2011年上海市徐汇区中考二模英语试卷

徐汇区2011年第二学期九年级第二次质量调研考试英语试卷第一部分听力略Ⅴ. Choose the best answer31. Please take the precious glass there with ________ great care. I don't want it to be broken.A)a B) an C) the D）/32. --The scarf on the desk is so nice. Is it Shirley's?--Oh, no. Look! ________ is on the bed.A)She B) Her C) Hers D）Herself33. Don't worry! You will get on well ________your classmates if you are kind and friendly to them.A) at B)of C) with D）in34. Jim, you aren't allowed to carry ________ luggage in the airport when you go to London by plane.A) many B) much C) few D）little35. --Which would you prefer, a pear or an apple, Jenny?--______. An orange, please.A) Both B) Either C) Neither D）None36. We don't have lots of homework now and our school bags are not as ________as they used to be.A) heavy B) heavier C) much heavier D）the heaviest37. After Jason ran for a long time yesterday afternoon, he really felt________.A) quietly B) well C)surprised D）tired38. Last Spring Festival, many people still took the high-speed train home ________ it was expensive.A) if B) because C) when D）though39. Wendy's father wrote a famous novel, ________he won a place in history.A) so B) for C)but D）or40. We are told that the journalist ________a speech on teenage problems next Monday.A) makes B) will make C) is making D）has made41. My father and I ________ my grandparents in New York this time last year.A) visited B) are visiting C) had visited D）were visiting42. The company reported that it ________more than three million iPads by the end of lastJuly.A) sold B) will sell C) had sold D）have sold43. After the Japan's earthquake, a very big amount of money ________to help the people to rebuild their homes last month.A) is given B) was given C) will be given D）has been given44. Richard enjoys ________ magazines after he finishes his homework.A) read B) to read C) reading D）to reading45. The headmaster wanted the students ________more trees in the school garden on March12.A) plant B) to plant C) planted D）planting46. Don't talk to old people like that, Bill. We ________respect and be kind to them.A) can B) may C) must D）need47. ________beautiful piece of music! It's written by Jay Chou, a pop singer.A) How B) What C) What a D）What an48. I wondered_________.A) when the reading contest they would finishB) when the reading contest would they finishC) when they would finish the reading contestD）when would they finish the reading contest49. Jane went to a big shopping mall yesterday, and she bought a pair of ________shoes.A) enjoyable B) available C) changeable D）comfortable50. These rules are made to ________ accidents. Everybody should obey them.A) prefer B) predict C) pretend D）prevent51. He lives in a wealthy family with a magnificent art________, and he is very generous.A) collection B) competition C) congratulation D）conversation52. Please________ t he word in the English-Chinese dictionary if you don't know it.A) look up B) take up C) put up D）give up53. Kitty said to her teacher that she had made up her mind to study chemistry well.The underlined part means "________".A)examined B) decided C) realized D）recognized54. Tony apologized to his friend for not replying to his E-mail immediately. The underlined part means"________".A) did harm to B) said sorry to C) complained about D）heard from55. ---Tom's parents bought a new house with a swimming pool last month.---________.A) It must be very expensive. B) It's hard to say.C) Yes, I'm not quite sure. D）That's all right.56. ---Pollution in 2020 will probably be worse than today.---_______.A) I don't agree with you. Perhaps it's nice news.B) I'm sorry, but I think I want to be a volunteer.C) Maybe you're right, and you've done a wonderful job.D）You may be right, but I think it won't be a problem then.Ⅵ. Choose the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.57. It's a good habit for us to keep writing ________every day. (diary)58. If anyone phones me, ask for ________number so that I can call them back. (they)59. My family members are going to celebrate my grandmother's ________ birthday. (eighty)60. I think it's ________of you to make such a good decision. (wisdom)61. They arrived at the mountain village ________after a long hard journey. (safe)62. Nobody would like to make friends with ________persons. (honest)63. Catty has already accepted your ________to the concert. (invite)64. Would you please think out a way to ________the physi cs problem? ( solution)Ⅶ. Rewrite the following sentences as required.65. The boy has sports after school for an hour every day. (改为一般疑问句)________ the boy ________sports after school for an hour every day?66. The Grade Nine students will graduate from middle school in two months.(对划线部分提问)________ ________ will the Grade Nine students graduate from middle school?67. When Rose entered the classroom, her classmates were discussing something actively. (保持句意基本不变)When Rose ________ ________ the classroom, her classmates were discussing something actively.68. The words on the blackboard are so small that I can't see them clearly. (保持句意基本不变)The words on the blackboard are ________small for me________ see them clearly.69. Will Karen take part in Lucy's birthday party? Mr. Smith asked me.(改为一般宾语从句)Mr. Smith asked me ________ Karen ________take part in Lucy's birthday party.70. David threw away the old coats because he thought the y were out of date.(改为被动语态)The old coats ________ ________away by David because he thought they were out of date.Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分读写）A. True or False （判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）（7分）Hondorf is a music teacher. She has always made some money by giving piano lessons. She had a student named Robby. He was 11 years old when his mother took him to his first pianolesson. Hondorf thinks that students should begin at an earlier age，which she explained to Robby. But Robby said that it had always been his mother’s wish to hear him play the piano，so she took him as a student. But from the beginning Hondorf thought he was a hopeless learner. He was not talented（有才能的）in playing the piano. But Hondorf had to say he tried hard.One day，Robby stopped coming back and told her that he wanted to play in public. He said his mother had been ill，so he had to practice at home. Hondorf hesitated because she thought he couldn’t play the piano well enough，but finally she agreed.The night for the public show came. The high school hall was full of parents and friends. When Robby began playing，Hondorf was surprised at what she heard. He played so well that everyone in the hall was moved. Hondorf ran up to him when he ended. “I’ve never heard you play like that，Robby！How could you do it？”“Well，Miss Hondorf…do you remember t hat I told you my mom was sick？Well，in fact，she was so sick that she died this morning. And well…she was born deaf（聋的），so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play.I wanted to make it special.”When Hondorf heard this，she felt that he was the teacher and she was the pupil. For it was he that taught her the meaning of love and believing in yourself.71. Robby began to give a piano lesson at the age of eleven.72. Hondorf told Robby that he shouldn’t begin to learn the piano so late.73. Hondo rf thought Robby wasn’t a hope learner，but he tried his best to learn to play the piano.74. Robby had to practice playing the piano at home because of his mother’s illness.75. Hondorf was surprised when she heard Robby play the piano so well in the public show.76. Hondorf taught her student the meaning of love and believing in himself.77. From the passage we know that Robby’s mother could hear him play the piano that night. B．Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)（7分）When an animal helps another animal，it usually gets something valueable（有价值的）in return. For a long time，many scientists thought that only people could act generously just because it feels good.However，a new study in Germany suggests that chimpanzees (an animal like a large monkey without a tail ) also do good things for no real reason. And so do children who are as young as 18 months of age. Maybe it is because humans an chimpanzees share an ancestor about 6million years ago.People and chimpanzees appear to develop such features without any other training，says Warn eken，a scientist in Germany.Warneken and his partners worked on adult chimpanzees that live on an island in the Afican country of Uganda. They also worked with 18-month-old children in Germany. The researchers performed three experiments on the adult chimpanzees and two experiments on the kids. In thefirst animal experiment，a person tried to reach his arm into a cage to get a stick，but he couldn’t reach it. A chimpanzee was in the cage，and it could reach the stick if it wanted to.Thirty-six chimpanzees took part in this experiment one by one，and no chimpanzee saw what the other chimpanzees had done. Even though the animals hadn’t met the person before，they usually took the stick and gave it to the person. What’s more，they did this whether or not the person offered them bananas as a reward.In a similar experiment，36 children acted in a similar way. They helped the person reach the stick，whether or not they were offered toys for their help.Researchers did other experiments on chimpanzees and babies. No rewards were offered in either experiment. And still，both the chimpanzees and children went out of their way to help. Still，the new study is different from earlier findings. Researchers have found that chimpanzees don’t give rewards of food to other chimpanzees，even if it costs them nothing to be generous.78. Many scientists thought that ________for a long time.A) another animal could do bravelyB）only people could act generouslyC）children could describe things clearlyD）chimpanzees could discover things carefully79. A new study in Germany suggests that ________.A) people also share information for good reasonB) children know something at the age of 18 monthsC）chimpanzees do good things for no real reason, tooD）humans should develop their abilities 6 million years ago80. The underlined words “an ancestor” probably means“________”.A）a person in the family who lived a long time agoB）a child in the school who lived with grandparentsC）a chimpanzee on an island that lived for yearsD）an animal in the zoo that lived with others81. Warneken and his partners worked with ________.A) young chimpanzee that live on an islandB）18-month-old children who live in GermanyC）kids who are living with adult chimpanzeesD）adult chimpanzees that live on the African mountain82.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？A）The animals hadn’t met the person before the experimentsB) No chimpanzee saw what the other chimpanzees had doneC) Chimpanzee gave the person the stick in order to get a rewardD）Thirty-six chimpanzees joined in this experiment one by one83. In a similar experiment，thirty-six children helped the person reach the stick ________.A) if they were offered toys for their workB) when they were asked to give them a handC) after they were ordered to act in a similar wayD）whether they were given toys for their help or not84. From the passage we know that ________.A）children is more generous than chimpanzees in some waysB) chimpan zees will reward good food to other chimpanzeesC）both chimpanzees and children can find their way to help othersD）both chimpanzees and children can do the difficult experimentsC. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）：（14分）Where in the world can you take an hour's train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There's only one place, and that's Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies in the USA.A visit to Universal Studios brings ____85_____ memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isn't quite the same as it used to be. Costs（成本、费用）have ____86____ and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they ____87_____ old ones.The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from there. But older people ____88_____ stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These "soap opera（肥皂剧）", as they are called, show rich, ____89_____ families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actress are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.Though it is soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others ____90_____ .Movie-makers have realized that they don't need Hollywood any more. Mondern cameras and real houses expensively made ____91____ in a studio instead. Other states, such as Florid and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions（条件）and lower cost. But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying to keep its best-known industry.85. A. behind B. back C. across D. above86. A. looked out B. prepared for C. dealt with D. gone up87. A. arrange B. Create C. repeat D. destroy88. A. suddenly B. usually C. seriously D. politely89. A. powerful B. helpful C. simple D. foolish90. A. just now B. at first C. in time D. as well91. A. noises B. chances C. copies D. mistakesD. 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）In the United States, young people generally enjoy much freedom. It is probably true that nowadays young Americans have more freedom t 92 they ever had. It is not really clear whether all of this freedom is a good thing with respect to dating relationships (关系). Dating has changed greatly in recent years.According to traditional dating ways in the United States, much of the responsibility for a date falls on the young man. The young man must first call the girl he w 93 to date early in a week. Most girls in traditional dating relationships expect to get a telephone call f 94 a young man by Wednesday. Most dates take place on weekends. Fridays and Saturdays nights arep 95 for dates. The young man must ask the girl out and suggest the things that they might do. Usually it is the young man who pays for all of the evening's activities.Some young people in the United States, e 96 college students, do not go out on traditional dates. Instead, they go out on group dates. This means that small groups of young people go out with each other. All of the people in the group are usually friends, but some in the group may not know before.As a result, every person pays for his or her expenses. This means that the girls must pay for their admission(入场) tickets for the movies, for a cup of coffee, or for a _ 97 else that they spend on during the date.The group is very different from the traditional date. Young people in the Unite States today enjoy both kinds of these dating ways. Traditional dating ways give young people a chance to get to know one another better. Group dates give young people a chance to know many other young people and to have a more relaxed evening. Both kinds of dates have their a 98 . The group date is really a new idea among young people. It seems to be a wonderful for the reasons described above.E. Answer the questions （根据短文内容回答下列问题）：（14分）A. Dear Mrs. WebDear Mrs. Web provides free personal advice and opinions for you. She receives and answers worldwide email questions. She will offer you some new suggestions on your problems, like study project, disinterested friend... Dear Mrs. Wed welcomes all questions and suggestions. You can receive the reply usually in 48 hours. Her email address is mrsweb@.B. Help Line VolunteersEvery year thousands of old people are in need of our help. The Help Line provides a heartwarming, helpful, kind support and information service for the English-speaking aged people. We are in need of volunteers who are:● good listeners, warm-hearted and patient● excellent English speaker● can work 10 hours every weekPlease call us at 0241-85902 or emailus. helper@<mailto:helper@>C. Save the Earth ClubEarth club is for any student in Green School. Earth Club's goal is to help keep the school, neighborhood, and city cleaner by encouraging recycling, highway clean up, and river, lake and school campus clean up. We hope to improve the e nvironment and encourage others to do the same. We also meet to discuss some real solutions to save the earth. Earth Club meets 2-4 times a month. Come and join us!D. The King Sweeper"My great, great grandfather invented the carpet(地毯) sweeper 125 years ago. This King Sweeper is by far the best. I invite you to try it in your home. You'll find it used daily in hospitals, restaurants, offices and homes throughout the world. This is just the thing to keep your carpet soft, clean and fresh. Only for $ 59.99!We're so sure that you'll be satisfied with the result of using our product.E. Trendy SunglassesThey can protect your eyes when driving, gardening or reading in the sun. It can make your life easier and happier, and make you look smarter! $ 20.99 each or 2 for $ 39.99!99. What is Mrs. Wed's Email address?Her email address _______________________________________________________.100. Does the Help Line provide a service for young children?__________________, __________________________________________________.101. How long does the Help Line ask volunteers to work every week?The Help Line asks _____________________________________________________.102. How often does Earth Club meet to discuss some real solutions to save the earth?______________________________________________________________________.103. When was the King Sweeper invented?The King Sweeper ________________________________________________________.104. How much will you pay if you buy two pairs of Trendy sunglasses?I _______________________________________________________________________.105. Do you want to be a Help Line volunteer? Why or why not?_______________________________________________________________________.Ⅸ. Writing:Write at least 60 words about the topic "E xtracurricular Activities in My School".(以“我校的课外活动”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。