2015～2016学年常熟市国际学校第一学期调研试卷九年级英语
一、听力（20分）
A、听对话回答问题。（对话读两遍，10分）
( )1. What sport does the man probably like better?
( )2. How did the woman feel about the soap opera?
( )3. How much might the scarf be?
( )4. Where will they put the books?
( )5. What time did Mike go home yesterday?
A. At 6.00. B. At 7.00. C. At 8.00.
( )6. What is the woman’s number?
A. 0113572. B. A05278. C. B51174.
( )7. Who’s Nick?
A. Daniel’s father. B. Daniel’s brother. C. Daniel’s friend.
( )8. What does the girl want to be when she grows up?
A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A worker.
( )9. What are they going to do?
A. To watch TV. B. To play basketball. C. To play tennis.
( )10. What does Peter look like now?
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A. He’s short. B. He’s changed. C. He’s tall.
B、听对话和短文回答问题。（读两遍，10分）
听第一段材料，回答第11~12题。
( )11. What are they talking about?
A. How to go to school. B. How to save the environment.
C. How to recycle waste paper.
( )12. What’s the last way they talk about?
A. Saving money. B. Riding a bike. C. To recycle paper.
听第二段材料，回答第13~15题。
( )13. What is the woman doing now?
A. Making a phone call. B. Giving a lesson. C. Asking the way.
( )14. Where is the woman going?
A. A school. B. A cinema. C. Asking the way.
( )15. How long will it take the woman to get there?
A. Only fifteen minutes. B. Only thirty minutes. C. Only twenty minutes.
听第三段材料，回答第16~20题。
( )16. Who’s the new student?
A. Kate. B. Sandy. C. Simon.
( )17. What’s Sandy like?
A. She is the tallest girl. B. She is a little fat. C. She has the shortest hair.
( )18. Whose hair is the shortest in the class?
A. Simon’s. B. Sandy’s. C. Daniel’s.
( )19. Who thinks swimming is more interesting than cycling?
A. Kate. B. Peter. C. Simon.
( )20. What does Daniel like doing best?
A. Swimming. B. Skiing. C. Cycling.
二、单项选择（15分）
( )21. Mr Green knew nothing about the change in Suzhou _______ his wife told him. A. since B. because C. until D. after
( )22. The building there _________ forty floors. How tall!
A. is B. are C. has D. have
( )23. Tom, I need your help because I don’t know _________.
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A. how to do it B. how to do C. what to do it D. what shall I do
( )24. Now more and more people in Suzhou like travelling from one place to ______
to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the city.
A. other B. others C. the others D. another
( )25. I’m afraid I’ve broken the window. Can you help me mend it?
A. That’s right B. Never mind
C. With a pleasure D. It’s a pleasure
( )26. If you don’t understand ________, you can raise your hand to ask.
A. what your teacher say B. what does your teacher say
C. what your teacher tells D. what your teacher says
( )27. It seems it is going to rain. You had better ________ the windows open.
A. not leave B. leave C. not to leave D. to leave
( )28. The work ________ in two hours. Let’s hurry.
A. must be finish B. must finish C. will finish D. must be finished
( )29. He sent us a message as soon as he ________ in Sichuan.
A. is arriving B. will arrive C. arrived D. arrives
( )30. ---Do you remember ________ he came here?
---Of course I do. His father drove him here.
A. whether B. when C. how D. why
( )31. They were ________ busy ________ with each other ________ the time.
A too; to talk; to forget B. too; talking; to forget
C. so; to talk; that we forget D. so; talking; that we forgot
( )32. I think Tom ________ to finish the difficult work in an hour or two.
A. can’t B. will C. is able D. isn’t able
( )33. You ________ to my birthday party if you’re so busy.
A. don’t need come B. not need coming
C. needn’t come D. need not to come
( )34. Today my grandfather is feeling ________ to go to the park with us.
A. enough good B. well enough C. good enough D. enough well
( )35. ---What’s the low-carbon(低碳的) lifestyle like?
---Save ________ energy, produce ________ carbon.
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A. more; more B. less; more C. less; less D. more; less
三、完形填空（10分）
One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to 36 their time. He gave an example those students would never forget.
He pulled out a wide jar(罐子) and put it on the table. He also took out several rocks and carefully put them into the jar one at a time. When no more rocks would 37 inside, he asked," Is this jar full?"
Everyone in the class shouted, "Yes." The teacher replied, "Really?" He pulled out a box of small stones. He dumped some in and 38 the jar. The stones went down into the spaces 39 the big rocks. He then asked the group once more," Is this jar full?"
"Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He brought out a glass of sand and dumped. the sand, into, the jar and it went into all of the spaces 40 Once more he asked the question," Is this jar full?"
"No!" the class shouted. Once again. he said, "Good!". Then he poured a cup of water in 41 the jar was full. Then he asked," What is the key point here?" One student put up his hand and said, "The key point here is that even if you are busy, you can 42 plan everything well if you try really hard!”
“No,” the speaker replied," that's not the point. The point is if you don’t put the big rocks in 43 , you'll never get them in. "What are the big rocks in your 44 ? Time with your loved ones, your education, or your dreams? Remember to put these big rocks in first, or you'll never get them in 45 .
( )36. A. spend B. take C. kill D. arrange
( )37.A. drop B. fall C. fit D. set
( )38.A. threw B. broke C. shook D. hit
( )39.A. added B. made C. offered D. left
( )40.A. between B. in C. among D. under
( )41.A. before B. until C. after D. when
( )42. A. only B. even C. also D. still
( )43.A. first B. later C. immediately D. finally
( )44.A. study B. family C. education D. life
( )45.A. at least B. at all C. at once D. at first
四、阅读理解（30分）
（A）
How hard we have all prayed(祈祷) to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the pappy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth
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should have.
At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you ‘young lady’. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you—this young lady heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.
But this is always something that troubles you a lot. You say, “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.’
‘No,” they say, “Your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good.’ Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.
Another time you tell your grandma, ‘Grandma. See, I am a grown-up now.’
‘Good, now, you can sit here and knit(编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.’ To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a bad girl can’t do such easy work.’ You wish then you were a child again.
( )46. The passage is told about ________ problem.
A. a grown-up boy’s B. a teenage girl’s
C. an old woman’s D. an old man’s
( )47. It is clear that the writer, as a teenager, ________.
A. is pleased with the present life B. is unhappy about growing up
C. doesn’t think her present life happy enough D. is sad about being a kid
( )48. How does she know her prayer had been answered?
A. People treat her as a young lady.
B. She doesn’t need to play with kids now.
C. People begin to call her teenager.
D. She can join women in all kinds of activities.
( )49. From what her parents say, we know ________.
A. the girl always has much money in her pocket
B. it’s dangerous for a girl to spend money
C. they love her more than before
D. they still regard her as a child
( )50. Why does he promise to help her grandma do some knitting?
A. Because she likes doing knitting
B. Because she wants to show that she has grown up.
C. Because she has much more free time.
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D. Because her grandma is very tired.
（B）
Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
●Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can go online.
●Don’t give your password(密码) to anyone else, and never leak out the following information—your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
●Check with your parents before giving out a credit(信用) card number.
●Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it’s OK.
●Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents mut make sure it’s a right place for you.
●Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your arent’s permission(允许). Never meet anyone you met on line alone.
●Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as strangers.
●If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.
●Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use ad language.
●Remember—not everything you read on the Internet is true.
( )51. If you want a true friend on the Internet, you can ________.
A. tell the people what your name is B. meet the people on line alone
C. write an e-mail about yourself D. get your parent’s permission
( )52. It’s good for children to ______ on the Internet.
A. give password to others B. get useful knowledge and information
C. give out a credit card number D. go into a chat room as they’d like to
( )53. The underlined phrase “leak out” in the third paragraph may mean “________”.
A. give away B. leave out C. give out D. put away
( )54. If your parents don’t agree, never ________.
A. read anything on the Internet
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B. relax in your free time
C. have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online
D. treat other people as you’d like to be treated
( )55. This passage is mainly about “________”.
A. How to Use Computers B. Surfing on the Internet
C. Information on the Internet D. Internet Safety Rules
（C）
It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy\-five cents. A rose two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
( )56. After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to ________ together.
A. the cemetery B. his shop
C. the girl’s home D. his mother’s house
( )57. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. the girl loved flowers very much
B. the girl loved her mother very much
C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother
D. the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her
（D）
Radio, telephone and television are widely used in the world. When you witch on the radio, you can listen. But when you use a telephone, not only can you listen to others but also you can chat with them; however, you cannot see anything at all. Television is much better than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it, but they cannot take part in what they see.
Today, some people are using a new type of telephone called visionphone. With it two people who are talking can see each other.
Visionphones can be of great use when you have something to show the person whom you are calling. It may also have other uses in the future. Some day you may
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be able to call up a library and ask to read a book right over your visionphone. You may be able to do the shopping through it, too. Perhaps in the near future, visionphone will come into wider use in our everyday life.
( )58. According to the passage, we can guess that the ________ was invented last.
A. radio B. television C. telephone D. visionphone
( )59. Maybe the visionphone can take the place of ________ some day.
A. the radio B. the telephone C. the television D. all the above
( )60. Which of the following is NOT correct?
A. Visionphone is more advanced than radio, telephone or television.
B. People will use visionphone in the future more than now.
C. Visionphone will be helpful in people’s daily life.
D. It is impossible to do shopping through visionphone.
五、单词拼写（每小题1分，满分10分）
61. The Sixteenth Asia Games has been held in Guangzhou ____________ (成功).
62. We should take actions to prevent water ____________ (污染) because people can’t live without water.
63. We all know the sun is one of the ____________ (恒星).
64. The robot can help to iron your clothes after they are ____________ (洗).
65. My father bought me a toy monkey. It keeps ____________ (点头). How interesting!
66. Don’t _________ (扰乱)the balance of nature, or we’ll only punish ourselves later.
67. What a pity! These beautiful birds are fast__________(消失)．
68. The_________ (用途)of regular exercise should not be underestimated(低估)．
69. Our advertisement is so wonderful that we’ve had one hundred _________ (答复) to it．
70. It is__________(惊人的)what people will do for money.
六、翻译句子（每小题3分，满分15分）
71、这部长达一小时的记录片近距离观察了印度虎的生活。
This ________________________________________ the life of tigers in India.
72、在英语方面他已经远远地超过了我。
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He has __________________________________________________ English.
73、工作太多休息太少常常导致疾病。
Too much work ________________________________________ illness.
74、那个病人太虚弱了，还不能走路。
The patient __________________________________________________.
75、你父母对你的学习满意吗？
Are your _____________________________________________ your study?
七、书面表达（满分20分）
你将代表学校参加盐城市中学生英语演讲比赛，演讲的题目是“Learning to get along with our parents”。请你用英语写一篇演讲稿，内容要点如下：
现象
经常跟父母发火，甚至几天不讲话
原因
1、父母过分关注分数
2、我们……
措施（不少于三点）
1、我们应该和父母沟通
2、我们……
3、我们……
要求：1、表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2、必须包括所有相关信息，并作适当的发挥；
3、词数：100词左右（演讲稿的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
4、不得使用真实姓名和校名等。
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Today my topic is ‘Learning to get along with our parents’.
These days, most of us feel it is hard to get along with our parents. _________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s all for my speech. Thank you!
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参考答案
1~5 B A C B C 6~10 A C B C C 11~15 B C C B C 16~20 A A A C B
21~25 C C A D C 26~30 D A D C C 31~35 D C C B D 36~40 D C C A D
41~45 B D A D B 46~50 B C A A B 51~55 D B C C D 56~60 A B D B D
61. successfully 62. pollution 63. stars 64. washed 65. nodded
66. disturb 67. disappearing 68. value 69. replies 70. surprising
71. This one-hour document my takes a close look at the life of tigers in India.
72. He has gone far beyond me in English.
73. Too much work and too little rest often leads to illness.
74. The patient is too weak to walk.
75. Are your parents satisfied / happy with your study?
书面表达
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Today my topic is “Learning to get along with our parents”.
These days, most of us feel it is hard to get along with our parents. Many students have trouble in getting on with their parents. They often quarreled with their parents, so they don’t like to talk with them. This is because parents care for the marks too much. How can we solve the problem? Well, first, we should respect our parents because they care for us all the time. Second, we are supposed to do some housework at home. We should help clean the room, cook meals and so on. Third, we should care for them, and have a talk with them about their work.
That’s all for my speech. Thank you!
听力材料
A、听对话回答问题。（对话读两遍，10分）
1. W: What’s your favourite sport?
M: Soccer. And I always play soccer in my spare time.
2. M: Was the soap opera as good as you expected?
W: Yes. It was funny!
3. M: 125 yuan in all, madam.
W: Oh, sorry. I only took 75 yuan. Um, take the scarf out, please.
4. W: Why not use an empty box for the books?
M: Good idea. Then we can carry in together.
5. W: Did you use to go home at seven, Mike?
M: Yes, but I went home one hour later yesterday.
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6. W: Excuse me, sir. I have lost a bike. The number is 0113572.
M: Don’t worry. I think we can help you find it.
7. W: What is your best friend’s name, Daniel?
M: His name is Nick.
8. W: What do you want to be when you grow up?
W: I want to be able to cure people’s sickness when they are ill.
9. M: Watching TV for too long is not good for our health. Let’s go and play tennis.
W: OK. Let’s go.
10. W: Hi, Peter. You’ve changed a lot. You used to be short.
M: Yes. But now I’m much taller than you.
B、听对话和短文回答问题。（读两遍，10分）
11. M: Hi, Joan. Would you like to help save the environment?
W: I don’t know. What can I do?
M: Well, first, you can start by turning off the lights.
W: Yes. That’s easy. What’s next?
M: Second, you can ride a bike. Don’t take a bus or a taxi if you don’t have to.
W: That will save money, too. What else?
M: Try to recycle paper.
W: Um, newspapers, magazines, mails…We get a lot of paper at home. Good idea.
2. W: Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to the cinema?
M: Which cinema?
W: The Capital Cinema.
M: Oh, it’s a long way from here. You’d better take a bus.
W: Which one, please?
M: I think you need a No.44 bus.
W: Where is the nearest bus stop?
M: Walk along this road, and take the first turning on the right. The bus stop is about
100 meters along on the left.
W: How long will it take me to get to the cinema?
M: Only twenty minutes.
W: Thank you very much.
M: You’re welcome.
3. Hello, everyone. Kate is new in our class. Let me tell her something about my classmates. Here is Sandy. She is the tallest of all the girls in our class, but she isn’t as tall as Peter. Peter is tall and thin. He is as thin as Simon.
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Who is Simon? He has short hair. His hair is the shortest in our class. Simon likes swimming. He thinks swimming is more interesting than cycling. But Daniel doesn’t think swimming is the most interesting and exciting. He likes skiing best.
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