江苏省泰州市六校联谊2010年九年级英语中考模拟考试牛津版

2010年江苏省泰州市六校联谊模拟考试——英语（考试时间：120分钟满分：120分）第I卷（选择题共70分）一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）( ) 1. ---What would you like for breakfast, Mr. Green?---Two pieces of bread and cup of tea, please.A. a; aB. a; theC. /; aD. /; the ( )2. Shanghai is ______the east of China and the country of Japan is __the east of Shanghai.A. in, onB. in, toC. to, inD.on, in( )3. —The shoes don’t fit me. Would you please show me ______?—Sure. Here you are.A. the other oneB. the othersC. another pairD. another one ( )4. ---Don't skate on the lake!---Why not? Isn't it thick enough___________?A. to skateB. skating onC. skatingD. to skate on( )5.--- Can you tell me ______ it is from here to the Summer Palace?---Let me see. It's about 15 minutes' ride.A. how farB. how soonC. how muchD. how long ( )6. ---I have lost the chance to win the game.--- ___________.A. What a pityB. Don’t mention itC. Never mindD. That’s OK( )7. About two years ________ since the earthquake took place in Wenchuan.A. passedB. has passedC. have passedD. has been passed( ) 8. I wonder ______ you said to him before he came.A. thatB. ifC. howD. what( )9. --- ______ wonderful music!--- Yes, it’s written by Jay Chou, a pop singer.A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a( )10. --- Have you got a ticket for the show by Xiao Shenyang in Yangzhou？--- No. The price was too ________.A. dearB. expensiveC. greatD. high( ) 11.---Don’t forget to hand in your homework again, Mike. --- .A. No, I don’tB. Don’t worryC. Sorry, I won’tD. Never mind ( ) 12. The boy was heard______ the piano at 8 yesterday evening.A. was playingB. playC. playingD. played( ) 13. The TV needs ________, I will have it tomorrow.A. to repair, repairingB. being repaired, to repairC. repairing, repairedD. to be repaired, repair( ) 14. They ____ 3000 English words by the end of last term.A.had learnedB. are learningC. will learnD. have learned( )15. I don’t know.A. where can we buy the ticketsB. how much it costs to fly to HainanC. what is he waiting forD. why was he late for school this morning二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）“Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to 16 the call. It was his aunt. “Sam, 17 are you still at home?” she asked surprisingly. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a. m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important 18 today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get 19 . When he was going to leave the house, he 20 that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the 21 and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as 22 as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were 23 writing. “Why are you so24 ?” asked the teacher . “I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking 25 . “It was my clock. It26 to wake me up this morni ng and ....” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher27 him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his 28 quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not 29 in a right way. He put his head on the desk and sai d, “What a30 day it has been for me!”( )16. A. find B. give C. put D. answer( )17. A. why B. how C. when D. where( )18. A. talk B. party C. exam D. meeting( )19. A. tired B. lost C. dressed D. rested( )20. A. forgot B. remembered C. understood D. thought( )21. A. classroom B. desk C. bus D. door( )22. A. carefully B. quietly C. early D. fast( )23. A. worried B. free C. busy D. careful( )24. A. 1ate B. ill C. lonely D. ready( )25. A. down B. up C. out D. back( )26. A. happened B. stopped C. failed D. pointed( )27. A. helped B. knew C. followed D. stopped( )28. A. room B. table C. seat D. teacher( )29. A. think B. sit C. turn D. speak( )30. A. short B. bad C. happy D. usual三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AOnce there were two brothers. They were very good to each other. They were half brothers because the elder brother’s mother was dead, and then his father married again. The stepmother （继母）was not kind to the elder brother, but the younger brother loved him and often helped him.One day, the mother gave each of the brothers a box of seeds(种子) and enough food for a few days. She said to them, “Take them. Go and plant them. One of you must plant them on the east hill, and the other on the west hill. Do not come back if the seeds don’t come out. ” The mother gave very bad seeds to the elder brother, but the two brothers didn’t know this, and set out the next morning .When they came to a bridge, they sat down to rest . After that, they got up to say good-bye to each other, but they took the wrong boxes of seeds!Ten days later, the elder brother’s seeds began to grow and he came back. But the younger brother dared not return home because his seeds didn’t grow. At l ast, he died on the hill.( )31.One day, the mother gave two boxes of seeds _________A. only to the elder sonB. only to the younger sonC. to their fatherD. to the two sons( )32.The mother asked the two brothers to _________.A .plant the seeds on the west hill B. come back soon after they planted the seedsC. plant the seeds on two hillsD. take the trees and plant them( )33.In fact the mother wanted __________A. the two brothers to plant treesB. the two brothers to work hardC. the elder brother to dieD. the younger brother to die( )34.Which of the following is not true?A. The mother was not kind to the elder brotherB. The younger brother loved the elder brotherC. The younger brother had two mothersD. The elder brother had two mothers( )35.The story tells us that ________ .A. one mustn’t do bad thingsB. one mustn’t take the wrong boxC. one must help othersD. one must use good seedsB( )36. If you choose the UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS course, you will have classes_____.A. from Monday to SundayB. from Monday to FridayC. on Wednesday and SaturdayD. on Saturday and Sunday( )37. How long will the STOP SMOKING course last?A. for half a dayB. for three hoursC. for a weekD. for four weeks( )38. Mr. Black works every morning and evening, but he wants to take part in one of the three courses. What is suitable for him?A. TYPINGB. UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERSC. STOP SMOKINGD. all the courses( )39. If you want to learn about computers and at the same time you want to improve your typing, how much will you pay for it?A. $ 75B. $ 150C. $ 115D. $ 235( )40. What’s the special difference between the TYPING course and the other two ?A. People with different skill levels may learn at different speedB. You will take a test after the courseC. You will pay the fee before practisingD. You will pay less moneyCA clam (蚌) decided to take a rest on the bank of the River Yi. When the clouds passed, he felt cool in their shadow. When the sun returned, he felt warm. It was a good time to daydream, and so he did.From above, a bird saw the clam and flew down and gave it a good peck (啄). The clam was frightened and closed his shell tight, catching the bird’s beak.“Remove your beak at once,” ordered the clam. But the bird was stubborn, though she was able to pull out her beak, she refused.“I will not remove my beak until you open your shell,” the bird mumbled. Like the clam, she found it was difficult to speak clearly under the situation. Of course, the clam was not about to listen to the bird and open his shell. But the bird threatened (威胁),“Open your shell or you’ll be a dead clam.” “Remove your beak at once,” returned the clam.“Open it!”“ Remove it!”“Open it!”The two went back and forth like this for several hours. But neither of them would follow the other’s orders first, they stayed in such a state until a young man w ho happened to come here and carried two of them off for dinner!( )41. Why the clam choose the bank to have a rest?A. Because it was a place where he felt cool when the clouds passed and warm when thesun returned.B. Because he likes daydreaming.C. Because it wanted to meet the bird on the bank..D. Because it could find some food for dinner.( )42. In the fourth paragraph, the word “mumble” means _________.A．慢条斯理地说B．含糊地说C．狠狠地说D．快速的说( )43. Which of the following can be true according to the passage?A. The clam opened his shell first.B. The bird removed his beak firstC. The clam and the bird didn’t agree with each other until the young man cameD. The clam and the bird were cooked as a good dinner by the young man( )44.Which of the following sayings can explain the story well?A. Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.B. Two heads are better than one.C. Think twice before you doD. Saying is one thing and doing another( )45. The best title of the passage is _________.A. Remove it firstB. A daydreamC. A stubborn birdD. The bird and the clamDLook at the center circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B .Which of the centre circles looks larger? In Diagram B. In fact , theyare exactly the same size.Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or twofaces ？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again andagain? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see.Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in awrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it“visual illusion(视觉错误)”.Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors muchsmaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller thanthey usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visualillusions.( )46. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B? A BA. something is wrong with our eyesB. the two circles are not the same sizeC. our brains interpret the information in a wrong wayD. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other( )47. What’s the right order according to the passage?a. We look at things with our eyes.b. Our brains interpret the messages.c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.A. a d b cB. c a b dC. a c d bD. b c a d( )48. What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?A. To help the actors look betterB. To make the actors much braverC. To help the actors become strongerD. To make the actors seem different in size( )49. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorterthan Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes? A. The second one. B. The third one.C. The fourth one.D. The sixth one.( )50. Where is the text probably taken from?A. an advertisementB. a science bookC. a movie magazineD. a story book 第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题，共50分)四、根据句意，用所给词的适当形式填空： （共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）51. Mary passed her exam because she studied very ___________(hard).52. That’s the ________(enter) to the hall. Please come this way.53. Look! How ________(happy) Kate looks after hearing the bad news!54. The man in his (forty) is the person who saved that boy.55.I can’t __________(simple) understand what you said.A B CD56. We Chinese people devote much time to __________(help) rebuild Yushu.57. Jim __________( not be) late in the past.58. He’s _________(ever) been to Beijing before, has he?59. All the children should____________(treat) well after the earthquake.60. ---What do you think of my advice? ---Sorry. I _______(think) of something else.五.阅读下面短文,根据短文内容完成相关任务。