黑龙江省哈尔滨市南岗区中考调研测试（四）英语试卷

－We students in Grade Nine are too tired to go on studying these days.
－Don’t be discouraged(泄气). The long vacation we are looking forward to _____ soon.
A. come                B. coming              C. is coming

－What can I do for you?
－I am looking for _____ iPad for my daughter. If she works hard and gets a good result in the entrance exam for the high school, I will buy _____ to her.
A. an; it                  B. a; it                   C. an; one

We will say goodbye to our classmates. But we can keep in touch with each other in many kinds of ways, such as sending e-mails, making telephone calls, or chatting online. However, _____ nobody writes a letter to each other.
A. nearly                  B. almost                  C. hardly

－What do you think of ‘Eat-up’ Campaign (光盘行动)?
－I think it’s really necessary. It is reported that the food that Chinese people _____ every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
A. eat                  B. make                     C. waste

Some people always want to ______ failure in life. But in my opinion, failure is something that we have to live with all our lives. Don’t be afraid of it.
A. come up with                 
B. keep away from             
C.  get along with

This morning Tim’s father ______ some new restaurants on the Internet，for he wanted to take the family to a nice restaurant for Jim’s grandpa’s sixtieth birthday.
A. picked up               
B. looked up               
C. stayed up

－According to the traffic rules, pedestrians(行人) _____ 10 yuan if they run red lights.
－That’s necessary, in order to create a civilized(文明的) city, we should follow the rules.
A. are spent                  
B. will be fined          
C. will be paid

We will finish the junior middle school, but next, more work needs        . We will have another three years’ learning to achieve the final success—entering a good university.
A. being done
B. to do
C. to be done

A survey of the opinions of experts           that three hours of outdoor exercise a week is good for one’s health.
A. show                      B. shows                C. is shown

As a teenager, nothing is more valuable than friendship. Lily and Lucy are close friends who are able to talk openly to one another whenever _____ of them feels hurt.
A. either                       B. both                 C. all

－I remember you were a talented pianist at college. Can you play the piano for me?
－Sorry, I       the piano for years.
A. don’t play                B. wasn’t playing          C. haven’t played

Jim is a good kid. However busy he is, he makes _____ a rule to see his grandparents on weekends with his parents.
A. him                  B. it                       C. that

－Could you tell me _____?
－Sure! English is my favorite subject. And I enjoy speaking it with foreigners.
A. what is your favorite subject
B. which was your favorite subject
C. whether you like Chinese or not

Parents’ love never changes. It is their love _____ encourages us to overcome the difficulties in our study and life. We should be grateful to our parents no matter where we are.
A. who                  B. that                 C. whom

The summer is coming. _____ more and more visitors form home and abroad coming to our homeland Harbin to enjoy this summer.
A. There are going to be
B. There will have
C. There used to be

The final exam will be soon in about 10 days. Get the last chance to work hard for it. _____ efforts you make, ______ result you will have.
A. The least, the worst    
B. Less, worse         
C. The more, the better

In England when people who do not know each other meet in the street, they usually greet each other politely. Which situation fits the western custom?
A. a. What a nice day, isn’t it?
b. Yes, it is.
B. a. Hi, John. Have you had your lunch?
b. Hi, Mike. Not yet. What about you?
C.a. Hello, what is your plan for your summer vacation?
b. Hello, I have no idea.

A survey says that 18% of the young students who will take the high school exam have mental (精神上的、心理上的) problems. Young students should _____ to keep their minds healthy.
① break the winsow when feeling unhappy
② take part in group activities
③ go to see a mental doctor if he or she often feels unhappy
④ talk to parents or teachers often
⑤  shout at people when you have trouble getting on well with them
A. ①③⑤                     B. ②③④                C.  ②④⑤

Jim got $ 90 pocket money by working in a park every month. He spent two thirds of it in shopping on the Internet. The rest money was used to do the following things. From the chart know that he spent _____ in Charity(慈善) last year.

A.  $ 45                       B. $ 55                 C. $ 65

Which word has a different stress from the others?
A. Common                   B. Modern            C. Ashamed

Do you believe in yourself? When you are in trouble, don’t say you can’t get over it. Believe in your dreams. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. I was told a story about a teacher who once did what he could        his students get to know the importance of believing in themselves.
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how       you have worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to those who        not to take the test.”
Many students thanked the teacher and left. The teacher looked at the students left and said, “Does anyone else want to get a ‘B’? This is your last      .” Two more students decided to go.
Only seven students were still in the classroom. The teacher then        the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have just        an ‘A’ in this class. Keep believing in yourselves.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could give. Students who are not confident in what they have learned are ‘B’ students       .对他们已经所学的东西不是自信的学生最多是B类学生。
The same is      in our daily life. The ‘A’ students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have        both successes and failures. They have got life’s       , not only from normal education, but from events in their lives, and have become better people. You see, one should always believe in himself.
A. to make           B. make               C. making
A. hardly              B. hard               C. terribly
A. dislike             B. go                   C. prefer
A. chance             B. hope                C. test
A. handed out          B. handed in            C. handed over
A. given             B. sent                C. received
A. at most           B. at least            C. at times
A. possible            B. impossible      C. true
A. heard of          B. learned from     C. dreamed of
A. experiences        B. experiments      C. lessons

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms (习语), though my teacher told us the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said，“You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted (打断) again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’？” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” “_____” Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
What does the underlined word “amusing” probably means in this passage?
A. interesting    B. important     C. amazing
.A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because       .
A. I had no interest in them
B. my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them
C. I did not realize the importance of them
.At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant       .
A. I had talked too much
B. I had to stop talking
C. he was not interested in the topic
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
B. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
C. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
The sentence “_____” will be the missing one in this passage.
A. I realized I had made a fool of myself.
B. You had better pay more attention to it
C. I realized the Englishman made me a fool

A TRIP TO SINGAPORE

Child: Aged from 3 to 12
根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。
What can you see at Night Safari ?
A. Different kinds of animals    
B. Kinds of butterflies   
C. Different birds
If John’s parents takes him and his two younger sisters, one aged 5, the other aged 13, to Jurong Bird Park, how much will he pay?
A. $63                   B. $49                   C. $42
. Mother and father take their 5-year-old child to _________ with the least money.
A. Undersea World
B. Butterfly Park
C. Night Safari
. You can visit _______ after 10:00 pm.
A. Underwater World
B. Butterfly Park
C. Night Safari
. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?
A. Undersea world opens for the longest time among all these four.
B. You take the bus on the Yellow Line to the zoo to see the dolphin.
C. Butterfly Park has the world’s largest collections of butterflies.

We sometimes have to meet some difficulties that we never expect, but we should develop a positive attitude to life. Keeping a positive attitude isn't always easy, especially when we are going through a difficult time in our life. However, we know, only when we take a positive attitude, can we overcome the difficulties.
On July 23rd, 1993, Wang Jiapeng lost his legs when his plane crashed. Wang was only 12 years old. He felt he was the unluckiest person in the world. When he saw students with their schoolbags on their backs, the sound of his wheelchair made him sick. Wang’s mother took him to a special hospital in Beijing. She looked after him in the daytime and worked at night to make money. But after two years,
Wang was still not able to leave the hospital. Wang’s mother became too tired to go on and one day she herself became a hospital patient! One morning she woke up and saw her son holding breakfast for her. Wang’s trip to the food shop was his first time outside the hospital in two years. The five-minute walk took him thirty minutes.
But he was finally able to make an important decision. He didn’t care how other people looked at him. He had to learn to do things himself.
For the next few years, Wang taught himself all his middle school subjects in the hospital and five years after the accident, he won a chance to study in a college in Norway. Wang learned to drive, go rock climbing and ski. He even won two gold medals for skiing in an international skiing competition.
“You are what you think you are,” said Wang. “If you think you’re disabled, you are. If you don’t think so, you aren’t.”
So we know that if you can keep a positive attitude, even when things aren't going well in your life, you are the true winner of life.
根据短文内容判断正、误。
(注意，考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”)
Wang Jiapeng, born on July 23rd, 1993, lost his legs because of a plane crash.
At first he felt very unlucky when seeing others going to school.
In order to look after him, his mother had to stop work and she finally fell ill.
He finished the middle school by himself and got a chance to go to college.
Positive thinking benefited Wang Jiapeng and he became good at skating.

You can't always predict（预测）a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before going out should cause you to get wet. That's why he created Lampbrella, a lamp post（柱）with its own rain－sensing（感应）umbrella.
The designer says he came up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be fit to have a canopy(伞篷) built into a street lamp，” he said.
The Lampbrella is a post－looking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built－in electric machine which can open or close the umbrella. Sensors(传感器) then make sure that the umbrella offers walkers shelter（遮蔽） whenever it starts raining.
Besides the rain sensor, there's also a 360° moving sensor on the street lamp which finds whether anyone is using the Lampbrella. After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.
According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a rather low speed, in order not to hurt the walkers. Besides, it would be fixed on the ground to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being fixed at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of walkers.
While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belyaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and believes that his creation could be fixed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.
. What does the underlined word “forecast” mean in Chinese?
A. 预报             B. 情况             C. 查询
. For what purpose did Belyaev create the Lampbrella?
A. To remind people to take an umbrella.
B. To check the weather forecast.
C. To protect people from the rain.
Which of the following shows how the Lampbrella works?
 machine          sensors
A．          B.              C.
. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. His creation was inspired by an experience from Belyaev's words in Paragraph 2.
B. Paragraph 5 mainly tell us about the Lampbrella’s safety.
C. The Lampbrella will be put into immediate production.
The best title for this passage should be _____.
A. THE USE OF THE LAMPBRELLA
B. HOW TO PREVENT RAIN
C. THE NEW INVENTION－LAMPBRELLA

A good way to pass an examination is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are taking an English examination, don't learn only  of grammar.
Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night things. Before you start the examination, read   over the examination paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last your examination, read your answers, correct any mistakes that you see and make sure that you have not   out.
(B)
As we all know, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things. They increase our knowledge, open our minds and strengthen our character. In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends. This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books. Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books. It is true that we can get benefits from good books. Textbooks, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of reading materials can help us know more about the outside world and help us grow into an excellent person. Besides, reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. Reading makes a full man! Let’s start reading now.
任务1：用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次）
任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。
c________: something that you can choose
i________:to become or make sth greater in number , quality, size and so on
任务3：同义词转换，每空一词。
Besides, reading is also among the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.
_____
______, reading is also among the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.
任务4：根据短文内容简答问题。
What can textbooks, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of reading materials help us know about?
______________________________________

A: Hello, Peter. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?
B:   I have tried my best. But I find it’s really
difficult for me. I’ve decided to drop it.
A:   
B: I don’t really want to, but I don’t know what to do, Ann.
A:  
B: She is very busy. She has a lot of work to do.
A: Don’t worry. I have a good idea. You are good at math, and I do well in Chinese and Science.   
B: Great!  
A: I go to the art club and do volunteer work on the
weekends, but I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons.
B: I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons, either.  
A: OK!
B:
A: I hope so. Maybe you’ll find it easy and interesting, too.   
B: You can come to my home at two o’clock.

A: Hi, Jane. Nice to see you again. I heard that you went to the U.S.A. during the vacation.
B: Yes, I went there to attend a summer     in English.
A: Wow. You were lucky. Can you tell me something about your course?
B: Sure.
A: How   did you stay there?
B: About 40 days. I went there on July 15th and   on August 25th.
A: Where did you live?
B: In Mr. Smith’s house. And     with an American family, I could speak English with them daily.
A: How nice! And how about the course?
B: The course was also very good. You can sit anywhere you like in the classroom. And you are welcome to   your ideas with others. I really like it.
A: How interesting! Maybe my own teacher Miss Wang is    to try that.   tell her about it.

Sydney is a young city. Its history goes back just over 200 years. But in Australia, it is the oldest city. It is also the country’s largest city. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and the most populous (人口稠密的) city of Australia.
The climate of Sydney is very good. It’s not too cold during the winter and not too hot during the summer.
Many people think that Sydney is one of the most attractive cities in the world. It has many tall and modern buildings. Among them, Centre point Tower is the tallest. Standing on the 305—meter  (80 stories) tower, you will have a great view of the city.
Sydney is famous for its deep harbor(港口) .The harbor has many bays(湾) and beautiful surf beaches. Among them, Bondi beach is the most popular. Sydney Harbor is not only beautiful, it also serves as a large port. Ships carry wool, wheat and meat from Sydney to other countries.  People living in Sydney seem to have an easy life style. The sky is blue，the air is fresh, birds sing in the garden.

Sydney	The oldest and      city in Australia
Its history	More than two     .
Its climate	too cold nor too hot.
Among the buildings	Centre point Tower is     than the others.
living in Sydney	Having an easy life style.

 为了迎接世界杯的到来，我们学校今天（周四）举行了一场足球赛，4班获胜。请你根据表格所提供的信息，写一篇日记，并表达自己作为14班一名球员获胜后的感受。

June 12th, 2014. _________                                            Sunny
To welcome the arrival of the World Cup,

眼睛是身体的重要组成部分。我们每天用眼睛读书，用眼睛来看这美丽的世界。可是由于繁重的学业负担，很多中学生都出现了眼睛方面的问题。因此，保护视力十分重要。有的同学认为保证充足的睡眠、学习期间让眼睛有规律的放松、使用正确的方法读书写字都可以保护视力。请你以作为中学生“如何保护视力（eyesight）”为话题，谈谈你的看法。
1．请根据所提供的信息材料和话题（不要逐句翻译），写出结构严谨、内容完整、语言丰富优美、语法准确、可读性强的短文。
2．至少 80 词。
3．不得使用真实姓名、地名和学校名。
4 ．题目自拟。