2018年上海宝山区初三上期中英语试卷

2018 学年第一学期期中考试九年级英语试卷
（满分150 分，考试时间100 分钟）
Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)
Part 2 Phonetics，Grammar and Vocabulary (第二部分语音、语法和词汇)
II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案）（共20 分）
26.Which of the following word matches the sound / ˈsevrəl / ?
A) severe B) serve C) several D) service
27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?
A) We will elect her to be our monitor. B) If s good for him to depend on himself.
C) She introduced more details and left. D) Don't pretend to know when you don't.
28. There is_________ report in today's newspaper. It’s about_______ air crash.
A) a...an B)the …an C) a...the D) the …the
29. Jack showed_______ collection of stamps to me and it impressed me a lot.
A) him B) his C) himself D)he
30. With the help of mobile security Apps(手机安全应用软件)，we can buy a stamp and put it on the Internet much_________ now.
A) most safely B) the most safely C) more safely D) safely
31. The sender of the letter has to buy a stamp and put it_______ the envelope.
A) inside B)in C)on
D)of
32. Chinese people have been using paper for over_______ years.
D) thousand
A) thousands B) two thousand C) thousands of
33. - Must I get up before six o'clock tomorrow morning, dad?
—No, you_______. Tomorrow is Saturday. You may get up later.
D) may not
A) mustn't B) can't C) needn't
34. Our flight will_______ at 9:30 a.m., local time on the 13th of March.
A) arrive B) reach C) get to D) arrive in
35. All the passengers will stay at the airport for another day if the snow storm_______ tomorrow.
A) won't stop B) doesn't stop
C) didn't stop D) hasn't stopped
36.The Shanghai Book Fair_______ Shanghai Exhibition Center in August every year.
A. is held B) was held C. will be held
D) has been held
37. She was surely not the first or the last_______ the airport that day.
D) to reach
A) reached B) reaching C) had reached
38. The comedian was funny and he made the children_________ loudly.
A) laughing B) to laugh C) laugh D) laughed
39. _______travel overseas lo learn more about foreign cultures during the holidays?
A) Why not you B) Why not C) Why don’t D) What about
40. _______the National Mathematics Contest is my next goal.
A) Win B) Winning C)Won D) Have won
41. Mum didn't believe _______.
A) what the doctor had told her B) what had the doctor told her
C) what the doctor has told her D) what has the doctor told her
42. The ground is wet this morning, _______it rained last night.
C)for D) while
A) but B) so
43. _______pleasant weather we have these days!
A) What B) What a C) How D) How
a
44. Will you mind my bag while I buy my ticket? The underlined word means_______ .
A) remember B) take care of C) hate D) worry about
45. - Would you mind confirming your flight ticket two days ahead? -
_______
A) No problem. B)That's all right. C) I hope not. D) Never mind. III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格,每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)(共8 分)
Aunt Mary and Mr. Thompson are keen on talking with each other for hours on the telephone. Their ___46____ topic is their neighbors. Here is an example of what the two of them say on the telephone.
“Did you see the new couple who moved in___47____to me? Do you think they're married? You know, last night they were having a terrible argument. They were shouting at each other so____48___ that I could hear almost every word through the walls.”
“He is very____49___ don't you think? And have you seen her car? It’s so big but cheap, I'm afraid. And you know something else, I think she's going to have a baby.”
For the fiftieth time in his life Doctor Marchant stood up to give a ___50____ on the causes of World War I. He started, “Ladies and gentlemen, today I'm go ing to___51____with you the causes of World War l…..” Soon, as usual, most of the students were sleeping. The students who were still listening to him could not take good notes, because they could only hear clearly one or two words in every ____52___. You see, Doctor Marchant was not only boring, but also mumbled (咕哝）a great deal when he spoke. It was as if he always had had a____53___in his mouth when he was speaking.
IV. Complete sentences with the given words in the proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子）(共8 分）
54.1 have bought a new flat and it’s on the_______ floor of the building, (nine)
55.Was Alexander Graham Bell the _______of the telephone? (invent)
56.Although similar in appearance. The twins are_______ different in character, (complete)
57.Helen was waiting for her friend Dick at the international_______ hall now. (arrive)
58.The peasant often says that the_______ of the crop depends on the weather, (succeed)
59.Many precious animals will_______ if we don't take action to protect them now. (appear)
60.Joining WTO is good for our_______ development, (economy)
61.You need to learn to be_______ since you are old enough to live alone now. (depend)
V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子每空格限填一词，68 题注意句首大写)(共14 分)
62.You need to pack your clothes now.(改为否定句）You_______ _______ t o pack your
clothes now.
63.With the help of the zip code, the postal workers sort mail much faster.(对划线部分提问)
_______ _______the postal workers sort mail much faster?
64.“Is this your wallet?” The policeman asked me.(改为宾语从句) The policeman asked
me_______ the wallet was _______.
65.The physics problem is so difficult that no one in our class can solve it.(改为简单句）
The physics problem is_______ difficult_______ anybody in our class to solve.
66.Does Joyce want to publish the school newspaper monthly? Pansy asked.(合并成一句)
Pansy asked_______ Joyce _______to publish the school newspaper monthly.
67.Now Cartier in jewelry is well known in Shanghai. (保持句意基本不变) Now Cartier in
jewelry is_______ _______Shanghainese.
68.start early, will, the first flight，have to. tomorrow morning, they，to catch，（连词成句}
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Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读与写）
VI. Reading Comprehension (阅读理解)(共50 分)
A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容.选择最恰当的答案）（12 分）
Lilly was a French girl who moved to America with her family. She dropped out of school at the age of 16. She had to work to support the family. Her English was very poor. She didn't have
the confidence to knock on the door of a company to ask for a job.
O ne day. Lilly saw a sign at a company. "Help wanted.” the sign said. She walked up to the office and knocked on the door. She was met by the office manager. Margaret Costello. In her broken English, Lilly told her she was interested in the secretarial position, and said that she was 19. Margaret knew something wasn't right, but decided to give the girl a chance.
Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, "Lilly, let's see how good you really are. She let Lilly type a single letter, and then left. Lilly looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 a.m. Everyone would leave for lunch at noon. She thought that she could slip away in the crowd then. But she thought she should at least try the letter. On her first try, she got through one line. It had five words, and she made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now showed 11:45. On her second try, Lilly got through a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. Again, she pulled out the paper, threw it out and started over. This time she completed the letter, but there were still many mistakes. She looked at the clock: 11:55. Just then. Margaret walked in. She read the letter and then said, “Lilly, you did a good job." Lilly was surprised. With those simple words of encourage ment, her confidence began to grow. She thought, “Well, if she thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I’ll stay.”
Lilly did stay at the company for 51 years, and through two world wars-all because someone gave a shy and uncertain young girl self-confidence when she knocked at the door.
69. Lilly dropped out of school at the age of 16. Here "dropped out of school" means_______
A)left school without finishing studies
B)came out of school with confidence one day.
C)left school in such a hurry
D)ran out of school so quickly
70. Margaret Costello_______.
A)asked Lilly to look at the clock
B)asked Lilly to slip away in the crowd
C)let Lilly leave for lunch
D)let Lilly type a single letter
71. Lilly pulled the paper out and threw it away_______.
A) after the letter was finished B) when the clock showed 11:45 C)
after Margaret came back D) when she looked at the clock: 11:55
72. Lilly's confidence began to grow_______.
A)because someone gave her the letter
B)because of the sign at the company
C)because she stayed at the company for 51 years
D)because of the simple words of encouragement
73. Which of the following is NOT true?
A)Lilly didn't t slip away and she tried to type the letter well.
B)When Lilly completed the letter, there were many mistakes.
C)Lilly did a good job as soon as she was met by the office manager.
D)The manager knew Lilly wasn't good at English, but she still gave her a chance.
74. Which is the best title for this passage?
A)Type a single letter for a company
B)Find a good job of secretary
C)Open the door of confidence
D)Believe the girl of honesty
B.Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或短语，完成短文) (12 分）
It was 8:30 and I was lying in the sun, listening to my CD.
Then my mum came out. She wanted me to go out with her. She told me about this place called Give Kids the World. It’s a special place for___75____to spend a holiday when a child had a serious illness. There were several jobs she did there, including gift giving and ice-cream serving. Mum said I would enjoy it, but I expected this was a___76____job.
I got in the car and Mum drove to this place. There was a house in the village that we went into
to do our work. 1 had to put some gifts on the back of a golf cart (高尔夫球车). Mum told me we were going to take a toy and an ice-cream to every child in the village.
We____77___the first house and I knocked on the door and shouted, "Gift Giving”, and a woman answered it. Sitting in the middle of the living room was a boy in a wheelchair. I gave him
the gifts, and he became very happy. I walked out and thought, “That must be painful, unable to jump around.”
As I came into the second house with gifts, it seemed a little strange that the child didn’t
___78____me. Her mum said she couldn't hear and was partially sighted (弱视), so I needed to go and stand in front of her. When I did that, her face lighted up___79____and she made a sign with her hands. Her mum told me this was the sign for “thanks”.
Once back in the cart. Mum told me these kids might not live to see tomorrow. Suddenly, I realized I should be more thankful that I don't have these illnesses. I____80___wanted to be at home listening to my CDs. I would rather be doing this, maybe making a difference in these kids1 lives.
75. A) students B) families C) friends D) women
76.A) special B) simple C) boring D) useless
77. A) entered B) left C) got to D) looked for
78.A) welcome B) like C) thank D) notice
79. A) with care B) in surprise C) with joy D) in a hurry
80.A) still B) no longer C) really D) actually
C.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母己给）（14 分）
People have been wearing false teeth of one kind or another for more than 2,500 years. The Etruscans(伊特拉斯坎人）knew how to make them as far back as 700 B.C. Then the Etruscans’ knowledge of false teeth was f ____81_____, and for many years no one knew how to make them.
At one time in England, dentists pulled out peopled teeth w_____82____giving anything to stop the pain. Sometimes the dentist’s assistant hit a drum loudly so that the crowd would not hear the cries of pain. Another assistant held the patient down as the dentist pulled out the teeth.
Then in the seventeenth century, dentists attempted to make false teeth again. The problem, however, was not making the teeth; it was keeping them in place. They had to tie each false tooth to the teeth on either side of it. Only rich people could a____83_____false teeth, which were usually made of ivory, gold or silver. As the demand for new teeth increased, poor people would often sell their teeth so that they could buy food and clothing.
Many c____84_____were made to false teeth during the next 200 years, though some of these were not really improvements. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, for example, cheap celluloid(赛璐璐，一种塑料)teeth were introduced. But they caught fire very easily, and a number of men were badly burned when their teeth caught fire while they were s____85_____.
Nowadays false teeth are so well made and look so r____86_____-they are made of a kind of plastic-that it is often impossible to tell from a person’s appearance whether or not they have them. And in the near future, very f____87___ people will have them because by adding certain things to the water we drink, we have been able to keep our teeth so healthy that most people will never need false teeth.
D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Few people would disagree that email makes our lives easier. But misusing email can cause problems. Answering all those emails and processing all that information can overload(使负荷过大) the brain, causing stress. So says the Future Work Center, a business based in London. This company carries out psychological(心理的) research on people’s experiences in their workplaces.
Dr. Richard MacKinnon at the center was the lead author of a report on messaging habits. He calls email a double-edged sword: Emails provide a useful way to communicate, but they could add to tension（紧张情緒）in the mind, causing stress. Come rain or shine(无论如何)，some office workers are under pressure to read and answer emails all day long. Psychologists care about the pressure that workers bring on themselves. Dr. MacKinnon says that while email can be a valuable, time-saving communication tool, it can also be a source of stress and even anger for many of us. He adds that the stress does not come from the number of emails you get. The problems result from when and how you deal with them.
According to the study, leaving email on all day and never signing off ( 签收), along with reading and answering emails early in the day and late at night, are what makes email stressful. Dr. MacKinnon says these bad email habits are linked to higher levels of stress in office workers. The report gives several suggestions on avoiding email stress.
•Use email with a plan. Do not just react to endless email. If you use an email application, or app, close it down when you want to be left alone.
•If you need to communicate with a co-worker, call or better still walk to their office and talk about it.
•Be careful with the "reply air option. For example, if you are accep ting an invitation to attend training, just write back to those who need to know. Trust me. Other workers on that mailing list will thank you.
•And accept the fact that if a matter is urgent, employers will call you about it. Email is certainly not going anywhere, so it is important to take control of your emails and not the other way around.
88.Many people disagree that email makes our lives easier, don't they?
89.Why does Dr. MacKinnon call email Ma double-edged sword”?
90.What is linked to bad email habits in office workers?
91.What’s the purpose of giving suggestions according to the report?
92.If you want to receive an invitation by email, what should you do to reply it?
93.What good or bad habit of email processing have you got?
Why do you think it is good or bad?
VII. Writing (作文)（共20 分）
94. Write a passage of at least 60 words about the topic” I have learnt…….” (请以“我学到了……”为题写一篇不少于60 个词的短文，标点符号不占格。

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提示：在每个人的成长过程中都经历了不少事情，也参加过很多活动，你从中学到了什么？请具体描述发生在你身上的一件事或参加的一项活动，并谈谈你的收获。

（注意：在答题纸上补全标题，短文中不得出现考生的姓名，校名及其他相关信息，否则不与评分）
The following is for reference only: (以下表达仅供参考)
It was unforgettable/ meaningful/ important…….
It felt very happy/ delighted/ excited/ disappointed…..because…
I have learnt to do…
that …
I have learnt ___________。