江苏省启东市东海中学2012届九年级下学期期中质量调研测试英语试题.doc

（总分120分 答题时间120分钟）
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共60分）
一、单项选择（本题共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
( ) 1. —What colour is _______ orange ? —It's____ orange .
A. an,an B. the, the C. an / D. a, /
( ) 2. Simon improved his way of study. ________, he has made great progress.
A. As a result    B. As usual       C. In other words     D. In all
( ) 3. —_____I use your dictionary, Tom? —Of course, you _______
A. Can; could B. Could; can C. Could; could D. Can; might
( ) 4. You ______ to the party if you’re so busy.
A. don’t need come B. not need coming
C. needn’t come D. need not to come
( ) 5. It’s _____ hard problem for the twins that ____ of them can work it out.
A. so; neither    B. such a; neither     C. so a; neither     D. such a; none
( ) 6. —We’ll have ________ holiday next month. Will you go home?
—No. If I go home, I’ll have to take________ ride.
A. a one-week; seven days B. an one-week; a seven day’s
C. a one-week; a seven days’ D. one-week’s ; a seven days’
( ) 7. The prices of new houses in our city have been ________than before,
but they ______ well at present.
A. higher, still sell B. lower, are not still sold
C. higher, don’t sell D. cheaper, are not still sold
( ) 8. —Have you ever been to Shanghai, Mary?
—Yes. I ______ there for three days with my parents last year.
A. have gone B. have been C. went D. was
( ) 9. Nick _______a job, but to our surprise, he didn’t take it.
A. is offered B. offered C. was offered D. has offered
( ) 10. Many people believe _______ robots will do most of our housework in the future.
A. that B. if C. why D. how
( ) 11. —Do you like the film 13 Flowers of Nanjing(金陵十三钗)？
—Yes, I do. In fact, I've never seen a _______one.
A. good B. better C. worse D. bad
( ) 12. Excuse me, could you tell me________?
A. where can I have my MP4 repaired B. what was happened to you
C. how could I go to the e-shop D. what is wrong with your bike
( ) 13. It was nothing but 10 years of hard work that _______his success in business.
A. led to B. turned to C. belonged to D. replied to
( ) 14. _______important news report it is!
A. What B. What a C. What an D. How
( ) 15. Very few people have to finish the work before going home, _________ ?
A. have they B. do they C. don’t they D．haven’t they
二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I 16 . Because I was in great need of 17 and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申请).
Three days later, a letter 18 . It asked me to see the 19 at Croydon. It proved to be a(n) 20 journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of 21 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal 22 opened the door. He was 23 and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the 24 except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 25 groups and teach them at three different 26 , and I was not 27 at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was 28 that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon 29 most of my friends would be 30 themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary(薪水), he got up to his feet. “Now,” he said. “you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.”
16. A. lived B. played C. studied D. worked
17. A. help B. money C. rest D. force
18. A. arrived B. received C. returned D. wrote
19. A. editor B. teacher C. principal D. student
20. A. comfortable B. easy C. short D. unpleasant
21. A. at least B. at first C. at last D. at most
22. A. herself B. themselves C. itself D. himself
23. A. bad B. glad C. short D. smiling
24. A. people B. subjects C. boys D. knowledge
25. A. two B. three C. four D. five
26. A. subjects B. lessons C. levels D. schools
27. A. glad B. surprised C. angry D. sad
28. A. better B. more exciting C. worse D. nicer
29. A. until B. after C. if D. because
30. A. enjoying B. helping C. studying D. arguing
三、阅读理解（本题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Come And Join Us!
We warmly welcome you to the Shine Sports Centre!
All the young people in this city can become members of the Shine Sports Centre and each member should pay $10 every year. To be a member of us and get your membership card（会员卡），you need to come to us between 2 pm and 6 pm, Monday to Thursday. I have to tell you that we don't accept new members on Friday. Now, there are three things that you must remember to bring with you when you come for a membership card. They are your ID card, a recent passport-sized photo of yourself and the money. We can't give you the card unless you bring all the three.
Once you have got your membership card, you need to bring it with you whenever you come to book or use any facility(设备）in Shine Sports Centre. Booking over the phone is not allowed, so you have to come here with your card when you want to book. There is one more thing I have to tell you. Our opening hours is from 9 am to 10 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 6 pm on weekends. We hope that every member can have a great time in the Shine Sports Centre.
( ) 31. You can use the facilities in the Shine Sports Centre at_______.
A. 9 am on Sunday B. 5 pm on Wednesday
C. 7 am on Thursday D. 9 am on Saturday
( ) 32. You and your classmate have to spend ______ on the membership card for two years.
A. $10 B. $20 C. $30 D. $40
( ) 33. What does the underlined word "book" mean in Chinese in this passage?
A. 书 B. 账册 C. 预定 D. 记录
( ) 34. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. All people have the chance to be members of the Centre.
B. You can get the membership card at 6 o'clock in the morning.
C. You can't book the facilities over the telephone.
D. You don't need to bring the membership card when you need to use the facilities.
( ) 35. Who is the advertisement written for?
A. Young people. B. Old people. C. Couples. D. Little kids.
B
A young man went to the local expert(专家) on gems and said he wanted to become a gemologist(珠宝家). The expert turned him down because he feared the youth would not have the patience to learn. The young man asked for a chance. Finally, the expert told the youth, "Be here tomorrow."
The next morning the expert put a jade(玉) stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The boy sat quietly and waited.
The following morning the expert again put the jade stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and fifth days, the expert asked the young man to do the same thing. On the sixth day, the youth held the jade stone but he could no longer stand(忍受) the silence. "Master, when am I going to learn something?" he asked.
"You will learn." the expert said and went about his business.
Several more days went by and the youth almost lost his patience. But one morning as the master put the stone in the youth's hand, the young man said without looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade stone!"
"You have begun to learn." said the master.
Practice makes perfect. The experience we learned from practice teaches us and develops our abilities. Experience is the best teacher. Even the most successful person had no absolute confidence once. It is experience that gives people confidence. The truth is: if you do the work and gain the experience, you'll have more confidence because you'll actually know what you're doing.
( ) 36. The phrase "turned ... down" probably means _______.
A. refused B. accepted C. forgave D. doubted
( ) 37. The expert let the young man hold the jade stone for so many days because he wanted to see if the young man was _______.
A. brave B. patient C. clever D. honest
( ) 38. What may be the best title for this passage?
A. An Experienced Gemologist B. Experience, the Best Teacher
C. Experience of a Young Man D. A Confident Teacher
C
Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that every moment they will affect your life in some serious ways.
Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible, painful (痛苦的) and unfair. But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your further ability and strength. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure (失败) you experience, create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
( ) 39. The people we meet            .
A. all know where to find us       B. serve us on no purpose
C. won't become our neighbor      D. will change us in some way
( ) 40. From the passage, we know that bad things can make us            .
A. terribly meet bad luck          B. realize our further ability
C. find no serious success       D. possibly enjoy every moment
( ) 41. The underlined word "poignant" in the passage means "             ".
A. 平淡的       B. 明显的      C. 深刻的    D. 艰苦的
( ) 42. The writer's suggestion is that we should             .
A. try not to talk to strange people B. learn as much as we can each day
C. avoid failure in our life D. not believe in others but ourselves
D
Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!

( ) 43. Who invented the sport of badminton?
A. Indians. B. British C. Chinese. D. Koreans.
( ) 44. Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?
A. Archery. B. Badminton. C. Taekwondo. D. Football.
( ) 45. Which of the following pictures shows the sport of "Taekwondo"?

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共60分）
四、词汇（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
A. 请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
46. __________ (幸好) he wasn’t hurt in the traffic accident.
47. Thanks for your valuable __________(suggestion). It’s very helpful to me.
48. The Chinese ____________(政府) is taking actions to protect these endangered birds.
49. ___________ is the second month of the year.
50. —What’s the _____________. of the bag of apples? —Three kilos.
B. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。
comfortable marry wide little true

51. Tom is a dishonest boy. He seldom tells the ____ ______.
52. It will make you feel ____________ if you sit too long in front of the computer.
53. Simon has ___ orange juice than Millie.
54. His parents have lived in the village since they got ___________ ten years ago.
55. Now Chinese is used as __________ as English in the world.
C. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。
write act travel take arrive

56. It was raining heavily when he ________ home last night.
57. Mary wonders what she _________ as when she grows up.
58. — Amy, I called you yesterday evening, but nobody answered the phone.
— Oh, I ________ a walk with my mother at that time.
59. —________ you ________ a letter to your mother recently?
—Yes, I wrote one last Sunday.
60. We are told that sound ___________ through air at a speed of about 340 metres per second.
五、句型转换（本题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
61. Millie is slimmer than any other girl in her class. (保持句意基本不变)
Millie is ________ _________ girl in her class.
62. Linda asked John, “Do you come from the USA?”（改为间接引语）
Linda asked John ___________ he ___________ from the USA.
63. Kitty puts away the warm clothes after the winter.（改为否定句）
Kitty _________ ________ away the warm clothes after the winter.
64. Twenty thousand fans have voted online for their favourite singers. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ fans have voted online for their favourite singers?
65. His grandpa died of cancer last year. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ his grandpa die last year?
六、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
One night Mr Lee was driving his wife home from work. She was a nurse in a hospital. It was almost midnight and she was quite tired. She soon fell (66)a__ ______, Mr Lee looked at her and smiled.
Mr Lee was a (67)c ________ and experienced driver. He knew it was safer to drive slowly on a dark night. (68)A _________ a while, he noticed a car following him. It was travelling very fast. Suddenly it overtook(超过) his car. .
The driver of the car was in such a (69)h _________ that he did not see the approaching(临近的）truck. To avoid hitting it, he suddenly turned his car. The car skidded(滑) off the road and hit a big tree. The driver and the passengers were injured(受伤). They were badly hurt by the (70)b_________ glass of the car. Mr Lee quickly (71)s__________ his car and called the police. His wife got out of the car to help them. About twenty-five minutes (72) l _________, a police car and an ambulance(救护车) (73)a__________. The injured were taken to hospital.
The policemen wrote down details of the accident. Mr Lee and the truck driver told (74)t_________ what they could remember. The policemen (75)t _________ them for their help. Then Mr Lee and Mrs Lee got into their car and continued their journey.
七、阅读与回答问题 （本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Whether summer or winter, holiday time can mean travel. A few years ago, some people moved from California to Mar