[江西]2014届江西省吉安市吉州区九年级上学期期末检测英语试卷

—Lucy, it's too hot. Put the meat in the fridge, or it will               bad.
—OK, Mum!

We all think Bill is              taller of the two.

—David, someone called you last night.
—Oh, who was               ?

—Did your sisters go to the concert last night?
—No, we               went to my aunt's birthday party.

Do you know who               to take part in the competition?

What do you think is the best way to              the pollution problem?

If his brother     a millionaire（百万富翁）, he'd buy her sister the expensive car.

—Could you tell me               ?
—Sure. Just go straight and turn right. You'll find it on your left.

—Can you come back at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon?
—               . I'll have an important meeting at that time.

—Peter said that he would come over to have dinner with you tonight.
—But I think he              . I have been alone for an hour.

Bob is good at all the subjects at school,               science.

—Will Mr. Brown come and play computer games?
—No,               he has finished, his homework.

Betty's never seen a three-D movies,               ?

—Let's go fishing if it               this weekend.
—But nobody knows if it               .

Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it          patience（耐心）. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won't make friends staying home         .
Joining a club or group, talking to those who like the same things         you do is much easier. Or join someone        some activities.
Many people are shy when talking to new people.              meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it's human nature to feel a bit          about the unknown. Most of fears（恐惧）about              new people come from doubts（怀疑）. We imagine other people are         us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don't forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept（接受）yourself       you are, and try to put the other at ease（自由自在，自然）. You'll both feel more comfortable.
Try to act self-confident（自信）even if you don't feel that way when you      a room full of strangers. Walk straight, look at other people directly and        .
If you see someone you'd like to     , say something. Don't wait for         person to start a talk.
Just meeting someone         does not mean that you'll make friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual（相互的）likings and "give and take". It takes time to        friendship.

A．costs B．needs C．spends D．wants

A．lonely B．yourself C．alone D．with you

A．as B．that C．which D．what

A．with B．in C．on D．to

A．At all B．For all C．In all D．After all

A．unhappy B．usual C．upset D．unlucky

A．meeting B．talking C．visiting D．speaking

A．talking B．saying C．judging D．laughing

A．like B．as C．what D．that

A．come B．go C．enter D．step to

A．laugh B．smile C．cry D．jump

A．speak to B．talk about C．say to D．call up

A．other B．the other C．another D．others

A．old B．young C．new D．little

A．develop B．start C．keep D．change

请先阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空，并将答案填写到答题卷的相应位置。每词限用一次。（每小题1分）

A poor farmer had left his small village. After he     plenty of money, he decided to spend a     in an excellent hotel in a big town.         
When lunch time came on his   day there, he went to the restaurant of the hotel in his new clothes. The head waiter     him to the table, took his    and went away. When he turned and looked at the farmer again, he had a surprise! The farmer had tied his table cloth round his    .
The head waiter immediately（立即）    another waiter to go to the farmer and told him that people mustn't do    a thing in his restaurant. So the waiter went to the farmer and said in a friendly   . "Good morning, sir. Would you like a   ?"

Below are some suggestions given by the English children posted on the website about how to help Africa. Which do you think is the best?

Which two children share the similar opinion?

Who pays more attention to African's health care?

Where are these suggestions posted?

Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can "farm" on a piece of "land" and "grow", "sell" or even "steal" "vegetables", "flowers", and "fruits" on the Internet. They can earn some e-money and buy some "seeds", "pets" and even "houses".
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
Harold: I don't quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan: I enjoy putting some "bugs" in my friends' garden and we've become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for the life in the countryside, It reduces（减少）my work pressure; besides, it gives me the exciting experience of becoming a "thief".
Ivy: Well, it's just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot focus on（专注）their study.
According to the passage, people cannot       things in this game.

Among the people Joyce interviewed,        likes the game while       dislikes the game.

From Laura's words, we can guess that she's most probably      .

Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?

First, welcome to West Lake! I am glad to serve all of you.
Today you come here, you are sure to be attracted by its beauty. Hangzhou is famous for West Lake which is a famous fresh water lake, It lies in central Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province of eastern China.
Traditionally, there are ten best-known spots on the West Lake. They are called Ten Scenes of West Lake by Qianlong Emperor. The West Lake is divided by three causeways called Su Di, Bai Di, and Yanggong Di. First I want to tell you the history of Bai Di.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Zhen yuan era（785-804）, poet Bai Juyi came to Hangzhou as a governor（官员，总督）. He realized that the farmland nearby depended on the water of West Lake, but the old dyke（堤防）had collapsed（倒塌）, the water of West Lake had dried out, and the local farmers suffered drought. He ordered the construction（修建）of a causeway of a stronger and taller dyke to solve the drought problem. The lives of local people improved over the following years. Then Bai Juyi had more free time to enjoy the beauty of West Lake. He visited West Lake almost every day. This causeway was later named after Bai Di in Bai Juyi's honor.
Next is Su Di. Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway is considered as the first of ten scenes. It was built by Su Dongpo, the great poet, during the Noah Song Dynasty. It is very beautiful in spring.
West Lake lies       .

The West Lake has      causeways.

Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway is listed as the      of Ten Scenes of West Lake.

The above words are probably for        .

"The word "sport" first meant something that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they leant to. A few people are paid for sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money. For example, a professional football player in England earns more than 300,000 dollars a year. The stars earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions can make more than 500,000 dollars a year. Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn as much as that.
Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sports. An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply mean, "Buy our things". It says, "Buy the same shirt and shoes as…". Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their names or a photo of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people's spare time.
From the passage we can learn that         .

In this passage "professional sportsmen" means people "        ".

Now, the "sport" means                 .

Which of the following is TRUE?

请阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框中的七个选项中选出五个还原到短文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。（每小题2分）
Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past.     Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or the gossip（闲话，绯闻）columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements.
Most people don't take the time to read the real news.       These techniques（技术，手段）are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper.         If the headline is horrible（恐惧的）enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps they will go on to read the front page anymore. They may read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore.     
More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper?    Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?

随着社会的发展，网上购物已经成为一种新型的购物方式。某英文报以“shopping on line”为话题进行征文。请你根据下表提示，谈谈网上购物的利与弊并发表你自己的看法。
要求：1．语句流畅，书写规范。
2．包含提示内容，并可适当发挥。
3．词数不少于80个词，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Shopping on line is quite popular in our daily life now. ______________________________
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