江苏省句容市2014届下学期初中九年级期中考试(一模)英语试卷

江苏省句容市2014届下学期初中九年级期中考试（一模）英语试卷本试卷满分90分。

考试用时100分钟。

一、单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. — I knocked over my coffee cup. It went right over the keyboard.—You shouldn’t put drinks near ▲ computer.A. aB. anC. theD. /2. One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to ▲ healthy eating habits.A. grow B develop C. increase D. raise3. —Which driver was to blame?—Why, ▲ ! It was the child’s fault. He suddenly rushed ou t between two parked cars.A. bothB. allC. eitherD. neither4. President Xi Jinping made several speeches about the Chinese Dream ▲ his trip to Europe.A. ByB. whileC. duringD. until5. —I think I’ll give Tom a ri ng.—You ▲ . You haven’t been in touch with him for years.A. willB. mayC. have toD. should6. It was reported that the number of the passengers ▲ took the flight is 227.A. whichB. whatC. whoD. where7. －I’m thinking of the test tomorrow. I’m afraid I can’t pass this time.－▲ ! I’m sure you’ll make it.A. Cheer upB. Good luckC. No problemD. I’m sorry8. I think it’s necessary for my daughter to have her own mobile phone, for I sometimes want tomake sure if she ▲ home for dinner.A. comeB. comesC. has comeD. will come9. Michael made a big bamboo box ▲ the little sick bird till it could fly.A. keepB. to keepC. keepingD. kept10. In my opinion, London's not as expensive in price as Tokyo but Tokyo is ▲ in traffic.A. more organizedB. the most organizedC. so organized asD. as organized as11. —You are wanted on the phone.—▲ nobody knows I am here.A. IfB. AndC. ButD. So12. ▲ experience it is! I’ll never forget the days I spent in the forest.A. What an excitingB. What an excitedC. How excitingD. How excited13. Kim Soo-hyun, a ▲ actor, is famous as the “professor” in “Man from the Stars”.A. 25-years-oldB. 25-year-oldC. 25 years oldD. 25 year old14. —▲ will you show us around your school?— In a few days.A. How soonB. How longC. How oftenD. How far15. Don’t you think these boots look very nice? I wonder ▲ .A. how much I should pay for themB. how much do they costC. how much should I spend on themD. how much are they二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

I grew up as the youngest of three girls in a small town outside Boston. My parents did their best to 16 everything we needed. It was a(n) 17 life, I seemed to have all I wanted: a lot of latest fashionable clothes and holiday vacations. At school some of my classmates envied me,18 when came back from spring break（春假）. From the outside, I appeared to have it all, but inside I was losing something 19 to live a happy life, an active self-image (自我形象). When I looked at myself in the mirror I felt 20 and unhappy.Great clothes, dancing, singing, and piano lessons did not 21 the emptiness I felt inside myself. 22 my mom told me that I was a born artist; I had so little confidence that I didn’t believe that it was true. Instead, I compared myself to others and always found myself losing something.23 can take the place of an active self-image. It’s something we can’t fake (假装), even if we act as if we have one. It might be wonderful to have parents who 24 how to help me develop feeling of self-worth. My parents are really good people who 25 didn’t know how. As a result, building self-worth has become my lifelong lesson.Today I understand that feeling good about myself is a lifelong process never to be rushed, only to be embraced (拥抱) with time.16. A. provide B. return C. search D. donate17. A. comfortable B. stressful C. unhappy D. frightened18. A. nearly B. recently C. hopefully D. especially19. A. secret B. important C. magical D. physical20. A. strange B. frightened C. empty D. nervous21. A. cause B. show C. fill D. teach22. A. Until B. Whether C. Unless D. Although23. A. Anything B. Nothing C. Something D. Everything24. A. describe B. know C. argue D. wonder25. A. simply B. luckily C. widely D. suddenly三、阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面三篇材料，根据内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。

（A）Gary is teaching his students to play a game called “Word House” in the English class. Here is the way to play this game.（contain: 包含）26. What does “Word House” look like?27. According to the rules of the game, we know ▲ .A. it is about spellingB. it is a computer gameC. there must be five people in the gameD. the student who can write the most words wins the game28. Which of the following is the right order of playing this game?a. Cut the paper into squares.b. Make a three-letter word which contains the two letters you’ve written.c. Write a letter on one square.d. Keep making new words in the same way.e. Make a two-letter word and put it below the first square.A. a-b-c-d-eB. a-c-e-b-dC. d-c-e-b-aD. e-b-c-d-a（B）Almost everyone suffers from a headache sometimes. But some people suffer from repeated, frequent headaches.What is headache? What causes it? What can be done about a headache? What research is being done on headaches?The dictionary defines (下定义) h eadache simply as “a pain in the head.” What most people mean by headache is a pain which lasts several minutes or hours. It covers the whole head, or one side of it, or perhaps the front or the back of the head. To add to the confusion (困惑) about a definition, some people call tight feeling in the head a headache.A headache is important because it can be the first warning of a serious condition which probably could be controlled if discovered early. If a person removes the warning, day after day, with a pain-killer, he may pass the point of easy control.The professional name for covering up a symptom (症状) is “masking” (遮蔽). A headache expert once said, “Masking symptoms is not the best way of treatment.” He compared taking a pain-killer for a headache before a cause is known with taking iron pills for anemia (贫血症) while bleeding continues undiscovered. He added, “Sometimes it is wiser to stand still than to advance in darkness.”A headache is important also because it affects normal, happy living. The employee with a headache does less work. In a flash of temper he may upset (使心烦意乱) his workmates or customers, causing a direct or indirect loss to his organization. The mother with a headache suffers and disturbs the family. She upsets her husband and children.29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Headache has no effect on others.B. Headache may cover the whole body.C. Headache is just the tight feeling in the head.D. Headache may last several minutes or hours.30. What may the writer talk about in the following paragraph?A. Treatments of headachesB. The definition of headachesC. Symptom of headachesD. Bad effects of a headache31. The passage mainly tells us ▲ .A. the reason of headacheB. everyone suffers from a headacheC. headache and its effectD. a headache is a symptom of something serious（C）Have you ever wondered?1. Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon (大气现象) known as the jet stream (气流). The jet stream is a very high altitude (= above sealevel) wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. So the planes moving at a constant air speed go faster from the west to the east when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite.2. What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other buildings float away? What happened would depend on (依靠) how strongly the things were attached (吸附) to the earth. The earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something around your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies of f in a straight line. ‘Turning off’ gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot up at a great speed until they hit the ceiling (= top surface of a room). Most things outside would fly off into space.32. What information can we get from the first part?A. It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.B. Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.C. It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.D. The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.33. The underlined word “shoot” in the 2nd part means “▲ ”.A. send forB. move quicklyC. come outD. grow quickly34. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. It takes seven hours to travel from London to New York.B. The earth is moving at a high speed.C. People on the earth will grow higher if there’s no gravity.D. Things not attached to the earth would fly off in a straight line.35. Where can we read this passage?A. In a comic book.B. In a short story.C. In a travel magazine.D. In a student’s book.四、词汇运用(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)A) 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，每空一词．．．．。