甘肃省兰州市七中九年级上学期英语阶段检测题（无答案）

1、九年级上学期阶段检测题3姓名_分数_一、单项选择1. If you successfully complete a difficult task _ hard work, youll become confident.A. byB. through C. with D. in2. You have to be 18 years old before you are to drive a car.A. allowed B. promised C. acceptedD. spared3. Have you heard that Song Zhongji married Song Hye Kyo ?

2、Yes, The film “Descendants of the Sun(太阳的后裔) brought them to the _of us.A. attention B. celebration C. introduction D. organization 4. Which of the two shirts would you like? _. I dont like their styles.A. Either B. Both C. None D. Neither5. As far as I know, China is getting better at making high-t

3、echnology products.Thats right, people around the world can hardly avoid _ products made in China. A. buying B. to buy C. to buying D. buy6. Parents will _their children _making friends when they attend junior high .A. strict with; with B. be strict with; in C. be strict in; with D. strict in; with7

4、. Wow! The meat in the plate produced a nice smell. It must _ delicious.A. smell B. look C. taste D. feel8. Tan Dun has an amazing gift for art and his music is well worth _.A. being listened toB. listen to C. listening to D. to listen to9. Jones parents advised him _ aloud to improve his poor pronu

5、nciation.A. not to read B. to read C. read D. reading10. If you are feeling stressed, you should .A. shout at people B. keep quietC. share your problem with somebody D. only keep it to yourself11. It says that there will be rain this coming summer.A. a great many B. a number ofC. a great deal D. a g

6、reat deal of12. Dad, could you tell me _ from London? I miss her very much.Next week, I think.A. when will Mum come backB. when would Mum come backC. when Mum will come backD. how long Mum will come back 13. Many students dont know how to _ shyness and stress, they became worried easily. A. talk wit

7、h B. deal with C. come up with D. pull down14. 一So many teenagers are sitting in the stands. will the speech begin?一 nine thirty.A. How soon; Not until B. How long; Not untilC. How soon; Until D. How long; Until15. Many people think women are better at cooking than men . _.Most top cooks in the worl

8、d are men .A. I agree B. Exactly C. Not at all D. That s not the case二、完形填空Have you ever thought of your purpose in life? If you dont, you have to think about it seriously. You will lose yourself if you 1 to know what you really want in your life.Here are some 2 about taking steps towards finding yo

9、ur lifes purpose. Firstly, make a 3 of the things you do for fun, including some jobs that you prefer, your hobbies and so on. Imagine youre a millionaire with no worries about money, how would you choose to 4 your time? Add those things 5 the list, even if you dont do them at present. This list is

10、about your passions(热情)the things that you would do 6 for the pleasure they give you. Then 7 the names of people you admire most, and the reasons why they attract you. You might admire an inventor for his love for creating something 8 . Or you might admire an actress for always being true to herself

11、. Take these admirations of others 9 a way for you to live in the world. Finally, make a list of the things you do naturally without thinking about them. Such talents may be an eye for detail or a great sense of humor. Some people are 10 at math or music, but there are plenty of other types of talen

12、ts as well. Its better for us to use our talents for our life purpose.1. A. failB. needC. decideD. want2. A. advantagesB. activities C. suggestionsD. systems3. A. surveyB. listC. noteD. record4. A. sendB. spendC. costD. save5. A. intoB. outsideC. overD. away6. A. possiblyB. hardlyC. properlyD. simpl

13、y7. A. talk aboutB. ask forC. write downD. dream of8. A. awfulB. boringC. oldD. new9. A. asB. inC. fromD. by10. A. goodB. shy C. strictD. angry三、阅读理解ADay 1Activities: On arrival, your guide will take you to your hotel and give you some tips on local restaurants. You can do some shopping nearby. The

14、rest of the day is free.Meals: dinnerDay 2Activities: After breakfast, start at Tiananmen Square, the worlds largest public square, and The Forbidden City, a living place for emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties. After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors prayed. In the evening, enjo

15、y a good show of Shaolin Kungfu.Meals: three mealsDay 3Activities: After breakfast, drive to the Great Wall. Besides, take a walk in the worlds biggest Olympic Park, like Birds Nest and Water Cube. Finally visit the Summer Palace, the most beautiful garden in China. Have a boat ride on the lake, enj

16、oying the beautiful view. Meals: three mealsDay 4Activities: Free until you are to the airport. If time permits, you can go to the famous Xiushui Street(silk market). It is a good place to shop for Chinese goods and souvenirs.Meals: breakfast1. Which meal is served on the first day?A. Breakfast.B. L

17、unch.C. Dinner.D. Three meals.2. What can you visit on the second day?A. The Great Wall and the Forbidden City.B. The Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall.C. Tiananmen Square and the Summer Palace.D. The Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven.3. According to the form, where is a good place to shop f

18、or Chinese goods and souvenirs ?A. Tiananmen Square B. The Forbidden City C. Xiushui Street D. the Summer Palace4. The passage is most likely to be taken from .A. a travel guide B. an instruction C. a newspaperD. an advertisementB The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (中国扶贫基金会) has started a

19、program to hire and train 100 local women as substitute mothers (替代妈妈) to take care of left-behind children. The three-year program will select 100 villages across Sichuan Province and hire one woman for each village. “It is a model to solve the problem of left-behind children, said Liu Wenkui, secr

20、etary of the foundation. The “substitute mothers will do parents job, finding out what the children need and helping them with problems. Each substitute mother will take care of about 300 to 500 children. There will be a “children's home in each village to be the mother's office and children

21、's playing space. Their job is to provide quick service and discover the children's problems. The program hopes to hire women aged 19 to 55 years old from the villages. “We want to hire full-time mothers to make sure they won't think about other work, Liu said. “We want local women becau

22、se they understand local languages and cultures. The program in Sichuan is an experiment, and Liu said, “If it is a successful model, we will start it in the whole country. “If parents are forced to leave home to earn a living and unable to take their children with them, we are looking for a transit

23、ional (过渡的) way to solve the problem, he added.5. How long will the program last?A. Three months. B. A year. C. Three years. D. Ten years.6. Who is possible to be a substitute mother?A. A girl at the age of 18. B. A woman with a part-time job.C. A man from the local village D. A woman who knows loca

24、l language.7. Which is NOT true according to the passage?A. A substitute mother plays a role of parents.B. Each substitute mother will take care of about 300 to 500 children.C. Each village will have a “children's home.D. The children's parents will pay for the substitute mother.8. What'

25、s the best title for the passage?A. Left-behind Children's Problems B. Substitute Mothers in VillagesC. Left-behind Women's Problems D. Substitute Children in VillagesCCan you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months o

26、f your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain soun

27、ds to go with certain things.Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step, you were able to make the right sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the secret of language: a certain sound means a certain thing. When a group of people use the same set of sounds o

28、f things, They can understand each other. Then, and only then, these people have a LANGUAGE.After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things , such as BOOKS CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words described things

29、, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express one's idea, such as "I want to go out and play with my friends. This is language. By means of language, people can communicate.So we say languages are means of communication.9. can remember the day when .A

30、. One; he spoke his first word B. No one; he spoke his first wordC. Most people; they spoke their first words D. Everyone; they spoke their first words10. When you were a little baby,you .A. made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eatB. spent most of your time playing with your parentsC. c

31、ould not hear any sound around you ,D. spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying11. The secret of language is that .A. one sound might be as good as anotherB. people can understand each otherC. a certain sound is for a certain thingD. there is a special sound for each person12. You could l

32、earn words .A. before you knew what the language wasB. after you knew what the language wasC. if you didn't know the secret of the languageD. when you were a baby13. The aim in using language is_. .A. to get everything one wants from othersB. to say what one wants to knowC. to communicate ideas

33、, opinions , news, etc.with one anotherD. to make oneself understood by others.DEvery day we communicate with othersoften with symbols or gestures (手势). Here are some of the most common (常见的) gestures.Shaking Hands Shaking Hands has been done since at least the second century B.C. Its a symbol of tr

34、ust. Now we usually shake the right hands. But in the old time, people also shook left hands. The world record for handshakes is held by a man from New Jersey, who shook 11,000 hands in a single day.Thumbs (拇指) Up The Thumbs Up sign is thought to come from a match in Rome. There people decided wheth

35、er the fighter would live or die by thumbs up or thumbs down. In fact it came from an old English saying “Heres my thumb on it. Businessmen held their thumbs up and extended (延伸) them until the two touched each other.Rock, Paper, Scissors Rochambeau, or rock, paper, scissors is played all over the w

36、orld to deal with something difficult. In Indonesia, it is earwig (蜈蚣), human, and elephant. The earwig drives the elephant mad. The human killed the earwig, and the elephant killed the human. If you know why it is called Rochambeau, please let me know. Its still a mystery (谜).OK The real history of

37、 this sign is lost. Some people think it is in connection with American president Martin Van Buren. He was often called as “Old Kinderhook. Others say it is the bad handwriting which made ORrepresenting “order received into OK.14. People know the real history of _.A. Shaking Hands and OK B. Thumbs u

38、p and OKC. Shaking Hands and Thumbs upD. Rock, Paper, Scissors and OK15. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Most people know how gestures came into use.B. The sign of Thumbs up came from a match in Rome.C. In Indonesia, a lot of people were killed by elephants.D. Some people

39、use Rock, Paper, and Scissors to solve problems. 16. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The history of some daily symbols and signs. B. Ways to make people trust you.C. Importance to using right gestures. D. How bad handwriting made OK.E I have tried to write a ghost story that won't mak

40、e you unhappy with yourselves, with each other, with the seasons, or with me. I hope it haunts your houses pleasantly.One Christmas Eve, old Scrooge and Bob were working busily in his office. It was a cold, foggy day. The fog was so thick that the houses opposite were like ghosts. It was only three

41、o'clock in the afternoon, but it was already quite dark. "Merry Christmas, Uncle! God bless you!" cried a happy voice. It was Scrooge's nephew. "Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug (骗人的话)." "Christmas is a humbug! Surely you don't mean that, Uncle." said h

42、is nephew. "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What reason have you got to be merry? You are poor." "OK, then," replied the nephew cheerfully. " What reason have you got to be sad? You are rich. Don't be angry, Uncle!" said his nephew. "What else

43、can I be?" answered the uncle, "I live in a world of fools! Merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you? It's a time for paying bills without money. It's a time for finding yourself a year older, but not richer. Everyone who goes around saying 'Merry Christmas 'should

44、 have his tongue cut out. Yes, he should!" "Uncle! Please don't say that!"said the nephew. "I've always thought of Christmas time as a good time, a kind, and a charitable, happy time. And so, Uncle, Christmas has never put any gold or silver in my pocket, but I think it h

45、as done me good. And it will do me good. And I say, God bless it!" Bob, standing in the corner of the room, applauded (鼓掌). He realized his mistake very soon, and went quickly back to his work, but Scrooge had heard him. "One more sound from you, Bob Cratchit," said Scrooge, "and

46、 you'll celebrate Christmas by losing your job!" "Don't be angry with him, Uncle. Come and have dinner with us tomorrow." "No." said Scrooge. "I'm sorry you don't want to celebrate Christmas. But I do. So a Merry Christmas, Uncle !" "Good after

47、noon!" said Scrooge. "And a Happy New Year!" said his nephew. "Good afternoon!" said Scrooge again. His nephew left the room. He stopped to wish Bob a Merry Christmas. And Bob replied, "A Merry Christmas to you. too."17. What did Scrooge think of Christmas wish?A.

48、It was simple. B. It was important. C. It was stupid. D. It was necessary.18. What did Scrooge's nephew mean by saying "Christmas time is a charitable time"?A. Christmas was a time to be generous and kind.B. Christmas was a time to do some challenging work.C. His uncle should give some

49、 money to his family.D. His uncle should give away his money to the poor.19. Which of the following is TRUE about Scrooge and Bob?A. Scrooge was Bob's uncle.B. Bob worked for Scrooge.C. Scrooge celebrated Christmas with Bob.D. Bob was Scrooge's visitor.20. What can we infer (推断) from the sto

50、ry?A. Scrooge was working busily in his office before Christmas.B. No rich people wanted to waste their time to celebrate Christmas.C. Bob believed in Christmas wish as well as Scrooge's nephew.D. Scrooge refused his nephew's invitation to dinner on Christmas day.四、阅读表达It was another day to

51、jump rope. All the students were on the playground. Lynn and Mike turned the long rope in big, slow circles. The whole class hurried to get in line to wait for their turn to jump. Millie stood at the back of the line and frowned(皱眉).Nick went first. He watched the rope and ran in at just the right t

52、ime. Everyone counted. He made it all the way to 30 jumps. One after another, the kids watched the rope, ran in and jumped. Then it was Millie's turn. She watched the rope go around and around, but she didn't move. She felt like everyone was looking at her.Millie's friends cheered, "

53、;Go, Millie, go!" Millie's face turned red. At last, she gave it a try, but she failed. The truth was that Millie had been jumping rope at home every day. With a short rope, she could jump 100 times without missing. She just didn't know how to run in and start jumping with a long rope.

54、Since she was the only kid on her street, there was no one to help turn the long rope.Just then, Mrs Miles, the PE teacher brought out a bunch of short jump ropes. "Let's see how long each one of you can jump without missing." she said as she gave each student a short rope. "Ready

55、, set. Go!"Millie smiled for the first time ever in a PE class. As she jumped, she sang rhymes quickly to herself.After a while, Millie realized that everyone was cheering. “Go, Millie, go!"She was the only one still jumping rope! The surprise almost made her miss a step, but she kept goin

56、g. When at last she was too tired to go on, she stopped. The whole class cheered. Everyone was looking at her and smiling. Millie smiled back!1. What class were they having?2. How did Millie feel when she stood at the back of the line?3. Will you give it a try if you are not good at something? Why or why not?五、阅读填空Did you know that years have their own colors? Pantone Colo