[福建]2013-2014学年福建省东山县九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

—The dictionary is a useful _______ for understanding new words.—I think so.
A. plan         B. tool         C. way 

 _______ your help, we can finish the task on time.
A. Except           B. Without  C. Thanks to   

 —_____ is the population of America?
—I don’t know. But I know it’s _______ than that of China.
A. What; smaller    B. How much; smaller   C. What; less       

—Hello! Can I speak to Chris?  —Sorry, he isn’t in. He _______ Japan on business.
A. has been to         B. has gone     C.  has gone to

 I don’t like bread. I won’t eat it______ I am very hungry.
A. unless           B. when         C. because

—Joan has never been to Beijing. What about Jack?—_______
A. So has he. B. Neither has he.  C. Neither he has.

—How do you like China?
—Great changes _______ since I _______ here 8 years ago.
A. have taken place; came B. took place; have come C. took place; came

I have worked in this factory __________ I came here in 2001.
A.  from        B. for          C.  since

His bed ______ much space of his bedroom so the room looks very small.
A. picks up         B. takes up     C. puts up 

—It’s said that the forest is disappearing.
—Yes._______, many kinds of birds and animals are dying out.
A. For example      B. As a result  C. Since then 

—______ Mary ______ Alice has joined the music club because they have no time. 
— It’s a pity!
A. Both; and   B. Not only; but also   C. Neither; nor

Dick and Bob are classmates. Dick likes reading novels after school, _______   Bob likes basketball.   
A. or   B. if           C. while   

________of the students in my school _________ girls.
A. Two fifths; are  B. Two fifths; is   C. Two fifth; are

 —How long has Henry’s father_______?—About two months.
A. bought the car B. been dead  C. joined the club    

The policeman asked the driver _______.
A. when the accident happened
B. when did the accident happen
C. when happened the accident

If a country wants to develop rapidly, education must come first. However, in China, many poor families in some villages can’t        an education for their children. Some children reach the school age,        they have to stay at home and do some farm work.
Luckily, Project Hope started       October 30th, 1989. It has mainly two      . One is to help the poor children who can’t go to school without money, the other is to build       for the students in poor areas so that they can have a better studying environment.
With the help of Project Hope, a lot of poor children have returned to school and many new schools have been built         it started. So the children can get much knowledge and       their dreams.        they get knowledge, they will have ability(能力) to build their hometown. At the same time, their living conditions will be        as well.
There are still many poor children in         of help. As for the project, there is still a long way to go.
A. give    B. offer    C. afford  
A. so  B. but  C. and
A. in  B. for  C. on  
A . purposes   B. ways C. uses
A. stations    B. schools C. hospitals   
A. since   B. after    C. before  
A. shake   B. create   C. realize
A. If      B. Once C. Though
A. well    B. worse    C. better  
A. need   B. detail   C. public

As we know, Chongqing has changed a lot in the past few years. More and more trees are being planted in the city. And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere. The changes make people in the city live a happy life. A small survey below is from people in Chongqing. One hundred persons answered the questions last week.

From the survey, ________ of the people in Chongqing care about health.

From the survey, we know most people want to live________.

Most people think working in Chongqing is_________.

Every day people in Chongqing can see________ play sports everywhere.

According to the passage and the survey, we know that________ .

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
Choose the right answer
Dick flew to New York because ___.

Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

Where did Dick stay in New York?

Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

Which of the following is not true?

Beijing—No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities, including Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining in the activity. It asks drivers to leave their cars for one day each week and walk, take a bus or subway or ride a bike to work. The slogan（口号）for the activity is,“If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.” Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of this year Beijing only have 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Car exhaust(汽车尾气) is one of the most important reasons of the pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive.” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman.
There are_______ cities in China that support No Car Day according to the passage.

The activity of No Car Day encourages Beijing drivers          .

According to the passage there were           blue sky days in the first quarter of last year in Beijing..

The air pollution in Beijing is mainly caused（导致）by           according to the passage.

We can know from the passage that        .

The doctor's Handwriting
Mrs South is excited these days. A sudden terrible disease hardly killed her son two months ago. She and her husband took the poor boy to several hospitals, but few doctors could save him. Watching their helpless son struggling for a bare subsistence(在死亡线上挣扎), the woman’s and her husband’s hearts were broken. At that moment, one of their friends introduced Mr Young who worked in a small hospital to them. Thanks to the doctor, their son was saved and he was all right and came out of hospital last week.
The woman decided to ask the doctor to dinner. The invitation was sent to him yesterday. In reply she received a letter which was impossible to read.
“I must know whether he has accepted or not.” said Mrs South.
“If I were you,” suggested her husband. “I should take it to a chemist(药剂师). He can always read doctors’ letters, however badly written.”
The chemist looked at the notepaper for a while, without waiting for Mrs South’s explanation, and handed her a bottle.
“Here you are, madam,” he said. “That will be two dollars.”
阅读短文，回答以下问题(首字母已给出)，每空一词。（每空1分，共5分）
Mrs South’s son hardly d________ of the sudden terrible disease two months ago.
Mr and Mrs South felt very s_________ when their son was ill.
Mrs South asked Mr Young to dinner to express her t__________.
It was d_____ for Mrs South to know whether Mr Young agreed to go to the dinner.
The chemist thought he u_______ what the doctor had written.

根据汉语提示在空白处填入适当的单词。
There is no doubt that TV is one of the greatest ________ (发明) in the world.
I was so late that I couldn’t find a __________ (恰当的)place to sit on.
Maria and Ann love jumping __________(绳子)after class. It makes them happy.
I hope Brazil will ________ (成功) in hosting the Olympics in 2016.
The bad air makes my _________(胸部) hurt.
Don’t make noises. You may ________ (打扰) others.
Go __________ (到楼下)and open the door, please.

根据汉语意思及句意完成句子。(7分)
You’d better ____________(起草) an outline before you write the composition.
How do you________________(与……联系) your parents?  By telephone.
______________(顺便问一下), where is our monitor? She has gone to the library.
We must drive for ____________(好几个)hours to get to the store.
We must help the people__________(在困难时).
Everyone____________(有义务)protect our environment.
Most families in our country had ______(至少)three or four children.

Linda: Hi, Bruce! I haven’t seen you for a long time.      
Bruce: I’ve been to Qinghai with my parents.
Linda:       
Bruce: For two weeks.
Linda:        
Bruce: It’s one of the most beautiful cities in the northwest of China. I like it very much.
Linda: Which is your favorite place?
Bruce:        When I was there, I lost myself in the beautiful city.
Linda: What interesting things did you do there?
Bruce: Lots of things, such as swimming, boating, fishing.     
Linda: Oh, really? I hope to go there for a visit one day.

Mr. Chen is a farmer. He lives in western China with his wife and two sons. One year ago, he         that he had cancer. The doctor told him that he needed an operation(手术) at once. And he said the operation would        thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr. Chen and his wife. They had no jobs and
      their sons were at school. The        seemed hopeless.
Two weeks later, however, Mr. Chen got some good news. A health care project would        medical treatment for poor patients in western China. They      to pay only half the cost or even less. Thanks to the project, he was able to receive an operation just in time to prevent(防止) the illness from getting       . Now he has returned to his family.
The       of this health care project is to improve the situation of poor people in western China. So far, the project         more than 5,000 people. The Chinese government        to develop a new health care model for China. As our country develops, we must remember to care for the weakest members.

看图写句子： 根据提供的图画和提示词，写一个符合图意的完整、正确的句子。
  
1. last Sunday       2. there be            3. enjoy        4. favorite, sport
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根据下面要求写短文:目前，我们的周围环境遭到严重破坏，污染随处可见。北京仁爱国际学校将举行以“How to Protect Our Environment”为题进行一场演讲比赛。
要求：1. 列举2-3个有关环境污染的现象，如：看不到蓝色的天空，看不到河里的鱼，喝不到干净水等。2. 提出2-3个建议保护环境，如：步行或骑自行车上学，不随处扔垃圾, 不得往河里倾倒废水等。3. 词数80左右，标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。
How to Protect Our Environment
Our environment is becoming worse and worse day by day._________________
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