[福建]2014届福建省建阳市九年级上学期期末英语试卷

—Where is your father?
— He         Shanghai on business.      
A. has gone to             B. has been to             C. has been in

There is _____ pollution in the world. We must stop it.
A. much too             B.too much            C. too many

This machine is very easy to use . _____ can learn to use it in a very short time.
A.Somebody              B.Anybody             C.Nobody

_____ of the teachers are women in our school.
A.Two third               B.Two threes              C.Two thirds   

Teachers should _____ their students to practice _____ English often.
A.encourage; speaking   B.let; speak    C.keep; speak

The meeting         for two hours.
A. has begun               B. has been on             C. began

The little boy is healthy, _____ he is happy, too.
A.and                     B. but                  C.or  

There ______ more new buildings in my hometown in two years .
A. are                     B. will have               C. will be  

There is no _____ that phones play an important role in the modern life.
A.question                 B. doubt                C. problem

–The weather is very cold these days.        –              .
A. So do I                 B. So is it                 C. So it is

_____ you do, I will be on your side.
A. Whenever B. Whatever C. However 

— Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the bank?
—           My English is poor, I can’t follow you.     
A. Thank you.              B. I’ m sorry to hear that.     C. I beg your pardon?

Mr. Lee         for Taiwan for his holidays the day after tomorrow.
A. leaves                  B. is leaving               C.leaving

We should make contributions ______ our environment.
A. to protecting       B. to protect               C. protecting

Could you tell me ______raise money?
A. I should how            B.how I should              C.how should I

China is the home of tea. It       more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily.       the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa（可口茶）, tea is drunk by      people in the world. Over a thousand years ago, tea from China,      silk and porcelain(陶瓷), began to be known by the world and has been important      .
Tea leaves      mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild(暖和的)       and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all      tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people      their unique（独特的）tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is       a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.
A. have                B. has                  C.is      
A. Of                B. For                  C.In          
A. the number of        B. a number of           C.the largest number of
A. with               B. between                 C.except       
A. at that time           B. from now on             C.from then on   
A. produce            B. are produced            C.were produced
A. climate            B. condition               C.environment
A. interesting            B. necessary               C. famous      
A. had developed      B. have developed          C. developed    
A. too               B. as well                 C.  also

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful too. It gives us some interesting phrases(短语). One is “ to let the cat out of the bag.” It is the same as “to tell a secret”. There’s an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when someone lets out a secret, he “ lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
根据短文内容判断正误。（正确写A，错误写B, 每小题1分，满分5分）
The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag” came from an old interesting story .
The woman wanted to buy a pig .
The man knew there was nothing in his cloth bag .
At the end of the second passage（短文） “--- everyone knew it”, “it” refers to the man’s secret .
John “let the cat out of the bag” means he puts the cat away from the bag .

Have you ever complained（抱怨）why life is so tiring? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time . If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine . Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain . Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather . But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest .
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided . I think failure(失败) is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Attitude（态度）decides everything. With an optimistic（乐观的）attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（每小题2分，满分10分）
People sometimes complain __________ .
A. their studies are successful
B. they have no enough money   
C. life is tiring
According to the passage, in school, _________ .
A. the students don’t like their lessons     
B. the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs
C. the teachers are tired of their work
If there is a timely rain, ____________ .
A. you want to go out
B. you can listen to a concert   
C. crops will grow better
When we face failure, we ___________ .
A. don’t know what to do
B. may give up hope      
C. shouldn’t be afraid of it
The best title of this passage is ___________ .
A. Smile and the World Smiles to You
B. Complaining about Life
C. Failure is the Mother of Success

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
　　After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in his life.
　　Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
　　In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
He often said, “I live in order to change the world, there aren’t any other reasons. The only way to have a great achievement(成就) is to love your own career. If you can’t find your favorite career, go on looking for it and never give up.”
This is Steven Jobs, though he is dead, his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（每小题2分，满分10分）
Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.
A.never did his lessons
B.dropped out 
C.always made troubles with his schoolmates     
Why did Steven Jobs go to India?
A.Because he wanted to be a video game designer.
B.Because he wanted to get some new ideas.
C.Because he wanted to make a new type of computer.　
Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.
A.new ideas　　        B.Apple Computer　　           C.video games   
Steven Jobs chose the name “Apple” in order to ____________.
A. remember a happy summer
B. let more people remember it   
C. change the world
From this passage we know Steven Jobs ________.
A.didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates
B.liked traveling in India and California
C.liked trying new things and making his new ideas come true

The following is some children’s wish for the New Year.

根据表格信息选择正确答案。（每小题2分，满分10分）
_______ children have mentioned(提过) their parents.
A. 3                  B. 4                          C. 5
________ is badly ill among the children.
A. Kate               B. Bob                   C. Mary
Mark’s wish is __________.
A. to get better grades    B. to change his school     C. to fix his house
Ann’s mother works _________.
A. in a school           B. at a bank              C. at a toy shop
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. There is something wrong with Peter’s study.
B. There are four people in Mary’s home.
C. Bob hopes he can take an IT course after high school.

Wu Juping is just a saleswoman. However, on July 2, 2011, she bravely caught a falling child and has been praised as the most beautiful mother in China. The child fell from the 10^th floor of a building into Wu’s arms.
The child is two years old, who named Niu Niu. Niu Niu climbed up to the window looking for her grandma. When a neighbor living one floor saw the little girl falling, he held out a ladder(梯子) to catch her. The ladder, however, was too short to reach the girl. At this dangerous moment, Wu, who was just walking near the building, rushed to the spot and caught her successfully before she hit the ground.
The girl fell into coma(昏迷), and Wu was also injured seriously in her left arm. On July8, Niu Niu, who was able to move her fingers, feet and eyes, was out of dangerous condition and Wu’s arm is recovering well now.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。（每题2分，满分10分）
What does Wu Juping do?
                                                                
When did Wu Juping save the child?
                                                                
Why did the child fall from the 10^th floor of the building?
                                                                
What did the neighbor do when he saw the girl falling?
                                                                
Was the girl out of dangerous condition in the end?
                                                                

口语运用 根据对话内容填入适当的句子，使对话完整正确。（每小题2分满分10分）
Jane:   Hi,Michael.Would you like to be a greener person?
Michael:     But what should I do?
Jane:   First,you ought to turn off the lights when you leave a room.
Michael:      What’s next?
Jane:   Second,you’d better walk or ride a bike instead of taking a bus or a taxi if you travel a short distance.
Michael:     It will save energy and reduce air pollution.
Jane:   Third,take a cloth bag when you go shopping.  
Michael:It’s so easy to be a greener peson.
Jane:        
Michael:Well,actions speak louder than words.

遣词造句 根据每题所提供的图画情景和提示词，写一个与图画情景相符的句子（每小题2分，满分10分）

Tom, worker, since 2001                                                  
not, smoke                                                              
parents, teach, how, play chess                                              
be made of, stone                                                         
Jim, good, while, Sam                                                     

综合填空选择框格内所给词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次（每小题1分满分10分）

About three years ago, I felt very lonely. I didn’t like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. My classmates didn’t want to talk _____ me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the most _______ people in the world.
One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was ______ angry that I hit him in the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and ________ the fight. He was the monitor(班长) of our class.
After that, he often helped me and we became good _______. Whenever I got angry or sad, he would help ______ to calm down. My life began to change because of the boy, my best friend. We spent a lot of interesting days together. As time goes _______ , I have become happier with people and things. And it ______ that people around me have changed,too. My parents don’t shout at me _______ more and my classmates become friendly to me.
But now I can’t often see my best friend because he is seriously _______ and is staying in hospital. How I miss the days when we were together! I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon.

书面表达。 （满分15分）
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