2017-2018上海上宝中学九上英语期中考试(附答案)

上宝中学2017学年第一学期期中考试卷2017.11.7

Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary

（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）

n . Choose the best answer选择最恰当的答案）（共20分）

26. The temperate dropped to minus te n degrees cen tigrade. Which of the followi ng is correct for the un derl ined word?

A. / 'me n?s/

B. /'mi: n?s/

C. /'ma?i?s/

D. /'m?n?s/

27. I ' m feeling a little depressed at the moment, but I ' m sure good times are just _____

A. on the corner

B. in the corner

C. at the corner

D. around the corner

28. The happiest are not those who ___ all the best thin gs, but those who can appreciate the

beauty of life ______ .

A. owns, on their own

B. own, with their own hearts

C. own, of their own

D. own, by their own hearts

29. He is keen on scientific research but indifferent to promotion. Which of the following can ' teb used to

replace the un derl ined part?

A. is in terested in

B. is fond of

C. is in favor of

D. goes in for

30. Products produced by Apple Co. are quite popular ___ young people.

A. with

B. about

C. in

D. of

31. A mistake ____ have been made on our bill. We didn ' t order any fish today.

A. should

B. would

C. must

D. can

32. The basic desig n of the house is very ___ that of earlier models, but ___ tha n it.

A. same as, twice bigger

B. same as, bigger twice

C. similar to, twice bigger

D. similar to, bigger twice

33. The fact that the exam iners had failed over half the can didates discouraged us, __ ?

A. didn ' t it

B. hadn ' t they

C. did it

D. had they

34. He is unwilling to admit ___ the assignment.

A. havi ng trouble un dersta nding

B. havi ng trouble with un dersta nding

C. to have trouble un dersta nding

D. to have trouble with un dersta nding

35. I ' m not prepared to _____ some private matter .

A. discuss about, by telepho ne

B. discuss, over the telepho ne

C. talk, on the teleph one

D. talk about, by the teleph one

36. If the fire ____ , an ybody should ____ 119 at once and the fireme n would come in no time.

A. broke out, ring

B. was broke n out, phone

C. broke out, dial

D. was broke n out, talk

37. Do not wait for good things to _____ you. You n eed walk towards happ in ess.

A. happe n on

B. happe n to

C. take place on

D. take place to

38. The three _____ assisted several ____ to find their hotel.

A. boy volun teers, wome n tourists

B. boy volun teers, woma n tourists

C. boys volun teers, wome n tourist

D. boys volun teers, woma n tourists

A. a large perce nt of, perce nt of

B. a high perce nt of, perce ntage of

39. Wechat attracts ___ the people, they spe nd 80-90 ____ their spare time on it.

A. a large perce nt of, perce nt of

B. a high perce nt of, perce ntage of

C. a high perce ntage of, perce nt of

D. a large perce ntage of, perce nts of 40. I thought there was some coffee in the cupboard, but there f uS want to bund __ o A. none, none

B. nothing, none

C. none, no one

D. nothing, on one 41. The lady _____ the supermarket because she was ______ her wallet.

A. robbed food of, stole n

C. stole food in, robbed by

42. The dog en tered the room, ___

A. followi ng after his master

C. followed with his master

43. Which of the following statements is

true? A. House prices are expected to rise sharply.

B. She is hoped to win the gold medal

C. I wish every one will stop in terferi ng and just leave me alone.

D. We will assist you finding somewhere to live.

44. Could you tell me ___ .

A. how he did with it

B. whe n he left

C. what place you went this weeke nd

D. which the way to the n earest cin ema is

45. -Perhaps we could volunteer for SITRZ during the holiday.

A. It ' s very sweet of you to say so

B. Yes, I ' d love to

C. That sounds like a good idea

D. I ' ll be glad to help you

川.Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once （将下列单词或词组填入空格，每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）

（共8分）

A. shoot

B. convince

C. en terta in

D. i nform

E. accomplish To be a successful speaker is no easy thing. It is essential for you to know why you are speak ing and what you wish to ____________________ 46 __ by your speech. The four most com mon purposes of

speech are to inform, to convin ce, to move to action, and to en terta in. Do you, like a teacher or an expert in a field, wish to illustrate your ideas in detail to people unfamiliar with your subject so that they can un dersta nd your ideas clearly and thoroughly? Or, like a debater, with to ___________________________ 47 __

the judges or the audienee? Or, like a fund collector for a naturalist foundation, wish to get money? Or, like a comedia n or after-di nner speaker, wish to _________ 48 __ ? The Ian guage and tone you use

must be proper for your purpose, for your audienee, and for the occasion. A speech to the graduati ng class will have quite differe nt la nguage, tone and manner from in formati on delivered to a group of your frien ds.

Furthermore, however tale nted the speaker is, a talk without eno ugh preparati on is usually a failure. To speak without prepari ng is to ___________ 49 ____ without tak ing aim. Decide what your aim or

objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence. Make sure that your subject is definite and not too broad.

A. obviously

B. resp on sible

C. in creas ing

D. experie ncing

E. particularly

Camping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little

en vir onmen tal in flue nce. But with ___ 50 __ nu mbers of people wan ti ng to escape into the wilder ness, it is beco ming more and more importa nt to camp un obtrusively and leave no mark.

Wild camping is not permitted in many places, ________ 51 _ in crowded lowland Britain.

B. robbed of, stole n of D. stole food from, robbed of B. followi ng his master D. followed his master

Wherever you are, find out about orga ni zati ons _ 52 __ for man agi ng wild spaces, and con tact

them to find out their policy on camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote parts of Scotla nd, but in Eng land you must ask the Ian dow ner s perm'si on, except in n atio nal parks.

Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping outdoors, _____ 53 __ bad weather, and making

food without moder n convenien ces. A busy, fully-equipped campsite seems to go aga inst this, so seek out smaller, more remote places with easy access to ope n spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a camp site with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的

适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一次）（共8分）

54. The beautiful poetry was ruined by her poor ______ . （deliver）

55. I can say in all _____ that I knew nothing of these pla ns. （sin cerely）

56. It would be __________ of me not to advise my company to abandon this project.

（responsibility）

57. He was of great _______ t o me in researches for my books. （assist）

58. Parents may find that a _______ tee nager becomes unman ageable.（trouble）

59. Success doesn ' ctnly depend on what you do. What you don' do is ____________ important.

（equality）

60. For the sake of historical ________ , please permit us to state the true facts. （accurate）

61. Many stude nts apply for ______ to more tha n one uni versity. （admit）

V. Complete the following sentences as required （根据所给要求完成句子）（共7 分）

62. People set up a lot of new schools after the flood.（改为否定句）

People didn' t ________ u p ________ new schools after the flood.

63. Mary didn ' t go back in a hurry. I didn ' t go b合并i句aflhurry.

_______ Mary ________ I _______________ .

64. They man aged to bring up four childre n even though they were very poor. （改为同义句）

They ________________ t o bring up four childre n even though they were very poor.

65. The task is so difficult that I can （保持句意基本不变）

The task is ______ difficult for me to ________________ .

66. Did they write a colu mn in the n ewspaper last ni ght? （改为被动语态）

_______ a colu mn _______ in the n ewspaper last ni ght?

67. I happe ned to be havi ng a meet ing whe n you called.（改为同义句）

_______________ that I was hav ing a meet ing whe n you called.

68. people, more, to, about, health, they, worry, used, than, their （连词成句）

Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分读写）

VD . Reading comprehensio n 阅读理解）（共32 分）

A. Choose the best answer （根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）（6分）

Videodisc holds great promise of helpi ng to meet the n eeds of America n schoolchildre n who have problems seeing, hearing, speaking, or socializing. Almost eleven percent of the students aged 3 ?21 in this country have an impairme nt that affects their ability to ben efit from a regular educati on program. Han dicapped stude nts require special educati on because they are often markedly differe nt from most childre n in one or more of the followi ng ways: men tally retarded （发展迟缓的）,lear nin g-disabled, emoti on ally disturbed, deaf, visually han dicapped, physically han dicapped, or other health impairme nts. The educati on of these han dicapped childre n is reward ing but challe nging.

A special educati on stude nt usually n eeds a Ion ger period of time to acquire in formati on. Repetitive teaching techniques are often beneficial, and indefatigable（孜孜不倦的）consistency on the part of the teacher is freque ntly n ecessary .In teractive videodisc courseware has characteristics that can be capitalized upon to meet the challenges that special education poses. A videodisc program is infin itely patie nt. Repetitio n of any videodisc less on can con ti nue en dlessly, and desig ners can assure absolute con siste ncy with in a program. Most importa nt, accord ing to special educator William Healey of the Uni versity of Ariz on a, is that videodisc dime

nsio“ adds an extra

of realism for children who need graphic representations ”.

Healey expla ined that deaf and men tally retarded childre n especially have difficulty grasp ing figurative （比喻的）Ianguage and higher-order Ianguage concepts. He believes that for special educati on, the power of videodisc lies in the ability of the tech no logy to visually represe nt Ian guage con cepts no rmally take n for gran ted by non-ha ndicapped pers ons. Complex figurative Ianguage forms such as idioms and metaphors come most readily to mind as being difficult for han dicapped lear ners.

74. The word “ impairment ” （Line 3,Para.1）probably means _ .

A. habit

B. disability

C. misc on cepti on

D. belief

75. Which of the follow ing teach ing tech niq ues is ben eficial to the han dicapped stude nts?

A. Task-based method

B. Inqui ry-Based Lear ning

C. Cooperative Lear ning

D. Repetitive teach ing tech nique

76. The special educati on men ti oned in the passage is mainly concerned with ____ .

A. genius stude nts from day-care cen ters to colleges

B. stude nts who are fond of computer video games

C. stude nts who are either men tally or physically disabled

D. teachers of Ian guage in the Uni versity of Ariz ona

77. A videodisc courseware is ben eficial to those who have study difficulties because ____ .

A. its fancy desig n is very attractive

B. it allows the user to go back to where he wants to restudy

C. the content of it is healthy and promis ing

D. it is developed by uni versity professors

78. Accord ing to Professor Healey, we may infer that men tally retarded childre n perhaps __ .

A. n eed graphic represe ntati ons in order to un dersta nd higher-order Ian guage con cepts

B. are good at study ing En glish idioms but ofte n fail to grasp higher order Ian guage con cepts

C. are not very patie nt with videodisc which helps them to un dersta nd the world con cepts

D. tend to be deal as well and have difficulty learning the simple concept “ before and after”

79. The best phrase that summarize the main idea of the passage is __ .

A. han dicapped stude nts and their problems

B. videodisc and special educati on

C. computer assisted teach ing programs

D. no rmal childre n and han dicapped kids

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage （选择最恰当的单词或词语完 成短文）（6分）

The continuous presentation of frightening stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unn ecessarily frighte ned. Even worse, it _____________ 80 __ our kids.

Al Gore famously described how a sea-level rise of 20 feet would almost completely flood Florida, New York, Holla nd, and Shan ghai, even though the Un ited Nati ons says that such a thing will not even happen, estimating that sea levels will rise 20 times less than that.

When faced with these exaggerati ons （夸大）,some of us say that they are for a good cause, and surely there is no harm done if the result is that we focus even more on tack ing climate cha nge.

This argument is astonishingly wrong. Such exaggerations do plenty of harm. Worrying excessively about global warmi ng means that we worry less about other thin gs, where we could do so much more good. We focus, ___________________________ 81 __ , on global warming ' s impact on mala 疾a ）—which

will put slightly more people at ______ 82 __ in 100 years — in stead of tack ing the half a billi on

people sufferi ng from malaria today with preve ntio n and treatme nt policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective tha n carb on reduct ion would be.

Exaggerati on also wears out the public ____ 83 _ 'toscope with global warmi ng. If the pla net

is certa in to be destroyed owing to global warm ing, people won der, why do any thi ng? A record 54% of America n voters now believe the n ews media make global warm ing appear worse tha n it really is. A majority of people now believe -ncorrectly -that global warming is not even caused by huma ns.

But the ____ 84 ___ cost of exaggeration, I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes -

particularly among childre n. An article in The Wash ington Post cited nin e-year-old Alyssa, who cries about the possibility of mass animal extinction from global warming.

The newspaper also reported that parents are taking over effective outlets for their 8-year-olds ' concern with dying polar bears. They might be better off educating them and letting them know that, related to com mon belief, the global polar bear populati on has doubled over the past half-ce ntury, to about 22,000. 85 the possible disappeari ng of summer Arctic ice, polar bears will not

become ext inct.

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words

（在短文的空格内填入适当的 词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给） （14分）

80. A. exhausts

81. A. for example

82. A. peace

83. A. ability

84. A. smallest

85. A. Despite

B. depresses B. in additi on B. leisure B. en dura nee B. worst B. Besides

C. terrifies C. by con trast C. case C. willi ngn ess C. fewest

D. exploits D. i n short D. risk D. prefere nee D. least D. Except

I' m usually fairly skeptical （怀疑的）about any research that con eludes that people are either happier or un happier or more or less certa in of themselves tha n they were 50 years ago. While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by a report which concluded that today ' chiildren are significantly more a ______________________________________ 86 __

than childre n in the 1950s. In fact, the an alysis showed, no rmal childre n aged 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of an xiety today tha n childre n who were treated for men tal ill ness 50 years ago.

Why are America ' ki ds so stressed? The report cites two main c _______ 87 __ : increasing

physical isolati on brought on by high divorce rates and less in volveme nt in com muni ty, among other thin gs--a nd a grow ing percepti on that the world is a more dan gerous place.

Considering that we can ' turn the clock back, adults can still do plenty to help the next gen eratio n.

At the top of the list is nurturing（培育）a better appreciation of the limits of individualism. No child is an island. S ________________ 88 __ social ties helps build communities and protect individuals

aga inst stress.

To help kids build stron ger connections with others, you can p _ 89 __ the plug on TVs and

computers. Your family will thank you later. They will have more time for face-to-face relati on ships, and they will get more sleep.

L _ 90 __ the amount of virtual（虚拟的）violenee y our children are exposed to. It s not just '

video games and movies; children see a lot of murder and crime on the local news.

Keep your e ___ 91 __ for your childre n reas on able. Many highly successful people n ever

atte nded Harvard or Yale.

Make exercise part of your daily rout in e. It will help you cope with your own an xieties and p 92 a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxie ty is unavoidable. But it doesn t have to '

ruin your life.

D. Answer the questions （根据短文内容回答下列问题）（6分）

With 26 British prime mini sters, 58 Nobel prize winn ers, over 150 Olympic medals list that reads like a historical hall of fame, the in stituti ons of Oxford and Cambridge -collectively known as Oxbridge -are seen, by many people, as the dream alma mate（（母校）

However, as admissi on seas on daw ns, and the October 15 deadli ne for Oxbridge in ches ever closer, many students may wonder what makes the UK ' s top two institutions so special. Why does Oxbridge symbolize the academic dream for so many? Do the uni versities deserve the reputati on they hold in the minds of so many tee nagers, pare nts and academics?

There is no doubt that both Oxford and Cambridge have a long sta nding history of academia. Yet, what is often overlooked is the strong reputation of countless other universities in the UK.

A simple click on Google can tell students that the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, for example, has over 18 Nobel Prize winners and 50 world leaders. University College London attracts students from 150 countries and has exchange and research links with n early 300 overseas uni versities. Man chester Uni versity has the largest stude nt union of all UK uni versities.

I sudde nly realized the Oxbridge effect whe n I was out in London with frien ds. I met some new people and was surprised by their react ion whe n I told them I was going to study at Cambridge. One pers on even got dow n on one knee and kissed my hand.

From then on, I told people I was going on a gap year. Although I knew that Oxbridge provides a good education, I had never expected to get such extreme reactions. It was this that made me start to feel un