14-15外研九上期中综合能力测试
Ⅰ. 情景交际
(a) 阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。
Eric: Hey, Lucy, what‟s that in your hand?
Lucy: It‟s a cloth tiger.
Eric: (1)____________
Lucy: Yes, I made it for my daughter. I want her to wear it during the Dragon Boat Festival. Eric: It looks very cute. (2)____________
Lucy:Yes, it‟s a tradition. We think cloth tigers can bring them health and keep them strong. Eric: I see. (3)____________
Lucy:Sure, I‟d be glad to.
Eric: Oh, thank you very much. (4)____________
Lucy: Yes, we eat zongzi. It‟s made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. It‟s very tasty. Hey, why don‟t you spend the festival with my family this year?
Eric: Oh, that‟s a great idea. (5)____________
(b) 根据对话内容，在横线上填上适当的内容补全对话。
A: Hi, Frank. I didn‟t see you this morning. Where did you go?
B: (6)_____________________
A: Why did you go to the railway station?
B: You know, the National Day holiday is coming. I‟d like to go back home, so I went to buy a railway ticket.
A: But you look very tired. (7)____________________
B:Well, I didn‟t sleep well because I had to get up very early.
A: I see.
B: (8)_____________________
A:Well, I‟ll go to visit the Giant‟s Causeway with my parents.
B: (9)_____________________ It‟s a g reat natural wonder.
A: So it is. I‟ll send some postcards of it to you as soon as I get there.
B: (10)_____________________
Ⅱ. 短文填空
(a) 根据短文内容，从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使短文意思完整。（每词只能选用一次，每空一词）。
Long ago, people did not have many choices about how to travel. They used to walk wherever they wanted to go. They used to carry heavy things on (1)_________ heads or backs.
(2)_________ time went by, people tried to find easier ways to travel. They learned that
(3)_________ could help. Camels, donkeys and horses could carry big loads on their backs. These animals (4)_________ also carry people.
To travel on rivers and lakes, people (5)_________ to build rafts and canoes. For travelling on the sea, people made strong (6)_________ ships. These ships travelled with the help of sails and wind. Most travel was still not fast. Soon one (7)_________ called the engine (发动机) changed travel. Gas engines were used in the first cars. The Wright brothers (8)_________ used a gas engine when they invented the first airplane. Travel became much (9)_________.
Today, people use many new types of vehicles(交通工具) to travel! New vehicles are fast. However, the story of transportation is not (10)_________ yet! People are always trying to bring us new types of vehicles. What do you think will be the next type of vehicle?
(b) 阅读下面短文，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）Chi Zhen, an 18-year-old college student in Spain, used his camera to tell the stories of two people. He took a series of photos of his friends Anna Maria and V eronica. They enjoy (11)_________ lifestyles and are getting opposite results.
There is a photo of Anna Maria watching a TV programme. She loves watching TV programmes so (12)_________ that she just eats take-away food in front of her computer every day. Anna Maria doesn‟t like going out (13)_________ she thinks she‟s not beautiful and doesn‟t know what to say in social situations. She often says, “I‟m not as (14)_________ as Veronica.”
However, she doesn‟t know that while she‟s wasting (15)_________ watching TV programmes, Veronica, the “lucky” girl who lives next door, has (16)_________ herself four foreign languages. In her free time, she often goes to the library to (17)_________ her knowledge. And she has travelled to many places. People like to talk with Veronica about her experiences, so she can (18)_________ become the centre of attention.
The influence (影响) of the photos is so great —beyond Chi‟s expectations. A student commented on Chi‟s (19)_________ on , saying, “A wall separates two worlds, and the future
