2016学年第一学期期中九年级学科质量检测
第I卷
第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How does the woman learn English?
A. By talking with foreigners.
B. By studying grammar
C. By
listening and reading.
2. What does the man ask the woman for?
A. Jane’s phone number.
B. Jane’s address.
C. .Jane’s e-mail.
3. When was Mike born?
A. In 1993
B. In 1994
C. In 1995
4. How is the woman going to the airport?
A．By taxi．B．By bus．C．By train.
5. What did Bob do last night?
A. He went to a movie.
B. He watched TV.
C. He read a magazine.
第二节（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
听下面3段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试题的相应位置，听每段对话或独白前，你有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。
6.Why doesn’t the man like his new neighbors?
A. They keep dogs.
B. They don’t get on well with him.
C. They like to watch him through the window.
7.What does the man think of dogs?
A. They are lovely.
B. They are scary and dangerous.
C. They are in danger.
8.What does the woman ask the man to do first?
A .Talk with the neighbors. B. Say hello to his neighbors.
C. Call the police as soon as possible.
听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。
9. What is Jane busy with?
A. Her camp.
B. Her travelling.
C. Her next exam.
10. When did Jane go travelling to Mount Wuyi?
A. During National Day.
B. During Children’s Day.
C. During the summer holiday.
11. What does Jane think of going camping?
A. It’s not safe enough.
B. It’s cheap.
C. It’s close to nature.
听独白，回答问题（共4小题，满分8分）
听下面一段独白，回答第12至第15四个小题。现在，你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。
12. What season is it now according to the text?
A. Winter.
B.
Summer. C. Autumn.
13. Who is the speaker?
A. The director in charge of the course.
B. The headmaster of the university.
C. A famous professor of the university.
14. How many ways are there to improve listening skills in the lecture?
A. Two.
B.
Three. C. Four.
15. What other skills are there besides listening?
A. Speaking.
B. Reading and writing.
C. Speaking, reading and writing
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分)
第一节阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Af ter the Spring Festival, I found some of my mom’s daily habits have changed.
Her cooking way was different. Vegetables that had been cooked crisply became very tender and soft. Fish that had been fried became soup. Her old shredded (切成细条的) potato turned into diced potato…Feeling strange, dad and I asked Mom the reason for the change. But all she said was, “Just trying a different taste”. Then she was silent.
But it wasn’t just her cooking way. Mom also changed other habits. After dinner, instead of watching films on TV as usual, she would put on her newly-bought sports clothes and asked Dad to go out for a walk. After they came back home, mom would lose herself in magazines or newspapers about healthcare. Mom almost never gets sick. Why was she suddenly interested in medicine?
I couldn’t understand her “abnormal” behavior. Then one day I came across her micro blog. “While visiting my parents dur ing the Spring Festival, I suddenly realized that they are in their 70s now,” my mom had written. “They move slowly and it is hard for them to do the housework. I should visit them more often…
“Some cooking should be changed to keep them healthy. They li ke fish soup, diced potato, tender and soft vegetables…
“I must also keep fit by doing physical exercise. If my parents are too weak to move around, I can be strong enough to take care of them. When I am old, my son can also pay less attention to taking ca re of me…”
When I read this, I felt very sorry. I used to complain that Mom didn’t understand me and couldn’t give me everything I wanted. I always thought there was a wide gap between us. But now I completely understand her. How great she is! She always thinks of others before herself. Everything she does is to help the people she loves live better lives. How unselfish her love is!
16. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. Fish that had been fried became fish soup.
B. Vegetables became really tender and soft.
C. The shredded potato became diced potato.
D. The cooking way wasn’t the same as before.
17. Which one of the following is one of mother’s “abnormal” behavior?
A. Watching films on TV after dinner.
B. Being interested in sports clothes.
C. Reading more about healthcare.
D. Not taking medicine when getting sick.
18. When did mum change her habits?
A. After her parents were ill.
B. After the Spring festival.
C. When Mum was 70 years old.
D. After Mom started her micro blog.
19. Why did mom change her cooking way?
A. Because she wanted to try different delicious tastes.
B. Because she wasn’t interested in the old cooking way.
C. Because she wanted to make her children healthier.
D. Because she tried to find a way suitable for her parents.
20. What does the writer want to show us readers by talking about this story?
A. Mom’s love is selfless and great.
B. Mom has changed her daily habits.
C. A misunderstanding between Mom and me.
D. How to cook food in a healthy way.
B
21.In For Pet’s Sake, Do Something! Book 1, the author tells us _____. A．what kind of food shouldn’t be given to your pet
B．when is the best time to feed your pet
C．how to prepare food for your pet at home
D．how to communicate with your pet
22. Unlike the other three books, Pets Have Feelings, Too ______.
A. is made up of many stories
B. is aimed to help your pets regain their
health
C. is about a real person and his pets
D. has a great number of pictures
23. Which book should you read if your pet eats too much?
A. For Pet’s Sake, Do Something! Book
1
B. For Pet’s Sake, Do S omething! Book 2
C. Pets Have Feelings, Too!
D. What Animals Tell Me
24. You have only 18 dollars, which book can you afford?
A. For Pet’s Sake, Do Something! Book
1
B. For Pet’s Sake, Do Something! Book 2
C. Pets Have Feelings, Too!
D. What Animals Tell Me
C
There is an old saying in English, “Laughter is the best medicine”. Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects (作用) it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people’s health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing. It also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be helpful.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to make the effect of pain on the body less. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which could bear the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can make pain less seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins (内啡肽) in the brain. These are natural chemicals which make both stress and pain less.
There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body’s immune system