常州市九年级英语新课结束考试试卷

1、九年级教学情况调研测试 2015.4英 语 试 题注意事项：1、本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。试卷满分为90分，考试时间为100分钟。2、请将答案全部填写在答题纸相应的位置上，在本试卷上答题无效。第卷（选择题共48分）一、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. -_ underground cave! -Yes, the Reed Flute Cave is _of Guilin.A. What; proudB. How; the prideC. What a; proud D. W

2、hat an;the pride2. Frogs, one of Mo Yans most famous works, _ him Nobel Prize for literature(诺贝尔文学奖) in October, 2012. A. won B. presentedC. praisedD. increased3. -Tom, why did you have a meeting yesterday?- _ a better way to have these robots _.A. Find; fixed B. To find; repairedC. Finding; fix D.

3、Found; repair4. Nanjing is building a light rail (轻轨) to _ its northern towns to the city centre. Travelling to Nanjing from this town will take only 20 minutes after the light rail _. A. get; will complete B. connect; completes C. connect; is completedD. get; will be completed5. _ my father _ my mo

4、ther supports me to watch the TV programme Running Man(奔跑吧兄弟). They both think it is interesting and meaningful.A. Both; andB. Neither; norC. Not only; but also D. Either; or6. -_ with those students, Frank is found the most_.         -Sure. Thats why we

5、voted for him. A. To compare; boring   B. Compare; boring C. Compared; interestingD. Comparing; interesting7.-What do you think of the food in the form of pills? -I thought it would be tasty, but it_ to be tasteless!A. turned intoB. turned out C. turned awayD. turned off8. -What shall

6、 we do to kill time?-Well, it is Wanda Cinemas half-price day, why not go to watch a film?A. since B. whileC. unlessD. though9. The present _ my parents _ for me many years ago is still of great value. A. what; bought B. which; was boughtC. 不填; have boughtD. that; bought10. Did you buy a smuggled ce

7、llphone (水货手机)? -_. A smuggled cellphone is worth half the price of a licensed one (行货).A. Not exactly B. No doubtC. My pleasureD. All right 二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。There was once a boy in ragged（破烂的）clothes running to ask a building contractor(包工头) who was well

8、dressed, " 11 could I become as rich as you when I grow up ?"Looking at the boy, the tall and strong contractor replied, "I would like to tell you a story first about three diggers. The first digger liked 12 a spade（铲子）without doing anything but saying that he wanted to be a boss in t

9、he future. The second digger always liked 13 about working too long and getting little. The third digger liked quietly 14 himself to digging without making any requirement. Several years later, the first digger was still holding his spade in his place and the second found a(n) 15 of work accident fo

10、r early retirement(退休). Only the third digger became the boss of the building company. Do you understand this story? Just go to buy a red 16 and work hard." The little boy was puzzled, so he asked the contractor to explain 17 . Pointing to the builders, the contractor talked to the little boy,

11、"Look at those people! They are all my workers. I can not remember all of their names, and even I have no 18 of some of them. But if you look carefully, you will notice a sunburned man in red among them. I notice him very early. He seems to be working harder with higher spirits than 19 else. He

12、 is always the first one to work every day while the last one to leave. It is 20 his red shirt that makes him stand out among all the workers. Now I am about to ask him to be my task-master and I believe he will work even much harder from now on. Maybe he will soon be promoted(升职) to my assistant. Y

13、ou know that is also how I got 21 I am now. I worked hard and wore a striped shirt. My boss noticed me. I also became a boss finally. Success can only be born in 22 . The more you achieve from your hard work, the better understanding of hard work you will have. Life needs action and I hope

14、 you can set up your goal and start your journey right now.11. A. WhenB. WhyC. HowD. What12. A. holdingB. buyingC. spreadingD. picking13. A. explainingB. complainingC. arguingD. discussing14. A. suggestingB. preferringC. losingD. devoting15. A. chanceB. riskC. excuseD. example16. A. helmetB. scarfC.

15、 towelD. shirt 17. A. againB. fartherC. furtherD. instead 18. A. idea B. way C. decisionD. impression19. A. someoneB. anyoneC. nobodyD. everyone 20. A. exactlyB. highlyC. excitedlyD. quickly21. A. whereB. whichC. whoD. that22. A. needB. dangerC. courageD. action三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分） 阅读下列短文，从短文后各

16、题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A Picture 1 Picture 2 Look at the center circles of Picture 1.  Which of the centre circles looks larger? Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.

17、60;Then look at the picture 2 above. What do you see? A vase(花瓶) or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time."What's happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?" You may wonder at w

18、hat you see. Don't worry. Here is how it goes: When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret (解读) the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on

19、us. This often happens and we call it "Visual illusion" (视觉错误). Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Ju

20、rassic Park and Honey I shrunk(缩小) the kids just make use of visual illusions.23. What's the right order according to the passage?     a. We look at things with our eyes.     b . Our brains interpret the messages.     c. Our brains

21、 tell us what we have seen.   d. Our eyes send messages to our brains. A. adbc B. cabd C. acdb D. bcad24. Movie makers make use of visual illusions to    .A. help the actors look better B. make the actors much braver C. help the actors become st

22、ronger D. make the actors seem different in size25. In the following picture, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?A. The second one. B. The third one.  C. The fifth one.

23、0; D. The sixth one.B When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering(送) milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldnt take my eyes off the coin changer（硬币盒）fixed to his belt. He noticed

24、 this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer. Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would write a note “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” and place it in the box along with

25、 the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear. All of this was about more than convenience(便利). There was a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, s

26、o that the milk wouldnt be frozen. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery. There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, making it difficult for m

27、ilkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service. Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. Every so often my sons friends wil

28、l ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my childhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk. 26. What can be inferred（推断）from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boys house? A. He wanted to have tea there. B. He was a respectable person.C. He was treated a

29、s a family member. D. He was fully trusted by the family. 27. What does the underlined word “compete” mean? A. 完成B. 比较C. 销售D. 竞争 28.What is the best title for the passage?A. The good old daysB. A milkmanC. A milk deliveryD. My childhoodC Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies

30、have shown that pets can help lower blood pressure (血压) and raise chances of recovering(恢复) from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread good cheer.Any owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A study by Karen Allen of th

31、e State University of New York measured(测量) stress levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners-while they did 5 minutes of arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. People completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it

32、best. Those tested with their pets had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to usual heart beats. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes. It seems people feel more relaxed around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don't tell w

33、hether you are right or wrong.A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers a Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-ex

34、ercise programs, a separate（不同的）group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. They found people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better, losing 12 pounds, more than 15% of their body weight. Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than

35、those without dogs, say researchers, but got more exercise mostly with their dogs and found it worth doing.29. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. What pets bring to their owners.B. How pets help people calm down. C. People's opinions of keeping pets. D. Pet's value in med

36、ical research.30. According to Allen, why did the people with pets around do better when facing stressful tasks?A. They have lower blood pressure.  B. They become more patient. C. They are less nervous. D. They are in higher spirits31. The research in the last paragraph reports that _

37、.A. people with dogs did more exercise B. dogs lost the same weight as people did C. dogs liked exercise much more than people did D. people without dogs found the program unhelpfulD A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo(柔道) although he had lost his left arm in a terrible car accide

38、nt.The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo sensei(老师). The boy was doing well, but he couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move."Sensei," the boy finally said, "shouldn't I be learning more moves?""This i

39、s the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the sensei replied.Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament(锦标赛).Surprising himself, the boy easily won hi

40、s first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent( 对手) became impatient and charged; the boy quickly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals.This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more

41、 experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. The referee(裁判) was afraid that the boy might get hurt, so he decided to call a timeout. He was about to stop the match when the sensei stopped him."No," the sensei insisted, "let him continue."As the match carried on

42、, his opponent made a big mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy gathered the courage to ask what was really on his mind."Sensei, ho

43、w did I win the tournament with only one move?"You won for two reasons," the sensei answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known defense(防御) for that move is for your opponent to hold your left arm."32. 

44、What does the underlined word “overmatched” mean in the passage?A. Be more energetic. B. Be badly beaten. C. Be strong-minded.D. Be of low spirit. 33. Why could the boy win the tournament wi

45、th only one move?  A. Because he was brave and skillful. B. Because his right arm was quite strong.C. Because his opponents were impatient.  D. Because he mastered the ha

46、rdest move.34. Which of the following is right?A. The boy lost his left arm in a terrible accident at the age of 10.B. The boy understood why his sensei taught him only one move.C. The only way for the opponent to win the boy is to catch his left arm.D. The sensei stopped the referee to call a timeo

47、ut because the boy might get hurt.35. The writer of the passage wants to tell us _.A. a story of a boy without left armB. a story of a good Judo senseiC. hold on to the lastD. weakness can be strength 第卷（非选择题 共42分）四、阅读表达（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）阅读下面短文，并

48、根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格里只填一个单词。Body language sometimes speaks louder than words. Body language can tell you whether someone is happy to see you or not. One of the most important things that body language can tell, however, is whether a person is lying or not. Heres how

49、 you can decide whether someone is telling you the truth or not, based on body language alone.The eyes are said to be the windows of the soul and one of the things that the little windows will show you is whether someone is honest or not. When talking to people, look at their eyes and pay attention

50、to whether they are turning away from your close watch or not. People are usually uncomfortable when lying to the person that they are talking to. Besides lying, eyes that have a lot of movement usually show that the person is about to lie or that the person has told a lie.People who lie often touch

51、 their noses and other parts of their faces. If you notice that someone talking to you unconsciously(无意识地) touches his nose, this probably means that he is lying. The reason why people touch their faces when they lie is that lying usually causes an increase in blood circulation（血循环）, leading to an u

52、ncomfortable feeling in the small blood vessels（血管） in the nose or in the face.Another common body language suggestion that someone is lying is when a person crosses his arms. Crossing the arms means that the person is both being defensive（防御的）and shutting himself off. People who are telling the tru

53、th will usually make an open gesture(姿态)with the arms on the side to show that they are not hiding anything. However, people will cross their arms when they are lying.If you plan to use body language to tell whether someone is lying or not, make sure that you are noticed and that you are looking in

54、the face and the persons body all at the same time.TitleHow to read truth in body languageThemeYou can tell whether what someone says is (36)_ or not by body language.(37)_EyesWhen talking to people, pay attention to if theyre turning away when you closely watch them.The person perhaps tells lies if he looks away from your eyes or his eyes (38)_ a lot.TouchingIf people touch their noses or other parts of the face, they probably lie. This is because lying usually (39)_ an uncomfortable feeling in the blood vessels.Crossed armsThis is a common body language t