北京市朝阳区2010--2011学年第一学期统一检测初三英语试题

北京市朝阳区2010—2011学年度九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷四、单项填空（共15分，每小题1分）从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. This is Tom’s camera. Could you give it to_______________?A. heB. himC. hisD. her22. The 30th Olympic Games will be held _________________2012.A. onB. atC. inD. of23. –Mum, can I go out to play with my friends?--No, you _______________. Y ou have a lot of homework to do.A. can’tB. couldn’tC. wouldn’tD. needn’t24. Everything _________________ready now. Let’s begin our party.A. amB. isC. areD. be25. Children love cartoons. Nowadays Shrek is _____________than Nemo in China.A. popularB. more popularC. most popularD. the most popular26. Y ou ________________great progress if you work hard.A. makeB. madeC. will makeD. have made27. –Jack? Can you come now?—Sorry, I ____________________my homework.A. doB. will doC. am doingD. was doing28. It’s a good idea _______________________the museum shop and buy postcards.A. visitB. visitingC. to visitD. visits29. I ______________________through the newspaper when my mother came back.A. lookB. will lookC. am lookingD. was looking30. -- _____________________does the flight from Beijing to New Y ork take off?--At 9:00 on Fridays.A. WhenB. WhereC. WhatD. Which31. –Did you have a hamburger for lunch, too?—No, I ______________some dumplings instead.A. haveB. hadC. will haveD. have had32. –Why hasn’t Mr. Li come to work today?--Because he _______________________Guangzhou for a holiday.A. goes toB. went toC. will go toD. have gone to33. We will fly a kite in the park as soon as you ______________ your homework.A. finishB. will finishC. finishedD. have finished34.—Long time no see.--I’ve just returned. I ____________to Shanghai for a meeting last month.A. sendB. sentC. am sentD. was sent35. –I really hope to keep in touch with Miss Wang, my first teacher.--Sorry. I don’t know ___________________________.A. what her number isB. what is her numberC. what her number wasD. what was her number五、完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. However, Daisy Raffan, an18-years-old girl in Britain, hopes to bring the 36 to the young people.Daisy has 37 an online learning website to teach the language to as many people as possible, all over the world.With China’s 38 development in the world, Daisy thinks 39 important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later.Daisy has been learning Putonghua 40 the age of five. Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, she 41 the idea for the website, .She said: ―People are afraid to learn Putonghua. One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an 42 language to learn, but I have had fun 43 it .And I hope what I have done is easy and fun.‖Her 44 offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on 45 from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.Daisy’s web site has 46 the support of several important persons —the teenager says she has received a letter praising(赞扬) her work from Gordon Brown, who is the British Prime Minister(首相).She said: ―I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter 47 . He said that what I was doing was a really good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was excited that someo ne so important was supporting what we’re doing.‖36. A. information B. language C. business D. message37. A. put up B. taken up C. set up D. thought up38. A. much B. more C. many D. most39. A. that B. this C. them D. it40. A. for B. at C. since D. in41. A. came out B. came on C. came over D. came up with42. A. excellent B. impossible C. interesting D. important43. A. do B. does C. to do D. doing44 A. websites B. e-mails C. magazine D. article45. A. ideas B. courses C. topics D. questions46. A. won B. made C. given D. showed47. A. in B. back C. down D. up阅读理解（44分）六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

（共26 分，每小题2分）AA. play basketballB. play soccerC. visit the museumD. read children’s stories49. If children want to watch new films, they should go to _________________.A. 16 Yangtze RoadB. 99 Brick RoadC. 106 Green StreetD. 89 North Street50. If you dial 66387901, you can ______________________________.A. go to see a doctorB. ask for some hotel informationC. call a taxi companyD. order fast food in a restaurantBMost people want to be happy but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, ― Happiness depends on ourselves.‖ In other words, we make our own happiness.The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future---for example, getting into college or getting a good job, that we fail to enjoy the present. Y ou should enjoy life’s simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often enjoy happier and healthier lives.Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies where you forget your problem. Many people experience dancing or playing a sport, such as swimming. Y ou can forget about your problems, and only think about the activity.Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. Y ou can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elder person, or simply help around the house by washing the dishes.51. The second paragraph tells us that_________________.A. we shouldn’t think about our futureB. some people fail to live a happy lifeC. happiness is to enjoy the simple things in lifeD. the more friends you have, the happier you will be52. The passage gives us _______________ pieces of advice on happiness.A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four53. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?A. Reading a good book.B. Traveling to a foreign countryC. Playing a sport.D. Spending time with close friends.CHis teachers thought he was stupid. Talent spotters(物色新秀者) thought he was ugly, but Zhou Jielun, whose English name is Jay Chou, is now of Asia’s hottest pop stars.Last week he had the honor of being the first Asian male singer to appear on the cover of Time, a popular magazine in the US. He has won more than 30 entertainment awards over the past two years.Chou released(发行) his first album(专辑) ―Jay‖ in November 2000, and with two follow-up albums－―Fantasy‖ and ―English Dimensions‖－his music has come to rule the Asian pop world.The entertainment industry has called him ―a small heavenly king‖. But Chou says he is not a king, at least he isn’t before he shoots to stardom. As a boy, he was thought ―stupid‖. His high school English teacher said young Chou had a learning disability. ―He had very few facial exp ressions. I thought he was foolish.‖Chou did poorly in math, science and English. But his mother noticed the quiet, shy boy was sensitive(敏感的) to music：When he heard western pop music, he seemed to dance. So she took Chou to a piano school at four years old. He practiced all the time, give his whole attention to the music. At the end of high school, he failed his exams and didn’t go to unive rsity.But he liked playing the piano very much. In a show he was seen playing the piano by a major Taiwanese entertainer, Jacky Wu. The 18-year-old Chou became a contract(合同) song writer for Wu’s music studio. There he spent one and a half years writing songs for famous artists such as V alen Hsu and Coco Lee.He proved that he could be more than a song writer. His catchy tunes have mainstreamed(成为主流) rap and R&B (Rhythm & Blues) in the Asian pop world. And his success proves that gifts still matter more than looks and images. 54．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A．People call Chou ―a small heavenly king‖.B．Chou was not a good student in high school.C．Chou is now one of Asia’s hottest pop stars.D．Chou was thought to have a gift for music by his teachers..56．The underlined expression ―shoots to stardom‖ in Paragraph 4 probably means ―________‖.A．becomes rich B．becomes famousC．gets well—trained D．gets experienced59．In this passage, the writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.A．Jay Chou’s music will rule the Asian pop worldB．teachers sometimes have wrong opinions on a studentC．Jay Chou is a very successful singer, though he did poorly in schoolD．Jay Chou became the first Asian male singer appearing on the cover of Time七、阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。