2011-2012学年度滨城区第一学期九年级期中学业水平测试
英语试题
本测评卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，第Ⅱ卷即答题卷。满分120分。考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共85分）
一、听力部分（15分）
（一）听句子选答语。（5分）根据你所听到的句子，选择正确的答语。每个句子读两遍。 1．A．By bike． B．By reading a lot． C．By the river. 2．A．No, I don’t．
B．Yes, I am． ． C．Yes, I did.
3．A．They don’t agree． B．No, I don’t C．I agree. 4．A．It must be Tom． B．It could belong to Tom．
C．It might be OK. 5．A．I’d get a pen for him．
B．I’m going shopping．
C．I’ve got a book..
（二）对话理解。（5分）根据你所听到的对话内容，选择最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 6．A．Swimming B．Dreaming． C．Driving. 7．A．Pop music．
B．Classical music． C．Country music.
8．A．Mary’s B．Carl’s． C．Fred’s. 9．A．To give her sister as a present．
B．To give them to her mother． C．To get her ears pierced. 10．A．She would go back to school．
B．She would take a vocation． C．She would find another job.
（三）短文理解。（5分）根据你所听到的短文内容，选择最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11．Carol is ______ this year．
A．12．
B．13．
C．14
12．Carol is good at English because ________.
A．she has read many English books B．she has joined an English language club C．she has made vocabulary lists 13．Carol goes to the club____________.
A．on Monday evenings B．on Friday evenings C．at weekends
14．Carol _______ at weekends．
A．watches English movies B．goes out with her friends C．goes shopping with her mother 15．Carol is allowed to ________ at night.
A．watch TV
B．write to her pen pals on the computer C．watch English movies 二、选择题（30分）
1．I have a lot of clothes _________.
A．wash
B．to wash
C．washing
D．washed
2．He is not __________to do his homework.．So he always makes some mistakes.
A．careful enough
B．enough carefully D．enough careful
C．carefully enough
3．Ann __________to choose her own clothes.
A．allow
B．is allow
C．allowed
D．is allowed
4．Jim works hard at his Chinese, and ___________.
A．so Lucy does B．so is Lucy 5．I’m sorry , I _____ my pen at home．
A．forgeted
B．forgot
C．left
D．leaved
C．so does Lucy D．so Lucy is
6．The box is __________heavy for me _________carry.
A．too, to
B．so , that
C．too, too
D．to , too
7．_________ be a history teacher?
A．Did she used to B．Does she use to C．Did she use to
D．Does she used to
8．In English , she’s _____ writing than listening.
A．better at
B．better in
C．good at
9．He finds __________ easy to learn to dance.
A．so
B．it
C．its
10．Mr. Black isn’t here．He _________ to the library.
A．has been to
B．has gone to
C．went to
11．Our school is only a ________walk from here.
A．five-minute
B．five minute’s
C．five minutes
12．I think we should learn English words by ________English songs.
A．speaking
B．singing
C．saying
13．As time __________，We know each other.
A．goes by
B．passing by
C．went off
14．Mom asks John to stay at home rather than _________ out.
A．go
B．going
C．to go
15．------What are you going to do this Saturday?
------I ________ yet.
A．haven’t decided B．won’t decide
C．am not decided 16．If there are ______ trees, the air in our city will be _______ cleaner.
A．less, more
B．more, more
C．more, much
17．------ I’m sorry I broke the window. -------I’m afraid you have to______ it. A．look for
B．pay for
C．cut up
18．What Tom did made his mother______．
A．be angry
B．to be angry
C．angry
19．--- Why ______ come a little earlier? --- All right.
A．don’t
B．not you
C．aren’t
20----I feel tired and sleepy．
D．best in
D．that
D．goes to
D．five-minutes
D．telling
D．going by
D．goes
D．didn’t decide
D．much, more
D．ask for
D．to angry
D．not
-----Why not stop _______?
A．resting
B．relaxed
C．to relax
D．relaxing
21．I don’t know _______.
A．where he lives C．where did he live
B．where does he live D．where he live
22．If he _________ here next week, I ____there.
A．will come, will to B．will come, to
C．comes , will go D．comes , go
23．The chair is broken．Please ________ who broke it．
A．look for
B．find
C．find out
D．look at
24．As China grows stronger and stronger, Chinese _____ in more and more schools out of our country.
A．teaches
B．is taught
C．has taught D．was taught
25．I _______ I ________ going to stay at home.
A．don’t think, am B．not think ,am 26．Don’t plan _____ in downtown Singapore.
A．to drive to
B．driving
C．on driving
D．on drive
C．think, am not
D．no think, am
27．Yangling with her classmates________ going to the Great Wall.
A．are
B．is
C．am
D．be
28．Please_________ the old one away, _______a new one here.
A．take, take
B．bring, bring
C．take, bring
D．bring, take
29．_________ hard work it is to plant so many trees around the lake.
A．What a
B．What
C．What an
D．how
30．Don’t worry．He is ______ to take care of little Betty
A．carefully enough C．careful enough 三、完形填空。（10分）
通读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从每篇短文后各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A
A door was locked．A big stone came and hit the door．But he couldn’t __31___ it．Later a
B．enough careful D．enough carefully
key came．He __32___the lock and the door opened．The stone was very ___33___that the key could open it so easily．He asked the key：“__34___ did you do that?”The key__35____ him and said：“Because I understand its __36___．”
Life is just like this．_37__we want to solve a problem，we must understand it ___38___．If we want to make friends with people we must understand ___39___．If we want our parents to ___40___us，we must first know their hearts．We must know what they hope for． 31．A．touch B．open C．reach 32．A．got out B．got to C．got in 33．A．worried B．thankful C．surprised 34．A．Why B．How C．When 35．A．smiled to B．talked about C．agreed with 36．A．problem B．work C．heart 37．A．If B．Because C．Although 38．A．first 39．A．us
B．1ater C．finally B．others C．them
40．A．love B．understand C．remember 四、阅读理解（30分）
A
When Mary was seven, her family moved to a new town．She usually went to school by school bus, for it was not near her house．
One morning, their family clock stopped and when they got up, it was too late for Mary to catch the school bus．Her mother said she would drive Mary to school on her way to the office． “But how can you find the way, Mum ?” Mary asked．“You have only been to my school once．”
“Yes.” her mother answered．“But you’ve been there by school bus seven times, you know the way.” “Oh, yes.” Said Mary．
They started out and Mary asked her mother to turn one way or another on their way to school, so she made her mother drive round most of the town before they got there．When they arrived, her mother found it was not really very far from their house．
“Why did you make me go such a long way?” her mother asked her．“Well, Mum.” answered
Mary．“I know only this way．The bus always goes like this, so the other children can take it to school.”
41．Mary usually went to school．__________________．
A．by can
B．by bike
C．on foot
D．by school bus.
42．One morning Mary got up late because _____________. A．her mother forgot to wake her up C．She was not feeling well 43．Mary ___________to her school． A．knew only one way
B．didn’t know the way D．knew many ways B．the family clock stopped D．She wanted to sleep more．
C．knew the shortest way
44．Mary made her mother go a long way because ______________．
A．she wanted to stay with her mother longer B．the school bus always went that way C．she didn’t want to get to school to early
D．she want to take other children to school 45．From this story we know that __________．
A．Mary was a kind –hearted girl．
B．Mary’s mother had never been to the school． C．the school wasn’t very far from Mary’s house D．Mary enjoyed going to school in her mother’s car
B
Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（宰相）, He said that the Minister would die the next day, The next day, the Minister fell to the ground from the horse, and really died．When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once．When Effendi was brought to him, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since（既然死）you knew when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death（死）, say it out, or you’ll die today
Effendi looked at the king for a while, Then he answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days earlier than you, The king was afraid that if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that, He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着）as long as possible, so he let Effendi go. 46．This story tells us__________．
A．how Effendi fool（愚弄）the king B．when the king would die C．why the Minister died
D．Effendi knew the dates of everyone's death 47．The prime Minister died because __________．
A．Effendi killed him C．He was badly ill
B．Effendi said he would die D．He fell of the horse
48．Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of Effendi's own death? __________.
A．Because the king wanted to know when he himself would die B．Because he wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi C．Because he himself had known the date of Effendi's death D．Because he wanted to know when Effendi would die 49．The king let Effendi go because __________．
A．he hoped to live a long life B．he was afraid of Effendi
C．he didn't believe（相信） Effendi's words D．he knew he would die two days later 50．Which of the following is not true__________.
A．Effendi played a joke on the Minister． B．The king was afraid of death
C．Effendi didn't know when the king would die
D．If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later
C
William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems．Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth．He wrote thirty-seven plays in all．They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England．At school he liked watching plays．He decided to be an actor（演员）when he finished school at the age of fourteen．In 1582, he married a famer’s daughter．She was eight years older than he was．Their first child was a daughter．Later they had twins．In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon．His wife and children stayed
behind．No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599．He became an actor, and he also wrote plays．He usually acted in his own plays．He earned almost no money from his writing．But he made a lot of money from acting．With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired（退休）and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon．He died at the age of fifty-two．He left his money to his family．He left his genius to the world．You still see his plays in English and in many other languages．He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
51．Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except __________.
A．Hamlet
B．Macbeth D．Man and Superma
C．Romeo and Juliet
52．Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _________.
A．1578
B．1582
C．1599
D．1616
53．In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon _______.
A．with his wife
B．with his daughter D．alone
C．with his wife and children
54．Shakespeare got much money from _________.
A．writing
B．plays
C．acting
D．retirement
55．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Shakespeare had two children.
B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems. C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.
D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.
第Ⅱ卷（35分）
五、用所给词的适当形式填空（10分）
1．If you work hard, you will be ___________ （success）．
2．Those workers spent ten months _____________ （build） that bridge. 3．They often find it difficult ___________（learn ） English． 4．Pollution is one of the most serious _______ （problem） in the world. 5..I had enough time_______（work） out that math problem． 6．The doctor told me to give up _______ （smoke）. 7．I want _______（play）the piano in the evening. 8．We should stop_______ （throw） about in public. 9．The knife _______ （use） to cut things.
10．I think English is very _______ （help）to know about the world. 六、根据句意和汉语提示填空（5分）
1．I am very_______ （激动）to hear the new words.
2．To my ________（吃惊），she came back on time that morning.
3．We had many interesting ____________（经历） while we were travelling in Beijing. 4．The dog's ________（死亡）made us very sad. 5．How _________（担心）he is！
七、阅读下列短文，根据上下文及空格中所给的单词首字母，填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。（10分）
Water is important for us．We drink it every day．We use it to cook and w 1 things．W 2 water, we can’t live．Sometimes there is not e 3 clean water．In the future, it may be a big p 4 ．So we should not w 5 water. What can we do? Use l 6 water during the daytime．Take shorter shower（淋浴）．Five to ten m 7 enough．D 8 leave the water running for a long time.
Try to s 9 every drop of water．That way, we can all have c 10 water for years and years. 八、书面表达（10分）
卫生健康饮食:健康一直是人们关注的问题我校要举行以“关爱健康”为题的主题班会,请根据下表内容谈谈你的看法,写一篇80字左右的演讲稿。 保持健康的重要性;保持健康的方法;保持健康的结论.（你的看法?） 1．多吃水果蔬菜保持饮食平衡避免含糖高脂肪高的食物
2．多锻炼健身强体;
3．鄙弃不良习惯（你的看法?
How to stay our health /fit?
Dear boys and girls：
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2011-2012学年度滨城区第一学期九年级期中学业水平测试
英语试题参考答案
一、听力（每小题1分）
1-5BCCBC 6-10BBCAA 11-15CBBAB 二、单项题：（每小题1分）
1-5BADCC 6-10 ACABB 11-15ABAAA 16-20 CBCDC21-25ACCBA 26-30CBCBC 三、完形填空（每小题1分） 31-35 BCCBA 36-40CAACB 四、阅读理解（每小题2分）
41-46 DBABC 47-50 ADBAD 51-55 DADCB 五、用所给词的适当形式填空．（每小题1分）
1．successful．2．Building 3．To learn．4．problems 5．To work 6．Smoking 7．To play 8．Throwing 9．Is used 10．Helpful
六、根据句意和汉语提示填空．（每小题1分） 1．excited 2．surprise 3．experience 4．death 5．worried 七、首字母填空．（每小题1分）
1．wash 2．without 3．enough 4．problem 5．wast．6．less 7．minutes8．Don’t 9．save 10．clean 八、书面表达（10分） Dear boys and girls：
I'm talking about/Here is my advice about how to keep health/fit? As a middle school student，first you'd better do more exercise such as playing ball games, running, swimming and jumping ropes（绳子）．Then you should pay attention to your diet or meals．Don't eat too much meat and sugar but more vegetables and fruits．Third, you need enough sleep or rest．Next, keep
yourself happy．As people often say smiling makes younger．Last you mustn't drink wine or smoke．They are bad for your health．That is my advice．I hope you are healthy and enjoy your life．
Thank you, bye! 听力材料
（一）听句子选答语。（5分）根据你所听到的句子，选出正确的答语。每个句子度两遍。 1．You learned English well．How do you study English?
2．Hi, Tina．You’ve changed a lot．You used to be quiet, didn’t you? 3．I think sixteen-year-olds should not be allowed to drive． 4．Whose book is that over there? 5．What if everyone else brings a present?
（二）对话理解。（5分）根据你所听到的对话内容，选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 6．A：Did you dream last night?
B：Yes, I did．In my dream I was swimming in an ocean of paper． Q：What are they talking about?
7．A：Welcome to our music club! There are all kinds of music．How about pop music? B：It’s OK, but I like classical music better． Q：What kind of music does the woman prefer? 8．A：What’s that, Mary? B：A toy car． A：Is it Carl’s?
B：No, it belongs to Fred． Q：Whose toy car is that?
9．A：Jane, you’ve got a nice pair of earrings．Are you going to get your ears pierced? B：No．They are a present for my sister．Her birthday is coming! Q：Why does Jane get the earrings?
10．A：Lucy, what would you do if you lost your job? B：Maybe I’d go back to school．What would you do, Lin Tao?
A：Well, first I think I’d take a vacation．After that, I guess I’d find another job． Q：What would Lucy do if she lost her job?
（三）短文理解。（5分）根据你所听到的短文内容，选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。
Carol is a Chinese girl．She is fourteen years old．Now she is in Grade Nine．She used to be poor in English．But now she is good at it．She has been in an English language club for two years．Every Friday evening she goes to the club．There she practices speaking English with others．At weekends, she often watches English movies at home．But she isn’t allowed to watch TV on school nights．She can use her father’s computer at night．She often writes to her pen friends on her father’s computer．