常州市正衡中学2014-2015学年
九年级英语学习情况调查
一、听力 二、单项选择
21. Sit by ___ window of the train, ____ you’ll have _____ better view. A./;but;the B./;so;the C.the;and;a D.the;or;a
坐在窗户旁sit by the window,排除A、B;考查祈使句+连词+简单句，and表示递进关系，故选择 C
22. ---What do you think of my application?
---I’m sorry. _____ can be accepted _____ you complete the survey.
A.Everything;before B.Anything;since C.Something;till D.Nothing;until
题干表达的意思是直到你完成调查，你的申请才可以被接受，故选择D，考查的是not..until句型
23. Nancy ____ at once after supper, as she was going to host a charity show that evening. A.woke up B.dressed up C.got up D.stayed up
根据题意：Nancy在晚饭后立即装扮，因为她将要主持一个慈善晚会。 24. ---______I know by what time you want the project to be done? ---By the day after tomorrow. _____ you finish it on time.
A.May;Must B.Must;Need C.Could;Can D.Need;Would 本题考查情态动词。我可以知道你希望这个项目什么时候完成吗？ 后天。你能够准时完成吗。故选择C
25. ---You don’t know what great difficulty I had ____ to get the two tickets. ---But the film is really worth ____twice. A.managing;seeing B.to manage;seeing
C.managing;being seen D.managed;to be seen
考查have a good time doing sth的用法。以及值得做某事be worth doing sth 26. ---Jim is seriously sick. _____, he can’t _____ eat ______sleep. ---I’m sorry to hear that.
A.As a result;neither;nor B.Otherwise;not only;but also C.As a result;either;or D.However;either;or
Jim病得很严重，因此，他不能吃也不能睡。故选择C
27. ---Last month Shirley advised her father to buy her brother an iphone6 as a birthday present.______ useful advice her brother thought it was! ---But ____ of us came up with such a good idea before.
A.How;both B.What;all C.What;none D.How;each
第一空考查感叹句，advice是不可数名词，故排除A、D；第二空的含义是我们都没有相处如此好的一个主意，故选择C
28. ---I never doubt ____ a hard-working player like Spud Webb is supported by ____ many fans. ---He is really a great basketball player who never gives up. A.if;so B.that;so C.whether;such D.that;such Never doubt宾语从句用that引导。如此多的粉丝，故选择so 29. ---Shall we phone Mary and say sorry to her?
---_____? It was our mistakes.
A.What for B.What’s wrong C.What about it D.Why not ---我们要给Mary打电话道歉吗？ ---为什么不？这是我们的错误。
30. Hi, Daniel. I hear that you’ve just come back from Dalian. I’m calling to ask _____. A.how did you visit the city B.how many days you’ve spent there C.which hotel you stayed in Dalian D.how you found the seafood there.
本题考查宾语从句。A是语序错误。B是时态错误。C缺少介词应该是stayed at。故选择D
三、完形填空
James wanted to buy a bike very much, but he had only $24.52 in his money box. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! How on earth was he going to get the _____ of the money? He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was _____ to hang around(闲逛) with them when you were the only one without a bike. He knew it was no use asking his parents for it, for they had no money to ____. The only way to get money is that he must ______ i by himself. So he had to find a job. But who would hire(雇佣)? He thought it was impossible. So he decided to ask Mr. Clay for ___, who usually had opinions on most things. With the ___ of Mr. Clay, James found some part-time jobs. For the next three months he had to _____ every day after finishing his homework.He took dogs and babies for walks, cleaned windows, and mended books. The day ____ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He _____ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode home _____, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard working for the money, but James knew that he valued (珍惜) his bicycle far more _____ he had bought it with his own money. He had achieved what he thought was ______, and that was worth even than the bike. part smart spare borrow decision education work slowly gave tired because possible
根据文章意思，应该是得到剩余的钱，用the rest of money
对于一个没有自行车的人来说，跟有自行车的人闲逛很困难，故选hard
rest unfair spend raise advice training study normally wasted silently though easy amount hard save collect knowledge help practise soon left proudly why simple number fashionable leave earn experience organization play finally took patiently how impossible 他的父母没有存款no money to save 他必须自己赚钱earn
向Mr. Clay求助 ask sb for advice
在Mr. Clay的帮助下， with the help of sb.
在每天完成家庭作业后，他不得不每天工作，故用work 他期待的那一天终于到了, 用finally
根据上文，当他筹到钱之后，他立即去店里买了那辆自行车，故用waste no time. 他用自己赚的钱买了车，感觉很自豪，故用proud
他很珍惜自己的车，因为是用自己赚的钱买的，所以选用连词because 他取得了他之前认为是不可能的东西，故用impossible 四、阅读理解
I wonder how many Hong Kong students realize that our standards are falling these days, especially in English. From my point of view, the idea of teaching smaller classes should be considered.
Instead of talking about the advantages of teaching smaller classes, let me talk about the problem of having a large number of students in one class. Firstly, I don't think teachers can look after so many students all at the same time. Thus, the educational standard of the students will fall. Also, it is possible that teachers are not able to give enough attention to each of the students. With so many students in class, the teachers are sometimes not clear about the different standards of different students. As a result, teachers sometimes do not understand where their students are weak and are unable to give them any special care. I'm sure you now know the reason why Hong Kong students' standards are falling. Thus, we must take action to improve the situation and overcome (克服) this problem. And the solution(解决方法) above is a great idea. In smaller classes, students can have more chances to ask questions, as teachers have much more time when they are teaching just a small group of students. What is more, as there are fewer students than before, teachers can take better care of each student. Therefore, when students get into difficulties, they can get immediate help in class. All in all, we still don't know what the results of teaching smaller classes will be. However, I think this policy（政策）can help raise students' standards. So I strongly agree with it. 57. What does the writer suggest to improve the falling study standards in Hong Kong? A. Better teaching. B. A change of teachers, C. Teaching smaller classes. D. Giving students more classes. 58. The writer talks about big classes in the second paragraph to ________. A. Attract readers' attention to them
B. explain his idea from the opposite point of view C.give some examples about the main topic D. tell people about the bad conditions in big classes 59. According to the passage, the students in smaller classes can ________. A. ask any question in class B. solve problems all by themselves C. study in small groups D.get more help from teachers
文章第一段阐述了学生的质量下降，所以建议采取小班教学模式，故选择C
文章第二段是作者先阐述了大班教学存在的问题和缺点，从而来论述自己的观点
文章的最后一段说了，对小班教学的结果还不知道，但是这样可以提高学生的水平，故选择D
It happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a brilliantly （精彩地）written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.
And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In the World Book Day’s “Report on Guilty Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as I’m not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out), I’ll admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire top ten. But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984. I think it’s really brilliant.
The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky (I haven’t read him, but haven’t lied about it either) and Herman Melville.
Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress” someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more in–depth!
But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. K. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (I’ll come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).
64. How did the author find his friend a book liar?
A. By judging his manner of speaking. B. By looking into his background. C. By mentioning a famous name. D. By discussing the book itself.
65. Which of the following is a “guilty secret” according to the World Book Day report?
A. Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list. B. 42% of people pretended to have read 1984. C. The author admitted having read 9 books. D. Dreams From My Father is hardly read.
66. By lying about reading, a person hopes to . A. control the conversation B. appear knowledgeable C. learn about the book D. make more friends
64.【答案】D
【解析】根据文章第一段A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was ,in his words, “a brilliant written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all.然后他继续以一种能暗示出他对奥巴马背景一无所知的方式继续谈论奥巴马，可知作者跟他的朋友谈论有关奥巴马的那本书时，发现朋友对奥巴马的背景一无所知，这暗示出朋友其实并没有读过这本书，他对奥巴马的背景一点都不知晓，故选D。 65.【答案】B
【解析】本题的关键词是guilty secret，定位第二、三段。根据文章第三段可知，不像百分之四十二的人那样，我很高兴地说，我读过排在第一位的George
Orwell’s 1984。由此可知，作者读过这本书，而百分之四十二的人却没读过。故选B。
66.【答案】B
【解析】根据文章第四段“当被问及为什么撒谎的时候，最普遍的理由是想给正在说话的人留下深刻的印象”可知，人们之所以选择撒谎是想让对方觉得自己知识渊博，从而给对方留下一个好的印象，故B正确。
As we know, it is not easy to build a satellite(卫星). Building a traditional satellite usually takes years. The costs can be as high as $250 million or more. Most members of the design teams have worked in the field for a long time. They hold advanced degrees(学历) in math, science, or engineering.
But things are changing. High costs, unusual educational needs and long start-up times are no longer an obstacle(障碍) to space exploration. The scientists have developed a new type of tiny, inexpensive earth-orbiting(轨道) satellite. So far, college students have built and launched(发射) several cube-shaped satellites, or CubeSats. At least 15 more are ready to go. Those already in orbit take pictures, collect information and send it back to the earth, just as regular satellites do.