无锡市侨谊实验中学2013-2014第一学期九年级期中英语试卷

无锡市侨谊实验中学2013-2014学年第一学期九年级期中试卷一．听力。

（略）二．单项填空在四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确选项（本大题共15分，每小题1分）( ) 21. We hear the ORBIS doctor will have _________one-week holiday ________next month.A．a; the B. a; / C. an; the D. an; /( ) 22. –I didn’t s ee Joe for weeks. Is she ill?--I guess so. She needed_____________.A．operating B. to be operated C. operation D. to be operated on( ) 23. You will find everything to do if you put your heart into it.A．enough easy B. enough easily C. easy enough D. easily enough( ) 24. _____________news! You have finished a _________report!What an excited; seven thousand word’sWhat an exciting; seven thousand words’What excited; seven-thousands-wordWhat exciting; seven-thousand-word( ) 25. The old got up to get some money in the desk，but there was____________ left.A．none B. nothing C. nobody D. not one( ) 26. Most young people thought_____________ interesting __________Micro messages.it’s; to send B. it; to send C. it’s; sending D. it; sending( ) 27. Don’t you think ten more minutes will be enough before the problem_____________?A．works out B. will work out C. will be worked out D. is worked out( ) 28. The sports meeting _____________on the morning of September 27th.A．was happened B. was taken place C. took place D. happening( ) 29. People have_____________ traffic in the country than_____________ in the city.A．much less; those B. much fewer; thatC. much less; thatD. much fewer; those( ) 30. It is said that it may be another two months _____________we can have a new hall.before B. after C. because D. since( ) 31. The little boy is crazy about cartoon books, but he ______one.can’t afford B. can’t take C. didn’t want D. didn’t spendhas been to B. has gone to C. has gone in D. has been in( ) 33. Excuse me，could you tell me how long___________ the book?I can borrow B. can I borrow C. I can keep D. I could keep( ) 34. –Who’s the lady ________in red?--I guess she is Miss Li by what she .worn; wears B. putting on; dresses C. dressed; wears D. is; dressed( ) 35. –Didn’t you take part in the charity walk?--_____________. I really learned a lot.Yes; I did B. No; I did C. Yes; I didn’t D. No; I didn’t答案:BDCDA BDCAA ADCCA三．完型填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

（本大题共10分，每小题1分）Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech? Li Jun, a middle school boy ,felt shy when he was making a speech last week. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of __1_classmates.“I was wrong. It was very different and much __2___than talking to my classmates during playtime,’’ Li said. “I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute(哑巴）and wanted to leave the classroom___3_”Li is not alone. many middle school students now have the same __4_;they can talk about their ideas freely_5___their best friends after class, but can’t speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of __6__.Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their __7__,such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to.__8___he also gives some advice to students. “During your free time you should __9__more.When you’re speaking in public, take it easy, Just imagine you’re talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly.” Zhou said.” That _10__a fine public speech and you’ll feel confident.”( ) 36.A. her B. my C. his( ) 37.A. harder B. easier C. better( ) 38.A.slowly B. quickly C. sadly( ) 39A.answer B. subject C. problem( ) 40.A.except B. beside C. with( ) 42.A.mouths B. eyes C. minds( ) 43.A.But B. So C. And( ) 44.A.play B. practice C. write( )45 .A. reports B. keeps C. makes36-40 CABCC 41-45 BACBC四、阅读理解阅读下列短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案（本大题共15分，每小题1.5分）（A）Karen Finley was born in the U.S. in 1956. When she was only fourteen, she became interested in performing. She graduated from a performing arts school in 1981 and then began to perform in theaters. In her performances, she showed people some of the problems in the world.Karent The Constant State of Desire was first performed The Kitchen in New York City in 1986. In this performance she wanted people to notice some of the difficult experienced women have because of men. It soon because controversial(备受争议的). Many people did not feel comfortable with the performance. They thought that Karen hated men to much and was out of control. She was strongly criticized by the newspapers. But some other people thought differently and spoke for her. They said that they felt the experiences Karen showed in this performance were true to life.Karen hoped that people would think about the sad stories that happen every day. She believed people would understand her and learn so me lessons if they could “read”her performances more carefully.( ) 46.According to the reading, what might “The Kitchen”be_____________?A. a theatre.B. a restaurant.C. a newspaper.D. a performance.( ) 47. Why would The Constant State of Desire be controversial?A. It seriously criticized men.B. Karen was not well prepared.C. The women who performed with Karen were our of control.D. Karen said something bad about newspapers during the performance.( ) 48.What did Karen Finley want to do by performing?A. To make more friends.B. To become a superstar.C. To show people her ideas.D. To make money for poor women.Key: 46~48. A AC( ) 49. Choose the right order(顺序) of the events given in the story.A．a-c-f-d-b-e B. c-e-f-a-b-dC. a-c-f-e-d-bD. c-a-f-e-d-b( ) 50. The boy died because_____________。