南通市九年级英语下学期期中试题
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南通市九年级英语下学期期中试题：
一、单项选择(本题共15小题，每小题l分，满分l5分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选顼，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
( ) 1. After ______ long search for information on ______ Internet, he found what he wanted to know about Tibet.
A. the; the B. the; / C. a; / D. a; the
( ) 2. — Will you go to Sandy’s birthday party?
— I won’t go unless Tony______.
A. was invited B. has invited C. is invited D. will be invited
( ) 3. —Mr Green looks very serious.
—______he is very kind.
A. So B. But C. And D. As
( ) 4. The fish smells ______.You’d better throw it away.
A. wonderful B. wonderfully C. terribly D. terrible
( ) 5. — What’s the weather like in Xiamen?
— Very hot and wet in the summer, but it ______ be quite cold in the winter.
A. should B. can C. will D. must
( ) 6._________good advice! It’s so helpful to us.
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
( ) 7. —Sandy looks beautiful _________ blue!
—I’m sure this blue skirt will look nice_________ you, too.
A. on; in B. in; on C. for; on D. to; in
( ) 8. ________ a lot of trees in this area, but now we can see a tall building instead.
A. There used to have B. There used to be
C. There is used to having D. There is used to being
( ) 9. There are quite a few old books on the shelf, but _____ of them is useful to teenagers.
A. both B. all C. neither D. none
( ) 10. — Would you mind lending me your dictionary?
— _________
A. Yes, here you are. B. No, mine is lost.
C. Yes, all right. D. Certainly not, here you are.
( ) 11. — Can you catch what the youth worker said at the meeting?
— Sorry, I can _________ understand it.
A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. never
( ) 12. Because of the bad weather, this year the villagers have produced ______ rice than they did two years ago.
A. less B. more C. little D. few
( ) 13. Once a year, people take part in “________ Lights” activity to help save energy.
A. Show off B. Turn off C. Take off D. Put off
( ) 14. — You can use QQ to chat with your parents on the Internet.
— I know, but could you tell me ___________________?
A. when I can use it B. what I could use it
C. when can I use it D. how can I use it
( ) 15.—Peter is never late for school, is he?
—______. He always comes to school on time.
A. No, he isn’t. B. Yes, he is. C. No, he is. D. Yes, he isn’t.
二、完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题l分，满分l5分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to 16 and the underground system almost came to a stop.
Unluckily this happened during the 17 rush hour. Many people who were going to work were 18 to go home. Some tried their best to 19 a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others 20 the storm bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I happened to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from underground line to underground line only to find that most 21 had stopped. After making my way through crowds of people, I finally found an underground line that was 22 . Unluckily, there were so many people waiting to 23 the underground that I could not even get down the stairs to the 24 . So I took the train going in the 25 direction, and then turned back to the downtown(市中心)train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train 26 my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was 27 through, tired and discouraged.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was going to 28 off my computer when I received an e-mail from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the 29 and finally came to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰的), at times like these, when workers so clearly show their attention and devotion to their 30 . Thank you.
( )16. A. break B. flood C. fall D. crash
( )17. A. afternoon B. evening C. morning D. night
( )18. A. made B. asked C. invited D. gathered
( )19. A. order B. pay C. call D. search
( )20. A. showed B. fought C. broke D. faced
( )21. A. practice B. order C. process D. service
( )22. A. working B. acting C. turning D. rushing
( )23. A. check B. get on C. jump into D. find
( )24. A. street B. ground C. floor D. road
( )25. A. different B. opposite C. changed D. right
( )26. A. stopped B. crossed C. reached D. parked
( )27. A. wet B. hungry C. angry D. cold
( )28. A. pay B. get C. turn D. put
( )29. A. rule B. effort C. promise D. model
( )30. A. computers B. lives C. actions D. jobs
三、阅读理解(本题共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Come on, we need something new! Let’s see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time!
Mess around with Dress-up
Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you can get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after school, you can play dress-up. See if you can make yourself into a doctor, or a cowboy, or even a spaceman! Use glitter paint and old material to decorate the clothes the way you like them.
If you are really clever, you could even put on a show for your family! Let your imagination run wild!
①
Want to learn new things after school? Want to make new friends who aren’t in your class? You can get both of them in clubs. In other countries’ schools, there are usually all kinds of clubs for kids to join. There is French club, student government, theatre, choir (合唱队) and photography club.
Take photography club as an example. One may learn all the necessary skills about taking photos. For example, you will learn how to choose a camera, how to use the light and how to develop pictures. Sounds cool, right?
But that’s not all. One can also make a lot of friends in clubs. It’s always good to enjoy your spare time with friends, isn’t it?
( )31. What is the best title for ① ?
A. Start a club B. Learn a club
C. An important club D. A photography club
( )32. From the first paragraph we know ______.
A. foreign kids don’t like watching TV
B. Chinese kids like playing football with foreign kids
C. playing football is not popular with foreign kids
D. foreign kids have some different ways to spend their free time
( )33. When you join a photography club, you CANNOT ______.
A. enjoy your free time B. get a camera for free
C. make some new friends D. learn to take pictures
( )34. The text mainly talks about ______.
A. how to take a good picture B. how to join a photography club
C. after-class activities in foreign countries D. putting on a show in foreign schools
B
Books for Children
Fleabag and the Ring's End
Beth Webb
More stories of Fleabag, the talking cat—star of this wonderful set of 3 books.
Ages 8—13, 208 pages, paper-back
07459 44116, ￡3.99 The little White House
Elizabeth Goudge
A fairy tale and winner of the Carnegie Medal.
Ages 8—12, 240 pages, paper-back
07459 45783, ￡4.99
My Very First Christmas Book
Lois Rock and Alec Ayliffe(
A big, bright book, which presents the story simply, and delightfully for very young children.
Ages 0—3, 12 pages, 200mmx200mm, board
07459 40560, ￡4.99 First Festival: Christmas
Lois Rock
An all-in-one book to help grown-ups and children prepare their Christmas celebration together. Presents, activities and customs.
Ages 5—8, 48 pages, 290mmx250mm, hardback
07459 39074, ￡8.99
Star of Wonder
Pat Alexander
A wonderful collection of Christmas stories and poems. Full of lively pages to read and enjoy.
Ages 7—12, 224 pages, paperback
07459 39323, ￡4.99 The Not-So-Wise Man
Alan MacDonald and Andrew Rowland
We all know about the 3 Wise Men who traveled to Bethlehem(伯利恒)and discovered the baby Jesus Christ. This is the tale of another one, who always missed the point.
Ages 5—9, 32 pages, 270mm×210mm, hardback.
07459 38922, ￡8.99
( )35. If you want to make a Christmas plan together with your children, which book do you prefer?
A. Star of Wonder B. The Not-So-Wise Man
C. First Festival: Christmas D. My Very First Christmas Book
( )36. Which number would you dial if you want to order a book for your 2-year-old child?
A. 07459 40560. B. 07459 38922.
C. 07459 45783. D. 07459 44116.
( )37. If your child wants to read stories of animals, whose book will be your choice?
A. Pat Alexander’s. B. Beth Webb’s.
C. Lois Rock’s. D. Elizabeth Goudge’s.
C
In recent years, the Earth has been getting warmer. Average temperatures have risen. Possibly this is natural, but probably we are causing it.Modern people use a lot of electricity and drive a lot of cars. This puts carbon dioxide into the air and helps to make the planet warmer. When we hear this news, we may smile. No one likes long, cold winters, but, unluckily, there are many bad points about a warmer Earth.
First, the ice at the Poles melts and becomes water. The result is that the sea level becomes higher. Low islands will disappear. Cities on the coast will be in danger from the sea. Will Tokyo, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Shanghai become like parts of Holland – lower than the sea? Possibly we will have to build walls to keep the water out. Typhoons will become even more dangerous and frightening.
Sadly, the second point is that storms will become bigger. Super-typhoons will be born in the Pacific and do great damage to East Asia. The same will happen to the Eastern United States.
As the weather changes, some places that now have rain will become dry. The farmers will not be able to grow plants. Maybe some dry places will become wet – we don’t know, but we will soon find out, and the change will cause many problems. There might be wars because of it.
( )38.What will happen to low islands when the Earth gets warmer and warmer?
A. They will melt and become water. B. They will be under the water.
C. They will become higher. D. They will keep out the water.
( )39. In the last sentence, “it” refers to ________.
A. the change of weather B. the power of the United States
C. the ice at the Poles D. the average temperature
( )40. Which of the following sentences is false?
A. Shanghai will possibly build walls to prevent the water, like parts of Holland.
B. The farmers will not be able to grow plants because of the dry weather.
C. Electricity puts carbon dioxide into the air.
D. The warmer the Earth is getting, the higher the average temperature is.
( )41. Which is the best title of this passage?
A. The Earth Is Getting Warmer B. Global Warming Problems
C. We Made the Earth Warmer D. How to Protect the Earth
D
Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects(受试者)were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”
( )42. The aim of the two experiments is to ________.
A. explain when people can have a sixth sense
B. show how people act while being watched in the lab
C. study whether humans can sense when they are stared at
D. prove why humans have a sixth sense
( )43. The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.
A. value B. result C. performance D. connection
( )44. In the second experiment, the subjects _________.
A. could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
B. could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t.
C. couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.
D. couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.
( )45. What can be learned from the passage?
A. People are born with a sixth sense.
B. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.
C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.
D. People have a sixth sense in all places.
第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题 共60分)
第Ⅱ卷共36小题.请将答案按要求写在答题纸上。
四、词汇(本题共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
A.请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
46. Our government has taken action to make the _________ (受污染的) river clear again.
47. It’s __________(真的) that Bin Laden has been killed by the USA soldiers.
48. After the visitors ________ (get to ) the hotel, please let me know as soon as possible.
49. My friend _________ (gives something to somebody ) a comfortable room for me every time
I go there.
50. To my surprise, I find the classroom _________ . Where have my students gone?
B请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。
please two health she wide
51. English is _____________ used of all the languages.
52. I am sorry my car broke down on the way to the office, you can borrow __________.
53. In the modern world, we should not only live _______ but also live a low-carbon (低碳) life.
54. Tom came _________ in the 100-metre race.
55. Reading for __________ is the easiest way to become a good reader in English.
C.请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。
be move wash discuss swim
56. No one knew the earth _________ around the sun many years ago.
57. Tom ________his car very carefully already, no wonder it looks very clean now.
58. —I didn't see you when my mother asked me to return the raincoat to you yesterday evening.
—Oh, I __________ our plan for the trip with my classmates in my classroom.
59. Look at the clouds in the sky. I think there _________ a storm soon.
60. My brother often _________ in the river when he lived with my grandparents in the countryside.
五、句型转换(本题共5小题;每小题l分，满分5分)
请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。
61. The car cost her 200 thousand yuan. (改为一般疑问句)
________ the car _______ her 200 thousand yuan?
62. At the age of ten, he weighed 30 kilos. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ did he weigh at the age of ten?
63. Tony came to Shanghai five days ago. (保持句意基本不变)
Tony has ________ ________ Shanghai for five days.
64. “Do you like listening to pop music?” the little girl asked her mother. (改为间接引语)
The little girl asked her mother ________ she ________ listening to pop music.
65. My father drives me to school every day. (改为被动语态)
I _______ _______ to school by my father every day.
六、短文填空(本题共10小题;每小题l分，满分l0分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
A principal decided to honor the teachers in his school to show his thanks for their hard work. He told them how they made a difference in their jobs. Then he gave (66)e_____ of them a blue ribbon ( 缎带 ) that reads , "Who I Am Makes A Difference. "
One of the teachers wanted to take this idea into her students. One day the teacher (67)n_____ that a boy in her class was unhappy. She went to him and asked him the(68)r______ . The boy told her that his father had been worrying about the job and often punished him for some little things. Hearing what he said, the teacher decided to give him the ribbon to (69)c_____ him up. She said, "Dear boy, what your father has done doesn't (70)m______ the lack ( 缺少)of love for you. He needs your understanding. You've been a kind boy. Here's a ribbon for you. Would you like to take this ribbon and pass it on? Let's keep this ceremony going and find out how it (71)a______ people."
That night the boy sat beside his father and said, "Dad, today my teacher gave me a blue ribbon for (72)b_____ kind and asked me to find somebody else to honor. I'd like to give the ribbon to you. I want to let you know how (73)d______ I admire you and how much you mean to me. I love you!"
The father was very (74)s_____, and he was moved as well. He looked at his son through his tears and said, "I (75)a______ lost my confidence in my job. But with your encouragement and love, I regain ( 重获) my confidence. Thank you, my son. I love you, too."
七、阅读与回答问题(本题共5小题;每小题2分，满分l0分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
It is easy for many people to catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can’t they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy. There are actually different cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn’t a cure for each one.
When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and causes a block in it. You feel terrible because you can’t breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus. Your temperature goes up and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a runny nose to stop the virus from getting into your cells(细胞). You may feel very uncomfortable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.
Different people do different things to deal with colds. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might have chicken soup to help them get over the cold. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids. Other people take medicine to stop different symptoms(症状)of colds.
There is one interesting thing to note—some scientists say taking medicine when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn’t have a way to fight it and kill it. Bodies can do an amazing job on their own. There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:
It takes about one week to get over a cold if you don’t take medicine, but it takes only seven days to get over a cold if you take medicine.
76. When is it easy for many people to catch a cold?
__________________________________________________________
77. Why do you have difficulty breathing when you catch a cold?
__________________________________________________________
78. How might Americans deal with colds?
__________________________________________________________
79. How long does it usually take to cure the common cold?
_________________________________________________________
80. What do you think of taking medicine after catching a cold?
_________________________________________________________
八、书面表达(本题满分20分)
养成好的习惯对我们的初中学习生活有很大的帮助。请根据下表提示用英语写一篇短文，发表在学校网站上。
良好的学习习惯 良好的生活习惯 益 处
1. 课前预习
2. 认真听讲
3. 独立作业 1. 健康饮食
2. 经常锻炼
3. 利用好时间 1. 帮助我们更好地学习知识，提高技能
2. 使我们学会自我控制
你的感受 (请结合自身认识，给出一至两点)
注意：
1.表达中必须包含所给要点，可以适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2.词数90左右。开头已经写好，不计人总词数。
3.表达中请勿提及真实校名及姓名。
A Good Habit, a Successful School Life
A habit is something that you do often or regularly almost without thinking, especially something that is hard to stop doing. __________________________________