英语月考正式

2013-2014 学年度第一学期第一次月考九年级英语试题Section A 知识大本营Ⅰ.单项选择。

（共10小题，计10分）( ) 21. ---______ do you learn English ? ---By ____ vocabulary lists.A. How, makeB. What, makesC. How, makingD. What, making ( ) 22. The old man lives ______, but he never feels _______.A. alone, lonelyB. lonely, aloneC. alone, aloneD. lonely, lonely ( ) 23. —When I speak English, I always make _______. .—Don’t be afraid of that. That’s how we learn.A. troubleB. mistakesC. influenceD. challenges( ) 24. —I have trouble ______my new computer.—Don’t worry. I’ll show you how ______it.A. using; usingB. to use; to useC. using; to useD. to use; using( ) 25. I find ______ exciting to climb mountain.A. itB. this C .that D. one( )26. He ______ up early. But now he doesn’t get up early.A. is used getB. used to getC. was used to getD. used getting( ) 27. You’ll fail the exam _____ you study hard.A. ifB. andC. unlessD. or( ) 28. The teacher is strict ______himself and _____everything he does.A. in; withB. on; withC. with; inD. with; on( ) 29. Poor health will get _______of your study.A. on the wayB. by the wayC. in the wayD. at the way( )30. ______ t eenager shouldn’t hang out late at night.A. An 11-year-oldB. A 11-year-oldC. An 11-year-oldsD. A 11 years’ oldⅡ. 完形填空（共10小题，计10分)完形填空。

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. However, Daisy Raffan, an 31___girl in Britain, hopes to bring the 32____ to the young people.Daisy has 33____ an online learning website to teach the language to as many people as possible, all over the world.With China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks 34___ important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later.Daisy has been learning Putonghua since the age of five. Two years ago,35____she decided to pass on what she had learned, she came up with the idea for the website, kidschineseclub. com.She said, “People are afraid to learn Putonghua. One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an impossible language to learn, but I have had fun36___it. And I hope what I have done is easy and fun.”Her website offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.Daisy’s website has 37___ the support of several important persons—the teenager says she has received a letter praising (赞扬) her work from Gordon Brown,38____ is the British Prime Minister(首相)。

She said, “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a lette39__. He said that what I was a really a good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was excited that __40___ was s upporting what we are doing.”( ) 31. A. 18 years old B. 18-year-old C. 18-years-old D. 18 year old( ) 32. A. language B. idea C. information D. gift( ) 33. A. put up B. showed up C. set up D. thought up( ) 34. A. that B. this C. them D. it( ) 35. A. before B. after C. if D. although( ) 36. A. does B. do C. doing D. to do( ) 37. A. won B. made C. given D. beaten( ) 38. A. whom B. which C. who D. \( ) 39. A. in B. back C. down D. up( ) 40. A. someone such important B. so important someoneC. such important someoneD. someone so importantⅢ.阅读理解。

（共15小题，计30分）(A)Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.People began to live near one another, so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages, and these villages became even larger.When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.Today, it’s strange t hat some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?根据短文内容，判断正(A)误(B)。

( ) 41. People hunted animals for food.( ) 42. People built factories after the cities grew big.( ) 43. When machines appeared, life in the cities changed again.( ) 44. All people like to live only in big cities.( ) 45. Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people.（B）Many Chinese students think American students enjoy more freedom than them at school. But American schools also have their rules. If the students break the rules, they will be punished(惩罚), too.On the first day of a new term, 128 students of Morton High School were sent back home for wearing the wrong clothes. There are 1200 students in the school. Usually only 20 students break the school dress rules every day.So headmaster Jim Green said it was the worst new term he had ever seen.At Morton High School, baggy(宽大的)trousers, low-necked shirts and tank tops(紧身背心)are not allowed in classrooms. Some students think they have the right(权利)to choosewhat to wear, but the headmaster doesn’t think so. “I would be supportive if half the students were sent back home, because 99% will know that our school are for education.”“freedom”does not mean “free of restrictions(约束)”. That is to say there is no total freedom in the world, no mater in USA or in China.( ) 46. Many Chinese students think that _____A. American students have more freedom than them at school.B. American students are not so clever as them.C. American stud ents don’t love their school at all.D. American students have more homework than them.( ) 47. 128 students of Morton High School were sent back home for _____A. not doing their homeworkB. being late for schoolC. not wearing the right clothesD. not listening carefully in class( ) 48. Some students in Morton High School think that they have the right to _____A. decide when to go to schoolB. choose what to wearC. eat and drink in classD. choose their subjects( ) 49. What does the underlined word “supportive” mean in Chinese?A. 高兴的B. 支持的C. 害怕的( ) 50. What’s the writer’s attitude(态度)to the school dress rule?A. Agree.B. Disagree(不同意).C. Not sure.（C）Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution （污染）. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and polluted our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad to all living things in the world.Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog烟雾Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air.We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and notthrow it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.() 51. Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because ____.A. there were not any modern machinesB. there was no modern medicineC. both A and BD. there were not many people() 52. What is the biggest problem in today’s life?A. Water pollutionB. Air pollutionC. NoiseD. Pollution() 53. The most serious kind of pollution is _____.A. noise pollutionB. air pollutionC. water pollutionD. A, B and C() 54. Factories must clean their water _____.A. before they are thrown awayB. when they are thrown awayC. before it is thrown awayD. after it is thrown away() 55. From the passage we know that _____.A. a few years ago, there was no smog at allB. today people don’t have to talk to each other in a loud voiceC. we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes’D. people are making rules in order to fight pollutionSection B 能力展示台IV. 阅读短文，根据短文内容完成句子。