陕西省西安市远东第一中学2013—2014学年度九年级英语第一学期12月月考试题 人教新目标版

远东第一中学九年级英语第一学期12月月考试题人教新目标版
Ⅰ单项选择。

(共15小题，计15分) 本题共有15个小题，请从每个小题的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

( ) 1. The teacher asked the boys ____on the wall.
A. to not draw
B. don’t draw
C. not draw to
D. not to draw ( )2.The little girl often makes his mother ______him_____ .
A. talk, something interesting
B. Tell, something interesting
C. say, interesting something
D. speak, interesting something
( ) 3.Excuse me, would you please tell me ______buy a digital camera? A．what to B .where to C. what I can D. where can I
( )4.-How about going hiking this weekend?
-Sorry, I prefer _____rather than _____.
A. to stay at home, go out
B. to go out, stay at home
C. staying at home, go out
D. going out, stay at home.
( )5. Have you decided _________ Shanghai?
A. to visit to
B. visit
C.
visiting D. to visit
( )6. Can you provide us _________ some information _______ the computer?
A. for, with
B. with, about
C. about,
with D. with, with
( ) 7. ______woman in red has _______eight-month-old baby.
A. The; an
B. A;
a C. The;
a D. The; /
( ) 8. Ms. Li regards Beijing as his second___ because he has been here for over twenty years.
A. family
B. house
C.
room D. home
( ) 9. Thanks to the ______English course , I can live in the USA easily.
A.two-months
B.one months’
C. two month’
s D. one-month
( ) 10. Mr Smith has bought a large house _____a swimming pool.
A. in
B.
of C.
at D. With
( ) 11.The girl_________is reading under the tree is my sister．
A．who B．whose C．which D．whom
( ) 12. These new books must__________before the teacher comes to the classroom.
A. be given out
B. be gave out
C. are given away
D. give out
( ) 13. —Jim takes _______ his father.
—You mean he is similar _______ his father?
A. for; as
B. to; with
C. after; to
D. away; from
( ) 14. —Would you help me _______, Mr Lin? This question’s too hard for me.
—OK. Let me try.
A. after
B. with
C. up
D. out
( ) 15.Sometimes people _________ angry for years about a small problem.
A. say
B. stay
C. Forget
D. Find
Ⅱ完形填空。

（共10小题，计10分）
阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She_16_ in 1901 and died in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate (庆祝) her 100th birthday,__17__she had a good, long life.
She had already been a professional_18_ before many women had jobs. She taught in Africa
for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time, people didn’t travel_19_ plane, so she had to travel t here by ship. It took her three months_20_ from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947, she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling a lot_21_ and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was seventy-five years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her_22_ her stories. They were_23_ interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was_24_ that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she_25_ stopped working and thinking. My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
( )16. A. be born B. born C. was born D. were born
( )17. A. but B. and C. or D. because
( )18. A. singer B. teacher C. nurse D. manager
( )19. A. on B. in C. at D. by
( )20. A. to sail B. sailing C. sailed D. sail
( )21. A. easy B. easier C. easiest D. easily
( )22. A. talk to B. talk with C talk about D. talk on
( )23. A. so B. such C. very D. too
( )24. A. boring B. relaxing C. frustrating D. amazing
( )25. A. ever B. never C. already D. always
Ⅲ阅读理解。

（共15小题，计25分）
根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子正(A)误(B)。

（共5小题，计5分）
A
Morison and Philip were classmates. They lived in the same country. After they left school, Morison became the manager of a flower shop and Philip became a doctor at a hospital.
Philip made a girlfriend. He bought a red rose for her each day to show his love. The flowers made her very happy. Sometimes he took the rose to her himself. But when he was busy in the hospital, he asked Morison to give the rose to her instead of him.
One afternoon, Philip came into the flower shop and said to Morison.” I’ll go to another town to work today. I have no time to give the letter and the flowers to my girlfriend. Please give her the letter and twenty-four roses.”
In the evening, when Morison was closing the door of the shop, Philip came.” Morison, how many roses did you give my girlfriend this morning?” asked Philip angrily.
“I give her thirty,” answered Morison.
“Why did you do that?” asked Philip.
“I thou ght you often bought roses for her in my shop. I want to give her six roses as the gifts. Six is a good number you know,” said Morison.
“How foolish you are!” He threw his letter on the table.” Read it!”
Morison picked it up and began to read:
Dear Mimi,
I love you very much. Today is your birthday. Please accept my present-some roses. One rose is a year. And the roses are your age.
Yours,
Philip
“She returned them to me,” cried Philip.
( )26. Philip and Morison had different jobs after school.
( )27. Morison’s girlfriend is Mimi.
( )28. Philip couldn’t send flowers to Mimi himself on her birthday because he was ill.
( )29. Mimi was happy to get six more roses from Philip.
( )30. From the passage we know that Mimi was 24 years old at that time.
阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

（共10小题，计20分）
B
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago.But it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution.To pollute mean to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it , smell it , drink it and even hear it .
Man has been polluting the earth . The more people , the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place , men moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world .
Air pollution is still the most serious . It’s bad to all living things in the world , but it is not only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water .Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily .
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution . They stop the people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city , and from blowing dirty smoke into the air .
The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution . It is caused by heavy traffic . It is sure that if there are fewer people driving , there will be less air pollution .
The earth is our home . We must take care of it . That means keeping the land , water and air clean . And we must keep careful of the rise in pollution at the same time .
( ) 31. Our world is becoming much smaller ___________ .
A. because the earth is being polluted day and night .
B. because of science developing .
C. because of the rise in pollution
D. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year .
( ) 32. Thousands of years ago , life was __________ it is today .
A. much easier than
B. as easy as
C. as hard
as D. much harder than
( ) 33. Pollution comes in many ways . We can even hear it . Here “it”means ___________ .
A. water pollution
B. air pollution
C. noise
pollution D. rubbish
( ) 34. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because
__________ .
A. It’s bad to all living things in the world .
B. it makes us because angry more easily .
C. it has made our rivers and lakes dirty .
D. it makes much noise .
C
Deserts do not stay the same size. Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get smaller.The world's biggest desert, Sahara, is in Africa. Right now, the Sahara desert is growing fast.
Why is the Sahara growing? In some places, people farm too much. In the other places, animals eat all the grass. Or, people cut down the trees. This makes the soil weak. Weak soil makes the desert grow.
Why is it a problem? People cannot grow food in the desert. People cannot build houses, hospitals, or schools in the desert. So, people must leave their homes.They must live somewhere else.
What can people do? They can plant trees.They can also farm less. These things make the soil stronger. Maybe the Sahara will stop growing. It's a big problem. Many people must work together to solve it.
( )35. What is the main idea?
A. The Sahara Desert is in Africa.
B. Farming too much makes the soil weak.
C. Big problems are caused by the growing Sahara Desert.
D. Planting trees will help the world.
( )36. The Sahara is growing. Which of these things is not a reason？
A. Building homes.
B. Farming too much.
C. Animals eating the grass.
D. Cutting down trees.
( )37. Planting trees can ________?
A. make the soil weaker
B. help people farm less
C. be good for the soil
D. make the Sahara grow
D
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the pennies he bought some grapes.
It was very hot, and there wasn’t a house or a tree where they could have a re st. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another grape and once again, his son picked it up and put it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the grapes and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the grapes, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the grapes, always remember the lesson: A person who does not worry about the little things will find that he can not do the great things.”
38. The horseshoe was picked up by ______
A. the father
B. the
son C. the horse D. nobody
39. What did the father bought after he sold the horseshoe?
A. Pennies.
B.
Grapes . C. Trees. D. A bag.
40. Why did Thomas pick up the grapes and eat them?
A. Because he was asked
to. B. Because he liked them.
C. Because he was thirsty.
D. Because he didn’t want to waste food.
Ⅳ完成句子。

根据所给中文，完成下列各句。

(共5小题，计10分)
41. 我意外地在公共汽车上遇见了她。

I met her ___________ in a bus .
42. 你知道谁在校门口分发广告了吗？
Do you know who ____________________advertisements at the school gate?
43. 因为恶劣的天气，运动会被推迟了。

The sports meeting was __________because of the bad weather.
44. 他想尽力通过这次考试，因此他学习更加努力。

He _____________, so he works harder.
45. 一直到1610年，茶才传到西方国家。

Tea________________ the western world________ 1610 .
Ⅴ任务型阅读。

（共5小题，计5分）阅读下面一篇短文，根据短文内容完成下列各题。

If you want to travel, why not consider visiting Madrid (马德里)? Madrid, the capital of Spain is the largest city of Spain, not only the center of politics(政治) and the economy(经济), but also the center of culture and traveling. There are many places of interest, as well as famous ports in Madrid.
Madrid is in the center of Spain, at an altitude of 665 meters. It lies higher than any other city in Europe. The city has had a very long history that reaches back to the medieval（中世纪的）times. The city’s wonderful sights--- the wealth of palaces, castles, museums and special architecture(建筑) represent the history and culture of those periods.
The city has over 30 theaters and concert halls including the Spanish musical and theatrical scene. Madrid is also the capital of Spain’s art and culture world.
Besides the lively culture and artistic scene, Madrid’s nightlife is also great. Over 100 cinemas, a lot of restaurants and bars make for a very interesting stay in the city.
The days in Madrid seems to be very long. They start at around 8 a.m., and end at about 2:30 p.m. when people return home for a large, rich dinner. This is when the family members get together. Life starts again slowly. This is why many people think the people in Madrid are very lazy.
根据短文内容回答问题：
46. Where does the writer suggest going for a trip?
The writer suggests going to ________________________________________
47. Where is Madrid?
It’s ________________________________________.
48. Can visitors have a good time at night in Madrid?
___________________________________________.
49.What can we learn from castles, palaces and museums?
We can learn_____________________________________ of the medieval periods.
50. How many theaters and concerts halls are there in Madrid?
There’re________________________________________.
Ⅵ短文填空。

(共10小题，计10分)用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。

(每个单词限用一次)
Watertown is a great place for the family __51__ a vacation. Teenagers will want to visit the __52__ largest water slides and eat at Uncle Bob’s. __53__ rock bands play at Uncle Bob’s every night. Kids will enjoy the Clown City Café. They have organized games and the staff dress up__54__ clowns(小丑). There’s also a lot for parents in Watertown. If they love good food, they can find i t at the Farmer’s Market __55__ the food is __56__ delicious and cheap. While the children have fun, the parents can take dance __57__ on the beach. And everyone can learn something in Watertown. There __58__ three museums! Teenagers love the __59__ Museum and kids enjoy the Science Museum. Parents will spend many happy hours __60__ through the history museum.
Ⅶ补全对话。

（共10小题，计10分）
A) 根据对话内容，选择方框内恰当的句子完成对话，有两项是多余的。

A: Look at that strange thing, Wei Hua! What’s that?
B: It’s a key. 61________________
A: Auto-bike? What’s it then? 62____________________
B: It’s a battery-operated machine and it was invented by my father!
A: 63___________________
B: It’s used for riding or flying.
A: Flying? 64_____________________
B: You can just ride it like an auto-bike and it will fly as it goes faster enough. A: 65__________________ I think your father is so great!
B: I think so. He has invented many things.
B) 根据下面对话中的情景，在每个空白处中填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。

A: Hi! You look unhappy._______ 66________?
B: I got very bad news from the News Report. It happened in Jiangsu Province.
A: What was it?
B: A crazy man entered a kindergarten and killed some kids and teachers.
A: _________67_________. Something must be done to keep schools safer.
B: Right.________68 _________ when I grow up. Police can protect them from being hurt.
A: I think that’s a good choice.____________69____________ if you want to be a policeman?
B: I am going to study harder and exercise every day to be stronger.
A: Oh, cool enough! I hope_______70__________.
B: Thank you.
Ⅷ书面表达.（共1题。

计15分）
写一篇反映历史上重大发明的短文。

词数不少于70词，文章开头已给出，但不计入总数(表格开头见答题卡）
西安市远东第一中学2013—2014学年度第一学期初三年级12月月考英语试题答题卡
选择题（共计50分，31---40题每题2分）
Ⅳ完成句子（10分）
41_________________________ 42_________________________
43 _________________________ 44_________________________
45__________________________
Ⅴ任务型阅读 ( 5分)
46___________________________ 47_____________________________ _
48___________________________ 49_____________________________ _
50___________________________
Ⅵ短文填空。

(10分)
51 ___________ 52 ____________ 53 ____________ 54 ____________
55 ___________ 56 ____________ 57 ____________ 58
____________
59 ___________ 60 ____________
Ⅶ补全对话（10分）
A 61___________________________________________
62___________________________________________
63 ___________________________________________
64___________________________________________
65___________________________________________
B 66___________________________________________
67___________________________________________
68___________________________________________
69___________________________________________
70___________________________________________
Ⅷ．书面表达（15 分）
There are many inventions that have caused great changes in the world. Here is a s h o r t
introduction. For example, the digital camera was invented
by____________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ _
_______________________________________________________________________________ __
_______________________________________________________________________________ __
_______________________________________________________________________________ __
_______________________________________________________________________________ __
_______________________________________________________________________________ __
西安市远东第一中学2013—2014学年度第一学期
初三年级12月月考英语参考答案
选择题（共计50分，31 ---40题每题2分）
Ⅳ、(10分)
41 by accident 42 handed out/gave out 43 put off
44 tries to pass the exam 45 wasn’t brought to, until
Ⅴ、(5分)
46. Madrid. 47. in Spain. 48.Yes, they can.
49.the history and culture. 50.over 30.
Ⅵ、（10分）
51.to take 52.world’s 53.different 54.as 55.where 56.both
57.lessons 58.are
59.sports 60.walking
Ⅶ、（10分）
A 61 It’s used for opening and locking our auto-bike.
62 Who invented it?
63 What’s it used for?
64 How can it fly?
65 That sounds interesting.
B 66.What’s the matter?
67.That’s too bad.
68.I want to be a policeman.
69.What are you going to do？
70.your dream will come true.。