1、江苏省无锡锡东片届九年级英语下学期期中试题江苏省无锡锡东片2018届九年级英语下学期期中试题第I卷 (客观题 共50分)一、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并写在答题卡上。(本大题共14小题,每小题1分,共14分)1. How was your recent trip to Sichuan? Ive never had _ one before. A. a pleasant B. a more pleasant C. a most pleasant D. the most pleasant 2. Isnt it surprising that Tom sho
2、uld have got the first place in the National IT Contest? Yes, it is. The result is really _ what we all expected. A. within B. over C. against D. beyond 3. Which one do you like better, McDonalds or KFC? _. I think they are junk foods and bad for our health.A. Both B. Either C. None D. Neither4. A g
3、ood listener is expected to _ ideas and raise questions to keep the talks to follow. A. realize B. advise C. offer D. agree5. Linda, _ do you take the course in DIY? Every Sunday afternoon. A. How long B. How far C. How often D. How soon 6. Sales of such drinks are dropping for years. People prefer
4、healthy drinks like tea and juice. So I think soft drinks _ be out with time passing. A. may B. must C. should D. need7. China provides more than 90 percent of the worlds rare earth metal, but its reserves(存储) only _ about one-third of the worlds total. A. take up B. make up C. open up D. put up 8.T
5、he Spring Festival is one of the _ festivals in China and everyone loves to celebrate it. A. modern B. traditional C.international D. ancient9. You are crazy! How can you go blind when such things like this happened? Well, I have no idea _.A. whats wrong with my mind B. that my eyes were blindC. why
6、 did the things happen D. whether have such things taken place10. In March, cherry blossoms(樱花) in the Turtle Head Park give the city of Wuxi an early _ of spring. A. taste B. theme C. sense D. result 11. There is no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery _ another man, also smart,
7、fails. A. since B. if C. as D. while 12. Its known to all that learning a foreign language_ action, or you wont master it well. A. realizes B. reduces C. requires D. receives 13. Few movies have had a greater influence on popular culture than Steven Spielberg. _. To me, his works are nothing more th
8、an entertainment.A. Practice makes perfect B. Every coin has two sidesC. Every dog has its day D. Its just your cup of tea. 14. It is hoped that users private information will be better protected in the future. _. Much of our personal information is at great risk in the age of the Internet.A. Exactl
9、y B. It depends C. Not at all D. Far from it二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 (本大题共10分,每小题1分)“Kids can make a difference.” Craig Kielburger said. When Craig was 12, he 15 a group that has helped kids all over the world. How did Craig get started? In the seventh grade he learned some
10、thing that made him 16 . A 6-year-old boy in Pakistan was sent to work in a factory. The boy could not go to school. He could not even play. He had no freedom (自由) at all. Craig 17 that with his own life. Laws in his country said that kids must go to school. 18 was free for all kids. But in some cou
11、ntries school was not free. Children from poor families went to work instead of to school. Craig wanted to help those who didnt have the same 19 as he and his friends. As a result, Craig and some friends started Free The Children. Craig and his friends decided that Free The Children should 20 money
12、to build schools. Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poor areas live 21 . Today, Craigs charity has more than one million members in 45 countries. It is 22 going strong. The money they have raised has done many good things. It has helped build more than 500 schools around the world. It als
13、o pays for health care in poor communities. Craig has had a lot of success. 23 , he still remembers his unpleasant start in the seventh grade. “We were 24 by other kids, who said you couldnt change things,” he says. Still, Craig didnt give up. Now he wants more kids to help. “Go to . Bring it to you
14、r teachers,” he says. “As you gain more confidence, friends will join you. It just gets easier.”15.A.expectedB. startedC. inventedD. owned16.A.angryB. hopefulC. helpless D. excited17.A.matchedB. balancedC. comparedD. marked18.A.EducationB. SchoolC. WorkD. Reading19.A.programmeB. resourceC. advantage
15、D. quality20.A.saveB. storeC. winD. raise21.A.betterB. worseC. closerD. surer22.A.stillB. almostC. recentlyD. simply23.A.IndeedB. HoweverC. FinallyD .Instead24.A.encouraged B. satisfied with C. laughed atD. praised 三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容,在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。(本大题共13小题,每小题2分,共26分)。 AThe Internet is an
16、 important part of our lives. What do you usually do on the Internet? Here are some useful websites for you.25. NG Kids has an edition especially for _.A. parents B. children C. teachers D. doctors26. Teens Health helps _.A. learn about giving advice.B. look after pets at home.C. solve problems in l
17、ife.D. keep away from changes.27. _ can help you choose a good movie.A. Mtime B. NG Kids C. Teens Health D. News Room BEveryone is born with their own built-in burglar(窃贼)alarms(闹钟), called the sense of sight and sound.Unluckily, many of us go around with the alarm turned off.We dont see the strange
18、r walking outside the house next door.We dont notice the sounds from the flat upstairs.(Werent they supposed to be on holiday?)The police can only do so much to prevent crime. There never can be enough of them to guard every home in every town. So they need your help in fighting with the burglars.No
19、t, of course, by setting out to have a go every time, youll see something doubtful. Itll always be the job of the police to arrest criminals. But by acting as a line of communication between them and your community, for example, you probably know far more about your neighborhoods than the police eve
20、r could. A stranger in someones garden would probably be far more easy to be seen to you than it would to even the local police, if, of course, you were on the look-out.Thats the whole idea behind the Neighborhood Watch plans, trying to make the country create a spirit of watchfulness within a commu
21、nity, anything doubtful being reported to the police. Its early days yet, but results so far are very encouraging. The crime numbers are already dropping in many of the areas running the plan. And all because of people like you.28. The underlined word “them” refers to “_”.A. the police B. criminals
22、C. neighbors D. strangers29. The advertisement points out that many people_.A. are not ready to help the police B. are not as watchful as they could be C. dont look after their gardens well D. dont tell their neighbors about their holidays30. One of the ways we could help prevent crime is to_.A. tel
23、l the police if we hear noises upstairs B. try to stop criminals from running awayC. turn on the alarm system in our home D. look out for people behaving doubtfully31. The purpose of the advertisement is to _in their neighborhood.A. ask people to join the police forceB. advise people how to protect
24、their homesC. encourage people to be on watch for possible crime D. warn people about the increasing risk of crime CLast week, my granddaughter started kindergarten, and I wished her every success. But part of me didnt. I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be
25、 good for our learning process(过程). Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time, which can often be a problematic (存在问题的) victory. First-time success is usually luck. First-time failure, however, is supposed to be the nat
26、ural order of things. Failure is how we learn. In Africa they describe a good cook as “She who has broken many pots.” If youve spent enough time in the kitchen to have broken a lot of cookers, probably you know a lot about cooking. I once had dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time compari
27、ng knife wounds and burn marks. They knew how much value their failures gave them. I make my living by writing a daily newspaper. Each week I know that one part I write is going to be the worst part. I try my best every day. I have learned to love writing. A successful article usually means that I a
28、m discussing my familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as anyone else but in a better way. My younger daughter is a trapeze artist (荡秋千演员). She spent three years practicing a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but
29、she did anyway. She said she was no longer learning anything new and she was bored. And if she was bored, there was no meaning in putting her body into all that stress. She risked failure and great public embarrassment(尴尬) in order to improve herself. My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will fe
30、el her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her, though, that its not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the beginning.32. What does the writer think of his daughters chan
31、ging her show?A. He doesnt think it wise of his daughter to do so.B. He is worried about the risk his daughter takes.C. He is very excited about his daughters decision.D. He stands on his daughters side no matter what the result will be.33. The writer talked about his own experience to show that _.A. p
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