2007–2008 学年度第一学期期末试卷
九年级英语科
(满分:100 分 ;考试时间:120 分钟)
命题人:大田六中 叶秀琴
Ⅰ、听力(每小题 1 分, 共 20 分)
(A) 看图听句子,选出与句子意思相符的图(其中有一幅图是多余的)。
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
1___________2__________3___________4____________5___________
(B)听对话及问题,选择正确答案。
( )6. Is Jane a greener person?
A. Not yet. B. Of course she is. C. No, she doesn’t.
( )7. How long did China’s first spaceship stay in space?
A. 21 hours. B. 14 hours. C. 14 times
( )8. Who has been to Mount Huang in Anhui, China?
A. Peter. B. The girl. C. Peter’s father.
( )9. Where is Nick now?
A. At home. B. In Taibei. C. At school.
( )10. What’s the book about?
A. Saving electricity. B. The environment. C. The traffic.
(C) 听短文,根据短文的内容,选择正确答案。
( )11. Through the history of English, we know English ________.
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A B C D
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A. didn’t have any change
B. had a change in pronunciation
C. changed greatly twice in its history
( )12. What happened about 900 years ago?
A. French borrowed a lot of words from English.
B. Many French words were borrowed into English.
C. The world began to change.
( )13. How did English change about 500 years ago?
A. There was a great change in pronunciation.
B. spelling was greatly changed.
C. Both England and France began to speak English.
( )14. Which is true about the letter“gh”in the word“night”?
A. It is pronounced[f].
B. It doesn’t show us anyting about how it is spoken now.
C. It’s a wrong spelling.
( )15. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Changes in Spelling
B. Changes in Pronunciation
C. Changes in the English Language
(D) 听短文,完成表格
Things Ten years ago Now
river dirty 17_______________________
street 16______________ 18______________ and wide
air bad 19______________and 20_______________
笔试部分
Ⅱ、单项选择 从 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳答案(每小题 1 分 共 10 分)
( )21.I really don’t know______ it.
A. how to do B. what to do C. how can I do
( )22.You should make your idea ________.
A. know B. known C. to know
( )23.More and more people communicate______ sending e-mails.
A. in B. by C. with
( )24. There are 60 students in our class and _____ are girls.
A. two third B. two threes C. two thirds
( )25.He’s never been to English,___?
A. isn’t he B. has he C. is he
( )26.___ it rains heavily, ___farmers are still working in the fields.
A. Though; but B. Though; / C. Because; so
( )27.Miss Yang told us that the moon ____round the earth.
A. moves B. moved C. is moving
( )28.-What do you think of this book? -_________.
A. The writer B. It’s interesting C. Yes, I like it very much
( )29. The population of China is_____ than that of the U.S.A.
A. more B. larger C. smaller
( )30. Mr. Green gave us ________on how to learn English well.
A. some advices B. many advices C. some advice
Ⅲ、完型填空 从 ABC 三个选项中选出最佳答案(每小题 1 分 共 10 分)
A seeing-ye dog is a dog which helps 1 people walk along the streets and do
many other things. We call these dogs “seeing-eye” dogs 2 the dogs are the “eyes”
of the blind man and they help him to “see”. These dogs generally(通常) go to special
schools for several years to learn 3 blind people.
One day a seeing-eye dog and a blind man were 4 a bus. The bus was full of
people and there were no 5 . One man, however, soon got up and left his seat. The
dog took the blind man to 6 , but there was little space. The dog began to push the
people on each side 7 his nose. He pushed and pushed 8 the people moved
down and finally there was enough space for 9 man. The blind man then sat down
and the dog got up on the seat 10 the blind man.
( )31. A ill B old C blind
( )32. A if B because C when
( )33. A to teach B to visit C to help
( )34. A up B off C on
( )35.A chairs B seats C the driver
( )36.A the chair B the seat C the driver
( )37. A by B in C with
( )38. A until B after C not until
( )39. A a B an C the
( )40. A at the foot of B an the side of C in front of
Ⅳ、阅读理解(共 20 分)
A.
Mrs. Peter had two children. Sammy was seven years old, and his sister Annie was
four. Sammy went to school, but Annie did not. When Sammy was at home, he often
played with Annie while their mother was cooking or washing or cleaning, and he was
usually very nice to his small sister, and Mrs. Peter was free to do her work quietly.
One Saturday morning, the two children were playing in the garden while their
mother was cooking the lunch. They were quite happy until Annie suddenly began to
cry and ran into the kitchen to her mother.
Mrs. Peter stopped cooking and said,“Why are you crying, Annie?”
“Sammy’s broken my toy horse,”Annie answered, crying more loudly.
“How did he break it?”her mother asked.
Annie stopped crying, but did not answer for a few seconds. Then she said,“I hit
him on the head with it.”
( )41.Sammy, who was ____, was ____ than Annie.
(A)a girl/three years older
(B)a boy/three years older
(C)a girl/two years older
( )42.Sanmmy looked after Annie ____.
(A)all day long every day
(B)when Sammy was free from school
(C)while they were in the garden
( )43.Why did Annie cry? Because ____.
(A)her toy was broken
(B)Sammy broke her toy
(C)she hit Sammy on the head with the toy
( )44.From this text, we may learn that ____.
(A)Mrs. Peter was a servant
(B)Mr. Peter was a boss
(C)Mrs. Peter was a housewife
( )45.What do you think of Sammy?
(A)Sammy was naughty(淘气)
(B)Sammy was a good help to Mrs. Peter.
(C)Sammy was cruel to Annie
B.
An important businessman was asked to give a twenty-minute speech in another
city .He was too busy to write it himself , so he asked his secretary to put one together
for him out of a large book of speechers which she had on her desk. She typed one out
for him., and he picked it up just in time to rush off to his plane .But when he gave his
speech ,it ran on for an hour ,and the audience (听众)was getting very tired of it by
the end.
When the business man got back to his office ,he said to his secretary ,”I told you it
should be a twenty-minute speech!”
“That’s what I gave you,” she answered ,”the original (原稿)and two copies, The
original for you to read at the meeting ,and two copies for the files(存档), after you
have checked them.”
( )46. What was the secretary asked to do?
(A)To give speech instead of the businessman
(B)To make up a speech from some others and type it
(C)To type a one-hour speech for the businessman
( )47. After the secretary finished typing the speech ,the businessman ____ .
(A)picked it up and checked it quickly
(B)told the secretary to check it
(C) took it to the airport in a hurry.
( )48. Why was the audience getting restless and tired ?
Because ____________________
(A)the businessman gave a wrong speech
(B) the businessman was giving the same speech once and again
(C)the speech was too long
( )49. why was the businessman not satisfied with his secretary?
(A)He had made three speeches
(B) He had given the same speech three times
(C)His speech lasted for an hour
( )50. Which of the following is true?
(A)The secretary should have been more careful.
(B)It was funny of the businessman to read the two copies.
(C)The businessman should have read the two copies instead of the original.
C.
Many people go to school for education. They learn languages, history, politics,
maths and so on. Others go to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School
education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school.
A teacher can’t teach his students everything. The teacher’s job is to show students
how to learn. The teacher teaches them how to read and how to think. So the students
themselves shall learn much more outside school.
根据短文内容,完成下表。
As a student we go to school for __________________________51.
If you want find a job you’d better go to school _______________________52.
If we want to know the
development of our
country
we must learn ________________ 53well.
the ride( 角 色 ) of a
teacher in class is ___________________________54.
The student who_________________________________________55
is the best student.
Ⅴ、词汇 15 分
(A)将下列单词按所属类别归类。归类后,若能写出更多该类单词,请写出。
(10 分)
Russian , strange , chemistry , divide , physics , Spanish, weak , history
servant , English , inventor , murder , spoken , cook , interpreter
homeless , cheat , biology , connect , Chinese
56、特征状态_________ _________ _________ _________ _____________
57、学科 _________ _________ _________ _________ _______________
58、行为动作_________ _________ _________ _________ ____________
59、职业名称_________ _________ __________ ________ ____________
60、语言 _________ _________ _________ _________ ____________
(B)读一读,用所给词的正确形式填空(5 分)
control , beat , safe , doubt , with , make , use , solve , cancel , dangerous
There is no _______61 that computers are very _______62 in technology and
business. In space, computers help astronauts and pilots control the speed and
direction of a spaceship’s flight. _______63 the help of computers, doctors can find
diseases easily and ________64 other problems. For example, tiny computers inside
people’s bodies keep their hearts_______65 well. In factories, robots _______66 by
computers can do work that is _______67 to humans. Computers are also used in
business to place and ________68 orders. At the same time, they have ________69
the workplace ________70 and better.
Ⅵ、口语应用(每小题 2 分 共 10 分)
A: Hi, Wei Hua,71______________
B: Yes, I have been to West Hill.
A: 72______________________
B: The environment is terrible.
A: 73_______________________________
B: Because all the flowers, grass and fish have gone. The water is so dirty. People
pour waste water into the river.
A: Did you have a picnic there last Sunday?
B: 74______________. I felt sick. What should we do?
A: 75____________It’s our duty to protect the environment.
B: OK. Let’s do it at once!
Ⅶ、书面表达(15 分)
1. 小红和小梅是在互助活动中结成的一对学习伙伴。前不久,小红来信向小梅
询问如何学好英语。 请你以小梅的名义给他写封回信。
内容包括:
1.学习英语的基本方法(preview , listen carefully , review )
2.你的体会和建议。( speak as often as possible ,read widely; learn...by heart ;
practise writing , listening...);
( 词数:80 词左右。信的开头与结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数。)
Dear Xiao Hong,
I'm glad to receive your letter. In your letter you asked me about how to learn
English well.
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