牛津九上期末试题

1、期末试题I.选择填空（15 分）()1. The girl was kid napped sometime_ 8.00_9.00 last night.A. from; andB. betwee n; toC. from; toD. between;and()2. The next morning, a black dog was foundoutside his door.A. dieB. diedC. deadD. death()3. Did you meet Tom at the airport?No, he_ when I_ there.A. has left; gotB. had l

2、eft; arrivedC. left; arrivedD. left; had got()4. Nancy is always the first to break the_after quarrelli ng with her husba nd.A. sleepB. peaceC. sile neeD. bala nee()5. May I listen to music here, Mr Li?Sorry, you d better it. I at work.A. not to doB. not doC. don t do D. not doing()6. Im very tired

3、these days, Mary.Why notmusic. It can make you.A. liste n to; relaxedB. liste ning to; to relaxC. liste ning to; relaxD. liste n to; to relax( )7. Do you know whether this charity show will be covered_ or n ot?A. livelyB. aliveC. livi ngD. live( )8. I think Detective Lu did his work_ tha n the other

4、 detectives.A. carefulB. carefullyC. more careful D. more carefully()9. Millie didn leave school_she finished all her homework.A. thatB. untilC. whileD. since()10. Mr Wang told us that he_ heard about the case_ .A. had; last weekB. has; last weekC. had; the week beforeD. has; the week before( )11._

5、my pare nts_ I am going to London for the win ter holidays.A. Both; andB. Not only; but also C. Neither; orD. Either; nor()12. He s so tall that he is chosen_a member of the school basketball team.A. to beB. beingC. beD. to being()13. You_keep quiet in the cin ema while you are watch ing the film.A.

6、 had better not B. have toC. ought not to D. should nt( )14. Drivi ng too fast can usually_ a traffic accide nt. So the drivers must be carefuleno ugh whe n they are drivi ng.A. make up B. take placeC. happe n toD. lead to()15. _ ?I like watch ing comedies because they always make me laugh.A. What a

7、re you going to doB. Do you like watch ing carto onsC. Would you like to watch TVD. What type of TV programmes do you liken.完形填空(10 分)Alistair went on a tour with his friend Rupesh to In dia. After gett ing to the guest house by taxi, Alistairthought about call ing his mother to tell her that he had

8、 _16_ safely. When he put his hand into his pocket hewas shocked to find that his _17_ was gone.Alistair immediately asked for Rupesh phone and _18_ a call to his own phone nu mber. Each time, hecould _19_ the phone ringing, but it quickly stopped. He tried again and again, but the result was the sa

9、me: noan swer. Why did no one an swer it? He felt that some one was doing it on purposeAlistair was very _20_ about losing the phone. People around him started discussing it, Who in this worldis so _21_ as to return a lost phone? ”Alistair was very sad to hear them talki ng.Sudde nly there was a kno

10、ck _22_ the door. It was the taxi driver. The man gave the phone to Rupeshand said he didn tanswer the call _23_ he was already on his way back to the guest house. People in theguest house _24_ Alistair to give the driver some mon ey. Alistair _25_ 100 dollars to tha nk him, but thedriver just said

11、that the words Thank you ” were eno ugh.()16. A. stayedB. arrivedC. leftD. slept()17. A.abacusB. watchC. phoneD. wallet()18. A.an sweredB. playedC. receivedD. made()19. A.hearB. seeC. tasteD. feel()20. A. surprisedB.happyC. thrilledD. upset()21. A.hon estB. activeC. creativeD. special()22. A.inB. on

12、C. forD. with()23. A.soB. becauseC. butD. and()24. A.remin dedB. no ticedC. advisedD. ordered()25. A.han ded inB.set upC. took outD. put up川.阅读理解（30 分）AMy tee nage son Karl became withdraw n after his father died. As a sin gle pare nt, I tried to do my best totalk to him. But the more I tried, the m

13、ore he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, itsaid that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six failing grades for the year. I n this way he wouldn ever graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Noth ing worked.One ni ght I was at wo

14、rk whe n I got a phone call. A man in troduced himself as the headmaster.I want to talk to you about Karl s absences.” Before he couldcsayadoupe(哽 w 咽 Iand said sadly, I love my son. I ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked.It s out of my hands” For a moment ther

15、e was silenee on theother end of the line. The headmaster seriouslysaid,“ Thank you for your time.” and hung up.Karl s next report card showed a marked improvement in his gradesHe was even on the list of the beststude nts at school. I n his fourth year, I atte nded a pare nt-teacher meet in g. I no

16、ticed that his teachers weresurprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said,“ Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “ That was me. Ithought Iplay a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That s whe n I

17、 knew I had to make you proud.( )26. Which of the follow ing has the similar meaning to the un derl inedword“ withdraw n ”？A. Quiet and Ion ely.B. Relaxed and excited.C. Active and lively.D. Happy and easygo ing.()27. Accord ing to the first report card, Karl_ .A. ofte n went to school lateB. failed

18、 in all the examsC. did a good job at schoolD. didn t do well at school()28. When the mother said It bus of my hands ” to the headmaster, she meant that sheA. didn t know what to do about her sonB. would drive her son away from the houseC. had no money to support the familyD. would have to hang up()

19、29. Who was it that telephoned Karl s mother that day?A. The headmasterB. The school adviserC. Karl himselfD. The passage doesn t tell us( )30. From the passage we can lear n that_.A. children in single-parent families always have mental problemsB. mother s love plays an important role in teenagers

20、lifeC. pare nts should give their childre n everyth ing that they n eedD. school educati on still works well without the support from pare ntsBSeveral days ago, while I was logg ing onto QQ, my cous in s QQ head popped out on li ne. We had ntseen each other for a few mon ths, so I decided to start a

21、 con versati on with her. My cous in is studying in a collegeof our city. Her hobby is surfing the Internet. Every time I am on the computer, she is always online, listening tomusic or decorating her personal space”. I like visiting her space. Its creative and modern and worth a visit. Ican timagine

22、 my designing such a colorful web page.When I read the sentences she sent to me, I no ticed that the Chin ese characters had bee n changed, butI could still guess their meanings. I took a strong interest in this type of new characters. Further observatio nmade me realize that they added some com mon

23、 Chin ese radicals (部首)to the original characters, making themmore vivid, a little like Japanese. My cous in said this gives new life to the Chin ese Ian guage and culture.It is true that the Internet has reinven ted our Ian guage, but I still can accept this new cultural change.Some Chinese charact

24、ers have meanings in the shapes; one shouldnt superficially cha nge them by addi ng anadditi onal radical. So I persuaded my cous in to cha nge her new idea and use sta ndard characters to com municate. And she willi ngly accepted my advice. ( )31. The author cous in was a(n) .A. engin eerB. teacher

25、C. modelD. stude nt( )32. The author would like to visit his cous in s space_.A. because he wants to desig n a web pageB. because the music is well worth liste ning toC. because it is very attractive and popularD. because it is the best one on the Internet()33. The sec ond paragraph mainly tells us

26、that_ .A. the Internet has an effect on the Chinese charactersB. the Chin ese people have lear ned a lot from the InternetC. the QQ message on li ne is very useful to every oneD. the text message is more importa nt tha n the QQ messages( )34. The un derl ined word “binven ted ”n the passagemea ns “_

27、A. destroyedB. improvedC. discoveredD. i ntroduced()35. We can lear n from this passage that_.A. the author is a teacher in a collegeB. the author can desig n a webpage creativelyC. the Chin ese characters have bee n cha nged into Japa neseD. the author thinks people should use sta ndard characters

28、to com muni cateCYoure in a department store and you see two stylish (时髦的)young women, looking at a sweater. You listen to their con versati on:I can t believta Lore nzo Bertolla! They are hard to fin d. I t much cheaper tha n the one Sara boughti n Rome. ”They leave and you go over to see this swea

29、ter. Youver heard f Loneizo Bertolla, butthose girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young wome n areemployees of an advertis ing age ncy. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talk ing loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.Every day we

30、 notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the productseems cool, too. This is the secret ofundercover marketing (秘密行销) ).Companiesfrom Ford to Nike are starting to use it. It can reach people that don t pay attention to traditional advertis ing, forexample, con s

31、umers betwee n the age of 18 and 34. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don belidvetads.So advertising agencies hire (雇用)young actors to perform ” in bars and other places whereyoung adults go. Some people might call this practice misleading, but marketing manager()39. What can we lear n fr

32、om the passage?A. The two women are in fact hired to perform in the store.B. The group aged 18 and 34 is easily in flue need by ads.C. Traditi onal advertis ing is the only way to sell goods no wadays.D. Undercover marketing mainly aims at the group of old people.Jon atha n Ressler calls it creative

33、.()36. The two stylish young wome n were talki ngA. get the sweater at a lower priceC. be admired by other shoppers()37. Lore nzo Bertolla is_.A. a very popular sin gerC. a cloth ing compa ny in Rome()38. The un derl ined word in the last paragraphLook at traditional advertivergestsietfecfeasing .so

34、 that they could_ .B. be heard by people aroundD. decide on buying the sweaterB. an advertis ing age ncyD. the brand n ame of a sweater means _ in Chin ese.A.巨大的B.增加的C.衰减的D.无限的()40. Which of the followi ng would be the BEST title for the text?A. Two stylish shoppersB. Lore nzo Bertolla sweatersIV词汇填

35、空（10 分）A. 根据句意及括号内的汉语提示，用正确的单词填空。41. She put most of her_ （努力）into teaching.42 The girl must hide_ （在某处）and doesn wrther parents to find her.43. Some foreigners want to（进口 ） some cars from China.44. The local government has decided to develop its tourist_ （ 产业）.45. If some one has done someth ing_ （

36、违反）the law, he will be puni shed.B. 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。46. The n ews is so_（surprise） that we can hardly believe it.47. Nanfang Weeke nd is a famous_（week） n ewspaper.48. Is he telli ng the_ （true） to us?I m not sure.49. Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaoga ng are famous Chin ese_（direct）.50. It is raining_

37、（heavy）, so we won go hiking today.V.任务型阅读（10 分）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列任务。Color can not only reflect one pers on ality but also in flue nee ones mood. Do you like yellow, orange orred? If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader and an active pers on. Do you prefer gray and blue? Then youare probably qui

38、et, shy, and youd rather follow tha n lead. You are a pessimist.At least this is what psychologists tell us. They have bee n study ing seriously the meaning of colorpreference（偏爱）,as well as the effect that colors have on human beings. They tell us that we dont choose ourfavorite color as we grow up

39、. We are born with our prefere nee.Colors do in flue nee our moods. A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxedtha n a dark gree n one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest win ter day. On the other hand,black is depressing. A black bridge over the Thames Ri

40、ver, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides（自杀者）than any other bridge in the area until it was repa in ted gree n.Remember that if you feel low you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a few cansof paint. Remember also that you will know your friends and your en

41、emies better when you find out what colorsthey like and dislike. And don t forget that anyone can guess a lot about your pers on ality whe n you choose apair of socks or a coat.任务一：完成下面的句子（每空词数不限）。51. Color can reflect one _ .52. A leader usually prefers_ .任务二：翻译文中划线句子。53. _任务三：回答问题。54. How do most

42、people feel about a yellow room?C. Ford sways of advertisingD. Un dercover market ing任务四：选择正确答案。()55. At the end of the article, the writer tells us the followi ng EXCEPT that_A. we can cheer ourselves up by weari ng new clothes of differe nt colorsB. we can know our opp onents better if we know wha

43、t colors they like and dislikeC. colors can reveal what kind of pers on we areD. people can know more about your pers on ality by the size of socks you chooseW.综合填空(10 分)根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。Here is an in terest ing way to write a“Yeurdbietter”(56) the help ofwatermarks. If you collect s_(57)

44、, you know what a watermark is. On every stamp thereis a mark. But you cannot see it. You can see it only whe n you put the stamp in the w_(58). The mark is called a watermark ”. People make watermarks on stamps by appl ying pressure (使用压力).In this way, the watermark can be shown c_ (59) because of the refection(反射)of the light.It is e_ (60) to take watermarks and use them to write a“ secret letterpiece of paper in water, the n t_ (61) it out quickly and put it on a piece of glass. Put adry piece of paper on the top of it. Now you may w_(62) on the dry piece. You must usea hard pencil to ap