江苏省丹阳市第三中学届九年级下学期期中考试英语试题doc.docx

1、江苏省丹阳市第三中学届九年级下学期期中考试英语试题doc丹阳市第三中学九年级下学期英语期中试卷 2016.04（满分：90分 时间：100分钟 请将答案填写在答题纸上）一、选择填空（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。1. Any phone calls for me while I was away? Yes, _ Mr. Black called and said you would understand if you see _ _message he left. A. the; a B. a; the C. the; the D

2、. a; a2. _ _ do you go to the park a week?- Twice a weekA. How often B. How much C. How long D. How many times3. If you dont go to the meeting tomorrow,_ .A. he wont ,too B. he wont ,neither C. neither does he D. neither will he4.It is _ _ that Armstrong sent a message _ _ that UFO appeared when Apo

3、llo 11 landed on the moon. A. saying, said B. saying, saying C. said, saying D. said, said5. If you see a flag _ _ outside a window, you may know someone in that house _ _ a birthday. A. fly, have B. flew, has C. flying, is having D. flying ,has6. My aunt said she called you yesterday morning, but t

4、here was no answer.Oh, we were at home. Maybe my husband with my daughter and me my car in the garden.A. was washing B. were washing C. had washed D. washed7. Its reported that the new railway station at the end of next month.A. is completed B. was completed C. has been completed D. will be complete

5、d8. Where is your son Jimmy living now?He the city of Zhenjiang, China for two years.A. has been in B. has been to C. has gone to D. has come to9. Who is ringing the doorbell. Maybe _ is your aunt. A. he B. she C. it D. this10. -Go and ask the waiter how much_ _.-Dont worry. It has been _ _. A. does

6、 the meal cost, paid for B. the meal costs, paidC. the meal spends, paidD. the meal costs, paid for 11. Id like to buy Guo Jingmings Tiny Times.You had better his books. The stories he tells are far from real life.A. dont read B. not read C. not reading D. not to read12. When will the railway statio

7、n that connects the two cities open? next year. Only two thirds been built.A. Until; has B. Until; have C. Not until; has D. Not until; have13. Is there any _ _ in the boat?Yes. The place in the corner is empty.A. rooms B. seats C. places D. space14. I failed in the chemistry competition again .I am

8、 sorry. dear, We believe that you will make progress A. You are welcome. B. Not at all.C.I am sorry to hear that. D. Come on15. The boy is standing under the tree is our monitor.A. that B. which C. who D.A &C二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。A teacher was giving a talk

9、 to his students on stress (压力) management. He raised a glass of water and asked them, “How 16 do you think this glass of water is?”The students began to think and 17 . Their answers are different, from 20g to 500g.“It does not matter on the real 18 . It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it

10、 for a 19 ,it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call a 20 . It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, 21 for a while before holding it up aga

11、in.”“If we carry our burdens (负担) 22 ,sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to 23 the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.”So 24 you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down

12、. Dont carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to 25 ourselves.Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!16. A. heavy B. full C. much D. long17. A. read B. watch C. guess D. listen18. A. glass B. weight C. water D. height1

13、9. A. minute B. night C. day D. week20. A. mother B. teacher C. doctor D. friend21. A. rest B. shake C. look D. work22. A. this time B. some other time C. next time D. all the time23. A. give up B. put down C. pick up D. think about24. A. after B. since C. before D. until25. A. save B. help C. care

14、D. relax三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列材料，根据短文内容，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。AThere are four parts in IELTS: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Listening is very important. Are you confident? Have you made good preparation? The book IELTS Listening is helpful for your preparation for IELTS.Car an

15、d Driver is the worlds most popular automotive magazine. It provides information and entertainment for people who like cars. It offers the best vehicle tests in the business. The magazine also covers the latest developments in car technology.Once you own the book, you will become a good speaker. Sus

16、an Weinschenks excellent ideas on how to make a perfect speech are very helpful to you. With the help of the book, you will be confident to know how to give your speech. Also, you will learn how to attract your audience during the speech.The book offers healthy and delicious food. These dishes can a

17、ll be completed in less than half an hour, and in many cases, in just a few minutes. Sisson and Meier show you how to delight your family or guests every time with quick, delicious meals using local materials, meats, healthy fats (yes, and real butter) and common herbs and spices.26. Which of the fo

18、llowing will help to improve your speech?A. IELTS Listening . B. Car and Driver.C. Quick & Easy Meals. D. Designing Effective Speech Interfaces.27. Who will probably be interested in Quick & Easy Meals?A. Car fans. B. English speakers. C. Housewives. D. Businessmen.28. How many of the four short pas

19、sages are introductions of magazines? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.BOne of sweetest memories as a child is of going down to the river and sitting comfortably on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to songs of birds. I would also watch th

20、e bamboo trees bend under the pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their original state after the wind had died down.When I think about the bamboo trees ability to bend and move back, the word “resilience” comes to my mind. When it is used for a person, this word means the abil

21、ity to readily recover (恢复) from shock, sadness or any other suffering. Have you ever felt like you were going to snap? Have you ever felt like you were at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived to talk about it.Life is a mixture (混合) of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhapp

22、y moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend, but dont break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.An amount of hope will take you through the unpleasant suffering. With hope for a bette

23、r tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem. The unpleasant suffering may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having.If things get tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo trees, bend, but dont break!29. What does the underl

24、ined word “snap” in the second paragraph most probably mean?A. break B. change C. win D. complain30. What can help people get through sufferings according to the writer?A. Holding peace and quiet in mind. B. Waiting until sufferings disappear.C. Experiencing more bad times. D. Hoping for a better to

25、morrow.31. What would be the best title of this passage?A. Memories of Bamboo B. Be Like BambooC. Enjoying Bamboo D. Characteristics of BambooCThere are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, dont become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that

26、some of them are crazy. Lets have a look at some of these inventions and see if you agree that they should be more successful.The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow into a bag firs

27、t. If there was too much alcohol (酒精) in their breath, the car wouldnt start. It sounded like a great idea to me, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency (紧急情况) even if they had drunk too much alcohol. Another idea I liked was an invention by a scientist who thought his

28、 children watched too much TV. He connected the TV to an exercise bike so that the electricity to power the TV was produced by the bike. If the children wanted to watch a lot of TV, they had to pedal (踩动) very hard. I found another invention on the Internet which encouraged good habits. Believe it o

29、r not, this invention was an ashtray (烟灰缸) which spoke to you when you lit a cigarette! The “voice” of the ashtray was started by the heat from the cigarette and reminded you how dangerous it is to smoke.One of the strangest inventions I have come across is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea

30、 was that when you came to a river, you could inflate a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float on the river while you pedaled the bike inside the ball! Why not use a bridge instead? A friend of mine at school once bought a strange pair of football s

31、hoes. On the bottom of the shoes there was a rotating pad of studs (转动钉垫). The idea was that you would change direction more quickly if the studs rotated with you. The problem was that every time you stopped you changed direction whether you wanted to or not! I think he wore those shoes twice! One thing I would like is a baseball cap with a built-in radio so you can listen to sport all day with your hands free. While we are on the subject of sport, the Americans invented a ki