小海中学九年级英语期中测试

1、第 PAGE 9 页 共 NUMPAGES 9 页(初三英语试卷)南通市小海中学2012-2013学年第一学期期中考试初三英语试卷考试总分：140分 时间：120分钟 命题人：黄爱华 审核人：龚永军 2012.11注意：第 = 1 * ROMAN I卷选择题的答案填涂在答题卡上，第 = 2 * ROMAN II卷非选择题的答案填写在答题纸上。第 = 1 * ROMAN I卷（选择题部分 共80分）听力理解（20） = 1 * ROMAN I听对话，选择合适的图画或答案。每段对话听两遍。（ ）1 What does the girl want? ( ) 2 Where does the dial

2、ogue take place? ( ) 3 Whos the tallest? ( ) 4 What are they talking about? ( ) 5 What does the man think the building will be ? A A supermarket B A hotel C A department store ( ) 6 Whose MP5 is the best? A Jacks B The mans C The womans ( )7 What are they talking about? A An activity about safe driv

3、ing B Where to have a drink C A dangerous drink ( ) 8 When will the train leave ? A At 12.20 B At 12.30 C At 12.40 ( ) 9 How was Jack last night? A He was at a meeting B He wasnt feeling well C He wanted to go to a party ( )10 Where are they talking? A In a park B At a sports centre C In a restauran

4、t = 2 * ROMAN II.听对话和短文回答问题。听第一段对话，回答第1112小题。（ ）11. What do you learn from the dialogue?Lily sings well. B. David enjoys pop music. C. David is interested in cartoons .（ ）12. Who is busier every day?Lily. B. David. C. Both.听第二段对话，回答第1315小题。（ ）13. Whats the man planning to do in Beijing?To study in a

5、 university. B. To visit some of his friends. C. To travel to some famous places.（ ）14. What form of transport does the girl suggest he make use of in Beijing?A taxi. B. The underground. C. Buses.（ ）15.What can we learn from the dialogue？The man isnt familiar with the city of Beijing. The man doesnt

6、 like to travel to different places The underground is the best choice for everyone.听一篇短文，回答第1620小题。（ ）16. Where does David work?In a hospital. B. In a library. C. In a supermarket.（ ）17. How long does he have for the summer holiday every year?Five days. B. Seven days. C. Thirty days（ ）18. Why did h

7、e take the train to San Francisco?Because he wanted to save money. B. Because he wanted to see the USA.C. Because it was more comfortable than taking a plane.（ ）19. Where did he get off the train?In a small town. B. In New York City. C. In San Francisco.（ ）20. How did he return to New York?A. By pla

8、ne. B. By bus . C. By train.单项选择（15）（ ）21. Here is _ 800word report in todays newspaper. Its about National Day Military Parade. Its _wonderful show I have ever watched. A. an; the B. the; an C. a; the most D. an; the most（ ）22. Id rather _ a pink dress_ a red dress. A. to wear, to B. wear, than C.

9、to wear, than D. wear, to（ ）23. _ your English teacher_ you? Yes, but he still encourages me to try my best.Does, strict with B. Does, strict in C. Is, strict with D. Is, strict in（ ）24._ tourists come to Nanjing to see places of interst every year. A. Thousand ofB. Two thousands C. Two thousand of

10、D. Thousands of（ ）25. The food on the plate smells _. You cant eat it. A. delicious B. badly C. well D. bad（ ）26. This years biggest basketball match is being covered _. A. alive B. living C. live D. lively （ ）27. What a good _ youve made! Thanks a lot!A. information B. news C. suggestion D. advice（

11、 ）28. Im very tired these days because of studying for the coming mid-term exam.Why not _ some light music? It can help you_.A. listen to; relaxB. to listen to; relaxC. listen to; relaxed D. to listen to; relaxed（ ）29. It is clever _ the girl _work out difficult problems.for, to B. of, to C. at, to

12、D. on, to（ ）30. Do you know her well? Sure. We _ friends since ten years ago.A. were B. have made C. have been D. have become（ ）31. Which do you like best, coffee, milk or juice? _. I only like tea A. Neither B. None C. Either D.Nothing（ ）32. The book is _ great value. It is well worth_ twice. A. of

13、, reading B. of, to be read C. with, reading D. with, to be read（ ）33. How did the accident happen? You know, itwasdifficult to see the road clearly because it_.A. is rainingB. rains C. was raining D. has rained（ ）34. Tom has much difficulty _ Chinese, so he often asks me _ help. A. to understand; w

14、ith B. understanding; for C. to understand; for D. understanding; with（ ）35.一Would you please help me carry this heavy box? 一_A. Thats all right. B. It doesnt matter.C.With pleasure . D. Its my pleasure.三、完形填空（15）Chinese are very generous while educating children. Not caring about the 36 , parents o

15、ften send their children to the best schools or even abroad to study because they believe that the more 37 an education is, the better it is. 38 parents will spend a lot of money on their childrens education. Even 39 parents will buy a computer for their children. Though theyre not rich, they would

16、rather pay for the education.Parents can 40 their childrens skills are different, skilled(有技能的)in some areas while poor in others. But most parents 41 to realize that the children today need more self-confidence.The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to 42 tests and how

17、 to study well instead of teaching them the most important skills that they need. And these skills are important to help them to be 43 , happy and clever. Parents can achieve this 44 teaching their children the skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.Cooking will 45 many skills that children

18、 need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an interesting but difficult experience. A good cook 46 tries to improve his cooking, so he will work hard and finish his job 47 . His result, a well-cooked dinner, will make him 48 good and give him a lot of self-confidence.Some old machin

19、es, such as a broken radio or TV set your child plays 49 , will make him curious and want to know more. He may spend hours studying them and trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he 50 . These activities are not teaching a child not only to study at school, but also to think,

20、to use his mind. And that is more important（ ）36. A. children B. education C. money D. health（ ）37. A. wonderful B. interesting C. expensive D. beautiful（ ）38. A. Or B. As C. But D. So（ ）39. A. old B. rich C. poor D. tough（ ）40. A. see B. hope C. allow D. wish（ ）41. A. agree B. decide C. have D. fai

21、l（ ）42. A. discuss B. complete C. pass D. check（ ）43. A. educational B. stubborn C. confident D. patient（ ）44. A. before B. by C. of D. for（ ）45. A. improve B. choose C. miss D. make（ ）46. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. seldom（ ）47. A. hardly B. badly C. successfully D. slowly（ ）48. A. sound B.

22、feel C. look D. seem（ ）49. A. with B. out C. against D. together（ ）50. A. wakes up B. grows up C. shows up D. grows well四、阅读理解（30）(A)BOOKS ON SALEMadame Bovaryby Gustave FlaubertThe book is now over 150 years old，but readers continue to find themselves and their neighbors in its pages.Between Shades

23、 of Grayby Ruta SepetysOnce school is out, will your young reader be likely to pick up a book?The answer is yes. Here is a strong summer reading choice for kids from ages 9 up.Electric Edenby RobYoungRob Youngs new book explores folk music during the 1960s and early 70s in Britain.The SnowmanBy Jo N

24、esboThe detective(侦探) Harty Hole searches for a serial killer who buildssnowmen outside the homes of his victims.（ ）51.If you are interested in folk music，yon might choose the book_.The Snowman B. Madame Bovary C. Electric Eden D. Between Shades of Gray（ ）52.The Snowman most probably tells _.a life

25、story B. a disaster story C. a love story D. a detective story（ ）53.We can infer that all the books above are _.available B. for adults C. expensive D. newly written (B)Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, Im going to fly to New York next week because Ive got some work ther

26、e. Where are you going to stay there? his wife asked. I dont know yet. Dick answered. Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报), his wife said. All right, Dick answered.He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room

27、 and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didnt have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine oclock and said, Now Im going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, Where do you want to go? Bu

28、t Dick didnt remember the name and address of his hotel.Which hotel are my things in? he said, And what am I going to do tonight? But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, Please send me my addre

29、ss at this post office.（ ）54.Dick flew to New York because _. A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there C. he went there for sightseeing D. his home was there（ ）55. Where did Dick stay in New York? A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant. D. At his friends house.（ ）

30、56.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel? A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office. C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.（ ）57.Which of the following is not true?Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.B. Dick didnt work on the first night of his arrival. C. Dic

31、k forgot to send his wife a telegram. D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi. (C)Happiness is for everyone. You dont need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those

32、who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your

33、parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your hap

34、piness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also you are very happy, because you have something else that cant be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties,

35、 you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的)door. When it does, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy

36、and lucky person.（ ）58.When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will _. A. laugh at you B. play jokes on you C. quarrel with you D. help you up（ ）59.What will your friends say to you when you make great progress? A. Oh, so do I. B. Congratulations. C. Good luck. D. Its

37、 just so-so.（ ）60.Which idea is NOT RIGHT according to the passage?A. People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.B. You can get help from others when you make mistakes.C. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.D. Happiness is always around you though difficu

38、lties come towards you.（ ）61.Which of the following is this passage about?A. Bad luck. B. Good luck. C. Happiness. D. Life.(D)Put an ice cube from your fridge into a glass of water. You have a piece of string （线） 10 centimeters long. The problem is to take out that piece of ice with the help of the

39、string. But you must not touch the ice with your fingers.You may ask your friends to try to do that when you are having dinner together. There is a saltcellar(盐瓶) on the table. You must use salt when you carry out this experiment.First you put the string across the piece of ice. Then put some salt o

40、n the ice. Salt makes ice melt（融化）. The ice round the string will begin to melt. But when it melts， it will lose heat. The cold ice cube will make the salt water freeze（结冰） again.After a minute or two you may raise the piece of string and with it you will raise your piece of ice！This experiment can

41、be very useful to you. If， for example， there is ice near the door of your house， you must use very much salt to melt all the ice. If you dont put enough salt，the water will freeze again.（ ）62.We must use _ when we carry out this experiment.A. a fridge B. some food C. a table D. some salt（ ）63. How

42、many things at least are used in this experiment？Three. B. Four. C. Six. D. Seven.（ ）64.What is the task（任务） of this experiment？A. Put the ice cube into the glass of water with the help of the string.B. Take out the ice cube in the glass of water with the help of the string.C. Take out the ice cube

43、in the glass of water with your fingers.D. Put some salt on the ice cube and then put the string across it.（ ）65.We can learn something about from the passage.A. physics B. biology C. English D. maths第 = 2 * ROMAN II卷（非选择题部分 共60分）五、词汇（15）根据句意或中英文释义写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。66. The old man is strange. He doesnt

44、 act _ (正常地).67. England and America are European countries , while China and Japan are _ countries.68. The principal is very _(pleased) with our work.69. I have a bad toothache. I must go to the _.(a person who fills, cleans or takes out teeth)70. Finally, she _ her mistakes and made up her mind to

45、 correct it.根据句意从方框中选择合适的词，并且用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。decide they week twelve luck71.I hope to see you at my _ birthday party.72.We all enjoy reading this kind of _ newspaper.73. _, the children in the earthquake hit area will go back to school soon.74.They went to the Great Wall yesterday and enjoyed _ very

46、much.75.An important _ was made to help the people as soon as the flood happened in that area.根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。take read not rain have knock76. If it _ tomorrow morning, I want to take exercise in the park.77. I _ this magazine. Will you please show me another?78. They all felt tired

47、after the long journey. It _ them about 10 hours to get walk there.79. 一Listen! There is a strange noise. 一Oh, the bird _ on the cage.80. They _ a report on how to use the Internet in the hall this evening, arent they?六、句型转换（5）81. Can you show me how I can make a model plane.(保持句意不变)Can you show me

48、_ _ make a model plane.82. Bai Lin had to stay up late to review his lessons. (改为否定句)Bai Lin _ _ to stay up late to review his lessons.83. Mike liked Maths better than English.(保持句意基本不变)Mike _ Maths _ English.84. We hear the girl play the piano every morning.（改为被动语态） The girl is _ _ play the piano e

49、very morning.85. The boy is so strong that he can carry the heavy box easily.(改为简单句)The boy is strong _ _ carry the heavy box easily.七、短文填空（10） 根据首字母提示，写出单词，完成短文。Jack was a rich young man. One day, he was d 86 very happily down a street. Suddenly from his car came a terrible sound. He felt surprised

50、, so he s 87 his car and looked around. He saw a child standing nearby with a few small stones(石子)in his hand. He jumped o 88 of the car and found a dent(凹痕)in the door. He was so a 89 that he caught the boy and shouted at him, Who are you? W 90 did you throw a stone at my new car?Please, sir, pleas

51、eIm sorry! But I didnt know what else to do! said the child.I threw the stone because I wanted to get you to notice me. I need your h 91 !Tears(眼泪)were running down the childs face. He said, My brother fell out of his wheelchair(轮椅) and was almost under it. He is hurt and too h 92 for me. Could you

52、give me a hand to get him back into his wheelchair?After hearing this, Jack was moved(感动）and hurried to help him. He lifted the childs brother gently back into his wheelchair. He looked over the boy c 93 to make sure that he was Ok. Then he watched the child push his brother towards their home. Suddenly the child turned a 94 and bowed(鞠躬)to him, Jack looked at the dent in his c 95 and smiled.阅读短文并回答问题（10）Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude （态度）.A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more c