江苏江阴市华士片九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

—Look at _________ sculpture, Jack! How do you like it?
—This is ________ most wonderful one I have ever seen.

—Shen Duo won five Gold Medals in five days in the YOG last month.
—Yes, his work ________ and she has got high _______ from people in our city.

My parents want me to get further study to be ________ an engineer _______ a scientist, _______ I would like to be a famous surgeon doctor.

—It’s necessary and important for them students at school to join the Clean Plate Campaign（行动）. It’s good for them to form good habits.
—Sure. We should try to _______ all the food that we’ve ordered.

There is _______ homework for her and she doesn’t know ______ it.
A. too many; what to do with
B. too much; how to deal with
C. much too; how to deal with
C. so much; what to deal with

The girl’s parents are leaving tomorrow. They will be away_________ next Monday.

––Excuse me, could you tell me _______?
––Sorry, I don’t know. I’m new here, too.

— Which of these two dresses _______, the pink one or the red one, Madam?
— Neither, thanks. I _______ take a look at a light green one.

—I wonder when you _______ in London.
—I will send an e-mail to you as soon as I _______there.

We never doubt _______ this museum is worth _____.

_________, he had to escape to the USA because a war ________.

We lost the match yesterday, but our coach didn’t get angry. Instead, he ______ us, because we tried our best.

—The music_______ by Tan Dun sounds_______.
— Yes,many of us are fond of it.

- Thanks for inviting me to the concert given by Ono Lisa, the Japanese jazz singer on Dec.20th.
-_______.

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，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。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries（电池）? These  ________ bothered(使烦恼) British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in 1996 he________a wind-up(装有发条的）radio. It doesn't need electricity or batteries. You wind it up________hand. It plays for about an hour. Then, you wind it up________ .Today it's made in South Africa.
Then in 1999, Baylis invented a mobile telephone that is powered by ________The shoes contain (含有）a small battery that is powered when you ________. This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern________to all parts of the world.
Baylis doesn't have a university degree in engineering. In ________,he  left  high  school before graduating(毕业).He just loves________things to help people. He never knows ________ideas will come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.

A．dreams B．problems C．wonders D．wishes

A．invented发明 B．improved C．borrowed D．copied

A．in B．at C．on D．by

A．then B．slowly C．again D．finally

A．sun B．shoes C．caps D．wind

A．sleep B．walk C．rest D．chat

A．communications B．exhibitions C．suggestions D．instructions

A．fact B．order C．need D．time

A．buying B．selling C．making D．collecting

A．while B．because C．unless D．when

The 2014 FIFA World Cup, the twentieth World Cup football match, was held in Brazil from June 12th, 2014 to July 13th, 2014. Thirty-two teams from different countries brought us sixty-four wonderful games during the World Cup. This is the second time the World Cup is held in this country and the fifth in South America. Thousands of football fans watched the games.
A Bite of China(舌尖上的中国), a mouth-watering documentary TV program featuring delicious Chinese food, has interested a large number of people. The program has become very popular since it was shown on TV. The documentary provides not only Chinese delicious food but also the relationships between people and food. “We made this documentary with our respect and love for food. I hope it will help people learn more about Chinese food as well as Chinese culture.” said the director Mr. Chen.
Lu Jialei, a school girl from Hangzhou, China, won the championship of the first Chinese Character Dictation Contest, which made her become famous overnight. Lu is a hard-working girl and always comes top at school. “I like reading and I’m crazy about learning Chinese characters. I enjoy the contest and hope more and more people become interested in learning Chinese characters.” said Lu Jialei after winning the contest.

 
How long did the 2014 FIFA World Cup last?

Which is NOT true according to the articles?

Where may the articles probably come from?

People think of ice cream as an American food. Yet, ice cream really came from Asia. In the late 1200s Marco Polo, the great explorer, is said to have seen rich Asians eating dishes of ice. Camels had brought the ice from distant mountains. Before it was served, the ice had been flavored (调味）with fruits.
Marco Polo brought this new dish to Italy, In France cooks changed the ice recipe (配方）and made ice cream.
At first, cooks tried to keep the recipe a secret. They wanted it to be a special dish for rich people. By the late 1700s, though, ice cream was sold throughout Europe and America.
Some great Americans loved ice cream. George Washington was the first to buy a special machine for making it. When Thomas Jefferson returned from France, he brought an ice cream recipe home with him. Dolly Madison, wife of President James Madison, also liked ice cream, and she often served it at the White House. Actually, a famous brand (品牌）of ice cream was even named after her.
In the late 1800s, the ice cream industry began to grow. A way of keeping ice cream frozen had been found, so ice cream makers did not have to worry about ice cream melting(融化）anymore.
When did ice cream become well-known in many countries?

Who do you think was the most important person in the history of ice cream?

Why can ice cream be sold everywhere today?

It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.
The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介绍的)questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer.
"Aha!" they both exclaimed, "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion， ESL students should try to speak English only.
"I agree." said Rose.
"You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right，Rose?" Rose nodded，and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.
The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.
The underlined word "exclaimed" in Paragraph 3 means "       ".

According to the passage, we can infer(推断)that       .

What can be the best title of this passage?

What colour is your name? What colour is Wednesday? These questions might sound strange to most people, but some can answer right away. One person says her name is the colour red. For another person, Wednesday is blue. These people have a condition called synesthesia. This means they experience two senses at the same time. For these people, the senses of smell, sound, sight, touch, and taste are not separate (分开的）.They might see and also hear colours, for example, or hear as well as feel sounds.
The most common form of synesthesia is to hear sounds as colours, A person with synesthesia might hear the number three as blue or the letter D as red. Someone might always see green upon hearing the word April. Another person might see different colours while listening to music. Some people also taste colours. To one person, beef might taste blue and to another, yellow. Some people experience feelings in colour. For example, one person with synesthesia reports feeling pain as the colour orange.
Another form of synesthesia is to experience sounds or tastes as shapes. Some people see music as squares and circles. Some people taste a sweet as a smooth ball. There are other forms of synesthesia, as well. For one man, different words have different tastes. Some words taste like pork；others taste like potatoes or eggs.
Synesthesia is not a common condition. Perhaps only one person in every 5,000 has it. For these people, the everyday world can be a colourful and interesting place.
What is this passage mainly about?

How many people probably have synesthesia?

Which is the most common form of synesthesia?

Which of the following is NOT an example of synesthesia?

根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
When Tom heard the news of getting a scholarship, he ________(simple) couldn’t believe his ears.
—My difficulty in learning English is how to get the ________(pronounce) right.
—You’d better follow the tape often.
________(care) may cause disasters, both to others and to yourself.
Among the three children, John is thought to be the ________(live) one.
(B)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
I want to know if yellow was once the color of the rulers in ________(古代的) China.
The news which kept ________(影响) him a lot was from a little girl.
Mr Tan doesn’t use any musical__________(乐器)in his workWarter.
________(无论何时) you lose heart, things will get worse.

动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
You’d better ________(not agree) with him, because his plan isn’t very good.
As we know, a year ________(divide) into 12 star signs in Western countries.
Success ________(require) hard work and wisdom.
Anyone who has done good to others is worth ________(respect).
Two more methods ________(suggest) to them to work out the problem, but neither of them was accepted.
Not only Simon but his classmates ________(make) great progress in English learning since last month.
— Jim, can I borrow your bike?
— Sorry, I ________(promise) it to Jack yesterday.
Tell me what you ________(try) out for when your mum called you just now.

认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。（本大题共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分）
Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing(连接)the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit(轨道)in 2015.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure (基础设施)to access the web.
We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.

阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的表格，每空一词。

Present situation	●Many of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. ●Accessing the Internet      us some money.
What the organization will do	●MDIF has made a ____ to send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit in 2015 so that for every person on Earth, there will be free Wi-Fi available .
.	●Only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. ●Many countries can't   people with the necessary infrastructure to access the web.
What we can expect	●Free Wi-Fi will    the world in the near future.

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分）
那次战争一爆发，他们就被迫离开。
They were ____________________________ the war broke out.
根据政府计划，将创造更多适合年轻人的工作。
More jobs for young people will ____________________________ the government plan.
由于恶劣的天气，那些登山队员别无选择只能改变了主意。
Those climbers ___________________________ change their mind because of the terrible weather.
每年的国庆节庆祝活动简直就像欢腾的海洋一样。
Every year, the National Day celebrations ____________________________ the sea of happiness.
我真不能想象那些开拓者是如何成功地游过那条大河的。
I can’t imagine ____________________________ across the wide river.
当你解决心理问题有困难时，向老师寻求帮助如何？
How about asking teachers for help when you ____________________________ the mental problem?

书面表达 （本大题共10分）
为配合江阴创建“全国文明城市”你校举行文明好少年活动，要评选“德才双馨”的好少年 “ Excellent Teens with both Ability and Moral Integrity”，你打算推选吴峰，请你用英语写一封推荐信。内容提示如下：
1. 痴迷于画画，对自己很严格; 不断搜寻更好的东西来提高自己；
2. 擅长用色彩来表达自己的想法；最喜欢红色，因为红色能使他迅速作出决定；
3. 尽管学习很忙，也从不放弃自己的爱好；
4. 自去年来，已几次在美术大赛中获奖；
5. 经常为大家出力, 如：……
注意：1. 推荐信须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2. 要点5须用2-3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
3. 词数在90个左右，信的首尾已在答题卷上给出，不计入总词数；
4. 信件内容请写在答题卷指定位置上。