湖南省衡阳市中学2019年九年级上学期期末测试英语卷

1、2019年初三期末英语测试卷()1.What is the population of the boys city?A. About 2 million.B. About 12 million. C. About 20 million.( )2.How old was the boy when he began to learn English?A.Four.B. Five.C. Six.()3.How is the weather?A. Rainy.B. Sunny.C. Windy.( )4.What does Ted think is the most useful invention?

2、A.The television.B. The computer.C The mobile phone,( )5.How many people will be at the picnic?A. ThreeB. Four.C. Five.( )6.How did Martin get the information about aliens?A By reading booksB. By watching filmsC By talking with his friends.( )7Where may Martin go this afternoon?A.To the cinema.B.To

3、the museum.C, To the library.()8.Who will take part in the activity?A Leos family and Jenny B. Leos classes and Jenny. C Jennys class and Leo.()9.Where will they meet?A. On the beachB. At the bus stop.C. At the school gate.()10.What is Mike doing?A Searching the InternetB. Learning English.C writing

4、 an email.( )11.What does Mike prefer to study?A. Law.B. EngineeringC. Social science.( )12.When does the conversation probably take place?A On February 28.B. On March 13.C. On March 30.( )13.When did the boy win first place in the English exam?A. YesterdayB. The day before yesterday. C. Three days

5、ago( )14How does the boy study English every day?A By listening to the radio. B. By reading English textbooks.C. By reading novels and watching films.( )15.What kind of movies does the boy advise the girl to watch at first?A Action movies.B. Cartoon movies.C History movies.二、完形填空Mr. White lived in a

6、 house less than two miles from his office, so he could. 16.home for lunch every day. Every time he drove back home,17.cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his car. He had to park his car somewhere else. and then walked back home. This made him very, 18 Then he wrote NO PARKI

7、NG 19. a small board in the garden facing the road, but it didnt work. People seem to obey only a public notice. Mrs. White asked him to 20 police notice. But he was afraid to do so. Then Mrs. White asked him tomake 21 just like a police notice. But he said he was not a.22 and couldnt use theword po

8、lice. However. Atfer a few days, Mr. White made a notice board.“Ohdear!” Mrs. white looked at the board and said. You told me you couldnt us the word police, 23 why do you use it?“2 at it again, please. Mr. White said. Mr. White looked at it 25 this time andfund it was a polite notice. She started t

9、o laugh You are really clever.()16A. driveB. walkC fly()17AsomeB.manyC.no()18A. angryB. happyC. excited()19.A.inB. onC. under()20A. buyB. bringC steal()21A.oneB. itC that()22 A. policemanB. teacherC.worker()23A.orB. soC. but()24.A LookB. LookingC. Looked()25A. quietlyB. carefullyC quickly三、根据短文内容，判断

10、下列句子的正误。Many people are trying to save the earth with special days like Meatout Day, Earth day and Buy Nothing Day.Meatout Day is on March 20h Mary people around the world dont eat any meat for one day In this way. theyll get healthier and reduce greenhouse gases.“ Earth Dayis on April 22nd. Mary pe

11、ople all aver the world try to do somethingGreen on this Day. In Italy. people dont use plastic bags. In Canada and Norway people ride bicycles and dont use their cars. In the USA, people dress up like plans and animals to dance in Times Square, New YorkBay Noting Day is usually on the fourth Friday

12、 in November. On this day many people dont cleaner earth.bay anything.Bothing means make no rubbish. When you make less rubbish, you can make aDo you want to join them? Then you can remember these special days and do something green.( )26.Many people dont eat any meat on “ Meatut Day ” .( )27.Many p

13、eople do something to protect the environnsnt on Earth Day.()28.In Italy people ride bicycles and dont use their cars on April 22nd.()29.Al1 people buy and sell nothing on Buy Nothing Day.( )30.According to the passage people have thee special days to save the earth.四、根据短文内容，回答下列问题。Lei Haiwei, a 37-

14、year-old fast fast courier 快递员)from Hunan Province, got first place in a televised Chinese poetry knowledge competition. He beat other competitors, including a masters degree 领士学位)graduate from Beijing University, in the thirdseason of the Chinese Poetry Competition on CCTV on April 4.2018.“My inter

15、est in ancient poems beganas early as I was six years old. My father hoped I would grow up to be a man who keeps the mountains, rivers. lakes and seas in mind, the courier said.In 2001 the younger Lei found a job in Shanghai and began to read books related to ancient poems at bookstores or libraries

16、 in his spare time, since he didnt make much money. The young man also developed a habit of reciting poems he liked and writing them dawn after returning home.Though Lei works 88 a fast food courier in Hangzhou later, his love for poems never died.Even on his busiest work days, he used any available

17、 moment to recite poems. For example, I am used to reciting poems when I wait for food at restaurants and traffic lights on my way to deliver food. Reciting poems not only enriches my knowledge but also makes my job less boring. As for my future plan, I will stick to reading and reciting poems, Lei

18、said.31 .What is Lei Haiwei?32 .What place did he get in the competition?33 .Lei Haiwei doesnt have great interest in ancient poems,does he?34 .When was the third season of the Chinese Poetry Competition held?35 .What is Lei Haiweis future plan for the poems?五、根据短文内容，选择正确的选项。Many people want to buy

19、the newest gadget/。玩意）the fastest car and the most expensive watch-but are these things really worth?For some people, these things give them status（位）.Theyre cool because they have a cool car, or theyre better at the newest Xbox game. Lots of people say that buying new things makes them happy, They

20、like having new, pretty,impressive things. The problem is that people dont say happy and the feeling you get when you buy something new disappears. For example, theres a new iPhone. You stop liking your old car. Your friend has Beats in a different color and theyre so much nicer! Things get old ando

21、utdated. And someone else always has something better.So, what can you buy and stay happy with? A research suggests that the best thing to spend your extra颁夕卜的）money on is doing things like traveling, learning to cook , speaking a language, skiing or surfing. What about going to the theater, eating

22、at a Michelin star restaurant or climbing a mountain?In the long term（从长远来看）,people are happier with money they spend on activities than on things. You dont remember what shoes you wore, but you remember running the marathon! When you do new things or things you enjoy, you get life experience and me

23、mories. You can share them with people. Even it you dont enjoy the experience. you can learn something and often a little while later you see the god sides of it. At least, its a story to tell-maybe even a funny one.So forget about designer clothes and fancy gadget- a new skill or experience lastslo

24、nger!()36. The first paragraph is mainly written to.A introduce the background B. come up with the question C. explain the reason()37. What does the underlined word outdated probably mean?A新潮的B.消逝的C.过时的( )38.Which is NOT the reason why people try to get designer clothes and fancy gadget?A. Getting s

25、tatus. B. Having happiness C Keeping away from pressure 任力),()39 According to the research, you should when you have extra money.A. Learn to cook and speak a languageB.climb a mountain and buy the fastest carC. go to a theater and have the designer clothes()40. What is the best title of the passage?

26、A. What Makes People HappyB. How to Spend Your MoneyC. Follow Fashionable Ways of Life2Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us communicate with others more often It means that we seldom write letters now But a TV show, Letters Alive (见字如面,is bringing back this old habit.Letters Alive invites famo

27、us actors and actresses but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead. only one person walks up to a microphone and reads a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, In one episode集)，they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao

28、 Hong to her younger brother in 1941.The letter shows that XiaoHong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future,Every letter opens another world for a, said Guan Zhangwen, the director of the TV show. It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.Since

29、its first episode on December 5, 2016. Letters Alive has been widely praised. Manyaudiences观众)say that it has provided a breath of fresh air to todays TV shows.Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also attracted Chinese audiences. They including the Chinese Poetry Conference, a t

30、raditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.()41 Letters Alive, a TV show, invites famous people to_A read and share letters B. tell audien

31、ces jokes C. enter different competitions()42. How many TV shows are mentioned in the passage?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.()43. Chinese audiences_ the TV shows mentioned in the passage.A. highly praiseB. dont mindC. show no interest in()44. This article is probably taken from the section of in a newspap

32、er.A. Sports NewsB. Culture and Entertainment C. Education and Science()45. According to the passage, which of the folloving is RIGHT?A. Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences.B. Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles.C.we can experience the real lives

33、and feelings of the writers by reading letters.六、写作部分。A)词汇运用。根据英语首字母或所给中文提示写出短文中所缺单词的正确形式。(共5小题，计5分)The Great Pyramid is one of the Seven (46) w. It took 100 000 people over 20 years to complete it The Great pyramid was considered a (47)u building in the 1dh century AD.All that time, it was still th

34、e tallest building in the world. According to scientific research, the ancient King, Khutfu, (48)(命令)his men to build the Great Pyramid stone by stone. The biggest stone weighs as much as 15 tons, Each stone was fixed so well, (49)t the ancient workersdidnt have any modern tools. The Great Pyramid h

35、as four sides and each side is 230.4 meters long and 146.5 meters high At that time, there were no modem machines or equipment, so how did the ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid? To this day, it is still a (50)(奥秘)But many scientists continue to study their methods, The completion of the Grea

36、t Pyramid shows the wisdom and the achievements of ancient Egyptian working peopleB)综合填空。阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 (共10小题，计10分)In movies about the future, robots are usually like our (51)(servant). They help with chores侏务)and work in dirty or (52)(danger)placesToday there are already robots (53)work in factories. They do simple jobs over and over (54),and will never get bored, Scientists are now (55)(try) to make robots which look like humans do the same things as we do. However, some scientists think it : will be difficult (56)(make) robots really think like humans. (