江苏启东市九年级下学期开学考试英语试卷

Do you find it _______ to read English stories.

My father is used to _________ early now.

Nancy        after supper, as she was going to host a charity show that evening.

----Must I finish my homework at once?
----No, you ______.

Don’t worry ______ me. I’m not a child _______.

He is ill, but he goes to school ______ at home.

It’s dark. I would rather _______ in bed than _______ a walk outside.

Some of the apples are bad, but I believe the rest        sweet.

My teacher has a lot of experience _________ English at school.

----- I don’t think teenagers should drive cars.
-----_________. They aren’t serious enough.

The rest _______ the money _______ to be sent to him.

 — Kitty, do you know ______?
— Sure, about forty minutes.

完型填空
If we take a close look at successful language learners, we may discover a few techniques (技巧) which      language learning easier for them.
   ， successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on books or teachers; they       their own way to learn the language. They try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves    waiting for the teacher to explain everything. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their     conclusions which are very different from others'.
Successful language learning is an     learning. Therefore, successful learners do not wait for
a       to use the language; they     such a chance. They find people who speak the language and ask these people to correct them       they make mistakes. They will try anything to communicate. When communication is difficult, they can       information that is incomplete (不完整的).It is more important for them to learn to     in the language than to know the       of every word.
Finally, successful language learners are learners with a       .They want to learn a language because they are interested in the language and the people who       it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them. They find it     to practise using the language regularly because they want to learn with it。

A．to make B．make C．makes D．making

A．As usual B．First of all C．By the way D．So far

A．explain B．invent C．discover D．change

A．instead of B．after C．because of D．from

A．correct B．own C．only D．main

A．ideal B．informal C．early D．active

A．place B．way C．person D．chance

A．look for B．care about C．work out D．write down

A．until B．whether C．before D．when

A．break B．check C．download D．accept

A．agree B．ask C．think D．read

A．usage B．meaning C．grammar D．pronunciation

A．purpose B．certificate C．guide D．question

A．say B．talk C．call D．speak

A．interesting B．easy C．hard D．impossible

The theme park rides and attractions are open from July 26 to November 6, 2014
There is something for the whole family, with lots of frightening rides, amazing live shows, and unusual and wonderful costume characters. Guests of all ages will enjoy many activities.
Thirteen  It is based on the discovery of an ancient burial site（墓地）in an area known as the Dark Forest. It is built on the site of the old Corkscrew roll-coaster and you are invited to take the rides on Thirteen and travel deep into the living and breathing Dark Forest which might be dangerous.
You must be at least 1.2 m to ride. If you are 1.86 m or over, you can’t ride.
Laughs and Frights  Up for a bit of light-hearted fun with friends and family? The roll-coasters at the Alton Towers Resort make for unforgettable experiences. You will have so much fun with its amusement ride.
Magic and Young Fun Ideal for all the family, the Alton Towers Resort offers family rides packed with fun for little kids. There are a number of rides and activities to keep all ages happy, all day long.
Attractions  There is fun for the whole family with Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE, old Macdonald’s Farmyard and Mutiny Bay. Take a ride on the Skyride and don’t forget to check the amazing new live shows. Start or finish your day with a round of Golf!
Save 20% by booking（预订）on line and achieve advantages from Early Ride Time. No online booking fee—the price you see below is the price you pay.

Eric is 1.88 m. He cannot________.

If Tom, a boy of ten, visits the Theme Park with his parents without booking tickets online, they have to pay ________.

The writer wrote the passage mainly to________.

If you won a lottery and had lots of money, what would you do? Most people would start by buying themselves things, such as a new car or a bigger TV. Some people even decide to move a bigger house.
Many people who win lots of money may find that they have a lot of friends. The new friends they make may follow them for their money but they may also leave them when all money is spent. Sometimes people can’t decide what they want to do with all the money they have won, so they try to think of what they want. In the end, most people usually decide to save the money.
There are some lottery winners who decide to give up their jobs, because they think they have enough money and don’t need to work any longer. Some big lottery winners make even bigger changes—they end their marriages. They feel that they should be with a younger or more attractive man or woman but what they don’t know is that their new money is just a bit of luck. It can’t change everything. Before you buy the next lottery ticket, think about what you want to do and what you don’t want to do if you won.
A lottery winner may suddenly find himself with many new friends, probably because ___.

Some lottery winners decide to give up their jobs, because _________.

Some lottery winners end their marriages, because______________

The underlined word “It” refers to(指的是)  __________

Which of the following is Not true?

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re leaning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
Which of the following is NOT necessary for a young man who wants to drive a car alone?

A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

In the driving test, one _______________________.

Which of the following is NOT true?

Water is the most common substance(物质) found on the earth, but less than 1% of the earth’s water is suitable for drinking. More than 1,000,000,000 people around the world survive on just over 1 galon of water a day. Probebly more than 3,000,000,000 people may suffer from not having enough water by the year 2025. You are considered lucky if you live in a country where you can drink water out of your kitchen tap or bathroom tap. People in some countries have to pay for drinking water at home. So clean water is one of our most valuabe natural resources(资源).
In fact, peole waste(浪费) so much clean water today. In factories lots of water is wasted. At home many people are not taking showers but still baths, and many are brushing their teeth with the tap turned on. Children are no longer taught how to save water….
You can save clean water in many ways. For example, if you keep gold fish, the tank water excellent for graden plants. And when you wash a milk bottle, pour the water on your house plants. Putting a brick or a water into your toilet tank many help use less water, saving many gallons over a long time.
Using rainwater is another simple way to save clean water. You can use rainwater to wash your hands after gardening, flush the toilet, and wash your car, your pet, your driveway when they are dirty.
For the same reason, people in Malaysia are encourageed to use rainwater. If one has a house with a small garden, he would buy a huge plastic tank to keep rainwater for their daily life.
We can learn from the passage ______.

According to the passage, one of the ways to save water is _______.

The underlined word “flush” in Paragraph 4 means “_______”.

People are ecouraged to use rainwater _______.

词汇(共15分)
A．根据句意或中文提示填上适当的单词
Here are some _________（建议）about friendship, which may be of some help to you.
Mr. Bean e___________ our classroom and told us a lot of jokes.
She _________(not tell the truth) about her age when she talked with us.
He has made a lot of_________(进步) in English.
She has made two           (a talk given to a group of people)about how to learn English well.
B. 用方框内所给词的适当形式填空

We are proud that the Youth Olympics was            held in Nanjing.
Kids, help _______________to some fruit, it's good for your health.
She is such an ________ girl.
He wants to be an _______ when he grows up.
This is a _________ newspaper, not a local one.
C．用方框内所给动词的适当形式填空

Our hometown _________ a lot in the past few years.
— Did you watch the movie Nanjing! Nanjing! in the school hall last night?
— Yes, though it    __    hard all the time.
Millie __________ in Beijing with her cousin for a month last year
— Excuse me, Sir. But smoking is not allowed in school.
— Sorry, I didn’t see the sign. I             out my cigarette(香烟) at once.
This cap ________ your school uniform very well. Take it!

句型转换(8分)
Yesterday afternoon I asked someone to take some photos for me.(同义句转换)
Yesterday afternoon I ________ some photos _________.
I show great interest in his works. (同义句转换)
I _______ _______ _______ his works.
He used to wear glasses.(改否定句)
He _______ _______ _______ wear glasses.
You can’t lend the dictionary to others.(改被动语态)
The dictionary _______ _______ ________ to others.
My mother used to take a walk after dinner.(对划线部分提问)
________ ________ your mother _______ _______ _______ after dinner?

 短文填空
As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, like winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your c    .
Once you find a dream, what do you do w    it? Do you ever try to make your dream real? "Follow Your Heart" by Australian writer Andrew Mathews tells us that m    our dreams real is life's biggest challenge.
“You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts s     you from getting your dream,” the book says.
In f    , everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
D  let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small o    . You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to d    what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will l     to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get c to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

回答问题
CCTV reported that every year Chinese people throw away a lot of food which can feed 200 million people for a year.
Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Programme, there were 900million hungry people all over the world in 2013. About six million children die of hunger every year.
So think about it. We should say no to people who waste food every day. An old saying goes, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work.” It tells us everybody must save food.
Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Jiangsu, once lost her job because she took some leftover(剩余的) food home for her son. But many people were by her side and criticized (批评) the waste of food.
What should we do in our daily life to stop wasting food? We can do many things to prevent it from happening. Here are some tips:
Don't order too much food in a restaurant. Only order as much as you can eat. If you can’t eat all the food you order, take the rest of it home.
Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. some food may not be tasty, but put body need it.
Don’t keep too much food at home, especially for fruit and vegetables.
How many hungry people were there over the world in 2013?
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Why did Li Hong lose her job?
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What should you do if you can’t eat all the food you ask for?
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Can you keep too much food at home?
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What’s the main idea of the passage?
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书面表达
假如你是Daniel，请根据下面的提示内容，给你的笔友Kitty写一封电子邮件，向它倾诉你的烦恼，并请求她的帮助，词数80字左右。
着迷于网上聊天，并花很多时间。
经常回家晚，不能按时交作业。
父母老师不喜欢这样，要我放弃这个爱好。
为此常感到有压力，也不知怎么办才好，希望给出一些建议。
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