2013-2014学年江苏盐城东台许河镇中学九年级下学期第一次调研测试英语试卷（解析版）

一、单项填空

1. 难度：简单

—Daddy, do you believe I can swim ______ to catch up with Ben!

           —Great, dear! But I don’t have ______ to watch your match. I hope to hear your good news.

A. fast enough, time enoughB. enough fast, enough time

C. enough fast, time enoughD. fast enough, enough time

2. 难度：中等

—What do you think of genetically modified food (转基因食品)?

           —We all think ______ is careless ______ some scientists to say it is safe before doing any experiment.

A. that, for B. it, for       C. it, of      D. that, of

3. 难度：中等

—Lucy hardly goes back to see her parents, _____________?

           —__________. Instead, she chooses to write to them.

A. doesn’t she; No B. does she; YesC. doesn’t she; Yes   D. does she; No

4. 难度：中等

The shoes ________ that he ________ at last.

A. cost so expensive; gave them away B. took too much; gave them up

C. took such little; gave them out  D. cost so much; gave them up

5. 难度：中等

I _____ peaceful countryside _______ noisy cities while my elder sister prefers _______ in the modern cities.

A. would rather; than; livingB. prefer; to; living

C. would rather; than; to liveD. prefer; to; to live

6. 难度：中等

Thanks to our school program The same song , we ___________ about ten songs by the end of last month.

A. had learnedB. have learned  C. learned      D. were learning

7. 难度：中等

         of the students in our school are boys.

A. Second-threes     B. Two-third   C. Second-twos   D. Two-thirds

8. 难度：中等

What would you like to drink, tea or coffee?          is OK. I don’t mind.

A. All B. Either   C. None   D. Both

9. 难度：中等

In the kindergarten, there are various toys for the children         .

A. to choose form     B. from choose   C. to choice in   D. from choices

10. 难度：中等

If you want to go         , the library is a good choice.

A. somewhere quite     B. to somewhere quiet 

C. quiet somewhere     D. somewhere quiet

11. 难度：中等

How many times have you          the Science Museum?

A. gone to B. been in C. been to D. went to

12. 难度：中等

Armstrong became interested in _______ ever since he took his first _______ at the age of six.

A. fly; flying       B. flight; fly     C. flight; flying    D. flying; flight

13. 难度：中等

The book _______ I found on my way home is my brother’s.

A. that             B. who         C. this           D. What

14. 难度：中等

—What did he say just now?   —He said ___________________________.

A. what time the library was build.

B. he has made many mistakes in the exam.

C. if the teacher would ask him to go to the office the next day

D. his mother had waited for him for 20 minutes at the school gate.

15. 难度：简单

—I’d like to take a week’s holiday, Mr. Smith.     

—_______, we’re too busy these days.

A. Don’t worry    B. Don’t mention it      C. Forget it      D. Pardon me

二、完型填空

16. 难度：中等

Is money everything? At present some people think that         is everything. Some of them even         their lives for it. Money has its most useful          on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn’t mean more        .

If money was        , all millionaires would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life.        , this is not always true. Nothing else is more         than the three words “I love you”. But can         be bought？I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are         the most valuable things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.

    Of all the longest living people in the world,          of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought        . Many other things         be bought with money: knowledge, life and happiness and so on. Just think, if a person         these things at all, is the money still useful? No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough         you a happy person if you have no one to laugh      , no one to cry for. Now, do you think money is everything?

1.A. time B. health C. friend D. money

2.A. lose B. like C. save D. affect

3.A. affect B. effect C. effort D. influence

4.A. stress B. sadness C. happiness D. problems

5.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

6.A. If B. But C. While D. However

7.A. politeB. generous C. pleasantD. boring

8.A. life B. love C. health D. friends

9.A. probablyB. perhaps C. maybe D. impossible

10.A. all B. few C. each D. none

11.A. also B. too C. yet D. either

12.A. cannot B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t

13.A. has B. doesn’t have C. will have D. won’t have

14.A. make B. makes C. to make  D. making

15.A. at B. to C. for D. with

三、阅读理解

17. 难度：中等

1.Sydney Tower is ____________ in Sydney, Australia.

A. the busiest streetB. the biggest station

C. the most beautiful parkD. the highest point

2.Sydney Tower opens at ____________.

A. 8:00 amB. 9:00 amC. 10:30 pmD. 11:30 pm

3.If an adult with two children goes to visit Sydney Tower, he has to pay ___________.

A. $60B. $90C. $120D. $150

18. 难度：困难

	Raymond is a little koala living in Australia. His mom left him when he was only 1 month old. But luckily, a kind woman called Julie took him home and looked after him. Raymond spends his days sitting at Julie’s desk.
	Meet Zeus, the tallest dog in the world. The 3-year-old dog is 168cm tall from foot to shoulder. When standing on his hind legs (后腿), Zeus reaches 226cm. Zeus lives in the US. He eats a 14-kg bag of food.
	Scotland chose two Shetland ponies(矮种马), Fivla and Vitamin, as “ambassadors(大使)” to bring in visitors. Fivla is 17 and Vitamin is 18. They wear clothes made from wool. Scotland uses pictures of them to show the country’s beauty.
	You can’t find a better sheepdog than Jess the springer spaniel (激飞长毛猎犬) in the UK. Every day, the dog goes out to feed lambs from a milk bottle she carries in her mouth. She does it rain or shine, three times a day.

1.. _______ left Raymond when he was only one month old.

A. Julie B. Fivla     C. VitaminD. His mother

2.. _______ is the tallest dog in the world.

A. Raymond B. Zeus C. Jess D. Fivla and Vitamin

3.. Fivla and Vitamin are Shetland ponies from_______.

A. AustraliaB. The USC. The UKD. Scotland

4.. How often does Jess feed lambs from a milk bottle in her mouth?

A. Every two weeks.B. Three times a week.

C. Once a day.D. Three times a day.

19. 难度：困难

We all have dreams. Do you still remember your dream when you were still a middle school student. As teenagers, you may have many dreams. Maybe you wanted to be a scientist, a teacher or a doctor. These dreams can be very big, such as winning a Nobel Prize, or very small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.

    If you have a dream, what do you do with it? Do you try to make your dream come true? Andrew Matthews wrote a book called Follow Your Heart. It tells us it’s the biggest challenge(挑战) to make our dreams come true.

    There will be many difficulties on the road to your dreams. But you must never give up your dream. Because the biggest difficulty comes from you yourself. 

    Everyone can make his/her dream come true. The first thing to do is to remember your dream. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want and keep working hard. Do this step by step and your dream will come true one day.

1.Follow Your Heart is the name of                .

A. Andrew Matthews                       B. a book about hearts

C. a book by Andrew Matthews         D. a dream

2.Which of the following may be a small dream for teenagers?

A. To be a man like Nobel.B. To win a Nobel Prize.

C. To be the best student in the class.D. To be a scientist.

3.If you want to make your dream come true, the biggest difficulty is from        .

A. the book       B. your school   C. your dream    D. you yourself 

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Different people have the same dream.

B. If you keep on, you can make your dream come true.

C. There are few difficulties on the road to everyone’s dream.

D. When you give up your dream, it will come true soon.

20. 难度：困难

During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of the island, I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”

    So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.

    That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.

    My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain.

    I kept food and tools at both my houses, and also wild goats. There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn fields. And so many years went by.

1.The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to _____________.

A. escape in it                        B. get to the other side of the island

C. use it for food                      D. go around the island

2.To survive, the writer _____________.

A. kept goats for milk                  B. made clothes from animal skins 

C. worked in the cornfields          D. did all the above

3.Why didn’t the writer use his first canoe?

A. Because it was too small for a long journey.  

B. Because it was too heavy to get down to the sea.

C. Because there was something wrong with it.  

D. Because the writer was busy building a second house.

4.From the story, we can learn that _____________.

A. the writer tried to make his stay comfortable on the island  

B. the writer had nothing to do on the wild island

C. the writer tried to escape in the second canoe, but failed 

D. the writer was in prison on the island, losing his freedom

21. 难度：困难

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。

Andy was born in China 17 years ago. In 2007, she went to the USA with her family. As a high school student, she has found many differences between Chinese and Americans:

About money

    Americans like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt(欠债). But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have money left in the bank.

    The American kids themselves make their own money. Most Chinese kids always ask their parents for money.

About education

    Many American students have less homework to do while many Chinese students have much.Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in study groups.

    Many American parents think there is no need to send their children to an expensive school. It’s different in China. Many Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to expensive schools though their family isn’t rich enough.

About friends

    Most American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by themselves. They never ask them about their friends while Chinese parents usually enjoy knowing more about their children’s friends in many different ways, and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends.

1.between Chinese and Americans
	Chinese	Americans
Money	Chinese usually have some money in the bank 2.   they spend less money than they have.	Many Americans usually 3.   money from the banks because they spend more than they have.
Chinese children get money from their 4.	Children usually make money by 5.
Education	Parents usually do their 6.    to send their children to study in expensive schools.	Many parents think it isn’t 7.      to send their children to an expensive schools.
Chinese girls join in 8. groups.	Many girls exercise, dance and sing together.
Friends	Parents are usually 9. in knowing more about their children’s friends.	Most American parents pay 10.          attention to their children’s friends.

四、单词拼写

22. 难度：中等

根据句意和提示写出单词，完成句子。每空一词。

1.Do you know that jeans are        (受欢迎的) among the young people？.

2.What would you like to        (点菜), Simon？

3.Our success was far        (超过) what we thought possible.

4.The robot made Simon’s life much       (容易)..

5.I met one of my old friends in the street, she        (点头) to me in a friendly way.

五、补充句子

23. 难度：中等

用括号里所给词的适当形式填空。每空一词。

1.More and more people pay attention to food        (safe) now.

2.It seems that the woman is in her       ( thirty ).

3.My uncle likes reading. He often buys        (week) newspapers to read.

4.My favourite programme Yang Lan One on One usually begins with a        (discuss).

5.The Tigers in India are       (appear) faster than pandas at present.

六、单词拼写

24. 难度：简单

用括号里所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.You’d better        (not run) after supper. It’s bad for your health.

2.Didn’t your teacher tell you that light        (travel) faster than sound?

3.Not only Jim but also his sister        (visit) a few cities in the south since they came.

4.Please knock at the door before        (enter) the room.

5.Look! Here         (come) Simon, he looks smart.

25. 难度：困难

根据短文内容和首字母提示完成所缺单词。

Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. The couple worked and saved, making p_1._for their nine children and themselves to travel to the USA. It had taken years before they saved enough money and got everything r2. for the trip.

    The whole family was excited about their new life. However, seven days b3.  they left for the USA, the youngest son was bitten（咬）by a dog. The doctor treated the boy, b4. because there was a possibility of rabies（狂犬病）, they would be kept away from others for fourteen days.

    The family’s dream could not come t5.  . They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had planned. Watching the ship leave---without the Clark family, the father was quite a6. with both his son and God for their bad luck.

    Five days later, a piece of sad news s7._ throughout Scotland---the strong and powerful ship, Titanic, had gone down, taking h8. of lives with it. The Clark family was to have been on that ship, but because the son was bitten by a dog, they were left b9.in Scotland.

    When Mr. Clark heard the news, he thanked his son for saving the family. He thanked the God for t10.  a sad thing into a good one.

Although we may not always understand, all things happen for a reason.

七、翻译

26. 难度：困难

根据所给提示将下列各句译成英语。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）

1.电视节目“爸爸去哪儿”给电视观众们（viewers）提供了一个近距离观察明星和他们的孩子们的机会。

The TV program Where Are We Going, Dad?        a chance to          some famous people and their children.

2.在邵逸夫的一生中，他把许多时间奉献给了慈善。

Shao Yifu              charity               .

3.今年冯小刚执导的春晚像往常一样在除夕之夜现场直播。

This year’s Spring Gala              Feng Xiaogang             as usual on New Year’s Eve.

4.航天飞机即将起飞，它将以光速的一半的速度行驶。

The space shuttle will                   and it will travel                  light.

5.这顿饭为我整个下午和稍后的排球运动提供能量。

This meal                  the whole afternoon and for                  later.

八、书面表达

27. 难度：压轴

目前，许多中学生不重视课外阅读。请你根据下列内容写一篇短文，对这一现状进行分析并提出至少一条建议。短文要求：条理清楚，语句连贯。内容必须包括所给要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐字翻译。文中不得出现真实校名和人名。词数80左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。内容要点：

不重视课外阅读的原因	课外阅读的好处	你的建议
1．作业太多	1．更多地了解世界	……
2．没有读书习惯	2．学会如何思考
3．时间花在电脑或网络上	3．生活更加丰富多彩

At present, only a small number of students do some reading after class. Here are some reasons.

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