上海市新竹园中学九年级12月考试卷（无听力部分）

上海市新竹园中学九年级12月考试卷（无听力部分）
初中英语试卷
（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar（词汇和语法）
II. Choose the best answer.
26. Which of the following underlined parts is different from others?
A. It ' oldoutside, so you should wear more clothes.
B. The man over there is my En glish teacher.
C. The first thing to do when creating a comic strip is to think o f a plot. _
D. The Natio nal Holiday is in October.
27. Which of the followi ng words match the sou nd [fe ?l]?
A. felt
B. fall
C. fell
D. fail
28. Please hand in your exercise-books ______ b efore Wedn esday.
A. sometime
B. some time
C. sometimes
D. some times
29. Our Chin ese teacher told us to write _______ 800-word compositi on.
A. the
B. a
C./
D.an
30. Angela is flying to France soon. She will arrive ______________ Paris _______ t he morning of October 8.
A. at ….in
B. in ….on
C. in …..in
D. at …..on
31. Miss Zhang is satisfied with Hele n because she has made _____ mistake tha n before.
A. few
B. fewer
C. fewest
D. the fewest
32. We haven ' t had ____ this for many weeks.
A. such a fine day like
B. so fine a day as
C. such fine day as
D. so fine day like
33. I no ticed an old man _____ the room a few minu tes ago.
A. en tered into
B. en teri ng into
C. to en ter
D. en ter
34. There was ______ i n the room, so the doctor could see _______ .
A. eno ugh light, clearly eno ugh
B. light eno ugh, eno ugh clearly
C. eno ugh light, eno ugh clearly
D. light eno ugh , clear eno ugh
35. The hen ______ t here ______ an egg just now.
A. lyi ng , lay
B. layi ng , lied
C. lay, lain
D. lyi ng , laid
36. Don ' t you think the new dress makes the lady _______ much younger?
A. looks
B. looki ng
C. to look
D. look
37. After tak ing the medici ne, the patie nt felt ___ worse.
A. very
B. n early
C. ever
D. eve n
38. I won der _____ n ext week.
A. whe n she gives us a lecture
B. whe n she will give us a lecture.
C. whe n will she give us a lecture
D. whe n does she give us a lecture.
39. In the bookshop, a reader asked the shopkeeper _________ Who Moved My Cheese was an in teresti ng book.
A. that
B. how
C. what
D. if
40. Hurry up ! The play ______ f or ten minu tes.
A. has begu n
B. had beg un
C. has bee n on
D. bega n
41. The scie ntist succeeded _____ that work.
A. to finish
B. finishing
C. i n fin ishi ng
D. to fin ishi ng
42. ______ fun it must be to travel in a space pla ne!
A. How great
B. What a great
C. How a great
D. What great
43. The girl told her father that she had no pen ______ -.
A. writi ng with
B. to write
C. to write dow n
D. to write with
44. The criminal admitted _____ t he son of the scientist after he was found by the policeman.
A. killed
B. killi ng
C. to kill
D. kill
45. ---1 am sorry I have broke n your glasses.---- ____ .
A. O.K.
B. All right
C. That ' s right
D. That ' s all right
III. Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box.
(A)
A. known
B. bring
C. on
D. active
E. for
These young people are pillow fighting ! As the soft pillows are swung, they pop open and feathers rain down over Trafalgar Square in London, on April 4. This day is 46 ______________________________ as
Intern ati onal Pillow Fight Day. The event has bee n put on every year 47 ____ the last seve n
years. During the event, playful people gather in cities all over the world , from Buenos Aires, Arge nti na, to Barce Iona, Spa in. The orga ni zati on beh ind the event, the Urba n Playgro und Movement, wants to 48 fun and laughter to urban area. Cities , with their busy and
rushed feel, ofte n lack a warm side. A big goal of theirs is to create a more social an d49 ______
world. They went friends and stra ngers to come together for fun. Watchi ng TV and play ing games is not good eno ugh, the moveme nt says.
(B)
A. in stead of
B. with
C. because of
D. too
E. by
But what ' sso special about pillow fighting? It ' a popular play-fighting game 50 childre n. 51 using hard objects, soft pillows are the weap ons of choice! If you
hit 52 ________ hard, the pillow will split, uni eash ing( 释放)a
cloud of snowy feathers.
The Guinn ess World Record for the largest pillow fight in the world is held 53 _______ the
city of Brook in gs, in South Dakota, US. As many as 4,201 people gathered for a huge pillow fight on Nov 22, 2014!
IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
54. The fish are ______ from the birds ' mouths to a big basket.( move)
55. Three meals a day is our daily ______ n eed.( base)
56. The little boy was asked to spe nd much time ______ many poems.( memory)
57. Lion dance is a ________ Chin ese art.( traditi on)
58. Computers _______ scie ntists to work more quickly.(ability)
59. We enjoy the story very much because it has a _____ fini sh.（drama）
60. Preside nt Kenn edy ' s ________ shocked the whole world.（die）
61. Detective Ken solved the case of the _______ vase in the end. （ steal）
54. removed 55. basis 56. memorizing 57. traditional 58. enable 59. dramatic 60. death 61. stole n
V. Rewrite the following sentences as required.
62. I don ' t know which book I should ta保持句意基本不变）
I don ' t know which book _______________ .
63. Where did they grow vegetables?（改为被动语态）
Where _______ vegetables _______ by them?
64. The problem was so difficult that none of us could work it out.（保持句意基本不变）
The problem was ______ difficult _______ a ny of us to work out.
65. He asked, ” Have you decided on the date for the next meeti改为复合句）
He asked _______ we ______ decided on the date for the next meet ing or n ot.
66. Listen carefully ,or you will not understand the meaning of the talk.（改为复合句）
_______ you liste n carefully, you _______ u n dersta nd the meaning of the talk.
67. As we all kno w, light travels faster than sou nd.（保持句意基本不变）
It ' s _________________ that light travels faster than sound.
68. after, had happened , Eddie, what , couldn remember ,the feccident （连词成句）
Part 3 Reading and Writing
A.
A half-ce ntury ago, most mothers of young childre n in the Un ited States did not work outside the home. But life has cha nged. The Uni ted States Cen sus （官方统计）Bureau （办事处）said that
in 2002, sixty-four perce nt of mothers with a child un der age six were in the workforce （劳动大If the father also works, the n eed for child care is clear. The same is true if a pare nt is sin gle.
Sometimes gran dpare nts or other family members watch over childre n. But most worki ng
parents must pay for care. And they often have to pay a lot. The Labor Department ' s Bureau of
Labor Statistics （统计资料）says child-care costs for a full day begin at about four thousand dollars yearly. Many families pay ten thousa nd dollars yearly per child --- and more.
Some parents employ a person to supervise （照料）children in the parents home. This person is often called a baby sitter or a nanny. Sometimes this care provider lives with the family. Some care providers ope n their own homes to one or more childre n. These, and other, childre n
cen ters must meet the requireme nts of local and state gover nmen ts. For example, a care provider
can supervise only a limited number of children. The number depends on the children ages. Care cen ters must show that they are protected aga inst fires and other dan gers.
Yet once pare nts find a place, they cannot be sure they will stay. The care might not be as good as they hoped. Or the cost might in crease. Or the pare nts might eve n be asked to take their son or daughter elsewhere if the child ofte n bites or hits other childre n.
Child-care companies and religious organizations operate some of the daycare center and
preschools in the United States. Organizations like the Y. M.
C. A, the Young Men ' s Christian Associati on, provide daytime child care in many cities across the coun try. These programs serve children from the earliest years to as old as students in middle school. Care for school-age childre n is also provided at public and
private schools before and after no rmal school hours.
69. When didn ' t most mothers of youngdren work outside the home?
A. A cen tury ago.
B. Fifty years ago.
C. Sixty-four years ago.
D. Six years ago.
70. What kind of people n eed child care?
A. Work ing pare nts.
B. Gran dpare nts.
C. Religious orga ni zati ons.
D. Some compa ni es.
71. Why can ' t parents be sure they will stay?
A. The care is not as good as they hoped.
B. The cost might i ncrease.
C. They might even be asked to take their son or daughter elsewhere if the child
ofte n bites or hits other childre n.
D. Above all.
72. How much do pare nts pay for child care accord ing to statistics?
A. They have to pay a lot.
B. More tha n ten thousa nd dollars every year
C. About four thousa nd dollars every year.
D. Used to be ten thousa nd dollars yearly per child.
73. Care for school-age childre n is also provided at public and private schools
A. un til childre n leave middle school
B. before and after no rmal school hours
C. after they are old eno ugh
D. before childre n begi n school
74. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Child Care in The United States.
B. Mothers in The United States.
C. Child-care Compa nies Have Appeared in The Un ited States.
D. Tak ing Care of Your Childre n.
(B) Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage
Chocolates ' shapes
ll fine The chocolates ' shape you choose may be determ ined by your pers on ality. Below you
most com mon shapes and the shape you choose may say something about you and your 75 .
If you choose the round chocolate, you are a friendly perso n. You don ' t like to be alone and you feel lost
_____________ 76 ___ frien ds. You love fine thin gs, and you prefer the best and have a kee n
eye for quality. You like to surround yourself with beauty. Your love life tends to be exciting, because you enjoy the chase more than stability. Your friends are all beautiful people, but you don ' t often learn who they are because you judge things based on what you see. If you choose the oval（卵形的）chocolate, you are an easy-going person. Your friends often run to you with n ews both good and 77 . Your friends and relatives are glad to surro und you. Though
you are very ___ 78 ___ to your friends with their problems. If you choose the square chocolate,
you are an honest and traditional person. Maybe you don ' , bkikethenobepeeis your
favorite. People need you when they meet difficulty. You don' like fashions. You like to read books 79 yourself: you believe that you can do it well. If you choose the tria ngular （三
角形）chocolate, you may be good at solving problems. You are very successful at organizing, but you do not have eno ugh tolera nce（忍耐力）.At times, people think that you admire yourself too much, but you really don'（tare what other people
think or feel about you. If you choose the diam ond, you are very careful and determ in ed. You thi nk about everyth ing ____________________________________________ 80 __ con sider the effect on yourself and others. You take everything seriously. Before you decide to do someth ing, you are used to thinking it out. Once you start someth ing, you n ever give up.
75. A. future
76. A. without
B. pers on ality
C. age
D. love
D. besides B. with C. except
77.
A. better
B. best
C. bad D .worse
78. A. helpful B. kind C. useless D. frie
ndly
79. A. un dersta nd B. improve C. believe D. make
80. A. carelessly B. thoughtful C. serious D. carefully
（C）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
Preside nt Abraham Lincoln ofte n visited hospitals to talk with woun ded soldiers duri ng the Civil War. On ce, doctors poin ted out a young soldier who was n ear death and Lincoln went o 81 to his bedside. "Is there anything I can do for you ? ” askedhe Preside nt. The soldier
obviously did n't recog nize Lincoln, and with some effort he was a_82_ to speak. "Would you please w_83 a letter to my mother ? ”A pen and paper were provided and the Preside nt
carefully began writing down what the young man was able to say: "My dearest mother, I was b_84 hurt while doing my duty. I'm afraid rm n ot going to recover. Don't grieve （悲伤）too much for me, please. Kiss Mary and Joh n for me. May God bless you and father." The soldier was too weak to continue, so Lincoln signed the letter for him and added, "written for your son by Abraham Lincoln." The young man asked to see the n ote and was s_85 ______________________________ whe n he discovered who had writte n it. "Are you really the Preside nt? " he asked. "Yes, I am, "Li ncol n r _______ 86_
quietly, then he asked if there was anything else he could do. "Would you please hold my hand ?" the soldier asked. "It will help to see me t ___________ 87_ to the en d." In the quiet room, the Preside nt
took the boy's hand in his and spoke warm words of en courageme nt un til death came.
（D）A nswer the question
While you are much safer in side tha n out, light ing can strike you even in the home. Here how to protect you in doors:
1. Stay away from windows. Get out of the shower of bath. Don' t touch conductors such as fireplaces and metal pipes.
Cherry, was struck by lightning last year while washing her clothes. Lightning entered a win dow next to the wash ing mach ine, struck her right hand, traveled through her body and fin ally out of her left arm. "It was as though I was hold ing a bolt （电光）of light ning in my han ds," remembers Falvey, who was throw n across the room.
2. Stay off the telephone.
It is n't an old wives ' stG-ma ny people have bee n hurt through teleph one wires. It was raining outside while Peter Van
Artrijk, Jr. was on the phone at his house in Florida. "Bar n! A bolt hit the buildi ng," he says. "I felt the hair on my arms sta nd on end and a charge hit me through teleph one, which was almost blow n out of my han d."
3. Unplug（拔去….插头）televisions, computers, etc.
Don' t just turn them off . If the house is struck, they could be damaged if you keep them plugged in.
4. Try lightning rods if your area is very often hit by lightning.
Properly fixed, says Rust, light ning rods reduced the cha nces of damage to a home and to the people in side it.
88. Where can light ning even strike people?
89. What was Cherry doing whe n she was struck by light ning?
90. Why did the writer think it isn ' t an old wives ' story?
91. How did Peter feel whe n a light ning hit him?
92. If you turn off TV, it won damaged wben your house is struck, will it?
93. What will you do whe n the light ning happe ns?
VII. Writing
94. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “ Someth in glineMyuttieesory
below are for your referenee only（以我记忆中的一件事"为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，要求内容适切，意思连贯，标点符号不占格。

）
Use the following points as a guide（短文须包含下列要点）：
1. When and where did it happe n?
2. Why do you want to write about it?
3. What have you lear ned from it?
参考答案：
26.A 27. D 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. D 36.
D 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. C 41. C
42. D 43. D 44. B 45. D
46. A 47. E 48. B 49. D
50. B 51. A 52. D 53. E
46. A 47. E 48. B 49. D
50. B 51. A 52. D 53. E
54. removed 55. basis 56. memorizing 57. traditional 58. enable 59. dramatic 60. death 61. stole n
62. to take 63. were, grow n 64. too, for 65. whether/if, had 66. Un less, will 67. well known
68. Eddie couldn ' t remember what had happened after the accident.
(A) 69. B 70. A 71. D 72. C 73. B 74. A
(B) 75. B 76. A 77. C 78. A 79. B 80. D
(C) 81. over 82. able 83. write 84. badly 85. surprised 86. replied 87. through
(D) An swer the questi on
88. Even in the home.
89. Washi ng her clothes.
90. Because many people have bee n hurt through teleph one wires.
91. He felt the hair on his arms sta nd on end and a charge hit him through teleph one, which was almost blow n out of his hand
92. Yes, it will
93. Any reason is Ok.。