[江苏]2012届江苏省盐城市九年级上学期期中考试英语卷

--Is your father a teacher?
---well, he _______.

---Wow, so many new houses! I can’t believe that. It used to be a poor village.
--- Yes,_________ has changed here.

--Did you see who the driver was?
---No, the car ran so fast _____ I couldn’t get a good look at his face.

Workers can’t be made ________ for twelve hours a day.

You_______ play with the knife. You ______ hurt yourself.

-- How are you feeling here?
--- It’s quite hot. I don’t know _____ to go or stay.

---How does your brother like the song Two Butterflies?
---Great! He _____ such a beautiful song before.

What is the best way you think of ______ the environment?

All the information except these two pieces _____ writing the article.

--- I hear that Hu Jintao will come to Nantong because the Sutong Bridge is open to traffic soon.
--- Do you know _______?

---Are Mr. and Mrs. Wang living alone in the house?
---Yes, they have three sons, but ______ of them live in their own houses.

----Your monitor is never late for school, is he?
--- ______.He always comes to school earlier than others.

-- How about going shopping on Renmin Road this evening?
--- ______,but I have to prepare for tomorrow’s exam.

--- Oh, Jack’s not here these days. Is he ill?
---________. His mother told me that he was in hospital.

----- I don’t think waste water should be put into the rivers or lakes.
----_____.It will cause much water pollution.

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 　1　 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 　2　 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 　3　 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 　4　. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 　5　 mean that the loss of 　6　 made me enjoy more of 　7　 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 　8　 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 　9　 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 　10　. My parents and my teachers saw 　11　 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 　12　 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 　13　 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 　14　. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 　15　 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine       B. find             C. remember     D. guess
2. A. but           B. though               C. so           D. because
3. A. myself       B. life             C. eyes         D. blindness
4. A. that         B. therefore            C. happily      D. deeply
5. A. seldom        B. just             C. hardly           D. always
6. A. them      B. it                   C. blindness        D. light
7. A. that         B. what             C. which            D. where
8. A. moments      B. encouragements       C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become        B. change               C. look         D. end
10. A. brave        B. lucky                C. sad          D. wise
11. A. something    B. everything           C. nothing      D. anything
12. A. problem      B. experience           C. difficulty       D. lesson
13. A. rest     B. whole                C. need         D. last
14. A. lonely       B. alone                C. self         D. person
15. A. company  B. group                C. society  (社会)   D. family

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information in the form?

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his album(唱片), "Ye Huimei", and the album was released(发行) in July and was named after his mother.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many
school subjects.
His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. "He is really good at music, it makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me." said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing.
"He is true to himself. He never follows others." said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.
6. From this passage, we know that Jay Chou       .
A. is very handsome            B. has a bright smile
C. often makes too much noise      D. is a pop music star
7. His fans are so excited because       .
A. he released a new album in July 
B. he will sing new songs in Beijing
C. he can play the piano very well
D. his new album was named after his mother
8. When he was a little child, he       .
A. talked a lot every day            B. did well in his study at school
C. started to like music             D. had huge crowds of fans
9. According to one of his fans, Jay         .
A. is a good student               B. has long and beautiful hair
C. is a well-known pianist          D. is very attractive to them
10. The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means       .
A. he always has his own style
B. he likes to walk alone
C. he doesn’t like other people’s songs at all
D. no one can catch up with him

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk about anyone with my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, without a word, only a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
11. Why was the smile an important gift?
A. Because the writer’s old school was far away.
B. Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.
C. Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.
12.The writer didn’t talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because   .
A. she was always unhappy
B. she didn’t have any friends there
C. she was in the first year at the junior high school
D. she didn’t want her parents to worry about her
13. How did the smile change her life?
A. She started to make friends.
B. She became the best friend with the boy.
C. Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.
D. She realized that she was lonely.
14. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?
A. From her old school      B. From her parents.
C.. From herself.           D. From her classmates at the new school.
15. Who has become the writer’s best friend now?
A. The writer herself        B. The writer’s parents
C. The writer’s classmates     D. The boy with the smile

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way. "Don’t worry. One day your luck will change."
Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education, I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn’t got enough experience. "Get some work with a small station and work your way up," she said.
I went back home. I couldn’t get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.
I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Lowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.
On my way home, Mom’s words come back to me, "One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it’ll feel doubly good because of all the hard work you’ve had." At that moment I knew just what she meant.
16. What’s the writer’s ideal job?
A. A sportsman.                  B. A shop assistant.
C. A sports announcer.             D. A businessman.
17. Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?
A. Because he was too young.
B. Because he didn’t get college education.
C. Because he’s got a good-looking person.
D. Because he hadn’t got enough experience.
18. The sentence "But I got turned down every time. "means"        ".
A. But I was refused every time
B. But I was successful every time
C. But I lost my way every time
D. But the door of every station was always closed
19. What made the writer succeed in the end?
A. His mother’s words.               B. A kind lady’s help.
C. His father’s car.                   D. His own hard work.
20. What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Mother’s Words.               B. Everything Happens for the Best.
C. No One Is Always Lucky.          D. To Find a Job in Radio Is Difficult.

Now you’ve finished three years of English study. There’s one way to demonstrate(展示)what you’ve learned-take a test!
Do you have any special methods(方法) you use to help you do better on a test? How well you do is often a matter of how well prepared you are. Here are some ways to make sure you’re at your best on test days.
Go to bed early. The night before a test is not the time to stay up watching TV. You want to be rested and wide-awake for test day.
Have a good breakfast. Test day isn’t a morning for donuts(面包圈).Nor is it a time to starve yourself. Eat plenty of low-sugar, high-energy food to keep your brain and body working their best.
Be prepared, Make sure you have two pencils and anything else you were asked to bring.
Watch the numbers. Make sure that the number of the items(项目)on your answer sheet matches the number of the question.
Look over all the answer choices(选择). Don’t assume(假定)that choice A is correct until you’ve checked the others. You may find a better one. And it is wrong to eliminate(排除)any choice that you can see at once. You’ll have a better chance of finding the right answer.
Check the clock. Make sure you allow yourself enough time to answer every question and go back and check your answers .Don’t spend too much time on any difficult question .Skip(跳读)it and come back to it later.
Keep up with your school work all year long That’s how you get the skills you need for taking tests.
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1. When you come to Yancheng, you can enjoy the BRT(快速公交). It’s ________ (舒适)
and fast. How fast our city is developing!
2. Many people don’t want to live in Tokyo(东京) because of the Nuclear(核) _________ (污染).
3. This  his ______ (九) year in Sheyang. He loves living here. He loves everything here.
4. We are looking forward to his __________ (到达). He is a famous singer.
5. China’s __________ (人口) is becoming aging (老龄化的). We must take action to prevent it.
6. —What’s the w__________ like today?  —The radio says it’s sunny.
7. If you read more, you will get more k__________. Do you believe it?
8. Boys like watching ball games very much, e__________ the NBA. Those basketball players are really wonderful.
9. When you go for a picnic, remember “S_______ is first. Keep away from the dangerous places. ”
10. Everyone must know the i__________ of learning English. It’s used the most widely in the world now.
11. Many __________ (mouse) destroyed the crops near the village. The farmers were   catching them everywhere.
12. He is __________ (true) sorry that he failed to pass the exam. But I don’t believe him, and you?
13. Millie doesn’t dance as __________ (beautiful) as her sister. She hasn’t practice it for a long time.
14. I would like Liu Qian to teach _________ (we) how to play magic. We admire him very much. He is my hero.       
15. Juan Antonio Samaranch(萨马兰奇)’s __________ (die) was a great loss to the whole
world. People loved him very much all over the world.

用方框中所给的词语的适当形势填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）

Yesterday I visited the Hong Shan Forest Zoo. I was  1  to find few people there.   2  are very important places. They provide homes  3  many endangered animals .They also help to educate the public about
 4 them . If we   5 our zoos, they won’t have enough money to take care of so  6  fine animals. Therefore, People should go and visit the zoos more often to learn about animals and help to protect them  7 .
However, some people don’t think so. They think zoos are terrible places for animals to live.“I’ve visited a lot of zoos in my life, and I have never seen one I like or one that  8 animals to live in .”Jenny said The animals 9 in small cages and can   10 move at all .What’s more, they are only given food once a week That’s terrible.

为了使同学们与人交往时举止更加文雅，你校学生会正在举办以‘How to behave well?’为主题的英语征文比赛，请你写一篇短文。（以上背景无需表述）
短文要点如下：
1．守时、守信、不撒谎、不说脏话；
2．礼貌待人，热心助人；
3．不在公共场所喧哗，不乱扔垃圾；
4．请你就此话题再补充个人看法（考生自拟，至少两点）。
注意：
1．词数90左右。短文的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2．参考词汇：behave(v．)行为、举止；obey(v．)遵守；public(adj．)公共的；promise(n.)诺言；
3．短文须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺：文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。
How to Behave Well
Behaving well is the secret of getting on well with others.
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