重庆市沙坪坝区六校九年级上学期半期联考英语试卷

           Spring Festival is always in             spring.

His parents don't want him to be the            of the family, but just a healthy and happy person.

---            do you study English?
--- I study English by reading aloud every morning.

Could you please pass me a pair of __________? I want to use them to practice paper cutting.

---            weather it is! We can't go boating on the lake.
--- Don't worry. Let's go to the Science Museum instead.

My hometown Chongqing is well-known _________ the delicious food.

The police            us not to swim in the river last summer.

David is very __________ and he can always make the people around
him happy.

When I traveled in Thailand, I bought a ring. It __________ silver.

--- Do you often get online?
--- Yes, I            lots of time surfing on the Internet. It’s a good
way to relax.

__________ my brother __________ I am going to the basketball
game tonight because we both love basketball a lot .

— Only a small number of students       able to pass the exam.
— Yes. The number of them       no more than 20.

It's             of you to speak with your mouth full of food.

---Could you please tell me ________?
--- Yes. There’s one on the Center Street.

The bridge __________ by the farmers themselves in 1982.

Kate is             girl. She's very happy at school.

As an excellent student, the boy            makes mistakes in his exams.

We             many English words in the last few years.

I used to            in the river. But now I am used to in the swimming pool.

--- I have worked harder than before, but I still didn't get good grades in math.
--- Don't worry.            .

完形填空。（每小题1.5分，共15分）
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
I was flying to New York at night. Suddenly, a storm broke and the plane began to be tossed(颠簸)around.
When I looked        the plane, I could see that nearly all the passengers were worried and     . The future seemed terrible and many were wondering if they would make it through the storm.
Then I        saw a little girl. It seemed that the storm meant        to her. She sat on her seat reading a book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would read again, with no      or fear in her eyes. When the other passengers were scared half to death, that child was completely     . I could not believe my eyes.
When the plane finally reached New York, I was not surprised to         that all the passengers were hurrying to come out. I stopped and spoke to the girl for        long time. I asked         she had not been afraid.
The child replied,” My daddy is the      , and he is taking me home.

A．at B．around C．up D．into

A．afraid B．shy C．happy D．friendly

A．probably B．luckily C．suddenly D．certainly

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

A．pride B．worry C．anger D．regret

A．calm B．nervous C．active D．tired

A．say B．hear C．find D．think

A．so B．such a C．such D．So a

A．whether B．how C．when D．why

A．guard B．driver C．pilot D．traveler

阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
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As a parrot. Blu was special for two reasons. First , he had bright blue feathers（羽毛）. He was a rare species（稀有物种）of bird . Second, Blu couldn’t fly. He stayed inside every day and never learned to fly. This bird lived a comfortable life with his owner, Linda, in a small town in Minnesota, US.
Both Blu and Linda thought he was the last one of this kind of bird until one day they got the news – there was another bird of the same kind in Rio de Janeiro（里约热内卢）, a Brazilian city ! It was a girl bird named Jewel.
Blu decided to go to the faraway land to find Jewel. When he arrived there, he fell in love with the beautiful Jewel at first sight.
But soon a group of bad people kidnapped（绑架）the pair , trying to sell them for money . Luckily, with the help of Jewel and some city birds, Blu and Jewel ran away.
Now in a strange country, Blu still had a lot of problems. He had to face his fears and learned to fly to win Jewel’s heart. The bad people were still trying to catch them. How could Blu and Jewel stay safe? And how would he find his way back to Linda? Would Blu be able to get over all these problems?
Let’s find the answers in the movie “ Rio ” on the coming Saturday.
Who was Blu?
A. A parrot.               B. A rare species of bird.
C. Linda’s pet.            D. A , B and C.
Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

What’s the purpose（目的）of the passage ?

American people like to say “Thank you” whenever others help them. People of many other countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.
You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table. When someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.
“Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say “Excuse me” behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to interrupt（打断） others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others.
Let’s all learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.
What is the main idea of this passage?
A. American people use “Thank you” widely to show they are polite.
B. American people say “Excuse me” widely to show they are polite.
C. It’s not polite to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me” in America.
D. Both A and B.
You should learn to say “Thank you” when ______.

“Thank you” is ______.

You should say “Excuse me” if you want to _____.

What is your favorite holiday? Here are some students’ opinions.
Sandy from Taiwan says:
My favorite holiday is the Mid-Autumn festival. I always visit my grandfather and grandmother, and we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain. At night, we always have a picnic, and watch the moon together. I enjoy it a lot.
Yagna from India says:
My favorite day is Deepavali(屠妖节), which is also called Festival of Lights. People do some cleaning at home and light their oil lamps to thank for the defeat(败仗) of the bad king. To celebrate it, we also eat sweets and delicious food, wear new clothes, and give presents to our friends and relatives.
Pat from Thailand says:
My name is Pat. My favorite holiday is Songkran. It takes place from the 13th to 15th of April. On the holiday people pour water on each other. It is a lot of fun. People also buy new clothes and they have big parties.
What is Sandy’s favorite holiday?

What does the underlined word “Songkran” probably mean in Chinese?

In order to celebrate Deepavali, we can ________.

Which of the following is TRUE?

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is not helpful. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal(煤)in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused(引起)by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. Also, we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.
________, our world is becoming much smaller.

Hundreds of years ago, life was ________it is today.

The writer thinks that          pollution makes us angrymore easily.

According to the passage, which statement is true?

口语运用。（每空1分，共5分）
阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

 
A: Hi, Peter. We haven’t seen for several days. How’s it going?
B: Not bad.     
A: Pretty good! Are you free this Sunday afternoon?
B:           What’s up?
A: There is going to be a basketball match in our school.     
B: Yes, of course. But which team is our school going to play against?
A:     
B: Really? I think our team is very strong. Perhaps we will win the match.
A: But I hear that their team is strong, too.
B: I’m sure it must be a wonderful match.
A: I think so.      
B: Let’s meet in the playground at 3:00 p. m..
A: OK. See you then.
B: See you.

任务型阅读。阅读下文并回答问题。（每小题2分，共8分）
Jack Ma（Ma Yun), 50，is executive chairman（董事局主席）of Alibaba Group, a business-to-business online platform. On Sept. 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证卷交易所). Ma has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Ma was born in Hangzhou, he grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the:West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists. He did it for nine years.
The experience made him a fluent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wider world.
In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer”, and found that there was nothing there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.
Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded(成立) Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential(潜力) when few other Chinese did. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But 15 years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce（电子商务）company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall.
No one thinks he's mad now. Ma's favorite line has been printed on Alabama’s souvenir T-shirts. It reads:” Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?”
Did Ma want to learn English at the age of 12?
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Where was Jack Ma born?
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In what year did Ma, his wife and his friends found Alibaba in Hangzhou?
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What did people call Ma Yun?
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完成句子。（每空一词，每空1分，共10分）
They used to see a movie on Saturdays. (变为否定句)
They __________ __________ to see a movie every week.
Trees are planted every year. (变为一般疑问句)
_________ trees _____________ every year?
Lucy found the supermarket by asking the policeman for help. (对划线部分提问)
__________ ___________ Lucy find the supermarket?
Whatever he says, I won’t believe him anymore. (同义句转换)
__________ ___________ what he says, I won’t believe him anymore.
他昨天没来上课，因为他生病了。（根据汉语提示完成英语句子）
He was__________  ________classes yesterday, because he was ill.

短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）
根据下面短文内容，在空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
Microsoft founder(创建者) Bill Gates has talked about         to be a good parent, saying that 13 is a right age for a child's first mobile phone.
The 57-year-old father of three said on the Today show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed to have their        phones until their 13th birthday and his youngest daughter Phoebe is still         for one.
“We've made a rule in our family that it's 13 when you get a phone.” He also said as a result his child often returned       from school complaining, “All the other kids have one, I'm the only student     it, it's so embarrassing(令人尴尬的).”
Bill Gates        said that they want to raise（抚养）their three children as usually as possible. It is said that their kids have to do        at home and can’t get much money.
In 2010 Mr. Gates said that he wanted to give most of his money       instead of handing it down, “That wouldn't be good either for my kids or society,” he said.

书面表达
Mary在学校参加了一个Art Club, 从那以后，她有了很大的改变。请你结合下面所给的提示，写一篇英语短文。

要求:
1. 要点齐备，可以适当发挥；
2. 80词左右，开头已经给出，不计入总词数；
3. 文中不得出现自己的真实姓名和所在学校的名称。
Joining an art club sometimes changes a person greatly.
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