人教版初中英语江苏省无锡市东林中学2020届下学期初中九年级期中考试英语试卷

1、江苏省无锡市东林中学2020届下学期初中九年级期中考试英语试卷画江苏省天锅市东林中铐届九年级卜号咖中如泗I撕力-p3考试时间：109分钟第工卷（客观题共5。分）一、单项填空在限E、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最隹选项.（本大 题共114分,着小题1分）1. 一 Do not give up! Perhaps tough task needs more of your effort.-I won ' t. I ' ll have second try anyway.A. a; aB. the; aC. a; theD. the; the2. The tourists w

2、ill find the guide book is of even practical value than they thought, as itshows different routes to the places they are going to.A. lessB. littleC. greatD. greater3. 一 Has Donnie finished reading the novel? Not yet. There still of it left.A. is; three-fourths B. are; three-fourth C. is; third-fourt

3、hs D. are; three-fourths4. 一 I left my keys in the room yesterday. I had to get in the window.It ' s dangerous to do that.A. aboveB. toC. throughD. over5. 一 Which would you like, a cup of coffee or tea? Neither, thanks. I drink a glass of water.A. preferB. likeC. would likeD. would rather6. The

4、old lady feels bad at the moment because she was caught in the rainjust now.A. terrible; heavy B. terrible; heavily C. terribly; heavy D. terribly; heavily7. 一 Do I have to sell my old computer? It almost stops working. You do so, it only needs. Something has gone wrong with it.A. mustn ' t; to

5、repair B. can ' t; repairing. needn ' t; repairing D. may not; to repair8. Emily here?s a dictianaty. 1 hope it will help you. Thank you If?what T need.A. onlyB justC. stillD. akaastcan borrow?. He was hoping to go abroad tut his parents that they won't support him unless he money from t

6、he bank.A. were deciding B. decided C. have decided D. will decide10. 一 How about your journey to Canada?- Everything was wonderful except that our car.A. slowed downB. put down C. got downD. broke down11. 一 The novel isn 'easy for Xiao Wang to read, is it?. His foreign language is far better th

7、an expected.A. Yes, it isB. No, it isn ' t C. I don ' think soD. I ' nafraid not12. I never doubt the places of interest is worth.A. whether; visitingB. that; to visit C. whether; a visitD. that; a visit13. good time we had during our stay in Hainan last year!- Yes,fun we had playing som

8、e water sports there!A. What a; whatB. How; how C. What; how D. How a; what14. 一 I am going to spend my holiday in the countryside. The air there is fresh and the views are attractive as well.A. Sounds wonderful B. Of course C. Let me seeD. Well done二、完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（本

9、大题共10分，每小题1分）Sometimes it is impossible to deliver （投递） all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an 15 mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just 16 the mail, so it becomes“ dead mail ” . Deadmail to one of the U.S. PostService ' s in Atlant

10、a, New York, and San Francisco. Sever-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.There the workers of the dead mail offices have 18 ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for 19 that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages, exp

11、ecting that something 20 will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a 21 so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be 22 forever; there is just too much of it. When a lot

12、of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions （拍卖）.Every three months, some people who are 23 are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the 24 bidder （出价 者）.15. A. impatientB. importantC. unclearD. inactive16. A. turn offB. eat

13、 upC. sell outD. throw away17. A. sentB. returnedC. lentD. sold18. A. noB. variousC. sillyD. cruel19. A. peopleB. timeC. cluesD.books20. A. funnyB. insideC. uselessD. outside21. A. phoneB. mirrorC. TV setD. computer22. A. storedB. putC. boughtD. borrowed23. A. boredB. interestedC. worriedD. satisfie

14、d24. A. cheapestB. cleverestC. highestD. easiest三、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（本大题共 26分，每小题2分）（A）More and more people think it necessary to study in an English-speaking country and it didn ' t take long at all for me to decide to come and study in UK.I have been used to school life since I came h

15、ere two months ago, and I am starting to enjoy most of my time in here. School starts at 9 o' clock every morning, and every Monday, Wednesdayand Friday we have long days, in which we have 9 lessons and school finishes at 4 o' clock.Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday we have short days, in which

16、 we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o ' clock. After lessons, we have 2 hours of activity time, when you can choose from a number of activities, including many sports, such as rugby（ 英式橄榄球 ）,football, basketball and tennis.As a boarder（寄宿者）,the quality of food is something I consider very im

17、portant, and Merchiston has not let me down. The school kitchens are run by a professional company, and the quality of food is excellent, and they are always trying to make the diet healthy. One of the obvious advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school, which means we

18、don ' t have to pull ourselves out of bed as early as the day pupils!25. How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?A. 15B. 45C. 27D. 1826. The passage mainly tells us about.A. the writer' s school life in the UK as a boarderB. the writer' s opinion of the school lif

19、e in the UKC. the differences in school life between China and the UKD. the boarder life in a British middle school27. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase“ let me downpassage?A. made me blueB. cheered me upC. encouraged meD. made me surprised（B）People often said T

20、homas Edison was the greatest genius（ 天才）of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. " There is no suchtha

21、ng as genius, " Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wonderedabout the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with t

22、hem.Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.Edison could not understand why anyone could not be interested i

23、n life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “ Work, ” he answered, “ Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier. ” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100

24、 years of work.28. What is genius according to Thomas Edison?A. Hard thinking. B. Hard work.C. Useful ideas.D. Useful inventions.29. How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?A. To write down what he had learned.B. To carry out a new experiment.C. To make them useful

25、 in life.D. To share them with others.30. What does the last sentence in the passage mean?A. Edison was born to be a great inventor.B. Edison was able to live another 100 years.C. Edison was ready to make his 100th invention.D. Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings.（C）My parents qua

26、rreled a lot, and I was really worried about it. I didn t know who I shouldwith about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend house. Though I knew I wouldn t tell her about my parents situation, I was looking forward togetting out of the house. I was packing

27、 up my things when suddenly the power （ 电 ） went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.I was really disappointed（ 失望的 ） because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. ButI knew he would be frightened alone in the dark .

28、I went to his room and told him that I d stay withhim until the power was restored（ 恢复 ）. He was quite happy and said.“ Great chance. ”“ What is? ” I asked.“ To talk, you and I, ” he said.“-toT-oonheolldittaleomneeting about what we re going todo with your mom and dad, and what we re going to do wit

29、h ourselves and the situation we are in now. ”“ But we can t do anything about it, Grandpa,” I said, surprised that here was someone withwhom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same“ boat ” as I was.And that is how the most amazing friendship between my grandfather and me started.

30、Sittingthere in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life from how fast things change to howthey sometimes don ' t change fast enough. Thattnighcause the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be.Suddenly

31、, the lights all came back on."Well, " he said, “I guess that means you ' ll now. I really like our tal k. I hope the power will go out every few nights!”31. Why was Grandpa happy to see the writer?A. Because he felt quite lonely.C. Because he was afraid of darkness.32. In which order（

32、顺序）did the story happen?a. The lights came back on.b. The writer went to his grandpaB. Because he could discuss the problem with him.D. Because he had not seen him for a long time.'s room and stayed with him.c. The power in the neighbourhood suddenly went out.d. The writer worried about the pare

33、nts't adisagantemeon leave his home.e. The writer had a talk with his grandpa and started the most amazing friendship between them.A. d-b-e-c-a B. a-b-e-c-dC. c-d-b-e-aD. d-c-b-e-a33. What can be inferred（推断）from the story?A. The lights would go out again.B. The writer wanted to leave very much.

34、C. They would have more chats.D. It would no longer be dark.（D）When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well,it ' so-and-so' s mistake. " or "I know I ' m late, but it ' s not my mistake; the bus was late." It is probably rmistake, but once you for

35、m the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop paying attention to whom to blame and start paying attention to how t

36、o improve the situation. This is the winner' s key to succWinners are great at overcoming（ 克服）problems. For example, if you were late because the bus was late, maybe you need to leave home early. Or, you might call a taxi or call friends for help when in need. For another example, if your workma

37、te causes you problems on the job for short of responsibility（责任心、）or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or leave this person with some simple jobs. You should accept that the person is not re

38、liable（ 可靠的）and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your workmate fails to do his job well.This is what being a winner is all about creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don' have fewer problem s in their lives;

39、they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges（挑战）and chances to develop their own talents. So, stop paying attentionto “ whose mistake it is. " Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problem

40、s are just stepping stones for success.34. According to the passage, winners .A. have responsible and able workmates B. meet with fewer difficulties in their livesC. blame themselves rather than others D. deal with problems rather than blame others35. When your workmate brings about a problem, you s

41、hould .A. blame him for his lack of responsibilityB. find a better way to overcome the problemC. tell him to find the cause of the problemD. ask a more able workmate for help36. When problems happen, winners take them as .A. excuses for their mistakesB.difficulties to greater powerC. chances for sel

42、f-developmentD.challenges to their workmates37. Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?A. A Winner ' s SecretB.A Winner ' s ProblemC. A Winner ' s ChanceD.A Winner ' s Achievement第II卷(主观题共40分)四、词汇运用(本大题共8分，每小题1分)(A)根据句意和汉语注释，写出所给单词的正确形式。1. The ideas in his article

43、are mostly( 相似的)to those of mine.2. You should value(任何，一切事物)is achieved through hard work.3. After hearing the second piece of bad news, his face turned even(苍白的).4. My son sent in his application, and the university( 回复， 回答 )to him immediately.(B)根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。5. (spaceman) movement in spac

44、e cannot be controlled easily because of the low gravity.6. The success of the task is the result of everyone' s hard work except(she).7. Each time we come up with an idea, some of its (advantage) may not be fully considered. And later on we may get into trouble.8. For us Grade Nine students, th

45、ere will be still a little free time left if it is(wise) spent.五、动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共8分，每小题1分)1. After hearing the latest news, Tom suggested(sell) the house but Ann was against it.2. 一 Which is heavier, water or oil?I was told by my physics teacher long ago that oil(float) on the surface of wa

46、ter.3. Were you feeling shocked when you got his message at that moment?- Yeah. As we(not contact) each other for years.4. 一 A report says the H7N9 virus has caused a serious problem in some Chinese provinces.- Exactly. If it is not stopped or cleared in time, more people(affect) soon.5. Nearly half

47、 of the village which had been there for nearly one thousand years(burn) down by the great fire this January.6. Dear! Why didn ' t you answer my telephone?Sorry! I(attend) an important meeting then. My mobile phone was left in my office.7. - I ' d like to add a little bit of more sugar to th

48、e coffee.- No need. I(put) enough.8. Small steps can be taken(reduce) pollution in our daily lives.六、短文填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在答题卷上必须完整写出。(本大题共5分，每格0.5分)There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as w 1 into a neighborhood shopto look at its announcement(通

49、知)board. Local shops often have a 2 where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include c 3 for children or cleaning houses.Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment(招聘)announcements placed by companies loo

50、king for workers.Another p 4 tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy things, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it r 5 two million new job listings each month.Another useful way t

51、o find a job is t 6 a college or university. For example, studentsat the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in findinga job. Of course, looking for a job r 7 knowing what kind of work you want to do. Forexample, there is a book called“ What Color is You

52、r Parachute? ” by Richard Bolles. This bookhas been helping people c 8 a career since it was first published(出版)in nineteen seventy.Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller o 9 a company calledCalifornia Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by f

53、irst helping them understand their strengths, goals and i 10. Then she provides them withmethods and resources(资源)to help them find the right job.七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子.（本大题9分，每d超1.5分）1,不注意你在公众场合中的举止会使你很容易犯错.your behaviour in public makes it easy fir you to make mistakes.2什么也阻挡不了泥们和夺取我国领土的逐敌作祓逐斗争.Nothing can keep us the strong enemies whc want to rob us of our land.3,我一所有大同认为让他受惩由是不公平的.一All of us thought it was unfair.4在那次嶂后，你知道当地政府为那些失去家园的人们提胜了每样的场所安身?After that earthquake, what places do yo