江蘇省蘇州市景范中學(xué)2010-2011學(xué)年度九年級(jí)英語第一學(xué)期期中考試 人教新目標(biāo)版

1、2010-2011學(xué)年度蘇州市景范中學(xué)第一學(xué)期初三期中考試英語試卷第I卷（選擇題 三大題 共75分）一、聽力選擇。（共20小題，滿分20分）第一節(jié) 聽對(duì)話回答問題。（計(jì)10分，每小題1分）。本部分共有10小題，每小題你將聽到一段對(duì)話，每段對(duì)話聽兩遍。在聽每段對(duì)話前，你將有5秒鐘的時(shí)間閱讀題目。（ ）11Whats the weather like today? （ ） 2What did Jims father take away from him?A B C（ ）3 How does Michel learn English?A B C（ ）4Where has the boy been?A

2、 B C（ ）5How is David?Agenerous Beasy-going Corganized（ ）6Which city will Jane probably visit?ASydney BNew York CSuzhou（ ）7Whats the time now?A10:30 B10:25 C10:35（ ）8How does Tom find the film?AHe thinks its greatBHe wants to see a better oneCHe doesnt like it（ ）9How often does James play basketball?

3、AEvery day BHardly ever CTwice a week（ ）10What does Frank ask Sophia to do?ATo help him with his EnglishBTo listen to the radio togetherCTo give him some suggestions on listening第二節(jié) 聽對(duì)話或短文回答問題（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）你將聽到兩段對(duì)話和一篇短文，各聽兩遍。聽每段對(duì)話或短文時(shí)，你將有時(shí)間閱讀相關(guān)小題，每小題5秒鐘。聽第一段對(duì)話，回答11-12小題。（ ）11What did they want to

4、 do this weekend?ATo stay in the office BTo go to the concert CTo buy some tickets（ ）12Why did the woman say “Its a great pity”?ABecause there were no tickets leftBBecause the concert was overCBecause the tickets were expensive聽第二段對(duì)話，回答13-15小題。（ ）13What does Sophia know?AShe knows what colours repre

5、sentBShe knows what clothes representCShe knows that clothes can affect moods（ ）14Why does Sophia think the young man in the picture in energetic?ABecause of the colour of his shirtBBecause of the colour of his trousersCBecause of the colour of his shoes（ ）15What does Frank think of the young man in

6、 the picture?AHes clever BHes quiet C Hes hard-working聽一篇短文，回答16-20小題。（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）（ ）16What may the students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others have?AMental problemsBEaraches CKnives（ ）17Why did Liu Wei cut his finger with a knife?ABecause he was afraid of his teach

7、erBBecause he wanted to frighten his parentsCBecause he was very worried about his studies（ ）18When did Yang Fangs problem happen?AWhen she studied very hardBWhen she had examsCWhen she talked with her parents（ ）19Why will students who have problems not ask others for help?ABecause they wont let oth

8、ers think they are stupidBBecause they dont think doctors can help themCBecause they think the problems are not serious（ ）20What does Liang Yuezhu tell us?AIts necessary for them to be with othersBOnly group activities and sports can help themCIts better for the students who have problems to join ot

9、hers二、選擇填空（共25小題；每小題1分，滿分25分）A） 單項(xiàng)選擇 從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。填入答卷相應(yīng)的空格里。（ ）21I have problems _many thingsFor example, I have problems _ learning Maths wellAwith, in Babout, with Cin, with Din, about（ ）22-Thank you for your valuable advice-_AWith pleasure BNever mind CIts my pleasure DThats right（ ）23_o

10、f the students in the whole class works out the physics problemANo BNone CAll DNeither（ ）24Whats the article about?- _ in ChinaThe article is worth _ASomething surprising, readingBSomething surprised, to readCSurprising something, readingDSurprised something, to read（ ）25When I opened the door, I fo

11、und him still _ outside the doorAto wait Bwait Cwaiting Dwaited（ ） 26She told us _many jokes _we kept laughingAsuch, and B so, and Cso, that Dsuch, that（ ）27Youd better wear a pair of comfortable trainers when _a long walkAyou take Byou taking Cto take Ctake（ ）28A year later, he said he _ at the poo

12、r village to teach the childrenAwould rather to stay Bprefered stayingCwould rather staying Dpreferred to stay（ ）29The rest of the fish _by the catAwas eaten Bate Chave been eaten Dwere eaten（ ）30I hope that my words will be _youAsome value of Bof some value for Csome of value to Dof some value to（

13、）31What shall we do this weekend?-You can go swimming, hiking, or _else you enjoy doingAnothing Bsomething Ceverything Danything（ ）32I wanted to know _, but no one would like to tell meAwhat did the old man sayBhow did the old man comeCwhether the old man would comeDwho the old man went（ ）33The radi

14、o disturbs meWould you please _ a bit?Aturn it off Bturn it down Cturn off it Dturn down it（ ）34Taking a deep breath _Amake you calm down easilyBmakes you to calm down easilyCmakes it easily for you to calm downDmakes it easy for you to calm down（ ）35Be sure _ the recommendations as soon as possible

15、Areplying to Bto reply Cto answer DansweringB）完形填空 先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。填入答卷相應(yīng)的空格里。I walked along the sea for about an hour until I began to feel hungryIt was sevenBy that time, I was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where I often went to eat two or three times a weekI k

16、new the owner wellI went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my mealWhile I was waiting, I looked   _36  _ to see if I knew anyone in the restaurantThen I saw a man sitting at a corner table near the door keeping looking in my _37_, as if he knew meI certa

17、inly didnt know him, for I never forgot a   38  _The man had a newspaper   _39 _ in front of himBut I could see that he was keeping an  eye on meWhen the waiter brought my soup, the man was   40   puzzled （迷惑） by the familiar way that the w

18、aiter and I called each otherHe became even more puzzled as   41   went onHe could see that I was  _42   in the restaurantAt last he got up and went into the kitchenAfter a few minutes he came out,  paid  for his meal and leftWhen I had finished

19、, I called the owner of the restaurant over and asked him  about the manThe owner told me he was a policeman“Really?” I was surprised“He was certainly   43   in meBut why?” I asked“He followed you because he thought you were a man he was looking  for,” th

20、e owner said“When he came into the kitchen, he _44_me a   picture of the wanted man He certainly looked like you! Of course, since we  all know you here, I told him that he had made a mistake” Its _45_ I came to this restaurant, or I might have been arrested（逮捕）!（ ）36Af

21、or         Bat                  Caround              Dlike（ ）37Away Bface Ceyes Ddirection（ ）38Aname 

22、0;    Bface           Cperson        Dfriend（ ）39Aopen      Bclosed        Copened       Dclose（ ）40Ahardly

23、60;    Bfast            Cquickly      Dclearly（ ）41Aprogram Bstory         Ctime           Dnews（ ）42Afamiliar 

24、;    Bnew         Cknown              Dbrought（ ）43Ainterested   Binteresting Cworried       Dsure（ ）44Ashowed Bsent Ctook Dgave（

25、）45Abad      Bgood          Clucky         Dbest三、閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每小題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。填入答卷相應(yīng)的空格里。AEveryone needs friendsThey are a basic source of happiness and hope in

26、our livesHowever, the ability to make friends is different from person to personTo some people, making friends is easy, and to others its very difficultWe all have the ability to make friends, but many people never reach their potential （潛能）Making friends is a skill, and the first step in developing

27、 that skill is knowing how to get along with othersPeople who are good at getting along with others take an interest in what other people likeTherefore, the more things that your child knows about other kids, the more chances he or she has to make friendsIf your child has trouble making friends, you

28、 can tell him or her how to do itRealize your own strengthsYou have skills and talents that others can enjoySome people dont let others see their goodnessBelieve that you are a good person who has something to share with othersDevelop a sense of humorLearn to laugh at yourself and your shortcomingsI

29、t will relieve （釋放） some of the stress in your lifeSmile, smile, smileRespect the rights of othersThey have their opinions, you have yoursDifferent opinions are healthyBe kindThroughout your life, you will learn that if you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to youWhen should you start be

30、ing kind Right nowOpen the door for someoneWave to a friendSay something positive （積極的）There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness（ ）46The ability of making friends _Ais not changed by learning to get on with othersBis quite different because we are differentCis different because

31、 of the education one receivesDdepends on（取決于） ones life experience（ ）47The most important thing in making friends is _Ato be able to get along with othersBto know others way of lifeCto realize your own strengthsDto develop a sense of humor（ ）48Which of the following shouldnt one do in making friend

32、s?Aknow your own advantages and shortcomingsBBe friendly to others from now onCnever accept the things you dont knowDwave to people and learn to smileBKiller bees started in Brazil in 1957A scientist in Sao Paulo wanted bees to make more honey（蜂蜜）So he put forty-six African bees with some Brazilian

33、beesThe bees bred（繁殖）and made a new kind of beesBut the new bees were a mistakeThey didnt want to make more honeyThey wanted to attackThen ,by accident, twentysix African bees escaped and bred with the Brazilian bees outsideScientists could not control the problemThe bees increased fastThey went fro

34、m Brazil to VenezuelaThen they went to Central AmericaNow they are in North AmericaThey  travel about 390 miles a yearEach group of bees grows four times a yearThis means one million new groups every five yearsWhy are people afraid of killer bees? People are afraid for two reasonsFirst, the bee

35、s sting（叮）many more times than usual beesKiller bees can sting sixty times a minute non-stop for two hoursSecond ,killer bees attack in groupsFour hundred bee stings can kill a personAlready several hundred people are deadNow killer bees are in TexasIn a few years they will reach all over the United

36、 StatesPeople can do nothing but wait（ ）49After the African bees lived together with the Brazilian bees, they   _   Amade more honey                        

37、;       Bmade a new kind of beesCmade a mistake                                  Dwanted to attack（

38、）50Why are people afraid of killer bees?AThey increase faster and faster              BSeveral hundred people are deadCThey sting more and attack in groups DTheyre big and strong（ ）51Where have killer bees reached now?ANorth

39、America  BBrazil                CVenezuela          DAll over the US（ ）52The best title of the passage is         AHow to make more hon

40、ey                  BKiller beesCA foolish scientist                           &

41、#160;   DHow to feed killer beesCmost musicians agree that the best violins were first made in Gremona, Italy, about 200 years agoThese violins sound better than any othersThey even sound better than violins made todayViolin makers and scientists try to make instruments（樂器） like the Italia

42、n violinsBut they arent the sameMusicians still prefer the old onesSome people think it is the age of the violinsBut not all old violins from Gremona are specialSo age cannot be the answerThe people think the secret to those violins is the woodThe wood must be from certain kinds of treesBut the kind

43、 of wood may not be so importantIt may be more important to cut the wood in a special wayWood for a violin must be cut very carefullyIt has to be the right size and shapeThe smallest difference will change the sound of the violinMusicians sometimes think that this was the secret of the ItaliansMaybe

44、 they understood more than we do about how to cut the woodSize and shape may not be the answer eitherScientists can make new ones that are exactly the same size and shapeBut the new violins still do not sound as good as the old onesSome scientists think the secret may be the varnishVarnish is what c

45、overs the wood of the violinIt makes the wood shinyIt also helps the sound of the instrumentBut no one knows what the Italian makers used in their varnish（ ）53The passage is about Amaking violins Bmusical instrumentsCscientific ideas Dthe old Italian violins（ ）54Musicians think that modern violins A

46、will sound better and better in the futureBwill sound worse and worse in the futureCsound less wonderful than the old Italian onesDsound really the same as the old Italian ones（ ）55Some scientists think the Italian violin makers A  did not know much about violins Bcut the wood carefullyCus

47、ed many kinds of wood Dknew something secret（ ）56Violins made today A  can be the same shape as the old onesB  sound the same as the old onesC  are a bit better than the old onesD  have the same varnish as the old onesDWatching some children trying to catch bu

48、tterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an event in my own childhoodWhen I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cageWe lived on the edge of the woods, and every evening the mockingbirds would come and

49、 rest in the trees and singThere isnt a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbirdI decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way, I would have my own private（私人的） musicianI finally succeeded in catching one

50、 and put it in a cageAt first, in its fright at being caught, the bird moved about the cage, but finally it settled down in its new homeI felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musicianI had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day o

51、f the birds captivity（囚禁）, my new pets mother flew to the cage with food in her mouthThe baby bird ate everything she brought to itI was pleased to see thisCertainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her babyThe following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I found it on the

52、 floor of the cage, deadI was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or at least I thought soA friend of mine, an ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the timeHearing me crying over the death of my bird, he explained what had happened“A mother mockin

53、gbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poisonous foodShe thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity”Never since then have I caught any living creature（生物） and put it in a cageAll living creatures have a right to live free（ ）57Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?AHe had just got a new cage       BHe liked its beautiful featherCHe wanted it to sing for him      DHe wanted a pet for fun（ ）58The mockingbird died because it _Awas frightened to death