初三下册英语月考试卷及答案

1、三校20132014学年度第二学期第一次月考九 年 级 英 语 试 题（考试时间：120分钟 总分:150分）第卷 选择题（共95分）一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A) 从A、B、C三幅图中找出与你所听内容相符的选项。听两遍。( )1. What is Toms animal sign?A B C( )2. What does Mikes father do? A B C( )3. Which sport does the girl like best? A B C( )4. Where is Jennys sweater? A B CB) 听对话，根据所听对话及问题选择正确答

2、案。听两遍。( )5. When does Jacky run?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon.C. In the evening.( )6. What did Tom help his parents to do last weekend?A. To clean the yard.B. To clean the car.C. To clean the house.( )7. Where can the man smoke?A. Over there.B. Just here.C. Anywhere.( )8. How did Mrs Sun li

3、ke the journey?A. Interesting.B. Exciting.C. Awful.( )9. Who won the first prize in the English speech competition?A. Rose and John.B. John and Mike.C. Rose and Mike.( )10.Whats the time?A. 10:30B. 10:25C. 10:35C)听下面几段对话，选择正确答案。听两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第11-12题。 ( ) 11. What does Sandy want to be when she grows

4、 up?A. A school teacher.B. A social worker.C. A singer.( ) 12. Who is Sandys hero?A. Celine Dion.B. Max.C. We dont know.听一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。听两遍。Why was Henry Ford so famous?Because he is the first person to build many 13 .Young Henry Ford went Detroit and became a(n) 14

5、.The first car was born in the world at the year 15 .( )13. A. plansB. carsC. bicycles ( )14. A. engineerB. playerC. musician( )15. A. 1908B. 1903C.1892D)听短文，选择正确答案。听两遍。( )16. Mr. White was going to _ . A. WashingtonB. New YorkC. Paris( )17. In the story, _ got on the wrong train. A. the porterB. Mr

6、. WhiteC. the writer( )18. The porter looked for _ everywhere. A. the luggageB. the windowC. Mr. White ( )19. Mr. White was _ . A. cleverB. carelessC. as foolish as the luggage ( )20. The wrong train Mr. White took was going to _ . A. LondonB. New YorkC. Washington二、选择填空 从下列每题所给的选项中选出一个最佳答案（共20小题；每小

7、题1分，满分20分）( )21. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is on _fourth Thursday in_ November.A. the; 不填B. the; aC. 不填; the D. a; 不填( )22.The naughty boy doesnt understand why his parents are strict_ him _ anything.A. with, inB. with, withC. in, inD. in, with( )23.Can you tell me _ the problem of stre

8、ss?A. what I should deal withB. how I should do withC. what to deal withD. how to deal with( )24. Its patient _ our teacher to spend a lot of time _ things to us patiently.A. of, explainingB. for, to explainC. for, explainningD. of, to explain( )25. He said he _ the photo on his home page to _ it to

9、 others.A. would rather put, showB. preferred putting, showingC. would rather to put, showD. prefered to put, show( )26.She worries _, so she often feels much _.A. much too, stressedB. too much, more stressedC. too many, less stressedD. a lot, less stressed( )27. What colours can give you a happy an

10、d satisfied feeling?_.A. Blue and yellowB. Orange and whiteC. Orange and yellowD. Red and yellow( )28. The picture shows us _ in Nanjing in the past.A. what everyday life was likeB. what was everyday life likeC. how everyday life was likeD. how was everyday life like( )29. I feel tired and sleepy. W

11、hy not _?A. to stop to workB. stop to have a restC. stop having a restD. to stop to have a rest( )30. In winter people usually keep flowers in their houses to _them from the cold.A. produceB. provideC. protectD. plant( )31. Who is knocking at the door?It _ Mr. Black, because he_Washington.A. can'

12、;t be;has gone toB. may be;has been toC. mustt be;has gone toD. may be;went( )32. He doesn't tell me when he_ . I'll telephone you as soon as he_.A. will come;comesB. will come; will comeC. comes; will comeD. comes; comes( )33.-What's up?-I can't stand the noise outside. It's nea

13、rly_ me mad.A. keepingB. turningC. causingD. driving( )34. Did you and your parents enjoy your stay in San Ya last week? Yeah, _we had! A. what a funB. how great funC. what funD. how a good time(   )35. She has never read this book, _ she?

14、_, so she knows little about it.A. has, No, he hasnt.B. hasnt, Yes, he does.C. has, Yes, he hasnt.D. hasnt, No, he does.( )36. _ valuable advice it is. It will be of _ great value to me.A. What a; theB. What ; /C. How ; theD. How ; /( )37. I think his suggestion is worth _of carefully. I agree _ you

15、. A. thinking; withB. thinking; toC. to think; withD. to think; to( )38. Though I like the house very much, its price _ my ability to pay.A. goes beyondB. goes further C. goes downD. begins with( )39. The teacher gave _ children _ cakes each to eat for their breakfast. A. the rest, other twoB. rest,

16、 two moreC. rest, another two D. the rest, two more(   )40. Its careless _ him to make the same mistake again. I think it important _ everyone to be careful in everything. A. to; for B. for; of C. of; to D. of; for三、完形填空 阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（共15分；每空1分，满分15分）Time flies so quickly! We

17、 become mature (成熟的 ) girls or boys, or at least we 41 we are. At the same time, our parents are no longer young.They 42 all they have to us but never look forward to getting 43 back. When we are ill in bed, it is our parents who look 44 us day and night; when we are trying to make 45 , it is our pa

18、rents who are much happier than we are; when we're hungry or cold or sad, it is our parents who 46 give us help.But what have we done for our parents? 47 we grow up, we have our own ideas and we think we are 48 enough to think and act by ourselves, so we usually dislike their care. 49 , sometime

19、s we don't listen to them; even 50 with them !To change the 51 , we must act at once, letting them know that we love them, too. In doing so, don't hesitate(犹豫) and don't be 52 .Try our best to understand our parents, 53 something for our parents and not to make them feel hopeless. In a w

20、ord, make it a duty to bring 54 to our parents, for that's the very sign that we are really mature.Children are parents 55 and we are carrying both our dreams and theirs.The pleasure of our parents is what we should try to do!( )41. A. thinkB. explainC. adviseD. affect( )42. A. passB. giveC. sho

21、wD. take( )43. A. somethingB. everythingC. anythingD. nothing( )44. A. forB. likeC. atD. after( )45. A. progressB. warmthC. a decisionD. a noise( )46. A. neverB. hardlyC. seldomD. always( )47. A. If B. BeforeC. AsD. Though( )48. A. carefulB. oldC. youngD. patient( )49. A. At firstB. As a resultC. So

22、 farD. At once( )50. A. quarrelB. helpC. beginD. drink( )51. A. choiceB. situationC. wisdomD. suggestion( )52. A. energeticB. activeC. shyD. modest( )53. A. throwB. askC. readD. do( )54. A. stressB. moneyC. happinessD. cheese( )55. A. hopeB. awardC. taskD. aim四、阅读理解 阅读下列内容，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（共20小题；每小题2分，

23、满分40分）(A)When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear? If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when youre older. “Brave New Girls”, by American author Jean Gadeberg, will help you make such choices. It says you must

24、 be a brave new girl. A brave new girl is one who is confident, healthy and happy. A brave new girl can realize her dreams. To be brave, you need to make a decision for yourself. Other people may tell you what to do, but you should not listen to them. You must only do what you want. If you always we

25、ar clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so. Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want. You have to like your body, it says. If you dont, you will not take good care of it and wont stay healthy. The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident. If

26、 you are confident, youll succeed in life. A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys. In fact you are. Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be.( )56. What quality should a brave new girl have?A. ConfidentB. Heal

27、thyC. HappyD. A, B and C( )57. “Brave New Girls” is a _.A. filmB. storyC. bookD. newspaper( )58. Suppose(假如) you are a brave new girl, which answer is wrong?A. Make a decision for yourselfB. Wear clothes like your favourite TV starC. Like your bodyD. Realize that you are as clever as boys.( )59. Wha

28、ts the meaning of the word “grade” in this passage?A.年级B. 成绩C. 品位D. 道路( )60. Whats the best title of the passage?A. To be braveB. A good bookC. To be a brave new girlD. Realize dreams(B)A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all

29、 day long. Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift goes to that floor. It is all very fast and easy. Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think ab

30、out a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mother and father

31、carry food up all those stairs? Of course not. We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.( )61.A lift looks like_.A.a small roomB.a small houseC. a small ladderD.a small stair( )62.Which

32、of the following is true?A. A modern lift has no buttons.B. A modern lift has a worker to operate it.C.A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it.D. A modern lift knows what floor people want.( )63.If you want to go to the floor you want, you_.A. ask for helpB. open the door of the liftC.

33、 ring the bellD. push the right button ( )64.Why do people have to use lifts? Because_.A. they have tall buildings B. they can't walk up and downC. old people and children need them D. lifts are wonderful( )65.Choose the best title for this text.A. ButtonsB. LiftsC. Tall BuildingsD. Climbin

34、g Stairs (C)Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows.

35、“If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day I will go there and see this wonderful place.”One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home f

36、or a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows b

37、ut instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” And invited him to sit on the porch (门廊 ). As he sat there, he loo

38、ked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.( )66. During his break every morning, the small boy would_.A. fix the fenceB. eat sandwichesC. climb up on the fenceD. walk around

39、 the farm( )67. One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to_.A. go to the townB. play on the fieldC. go to see the houseD. make the golden windows( )68. What did the boy find when he got there?A. Nobody lived in the poor house.B. No golden windows were i

40、n the house.C. The house was as old as he expected.D. The house was nearer than he thought.( )69. The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought “_.”A. Like father, like sonB. Love me, love my dogC. Every dog has its dayD. The grass is greener somewhere else( )70. Which is the best ti

41、tle for the passage?A. Golden Windows.B. Father and Son.C. A Wonderful Place.D. A Boy's Promise. (D)If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time. Every year it's the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year a

42、nd all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life. Here's a suggestion : Forget

43、 the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. "We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it's so hard for us to reach it," said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. "What we try to d

44、o is to begin with such a small step that we can't find any excuse not to do it. "“Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes. During World War II, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead o

45、f sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. "Kaizen" could possibly help people succeed in doing everything.( )7

46、1. At the end of December, people usually_.A. fail to make big changesB. plan for the last yearC. think about the new yearD. try to lose their ideas( )72. Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us_.A. we should do everything in big stepsB. how to change one's life with one small stepC. we should try

47、 a lot of sudden changesD. how to find a small step without any excuse( )73. The underlined part "increase productivity" in the passage means “_”.A.提高生产率B.增加成本C.增加出口量D.提高待遇( )74. The writer of the passage suggests we should_.A. make changes at the end of the yearB. do few experiments with

48、"kaizen"C. do things with hard-to-achieve goalsD. take a tiny step to achieve big goals( )75. Which of the following is true from the passage?A. You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.B. Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.C. You cant find any excuse not to reac

49、h a big goal.D. “Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World War II.三校20132014学年度第二学期第一次月考九 年 级 英 语听 力 材 料一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A) 从A、B、C三幅图中找出与你所听内容相符的选项。听两遍。1. W: Tom, what is your animal sign?M: My sisters animal sign is Goat. My sister is one year older than me, so my star sign must be Monkey. 2.

50、 W: What does your father do, Mike? M: He is an engineer.3. M: Whats your favourite sport?W: Basketball. I play basketball almost every day.4. M: Jenny, where is your sweater?W: Hmm . look, its over there, on the bed.B) 听对话，根据所听对话及问题选择正确答案。听两遍。5. W :Jacky, you are so energetic. Do you usually play s

51、ports?M: Yeah. I run every morning.6.W: What did you do last weekend, Tom?M: I did my homework first. Then I helped my parents to clean our house.7. M: Do you mind if I smoke here?W : Sorry, not here. Go to that corner, please.8. M: Hello, Mrs Sun. Welcome to Shanghai. How was your journey?W: It was

52、 terrible. You know, the plane was late and the weather was too bad.9. M: Rose, I heard John won the first prize in the English speech competition.W: So he did. And Mike won the first prize, too. They got the same score.10. M: Whats the time by your watch? W: Ten thirty, but its five minutes fast.C)

53、听下面几段对话，选择正确答案。听两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第11-12题。M: Good morning, Sandy！W: Good morning, Max!M: Shall we go shopping together this weekend?W: I'd love to, but I'm afraid I can't. I'm going to sing in the school show next month. I need to practice this weekend.M: It's OK.W: You know, I love s

54、inging. I really want to sing for people. It's great to make people happy.M: Who's your favourite singer?W: I like Celine Dion best. She sings well and is so popular now. Her new songs are very good. I'd like to be as popular as Celine. My plan is to travel around the world and sing.听一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选