2012学年度第一学期九年级英语学科期末练习卷(2013.1)
(考试时间：100分钟，满分：150分)
考生注意：本卷有7大题，共99小题。试题均采用连续编号，请务必将所有答案写在答题纸上，写在试卷上不给分。
Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)
I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解): (共30分)
A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): (6分)
A B C
D E F G
B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案):
(10分)
7. A) John. B) Alice. C) Mike. D) Mary.
8. A) At 6:00. B) At 6:15. C) At 6:45. D) At 6:55.
9. A) Apples. B) Pears. C) Peaches. D) Lemons.
10.A) 5. B) 15. C) 20. D) 25.
11.A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bus. D) By bike.
12.A) At a booking office. B) At a bookstore. C) At a restaurant. D) At a hotel.
13.A) He is a sportsman. B) He is a designer.
C) He is a businessman. D) He is a computer programmer.
14.A) She had a thorough cleaning. B) She had a good rest.
C) She did a lot of homework. D) She washed her clothes.
15.A) His friend likes playing football. B) He doesn?t like football at all.
C) His friend has collected stamps for years. D) He is fond of collecting stamps.
16.A) Because she is too busy. B) Because she is too tired.
C) Because her computer doesn?t work. D) Because she has no computer.
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容,
符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): (7分)
17. Lin was 16 years old when he left his village.
18. There were few people on the train to Beijing.
19. The man in Lin?s seat needed the seat more than him.
20. The man with the glasses told the young man to move.
21. The young man in Lin?s seat would get off the train at Tianjin.
22. Lin would stay on the train less than seven hours.
23. The young man in Lin?s seat had to leave reluctantly(不情愿地).
D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词): (共7分)
24.Dogs and other pets give ________ to people?s lives.
25.Dogs can be ________ to become the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person.
26.Pets help people live ________ and make people happier, too.
27.Americans hold “Be Nice to Animals ________”.
28.If you have a pet, take ________ time to play with it.
29.If you see a ________ dog, don?t kick it or throw things at it.
30.We must protect animals who can?t ________ for themselves.
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar
（第二部分词汇和语法）
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)
31.Do not be in ______ hurry to succeed.
A) a B) an C) the D) /
32. D o you see the church ______ those trees? That?s the tallest building in the village.
A) in B) on C) beyond D) around
33. S pending ______ more hours sleeping at the weekend makes you sleepier during the week.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
34. Be as happy as you can —only then can you spread happiness to ______.
A) another B) other C) others D) the others
35. Many of the songs the Beatles wrote were about ______ hometown and personal lives.
A) they B) their C) theirs D) them
36. There are many ______ for the Double Ninth Festival in China.
A) information B) story C) traditions D)fashions
37. E namel(牙釉质) is ______ thing in the human body and keeps bacteria(细菌) away.
A) hard B) harder C) hardest D) the hardest
38. Gangnam Style requires people to dance ______ like horse riding than usual.
A) accurate B) more accurate C) accurately D) more accurately
39. Shanghai Students? Post ______ a great help in my English learning since three years ago.
A) will be B) was C) has been D) had been
40. The European Union ______ the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 12, 2012.
A) awards B) is awarded C) awarded D) was awarded
41. ______ encouraging speech President Obama once made!
A) What B) What a C) What an D) How
42. For our safety, we ______ drive cars after drinking any wines.
A) can?t B) needn?t C) shouldn?t D) mustn?t
43. ______ a person really wants something, he will work harder to get it.
A) Although B) If C) Until D) Unless
44. We had better ______ by heart as many sentence patterns as we can.
A) learn B) to learn C) learning D) learnt
45. D on?t allow other thoughts ______ your mind when trying to memorize something.
A) enter B) to enter C) entering D) entered
46. These new facts, together with the other evidence(证据) ______ the prisoner?s innocence.
A) control B) prove C) suspect D) save
47. Accidents due to(由于) driving at high speed are very ______ during the public holidays.
A) essential B) basic C) equal D) common
48. T he world is so big that nothing is to ______.
A) be proud of B) be satisfied with C) be surprised at D) be thankful to
49. – Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature.
– ______
A) I think so. B) That?s all right. C) That?s a good idea. D) I?m glad to hear that.
50. –Would you like some more coffee? It?s still early.
– ______
A) Help yourself. B) That?s very kind of you.
C) It?s not so early. D) It doesn?t matter.
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once（将下列单
51
him. He decides to change his name to “Pi”.
But Pi?s name problems are nothing 52 to what is waiting for him.
Pi?s father owns a zoo. He decides to move to Canada. The family, together with all the zoo animals, set sail across the Pacific. One day, a huge 53 hits the ship. The next morning, Pi finds his family has sunk with the ship. He is the only person still alive.
He finds 54 on a lifeboat with several animals, one of which is a tiger called Richard Parker. Soon, all the animals are killed and Pi is left alone with the tiger.
As the tiger becomes 55 , Pi starts to fish to feed him. Otherwise, he himself will become the food.
The boy and the tiger develop an 56 relationship on the sea. Although he feels hopeless, Pi never gives up. After 227 days, the lifeboat finally lands on a beach in Mexico, but Richard Parker runs away into the forest.
The ship company finds Pi and asks what happened. Pi tells them about Richard Parker but the company doesn?t believe him. Pi 57 tells another story in which there is no tiger, but some other shocking details.
Is there 58 another story? If so, which one is the truth? Maybe you will have your own answer after watching The Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the latest 3D movie from American Chinese director Ang Lee. The film speaks of the relationship between humans and nature. It opened in Chinese mainland theatres on Nov. 22, 2012.
Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词): (共8分)
59. Do you agree that an exchange of ___________ is helpful? (opinion)
60. Experience tells ___________ that we can?t judge a book by its cover. (we)
61. Success in study ___________ depends on one?s efforts. (main)
62. It?s unforgettable to celebrate our ___________ birthday in Liuhe. (fourteen)
63. Let life be beautiful as summer flowers and ___________ like autumn leaves. (die)
64. The man on the court denied that he was ___________ for the crime. (responsibility)
65. Detective Ken solved the case of the ___________ vase in the end. (steal)
66. Extreme heat can ___________ an illustration(图案) of water on a highway in summer. (creative）
Ⅴ. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共14分)
67. Tim had to lie down for a while to rest his legs. (改为否定句)
Tim _________ _________ to lie down for a while to rest his legs.
68. Sometimes best wishes hardly seem enough. (改为反意疑问句)
Sometimes best wishes hardly seem enough, _________ _________?
69. The cartoonist has made the script into a finished comic strip. (改为被动语态)
The script _________ _________ made into a finished comic strip by the cartoonist.
70. Cormorant fishing is probably more than a thousand years old. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ is cormorant fishing?
71. I was so lucky that I was in the right place at the right time. (保持句意基本不变)
I was _________ _________ to be in the right place at the right time.
72. We learn a language in order to communicate. (保持句意基本不变)
We learn a language _________ _________ we can communicate.
73.Could you tell me? How can I deal with all these problems? (合并成复合句)
Could you tell me how_________ _________ deal with all these problems?
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写)
Ⅵ. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)
A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): (12分)
The cultural traditions of African dress
Clothing is a language. It tells us about individual people: their personality, their age, their place in society and
so on. If we want to know more about society, we can look at traditional clothing.
The continent of Africa has a long history and a rich culture, and this is shown in traditional dress. You often find three colours —red, gold and green in the clothing. The first colour stands for the blood of millions of people who suffered as slaves(奴隶); the second is for the rich resources of the African earth; and the third represents the grasslands of home.
The patterns on the clothing also have a meaning. A common pattern is in
the form of a cross “×”, which stands for “unity”. Another pattern is a rectangular box, which represents “strength”.
Because clothing has a strong social meaning, people are very careful in choosing what to wear. It would be a serious mistake to wear the wrong clothing, or to wear clothes in the wrong way. For instance, in Ghana, a woman should wear her waistband differently according to the importance of the social event.
Traditional dress also tells us about everyday life. African designs are famous for loose(宽松的) clothing. The climate, with the hot sun and wide temperature ranges(变化), requires that the clothes are comfortable for daily life.
Although many people wear western clothes, particularly in the big cities in Africa, traditional dress is very highly valued(评价). This is because it has deep cultural meanings.
74. The passage is mainly about ________ in Africa.
A) the history of clothes B) modern fashion styles
C) the meanings of traditional dress D) the materials used in traditional dress
75. Clothing tells us everything except their ________.
A) age and place in society B) style and place in society
C) personality and age D) height and weight
76. According to the passage, red ________.
A) represents the setting sun
B) stands for African unity
C) is chosen because it is a bright colour
D) is a reminder(暗示) of the sad history in Africa
77. ________ stands for wealth.
A) Green B) Gold C) Yellow D) Black
78. Traditional dress should also be practical(实用) because ________.
A) it has deep cultural meanings
B) people wear it in the big cities
C) it needs to protect people from the climate
D) it needs to keep people dry in the rainy season
79. According to the passage, which sentence is NOT RIGHT? ________
A) African dress has deep cultural meanings.
B) Africa has a long history and a rich culture.
C) The rectangular box in the pattern represents “strength”.
D) People in the big cities in Africa prefer to wear western clothes.
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（12分）
Head teacher, teachers, grandparents, parents and classmates, I?m very proud that I have been chosen to speak to you all today. I?m a bit 80 as I?ve never made a speech before to so many people, so please forgive me if it shows!
As we all know, this is the school leavers? party, and it?s time to say 81 to everyone. We?re sorry to leave you at the end of our junior high school education, and we promise that we?ll never forget the happy times we have spent in these buildings with you all.
I?d like to thank three groups of people for the three things I?ve learnt while I?ve been a student at our school. The three things are friendship, love and 82 .
The first group is my friends, and what I?ve learnt is the importance of friendship. We?ve worked hard together, we?ve even shared some difficult times together, but we?ve also had a lot of fun. Many of us will go to new schools and we may not see each other so often in the future. Others will go on to senior high school and continue their close friendships. But friends don?t have to see each other 83 . Sometimes the friends you treasure most are the friends you see less often. A life without old friends is like a day without sunshine. We?ll always stay in touch.
The second group is our parents and grandparents. We thank you for the love you have shown us during our years at junior high
school, for making a home where we feel both safe and relaxed, and where we can prepare ourselves for our school days.
And finally, the third group is our teachers. We can never 84 you back for your kindness, your patience, and knowledge which you have offered us. Sometimes you?ve been strict with us; sometimes you?ve made us work very hard. But you have always been fair and you?ll always be our role models. There?s a saying from Ireland which is a favourite of mine: Strangers are only friends you haven’t met yet.
I couldn?t say it 85 myself. So from the bottom of my heart, I thank you all and wish you success for the future.
80. A) excited B) nervous C) forgetful D) shocked
81. A) hello B) thanks C) goodbye D) apology
82. A) time B) money C) knowledge D) energy
83. A) in time B) all the time C) at a time D) for the first time
84. A) pay B) give C) send D) get
85. A) good B) well C) better D) best
C. 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）
Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your m 86 and your things will be sent to your house in a matter of days.
Nov. 11 was a big day for people who liked shopping online. Many online stores o 87 a big discount(打折) and free delivery service. On that day, the biggest online shopping sites in China, https://www.doczj.com/doc/fe11150834.html, and https://www.doczj.com/doc/fe11150834.html,, sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.
“Goods online are often much c 88 . It also saves me a lot of time. And we often have more c 89 on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily.
Another big advantage of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different cities, even different countries, with ease. “I like eating duck neck very much and I often buy it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It?s much more delicious than w 90 our local stores sell,” said Zhang Xi, a girl in Yangzhou.
While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, especially for middle school student buyers. Young students are e 91 attracted by advertisements on the Internet and buy things they don?t need.
“Middle school students should pay more a 92 to their study. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Online shop owners have no idea of the ages of their buyers. It?s dangerous when young students buy things such as cigarettes and wines so conveniently.”
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): (12分)
What is the Internet?
The Internet is a worldwide network, linking computers to computers. Each computer runs software to provide or …serve? information, or to access and view information. The Internet
transports the information —like a giant plumbing system.
Computers on the Internet can use:
●electronic mail (email). This allows you to send and receive mail with other computer
users.
●the World Wide Web (WWW). Through the WWW you can view images, look at film clips, hear sound recordings and find
information on many interests.
This information is stored on websites.
On the Internet, you can access information stored on other computers, or jump from one page of information to another. Each page has its own address showing its location, just like your home address.
What do you need to use the Internet?
● A connection to an Internet Service Provider (or ISP). The most commonly used method is across a telephone line with a
modem (preferably a fast one).
●Internet software, e.g. Internet Explorer, provided by your ISP —usually called a …browser?.
How does email work?
First, you need an email address. It could look something like this:
Daniel.jones@https://www.doczj.com/doc/fe11150834.html,.au
If someone sends Daniel an email, the message is received by Daniel?s ISP and waits there till the next time he connects to the Internet. When he connects (that is called logging on) his message is sent down the telephone line to his modem and onto his email program.
How do you send email?
It?s a bit like sending a letter. You need to know the email address of the person who?s receiving your letter.
Type in that person?s email address in the …To? box and type your message. When you?ve finished, click on …Send?.
If someone has already sent you a message, you can just click on …Reply? and type your message. It?s as easy as that.
Some Internet Codes
.com commercial institutions
.edu educational institutions
.gov government institutions
.net networks
Country Codes
.au Australia
.jp Japan
.nz New Zealand
Email addresses in the USA have no country code, because the Internet originated(起源于) there. For example, the Internet address for Expert Software (made in the USA) is https://www.doczj.com/doc/fe11150834.html,.
93. What does ISP stand for(代表)?
94. WWW can help us look at film clips and find information as well, can?t it?
95. Where is the information stored?
96. If your friend sent you an email, what would be the quickest way to send one back?
97. Why do email addresses in the USA have no country code?
98. What?s your favourite website? Why?
Ⅶ. Writing (作文): (共20分)
99. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic ‘__________ is/are the best teacher(s)’. (以“__________是最好的老师”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文。)
（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。）
Use the following points as a reference.（以下问题仅供参考
．．．．．．．．）
●In your opinion, what is/are the best teacher(s), experience/interest/parents, or…?
●Why do you think so?
●Please list at least two reasons or examples.
听力文字和参考答案
Part 1 Listening
Ⅰ. Listening comprehension（听力理解）:
A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片):
1. It?s not a good habit to play too many computer games. (B)
2. The dolphin is one of the most intelligent sea animals in the world. (D)
3. We can relax ourselves by playing golf at the weekend. (F)
4. Too much fast food is not good for your health. (A)
5. Look! They are having an exciting car race! (G)
6. Children like to go to the amusement park instead of staying at home. (C)
B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案):
7. W: John, have you seen Alice? I haven?t seen her for days.
M: Oh, she is ill in hospital. Mike, Mary and I have just visited her. She is much better today.
Q: Who is ill in hospital? (B)
8. M: Will you leave at six or a quarter past six, Miss Green?
W: Neither. I?ll leave at five to seven.
Q: What time will Miss Green leave? (D)
9. W: What?s your favourite fruit, Ken?
M: Apples. What about you, Kitty?
W: I like pears best. I don?t like lemons or peaches.
Q: Which fruit does Kitty like best? (B)
10. W: Harry, are there enough chairs for the meeting this afternoon?
M: Oh, yes. There?re twenty.
W: I?m afraid we need five more.
Q: How many people will probably attend the meeting? (D)
11. M: You are quite late, Helen.
W: I?m sorry, M r Guo. My bike was broken on the way, so I had to walk here.
M: Why didn?t you take a taxi?
W: I had no money with me.
Q: How did Helen go to school? (A)
12. W: Dear, look at the long waiting line outside. I?m glad you?ve booked the seats near the window.
M: More and more people enjoy eating out now. Besides, this place is very popular among young people.
Q: Where does this dialogue probably take place? (C)
13. W: Who is your idol, Simon?
M: Li Ning. He used to be a famous sportsman, now he is a successful businessman.
W: I know he did a good job at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Q: What does Li Ning do now? (C)
14. M: You look tired. Didn?t you have a good rest yesterday?
W: No. Though it was a holiday yesterday, I was so busy. In the morning Mum made me have a thorough cleaning in my bedroom.
In the afternoon I washed my clothes, and in the evening I did a lot of homework.
M: Poor girl!
Q: What did the girl do yesterday afternoon? (D)
15. W: I guess you are going to play football today.
M: No, not today. I?m going to my friend?s house to exchange stamps with him.
W: I didn?t know you were a stamp-collector.
M: I?ve been collecting stamps for years.
Q: What does the man mean? (D)
16. M: Hi, Rose. I sent you an e-mail a couple of days ago. Have you got it?
W: Sorry. I haven?t checked my e-mail.
M: Why not?
W: There is something wrong with my computer.
Q: Why hasn?t Rose checked the e-mail? (C)
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容,
符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示):
The train to Beijing! Lin often dreamed about the train, and about going to the capital. Now it was in front of him, to set off soon. He looked at his brother.
“Don?t forget where you come from, Little brother, ” Jin said. “And watch your bags carefully.”
Lin nodded, unable to speak. This was his first long trip by train at the start of his new life, leaving his village and his home for the last 16 years.
He held Jin in his arms. With tears in his eyes, Jin pushed Lin away. “Go, brother. Write to us as soon as you get there, OK?”
Lin jumped onto the train. There were people and bags everywhere. He pushed past them towards his seat.
A young man was sitting in Lin?s seat. He was wearing jeans and a very smart jacket, and was smoking a cigarette.
What should he do? Six pairs of eyes looked at Lin, while the man looked out of the window.
“Sir, you?re sitting in my seat,” Lin said, with a nervous smile. The other people watched with interest.
The man didn?t turn to look at Lin, but just looked out of the window.
“Excuse me. I have a ticket with the number of the seat you?re sitting in!” Lin said in a stronger voice.
“I also have a ticket with that number—though it is in another car. Besides, I was here first,” said the man, without moving his head. Though he was sitting, he looked very tall and strong.
Lin looked at the other passengers for help. “But…”he started to say.
“But what?” The man turned and looked at Lin. “I?m not moving.”
Finally a man wearing glasses spoke in a loud voice. “This young man has the right ticket for that seat. You should move.”
Lin felt brave. “See? Please move. I?ve got a long way to go.”
“How long?” the young man asked.
“To the last stop, Beijing.”
“I?m getting off before you. Then you can have my seat.”
“Where is that?” asked Lin.
“Tianjin.”
Lin thought Tianjin was far away.
“It?s seven hours away from here,” the man with glasses said. “Even if it?s only 10 minutes, you should move.”
Slowly the young man stood up, dropped his cigarette on the floor, and disappeared down the train.
(17.T 18. F 19. F 20. T 21. T 22. F 23. T)
D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词):
In America, when people say “man?s best friend”, they don?t mean another person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give happiness to people?s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. That?s why animals are brought into hospitals for “visits”.
Americans hold “Be Nice to Animals Week”, the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don?t live in America, you can also do this. How? If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food.
If you don?t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a street dog, don?t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to stop them. As people, we must protect animals who can?t speak for themselves.
(24.happiness 25. taught 26. longer 27. Week 28. more 29. street 30. speak)
Part 2
Ⅱ. 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. C 35. B 36. C 37. D 38. D 39. C 40. D 41. C 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. B 47. D
48. C 49. D 50. B
Ⅲ. 51. I 52. H 53. A 54. G 55. B 56. C 57. E 58. D
Ⅳ. 59. opinions 60. us 61. mainly 62. fourteenth 63. death 64. responsible
65. stolen 66. create
Ⅴ. 67. didn?t have 68. do they 69. has been 70. How old 71. lucky enough 72. so that 73. I can
Part 3
Ⅵ. A) 74.C 75.D 76.D 77.B 78.C 79.D
B) 80.B 81.C 82.C 83.B 84.A 85.C
C) 86. mouse 87. offered 88. cheaper 89. choices 90. what 91. easily 92. attention
D) 93. It stands for Internet Service Provider.
94. Yes, it can.
95. It is stored on websites.
96. Just click on …Reply? and type your message.
97. Because the Internet originated there.
98. Any reasonable answer is acceptable.
Ⅶ. 略