第I卷 (客观题 共70分)
一、听力测试(本大题共20分,每小题1分)
第一节(共10小题)
听下面10段短对话,每段对话后有一个小题,从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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。每段对话听两遍。
1. What is the time now?
2. How much does the dictionary cost?
$ 13.60 $ 30.00 $30.60
A B C
3. Where is Mr Smith from?
A B C
4. Where does the girl want to go?
A B C
5. What does the girl think the boy should do?
A. Work for another four hours.
B. Try to finish.
C. Stop working on the homework.
6. Where does the conversation take place?
A. On the way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.
7. What does the man mean?
A. There are no seats left.
B. The woman has to stand in line for tickets.
C. He heard the room was small.
8. What caused the girl’s headache?
A. Too little sleep. B. Too much sunlight. C. Too much sleep.
9. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Neighbours. B. Old classmates. C. The teacher and her students.
10. When can the man come to see the doctor this week?
A. Any weekday except Monday.
B. On Wednesday and Thursday.
C. On Tuesday or Friday.
第二节(共10小题)
听下面一段长对话和两篇短文,每段对话和短文后有几个小题,从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟,听完后,每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文听两遍。
听一段对话,回答第11至12小题。
11. How much does a travel card for a year cost?
A. Sixteen dollars. B. Thirty-two dollars. C. Sixty dollars.
12. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Steven can’t buy cheap train tickets.
B. Lily needs two photos to get a travel card.
C. Lily must show her ID card to get a travel card.
听第一篇短文,回答第13至15小题。
Customs(风俗)in Britain
Good manners
◆ Talk about weather.
◆ When a man is walking into a room with a woman, he should 13 .
◆ When a man is walking along the road with a lady, he should 14 .
Bad manners
◆ Talk about 15 .
13. A. ask about her age
B. follow her
C. hold a door open and let her in first
14. A. near the traffic B. behind the lady C. in front of the lady
15. A. weather B. money C. people’s cats and dogs
听第二篇短文,回答第16至20小题。
16. When did Tom think about buying a present?
A. Last Sunday. B. Last Saturday. C. Last Friday.
17. What did Tom do on Mother’s Day?
A. He worked in a flower shop.
B. He picked some flowers in the park.
C. He finished his work at home.
18. How much did Tom pay for the flowers?
A. $20. B. $30. C. $ 50.
19. How many members were there in Tom’s family?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
20. How did Tom’s mother feel on Mother’s Day?
A. Angry. B. Worried. C. Happy.
二、单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
(本大题共14分,每小题1分)
21. ---This is _____ book I have told you about several times.
--- I’ve never read ______ better one.
A. a, the B. the, the C. a , a D. the, a
22. It is generous ________ Millie _________ each of us two presents.
A. for, to give B. of , gives C. of , to give D. for, gives
23. ---Look, the man looks like Green.
---It _______ be him, for he _______ to America.
A. can’t; has gone B. may not; has been
C. mustn’t; has gone D. can’t; has been
24. ________useful advice you’ve just given me on my study!
A. What B. What a C. How D. What an
25. _____ of them felt very tired but quite happy after ________ sports meeting.
A. Everyone; a two days’ B. Every one; the two days
C. Every one ; the two-day D. None; a two-day
26. The food in the fridge _________ bad. Throw it away, please.
A. is smelt terrible B. smells terrible
C. smells terribly D. is smelt terribly
27. ---What do you think of Mr Read’s speech?
--- He _______ for nearly two hours but didn’t __________ anything important.
A. spoke; speak B. spoke; say C. said; say D. said; speak
28. ---How many suggestions did Peter offer you after the meeting?
--- ______ at all. He said ______.
A. None; none B. None; nothing C. Nothing; none D. Nothing; nothing
29. My friend Amy _______ text messages to me on the mobile phone, but now she _______ e-mails on QQ.
A. is used to send; used to send B. used to send; is used to sending
C. used to send; used to send D. is used to sending; used to send
30. He had ________ that he wasn’t fit for this job. What a pity!
A. such a little education B. such little education
C. so little education D. so a little education
31. -----How much is this colorful printer _________?
----- I’m not sure. Maybe it is very expensive.
A. spent B. taken C. cost D. worth
32. I really don’t know _______________.
A. where to travel to B. how to solve C. what to do it D. who to talk to
33. _________ people were found ________ after the big earthquake.
A. A number of; died B. The number of; died
C. A number of; dead D. The number of; dead
34. —It’s too cold. Would you mind _____ the window?
—__________. But don’t do it now.
A. to close; Sure B. closing; Good idea.
C. closing; Better not D. closing; Of course not
三、完形填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的四个选
项中,选出空白处的最佳答案。(本大题共10分,每小题1分)
People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the 35 300 years, there were 36 many changes in both places that now people can 37 tell whether the speaker is English or American by the way he or she talks.
Over the last three centuries the English language 38 thousands of new words for things that weren’t 39 before. And often, American and English people used two 40 names for them. A tin can (洋铁罐头) is called “tin” for short in England, but a “can” in America. The word “radio” is 41 all over the world, including America. But many English people call it a “wireless.” And almost anything having something to do with cars, railways, etc. 42 different names in British and American English.
But now American and British English may be growing closer together. One reason is the
large number of American speech that British people hear daily in movies, on television, or 43 travelers. Because of this, Americans seem to affect the British more and more. So some day, English may even be 44 on both sides of the Atlantic(大西洋).
35.A.following B. recent C. oldest D. last
36.A.such B. too C. so D. much
37.A.hardly B. difficultly C. clearly D. easily
38.A.has B. has had C. had D. had had
39.A.understood B. realized C. known D. talked
40.A.new B. short C. different D. surprising
41.A.produced B. made C. developed D. used
42.A.has B. use C. give D. cover
43.A.from B. through C. on D. by
44.A.different B. more different C. the same D. more useful
四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
(本大题共26分,每小题2分)
A
Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children. Bob was interested in doing many things. He liked dancing most and wanted to join a dancing group. But Bob’s high school didn’t have a boys’ dancing group but a girls’ group. He tried to join the girls’ group. And he made it.
Bob was very angry about it, so he went to a judge(法官). The judge said it was not a right decision and told the school to let Bob go back to the dancing group.
45. It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group because _______.
A. the school only had a girls’ dancing group B. the school didn’t allow boys to dance C. the group had enough dancers already D. he was not a good dancer
46. The school worried that ______ if Bob stayed in the group.
A. nobody would watch their dance B. other boys would join and the girls might leave
C. other schools might laugh at them D. the parents would be angry about it
47. We can infer(推断)that Bob felt _______ when he went back to the group.
A. interested B. sad C. happy D. jealous
B
Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here
is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through rapping (饶舌音乐) or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem completely important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.
That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures. JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career . But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit(承认) when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.
And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel like other people have given up on you—don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
48. Why does Barack Obama mention JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the fourth paragraph?
A. To compare (比较) these two famous persons.
B. To explain that writing and sports are difficult skills.
C. To show that the two persons were treated unfairly.
D. To prove that failure is the mother of success.
49. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. No one can be successful without working hard.
B. Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.
C. Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help.
D. One should try his best to make his dream come true.
50. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?
A. One should change his mind when others give honest advice to him.
B. One should believe in himself no matter what difficulty he is faced with.
C. One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times.
D. One doesn’t have to take others’ advice when they get away from him.
C
The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with suburbs(郊区) to the
north. Each day, about one hundred thousand cars cross the bridge, taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours, as a result, the trip is not pleasant.
Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters(经常往返者). These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again.
The boat they take is the large, quiet, comfortable “Golden Gate”. Commuters can enjoy the sun on the boat. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop, and in the evening they can have a drink in the bar while they are looking at San Francisco’s famous scene and the nearby hills.
The trip only takes thirty minutes and is not expensive. But best of all, being on a boat seems to make people feel more friendly towards each other. Two commuters who met on the “Golden Gate” have already got married.
Because the boat had been so successful, there are plans to use other, still larger boats. There is also a plan for a high-speed boat that will make the trip in only fifteen minutes. Not everyone is happy about that. “A lot of people don’t want to get the trip faster,” said one commuter, “They feel that an hour is just enough to rest.”
51. Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge by car is not pleasant because _____.
A. it takes people 30 minutes
B. the Golden Gate Bridge is very long
C. the bridge is crowded with bikes, cars, buses and trucks all the time
D. most of the car owners can not enjoy the beauty of San Francisco
52. In the future, _____.
A. larger boats will be used to carry commutes
B. a big coffee shop will be built
C. more and more people will get married on the boat
D. people will all go to work by boat
53. Many people don’t like the new idea for a high-speed boat because _____.
A. they don’t want to go to work earlier B. they like to stay on the boat
C. there will be more people on the boat D. they won’t have enough time to rest
D
It was my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my way to school I wondered what kinds of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers, “I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It’s about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk it.
No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all.
My teacher was called Mr Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn’t stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens. First he asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said, “Timbuktu.” Mr Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said, “Portsmouth.” And everyone looked at me because Mr Jones said I was right. This didn’t make me very popular, of course.
“He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say.
After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian’s team, and he clearly had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.
“He’s big enough and useless enough,” Brian said to his friends.
I suppose Mr Jones remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave our team a penalty(惩罚). As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right, I threw myself down and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My knees were hurt, bleeding. Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.
“Do you want to join my team?” he said.
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.
54.The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “________”.
A. How old are you? B. where are you from?
C. Do you want to join my team? D. When did you come back to London?
55.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. boys were usually unfriendly to new students
B. the writer was not greeted as he expected
C. Brian was the best football player on the team
D. the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper
56.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1shows that the writer was ________.
A. confident B. afraid C. satisfied D. thoughtful
57.The writer was offered a handkerchief because ________.
A. he threw himself down and saved the goal B. he pushed a player on the other team
C. he was beginning to be accepted D. he was no longer a new stranger
第II卷(主观题 共40分)
五、词汇运用(本大题共8分,每小题1分)
(A) 根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Keeping worries to yourself can make things even ________ (bad).
2. He didn’t go to bed until twelve last night and he feels _________ (sleep) now.
3. The show was __________ (success) held last week.
4. I think it’s one of the most __________ (value) books.
(B) 根据句意和汉语注释,写出单词的正确形式。
5. Mary would like to make a cake for her_______ (四十)birthday.
6. I guess these bags are those ___________ (导演). Please keep them in your office.
7. Some rare animals are __________ (消失) little by little.
8. More details about The Voice of China are ____________ (可获得的) on the Internet.
六、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共8分,每小题1分)
1. While the Reads _________ (have) supper, they suddenly heard a loud knock at the door.
2. It’s said that the price of bread ______ (rise) by 15% recently.
3. He is working hard ________ (improve) the life of his family.
4. The robber was seen ___________ that young woman in the street at that time. (hit)
5. Mr. Smith ___________ watching TV to playing computer games in the past. (prefer)
6. Another two months will be needed before the new bridge ______________ (complete).
7. --- Will he come and join us in the match? --- Not until he ________( finish ) his work.
8. No one is sure what ____________ (happen) to himself next minute.
七、完成句子 按所给的汉语,用英语完成下列句子。(本大题共9分,每小题1.5分)
1.他宁愿受惩罚,也不愿说对不起。
He___________________________________ than say sorry.
2. 要他向我们解释这道题是有困难的。
He must ___________________________________________________us.
3. 因为忙于学习,我别无选择,只能放弃我的爱好。
I _____________________________________ my hobby because I am busy with my study..
4. 彼得在学习上取得了很大进步,他的父母都很开心。
Peter _____________________________________that his parents are very happy.
5. 他富有想象力,能想出好办法。
He is imaginative enough ______________________________________________________.
6. 我认为他提供给我们的建议很值得采纳
I think the suggestions he offered us _________________________
八、短文填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容和所给首字母,在空格内填入一个适当的词。所填单词在答卷上必须完整写出。(本大题5分,每格0.5 分)
When we do not understand each other’s language, we can talk with the help of signs.
A Frenchman was once t_____1____ in England. He could not speak English at all. One day, he went into a _____2_____ and sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers in it and t_____3____them out again. He wanted to say, “Bring me something to eat.”
The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man m____4_____his head from side to side. The waiter u____5____ him and took the tea away. In a moment he came with a cup of coffee and put it on the table, but the man again r____6_____ it. He s____7_____ his head whenever the waiter brought him something to drink, for d____8_____ are not food.
When the man was just about to get a_____9_____, another man came in. This man saw the waiter, and he put his hands on his s______10____. That was enough. In a few minutes there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of him.
九、书面表达(本大题共10分)
假设你是李平,请根据提示要点用英语写一篇短文。
提示要点:
1. 目前在九年级学习,和班上的其他同龄同学一样,感到有压力,但不知如何处理好压力问题。
2. 每天的作业多,几乎没有时间做自己想做的事。
3. 家长很严格,不允许我花时间在爱好上。
4. 昨天老师给了我一些建议……
注意:
1. 短文内容须包括所给内容要点,要求语句通顺、意思连贯;
2. 第4要点的内容须用1至2句话展开合理想象,作适当发挥;
3. 词数80左右,开头已给出,不计入总词数。
I’m Li Ping. _____________________________________________________________
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九年级英语期中考试 参考答案 2013.11
第 Ⅰ 卷 ( 客观题,共70分)
一、 听力测试 ( 本大题共20 分,每小题1分 )
二、 单项填空 (本大题共14分,每小题1分)
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三、 完形填空 (本大题共10分,每小题1分)
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四、 阅读理解 (本大题共26分,每小题2分)
第 Ⅱ 卷 ( 主观题,共40分)
五、词汇运用 (本大题共8分,每小题1分)
1.___worse_________ 2. ____sleepy_______ 3. ____successfully__ 4. ___valuable________
5._____fortieth_____ 6. ______directors’___ 7. ____disappearing__ 8. ___available________
六、动词填空 (本大题共8分,每小题1分)
1._were having______ 2. ___has risen______ 3. _to improve_______4. _hitting_________
5.___preferred_______6. __is completed____ 7. __finishes_________8. __will happen___
七、完成句子 (本大题共9分,每小题1.5分)
1. He would rather be punished than say sorry.
2. He must have difficulty (in) explaining the problem to us.
3. I have no choice but to give up my hobby because I am busy with my study.
4. Peter has made such great progress in his study that his parents are very happy.
5. He is imaginative enough to come up with /think of a good way.
6. I think the suggestions he offered us are well worth taking.
八、短文填空 (本大题共5分,每格0.5分)
1. _travelling____ 2. __restaurant____ 3. __took________ 4.___moved____5. _understood__
6. __refused_______7. ___shook______8. __drinks_______9. ___angry____10. _stomach__
九、书面表达 (本大题共10分)
One possible version:
I’m Li Ping. I am in Grade 9 now. Like many students of my age in class, I feel stressed. But I don’t know how to deal with the problem of stress. I have much homework every day. I have little time to do the things I want to do. My parents are very strict with me. They don’t allow me to spend time on my hobby. Yesterday, the teacher offered me some advice. He advised me to plan my time carefully. He told me to have communication with my friends to share worries.
九年级英语期中考试听力材料 2013.11
第一节(共10小题)
听下面10段短对话,每段对话后有一个小题,从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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。每段对话听两遍。
1. M: What time is the match on?
W: It starts at 4:10. There is only ten minutes left. Be quick.
2. M: How much is this dictionary?
W: The price card says it is fifty dollars. But it is sixty percent for our students these days.
3. W: Mr. Smith, I know you have just returned to Earth.
M: Yes, it was an exciting trip.
W: When will you come back to Canada?
M: Next Monday.
4. M: Kate, I will take you to Beijing for a holiday.
W: No, I won’t go there. I want to go to Shanghai. There, I can see the high tower.
5. M: I’ve worked for four hours on my homework and still half finished.
W: Why don’t you give it up? You can work another four hours and may finish it, but
you would be too tired to go to class tomorrow.
6. W: We’d better stop and rest.
M: OK. I’ll look at the map to see where we are.
7. W: I think I can get the ticket for the film.
M: I heard that there was standing room only.
8. W: I have a headache. Maybe I need more sleep.
M: You just need less sunshine. If you wear a hat, you will feel better. The sun is too
bright.
9. M: Hi, Linda, nice to see you. We haven’t seen each other since we left school in 1998.
How is everything?
W: Pretty good. I’m a teacher now. I’m happy to be with my students.
10. M: Can you tell me when I can come to see the doctor?
W: Let me see. The doctor will be busy on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday or you can come next week.
第二节(共10小题)
听下面一段长对话和两篇短文,每段对话和短文后有几个小题,从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟,听完后,每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文听两遍。
听一段对话,回答第11至12小题。
W: Hi, Steven!
M: Hi, Lily, I’m going to London by train. Come with me.
W: But it’s cheaper by bus.
M: I’ve got a student travel card. You can get cheap train tickets with it.
W: That sounds good. How much does it cost?
M: A card for six months is sixteen dollars.
W: So how do I get it?
M: You need some photos --- one for the card and one for the form.
W: I don’t have to show my ID card, do I?
M: That’s right. You only need a letter from your school.
W: I’ll ask my teacher for one. Next time you go to London, I’ll come too.
听第一篇短文,回答第13至15小题。
Things are different in different countries. If you go to Britain, it is a good idea to ask people there about good manners. First of all, you should never talk about two things: money and age. You should never ask others how much they are paid for their work. One safe subject to talk about is the weather. People in Britain are quite glad to talk about weather. And some people like to hear good words about their dogs or cats.
When a man is walking into a room with a woman, he should always hold the door open for her, and let her go through first. When a man is walking along the road with a lady, he should always walk near the traffic. And, of course, you should, again, never ask a woman’s age. As Oscar Wilde, the famous writer, once said, “A woman who tells you her age will tell you anything.”