江苏无锡市环科园联盟九年级上学期期中英语试卷

— 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?

— 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.

—They speak perfect English. How long have they learnt it?
—_______ they were seven years old.

Little Tom seems to know who _______ to get more pocket money.

-Could you tell me_______? -For more than a year.

His words remind me _______ we did together during the past holiday.

She devotes as much time as she could __________ the patients.

The new jeans look nice _______ Grace because she looks nice _______ blue.

-- Have you got Rose's e-mail?
--Yes, but I don't think her e-mail is worth _______.

Not only his parents but also his brother _______ to the Great Wall. They haven’t been back.

We must ________ ourselves and _______ our work.

Pronunciation should _______ when we read these new words.

— 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 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Tina was the best speed-walking partner I could ever meet. But I could never understand my friend's habit of  ________   while we walked.
Together we walked all over the town and even entered a marathon(马拉松）together，a full 26 miles, but she did give me a list to take with me. She told me that it  ________ her a lot. I thought it would just slow us down. I  ________  it along to the starting line. Twenty-six cheering ideas, one for every mile. I wasn’t really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas but I didn’t want to hurt Tina’s feelings, so I kept her  ________  .
I walked the first mile of the   ________    in 12 minutes—a new personal record. I looked at Tina’s cheering list when I checked my watch.   ________     was simply Yourself. It did give me a good start to the race, I thought. I thanked Tina for her cheering list. If I finished the race, I would thank her for the   ________    she gave me. By the time I finished the second mile, my husband and kids were cheering me on. It just so happened that “    ________  ” was the next one on Tina’s cheering list. I had lots of things to be ready for them.
The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile? I was nearly out of breath. “I don’t know if I can   ________  the last mile,” I thought. In despair(绝望）I looked at the final cheering idea on Tina’s list，now sweaty in my hand: You just can make it!
I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I thought the cheering list would slow me down.  ______________, it carried me past the finishing line.

A．cheering B．smiling C．shouting D．chatting

A．taught B．saved C．calmed D．helped

A．hid B．gave C．moved D．carried

A．promise B．list C．word D．idea

A．round B．circle C．race D．road

A．At the back B．At the top C．In the beginning D．In the past

A．task B．strength C．thought D．way

A．Team B．House C．Family D．Home

A．have B．gain C．finish D．put

A．Besides B．Instead C．Later D．Again

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,a white gardenia（栀子花）was sent to my house. No card came with it．Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's name and was just very pleased with the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be, Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged this imagining. She'd ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man who I looked after when he was ill. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy.
One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt very sad and didn't want to go to the  coming graduation dance at all. And I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.
My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.
Which statement is true according to the passage?

The mother let her daughter go to the graduation dance because_______.

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy(辛辣的)food? Is it because the spices make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food，or is there some connection between spices and healthy food? Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria(细菌)which spoil food．
“Most common spices can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food，”explains one of the scientists．The bacteria grow more easily and spoil(变质)food more quickly at higher temperatures．For this reason，it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates,
Do you like your food spicy? Your answer probably tells something about the country you come from．If you like spicy food，it is possible that hundreds of years ago，when there were no fridges，people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling．The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer，healthier lives．Today，in a time of fridges，the spices just make the food taste good．
The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling by_________．

Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because_______．

According to the passage，spices are useful in the following things except_____．

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 Sagittarians?

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

The other day I came across a few local musicians and happened to hear them talking:
"I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can't even understand a bit of music."
"I'm never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us."
But one younger musician said, "There are a few clubs that book my band (乐队) a few nights a month, and I'm trying to find other places to play. I'm also looking forward to booking a few summer festivals this year."
It's said that you are the average (平均) of the five people whom you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.
Attitudes（态度） are important. Whether they're positive(积极的)or negative (消极的), they're rubbing off on you. If you're always around people who complain about short of work and about other musicians or say bad words about others, and you play the role of a victim, it's possible that you will start to as well. So it's time to take a look at the people you call "friends", as what kind of friends you have decides what kind of life you are going to live.
This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you often go out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don't become friends with people who fall below that standard.
Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it and learn from them. Ask if they will help you get the work you're looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.
The musicians' words at the beginning are written mainly to show_______.

The underlined sentence "they'll rubbing off on you" in Paragraph 6. means_______.

By taking the exercise mentioned in Paragraph 7, you can_______.

Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

词汇。根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
________(care) may cause disasters, both to others and to yourself.
When Tom heard the news of getting a scholarship, he _____________(simple) couldn’t believe his ears.
Don’t be  ________ (worry) about tomorrow’s test. You will pass it.
Our Chinese teacher has some good poems in his ___________ (person) computer.
(B)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
The news which kept ________(影响) him a lot
This writer received high ________________ (赞扬) from the readers.
Though the problem was difficult, the boy didn’t give up and _____________ (成功) at last.
The noise he made broke the ____________ (寂静) while everyone in the library was reading.

动词填空  用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
–Three years _____________( pass) since Mike came to China.
We hope the problem _____________( deal ) with as soon as possible.
Do you find it exciting ___________( ski ) alone in the mountain?
—Will you ever leave her alone?
— Only if she ________ (ask) me to.
If the giant pandas  ____________( not protect), there will be none left in the world.
He ___________( read ) a book about nature when I went into the classroom.
David was so weak at English that he had difficulty ____________( get ) into a good university.
— I have already decided not to study abroad.
— Really? I thought you ________ ( not give) up the chance forever.

任务型阅读 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。每个空格只能填一个单词。
We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give a successful speech.
So, you have to give a speech and you’re frightened. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble(结巴)over words, you talk too long and your listeners feel tired of your speech. Later you think,   “Thank goodness, it’s over. I’m just no good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again.”
Cheer up! It doesn’t have to be that bad. You can do the following things to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion(场合)? Why are you speaking? Then, collect as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of time doing your research. Then spend plenty of time putting your material in good order so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible and use pictures, charts and graphs if they help you make your points clearer. Never forget your listeners. Don’t talk over their heads and don’t talk down to them. Respect your listeners. They will enjoy your thoughtfulness.
Just remember: Be prepared. Know your subject, your listeners and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your listeners.
If you follow the simple things, you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not confident yet. Give it a try and see what happens.

Suggestions on making a speech
Problems	You feel nervous and don’t remember the content you will say. You talk too much, making the listeners ____________
______ to take	Knowing why you have to give the speech. Spending much time researching and having your material______to make your speech smooth. Neither using too difficult words nor looking down upon your listeners but remembering to ____________ them with respect.
Conclusion	Be well prepared. Don’t mention something_____. It is your personality that will help you communicate with your listeners well.

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。
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.
汤姆一做好决定就给你打电话。
Tom will call you  ____________________.
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.
我常怀疑在作业上花这么多时间是否值得.
I often doubt ____________________________ time on homework.

书面表达。
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； 他愿意在任何时候接受新的挑战。
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。
Dear Sir
I’m writing to recommend Wang Hui to be the Excellent Teen with both ability and Moral Integrity.
Wang Hui ________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
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I think Wang Hui is the most suitable person to achieve the title . I hope that you agree with me.