江苏省苏州中学初中部(立达中学)九年级英语上学期期中考试(无答案)

苏州市立达中学校2010-2011学年度
期中考试试卷
第一学期
九年级英语
第一卷（四大题共55分）
第一部分听力
一、听对话和问题，选择正确答案：（听两遍）(l0%)
1. A. It won’t be f inished. B. It hasn’t been finished yet.
C. It has been finished already.
2. A. 234459. B. 231159. C. 231459.
3. A. France. B. Germany. C. England.
4. A. At 4:30. B. At 5:30. C. At 6:30.
5. A. $2. B. $1.5. C. $1.
6. A. By car. B. O n foot. C. By b ike.
7. A. lucy. B. kate. C. Jim.
8. A. I t’s too slow. B. It is stolen. C. It doesn’t work.
9. A. I t’s raining. B. The rain is coming. C. It’s windy.
10. A. The boy has finished his maths homework.
B. The girl has finished her science homework.
C. The boy has finished his English exercises.
二、听短文和问题，选择正确答案：（听两遍）(5%)
11. Who is speaking to the students?
A. A guide,
B. A doctor.
C. A soldier.
12. Where does the guide dogs program start?
A. The USA.
B. France.
C. England.
13. When did Americans know the guide dogs?
A. After the doctor taught a dog to guide a person.
B. After the American woman went to Germany.
C. After the American woman wrote about it for a magazine.
14. What kind of dogs are the best ones for the job?
A. Strong.
B. Bright.
C. Old enough.
15. How long does it take to train a l ittle dog to be a guide?
A. Over2 years.
B. 14 months.
C. 4 weeks.
第二部分笔试
三、选择填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）
A) 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
16. —Did you take one-day trip to the West Hill last Sunday?
—Yes. It was fantastic! It’s most delightful trip I’ve ever had.
A. a; a
B. an; a
C. a; the
D. an; the
17. I am very tired now and want very much to have a rest, but ______I’ll help you.
A. somehow
B. anyway
C. therefore
D. however
18. —Don’t you enjoy watching the English programme Outlook English Magazine on CCTV
Channel 10?
— .I think it very helpful to improve my listening and speaking abilities.
A. Yes, I do
B. No, I don’t
C. Yes, I don’t
D. No, I do
19. You will find this week’s programme a bit boring. What is the underlined part?
A. object complement
B. predicative
C. adverbial
D. object
20. of studentsi11 the school is over 2000.____of them are from the city.
A. The number; A number
B. The number; The number
C. A number; A number
D. A number; The number
21. She is _______ a good student. She is always ready to help others.
A. so
B. such
C. too
D. very
22. I was doing my homework ______ the telephone rang. It was my aunt.
A. when
B. while
C. as
D. as soon as
23. —We’ll do what we can ______ English well this term.
—It’s high time for you to work hard.
A. study
B. to study
C. be studied
D. be studying
24. You won’t necessarily at everything the first time you try.
A. succeed
B. success
C. successful
D. successfully
25. —How long the Supermarket ？
—Since last month,
A. has; o pened
B. did; open
C. had; opened
D. has; been open
26. Would you please me to do next?
A. to tell; how
B. to tell; what
C. telling; how
D. tell; what
27. The ____ mother will give ____ of them a present.
A. twin’s; every
B.twin’s; both
C.twins’; each
D.twins’; every
28. How she sings! I have never heard .
A. beautiful; a better voice
B. beautifully; a better voice
C. beautiful; the better voice
D. beautifully; the better voice
29. A lot of students at my school about the TV programmes they like in the past two
years.
A. interview
B. interviewed
C. have interviewed
D. have been interviewed
30. —Thank God. It’s Friday again. Have a nice weekend!
— .
A. Me too
B. Yes, I’11 be free then
C. The same to you
D. That’s all right
B)完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing to your health?
More an d more children are becoming overweight and near-sighted 31 they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also they are growing 32 creative since watching TV doesn’t 33 any active thought.
Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV- Turnoff 34 in the USA. The organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends 35 watching TV
American school children spend, on average, 1,000 hours a year watching TV —more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, say the doctors who organized this year’s TV- Turnoff Week. Doctors say that the 36 children watch television, the more overweight they may become. And the food children eat while they watch the television makes this weight
37 more serious.
To keep mentally and physically 38 , children need to take exercise, talk with their friends and families, read, and explore the world around them. Could you go a week
39 television? It might be 40 for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?
31. A. because B. until C. whether D. though
32. A. less and less B. more and less C. more and more D. less and more
33. A. find B. need C. lose D. know
34. A. Day B. Week C. Month D. Year
35. A. together with B. because of C. lots of D. instead of
36. A. later B. earlier C. longer D. less
37. A. problem B. question C. thing D. lesson
38. A. healthy B. health C. healthily D. unhealthy
39. A. with B. without C. within D. in
40. A. easy B. happy C. dangerous D. difficult
四. 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
A
At the 82nd Oscar Award, Kathryn Bigelow took six Oscars home, including one for Best Director. People all over the world will remember Kathryn Bigelow and her film The Hurt Locker 《拆弹部队》.
Who is Kathryn Bigelow? She is the ex-wife of James Cameron, the director of Avator. Some people believed that James Cameron was sure to win the best director. What does James Cameron think of The Hurt Locker? James Cameron regarded it as a pure and real war film.
Kathryn was bo rn on November 27, 1951 in America. She liked drawing when she was very young. She studied painting after finishing high school. But soon she turned to film. In 1978, Kathryn made her first short mov ie. The topic of the movie is about violence(暴力). Since then, she has shown great interest in making films about wars and crimes.
The Hurt Locker was the eighth and the best film that she had ever made. The film was based on a journalist’s experiences that covering Iraq War. It tells the story of a bomb squad（小队）. Kathryn made the film in the Middle East. By using hand-held cameras, Bigelow made the audience feel the fear, the heat and the thirst. Her success made history. She became the first woman ever to win the directing Oscar.
41. Who won the Best Director at the 82nd Oscar Award?
A. James Cameron.
B. Kathryn Bigelow.
C. Feng Xiaogang.
D. Not mentioned.
42. How old is Kathryn in the year of 2010?
A. 49.
B. 56.
C. 59.
D. 60..
43. From the p assage, we can know that Kathryn is interested in .
A. drawing and making films
B. painting and singing
C. dancing and making films
D. taking photos and writing
44. Which of the following is NOT right?
A. Kathryn has made eight films in all.
B. The Hurt Locker is a war film.
C. James Cameron is the husband of Kathryn.
D. Kathryn is the first woman to win the directing Oscar.
B
Electronic devices (设备) are changing the way people listen to music. But studies show the devices may be causing hearing loss in many people. Some experts say people may be playing them too loud an d for too long. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association did a study. The study was done among three hundred high school students and one thousand adults.
. Forty percent of students and adults said they set the soun d level, or volume, at high on their iPods. But students were two times more likely to play the music at a very loud volume. More than half of the students said they would probably not limit their listening time. And about a third said they were not likely to reduce the volume.
Hearing experts say part of the problem is the listening equipment people are using. They
say large earphones that cover the whole ear are probably safer than the smaller earbuds that come with most music players. Earbuds are thought to be less effective than earphones in blocking out foreign no ises.
Hearing loss may not be obvious for years. But once it happens, it is permanent (永久的 ). About thirty million Americans have some hearing loss. One third of them lost their hearing as a result of loud noises.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is working with producers and government officials on settin g rules for use of portable (可携带的 ) music devices. The group
says the best way to protect your bearing is to reduce the volume, limit listening time and using
earphones that block out foreign noises.
45. According to the study, more than half the students .
A. keep listening to music for a long time
B. would reduce the volume of music
C. would stop listening to music
D. would reduce the time on listening to music
46. Which is NOT true according to the third paragraph?
A. The listening equipment used by people need to be improved.
B. Earbuds can’t block out foreign noises completely.
C. Most music players are equipped with earbuds.
D. Listening to music with large earphones on is less effective.
47. We can learn from the text that .
A. when rules for use of portable music device are worked out, hearing loss can disappear
B. producers are the main cause that leads to hearing loss
C. it was not listening equipment but listeners themselves that mainly result in hearing loss
D. using large earphones is the best way to protect your hearing
48. What does the underlined word “earbuds” mean?
A.耳机
B.耳塞
C.耳麦
D.助听器
C
gle person
49. People can see the photo show at .
A. Grandview Mall
B. City Art Museum
C. Racetrack
D. Country Club
50. What can you do if you only have time between 5 p.m. t0 6 p.m. on Saturday?
A. Go shopping.
B. Go to see the photo show.
C. Go to the dance with your sweet heart.
D. Go to watch the horse race.
51. How much will Mr. and Mrs. Smith pay if they want to go to the dance party?
A. 15 dollars.
B. 25 dol lars.
C. 20%~40% off.
D. For free.
D
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her get angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action.
But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(另动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface（表面)”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace －it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some paper inside －a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
52. The writer began to love her mother’s desk .
A. after Mother died
B. before she became a writer
C. when she was a child
D. when Mother gave it to her
53. The passage shows that .
A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter
B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done
C. mother cared much about her daughter in words
D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
54. What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?
A. She had never received the letter.
B. For years, she often talked about the letter.
C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D. She read the letter again and again till she died.
55. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. My letter to Mother.
B. Mother and Children.
C. My mother’s Desk.
D. Talks between Mother and Me.
第二卷（三大题共45分）
五、单词拼写根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

每空只写一词。

（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
56. All （建议）are welcome. Please give them to us at any time.
57. She answered my questions almost （立刻）.
58. Gong Li played the lead role in Breaking the （沉默）.
59. Sorry. Madam. You’d better come tomorrow because it’s （超过）the visiting hours.
60. The prize （颁发）to the winner is a camera made in Japan.
61. If someone （坚持）on something, he says firmly that something is true.
62. He always spends as much time as he could （回复）to my emails.
63. I’m afraid the noise today drives me even （疯狂）.
64. Most of the people （进入）the film industry can earn a lot of money every year.
65. Do you know how many people （出席）the meeting yesterday evening?
六、句子翻译将下列句子译成英语。

（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
66. 我认为这首歌不值得再听一遍。

67. 那位导演刚才想出了一个多么令人惊讶的结局啊!
68. 一些青少年几乎不把任何精力投入到学习上，是吗？
69. 他把他的一生都致力于保护环境。

70. 到昨晚为止，那两个亚洲歌迷已发了数百条短信了。

七、书面表达（共l题；满分20分）
姚明是我们中国人的骄傲。

请根据以下提示，写一篇关于他的英语作文。

内容包括：
1. 姚明1980年出生于上海，身高
2.25米。

2. 9岁开始打篮球，18岁进入国家队（Chinese National Team），22岁加入NBA打球。

现效力于NBA的休斯顿火箭队(t he Houston Rockets)。

3. 爱好；玩电脑游戏。

4. 他的举止行为受到国人很大的关注，尤其对青少年有很大的影响。

5. 对人礼貌友好，球打得十分精彩，是中国的骄傲。

6. 参加了7次NBA全明星赛National Basketball Association ALL-STAR GAME;
2000年获得ESPN全球最有潜力运动员奖the most potential athlete Award ESPN
注意：1.词数90左右。

短文的标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2.短文须包括所有要点内容，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。

My Favourite Star — Yan Ming
Yao Ming。