2013-2014学年广东省揭阳市揭西县九年级上学期期末质量检测英语试卷（解析版）

一、单项填空

1. 难度：中等

—The dictionary is an important _______ for students .Each of us must have one .

      —I think so .

A. secretB. toolC. methodD. plan

2. 难度：简单

It’s _______  MP5 . It can be used to listen music and watch movies . It’s ________ useful invention .

A. a ; a      B.  a ; an        C. an ; a    D. an ; an

3. 难度：简单

—How much will you be paid?

—Tom, I do it not for money, but for experience. ____, it’s a kind of volunteer activity.

A. HoweverB. BesidesC. FinallyD. Possibly

4. 难度：中等

________of the chemical factories in their city _________pouring waste water into the river. It’s too dangerous.

A. Two fifths; are   B. Two fifths; is   C. Two fifth; are D. Two fifth; is

5. 难度：中等

I don’t like bread. I won’t eat it_____________ I am much too hungry.

A. ifB. whenC. becauseD. unless

6. 难度：中等

All of us must do_______ to help protect the environment，or we will have more hazy weather雾霾天气.                                    

A. something usefulB. anything useful    C. useful something   D. useful nothing

7. 难度：中等

Could you please speak a little            ？ I can't follow you.

A. quickly           B. more quickly         C.  more slowly        D. slowly

8. 难度：简单

The girl saves money  ____________ help the poor in need of food .

A. so thatB. in order that        C. in order to   D. in order

9. 难度：中等

—I ________ speak English in class because I’m afraid of making mistakes.

—Don’t be shy. Believe in yourself and everything will be OK.

A. needn’t B. dare notC. dare not toD. needn’t to

10. 难度：中等

—You should ________ your son. He works harder than before.

—Thanks, I will.

A. praiseB. punish   C. prove   D. provide

11. 难度：中等

Mr. Li will go to Guangzhou by air. His workmates are ______ him off at the airport.

A. turningB. seeing     C. taking   D. putting

12. 难度：中等

—Neither Mary nor her friends _________ joined the music club because they have no time. 

— It’s a pity!

A. is      B. are     C. have       D. has

13. 难度：中等

—I  have  no  idea ____________   tell her  the  bad  news. 

—I think tomorrow is the best time.

A. how to      B. when to      C. how can I    D. when can I

14. 难度：简单

—We should _______ humans from ________ down too many trees. 

—I agree with you. Trees are very important to us.              

A. keep; cut      B. prevent; cut  C. stop; cutD. prevent; cutting

15. 难度：困难

—How long has Henry’s father_______?

—About two months.

A. left ChinaB. bought the car    C. borrowed the book   D. been away   

16. 难度：简单

—Hey, Jack. Waste paper mustn’t ________ here.

—Sorry, I won’t do that again. 

A. throw       B. be thrown       C. be throwing          D. to throw

17. 难度：困难

—Joan’s been to Beijing . What about Jack ?   

—_______

A. So has he.B. So is he.      C. So he has.  D. So he is.

18. 难度：中等

—Let’s read the report on India’s population in the newspaper.

—Wow! ______________ large the population is !

A. What       B. What a        C. How          D. How a

19. 难度：中等

The policeman asked the driver _______.

A. when the accident happened      B. when did the accident happen

C. the accident when happened      D. when happened the accident

20. 难度：中等

—Excuse me, is there a post office near here?

— _______ I can’t hear clearly.

A. What’s the matter with you?B. I beg your pardon?

C. What’s up?                    D. What’s wrong?

二、完型填空

21. 难度：中等

Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger was Victor. They always          each other. Every day they worked from morning         night, getting as much grain谷物 as possible from their fields.

One late autumn evening, after their work was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills to       . I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn谷仓." "Oh, that's a good idea," said his wife. "But please don't tell him," said Simon, "If he knows I put the rice there, he will       take it.”

So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he was surprised. "I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night,      I still have

the same number of bags in my barn.        did that happen?"

Simon decided to take       bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the same number of bags in his barn again! "This is very strange," he thought.

That night he tried again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder, and went out to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see someone        down the road. He was carrying something on his shoulder as well.

"Younger Brother!" Simon cried when he came near the man , "What are you doing?"

"I was       you, Older Brother," said Victor, "Your family is larger than mine. I thought you needed more rice. “The two brothers quickly       that they took rice to each other. They laughed about what had happened. "It is good to have a brother like you," they both said. And they lived happily ever since.

1.A. got down to  B. got on well with C. looked down upon D. look for

2.A. until  B. at               C. through D. with

3.A. spend B. take             C. pay    D. cost

4.A. never  B. sometimes        C. usually D. ever

5.A. so  B. and C. but D. or

6.A. How  B. What            C. Why D. Where

7.A. other    B. others       C. the others D. another

8.A. came  B. comingC. to come    D. to coming

9.A. proud of  B. strict with        C. angry with     D. worried about

10.A. remembered  B.imagined    C. realized D. explained

三、阅读理解

22. 难度：中等

请认真阅读下面的海报内容和该部影片的评论，选出完成句子的最佳选项。

    I really enjoyed this movie. It's a fun movie for the whole family. I had really good laughs and enjoyed being there.                                                —— James

I would recommend (推荐)this movie to everyone. Whether you go with family or friends, I  think this movie has something you will really enjoy!                        —— Sam

     I've seen several movies of this kind, but this one is the best. It is so well made -- some of the scenes（场景） are so beautiful.                                     —— John

     I went to see this movie with my 8-year-old daughter this Tuesday, really without knowing too much about it. My daughter and I were surprised at how funny it was. We just couldn't help laughing. I would recommend this movie to the whole family.                 ——Mary

1.From the poster, we can tell that         is spoken in the movie.

A. Chinese          B. English         C. Japanese       D. French

2.The poster shows that the movie lasts _______.

A. 25 minutes       B. 60 minutes       C. 85 minutes      D. 125 minutes

3.John likes the movie because of _______.

A. the funny actors  B. the wonderful music  C. the sweet voices   D. the beautiful scenes

4.Mary and her daughter spent         watching the movie.

A. $30             B. $40          C. $45            D. $60

5.According to the passage, the movie most probably tells a        story.

A. funny           B. sad           C. terrible         D. true

23. 难度：中等

The planets aren’t the only wanderers(漫游者) of the sky. There’re some things even farther and longer. Long after people were no longer afraid of planets, they still thought the comets(彗星) were bad objects that traveled in the sky. They were afraid that the comets would suddenly land on the earth and hurt them.

But, in fact, even if a comet did hit the earth, nothing much happened. A comet is really a harmless （无害的）thing.

Comets have round heads and long tails , and they are very bright. Sometimes they look like heads with long hair flying with them. That’s why they’re called comets. Comet means long-haired.

Like the stars and planets, comets are far away. But we can know its size. The head of a small comet is as wide as the Pacific Ocean. And a big comet’s head is ten times as big as the earth. Its tail is millions of kilometers long. Then why wouldn’t the great big thing hurt us if it hit the earth? Because it isn’t solid. It’s thin like cloud. Its tail is nothing but bright gas. And its head is made of small pieces and they could not hurt the earth.

Some comets can be seen for a few months. Then they go away. Some of them come back in a certain number of years. Some are never seen again.

Perhaps these comets that never return have broken into pieces. For some astronomers think that shooting stars(流星) are pieces of broken comets.

1.People were afraid ________.

A. comets are different from planets

B. comets travel in the sky

C. comets are much bigger than the earth

D. comets could hit the earth

2.Comets have long tail like ________, so we call them comets.

A. long hairB. round headsC. round dishes   D. wide wings

3.From the passage we know the tails of comets are made of  ________.

A. waterB. solidC. gasD. small stones

4.The underlined word “astronomers” may mean ________ in Chinese.

A. 心理学家B.艺术家C. 天文学家D. 考古专家

5.Which of the following is TRUE ?

A. A comet is a kind of planets.

B. Comets are all ten times as big as the earth.

C. People can hardly see comets.

D. Shooting stars may come from the broken comets.     

四、其他题

24. 难度：中等

配对阅读：请阅读以下左栏 5个人的情况描述和右栏电器产品的七条信息简介，请为这5个人选择最适合信息进行配对，并将答卷上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

1.Bob is a middle school student. But he is often late for school. He needs to buy something to wake him up in the morning. 2.Tom always gets sick because he doesn’t have time for sports. He wants to ride a bicycle to work instead of driving a car. 3.It’s cold these days. Mr. White’s father isn’t in good health and he would like to buy something to make the house warm. 4.Helen is a housewife. Because she was too busy , she wants to buy a machine to wash the dishes after meals. 5.John is a businessman. He wants to travel to Europe for a week. He wants to send and receive e-mails from his customers顾客during his trip.

A. Air-conditioner . We have many kinds of air-conditioners made in different companies . Welcome to choose the one you like and you can feel warm even in cold winter days . B. TCL 1778 .If you travel to another place, you don’t need to take a camera.  You can use this mobile phone to take photos. You can enjoy the beautiful music on it, too . C. Dish-washing Machine. This is the latest invention nowadays. It can wash and dry all kinds of dishes .It can help people save a lot of time . D. Clocks .Do you often get in trouble in getting up late in cold winter mornings ? This clock can help you solve this problem . The only thing you need to do is to set the time you want to get up . E. Watches. This kind of watch looks really fashionable. It is made in Switzerland. It will tell you the time exactly wherever you go . F. Samsung Note Ⅱ .Have you heard of this kind of mobile phone ? You can not only use it to get on QQ, but also use it to send and receive e-mails on the Internet . G . Bicycles .These days many young people enjoy riding bikes . It’s good for health . And it’s also help to protect the environment because it can reduce less air pollution than cars .

25. 难度：中等

阅读下面短文，并借助上下文内容，在空格里填上一个合适的单词，使短文合理通顺。

One cool April 22 morning, people started the day as usual. Yet it was not a normal day. What’s so special about April 22? The answer is simple. It is Earth Day. People all  1.  the world celebrate this important day. The idea of having a special day to celebrate Earth began  2.    the 1960s. Life was very different then. Few people talked or even thought about the environment. Most people had no idea  3.   dirty our air and water were.

On April 22, 1970, twenty million Americans  4.   part in the first Earth Day activities. They showed that people really did want to do something about the environment. Since then many countries have passed  5.    to protect the air, water, land and animals.

The vehicles such as cars and buses must pass tests to make sure that they don’t cause too  6.     pollution. Thanks to the laws, cars today release (排放) about half as many bad chemicals as cars did in 1970. As a  7.   , the air is cleaner than it once was.

Rivers and lakes are also cleaner today than before. It’s a good thing. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted  8.   rubbish and oil on the river even caught  9.    ! Today, the river is cleaner. It no longer burns. It’s healthy enough for birds, fish, and other animals.

Now the celebration has spread to other countries. More than 175 countries celebrate it each year. We should  10.   our best to help keep our planet healthy.

五、阅读理解

26. 难度：中等

下面是一些网友发表的帖子。请认真阅读，完成下面的信息表。请将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。

Recent years , with the development of the computer and the Internet, many students often use computers to surf the Internet . Should students be allowed to surf the Internet? Here are some people’s opinions .
Tracy	I study in a junior high school . I think students shouldn’t be allowed to surf the Internet . Surfing the Internet wastes a lot of time , so the students spend less time doing their homework . Also many students lose themselves in playing the computer games . In their minds , games are everything and they keep on playing the games for hours . That’s too bad for their study and their health .
Jimmy	I don’t agree with Tracy . In my opinion , surfing the Internet can help us a lot . For example , I often get help from the Internet . I’m weak in learning English . When I have trouble in learning English, I can get on line to ask for help . Always I can get the answers soon . In this way , I have made great progress .Thanks to the Internet .
Jeff	Yes , I have the same opinion as Jimmy . My son , Bob studies very hard . After hours of working hard , he usually feels tired . If he goes on with his study , he will feel stressed out . So I often ask him to surf the Internet to listen to some light music . It can help him relax and he will study better later on .
What’s your opinion ? Do you agree with them ? Welcome to share your ideas with us ?

Information Card

How many opinions can we see in the form ?	1.
Where does Tracy study ?	2.
What do many students lose themselves in ?	3.
What is Jimmy weak in ?	4.
What does Bob often do on the Internet ?	5.

六、书面表达

27. 难度：中等

书面表达：(15分) 假如你是Li Ming， 看到上述的帖子后，请结合下面的内容提示，写一篇80个词左右的回帖与大家一起分享。（开头已给出，但不计入总词数，文中不能出现真实姓名和校名，请将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。）

内容提示：

1. 自己认为同学们上网有好处也有坏处。

2. 指出同学们上网的优缺点分别是什么？

3. 告诉同学们应如何正确使用电脑和网络。

My name is Li Ming . I don’t agree with all of them .____________________________               

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