九年级英语学业水平调研试卷（二） 2017. 5
注意事项: 1. 本试卷共90分，考试时间为90分钟；
2. 请考生将所有的答案都写在答卷纸上。
选择题 (共40分)
一、单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答卷纸上将该项涂黑。
1. —Could you please show me which boy in the picture is Patrick?
—The one________ a red T-shirt.
A. in B. at C. of D. with
2. All the seats in the library are empty now. You may take ________of them.
A. either B. neither C. both D. any
3. People usually like the TV channels with funnier programs but ________ advertisements.
A. few B. little C. fewer D. less
4. —Dad, may I go out to play basketball with James?
—If you _______, come back before lunch.
A. must B. may C. can D. should
5. My classmates made ________ a rule to close the door when we leave the classroom.
A. that B. it C. this D. one
6. —__________wonderful China Dinosaurs Park is!
—Yes, it is the pride of the people in Changzhou.
A. What B. How C. What a D. How a
7. Betty will keep on learning Chinese well________ she has enough time for it.
A. but B. though C. unless D. if
8. —Jenny, do you think it’s meaningful for college students to teach the children in mountain areas?
—Certainly. ________, they can help the local people improve their lives.
A. In this way B. On the way C. In some ways D. By the way
9. When the earthquake ________, most of the villagers were working in the fields.
A. happens B. happened C. will happen D. would happen
10. —The light in David’s room is still on. Do you know ________?
—Maybe at 12 o’clock again.
A. what he is doing B. why he stays up so late
C. if he is busy studying D. when he will stop working
11. —Can we leave Mike alone at home for a while?
—Of course. He is twelve years old now and he can look after___________ well.
A. himself B. herself C. myself D. yourself
12. We thought the idea sounded ________, yet common sense told us it wouldn’t work.
A. bad B. badly C. good D. well
13. —Mr Li said that from 2020, high school students can take English tests more than once.
— I know it and only the highest score ________.
A. will take B. has taken C. will be taken D. was taken
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14. ________. If you keep practising speaking English every day, you’ll be better at it.
A. Many hands make light work B. No pain, no gain
C. Every dog has its day D. Actions speak louder than words
15. —Excuse me, can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I order?
—Of course, sir. ________.
A. Be quick B. Enjoy yourself C. Take care D. Take your time
二、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答卷纸上将该项涂黑。
Will Eating Less Help You Live Longer?
If you want to slow aging, you might want to eat less. Researchers in the United States say eating less can slow the aging process of cells in the body.
John Price, a biochemistry professor at Brigham Young University in the U.S. state of Utah, with other researchers studied two groups of mice. One group was able to eat as 16 as it wanted. The researchers controlled what the second group ate. Their diet had 35 percent fewer calories than the first group of mice. Price said the second group of mice was more 17 and had fewer diseases. They were not just living longer. He and his team found that 18 calories slowed aging.
The researchers found that fewer calories slow down cells’ ribosomes (核糖体). Price explained that ribosomes are used to make important proteins (蛋白质). But with fewer calories, they slow down. This gives them more time to 19 themselves. Price used cars to explain this. “Like a car, a ribosome isn’t a simple 20 . It needs repairs to change the broken parts. When the glass of the car is broken,” he explained, “you don’t need to throw the 21 car away and buy a new one. It costs less to change the glass. ” Price said that because of this, it is 22 to break a whole ribosome when it starts to break down. “Instead, repairing single part of the ribosome makes ribosomes continue producing high quality proteins. This top quality production keeps cells and the whole body 23 well,” he added.
Earlier studies have suggested a connection between calorie reduction and slowed aging. However, this is first to show how the ribosomes can 24 aging. Price said the findings help to explain 25 exact our bodies’ ages are. And this may help us make more wise decisions about what we eat.
16. A. more B. much C. little D. less
17. A. energetic B. clever C. special D. careful
18. A. adding B. reducing C. changing D. improving
19. A. recycle B. renew C. repair D. reuse
20. A. cell B. part C. machine D. material
21. A. whole B. old C. expensive D. cheap
22. A. useless B. unnecessary C. difficult D. important
23. A. working B. studying C. speaking D. producing
24. A. grow B. decide C. choose D. influence
25. A. when B. where C. how D. whether
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三、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答卷纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Sturtin Hostel
We offer beautiful views. It lies in pleasant countryside. Relax after a long day in a big swimming pool. Separate(独立的）study rooms available. No children. Bar & restaurant.
Tel: 5978 7633 Mr. Stone
Three Seasons
We can provide all types of accommodation (住宿）for all types of single students. Rooms are fully prepared with bed things and have reasonable prices. Full board (膳食). Possible 5-10 minutes from main universities and the city center.
Tel: 5975 9876 Miss Mailey
First Shop
Ideal for new students, we provide double rooms. If you wish, we can offer help in finding a suitable person to share a room with. All washing and cleaning services offered at extra charges (费用). A large dining room and three bathrooms on each floor. Close to the underground station.
Tel: 5922 6600 Mrs. Williams
26. The three short passages above are most probably .
A. letters B. postcards C. invitations D. advertisements
27. Which number would you call if you want to live near the city center?
A. 5975 8339 B. 5975 9876 C. 5922 6600 D. 5978 7633
B
Do you have a dog? If so, where do you often take it?
Dog owners visiting London can take their dogs along sightseeing when they go on a tour of the city. According to the company offering the tours, the bus is the world’s first ever city bus tour designed for dogs. The tour is designed to show dogs and their owners around London’s history. The K9 route will pass Downing Street, Kensington Palace and Gardens, and the Houses of Parliament(议会). As this is a tour designed for dogs, there are plenty of stops. Dogs and their owners will make stops at some of the famous parks. There’s even a guide on the bus. The guide tells interesting stories about dogs to the owners.
The tour will also lead London dog owners to some pet-friendly restaurants and shops around the city. The 90-minute tour is free but requires a ticket, which can be got online. The last day of the tour is January 19. The tour was provided by a British insurance (保险) company, to celebrate their new service, which provides pet owners with insurance and a monthly package of items to keep dogs healthy.
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28. Who provides the dog tour of London?
A. The government. B. An insurance company.
C. The dog owners. D. A tour company.
29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The bus mustn’t stop on the way during the bus tour.
B. The guide is on the bus to offer help and food to dogs.
C. People have to get a ticket online to take their dogs on the tour.
D. The insurance company offers the free trip for dogs every day.
30. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Tour in London B. Welcome to London
C. Dog’s tour around the world D. The first bus tour for dogs
C
The British government has started a ￡10- million Mandarin Excellence (普通话优秀）Program. The program will see over 5,000 British students towards fluency (流利) in Mandarin Chinese by 2020.
The program is led by local schools and supported by University College London. So far, 14 schools have taken part in the program. Hundreds of secondary school students in England have been taking lessons in Mandarin Chinese. Over the next three years, they will spend eight hours studying Mandarin Chinese every week.
Nick Gibb is a member of the British Parliament (国会). He said a high level of fluency in Mandarin Chinese would become more and more important. “Language skills are important for work and life. Mandarin Chinese is the most widely-spoken language in the world. It is also one of the languages that matter the most to our country’s future. If the United Kingdom wants to remain competitive (竞争的) in the world，we do need far more of our young people leaving school with a good command (精通）of Mandarin Chinese,” Gibb added. “We hope that our young people could be given the chance to study the language. We want them to be fluent in both spoken and written Mandarin. The Mandarin Excellence Program will help us do this. It will not only open the students’ eyes, but also give them a great advantage when they enter the world of work.”
British kids, in fact, are not alone. In America, about 200,000 students have been studying Mandarin Chinese. It is believed that 800,000 more will join them over the next couple of years.
31. The main supporter of the Mandarin Excellence Program is________.
A. the American government B. local schools
C. University College London D. the British Parliament
32. According to the article, about ________ students in America will be studying Mandarin Chinese over the next couple of years.
A. 200,000 B. 800,000 C. one million D. one billion
33. Nick Gibb believes the Mandarin Excellence program will________.
① help British students find better jobs in the future
② help the United Kingdom remain competitive in the world
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③ give more British students a chance to learn Mandarin Chinese
④ help the United Kingdom improve its relationship with China
A. ①②③ B. ①②④ C. ①③④ D. ②③④
34. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Hundreds of secondary schools have taken part in the program.
B. Over 5,000 British students have been studying Mandarin Chinese.
C. British students will soon stop learning Mandarin Chinese after 2020.
D. Mandarin Chinese has been the most widely-spoken language in the world.
35. What is the main idea of the article？
A. People in the world are learning Mandarin Chinese.
B. Mandarin Chinese is one of the most difficult languages to learn.
C. The UK has started a program to help its young people learn Mandarin Chinese.
D. Mandarin Chinese will soon be the most widely-used language instead of English.
D
After a year of fights between American citizens and police officers, police in Alaska (阿拉斯加) are trying something different: Making 2017 a “Year of Kindness.” The police in Juneau, Alaska started Acts of Kindness to encourage citizens to do at least one act of kindness every day. The idea for the activity came from the police woman Kris Sell. “I had this idea in August last year that we needed to do something, and if they have these attacks at their hate, we can reduce their hate. And how we can reduce their hate is with kindness,” Sell said.
The Juneau police are doing several different things to support Acts of Kindness. For example, officers are giving away donated clothes the first Saturday of each month to anyone who needs them. Sell also said the police had developed a ‘kindness surge’ calendar two months before. Juneau citizens signed up for weekly activities on the planner last month.
Acts of Kindness has received a lot of support. “The town was very excited about it. I’m not sure why the effort is welcome by so many people, but I think it has to do with a position that people don’t like what they are seeing around them, and they want to do something to change their environment,” Sell told the reporters.
Sell thought police officers should take the lead on Acts of Kindness. She hopes the activity will spread across the country so that other communities become nicer places to live.
36. When did the police come up with the idea of Acts of Kindness?
A. Last August. B. Last month. C. Last week. D. Last Saturday.
37. The underlined word “them’’ means ________ in Paragraph 2.
A. officers B. attacks C. citizens D. clothes
38. Many people in the town support Acts of Kindness because________.
A. they are not satisfied with their environment
B. the natural environment is polluted seriously
C. the citizens have developed a ‘kindness surge’ calendar
D. there is a good relationship between citizens and police
39. According to the passage, we can learn that ________.
A. The police in Juneau will solve all crimes.
B. Citizens in Juneau will make better communities.
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C. The police in Juneau don’t treat local citizens well.
D. More and more citizens in Juneau want to be policemen.
40. The passage is most probably from________.
A. an advertisement B. a news report
C. a detective story D. a science magazine
非选择题 （共50分）
四、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A) 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为41-45的相应位置上。
41. Nanjing is building the ▲ (第五) big bridge across the Changjiang River now.
42. I am going to invite my friend Helen to dinner tonight because she is going ▲ (到国外) tomorrow.
43. My brother and I went to see my aunt in Hangzhou on May Day. She gave us some banana pie as a ▲ (招待) happily.
44. Simon could ▲ (几乎不) say any word when he was told such a surprising result.
45. It is really worth ▲ (提及)that Nanjing has entered Top 10 Appealing Chinese Cities.
B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为46-50的相应位置上。
46. Jim’s parents are going to Qingdao to visit an old friend of ▲ (they) this weekend.
47. There are several ▲ (Canada) working in our factory. They are friendly and helpful.
48. —Kate, you look tired, why not ▲ (take) a holiday?
—Good idea, but I have to finish the work in a week.
49. After the meeting, the two companies worked more ▲ (close) than before.
50. My cousin Judy, a volunteer teacher, ▲ (teach) many subjects in a poor area since she left college in 2014.
C) 根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为51-55的相应位置上。
give up think of started better contribution
Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would 51 Confucius (孔子）and still remember and respect him for his 52 to the education today.
He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t 53 studying.
Later, he became a teacher and 54 the first public school in Chinese history. Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something useful to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be 55 than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.” His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others,” he said.
五、阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第56-65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为56-65的相应位置上。 注意：每个空格只填1个单词
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In our life, success does not belong to (属于) a select group of individuals (个人). Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be successful.
Desire Desire (渴望) is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be clear, and it must also be exciting.
Show up Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You can’t have a best seller, if you have never written a book. You can’t get your dream job, if you’re afraid to turn in an application. Showing up doesn’t guarantee(保证) success, but if you don’t show up, you won’t be successful.
Fail Unless you’re willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success won’t happen. To have success, you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do something right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula (公式) for success is to double your rate of failure (失败). So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will be a success.
Work Harder Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day. Success is not about doing what the common person can’t do. It’s about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, it’s about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. It’s the habit of doing things with excellence thatcauses success.
Enjoy the Journey Success is a journey, not a destination (终点). Success is not a certain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success means the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.
Someone once said, “If you don’t change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” You have to change, you will change, and you will be successful.
Title: Ways of how to 56
Five 57 to success
If you want to have success, you should put your 58 to achieve it.
Desire
▲ You won’t achieve your goal if you have 59 desire.
▲ You can be successful 60 a clear and exciting goal.
Show up
61 showing up doesn’t guarantee success, it can help make you a great success most of the time.
Fail
▲ To get success, you should do things in a 62 way.
▲ Failure is the 63 of success.
Work harder
Success is the habit of doing things with excellence that 64 to success.
Enjoy the journey
Success 65 for the enjoyment of your gain or loss on the journey.
B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为66-75的相应位置上。
Nowadays, some young people are interested in 3-D printing. Students at
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Shanghai High School have the chance to get close to this new technology. The school opens a new course c 66 3-D Creative Space this year.
The 3-D printing technology is developing f 67 . The school plans to open this course this term b 68 many experts suggest introducing 3-D technology to students.
Students from Grade 5-8 can a 69 this course once a week. Each class l 70 for 90 minutes. It usually begins w 71 a game or an interesting video to attract the students’
a 72 . During the classes, students have the chance to assemble (组装) 3-D printers t 73 , after listening to the teacher.
Max, a fourth-grader, has already been a 74 to use cool software. “3-D printing is an interesting course. I used it to make and decorate my own DIY projects, including s 75 , sizes and functions,” he said.
In class, students have already printed many things, such as bookmarks and castles. It usually takes about 20 minutes to print out a small object.
六、书面表达（满分15分）
假设你的英文名叫Jack，有一个英国的网友Tom，他给你写了一封电子邮件。请你根据邮件内容，用英语给Tom回一封电子邮件。
Hey Jack,
How are you doing recently? I just have had a busy but wonderful term. You know, I love reading a lot, especially extracurricular books (课外书). How about you? Is it necessary to read extracurricular books? What kinds of books do you like most? Why?
Good luck!
Yours,
Tom
注意：（1）短文应包括邮件中的信息，可以适当发挥；
（2）文中不得出现真实的人名和校名；
（3）词数：80词左右；
（4）短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。
Hi Tom,
Glad to receive your e-mail!
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Yours,
Jack
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