江苏无锡崇安九年级上期中英语试卷

— It is reported that both of _______ two kids were saved out of the river by _______ university student.
— True. He was really brave, wasn’t he?

We teenagers shouldn’t be impatient _____ our own problems. _____ they are solved, we can never give up.

— Boys and girls, no hand _______ any other tool can be used in the game, _______ you still need to make it work. Are you clear about the rules?
— Yes, sir.

— We never doubt _______ Millie can deal with the terrible situation by herself.
— I agree with you.

— Thanks a lot for offering a great deal of _______ to me in my research.
— It was my great pleasure.

A report says that many people in Africa have _______ the Ebola virus so far and new medicine  _______ it is being developed.

— Can you let me know what you are writing about?
— Sorry, I’m afraid not. It’s _______.

— Don’t _______ too late, or you will feel tired in class.
— I won’t, Dad.

— The team really looks _______ better because the coach had them _______ every night this week.
— Practice makes perfect.

— I guess that _______ you _______ Joanna was born in the year of rabbit because you have different animal signs.
— You are right. Joanna was.

— Which of these two dresses _______, the pink one or the red one, Madam?
— Neither, thanks. I _______ take a look at a light green one.

In the UK, a woman usually doesn’t like to be asked _______.

We lost the match yesterday, but our coach didn’t get angry. Instead, he ______ us, because we tried our best.

— It’s really kind of you to care for my pet dog while I was away for the whole year.
— _______. The dog is loyal. We’ve been close friends.

完形填空  (本大题共10分，每小题1分)
Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to         the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go.
But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good        of the city of London, from the          street to the most popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service(服务) of all kinds of passengers(乘客) at all times.
A London taxi driver said the following about his job.
During the night it is         for him to stop two or three times for some food. He said, “I never
        when I’m working, otherwise, I’d lose my license (驾驶执照).”
He usually goes home between two and three o’clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay
        and try to make more runs. He said, “That’s the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don’t make money, no one is going to          it to you. ”
London taxi drivers not only “take” but also “give”. Every summer hundreds of poor      from London go for a day at the sea ― by taxi! Their rides are         by the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor (市长) , and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day’s running around the        and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course!

A．catch B．meet C．follow D．throw

A．taste B．knowledge C．dream D．teacher

A．noisiest B．coldest C．dirtiest D．loneliest

A．usual B．strange C．dangerous D．impossible

A．speak B．sing C．run D．drink

A．shorter B．longer C．earlier D．higher

A．give B．lend C．send D．return

A．elderly B．farmers C．patients D．children

A．paid B．borrowed C．sent D．spent

A．buildings B．mountains C．beaches D．roads

Here is a sign in front of the ticket office of the Snoopy World.

 
How long are the business hours for the Snoopy World?

Mr Wang is a teacher in a primary school. He will take 10 of his students to the Snoopy World.
How much should he pay?

What can you do in the Snoopy World?

Unlike Chinese people, the ones in the West believe in star signs. Western world has a complete system(系统) of star signs, and they explain them and use them to tell a person’s characteristics and the things they like or dislike. There are a cycle of 12 of them in all. All of them are decided by the date instead of the year of your birth and each of them has its own characteristics.
Sagittarius (射手座) is one of them. Now, let’s take it as an example:
Sagittarius (November 23—December 21)
Sagittarius in short
Sagittarius are fun, loving, generous and very friendly. They seldom tell lies; in fact they’re so open about everything, They have surprising intuitions(直觉) that they should pay attention to. They are pretty clever because they are so interested in everything. They can be a bit rude, that’s only because they’re very honest and will say exactly what they think. They love travelling, fast cars and horse riding. They also love spending money.
More about Sagittarius
Sagittarius are great friends because they are interested in everything and everyone. They are attracted by even the strangest people. With their humour, they are often in a good mood. They can be hurtful to others because they cannot stop speaking what they see as the truth, but they don’t mean to. Money is not their God. Their values are spiritual(精神的) rather than material.
They are hard-working. They are very open-minded about new ideas and love to try ideas out. Usually it does end up working because they have an excellent intuition and can usually tell straight away if an idea is a good one or a bad one. One of their weaknesses is not asking enough money for all the hard work they do, because they love doing it.
Whose star sign is Sagittarius?

Which is WRONG about Sagittariaus?

What can we know from the underlined sentence “Money is not their God”?

If parents’ aim(目标) is only to make a child be a genius(天才), they will cause a disaster. Several leading educational psychologists(心理学家) say this is one of the biggest mistakes that can cause great problems to children.
However, if parents are a little gentler, the child may act successfully—especially if the parents can support him. Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and inviting a teacher to give him personal piano lessons. They even drive him 59 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Although Michael’s mother knows very little about music, Michael’s father plays the piano very well. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael’s friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians(音乐家), they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are, so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered,” Winston’s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint(使…失望) his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
One of the worst mistakes any parent can make is to __________.

Michael Li is lucky because __________.

The two examples show that __________.

Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventures—those who have climbed the highest mountains, travelled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans(海洋). Now, however, there are more people who look for an excitement from a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.
I would think bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 metres above the ground with an elastic (有弹性的) rope tied to your ankles(脚踝). You fall at up to 150 kilometres an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other  risky activities include jumping from tall buildings and diving(跳水) into the water from the top of high places.
Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists suggest that it is because life in modern world has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were often in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, diseases could not easily be cured, and life was harder than that of the present days.
Nowadays, to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.
More and more people today __________.

In bungee jumping, you __________.

People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because __________.

What is the best title of this passage?

词汇运用（本大题共8分，每小题1分）
(A)根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
When Tom heard the news of getting a scholarship, he ________(simple) couldn’t believe his ears.
—My difficulty in learning English is how to get the ________(pronounce) right.
—You’d better follow the tape often.
________(care) may cause disasters, both to others and to yourself.
Among the three children, John is thought to be the ________(live) one.
(B)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
I want to know if yellow was once the color of the rulers in ________(古代的) China.
The news which kept ________(影响) him a lot was from a little girl.
You can ________(几乎不) ask the old man to move away because he has lived alone here for 10 years.
________(无论何时) you lose heart, things will get worse.

动词填空  用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（本大题共8分，每小题1分）
You’d better ________(not agree) with him, because his plan isn’t very good.
As we know, a year ________(divide) into 12 star signs in Western countries.
Success ________(require) hard work and wisdom.
Anyone who has done good to others is worth ________(respect).
Two more methods ________(suggest) to them to work out the problem, but neither of them was accepted.
Not only Simon but his classmates ________(make) great progress in English learning since last month.
— Jim, can I borrow your bike?
— Sorry, I ________(promise) it to Jack yesterday.
Tell me what you ________(try) out for when your mum called you just now.

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。（本大题共9分，每小题1.5分）
那次战争一爆发，他们便被迫离开。
They were ____________________________ the war broke out.
根据政府计划，将创造更多适合年轻人的工作。
More jobs for young people will ____________________________ the government plan.
由于恶劣的天气，那些登山队员别无选择只能改变了主意。
Those climbers ____________________________ change their mind because of the terrible weather.
每年的国庆节庆祝活动简直就是欢腾的海洋。
Every year, the National Day celebrations ____________________________ the sea of happiness.
我真不能想象那些开拓者是如何成功地游过那条大河的。
I can’t imagine ____________________________ across the wide river.
当你解决心理问题有困难时，向老师寻求帮助如何？
How about asking teachers for help when you ____________________________ the mental problem?

短文填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。(本大题共5分，每空0.5分)
Parents often believe that they have a good r   with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always c ,” Joanna noted.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She u   to cuddle up(蜷伏) with on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated(看待) like a little girl and sometimes like a young l  . The problem is figuring out(弄清楚) which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their m . “In fact, parents are first on the l ,” said Michael Riera, author(作者) of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “This completely changes during the ten years,” Riera e  . “They talk to their friends first, then maybe the teachers, and their parents l  .”
Parents who know what’s going in their teenagers’ lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create c   to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom(自由), though young. A   thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.

任务型阅读  阅读下面的短文，根据文中信息完成文后表格。每个空格只能填一个单词。(本大题共5分，每空0.5分)
When we think of chocolate, many of us think of candy bars and sweet. But this is not how chocolate comes to us. In fact, it comes from the cacao tree that is found in the tropical(热带的) forests of Central and South America, because cacao beans need to grow in a hot and humid climate (湿热的气候) . The Mayas knew that they could get food and drink from the tree. The Aztecs often took the cacao beans and broke them into pieces in hot water, making a drink that was delicious and energy-producing for the body.
When Columbus and Cortez came to America, they shipped cacao beans back to Spain. However,  at first few people accepted the drink because the taste was strange. When Columbus gave the information back to the Spanish Queen and King that one cup of chocolate from the cacao beans could provide a whole day’s energy for a man without the need for other food, attitudes(态度) quickly changed.
The need and the cost for chocolate produced by the cacao beans rose sharply. Soon all Europeans had fallen in love with chocolate. But chocolate was so expensive at that time that only the riches could afford this confection (甜食). At first, too much chocolate made people sick because more than half of the cacao bean is formed from fat, and few people knew how to remove the too much fat content(脂肪含量). Perhaps that is how we arrived at the expression, “Too much of a good thing can be bad for you.”

Places	of chocolate	Function
Central and South America	It comes from the cacao tree that is found in the tropical forests of Central and South America, because a hot and humid climate is   for the growth of cacao beans.	①The      got food and drink from the tree. ②The Aztecs often took the cacao beans and broke them into pieces in hot water, making a drink that was      and energy-producing for the body.
Spain	① When Columbus and Cortez came to America, they sent cacao beans back to Spain by    . ②Chocolate wasn’t widely      before Columbus reported to the Queen and King.	One cup of chocolate from the cacao beans could provide a whole day’s energy for a man with     need of other food.
	Because of the high     , only the riches could afford this confection.	Too much chocolate did harm to people’s   because more than half of the cacao bean is formed from fat.

书面表达 (本大题共10分)
你校要评选“德才双馨”的好少年 “ Excellent Teens with both Ability and Moral Integrity”，你打算推选王辉，请你用英语写一封推荐信。内容提示如下：
1. 痴迷于画画，对自己很严格; 不断搜寻更好的东西来提高自己；
2. 擅长用色彩来表达自己的想法；最喜欢红色，因为红色能使他迅速作出决定；
3. 尽管学习很忙，也从不放弃自己的爱好；
4. 自去年来，已几次在美术大赛中获奖；
5. 经常为大家出力, 如：……
注意：1. 推荐信须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2. 要点5须用2-3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
3. 词数在90个左右，信的首尾已在答题卷上给出，不计入总词数；
4. 信件内容请写在答题卷指定位置上。