江陰市要塞片2014屆九年級下期中考試英語試題及答案

1、一、單項選擇 在A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并將答案寫在答卷上。（本大題共14小題，每小題1分，共14分）1. We can have_ bluer sky if we create_ less polluted world. A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the2. Can I walk across the road now, mum? No, you_. You have to wait until the light turns green.A. couldnt B. shouldnt C. mustnt D. ne

2、ednt3. What _it is to go swimming in _weather!A. a great fun; so fine B. a great fun; such a fine C. great fun; so fine a D. great fun; such fine4. About _ of the books in our school library are written in Chinese.A. four-fifth B. four-fifths C. fourth-fifths D. fourths-fifth5. Our teacher told us t

3、ime _ for no one. A. wait B. waiting C. waited D. waits6. One of the difficulties we have English is how to remember new words and expressions.A. to learn B. in learning C. learn D. learned7. What do you think of the book ? Oh , excellent . Its worth _ a second time .Ato read Bto be read Cbeing read

4、 Dreading8. The accident happened _ an autumn early morning.A. in B. at C. on D. for9. This schoolbag is not expensive. And the price of it is the _ of the three. A. lowest B. biggest C. highest D. smallest 10. Some of the boys in our class prefer _to school _a bike to schoo1 Ato walking; riding Bwa

5、lk; ride Cto walk; to ride Dwalking; to riding11. Nanjing Road is a busy road with a lot of shops on sides of the streets.A. either B. neither C. both D. each12. The food in the fridge _ bad. Throw it away, please. A. is smelt terrible B. smells terrible C. smells terribly D. is smelt terribly13. Im

6、 afraid that I cant do it. Oh, you should believe in yourself. You wont know what you can do_you try it.A. if B. because C. until D. while 學14. Are you going to take part in the speech competition? _. Its too good a chance to miss. A. No problem B. Thanks a lot C. Never mind D. Thats for sure二、完型填空

7、先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并將答案寫在答卷上。（本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分）Years ago，if a teenager had some problems in his life，he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with the same problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客). In many ways, a diary and a

8、 blog are very _15_. But what makes blogging different from writing in a traditional diary?The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public than a diary. Usually，a teenager treats his diary like a book full of secrets that he does not want to _16_with others.Its interesting that someone who

9、 writes in a blog instead of a diary will probably write nearly the same information. I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her _17_. She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. When I was her age, I wrote abo

10、ut the same thing, but _18_in my dairy. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was _19_ that my sister might read it.The biggest problem with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry _20_ a friend during high school and wrote some

11、thing bad about him in my diary, he would never know. _21_, if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might read her blog and _22_ angry.There are also _23_ to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me”, because no one wou

12、ld know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friend would quickly respond and tell her how much they like her. Blog help people _24_ in contact with their friend and know what the people around them are doing.三、閱讀理解 閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在每小題所給的四個選項中選出最佳選項，并將答案寫在答

13、卷上。（本大題共13小題，每小題2分，共26分）AAlmost every Chinese person can recite(背誦) the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ”. But sadly, many of us dont actually get the real meaning of these lines: Dont waste food.A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw

14、away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? Absolutely not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.Chinese

15、people are well-known for being friendly and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?1. Dont order too much in a

16、 restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.2. Dont leave any food in your bowls while having meals.3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Dont buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.25. Whats the real mea

17、ning of the underlined sentence? A. 春種一粒粟，秋收萬顆籽。 B. 誰知盤中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。 C. 吏祿三百石，歲晏有余糧。 D. 足蒸暑土氣，背灼炎天光。26. According to the UN report, how many hungry people were there in 2011? A. 6 million. B. 925 million.C. 200 million.D. 725 million.27. What should we do to waste less food? A. Order more food in a rest

18、aurant. B. Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.C. Take all the food you ordered home. D. Dont store too much food like vegetables and fruit.BOnce there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich mans house. On the doorsteps,

19、 he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off. They obeyed(服從) and the farmer went into the house. He asked to see the rich man. A servant took him to the ro

20、om where the rich man was sitting. I have brought you the basket of apples you asked for, he said. But why have you brought a half-empty basket? the rich man asked. I met your children outside, and they stole some of the apples.28. Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? Because A. he was p

21、oor B. he liked the rich man C. his farm belonged to the rich man D. the rich mans children liked apples29. What did the monkeys do when the farmer was on the doorsteps? A. They jumped and jumped. B. They played. C. They ran away. D. They ate some of the apples.30. How did the rich man feel when he

22、saw the basket? He felt A. pleased B. unhappy C. excited D. movedCThe Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is a love story, a sad and beautiful one. If it didnt exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction（建造）was simply a fairy tale. Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah

23、 Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahal, means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne. He decided out of

24、his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.He called in the best artists and architects from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete. It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahal,

25、 one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.The building itself stands on a marble platform(大理石平臺)29 meters square and 6-7 meters high. Towers rise from each of the four corners. The Taj itself soars(高聳) another 61 meters into the air. It is an eight-sided building made of white marble.The emp

26、eror planned to build an identical(相同的)tomb of black marble for himself on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge. However his son put him into a prison in the palace before he could finish, and for the rest of his life, he could only look across river at the tomb of his beloved wi

27、fe.DWhen I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺點). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasnt a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my fathe

28、r with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didnt you ever wonder what youre really like? Well, you now have that girls opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the ot

29、her things she said.” I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldnt change (like being very thin), but a good number I couldand suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself. I brought the

30、 list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “Thats just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, youll find it will be of help to you. Our

31、 world is full of people who think they know your duty. Dont shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” Daddys advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, Ive never had a better piece of advice. 34. What did the father

32、do after he had heard his daughters complaint? A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said. B. He criticized (批評) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings. C. He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that wer

33、e true. D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it. 35. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean? A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me. B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing l

34、onger and longer. C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on. D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious. 36. Why did her father listen to her quietly? A. Because he believed that what her daughters “enemy” said was mostly true. B. Because he had been so angry with his daught

35、ers shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while. C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment. D. Because he wasnt quite sure which girl was telling the truth. 37. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage? A. Not an Enemy,

36、but the Best Friend B. The Best Advice Ive Ever Had C. My Father D. My Childhood第二卷（非選擇題，共40分）四、詞匯運用 （本大題共8小題，每小題1分，共8分）（A）根據(jù)句意和漢語注釋，寫出單詞的正確形式，并將答案寫在答卷上。1. I hope you will_(實現(xiàn)) your dream in the near future. 2. Everybody should_(積極地) join in this charity show to raise money for the people in need.3.

37、 All of our family members are busy getting ready for grandpas_(九十) birthday these days.4. There was_(沉默) for a few moments, then someone came out with a most useful suggestion.（B）根據(jù)句意，寫出括號內(nèi)所給單詞的正確形式，并將答案寫在答卷上。5. A smile is cheap, we give it to anybody. The tears are more_(value), we keep them to ou

38、rselves.6. On his fourth _ (south) tour, Emperor Kangxi climbed the Tianzhong Tower in this temple 7. She shook the bird and the bird got_(mad) and more rude.8. His_(boss) son was attacked with a knife last night.五、動詞填空 用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當形式填空，并將答案寫在答卷上。（本大題共8小題，每小題1分，共8分）1. Im sorry that I didnt answer you

39、r phone. I _(listen) to music and didnt hear the ring.2. Our government has taken action to prevent H7N9 from (spread).3. - When will we go to watch the basketball match in the sports centre?- Not until the work _ (finish) tomorrow.4. I tried many ways I could think of _ (stop) the little boy from c

40、rying.5. The sports meeting they were looking forward to _ ( hold) yesterday6. He tells me that the dried flowers _ (not sell) as well as the fresh ones in my hometown.7. There is a knock at the door. It is the second time someone _(disturb) me this evening.8. I thought he _ (go) to see his mother i

41、f he had time.六、缺詞填空 先通讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給首字母，在空格內(nèi)填入一個適當?shù)膯卧~，使短文意思完整。所填單詞必須在答卷上完整寫出。（本大題共10空，每空0.5分，共5分）Americans in business have a language of their own. Some words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Some expressions are b_1_ from different kinds of work such as the theatre a

42、nd movie industry.One such saying is “get your act together”.When things go wrong in business, a boss may get a_2_. He may shout, “Stop making mistakes. Get your act together.” Or, if the boss is calmer, he may say, “Lets get our act together.” E_ 3_ way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to d_4_ a calm and orderly (有序的) plan of action.It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But it is probable that it was in the theatre or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was n_5_ and made