南京玄武区2011~2012学年度第二学期九年级测试卷（二）

英  语

注意事项：

1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共8页，满分为96分，考试时间120分钟。

2．第Ⅰ卷的答案涂在答题卡上。用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，不能答在试卷上。

3．第Ⅱ卷的答案必须写在答题纸上，做在试卷上无效。

第I卷  选择题（共45分）

一、单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1．—Can you remember when Mr. Green left _____ city?

—Sorry, I can’t. I only remember it was _____ Monday.

A. the; a            B. the; the         C. a; a             D. a; /

2．The Chinese government has paid much attention to _____ rights and interests.

A. farmer            B. farmers          C. farmer’s        D. farmers’

3．—How amazing the noodle is!

—Yes, it is ___, and breaks the Guiness World Record as the longest handmade noodle.

A. 1704-meter-long                       B. 1704-meters-long    

C. 1704 meter long                           D. 1704 meters long

4．—_____ will you come back, Mum?   

—In ten minutes.

A. How long              B. How soon             C. How often        D. How far

5．He has got a chair to sit _____ , but nobody to talk _____.

A. on; to                B.  /; with             C. on; /                D. /; to

6．The cakes in the restaurant _____, so they _____ well.

A. are tasted better; are sold                   B. are tasted well; sell 

C. taste terrible; are sold                      D. taste nice; sell

7．—What did Kate say just now?      

—She asked _________.

A. who has been to the USA in our class   

B. what was wrong with my computer

C. when did China become a member of the World Trade Organization

D. that China had successfully held the Olympic Games  

8．You _____ to the meeting tomorrow if you have something important to do.

A. needn’t to come                          B. don’t need come    

C. needn’t come                             D. don’t need coming

9．It’s said that there _____ a football match on TV this evening.

A. will have         B. is going to be       C. has              D. is going to have

10. —When shall we meet again?       

—Make it _____ day you like. It’s all the same to me.

A. one           B. any              C. another              D. all

11. —Look, what have you done?

   —Sorry. I think if I _____ another chance, I’ll do it better.

A. give              B. will be given        C. will give            D. am given

12. —It is so hot in the classroom. Would you mind ____ the windows?

—OK. I’ll do it right now.

A. not closing       B. not opening          C. opening              D. closing

13. It’s said that Armstrong sent a message to Mission Control _____ said that two huge,    strange objects landed near them and were watching them.

A. who           B. which            C. whom             D. whose

14. In our school library there ____ a number of books on science and the number of them ____  growing larger and larger.

A. is; are           B. are; is              C. is; is               D. are; are

15. —Would you please pass me the sugar? 

—____. Here you are.  

A. Sure   B. Nothing much   C. Thanks a lot   D. Sorry

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

April 22 is World Earth Day. It is a day to remind us to   16   our planet. The earth faces a lot of   17   . What are they? What can we do to help her?

We call the Earth our “mother”. If the earth is really a mother, she must be very   18   . She has 19    problems to deal with. 

Global warming (全球变暖) is a very big problem in the world. It   20    the earth hot and changes the climate. It also makes the sea level   21   . If the sea level goes on rising, some places such as the Maldives (马尔代夫), St Petersburg in Russia and Bangkok in Thailand, may

   22    under water in just a few dozen years.

Another serious problem is   23   pollution. We can only use 3 percent of the earth’s water.

  24    people throw trash (垃圾) and pour dirty water into rivers and the sea. Almost 884 million people don’t have clean water to drink. 25   , humans are using up natural resources (资源). According to a report from BP (英国石油公司), there will be no coal to use on the earth by 2158 and oil will dry up by 2050.

三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

    阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

   26. What do you need if you want to kill ants?

A. D4545 Garden Spray.                   B. Sunshine Company.

C. A2104 Canvas Bag.                         D. The Dr Clean’s.

27. You’re going to love the natural soap, because ______.

A. it is cheap                               B. it smells sweet

C. there are no chemicals                    D. it is powerful

28. How much will you pay if you want three shampoos and two canvas bags mailed to you?

A. $12.25.           B. $20.50.              C. $13.50.              D. $17.

29. What does the underlined word “it” most probably refer to?

A. Canvas bag.           B. Chemical.        C. The house.      D. Dr Clean.

30. Where can you find this passage?

A. In a travel magazine.                     B. In a newspaper.

C. In a fashion magazine.                    D. In a story book.

B

There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in a traditional classroom. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not worry about grades or rules. For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom.

But many students will not do well in an open classroom. For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. They worry about the rules even when there are no rules. Even a few rules will help this kind of students. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education. Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their schools.

31. Open education allows the students to ______.

A. be late for school                        B. be responsible for their future

C. develop their own interests               D. discover subjects outside class

32. Open education may be a good idea for the students who ______.

A. enjoy traditional learning                    B. worry about grades

C. do well in a traditional classroom            D. are responsible for what they do

33. The word “rule” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.

A. 惩罚              B. 考试             C. 学科             D. 规章

34. Some students will do little in an open classroom because ______.

A. there are too few rules                       B. they hate activities

C. open education is meaningless             D. they worry about the rules

35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Some traditional teachers do not like open education.

B. Many teachers do not believe in open education.

C. Teachers may have problems in open classrooms.

D. Teachers’ feeling and attitudes are important to students.

C

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.      

It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”

What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied onto the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.

As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.

After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超车）?”

Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. One of the officers came to me. 

“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?”      

I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” 

He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was­–er, something else.”      

My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

36. From the story we know that                   . 

A．The writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife 

B．The writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C．The writer was very angry with his wife 

D．The writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

37. What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A．He could drive slowly and it was safe.    

B．Other drivers would let him go first.   

C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.    

D．He could save a lot of money and time.

38. Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?      

A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.      

B．Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.      

C．Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

39. Why did the writer’s wife begin to laugh?

A．Because she knew what mistake the police had made.      

B．Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church.      

C．Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.      

D．Because the police had helped them a lot when they were going through the city.

40. When did the officers begin to realize（意识到）they had made a mistake?      

A．Before they arrived at the church.      

B．Before they overtook（overtake的过去式）the writer’s car.      

C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.      

D．After the writer’s family left the church.

D

Which part of the world has the most nearsighted students? Just look around you–it’s East Asia. Nine in ten school leavers in major East Asian cities are nearsighted, according to the BBC. Experts say books and video games are not to blame. East Asian students, they say, aren’t getting enough sunlight.

People become nearsighted because their eyeballs grow out of shape and light entering their eyes cannot focus correctly. The body can produce a chemical called dopamine (多巴胺) to stop eyeballs from changing shape. And guess what scientists have just discovered? Sunlight can help our bodies produce more dopamine, reported AFP.

According to the study, primary school students in Singapore spend only 30 minutes outdoors every day; in Australia, by contrast, kids spend about three hours a day outside. As a result, fewer children in Australia are nearsighted–only 10 percent, compared with 90 percent in Singapore.

“Children in East Asia basically go to school... go home and stay inside. They study and they watch television,” Ian Morgan of the Australian National University told AFP.

But being a bookworm or a couch potato does not directly harm the eyes, added Morgan. “As long as they get outside, it doesn’t seem to matter how much study they do,” he explained. “There are some kids who study hard and get outside and play hard and they are generally fine. The ones who are at major risk are the ones who study hard and don’t get outside. As a result of massive (巨大的) educational pressures and the construction (构成) of a child’s day, the amount of time they spend outside in bright light is minimized.”

Experts suggest children should stay outside for two to three hours every day. This can include time spent in the playground and walking to and from school.

41. Which of the following word has the similar meaning as the underlined phrase“nine in ten”?

A. many              B. much             C. more             D. most

42. What is the main reason for the large number of nearsighted students in East Asia, according to scientists?

A. Too much reading or gaming.               B. Lack of sunlight.

C. Genetic reasons.                          D. Lack of exercise.

43. What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?

A. Dopamine is a chemical that causes eyeballs to grow out of shape.

B. Dopamine can stop light entering the eyes from focusing correctly.

C. Spending time in the sun can make the loss of dopamine in the body.

D. The more dopamine a person has in their body, the better eyesight he or she has.

44. According to Morgan, what kind of people are most likely to suffer from nearsightedness?

A. Those who like watching TV.

B. Those who take exercise regularly.

C. Those who study hard and play hard outdoors.

D. Those who stay indoors studying all day.

45. The word “minimized” in second-to-last paragraph probably means ______.

A. reduced as much as possible               B. made better use of

C. taken little notice of                        D. attached much importance to

第II 卷 非选择题 （共51分）

四、填空（共16小题；每小题1分，满分16分）

A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。

46. There are about two        （千）students and teachers in our school.

47. The temperature stays ________(在……之上) zero in winter here. You don’t have to carry many clothes with you.

48. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”  the boss shouted         (生气地).

49. Mr. Huang teaches ________（我们）English, and we like him very much.

50. — How long can I       （借）this dictionary?

— For two weeks.

B）根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

51. Tom is busy preparing for a party to celebrate his sister’s            (twelve) birthday.

52. My cousin is made         (study) with his new friends in USA.

53. —What’s your favorite fruit?

   —I like apples __________ (well).

54. On            (child) Day, our classmates sent a lot of stationary to the school in the disaster area.

55. So they ordered Armstrong to cut the __________ (fly) short and he successfully brought the spacecraft down into western Pacific Ocean.

56. Mother is busy __________ (prepare) for the coming big dinner in the kitchen.

C) 根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或词组填空，使短文内容完整正确。

A teacher, a doctor–both jobs for   57    people. Now schools and hospitals in Marshall County, Kentucky, USA, will have more similarities (相似之处) in the “ambu-bus”. As its name suggests, the one-time school bus has 58   an ambulance（救护车）, the Marshall County Tribune-Courier reported.

The “ambu-bus” will  59  carry 18 patients and will be adapted (改装) to have   60  features(特征). Officials say it will be very useful if they are ever faced with a major disaster. It will also be  61  building a new ambulance.   

Danny Davis, an official on the Kentucky board of education (学校董事会), said, “I’m a strong believer in school-community relations (关系) and I think this would be a very good thing for us to do.”

五、阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第62-71小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意： 每个空格只填一个单词。

In the past two days, I’ve been to two very different bookstores. They were both in Beijing, and both attracted people in their 20s and 30s. So why were they so different? Because one store was for Chinese people, and one was for Westerners.

At the Western bookstore, in Sanlitun, the books put on display in front–the ones expected to be the most popular–were biographies (传记), books about history, and books about politics and current (现在的) events. Farther back, there was a big shelf full of novels.

At the Chinese store, at the Beijing airport, there were very few books on history, and books on politics and current events were even harder to find. There were a few biographies, but they seemed to be of an instructive (教育性的) nature; almost all of them were about rich people, and how they got rich. What the store did have was lots and lots of books on how to learn English.

As a Westerner, I found this surprising. The kinds of books I’m used to seeing people read– the kinds that were at the first store–are the kinds people read to escape (逃脱) their daily lives. But here most of the books were on how to get rich and how to study English–how to work better and how to study better.

These Chinese books offered no escape from daily life – only ways to improve it.

Perhaps this is another area where Westerners and Chinese people can learn from each other. We Westerners could certainly read a bit more for practical purposes (目的). But I also think Chinese people might benefit (受益) from more of something my teachers always encouraged: Reading for fun.

B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Using a tea bag is most Westerners’ favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?

The tea bag was invented in 1908 b  72    Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added h  73     water. The tea t  74   good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them the loose tea (散装茶) a  75    .

Sullivan r  76     that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed f  77     silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag e  78     more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today about 85% of the tea in the UK is p  79     inpaper bags.

However, many people stillp  80     loose-leaf tea. This is b  81     some tea companies put poor quality tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasty way to go.

六、书面表达(满分15分)

假如你叫李华，是九年级一班的学生。暑假即将来临，学校准备组织部分学生参加暑期公益活动。表格中是学校安排的两项活动及要求，请按照你自己的意愿和特长选择其中一项，然后根据你的选择, 给活动负责人刘老师写一封电子邮件，提出申请。

注意：1. 词数：80～100；

2. 短文中不得出现考生的姓名、学校及其他相关信息；

3. 邮件的开头和结尾都已经给出，不计入总词数。

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Dear Mr Liu,

I’m Li Hua, a student from Class One, Grade Nine. I read your notice yesterday.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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I’m looking forward to your answer soon.