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2011-2012学年上学期九年级英语培优试卷命题人：吴金珠一、单项选择（20分）( ) 1. I find it hard to understand the passage. Yes, _ there are few new words in it.A. because B. though C. so D.or( )2._What is mum cooking in the kitchen? _ Fish, I guess. How nice it _!A.looks B. smells C. tastes D.sounds( )3.Good news for children. A Disneyland Park _ in Shanghai.A. was built B. has built C. is being built D. is built( )4. Can you tell me _the flight will arrive? Ten, oh, maybe in a quarter. Because its often late.A. how long B.when C. how often D. how soon( )5. Of the two coats, shed like to choose _ one to save money for a book.A. the cheapest B. cheaper C. cheap D. the cheaper( )6. Could I use your bike for today, Sam? _. Im not using it.A. Yes, you can. B. I have no idea. C. No, you cant D. Never mind( )7. Which of the two T-shirts will you take? Ill take _ , one for my brother, the other for myself.A. either B.neither C. all D. both( )8._ the students in our school went to clean up the city parks yesterday.A. Two hundred B. Two hundreds of C. Two hundred of D. Two hundreds( )9. How about the dishes? Great! Nothing tastes_.A. good B.bad C. better D.worse( )10.The boy _father is a doctor is good at sports.A. who B.whos C. whose D.which( )11 Weve bought a new house. Oh, have you? When are you_ ?A. moving B. going to move C. moving in D. moved in( )12._ the afternoon of April 30th,many foreign visitors arrived _Shanghai.A.In, at B.On, in C. On, to D.In, In( )13. It was book that he forgot about his meal when was reading.A. a so interesting B. so an interesting C. a such interesting D. such an interesting( )14 She didnt come to school yesterday, did she ? _, though she was not feeling very well. A.Yes, she didnt B. No, she did C. Yes, she did D. No, she didnt ( )15.The doctor told me to eat more_ because its good for my health.A. orange B. vegetables C. ice cream D. fish( )16. Anny, someone is coming. Go and see .Jim. He is always come early.A. who is he B. who he can be C. who it can be D. who can be( )17. Lian Zhan with his visitants from Taiwan paying his first visit to the mainland of China.A. that come; are B. who comes; are C. which come; is D. who comes; is( )18. Ask her when together again when you her next time.A. shall we get; meet B. we will get; meetC. shall we get; will meet D. we get; meet( )19. I wonder if your wife will go to the party.If your wife , so .A. does; will mine B. will; will mine C. does; does she D. will; will I( )20. The workers were made 12 hours a day in that factory.A. work B. working C. worked D. to work二、完形填空（25分）A）请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。Sociologists(社会学家), working in western countries, have found that a large 21of women wished they had been boun men. The number is said to be as 22as 60% in Germany. “Women often wish they had the same chances as men have and think it is still a mens 23,” said Dr James Helen, one of the24 who did the study.Many men say that they have25 duties than women. A man has to make money26his family. Some make the impoutant 27, so it is right for men to be paid more. Some are even 28 their wives working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children can not be 29. If women take full-time jobs, they oont be able to do what they are best 30 doing;making a nice home and bringing up the children. Some women31. They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom to choose 32 work and home life. Women have the rights of equal(平等的权利) pay and equal oppoutunities. Anne Harper has a very good job. She also believes in “ Womens Liberation.” “I dont wish I 33 a man, “ she says, but she ssasys, “And I dont think many women do. But I do wish people would stop 34 us like second-class people. At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs only to men- usually they are the best ones. If you are a man, you have a much better 35 of living a wonderful life. How many women are scientests or engineers?”( )21.A.lot B.member C. few D.number( )22.A. low B.high C. lower D.higher( )23.A.duty B.job C. world D. earth( )24.A German B.phycologists C.women D.sociologists( )25.A.fewer B. more C. much D.less( )26.A. to support B.to help C. to build D. to get( )27.A.solution B. decision C. answer D. plan( )28.A.like B.for C. to D. against( )29.A. got rid of B. looked out C. taken good care of D. paid attention( )30.A.at B. in C.on D.for( )31.A.disagree B. agree C.hope D.help( )32.A.between B.among C.with D. above( )33.A.am B. were C.to be D. be( )34.A.treat B. to treat C. treating D. to treated( )35.A. life B. right C.chance D. futureB）请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，煞有介事从方框内所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。Popular, photo, everybody, cry, experiences, same different, silent, stand, meet , do, friendlyIn a beautiful park, there is a stone lion and a stone. The stone lion is very 36 with wisitors. Many of them like to take 37 with him. Howefer, the stone is so common that 38 wants to see it. The stone envies(妒忌)the stone lion. One day, the stone says to the lion,“Wecome from the 39 village, but why do we have different lives now? You look powerful and ptoud. Everybody likes you. I am ugly, ordinary and humble(卑微). Everybody stips on me. I cant help 40 every day. Could you tell me why?” The stone lion asys, “Thats right. We 41 come from the same place, but you should know we have differen 42 . When the driller(电钻)fell on you, you couldnt 43 the pain and ran away quickly. I was 44 from you. When the driller fill on me, I tried my best to bear it.” After hearing these words. The stone falls in 45 .三、阅读理解（40分）A）请先阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。AIce World Have fun skating here!$20/hour for children $30/hour for adultsTel: 88682526Nancys Gym Keep fit! Lose weight!$25/hourOpen two days a week:Saturday and SundayPh: 45562233Water World Come to Water World! Open: 9 am to 9 pm Two pools for children Adults: $10 Two large pools for adults Children (aged 15 or under): $7 Two restaurants Tel: 21518296 ( )46. What do people want to do at Nancys Gym? A. To enjoy swimming. B. To learn skating. C. To become thinner. D.To learning to dance.( )47. Lucy likes skating. Which ad is she probably interested in?A. Ice World. B. Water World. C. Nancys Gym. D.None.( )48. You can go to swim in Water World at . A. 8:00 am B. 9:30 am C. 10:00 pmD.10:30pmBHomesick is a compound（复合）word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are used together. Homesick means SICK FOR HOME.Now think for a minute about SEASICK. If you change the word home in the definition（释义）the word sea, would the definition fit SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite different. Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are homesick, the only place you want to be at home. When you are seasick, the last place you want to be is at sea.Have you ever heard of a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesnt mean that something is wrong with a persons heart. People are heartsick when they are hurt deep inside and when they feel as if their hearts are broken.But, on the other hand, we have such compound words as handshake and handbag. Perhaps you may write definitions for them and knowing something like this must be helpful in your English study.( )49. The word homesick means . A. 思乡 B. 厌家 C. 家族病 D. 家庭烦事( )50. When we say a person is heartsick, we mean that .A. his heart needs testing B. his heart is brokenC. hes disappointed and sad D. his heart beats slowly( )51. “ The last place you want to be” means .A. where you go at last B. the place you go to lastC. where you want to be least D. where you want to be most( )52. The writer wanted to tell us that . A. the building of compound words is interestingB. not all the compound words are what they seem to beC. there are many compound words in EnglishD. the definitions of some compound words are hard to guessCStrange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided(分为) into twenty-four zones(时区)，one hour apart（一个时区相差一小时）. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more and fewer than seven days.If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west , you set your clock back, traveling east you set it ahead(向前). Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.If you travel by ship across the Pacific(太平洋), you cross the international date line(国际日期变更线). By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar(日历)one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday, traveling west, it is tomorrow.( )53. Strange things happen to time when you travel because .A. time goes by quickly B. no day really has twenty-four hoursC. no one knows where time zones beginD. the earth is divided into time zones( )54. If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock .A. one hour ahead in each time zoneB. one hour ahead for the whole tripC. one full day back for each time zoneD. neither back nor ahead( )55.From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic .A. is in one time zone B. is divided into twenty-four zonesC. is divided into seven time zonesD. is divided into five time zones( )56. The international date line is named for .A. any time zone in the Pacific OceanB. any point where time changes by one hourC. the beginning of any new zoneD. the point where a new day beginsDA friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas presentOn Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office，a street urchin(顽童） was walking around the shining car“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked Paul answered，“Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised“You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing？Boy，I wish” He hesitated（犹豫） Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish forHe was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. “I wish,” the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car？” “Oh，yes，Id love that” After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes shining，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？” Paul smiled a littleHe thought he knew what the boy wantedHe wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are？” the boy asked He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled （残疾的）brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car. “There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didnt cost him a cent.（美分） And some day Im going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that Ive been trying to tell you about.” Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride. ( )57The street urchin was very surprised when _ APaul received an expensive car BPaul told him about the car Che saw the shining car Dhe was walking around the car ( )58From the story we can see the urchin _ Awished to give his brother a car Bwanted Pauls brother to give him a car Cwished he could have a brother like Pauls Dwished Paul could be a brother like that ( )59The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house _ Ato show his neighbours the big car Bto show he had a rich friend Cto let his brother ride in the car Dto tell his brother about his wish ( )60The best name of the name story is _ AA Christmas Present BA Street Urchin CA Brother Like That DAn Unforgettable Holiday Ride B）请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选出五个还原到原文中，使短文意思