[江苏]2014届江苏省苏州市高新区九年级上学期期中测试英语试卷

- When were you born?
- I was born in 1989, _______ year of _______ Snake.

- People shouldn't keep their worries_______ themselves.
- I quite agree _______ what you said.

- No one could be more suitable for the job than you.
- Oh, you've made me more_______ of my interview.

- What shall we do this weekend?
- You can go swimming, hiking, or_______ else you enjoy doing.

- He's easily _______ by others.    - But he used to be so stubborn.

- Mr Li is said to be very patient with his students.
- Yes. But it's really a hard_______ for him to control a class of young children.

What's wrong with your car?
- Well, as you know, cars usually_______ start in winter.

- You seem to be familiar with this city.
- I_______ here for three years. It's great to be back.

When people want to relax themselves, they prefer ______ TV or listen to music rather than _______ newspapers.

- You look worried. What's the matter?
- I have some problems with my parents. I really don't know_______.

President Xijingping announced that we'd do what we could______ Chinese dream_______.

- Do you think that she will finish the job on time?
- Sure. If she_______ to do it in her own way.

Your shoes under the bed_______ bad. Put them in the sun, please.

- What? You have donated $10,000 to the disaster area9
- Oh, no, _______. I don't want to let anybody but you know it.

- I'm thinking of the test tomorrow.  I'm afraid I can't pass it.
-_______! I'm sure you'll make it.

My husband and l were talking about possible colours because it was time for painting the kitchen again. The children, sat nearby and suddenly shouted, "Not the measuring（测量）stick!”
The measuring stick isn't a real stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and the dining room. Along the edge we have    each child's growth by making a mark showing his or her     on every birthday. Over the ten years so many     pens, pencils and markers were used that the door came to be    like a painting.
Names and dates    different hand-writing, and I can    by the script(手迹)who measured whom. An eight-year-old brother measured his three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At parties, when this door swings, friends stop to      the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to leave their marks, they usually had a smile.
Many of these listed on the door are still     While some have stopped. Some is still with us only in memory. When my mother came to see our eldest daughter graduating from university, we measured her, too. It was her last visit to our home.
We haven't decided on the new kitchen colour plan yet, but one thing is    :Whether we paint the trim curry gold, Chowning's Tavern red or Federal blue, the back of the kitchen door will be always      with lots of names and dates in different colors.

A．celebrated B．explain C．encouraged D．congratulated

A．progress B．weight C．height D．size

A．new B．coloured C．long D．short

A．simply B．clearly C．unusually D．unclearly

A．make B．show C．give D．keep

A．tell B．understand C．remind D．think

A．find B．notice C．read D．write

A．changing B．adding C．putting D．growing

A．curious B．certain C．ready D．common

A．white B．red C．gold D．blue

Australian colour consultant（顾问）Kylie Bartnicki is talking with a group of women in Pudong, Shanghai, who are interested in how colours affect people's confidence and help form（形成）people's first impressions（印象）．
Kylie traces（追溯）back her interest in colours to when she went for her first job interview at age 18. "My mother bought me a new red top to wear to my interview and she said, "Wear this, and it will be lucky."' Kylie recalls. "I wore it, had a great interview and got the job. Ever since then I started thinking about how powerful the colour is, how it makes us look and how it makes us feel."
"When we wear clothes in a good colour, the colour will make our skin, hair and eyes shine and we look happy and smart," Kylie says.
Winter and summer are "cool colourings" and autumn and spring are "warm colourings". Someone who loves "cool colouring" might have red or golden hair, brown eyes and gold or yellow skin.
Chinese women belong to the "autumn season" if they have darker, peachy skin. Chinese women belong to the "winter season" if they have pale skin. Kylie says that Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair will look best in deep, rich colours. Light pinks and blues should be  avoided because they may wash our Chinese skin tones（肤色）．
Their talk usually lasts one and a half to two hours and costs 600 yuan (89 dollars). Kylie says her customers(客户) are as young as five years old and as old as 90. The customers between their 30s and 50s always want some fresh ideas on developing their own personal style.
Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair won't look beautiful in_______.

A mother and her daughter need to pay___ to get the advice from Kylie for their 2-hour talk.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

Your daughter has finally reached the age of 18, and you think perhaps your job will finally get a little easier. That could be wrong thinking - as the parent of any 18-year-old will tell you.  Learning to cope with an ungrateful 18-year-old daughter takes patience, understanding and time.
_______ When she was a little girl, she wanted you to be involved（参和） in everything of her life from her daily activities to her friends. This is' no longer the case. She's a grown woman who needs her own personal life. Comment（评论） on her choices only when asked to do so - especially if you want to say no to her.
Allow her to make mistakes. No parent wants to see his or her child fall, but the days of protecting her all the time are at an end. Unless（除非） you see a train coming, let her fall when she makes poor choices. It will enable her to grow past the ungrateful "know it all" stage.
Encourage dialogue whenever you can, rather than planning talks. She's more likely to open up to you when talking over something trivial (琐碎的). Anytime she wants to talk, become a willing listener in the conversation. You never know when a deeper, more important conversation will develop.
What does the underlined phrase "cope with" mean?

Which sentence is best to put into the blank in the second paragraph?

We can learn that parents_______ from the third paragraph.

The passage is written for_______.

"BANG !" the door caused a reverberation（回声）. It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.
We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" stormed father. With tears  welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
The street lights were shining, causing rather sad feelings. I walked aimlessly.
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.
But now ... I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old.  We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions of behavior on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never turns a blind eye to it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I walked aimlessly on the streets, without an exact place in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to be with me. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived.
I saw that all the lights were off except the father's.
I thought to myself: "Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?" "Am I wrong?" I whispered, maybe... With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that there was no iron door between us at all. Love - it's second to none.
Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.
a. I opened the door and father was waiting for me.
b. I had a quarrel with my father.
c. I walked about in the street without any aim.
d. I returned to my house and saw it was still brightly lit.
e. Sadly I ran out into the street.

What made the writer think of his childhood?

What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?

  I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before:
"Dear Mr. McCort, Mikey's grandmother, who is eighty years of age, fell down the stairs from too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job. Please excuse Mikey and he'll do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmother is OK."
I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. l said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. The writers of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually boring: "Peter was late because the alarm clock didn't go off."
The students always said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they produced excuse notes, they were excellent. So I decided to give the first class to study the art of the excuse note.
“Today I'd like you to write 'An Excuse Note from Adam to God' or 'An Excuse Note from Eve to God'. "Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. They had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.
The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. But suddenly I saw the headmaster at the door. He entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said. "I'd like you to see me in my office." My heart sank,
When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, "I just want to tell you that lesson, that task, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you."
What did the writer do when he found the students dishonest?

We can learn that when Mikey was absent from the class, he was____.

How did the writer usually find out his students' parental excuse notes were dishonest?

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following best describes the writer as a teacher?

根据首字母或汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
He's stubborn and no one can i   his decision.
I'm not s   with my present job. I'm trying to find a better one.
I have been   （提供）a job in an American company.
We Chat is one of the most important ways of   （交流）．
We finally   （原谅）him when he said sorry to us sincerely.

根据情景，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
- You don't look well. What's the matter?
-I didn't sleep well. The noise upstairs kept me   all night.
- Do you know where John lives?
- Sorry, I just know he lives s   nearby.
- There's no student in the classroom. Where are they?
- They are doing   in the laboratory.
-I hear David is in hospital.
- Yes. He's   from serious mental disorder.
- Do you think you can finish the project in time?
- No, we need some  work at the weekend.

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
把小孩单独留在家里是很危险的。
                                        
那个舞蹈演员一直担心会发胖。
                                        
说谎会使情况更糟糕。
                                         
当我们学习遇到困难时，吴老师总是愿意帮助我们。
                                        
我认为青少年不应该被允许在外面待到很晚。
                                        

假如你是Lily，是一名九年级学生，每天都在为考试而学。请仔细阅读下面的图片，并根据要求给青少年问题专家Abby写一封求助信。
要求：1．结合图片写出自己面临的问题（至少从三个方面写）；
2．希望得到帮助。

注意：1．词数：90左右，信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数：
2．可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。
Dear Abby,
I'm a Grade 9 student. I'm very busy studying for exams every day. So I have some problems.____________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Yours,
Lily