20182019 南京市鼓楼区九年级上期中测试

1、鼓楼中学九年级（上）期中试卷英 语一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1. In the game Chinese Parents, designers hope kids and parents can understand each other _ playing the game.A. throughB. withC. underD. for2. - Do you think youll win the basketball final tomorrow?- Of course, were all feeling pretty _.A. confidentB. energy

2、C. patientD. curious3. More Chinglish spreads all over the world, _ “long time no see” _ “add oil” has entered Oxford English Dictionary.A. Both; andB. Either; orC. Neither; norD. Not only; but also4. - _ taking a trip to Zijin Mountain after the exam?- Good idea. I have dreamed of it for a long tim

3、e.A. Why dont weB. Why notC. What aboutD. Shall we5. - Look! So many cars at the traffic lights!- Yeah! We cant be _ careful when we cross the road.A. veryB. soC. tooD. quite6. I woke up at one oclock last night. The silence was broken by the soft _ of rain.A. whisperB. voiceC. noiseD. sound7. - Are

4、 you happy with your work, Miss Lu?- Sure. _ I complete a task, I feel a real sense of achievement.A. WheneverB. UntilC. WhileD. Although8. When I travel abroad, I always feel homesick when I eat traditional Chinese food. In the sentence “homesick” describes a _.A. sicknessB. positionC. feelingD. co

5、ndition9. - Tom fell off the bike and hurt himself!- What? Its a _ that he cant take part in the sports meeting.A. pleasureB. surpriseC. shameD. pity10. - I keep on exercising every day but I still fail to lose weight.- Why? A healthy diet _ at the same time I think.A. needsB. will needC. is neededD

6、. will be needed11. - House are selling at a high price. I told you to buy one two years ago.- Sorry, I missed the boat.What does the underlined phrase “missed the boat” mean in English?A. lose a chanceB. lose ones wayC. lose heartD. lose money12. - Dear, would you like to go to your uncles home for

7、 dinner?- I dont want to go out. I _ stay at home and have some noodles.A. had betterB. would ratherC. need toD. have to13. - David, could you tell me _?- Every four years. The 24h will be held in China in 2022.A. how often are the Winter Olympic Games heldB. how often the Winter Olympics Games are

8、heldC. how soon will the Winter Olympics Games be heldD. how soon the Winter Olympics Games will be held14. - Tom, Im wondering _ in Grade 9.- Everything goes well. I even spend some time on my hobbies.A. why you always stay up too lateB. that you have difficulty with your studyC. how you are gettin

9、g on with your friendsD. if you have enough time to do homework15. - Thank you so much for your advice on my English pronunciation.- _. Im glad my advice is of some help to you.A. Never mindB. Dont mention itC. It doesnt matterD. I dont think so二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Playing a musical instrument i

10、s a great hobby to have. I started playing the piano when I was five years old and _16_ really enjoy it now: its a perfect way to relax and cheers me up when Im _17_. When I lived at home with my parents, we had a lovely piano in the house and I had piano lessons every week. _18_, when I went to uni

11、versity, I had to leave my family, my home and my piano behind.I missed playing the piano so much that I _19_ all the money I got for my eighteenth birthday on a new electric piano. It was quite _20_ to get it from the music shop to my house: I had to take a friend with me to get it into a taxi and

12、then carry it to the door. I was able to _21_ whenever I wanted, using headphones so that I wouldnt disturb (打扰) my flatmates. When I was studying, I used to take a _22_ to play something energetically. It really helped relax myself! When I was feeling homesick, playing music that I learned on my _2

13、3_ piano made me feel better.Now I am on my year abroad and unluckily I dont have a piano any more. I still listen to a lot of _24_ music by my favourite composers like Beethoven (贝多芬). I find that, _25_ when Im listening to a piece of music that I can play, I feel nostalgic (怀旧的) for the piano keyb

14、oard. When I go home for Christmas, I will drive my family mad because I will play the piano all the time. It probably wont sound very nice because I havent had any practice!16. A. evenB. justC. stillD. simply17. A. feeling blueB. turning whiteC. seeing redD. getting grey18. A. OtherwiseB. HoweverC.

15、 MoreoverD. Instead19. A. paidB. tookC. borrowedD. spent20. A. easyB. difficultC. excitingD. expensive21. A. playB. listenC. singD. study22. A. showerB. walkC. restD. breath23. A. newB. oldC. bigD. small24. A. mordenB. countryC. JazzD. classical25. A. mainlyB. exactlyC. especiallyD. certainly三、阅读理解（

16、共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）ANanjing Poly TheatreClassicalMusic ConcertLove of My Life7:30 p.m.Friday, 16 November, 2018￥80/120/180/280/380Book NowStage PlaySuper Wings-DizzysFantastic Journey7:30 p.m.Saturday, 24 November, 2018￥80/120/280/380/480Sold OutShakespearesClassic DramaMacbeth7:30 p.m.Wednesday, 28

17、November, 2018￥80/100/180/280/380Children under 6 are not allowedBook NowRadio DramaMurder on Air7:30 p.m.Friday, 30 November, 2018￥80/180/280/380/580Children under 6 are not allowedSold Out26. Mr. Smith is interested in Shakeapeare, so he can watch _ in Poly Theatre.A. Murder on AirB. MacbethC. Lov

18、e of My LifeD. Super Wings-Dizzys Fantastic Journey27. Mr. and Mrs. Smith want to watch “Love of My Life”, they should pay at least _.A. 160 yuanB. 180 yuanC. 240 yuanD. 360 yuan28. Which of the following is TRUE?A. You can watch the stage play on Sunday.B. You can buy the ticket for Murder on Air.C

19、. You can watch Love of My Life if you love music.D. You can watch the radio drama with your 5-year-old son.BRon Roy grew up in the 1950s. He lived in a small town in Connecticut. He went to a tiny school. After school he played in the woods behind his house. On the weekends he went to the movie the

20、ater with his friends. When Ron Roy was nine years old, he was given a book for his birthday. The book told a magical story. It made him want to read more and write stories of his own.Ron Roy kept reading as he want through school. He loved to read. It didnt matter what the story was. He loved them

21、all. This love for books led him to study English literature in college. A love for children made him want to be a teacher. After several years in school, Ron Roy started teaching. Books and stories were all around him. One day, he knewhe wanted to write books, too.So, Ron Roy got to work. Every eve

22、ning after he came home from school he wrote. As soon as his story was finished, he started another one. When each story finished, he put it in the mail. He sent every story to a book publisher (出版商). Soon, the replies started coming back to him. Each one was the same. “No.” “Sorry.” “Were not inter

23、ested.” No one wanted to print his stories. Still, Ron Roy did not give up. He kept writing. Four years later, nothing had changed until one day, it did. One day, a letter came in the mail that said, “We would love to publish your book.” Ron Roy was over the moon. All of his hard work had finally pa

24、id off!29. What did Ron Roy do on the weekends when he was a boy?A. He read magical stories.B. He went to the library.C. He played in the woods.D. He went to the movies.30. How long did it take before his first book was published?A. four weeks.B. Four minthsC. Four Years.D. Fourteen years.31. What d

25、oes the underlined phrase “over the moon” mean in the passage?A. Happy.B. Proud.C.Sleepless.D.Hopeful.CEverybody knows how important it is for students to get a good nights sleep every night. You arent able to do your best and keep up with all of your tasks unless (除非) you sleep well. Im sure you al

26、ready know that you should go to bed at a proper hour. Most experts (专家) agree that the best number of hours is eight, and this has been accepted as common sense. However, I was young once and I know that most of you get much less sleep than thatand in some cases it will influence your schoolwork.I

27、read an interesting article in a teachers magazine recently. They did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the results showed that teenagers are facing a new problem. They may go to bed and get up at suitable times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use th

28、e bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon (现象): FOMOFear Of Missing Out!According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend (趋势) to wake up during the night to check their phones. Afraid of missing a reply or chance to join in a chat, teenagers are waki

29、ng at all times of the night, going online. All this happens when they should be sound asleep.Experts are worries about this growing trend and the report shows some worrying facts that Id like to share with you:Ø 23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use phones. Another 15% wa

30、ke up at night once a week for the same reason.Ø One in three students are always tired and unable to study well.Ø Students who use phones during the night are more possible to suffer from depression (抑郁) and anxiety.So switch off your phones at night. The world wont end. I give you my wor

31、d that you wont miss anything important.32. Students wont be able to study well _.A. if they have phones in classB. if they dont sleep wellC. if they dont use common senseD. if they have a sound sleep33. The writer is worried by _.A. what an expert has told himB. what he is seeing with his pupilsC.

32、what he has read in the magazineD. what other teacher have told him34. Research shows that schoolchildren are tired because they _.A. are going to bed very lateB. are eating snacks at nightC. are getting up too early in the morningD. are waking up in the middle of the night35. Fear Of Missing Out is

33、 _.A. a feeling of not going out at nightB. a fear of missing the newest phonesC. a feeling of not keeping up with your tasksD. a fear of missing chances of chatting onling非选择题（共55分）四、填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A) 请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3640的相应横线上。36. The headteacher gave a welcome _ (发言)

34、to the new exchange students from two countries on Monday morning.37. - Whats your idea about this plan, Mr. White?- Its worth trying. If it doesnt _ (奏效), well think of something else.38. - Youre looking worried these days. Do you have any problem?- Yes, Im facing a difficult _ (选择) between staying

35、 with my family and studying abroad.39. - What do you think of the trade war between China and America, Mr. Smith?- The two countries had better work with each other than _ (对抗) each other.40. A visit to the Huangshan Mountain at the age of 8 has left me a _ (持久的) memory and I hope to visit it again

36、.B) 请根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号上为4145的相应横线上。41. - Forty years of opening-up has made China into a _ (power) country.- Thats true. And Im sure it will open even wider.42. My fathers letter reminds me of the _ (warm) of family and encourages me to go back home as soon as possible.43. - Excuse

37、 me, Mr. Wang. Im Kevin, not Kelvin.- Oh, sorry. I havent pronounced your name _ (correct).44. They were halfway up the mountain, when the weather became so bad that they were _ (force) to turn back.45. - Did you listen to _ (tonight) weather report?- Yes. The radio said it would be a rainy day tomo

38、rrow.C) 请根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或词组填空，使短文内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为4650的相应横线上。useless way of my age computers a great deal ofTechnology (技术) has developed so fast. Every day we meet _46_ information in defferent ways. Many digital (数字的) learning tools have come into our lives and changed the _47_ we learn. T

39、hrough the Internet, it is very easy for us to learn a foreign language with apps on our mobile phones or programs on the _48_. Digital learning tools can also help keep learning records for us.Many students _49_ have mobile phones or ipads. But my parents dont allow me to use them. They would rathe

40、r buy traditional books and exercise books for me. They think digital learning tools are _50_ and can have a bad influence on my study.D) 请根据所给汉语完成下列句子，每空词数不限，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为5155的相应横线上。51. 这样一个重要的决定我需要再三斟酌。I have to _ such an important decision.52. 你又高又苗条，这件粉红色衬衫穿在你身上肯定好看。You are tall and slim, and Im

41、 sure this pink shirt _ you.53. Sarah对语言感兴趣，她能说日语、法语和汉语。Sarah _ languages and she can speak Japanese, French and Chinese.54. Philip放弃校足球队的选拔了。你知道什么让他改变了主意吗？Philip gave up trying out for the school football team. Do you know what has made him _?55. Paul还没有来，我别无选择只好等。Paul hasnt come yet and I _.五、阅读填空

42、（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A) 请认真阅读下列短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中第5665小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为5665的相应横线上。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。Most of us get our earlist life lessons from fairy tales (童话故事), like “True love can overcome (战胜) anything” and “Even a frog can turn into a prince”. However, when we grow up, we start to learn

43、new things about life, especially that love doesnt always win, and that a frog is just a frog. Even so, our love for fairy tales never dies. Just look at cartoons like The Lion King and Frozen which have millions of fans young and old.“Fairy tales are always there because they are the stories of our

44、 lives in the purest (纯粹的) form,” wrote US writer Laura Packer. “They are stories of love and loss, happiness and sadness, riches and dreams.”Fairy tales are all about the real world. But if children only see just one side of life, adults usually see the other. For example, in the 2014 film Malefice

45、nt, were told the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the views of the evil (邪恶的) queen. Unlike the childrens version (版本) of the story, we see that the queen wasnt born evil. Instead, she ecperiences great lossers, leading to her “evil” side. And in US writer James Garners bedtime story books, he tells th

46、e classic story of Little Red Riding Hood (小红帽), but with a modern touch: When the wolf tells Red Riding Hood that it isnt safe for a little girl to walk through the woods alone, she calls the wolf sexist (性别歧视者), which connects with todays womens rights movement.It looks like fairy tales arent just

47、 stories our parents read us at bedtime. They may usually start with “Once upon a time ”, but as we grow older, we learn that every story doesnt always need a “Happily ever after” to be a good one.Learning From Fairy TalesIntroductionØ We get our _56_ from fairy tales at our early age.Ø Fa

48、iry tales are mainly stories that come from our daily _57_.Ø Fairy tales are _58_ among millions of people young and old.Different _59_Ø Children think the queen in Sleeping Beauty is a _60_ evil.Ø Adults think that the queens experience _61_ her evil side.Ø The wolf thinks it _6

49、2_ for Red Riding Hood to walk through the woods alone.Ø James Garner thinks of the wolf _63_ a sexist.ConclusionØ Fairy tales are _64_ than stories our parents read us at bedtime.Ø Not every fairy story needs a _65_ ending.B) 请根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。We arrived at the tree house after a

50、long journey down the Amazon (亚马逊). Its a huge river, almost a chocolate brown at times. It is difficult to describr what the forest is l_66_. There are so many greens and browns. At times, the c_67_ above are black and the rain heavy, but it soon clears and becomes light and the forest is alive wit

51、h c_68_ butterflies and birds. The tree house is about four metres above the g_69_ and very comfortable. We ate fish for dinner and slept.I had a wonderful day. We went for a walk through the forest. You look u_70_ and some trees rise to a height of fifty metres. There are so many animals and insect

52、s up there. Down at the bottom on the forest floor we saw millions of ants, all busy c_71_ food. I went a short distance alone and met a stranger. I was in great fear but told m_72_ to calm down. He asked me where I came from and when I told him I was from China he was very interested. We t_73_ for

53、a long time. It was very interesting and he taught me a lot about the natural environment here.We had a great breakfast of forest fruit. We sat outside. There was a heavy shower but we were d_74_ with all the leaves above us. The forest is like a huge green umbrella. Then we saw a huge snake. L_75_, it went away quite soon. We went to see some wonderful flowers. Th