新世纪英语九年级期中考前测试.doc

简单尊重爱Unit One TestChoose the best answer. (18%)（ ）1. My cousin is_airline pilot. He always wears_uniform.A. an. an B. an. the C. a. a D. an . a（ ）2. A: Does this traveling bag belong to_?B: No, it isnt_. Its_.A. you . me . his B. you . mine . hersC. your . my . her D. yours . mine. his（ ） 3. Have you _ all your luggage?A. checked B. checked in C. checked out D. check-in（ ） 4. _heavy rain! We cant watch the concert at the open-air theatre.A. What B. What a C. How D. How a（ ）5. Dont take_luggage with you, or you 11 pay a fine for it.A. too many B. so many C. too much D. such many（ ） 6. Ronald_be ill today. I saw him playing basketball a moment ago.A. cant B. neednt C. mustnt D. isnt able to（ ） 7. Tony has been in the army for about_.A. three times a week B. one year and a half agoC. one and half years D. one and a half years( ) 8._the four people in the helicopter, the Canadian pilot was saved, one passenger died and two were missing.A. Of B. In C. Among D. Between( ) 9. Lucy asked me _.A. when I will get there B. what was the matterC. why did I look so sad D. who is waiting for me( ) 10. There is a variety of fruit on sale this week. The underlined part means _.A. many kinds of B. a lot of C. most delicious D. much( ) 11. When can we go aboard the plane? The underlined part means_A. go for B. get of C. go to D. get on( ) 12. My oldest brother is still single. The underlined part means_.A. lonely B. in trouble C. not married D. by himself( ) 13. Its a tradition to eat cakes at a birthday party. The underlined part means_.A. time B. custom C. rule D. gift( )14. As soon as he heard the loud noise, he went out to see what_.A. had happened B. was happened C. has happened D. will happen( ) 15. He_until midnight.A. fell asleep B. went to bed C. went to sleep D. didnt go to sleep ( ) 16. I hope my sister_ me after she _ Washington.A. will email. will reach B. to email. reachesC. will email. reaches D. emails . will reach( ) 17. It_hard when I got to the station.A. is raining B. was raining C. rained D. had rained( ) 18. Please let me_where the meeting_tomorrow.A. knowing . will be held B. to know . is heldC. know . will hold D. know . will be heldFill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms. (6%)1. It is dangerous to fly in the_weather. (change)2._, he only lost 15 dollars and his travelers check was still there. (luck)3. Can you tell me the_between the twins? (different)4. His _shows that he is a kind man. (friend)5. The one _customer will be the lucky customer who will have a reward of 10,000 yuan. (hundred)6. The American athlete ran more_than Liu Xiang. (slow)Rewrite the sentences as required. (12% )1. Dont play with matches. (改为反意疑问句) Dont play with matches,_ _?2. The parcel weighs 24 kilograms. _ _does the parcel weigh?The Whites set out early this morning in order to take the first train. (同意句）The Whites set out early this morning_ _they_ take the first train.4. China has been in the WTO for about four years. (同意句)_about four years_China_ the WTO. 5. Have you packed your things?（改为复合句)Peters father asked him_he_packed his things.Reading comprehension (15%)(A) Men sometimes say, We are better and cleverer than women. They never invented things. We did.It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things: the. alphabet, machines, rockets and guns, too, but scientists and archeologists (考古学家) now agree that women invented one very important thing. It had changed the history. They invented agriculture.Before the invention of agriculture, men were hunters. They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals, and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out every day, too. They collected roots, fruit and grass. Then, one day, more than 10,000 years ago, a woman happened to drop some seeds near her home in the Middle East. They grew and the first wheat was born. The idea grew, too. Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home and look after the children and animals. Women liked baby animals: dogs, cows, sheep and pigs. That idea grew, too. Then their husbands did not go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built villages and cities. Men began farming after that.True or False( ) 1. According to the passage, women didnt use to be as clever as men because they never invented things.( ) 2. Before the invention of agriculture men lived a hard and dangerous life.( ) 3. Over 10,000 years ago, a woman put some seeds in the soil to grow some wheat.( ) 4. Owing to the invention of agriculture, men didnt have to live on hunting.( ) 5. From the passage we know the writer doesnt agree that men are cleverer than women.(B)For tourists, Cambridge is a very beautiful town, with ancient, graceful buildings, smart shops and River Cam. People here enjoy punting down the river in flat-bottomed wooden boats with huge great sticks. After living here for a year, I still cannot find better words to describe the beauty of this town than the famous poem Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again (再别康桥)written by Xu Zhimo.For students and scholars, Cambridge is one of the worlds leading universities. It has a large number of Nobel Prize winners. Throughout the last 800 years, Cambridge has made a great contribution to the world, such as works of philosophers of the early 15th century and the discovery of the structure of DNA. The University of Cambridge has unique customs and traditions, and the Collegiate System (学院制度) is sure to be a very important and good example. A college is the place where students live, eat and socialize. Each college is a separate institution with its own structure, culture and philosophy, and most of them have clubs and societies of their own. Here a sports team, for example, is composed of students from the same college but not the same department. So it is different from what is practised in Chinas universities.The Formal Hall (正式晚餐) is definitely an interesting experience. It is a kind of formal dinner that happens once or twice a week at a Formal Hall, one wears the long black robe (学袍) of his college. Dinner is served to us. We are seated at a long table and the seats have often been arranged. In the 2-hour-long conversation, you may meet a physicist speaking about an unknown material, or a mathematician talking about a difficult theory. The chatting flows easily which made my fear of talking with strange people disappear soon after several Formal Halls, and I made many friends over such dinners. It is the collegiate system that gives us a chance to meet staff and students of different disciplines (学科). The study here in Cambridge is intensive （紧张的） and the life is always full of fun. Dont forget to pay a visit to my university once you come to the UK.Choose the best answer( ) 1. The writer cannot find better words to describe Cambridge because he thinks_. A. no one can describe Cambridge better than Xu Zhimo B. he doesnt work as hard as Xu Zhimo C. he cannot understand the famous poem Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again D. he doesnt know Cambridge well enough( ) 2. All the following are the great contributions Cambridge has made to the world except_.A. the discovery of the structure of DNAB. the works of philosophers of the early 15th centuryC. a large number of Nobel Prize winnersD. the famous poem Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again( ) 3. Suppose John and David are the students of Cambridge and they are in the same sports team. They might study_.A. in different departments and different collegesB. in different departments but the same collegeC. in different collegesD. in the same college and the same department ( ) 4. At a Formal Hall,_.A. students from different colleges wear the same long black robesB. students should talk with a physicist and a mathematician each timeC. a kind of formal dinner is served to people after a 2-hour-long conversationD. one should communicate with others even if they dont know each other( ) 5. The writer didnt feel nervous to talk with strange people any longerA. because of the friendly atmosphere at the Formal HallB. after he attended the Formal Hall for the first timeC. as soon as he wore the long black robeD. when he found it was full of fun (C)A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city. Venice lies in the northeast of Italy. It wasnt built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isnt that difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than400 bridges that can lead you wherever you want to go.People in Venice move from place to place by gondola which is the most popular kind of taxi in Venice. People like to enjoy cool summer nights while taking a gondola ride. They can talk to other people as they go along.Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped from a war more than 1,500 years ago, and built houses there.Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower, little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimetres.Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the dry is under water. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made arctic ice melt. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower.Answer the questions1. Where is Venice?It is in_2. Is a gondola a taxi or a boat?3. Who might be the first residents of Venice?4. What happens when a lot of water comes in autumn and winter?5. How many water problems does Venice face these years?Cloze test. (11%)A. Choose the best word or expression to complete the passage.If you go to Russia, bring matryoshka or nesting dolls (套娃)back with you. They make great 1. It looks like any other doll on the outside. But if you2 it, you will find a smaller doll inside. Then a smaller one inside that one, and on and on!In a nesting doll, there are dolls 3 one another, from large to small. The largest one can be half a metre high. The smallest is as small as a peanut. Usually, there are eight dolls. But there can be anything from three to 50.The dolls are often pretty Russian girls in colourful dress. They 4 scarves. They sometimes have other kinds of faces on them. There are cartoon people or men with write beards.Some of them5have faces of great men like President Vladimir Putin.( ) 1.A. mistakesB. presentsC. toys D. value( ) 2.A. close B. turn C. open D. break( ) 3.A. outsideB. next to C. near D. inside( ) 4.A. put on B. enjoy C. get D. wear( ) 5.A. even B. just C. never D. all B. Fill in the blanks with proper words. The first letter is given.All animals have a 1_even though they do not speak with a human voice. But the ability to speak with a human voice is not unique to humans. An African gray parrot named Alex has learned human speech, and can consistently give correct a _to questions he has never been asked before!We often judge the intelligence of animals based on how many human words they can learn and understand. However, it may not be appropriate. For example, dolphinshave a very complicated language that we have been u _to understand. If dolphins were to give this same test to humans, they would have to say that humans are idiots (白痴).M _animals use body language as well as sound and smell to communicate.Chimpanzees greet each other by t _hands. Dogs stretch their front legs out in front of them. Giraffes (长颈鹿) press their necks t _when they like each other.C. Complete the following dialogue with the proper sentences in the b