【拔高教育】k12九年级英语上学期中模拟试题

2015-2016学年九年级英语第一学期期中预测考试试卷第I卷(55分)一、单项选择。

（10分）1.“Feeling blue” is connected withA. sadnessB. relaxC. happyD. unhappiness2._____ the students ____ their teacher likes watching football games. They oftenwatch after school.A. Both ; andB. Not only ; but alsoC. Neither; norD. Either ;or3.Eddie is ______ to ______ new ideas.A. impatient enough ; think ofB. creative enough ; come up withC. enough wise ; come up withD. enough active ; think of4.I prefer ______ shopping to ______ at home.A. to go ; stayingB. going ; stayC. going ; stayingD. go; to stay5The dress looks wonderful ____ you. You look so good______ pink.A. in; onB. in; inC. on; onD. on; in ually, it’s easier to make decision than to take action.A. a; anB.／; anC.／;／D. a;／7.— Why do you look so sleepy in class, John?— Sorry, sir. I to watch a live football match last night.A. kept upB. stay outC. stayed upD. put up8. After he _____ football team, he started to ______ more activities.A. joined；take part inB. joined; joinC. took partin；join D. took part in；join in9. You ______ come to the office today______ someone else will dothe work for you.A. needn’t；soB. needn’t；sinceC. don’t need to；soD. don’t need；since10—I’m so happy that you could come to England with us for theholidays.—______. It’s the first time for me to be out of China.A. I think notB. All rightC. Thank youD. Me too二、完形填空（15分）“I can't believe what I'm hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff wasthe last candidate（候选人）for president of Students’ Union. My bestfriend Tony come to me and said, “I'm 11 , Mike. I really thoughtyou should be 12 .”Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offeredhim a polite “ 13 ” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise,Jeff put his plate beside mine.“I'm, er, I'm just wondering 14 you would … consider（考虑）coming to work on my team,” he said 15 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.”“I don't think so,” I answered, feeling uncertain.“Well, if you change your 16 , we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to17 table.All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process （选举过程）would give me a 18 to make important changes at our school. I 19 to join them.My fist goal was to 20 an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a21 with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway without passing Jeff's smiling face.My next step was to 22 which activities students would like to have at school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a football team. With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. Luckily, the headmaster 23 to add these activities to our school program.With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well accepted at school.An eighth grader said, “It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.”Hearing these words made me 24 and confident. I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a dif ference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his 25 . The fact that it has made a difference in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!（）11. A. lucky B. happy C. sorry D. angry（）12. A. respected B. chosen C. invited D. trusted（）13. A. Good luck B. Help yourself C. see you D. Congratulations（）14. A. how B. whether C. when D. that（）15. A. seriously B. quickly C. nervously D. shyly（）16. A. position B. mind C. mood D. promise（）17. A. other B. the other C. another D. others（）18. A. choice B. change C. chance D. challenge（）19. A. tri ed B. refused C. failed D. decided（）20. A. discover B. invent C. create D. research（）21. A. poster B. project C. programme D. performance （）22. A. make sure B. look up C. work on D. find out（）23. A. agreed B. offered C. failed D. managed（）24. A. proud B. loyal C. modest D. curious（）25 A. dream B. future C. life D. success二、阅读理解（30分）AThe hospital was very busy. The nurses hurried from patientto patient. They did not have time to talk to them or answer theirquestions. Instead they just gave them their medicines, madetheir beds and moved on.The head nurse was as busy as her nurses. She had to walk around with the doctors, make sure the nurses were doing their work, complete her reports and answer the phone.Many of the phone calls were from the friends and relatives of the patients, They were telephoning for information about the people in the hospital.One phone call, however, was a little different from all the others.The phone rang and the head nurse answered it. “Hello, ” she said.At the other end of the line a voice replied, “Good morning, I'm phoning about Fred Lee. Could you tell me how he is, please? ”The head nurse looked at her notes, “Mr. Lee has had his ope ration, and is now resting. ”“Can you tell me if his condition is good? ”the voice asked.“Yes,”the woman replied. “He is comfortable and the operation was a success.”“When do you think he will be able to go home? ”the voice asked.“Oh, probably at the end of the week, ”the head nurse said. Then she asked, “May I tell him who is asking about him?”“Yes, ” the voice replied. “Fred Le e. ”“No, that's the patient's name,” the head nurse said.“Yes. And I am the patient. Phoning you is the only way I can get any information about my condition.”（）26. Why did so many people phone the hospital?A. They wanted to talk to the nurses.B. They wanted to ask about their friends or relatives.C. They were ill.D. They wanted to find out about their condition.（）27. How did the head nurse know what information to tell the person on the phone?A. She asked the doctors or other nurses.B. She asked Fred Lee.C. She looked at her notes.D. She told a lie.（）28. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Though the head nurse was busy, she was patient enough to answer the phone.B. Fred Lee wouldn’t be able t o go home until next week.C. The call was from Fred Lee himself.D. There was nothing serious with Fred Lee after the operation.（）29. What is the point of the story?A. Nurses are often too busy to talk to patients.B. Patients are very curious people.C. Nurses don’t work hard at all.D. Phoning someone is always the only way to get information.（）30. The phone call was different because ________.A. The man who made the phone call had a wrong number.B. There wasn’t a Fred Lee there.C. The head nurse was played a joke on.D. It wasn’t from one of the patients’ relatives or friends.BHow quickly can you count from on to ten? Do you use ten different words to do it? Can you do it in English, or do you have to use your first languages? Do you count on your fingers? Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world. But scientists have discovered that it is not true.People in different parts of the world use different ways to count on their fingers. In the United States, people think begin counting with their first fingers, which they extend or stick out. They then extend the rest of their fingers and finally the thumb(拇指）to count to five. Then they repeat this with the other hand to get to ten. In China, people count by using different finger positions. In this way, a Chinese person can easily count to ten on only one hand.Besides ways of finger counting, scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers. Some languages have only a few words for numbers, and others have no words for numbers. A group of scientists studied aboriginal(土著的）people in Australia. These people don’t have hand movements to stand for numbers. They don’t even have word for numbers. However, they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers.In a similar study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered that people of the Piraha tribe(部落）in northwestern Brazil don’t have words for numbers such as “one” or “three.”. They a re not able to say “five trees” or “ten trees” but can say “some trees,” “more trees,” or “many trees.” Professor Edward Gibson said that mist people believe that everyone knows how to count, “but here is a group that does not count. They could learn, but isn’t not useful in their culture,so they’ve never picked it up.”Although all humans are able to understand quantities(数量）,not all languages have numbers and not all people use counting. Number words in a certain language are a result of people needing numbers in their daily lives. Now we know that people have different ideas about numbers and math, too.31.The writer begins with the four questions in order to______.A.make a surveyB. interest readersC. tell a storyD. solve math problems32.What do we learn from the difference in finger counting between the U.S. and China?A.People from China count much faster than people from the U.S.B.People from China need two hands to count from one to ten.C.People of different cultures may use different ways of finger countingD.People of different cultures use the same way of finger counting.33.Which of following is true about aboriginal Australians?A.They have only a few words for numbersB.They have hand movements to stand for numbersC.They can only count to five on their fingersD.They can understand different ideas about numbers34.The study of the Piraha tribe shows that____A.people all over the world know how to countB.People of the tribe have words for numberC.Some groups of people are not smart enough to countD.Counting is not useful in the culture of the tribe35..What is the main idea of the passage?A.people from different cultures have different ideas about numbers and mathB.Chinese people can count more easily on their fingers than AmericansC.In some ab original culture,people don’t even know how to countD.Some languages don’t have number words because people don’t need numbers.CLook at the center circles of Diagram（图）A and Diagram B. Whichof the centre circles looks larger?Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle inDiagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactlythe same size.Then look at the picture on the left. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? 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 wonderat what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and thenour brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brainsinterpret the received information in a wrong 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 illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.（）36. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?A. 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（）37. 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-c-d-bB. c-a-b-dC. a-d-b-cD. b-c-a-d（）38. What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?A. To he lp the actors look better.B. To make the actors much braver.C. To help the actors become stronger.D. To make the actors seem different in size.（）39. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact LineAB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to oureyes?A. The second one.B. The third one.C. The fifth one.D. The sixth one.（ ）40. Which magazine is the text probably taken from?A. Art worldB. Amazing ScienceC. Health and MedicineD. Daily news第II 卷(65分)四、单词拼写及用法（共25题，每题1分,共25分）注意：每题词数不定；为考查逻辑思维能力和常识，有的空不给中文或英文提示；出现任何错误均不得分。