined word shoplift probably means to

50、_ .A. do shopp ingB. carry goods for shopsC. steal in the shopD. take the lift upstairs in the shop65. The writer will NOT agree that_ .A. only childre n cha nge their correct an swers to in correct ones because of peer pressureB. peers have an effect on each otherC. peer pressure can be got rid ofD

51、. peers will believe in themselves if there are other peers who agree with them66. The writer intends to_ by writi ng the passage.A. warn peers to separate from each otherB. tell peers to follow othersC. show it is hard to walk away from peer pressureD. persuade peers to do what they thi nk is the r

52、ight thi ngDDear Flowermouse,Thank you for your comme nts on how America ns and Chin ese view each other. This is an importa nt subject.Modern tech no logy has give n many n ati ons the cha nce of destro ying other n ati ons. This is a cruel picture but it isa realistic on e. It means that every n a

53、ti on should make sure that these weap ons of great destruct ion are n ever used.This requires greater un dersta nding and greater accepta nce of differe nces among people and n atio ns in all parts ofthe pla net.Your letter asks specifically about Chin ese America n relati on ships but I want to le

54、t you know my feeli ngs on aglobal scale. Because China and America are the most powerful nations and I believe they have a special resp onsibility for promot ing better un dersta nding and for leadi ng the way toward peaceful solutio ns to the worldnatio n.I believe that the vast majority of Americ

55、a ns like the vast majority of Chin ese want peace and frien dship betwee n our two n ations. Both China and America have suffered through gen erati ons from war and viole nce in our history. And I believe that it is thespecial resp on sibility of all Chin ese and all America ns to impress this n ee

56、d for mutual un dersta nding on our n eighbors in othercoun tries.So my friend, this is my response. Please know that I write to you as a private person living in America. I do feel stron gly thatpeople everywhere have more in com mon tha n they have differe nces. We all share the same basic n eeds

57、for existe nce and we alldepe nd upon the same n eed for the survival of this beautiful pla net earth. Maybe we can beg in to en courage better com mun ication and better un dersta nding through my colu mn s. I hope so.67. From the passage we can know that Flowermouse_ .A. loves America nsB. has rea

58、d about the writer s articlesC. is America nD. knows little about America ns68. It is likely that the writer_ .A. disagrees with FlowermouseB. thinks it possible for n ati ons to be destroyed due to moder n tech no logyC. thinks America n gover nment share the same opinions with its peopleD. believe

59、s the weap ons of great destructio n are n ever used69. I n the letter Flowermouse wrote to the writer, he may have referred to_.A. America n cultureB. America n societyC. Chin ese- America n relatio nshipsD. how Chin ese and America ns help each other70. The writer s purpose to write the passage is

60、 to_.A. i ntroduce America ns to usB. make friends with FlowermouseC. speak for the gover nment of AmericaD. call in n ati ons to un dersta nd each otherEThe house was quie t at 5 am and Tim s mother was asleep. Only the sound of big freezer broke the quiet. He d dreamt ofthe cave last night. The pu