2015--2016学年第一学期九年级期中联考英语学科试卷
命题人：黄丽萍审题人：毛新璋
考试时间：90分钟
第一部分:听力部分（15分）
Ⅰ.听对话及对话后的问题，选择正确答案：﹙共6小题，每小题1分﹚
i.听第一段对话,回答1-2的问题,对话听两遍:
( )1.Who is the gift from?
A. It’s from Sam’s aunt.
B.It’s from Sam’s uncle
C.It’s from Sam’s mum.
( )2.What does Sam want to be in the future?
A.An artist
B. A film star
C. A writer
ii. 听第二段对话，回答3-4的问题,对话听两遍：
( )3. What is John not good at ?
A.Science
B. English
C.Maths.
( ) 4.What does Kate advise John to do ?
A. To attend the maths classes.
B.To talk with his parents.
C. To write to his parents.
iii.听第三段对话，回答5-6的问题，对话听两遍：
( )5.Where has Bill gone?
A.To the classroom.
B. To the library
C.To the playground
( )6.Wha t is Bill’s telephone number?
A. 137********.
B. 137********.
C. 137********.
II.听短文根据问题选择最佳答案,短文听两遍：（共5小题，每小题1分）( )7. Where did the poor man live before he met the rich man.
A.In the hotel
B. In his home
C. In the park
( )8. What did the poor man do when he was sitting on the bench（板凳）?
A.He waited for the rich man.
B.He looked at the rich man’s hotel.
C.He enjoyed the warm sunshine.
( )9.Did the poor man’s dream come true?
A.Yes , it did
B.No, it didn’t .
C. Yes, it didn’t.
( )10.How long did the poor man stay in the hotel?
A.For a few weeks.
B.For a few months.
C. For a few days.
( )11.Why did the poor man move out of the hotel?
A.Because he didn’t want to stay in such a fine room.
B. Because he couldn’t get any sleep at all.
C.Because he couldn’t pay for the room.
III.听短文,根据答语选择最佳问句,短文听两遍：（共4小题，每小题1分）( )12. A. Is Hollywood in Los Angeles or in Florida?
B. Is Hollywood in Los Angeles?
C.Is Hollywood in Florida?
( )13.A. Are they 15 feet tall ? B. How tall are the white letters?
C. Are they 50 feet tall ?
( ) 14. A. How many seats are there in the Hollywood Bowl?
B. How many film stars are there in Hollywood?
C.How many stages has the open-air theatre?
( )15. A.Who is the dancer ? B. Who is the designer of the stage?
C．Who is the most famous star?
第二部分: 笔试部分（85 分）
I. 选择填空（15分）
i.从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项。
（共8小题，每小题1分）
( ) 16. The king doubted that the crown was a real golden crown.
A. thought
B. didn’t feel sure
C. believed
( ) 17. There is less water in this bottle than in that bottle.
A.fewer
B. a little
C. a smaller amount of
( ) 18.Helen finished the work without difficulty.
A. with no trouble at all
B. hadn’t difficulty
C. quickly
( ) 19. Would you like to visit my personal house?
A. have
B. own
C.poor
( ) 20. He suggested going for a picnic.
A. avoided
B. looked forward to
C. advised
( ) 21. I only regret that I have only one life to lose for my country.
A.feel happy
B. hope
C. feel sorry
( ) 22. I never expect that I will be very rich in the future.
A. think
B. except
C. express
( ) 23. You should keep still when you take a picture.
A. not move
B. keep close
C. smile
ii.从下列每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共7小题，每小题1分）
( ) 24. --You’d better learn the sentence ________.
--Pardon. I don’t understand what you say.
-- I mean you should remember every word of the sentence.
A. by head
B.by heart
C. with your hand
( ) 25. –I think the boy _____________ the lesson.
--You are right. He is not attracted to the lesson. He is looking out of the window
A. has no interest in
B. is interested in
C. enjoys
( )26. -Don’t worry about your exam. You should be ________.
--Thank you for your advice
A. nervous
B. relaxing
C. relaxed
( ) 27. -Thank you for helping me with the homework.
--It’s my ______.You are my best friend.
A. pleasure
B. job
C. hobby
( )28. You shouldn’t ______him. He is not honest.
A. answer
B. trust
C. look at
( ) 29. --There is only a _____ shoe under my bed.Where is the other?
--It’s over there. Your dog has taken it away.
A. pair
B.double
C.single
( ) 30. –In order to keep ourselves safe, we should ___ the traffic rules.
--Yes. We shouldn’t cross the street when the lights are red.
A.obey
B.keep
C. break
Ⅱ. 完形填空（15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1.5分）
Many years ago , when I was a student , a radio studio manager 31____ me and it changed my life.
“How old are you?” he asked. “Fifteen,” I said.
“You want a job in radio? Shouldn’t you be at 32____ ?” he asked.
How could I explain? I’ve always 33 ______ the radio.When I was four or five, I sat close to the radio in the living room ,listening to many programms. At the age of nine,I asked for jobs in 34_______ radio stations.
As I grew older, my 35 _____ in radio grew. One day, I learned about Internet radio. Once a week, I played my 36____ music from my father’s computer to the listeners, talked about life at school.
Soon my friends at junior high school started to listen, and then they wanted to 37______. We prepared the weekly programs, articles about music, jokes…
“OK, 38_____with me,” the manager said. I followed him into the studio.Then I sat down in front of a microphone. He was in another room, behind the glass wall.
“OK, let’ s do a second check. Just tell me what you had for breakfast.”
All radio presenters(播音员) begin work with the same 39________.
“I had eggs, fruit and some milk.”“OK, that’s great,”the manager said
And this was how my first real 40_____ in radio began
( )31. A.promised B.recognized C. interviewed
( )32. A. work B.business C. school
( )33.A.repaired B. loved C. cleaned
( )34. A.small B. careful C. soft
( )35. A.trouble B. habit C.interest
( )36. A.polite B.favourite C. noisy
( )37. https://www.doczj.com/doc/dc17807338.html,ugh B.refuse C. help
( )38. https://www.doczj.com/doc/dc17807338.html,e B.sing C. read
( )39. A. station B. advertisement C.question
( )40. A. game B. job C.joke
Ⅲ. 阅读理解（30分）
阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。（共20小题，每小题1.5分）
A
A rich man was riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. On the ground lay a young tree, ready to be planted. The rich man called out to the old man. “What kind of tree are you planting there,my good man?”
“This is a fig（无花果）tree,sir.”He said. “A fig tree?” The rich man was very surprised. “Why, how old are you, may I ask?”“I am ninety years old this year.”“What ?” cried the man. “You are ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it will take years to give fruit.You certainly don’t hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree.” The old man looked around the garden. Then he said with a smile, “Tell me , sir. Did you eat figs when you were a boy?”“Sure , why do you ask this question?”the man asked. “Then tell me this，”he said. “Who planted the fig tree?”“Why-why? I don’t know.”“You see, sir.Our forefather planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”
The rich man was quiet and said, “You are right, my good man.We should do something for the people after us.Thank you very much.”The rich man rode away.
( )41.What was the old man doing when the rich man saw him?
A.He was ready to plant a fig tree.
B.He was exercising in his garden.
C.He was riding along the road.
D.He was watering the plants in his garden.
( )42.How old was the old man then ?
A.He was over ninety years old.
B.He was ninety years old
C.He was less than ninety years old.
D.He was about to be eighty years old.
( )43.Who was he planting the trees for?
A.For himself
B. For the rich man
C.For his friends
D.For the people after him.
( )44.The rich man didn’t eat figs when he was a boy, did he ?
A.No, he did.
B. No, he didn’t.
C. Yes, he did.
D. We don’t know.
( )45.What can we learn from the article?
A.We should plant more trees for the people after us.
B.It’s never too old to plant trees .
C.We should do something useful for the people after us.
D.We should be friendly to others.
B
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, America. He is best known as a scientist and politician(政治家) today. One of his most famous inventions is the lightning rod(避雷针).And he is also regarded as “the Founder of the United States”because of his success in politics.However, he is not just an inventor and politician.
Franklin is a great chess player. He started playing chess in 1733 and this made him the first chess player in the American history. He wrote a book about his story of playing chess in December,1786.In this book, he hoped to find connections between chess and life. He and his friend even used chess to learn Italian. It was a very interesting experience in his early life.
Not only a great chess player, Franklin is also known to play the violin ,the harp (竖琴), and the guitar. He used some glasses to produce a clear and sweet sound just like birds’ singing. Benjamin Franklin died at his home in the USA at the age of 84. There were about 20,000 people who were present at his funeral(葬礼).People respect him,love him and believe he is one of the four greatest men in the world.
( )46. Benjamin Franklin was born in_________.
A. Britain
B.Italy
C. America
D.Germany
( )47.In December 1786, Franklin wrote a book about ______.
A.his story of playing chess
B. the way of learning Italian
C.the history of America
D.his success in politics
( )48. Franklin couldn’t be seen as a _____in his life.
A.scientist
B.politician
C. dancer
D. writer
( )49.According to the passage,Franklin died in_____.
A.1706
B.1733
C. 1786
D. 1790
( ) 50.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Benjamin Franklin was not good at writing.
B. Very few people appeared in Franklin’s funeral.
C. Learning Italian by chess was interesting for Franklin.
D. Benjamin Franklin can play both the piano and the guitar.
C
Do you often talk with your parents? Here is some advice on how to talk with them.
Try to start your talk with something fun. This will make talking easier. For example, ask them questions about their day. How is work? They love this.
Make it clear what you want to tell your parents. If they have an opinion, let them finish and don’t stop their talking. Ask them to do the same for you.
Show them respect by listening to them carefully. Look at them in the eye.
Be honest. Honesty builds trust. Life is good when your parents trust you.
If your parents don’t understand, that’s OK. It doesn’t mean that they don’t love you. Sometimes you have to explain the things to them again.
When you finish the talk, thank them for listening. Say something like “Thanks, that
helps.” It will let them know that is important to you and make them want to do it more often. ( )51. If you want to start the talk easily, you should say something ____ at the beginning.
A.interesting
B. dishonest
C. serious
D. unhappy
( )52.While talking to your parents, you should look at them in the eye to show you_____ them.
A.hate
B. understand
C. respect
D. like
( )53.When the parents don’t understand you, you can_____.
A. ask them to stop
B.argue with them
C.look at them in the eye
D.explain your ideas to them again
( )54. When you finish the talk, you should ____ your parents for listening.
A.say goodbye to
B. thank
C. say sorry to
D. ask
( )55.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.We should respect our parents.
B. It’s important to trust our parents.
C.We should love our parents.
D.Some ways to communicate with our parents.
D
The landmark(划时代的) success of Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel prize in science, has aroused great national pride(骄傲) and hopes on the future of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Tu, born in 1930, shared the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology(生理学) or Medicine with Irish-born William Campbell and Japan’s Satoshi Omura for her discoveries against malaria(疟疾).
She discovered Artemisinin (青篙素), a drug that has greatly reduced the death number for patients suffering from malaria. “Artemisinin is a gift for the world people from the traditional Chinese medicine. It is of great importance for curing malaria and other diseases and for protect ing the health of the world people,” Tu said in Beijing.“ The discovery of Artemisinin is a successful example of collective research on traditional Chinese medicine. The prize winning is an honor for China’s science cause(事业) and traditional Chinese medi cine.”
“The success of Tu and her group shows China’s great progress in science and technology.It also shows China’s growing strength and rising international standing,” Premier Li Keqiang said in a letter Monday evening.
（）56. Why is Tu Youyou’s winning considered the landmark success?
A. Because she is the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel prize.
B. Because she arouses great national pride and hopes.
C. Because she improves the future of traditional Chinese medicine.
D. Because she shares the Nobel prize with Japan’s Satoshi Omura.
（）57. People use Artemisinin to ______.
A. control death number of patients in hospital
B. reach out to the different parts of world
C. cure patients suffering from the malaria
D. make people work on Chinese medicine
（）58. What Premier Li Keqiang said in the third paragraph means ______.
A. he encouraged scientists to make progress in technological projects
B. he wanted to show the world China’s rising international standing.
C. he was proud of China.
D. he praised medical researchers for their work and achievements.
（）59. How old was Tu Youyou when she won the Nobel Prize?
A. 81.
B. 85.
C. 45.
D. 25.
（）60. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Cheers, hopes as Chinese pharmacologist（药物学家）wins Nobel prize.
B. William Campbell, Satoshi ōmura and Youyou Tu win Nobel prize
C. The discovery of Artemisinin is a very successful example of research.
D. The breaking news makes at least tens of thousands of people excited.
Ⅳ. 语法填空 (10分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。(共10小题，每小题1分) My name is Mia.I began learning 61_______ violin when I was three years old.I am ten years old now.I play the violin in an orchestra.We give a concert 62____( two) a year. I am always practicing new music for the next concert.
During the school year, I take four violin lessons every week 63_____ my violin teachers，Mrs Taylor.Mrs Taylor teaches violin lessons at a college. I practise 64______(play) the violin for ten hours every week.I practise very65____(hard) because I want 66________( learn) everything about playing the violin.
The violin is a very 67________(excite) instrument to play. I like reading the notes and hearing the beautiful music. It is sometimes difficult, but I always practise 68_______ I can play the music perfectly. I am not sure 69___ I want to be when I 70_______(grow) up.But I do know that playing the violin will always be an important part of my life.
V. 书面表达（15分）
在上个星期一的班会上，你班就学生该不该帮忙做家务的话题展开了热烈的讨论，请你以Should students help with housework?为题就讨论的结果及你的看法写一份大约80
Should students help with housework?
Last Monday, at the class meeting, we had a discussion on whether students should help with housework.
Some students think ______________________________________________
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