江苏省无锡市东林中学九年级英语上学期期末考试试题

江苏省无锡市东林中学2013届九年级英语上学期期末考试试题一、听对话回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分）本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。

在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目，听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。

在听到“嘀”的信号后，进入下一小题。

5. What’s the relationship(关系) between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Father and daughter.C. Husband and wife.6. How long has William been skating according to the conversation?A. For four years.B. For five years.C. For six years.7. Which season is it now?A. Autumn.B. Winter.C. Spring.8. Why didn’t Mike come to Leila’s birthday party?A. Because he was ill.B. Because he wasn’t invited.C. Because he forgot it.9. How old may the girl be?A. 17.B. 18.C. 19.10. What do you think of the man?A. Careless.B. Creative.C. Patient.二、听对话和短文回答问题（本大题共10分，每小题1分）你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。

听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。

听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。

答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一篇短文。

11. Which trip does the woman think is tiring?A. The trip to Mount Tai.B. The trip to Hainan.C. The trip to Hong Kong.12. What does the woman like to do best?A. Swimming.B. Shopping.C. Skating.听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。

请根据内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息Summer holiday in AmericaPlace: New York Time: From July 5th to 1314. A. speaking B. writing C. listening15. A. friendly B. free C. fun听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。

16. How do the students feel when they have success in a school play?A. Satisfied.B. Excited.C. Interested.17.What is Miss Wang’s good way of remembering things?A. To write down stories.B. To take a lot of photos.C. To make a yearbook.18. What is a yearbook?A. It is made to take notes.B. It’s made to keep the memory.C. It’s made to remember English words.19. When is a yearbook usually made?A. In December.B. In January.C. In February.20. How did the students make their first yearbook?A. Without any help.B. With the help of their teacher.C. With the help of their parents.第二卷笔试部分一、单项填空(本大题共14分，每小题1分)21. It’s very nice ________ you ________ my parents your best wishes.A. of; sendingB. of; to sendC. for; to sendD. for; sending22. Martin Evans, a Nobel Prize winner for medicine thinks that we should never give up ourdream — even when ________ think we are dreaming the wrong ones!A. otherB. othersC. anotherD. the other23. Not only Susan but also Sandy ________ abroad for further study. They will return nextmonth.A. have goneB. have beenC. has goneD. has been24. The little girl ________ outside alone at night now.A. don’t dare to goB. dares not goC. dare not to goD. doesn’t dare to go25. Good manners usually help people to ________ each other.A. have a good effect onB. go far beyondC. take a close look atD. get along well with26. —Will you please help me to repair the computer now?—Sorry. I’m too busy and I haven’t a minute to ________.A. spareB. shareC. spendD. save27. I prefer to have ________one of the two T-shirts ________some money for a book. I havewanted to buy one for a long time.A. a cheaper, to saveB. a cheaper, to savingC. the cheaper, to savingD. the cheaper, to save28. ________ people think that the movie by Michael Haavicius The Artist(艺术家)is wellworth________.A. The number of; watchB. A number of; watchingC. The number of; watchingD. A number of; being watched29. —Let’s go fishing if it ________ this weekend.—But nobody knows if it ________ that day.A. is fine; will rainB. will be fine; rainsC. is fine; rainsD. will be fine;will rain30. —Did you see the traffic accident yesterday?—Yes, I saw it________when I ________ past the school gate.A. to happen; walkedB. happen; was walkingC. had happened; was walkingD. was happened; walked31. —Peter is not himself these days.—well, could you tell me________?A. how is he feeling nowB. why was he so unhappyC. what is wrong with himD. that something worried him32. The telephone rang twice ________ Mrs. Black put away her children’s clothes.A. asB. whileC. untilD. during33. —What do you think people can do for their aged parents?—They_________ do anything except to be with them and be themselves.A. don’t have toB. o ughtn’t toC. mustn’tD. can’t34. —John Adams didn’t play the lead role very well, right?—Well, ________. I think he is a very good actor.A. I don’t like itB. I don’t think soC. that’s trueD. I agree二、完形填空(本大题共10分，每小题1分)When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good 35 to help us pull through.I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to 36 a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting story, I decided that I had to make a jump myself 37 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any sport, let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping. My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 38 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s 39 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from an airplane. For this, I had to wait until the following morning.The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. There, a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was asked to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon 40 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 41 from my parachute to a steel（钢制品）ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 42 after I jumped.“Get ready, Henry,” Harry said. I moved ca refully to the door. I wanted to cry, “NO, no, no!” But no word came.“Jump!” Harry called loudly. “Jump!”Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked! All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 43 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best 44 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was fun.35. A. way B. chance C. idea D. value36. A. tell B. write C. read D. copy37. A. secretly B. instead C. finally D. first38. A. try B. hand C. gift D. suggestion39. A. jumping B. journey C. training D. entertainment40. A. slowing B. climbing C. landing D. filling41. A. bag B. steel C. line D. seat42. A. light B. broken C. fixed D. open43. A. comfort B. wind C. pull D. push44. A. failure B. experience C. competition D. danger三、阅读理解（本大题共26分，每小题2分）It was a Monday morning. As the teacher walked into the classroom, he heard a low voice, “Here’s the teacher. I’m sure this bor ing fellow(家伙)is going to talk about how to use commas(逗号).” It was a boy’s voice and the teacher knew who he was.However, the teacher didn’t get angry. He said nothing about it, but really began to talk about how to use commas. And then he wrote the following sentence on the blackboard, “Nick says the teacher is a boring fellow.”The class laughed and Nick’s face turned red.“Now,”said the teacher, “I’ll tell you the importance of commas.”He put two commas in the sentence, and then read, “Nick, says the teacher, is a boring fellow.”The whole class laughed again. Nick felt very surprised first, then his face much redder. Finally he couldn’t help laughing with the other students, too.45. What subject did the teacher teach the students?A. Math.B. English.C. Music.D. Science.46. What kind of boy was Nick like?A. A tall boy.B. A healthy boy.C. A funny boy.D. A small boy.47. I think Nick liked to have ___________lessons.A. boringB. badC. noD. interestingBSome teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adul ts. But that’s not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I’m interested in things happening at school.” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There’s also world news: from international p roblems to pop stars.Read the newspaper carefully, we’ll find different types of articles on the pages: News stories —these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.Opinion writing — opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn’t just facts. Here w riters add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas. They make readers believe that they a re telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to “Speak Out” on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.Advertisement —Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!48. The underlined sentence means that the readers ___________.A. should understand interesting news storiesB. ought to know which kind of things to readC. need to look at the school news firstD. must know the contents of all the news49. In the writer’s opinion, we’d better be ___________ advertisements in newspapers.A. interested inB. againstC. worried aboutD. careful of50. This passage mainly discusses how___________.A. reporters write different kinds of newsB. teenagers get interested in newspapersC. readers can read newspapers in better waysD. readers can’t read different news in newspapersDisney world was built with children in mind. However, without proper planning, your dream visit to Disney World could become an endless problem. A few tips can help both you and your children enjoy the visit.Disney World needs a great deal of walking, and unless(除非)you arrive during the off-season, the lines are often quite long. That’s going to make your children tired and angry. So make sure the kids have comfortable shoes and bring a stroller(婴儿车)if you have a small child. Bring along some snacks such as fruit or biscuits for times when they get angry. As for waits in line, it helps to have a few small toys to keep your children busy.Disney World’s parks all have rides for young children. They also have rides children should not go on—usually because they are not safe. For situations in which adults want to go on a fast ride such as Space Mountain or the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Di sney has a “child swap” system that allows your group to keep in line together—when you reach the ride, half of the group can take it while the rest stay with the children; then the groups exchange places. Think about each ride carefully and choose those you feel are best for your children.Besides, nothing is more important than safety inside the parks. Children can easily become lost am ong the crowded and finding them again may be a tough thing. So be careful to keep your children nearby and always watch their location.51. If a child visits Disney World during the holidays,___________.A. he can go on rides that he likesB. he can’t visit all the parksC. he may wait in line for a long timeD. he isn’t likely to have a comfortable lunch52. The underlined word “swap” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to___________.A. lineB. exc hangeC. stayD. care53. Where can we most probably find this passage?A. In a research paper.B. In a school textbook.C. In a travel magazine.D. In a personal diary.DNo one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world, but the number may be over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people. As we get older, many of us will become less mobile (可动的) , hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.Disablement can take many forms and happen at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by people’s attitude(态度) t owards them.Disabled people face many physical barriers(障碍). Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine what would you do if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. What would you do if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance (无知) represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully understand what the disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person(个人) and their ability, not their disability, which counts.54. The first paragraph points out that ___________.A. it is possible to get an exact number of the world’s disabled peopleB. there are many disabled people in the worldC. the number of disabled people in India is the greatestD. India has not much more disabled people than Canada55. The key word in Paragraph 4 is ___________.A. barriersB. disabledC. disabilityD. prejudice56. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. There are about 10 percent disabled persons in the UK.B. The whole society should pay more attention to the barriers faced by the disabled people.C. Even the able-bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older.D. There is still prejudice against the disabled which results mainly from ignorance.57. It can be concluded from the passage that ___________.A. we should try our best to prevent disablementB. we must take a proper attitude towards the disabledC. the able-bodied people will never fully understand the disabledD. both physical and mental barriers are hard to break down四、词汇运用（本大题共 8 分，每小题 1 分）(A)根据句意和中文意思，写出单词的正确形式。