广东广州高山文化培训学校九年级上期末考试英语试卷

I study for a test ___________ working with a group.

---Mom, when shall we go to Weifang Museum this weekend?
---Oh, sorry. I’m going to Beijing for a meeting. ____ Saturday ____ Sunday is OK.

--- Bob never does his homework       Mary. He makes lots of mistakes.
--- Because he spends        time doing his homework.

They didn’t do it by themselves instead of        Uncle Wang for help.

He feels like        the Internet day and night. Tell him not to do it again.

---Excuse me, sir. Is the swimming pool open all day?
---_______. Only from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

---________beautiful day it is! Let’s go and have a picnic in the park.  ---Good idea!

I always tell my students    on the road because it’s really dangerous.

Learning to write is learning to think. You don’t know things clearly        you can write them down.

I can play the piano，and       .

Could you tell me ________？

Flowers____________ along the road last year.

We are trying to help those children _____ lost their parents in Yushu, Qinghai Province.

---This pair of shoes ____ belong to Jack. He likes this kind very much.
--- It ____ be his. It’s too large for him.

-- How does John usually go to school? --- He ________ ride a bike, but now he ________ there.

完形填空（共10小题，计分10分）
Do your parents make you do lots of after-school activities? My parents did. I used to listen to them. But now, I decide to think for     .
My parents made me do a lot of after-school activities: taking guitar lessons, taking    class, playing tennis and doing different kinds of other things. I didn’t like many of them. I often asked my parents to stop      me. This year, I will stop some activities. I decide to    the guitar because I don’t like to play it at all. I think I can learn English by myself at home,      I won’t go to the English class any more.
My mother doesn’t think that I get enough      . But I don’t think so. I walk two miles to school every day. I think that is      for me. So I don’t want to play tennis. One day, my mother   me to go to a swimming club, but I refused. She was     and said,“The more you study, the more skills you will have, and then the more independent you will be.    she’s right, but I really don’t want to go.
Dear friends, am I right? What will you do if you meet the situation?

A．herself B．themselves C．myself D．ourselves

A．Chinese B．English C．math D．science

A．dropping B．offering C．beating D．pushing

A．give up B．make up C．take up D．set up

A．and B．so C．but D．or

A．exercise B．food C．sleep D．study

A．bad B．easy C．important D．enough

A．allowed B．hated C．asked D．helped

A．nervous B．excited C．angry D．glad

A．Instead B．Maybe C．However D．Anyway

Mrs. Black is sixty-nine years old. She only has a daughter named Sandra. Mr. Black died twelve years ago. Mrs. Black was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years ago her daughter had a baby. The young woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with them. The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.
Last autumn Mrs. Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn't do anything after she came back.
At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of (厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.
One morning Mrs. Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden  plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy two plates, son ""One is for grandma," answered the boy, "the other is for you! You will also have to use a wooden plate when you're old, I think."
The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she is kind to her mother as she was before.
Sandra asked her mother to live with them because ____  __.

The family liked Mrs. Black at first because __  ____.

Mrs. Black couldn’t leave her daughter’s house because ___   ___ .

James bought a wooden plate for his mother because _____   _.

Sandra is kind to her mother again because ____   __.

The human brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms, but it can hold much more information than most computers. However, there is another difference between humans and computers. Computers don't forget information they are given, but humans often do. No one remembers everything, and luckily we don't usually have to. But everyone can improve their memory if they want to. Here are some suggestions.
◆Try to use new information immediately（立刻）. For example, if you meet someone who says "Hi! I'm Carlos," don't just say "Hello." Repeat the person's name. Say"____"
◆Break a big number into smaller parts. For example, it's hard to memorize (记忆) 109244153. But if you break it into three parts--109/244/153—it becomes easier.
◆Write out what you need to remember over and over again. This will help you keep it in mind longer, especially for memorizing formulas (公式) or facts.
◆Always review information. If you bring what you've learned back to your mind, they become easier to remember. For example, before you go to sleep, it’s a good idea to review the new things you learned that day.
◆Discuss with a friend. It is always easier to remember things through discussions. You can have a discussion about what's right and what's wrong, and it will lead to the right answer.
◆Never tell yourself that you have a bad memory. You can always do something to help improve your memory. And everyone's memory gets better if they use it often enough.
All of the suggestions are helpful. If you follow them, you are certain to improve your memory.
How many suggestions are mentioned in the passage?

Which should be put in the blank (空格) in Paragraph 2？

What can help memorize a big number more easily according to the passage?

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

What does the sentence "Never tell yourself that you have a bad memory” mean?

Paper was not made in southern Europe until the year of 1100. Though Scandinavia(斯堪的维尼亚半岛) now makes a great deal of the world’s paper, it had not begun to make it until 1500. It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make paper from wood. After that, forest countries, such as Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the United States, became important in paper making. Today in Finland, for example, no industry（工业）is bigger than the forest industry. And the paper industry is the most important part of it.
Modern paper-making machines are very big, and they make paper very fast. The biggest machines can make a piece of paper 750 meters long and six meters wide in one minute.
When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes（信封）, and writing paper. But there are many other uses. Each year, more and more things are made of paper. We have had paper cups, plates, and dishes for a long time. But now we hear that chairs, tables and even beds can be made of paper. The newest thing made of paper in the world may be a paper house. It is not a small house for children to play in, but a real, big house for people to live in. It is not expensive. You can put up a paper house yourself in a few hours, and you can use it for about 5 years.
When was paper made in Europe?

        found out that paper can be made from wood.

In witch country is the forest industry the biggest industry?

How long can be the biggest modern paper-making machines make a piece of paper 750 meters long and six meters wide?

What can be made of paper?

单词拼写（共7小题，计分7分）
根据下列句子及所给汉语词语，在句子空白处写出每个单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）。
In China, it’s impolite to use chopsticks to hit an e________ bowl.
We call the persons who are between 13 and 19 t_____  _____.
–W____________ book is this?  -- It’s John’s.
He began to ______    __(招待) others very nicely.
The ____      __ (第一)China – South Asia EXPO opened in Kunming on June 6,2013.
We all know English is used ____________ (广泛地) in the world.
Sir, please show me your _____________(护照).

综合填空（共8小题，计分8分）
从下面方框中选择恰当的词填入短文中，使短文通顺正确。每词只用一词。有些词要用适当的形式。

 
I live in France and French is my native(本土的) language. My English is ________ good and now I want to share my experience with you.
When I was six, my dad encouraged  _____ to listen to some songs by “The Beatles”. I listened to them every day. In the beginning I could understand _____ of what they were singing. But I enjoyed the music. And soon I got to understand a few words, but only the ones in the titles.
Later I got a book _______ many songs by heart. I sang the songs to myself. Still, I understood very little of them. But I loved them so much ________ it became my dream to understand the songs by “The Beatles”. That was ________ I started my way towards English.
Today, I can understand the ________ very well. Each time I hear a song by “The Beatles”, I feel happy and proud. That’s because I have made my dream come true.

任务型阅读（共5小题，计分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在短文后81-85小题句子空白处填入适当的词语或句子，使句子与短文内容一致（每空词数不限）。
Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing(连接)the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites(卫星) into low Earth orbit(轨道)in 2015.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure(基础设施)to access the web.
We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.

Present situation	●Many of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. ●It          us some money to access the Internet at most time.
What the organization will do	●MDIF has made a decision to           hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit in 2015 so that for every person on Earth, there will be free Wi-Fi available .
Reasons	●Only 60% of the world’s population have been able to           on the Internet. ●Many countries can’t          people the necessary infrastructure to access the web.
What we can expect	●Free Wi-Fi will            everywhere in the near future.

写作（共1题，计分15分）
假如你是Lucy，你班班级文化布置需要一篇关于环球文化的英文文章。请你根据以下表格内容，以Different Countries, Different Customs 为题用英文为班级写一篇关于几个不同国家风俗习惯的文章。
要求：
要点齐全，发挥得当，适当给予开头。
标题已给出。
词数：80词左右。
参考词汇：be supposed to, be expected to, It is polite/impolite/important to….

Different Countries, Different Customs