北京市石景山区九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

石景山区—学年第一学期初三期末试卷

英语知识运用（共14分）

一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）

从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1.Lindaismylittlesister.______lovesmusicverymuch.A.SheB.HeC.YouD.I2.—Shallweplaytennis______Sundaymorning?—Goodidea!A.onB.atC.inD.of3.Hefailedmanytimes,______henevergaveup.A.orB.becauseC.butD.so4.—______Iuseyourpen?Ican‟tfindmine.—Sure.Hereyouare.A.MayB.ShouldC.MustD.Need5.Millionsofpeople______Beijingeveryyear.A.visitedB.visitC.willvisitD.arevisiting6.I______dinnerwhenJimtelephonedmeyesterdayevening.A.amhavingB.hadC.haveD.washaving7.I______Jacksincehewasalittleboy.A.knowB.knewC.willknowD.haveknown8.Everyone______deeplyaftertheyheardthestory.A.movedB.wasmovedC.movesD.ismoved9.Anewzoo______inthatareanextyear.

A.buildsB.isbuiltC.builtD.willbebuilt10.Mrs.Greenaskedus______apenfriendfromtheseEnglishnames.A.chooseB.tochooseC.choosingD.chose11.Ifyoustartyourhomeworknow,you______itbeforedinner.A.finishB.finishedC.willfinishD.havefinished12.Idon‟tremember______myschoolbagyesterday.A.wheredidIputB.whereIputC.wherewillIputD.whereIwillput二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。PleasecallmeDaveIhadbeenhomefromworkforabout15or20minutes,whenmyoldersonDavidcamein

–lookingveryserious.Hewasonly6yearsoldatthattime.

Iknewhehad13onhismind.Ashestoodthere,Icouldsensethathewasnervousandwonderediftherewassomethingwrong,orifhewasjustgoingtoasktherulesofthegametheywereplaying.Buthewasmuchtooseriousforthat.Nowhehadmyfull14.

Hespokeratherquietlywhenhesaid,“Daddy,Ineedtotalktoyou.”“Okay,Davie,what‟sonyourmind?”“I‟ma15boynow,right?”“Yousureare.Tellmewhatyou‟rethinking.”Hesaid,“Idon‟twantyoutocallme„Davie‟anymore,Iwantyoutocallme„Dave‟,andI

don‟twanttocallyou„Daddy‟,Iwanttocallyou„Dad‟.”

Withthisout,heseemedevenmore16.IsmiledathimwiththeproudestsmilethatI

thinkIhaveeverhad

Isaid,“Thatwillbeokay,Dave.Iwouldliketocallyou„Dave‟or„David‟andlook

forwardtoyoucallingme‘Dad’.But,don‟tcallme，‘Father’,okay?”

He17andsaidinaverystrongvoice,“CanIgobackoutandplaynow,Dad?”AsI

saidyes,myyoungersonMark,cameoverclosetomeandsaid,“I18wanttocallyou

„Daddy‟.”Isaid,“I‟msogladyoudo!”

Forthenextfewdays,everytimeDavidhadanythingtosaytome,hewould19it

with“Dad”.Evenifhewantedtoknowwhatwewerehavingforsupper,hewouldask,“Dad,

whatarewehavingfordinner?”

Itdidn‟t20Marklongtofollowsuit.Icouldhardlykeepthesmileoffmyface!My

wifewouldturnherheadtosmile.

13.A.nothingB.everythingC.somethingD.anything

14.A.attentionB.discussionC.heartD.request

15.A.smartB.bigC.funnyD.little

16.A.carefulB.gentleC.nervousD.active

17.A.regrettedB.flushedC.complainedD.relaxed

18.A.everB.evenC.almostD.still

19.A.fillB.beginC.explainD.compare

20.A.takeB.leadC.allowD.direct

阅读理解（共36分）

三、阅读理解（共26分，每小题2分）

阅读下面的四篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项

中，选择最佳选项。

21.BrianandKimoncefound______inthepark.

A.atoyboatB.awalletC.araincoatD.abike

22.WhoinventedtheDesk-Cycle?

A.Kim.B.Peter.C.Danny.D.Steven.

23.InDave‟smemory,he______inscienceclass.

A.worehisraincoat

B.rowedboatsinwater

C.foughtwithhisclassmates

D.triedtomovetothenextlevelBThestudentsoftengathertogetherinsmall,closedgroups.Ifyouarenotpartofagroup,it

canbedifficultforyoutobeaccepted.Thisisespeciallytrueifyoucan‟tspeaktothemembers

ofthegroupintheirlanguage.

ThiswasthesituationSamfacedeachdayashewenttoclass.Samandhisfamilymoved

toFrancelastmonth.Beforehearrived,heknewtherewouldbemanydifficulties.Butthey

wereevenworsethanhehadimagined.

Everylunchhour,afterarrivingathisnewschool,Samsataloneinthedininghall.He

lookedatallthedifferentgroupsofstudentsaroundhim.Buthehadnowaytoletthemknow

thathewasagoodperson.Hesimplycouldn‟tfindtherightwordstoreachthem.

Samknewhehadtofindawaytochangethesituation.Somehow,hehadtoadapt(适应)

tothisnewenvironment.HedidalittleresearchontheInternetanddiscoveredthatsmilingisa

universallanguage–itisunderstoodeverywhere.

Onemorning,asSamwaswalkingbyagroupofstudents,hesmiledatthem.Aboyinthe

groupsmiledbackathim.ForSam,thatwasagoodbeginning.Later,henoticedtheboy

comingtowardshiminthehallwithawarmsmileonhisface.Samreturnedthesmile.

SoontheboyaskedSamtojoinhimandhisgroupoffriendsforlunch.

AlthoughSamwasn‟tabletosaymuchinFrench,everyonesmiledandlaughed.Before

heknewit,Samhadagroupoffriends,andtheyallwantedtohelphimlearnFrench.

24.Samandhisfamily______lastmonth.

A.movedtoFrance

B.startedanewschool

C.acceptedanewgroup

D.taughtpeopletheirlanguage

25.WhathelpedSamtochangehissituation?

A.Sittingaloneinthedininghall.

B.DoingaresearchontheInternet.

C.Walkingbyagroupofstudentsoften.

D.LearningFrenchinalanguageschool.

26.What‟sthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Theimportanceoffriendship.

B.Difficultiesinanewcountry.

C.Thewaystomakefriends.

D.Thepowerofasmile.CAworldwithouttimeornumberThePirahaareanAmazoniantribe(部落)ofhunter-gathererswholivedeepinthe

Brazilianrainforest.Thetribehaskepttheircultureundamagedforcenturies,althoughthere

arenowonlyaround200left.ThePiraha,whocommunicatemainlythroughhumsandwhistles,

haveinterestedethnologists(人种学者)foryears,mainlybecausetheyhavealmostnowords

fornumbers.Theyuseonlythreewordstocount:one,two,andmany.

WeknowaboutthePirahathankstoanex-hippy,DanEverett,nowaprofessorof

language,whospentsevenyearswiththetribeinthe1970sand1980s.Everettdiscovereda

worldwithoutnumbers,withouttime,withoutwordsforcolorsandwithoutapasttense.Their

language,hefound,wasnotjustsimplegrammatically;itonlyhadseveralsoundsandthey

weredifferentbetweenthemenandwomen.Forthemen,ithasjusteightconsonants(辅音)in

thewordsandthreevowels(元音);forthewomen,whohavethesmallestnumberofspeech

soundsintheworld,ithassevenconsonantsandthreevowels.Topeoplefromotherplaces,the

languagesoundsmorelikehummingthanspeech.ThePirahacanalsowhistletheirlanguage,

whichishowmencommunicatewhenhunting.

ThePirahacan‟twrite,havelittlecommonmemory,andnoideaofdecorativeart.In1980

Everetttriedtoteachthemtocount:heexplainedbasicnumberstoagroupwhowantedto

learntheskillsneededtotradewithothertribes.Aftereightmonths,notonecouldcounttoten;

evenoneplusonewasbeyondthem.TheexperimentseemedtosupportEverett‟stheory:the

tribejustcouldn‟tunderstandthemeaningofnumber.

ThePiraha‟sinabilitytocountisimportantbecauseitdoesn‟tseemtosupportNoam

Chomsky‟sfamousTheoryofUniversalGrammar,whichholdsthatthehumanmindhasa

naturalabilityforlanguage,andthatalllanguagesshareabasicrulestructure,whichhelp

childrentounderstandideassuchasnumber.OneofChomsky‟scoworkershasrecentlygone

onanexpeditionwithEveretttostudythetribe.Wedonotyetknowifhewillchangehis

theoryaftervisitingthePiraha

27.ThePirahahaveinterestedethnologistsforyearsmainlybecause______.

A.theircultureiskeptundamaged

B.theyareatribeofhunter-gatherers

C.theyhavealmostnowordsfornumbers

D.theylivedeepintheBrazilianrainforest

28.What‟sthemainideaofParagraph2?

A.WhatthePiraha‟slanguageislike.

B.Everett‟sexperimentwiththePiraha.

C.HowEverettfoundthePiraha‟slanguage.

D.Differentsoundsbetweenthemenandwomen.

29.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?

A.ThePirahahaveanaturalabilityforlanguage.

B.ThePiraha‟schildrenunderstandnumberswell.

C.NoamChomskywon‟tchangehistheoryforsure.

D.Notalllanguagesseemtoshareabasicrulestructure.DFormanyyearsdoctorshavewarnedusaboutthedangersofstress(压力)andhavegiven

adviceabouthowtocutdownourstresslevels.Everyoneagreesthatlong-termstress,for

examplehavingtolookaftersomeonewhohasaseriousillness,orstressfulsituationswhere

thereisnothingwecando,forexamplebeingstuckin(陷入)atrafficjam,isbadforourhealth

andshouldbeavoidedwheneverpossible.However,someexpertsnowbelievethatcertain

kindsofstressmayactuallybegoodforus.

DrMariosKyriazissaysthatwhathecalls„goodstress‟isbeneficialtoourhealthandmay,

infact,helpusstayyoungandattractiveandevenlivelonger.DrKyriazissaysthat„good

stress‟canstrengthenournaturaldefenseswhichprotectusfromillnessescommonamong

olderpeople,suchasAlzheinmer‟sandheartproblems.Hebelievesthat„goodstress‟can

increasetheproductionoftheproteinsthathelptorepairthebody‟scells(细胞).

AccordingtoDrKyriazis，runningforabusorhavingtoworktodeadlineareexamplesof

„goodstress‟,thatissituationswithshort-termorlowstress.Thestressusuallymakesusreact

quicklyandeffectively,andgivesusasenseofachievement–wedidit!However,inboth

thesesituations,thestressdamages(损害)thecellsinourbodyorbrainandtheystarttobreak

down.Butthenthecells‟ownrepairsystemrepairsthedamagedcellsandremovesharmful

thingsthatcangraduallycausedisease.Infact,thebody‟sresponseisgreaterthanisneededto

repairthedamage,soitactuallymakesthecellsstrongerthantheywerebefore.

„Asthebodygetsolder,thisself-repairsystemofthecellsstartstoslowdown‟,saysDr

Kyriazis.Thebestwaytokeeptheprocessworkingefficientlyisto„exercise‟it.Thismeans

havingacertainamountofstressinourlives.OtherstressfulactivitiesthatKyriazis

recommendsasbeinggoodstressincludepackingyoursuitcaseinahurrytoreachtheairport

ontimeorshoppingforadinnerpartyduringyourlunchbreak.

Sonexttimeyourbosstellsyouthatshewantstoseethatreportfinishedandonherdesk

in45minutes,don‟tfeelnervous,justthinkofitas„goodstress‟whichwillhavebenefitsfor

yourlong-termhealth.

30.Mostpeopleagreethatlong-termstress______.

A.shouldn'tbeavoided

B.isnotgoodforourhealth

C.canprotectusfromillnesses

D.cancutdownourstresslevels

31.Theunderlinedword“recommends”inParagraph4probablymeans______.

A.decidesB.disagreesC.refusesD.suggests

32.AccordingtoDrKyriazis,______canbecalledas„goodstress‟.

A.runningtocatchabus

B.beingstuckinatrafficjam

C.takingbigexamseveryday

D.lookingaftersomeoneseriouslyill

33.Whatcouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Long-termstress.

B.Short-termstress.

C.Getstressed,stayyoung.

D.Goodstressandbadstress.

四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

VancouverisonthewestcoastofCanada,onthePacificOcean.Itisoneofthemost

beautifulcitiesintheworld–acitywhereyoucangoskiinginthemorning,andgosailingin

theafternoon.

Alittleoverahundredyearsago,onlyafewhundredpeoplelivedthere.Nowithasa

populationofnearly1,800,000,andisCanada‟sthirdlargestcity.NorthAmericanIndianswere

thefirstpeopletoliveinVancouver.Nowthepopulationcomesfromallovertheworld,

includingnorthernandsouthernEurope,China,India,JapanandVietnam.Overhalfthe

childreninthecity‟sschoolsarelearningEnglishasasecondlanguage.

Vancouverhaswaterallarounditandhasalotofamazingviews.Itisacityfullofcolorful

flowersandpeoplecallit“thevillageontheedgeoftheforest”!Youcangoskiingfor5

monthsoftheyearinthehighmountains,whichisonlyhalfanhour‟sdrivefromthecity.The

cityisalsofamousforitswhales.YoucantakeboattripstoVancouverIslandandwatchthe

whales.

StanleyParkisthelargestcity-centre“wild”parkinNorthAmerica.Ithasanexciting

aquariumwith9,000fishandseaanimals.

TherearealsoalotofotherthingstodoinVancouver.GototheLookoutatthetopofthe

HarbourCentre,andhaveabird‟seyeviewofthecity,theseaandthemountains.Orvisit

ScienceWorldonQuebecStreetwhereyoucandoamazingthingslikeblowingbigsquare

bubbles,feelingafrozenflower,ortouchingarockthatyoucanseeinthedark!

TheweatherinVancouverispleasantallyearasitnevergoestoocoldortoohot.The

summermonthsofJune,JulyandAugustareusuallydriestandsunniestwithtemperatureupto

30℃.Thereisnotmuchsnowinthewinter,butitrainsalot!November,Decemberand

Januarycanbeverywetandgrey.

34.WhereisVancouver?35.WhowerethefirstpeopletoliveinVancouver?36.Whatisthelargestcity-centre“wild”parkinNorthAmerica?37.What‟stheweatherlikeallyearinVancouver?38.WhatcanpeopledoinVancouveraccordingtoParagraph5?书面表达（共10分）五、文段表达（10分）39.从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。假如你是李华，你们学校组织这周日去博物馆参观北京文化展（ExhibitionofBeijingCulture）。你想邀请交换生Tony参加。请你用英语写一封邀请函，告诉他集合的时间和

地点，你们在北京文化展将会做什么，以及在博物馆需要注意的事项。

提示词语：schoolgate,Hutongculture,theBeijingOpera,papercutting,shoutloudly

提示问题：●Whenandwhereareyougoingtomeet?

●Whatareyougoingtodothere?

●Whatmustn‟tyoudointhemuseum?

DearTony,

Howisitgoing?

I’mwritingtoinviteyoutocometovisitthemuseum.

I’mlookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.

Yours,

LiHua

某英文报社正就“中华传统文化”的话题展开讨论。假如你是李华，你们学校正好开设了中华传统文化的综合实践课。请你用英文写篇短文给报社投稿，谈谈是否有必要开设这门课，课上你们通常都做什么，以及参加课程后你的感受。提示词语：show,maketea,papercutting,traditionalfood,dumplings,fun,proud

提示问题：●IsitnecessarytohaveclassesaboutChinesetraditionalculture?

●Whatdoyouusuallydointheseclasses?

●Howdoyoufeel?

WehaveclassesaboutChinesetraditionalculturethisterm.石景山区—学年第一学期初三期末英语试卷答案及评分参考一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）1.A2.A3.C4.A5.B6.D7.D8.B9.D10.B11.C12.B二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）13.C14.A15.B16.C17.D18.D19.B20.A三、阅读理解（共26分，每小题2分）21.B22.C23.A24.A25.B26.D27.C28.A29.D3