牛津译林版英语九上初三期中试卷.docx

1、20142015学年度第一学期期中考试试卷 初三英语 2014年11月 第一卷：选择题（70分）一、听力（20分）第一部分 听对话，回答问题本部分共有10个小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话读两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你仍有5秒钟的答题时间。1.What does Tina often do in her free time? . . A B C2. What is the animal sign of the girl? A B C3. What sign may the man see on the wall? A. B. C. 4. What did

2、the boys aunt send him as his birthday present? A. B. C. 5. What is the weather like tomorrow?A.Its cloudy. B.Its rainy. C.Its fine.6. What problem do most students have now? A.They cant sleep at night and feel very tired in the morning. B.They have too much homework. C.They worry too much.7. How do

3、es the girl feel about herself? A.Sad. B.Happy. C.Shy.8. What will Mr Smith do during the holidays?A.He will go home. B.He will go to some places. C.He will stay at home.9. Which colour does the girl like best? A.Yellow. B.Green. C.Black.10. How many desks are there for the parents? A.Sixteen. B.Twe

4、nty-five. C.Twenty-six. 第二部分 听对话和短文，回答问题你将听到两段对话和一篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的答题时间。听第一段对话，回答第11至12小题。 11.What does Jack most probably do?A.A student. B.A teacher. C.A worker.12.What happened to him?A.He fell off his bike. B.He was late for the meeting. C.He took the wrong bus

5、.听第二段对话，回答第13至15小题。13. Where does the man want to go?A. The post office. B. The railway station. C. The Olympic Village. 14. Is it far from here? A. Yes, it is. B. No, it isnt. C. I dont know. 15. How is he going there? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By train. 听一篇短文，回答第16至20小题。16. How do most people go t

6、o their workplaces in Nanjing? A. By bus. B. By underground. C. By car.17. How much is the ticket of the bus? A. Only 1 yuan. B. More than 2 yuan. C. 1 or 2 yuan.18. What will a person do when he doesnt want to help the elderly on the bus? A. He will stand up and look out of the window. B. He will s

7、it on the seat and look at the elderly. C. He will listen to music with eyes closed.19. Why should we help each other? A. Because we know each other. B. Because we will need others help one day. C. Because we are students.20. How can we help a person in need when taking a bus? A. Buy the ticket for

8、him. B. Let the elderly get on the bus first. C. Make the children give their seats to you.二、单项选择（每小题1分，满分14分）21. Students should pay attention to _the teacher in class.A. hear B. listen to C. listening to D. hearing22. Its easy _you to say sorry, but remember _ be late again.A. for; not to B. for;

9、dont C. of; not to D. of; to23. An old man was found _ in his house. Luckily, he was taken to hospital in time.A. dead B. die C. dying D. death 24. My father always has fun _with the neighbours on weekends.A. to play chess B. playing chess C. playing the chess D. to play the chess25. I think this no

10、vel is worth again. A.read B.to read C.reads D.reading26. Billy has all kinds of different ideas. He is to be a good writer. A. enough creative B. too creative C. creative enough D.so creative27. Therere too many clothes in the shop. I really cant decide .A. which to buy coat B. to buy which coatC.

11、which coat should I buy D. which coat to buy28. Few men_ shopping with their wives _ at home to watch TV A. prefer going; to stayingB. prefer go; to shopping C. would rather to go; than stayD. would rather going; than staying29. Why not _ your teacher for advice when you dont know _ the problems? A.

12、 ask; what to do withB. to ask; how to deal with C. ask; what to deal withD. to ask; how to do with30. The fat boy always worries about _ enough food _ every day. How funny!A. having not; eat B. having not; to eatC. not having; eat D. not having; to eat31. The colour fits her. She looks lovely _ blu

13、e. Thats right. But I think pink looks more lovely_ her.A. in; in B. in; on C. on; on D on; in32. I dont know if it _ tomorrow. If it _, we will go out for a picnic. A.will rain; wont rain B.rains; doesnt rain C.rains; wont rain D.will rain; doesnt rain33. Amy would rather _. Lets take her to the KF

14、C restaurant.A. Western food than Chinese foodB. have Chinese food than Western foodC. to have Western food than Chinese foodD. have Western food than Chinese food34. What do you think of the speech? Forget it. It is _ than I thought.A. far more boring B. even more interested C. much more bored D. m

15、ore interesting三、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。(本大题共10分，每小题1分)Up to two-thirds of children dont get as much sleep as they should do and this can make them nervous and slower at school, researchers say.So 35 should young people sleep each night? The answer is between 8 and 10 hour

16、s. If you dont get enough sleep at night, youll have 36 energy the next day. But the researchers say many children have missed out on 4,500 hours of sleep by the time they are 7 years old. They say that children miss sleep because they have TVs and computers in their rooms and 37 parents dont read t

17、o their younger children at night any more. The traditional “bedtime story” helps children to relax and fall asleep 38 . Children with TVs and computers in their bedrooms are more likely to sleep badly and to get less than 8 hours sleep. Even 39 one hours sleep a night can mean that children do less

18、 well at school.German scientists think that your 40 keeps working while you are asleep. To show that they were 41 , they gave two groups of people a problem to work out. One group went to sleep and the other group stayed 42 . The result? The people who slept worked out the answer more quickly, sugg

19、esting that their brains had been trying to 43 the answer while the people were asleep. So, make sure you get enough sleep tonight, 44 youll be at your best tomorrow35. A. how much B. how many C. how long D. how often36. A. more B. less C. few D. little37. A. proud B. free C. poor D. busy38. A. peac

20、efully B. carefully C. happily D. sadly39. A. losingB. lost C. loserD. loss40.A. head B. brain C. heart D. thought41. A. perfect B. bright C. right D. great42. A. awake B. alive C. asleep D. absent43. A. think over B. open up C. find out D. put down44. A. or B. but C. if D. and四、阅读理解（共13小题, 每小题2分，共

21、26分） （A）Some top students are giving advice.Bill, CanadaWhen taking tests, relax. If youre worried that youll fail the test, youre sure to get a low score. If you have studied for it long enough, you shouldnt be worried about getting a low grade.Lily, AmericaRemember the most important advice to get

22、 good grades is very simple; do well on tests to get an A or an A-. Do what your teacher says, and the chances are fairly good that youll get an A+. Dont stress yourself. Act cool!Betty, BritainWrite good notes. Coloured pens are fun to write with if you want to get more creative with your notes, bu

23、t use them only for parts of your notes that will probably be on a test or that are important. It makes them stand out. Go over your notes before you take the exams.Tom, AustraliaIn order to get good grades, try to do your homework immediately after school. Time management is important. If youre tol

24、d to do the homework next week, get started the same day you know it. Before you start, youd better make clear what to do and how to do it.45. Who gives advice on homework?A. Betty. B. Bill. C. Lily. D. Tom.46. Lily tells us when taking tests.A. not to worry B. not to stress ourselvesC. to get more

25、creativeD. to make clear what to do47. The top students are giving advice on _.A. how to get good gradesB. how to start learningC. what to do when taking tests D. what to take when going to school(B)To write a great news story, you have to make sure it is correct, relevant and fresh.For a start, all

26、 the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.Any mistakes that appear in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble. For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong. He wasnt the first. The

27、 newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake.A news story is not only correct，but also relevant to its readers . People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them. That is why you care more about what happens at your school than at American schools. It is also

28、why newspapers in Beijing dont talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong.Finally, news must always be fresh. When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day. You dont want to read about news from last week! So, now you know what makes a good news story.

29、 Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news. You can try writing a news story for our newspaper like a real reporter. 48.What is the meaning of the underlined word “relevant”.A .有趣的 B. 相关的 C. 最新的 D.正确的49. According to the writer, newspapers in Wuxi should talk much about ne

30、ws in _. A. Wuxi B. Hong Kong C. Shanghai D. Beijing50. Which of the following is true?A. A small mistake cant get a newspaper into trouble. B. A lot of people like reading about news from last week.C. The passage doesnt tell us who was the first man to go into space. D. People are mostly interested

31、 in news that happens far away from them.(C)When a cake is brought to the table at a birthday party, it is usually decorated with candles. It is said that the tradition of lighting birthday candles was invented by the ancient Greeks; it has taken on different meanings through the years. Today, one o

32、f the most popular birthday traditions is to blow out the candles all at once to make a secret wish come true. In order to please Artemis, the goddess of the moon, the ancient Greeks arranged something special for birthdays. A moon-shaped cake was baked and decorated with lit candles. They thought t

33、he smoke from the candles would carry an offering(祭品) up into the sky, where they believed Artemis lived. The tradition of lighting birthday candles continued in Europe, where candles were sometimes kept burning all day on a persons birthday, partly as celebration and partly to keep away evil spirit

34、s. It was believed that the blowing out of candles represented ones prayers(祈祷) to the gods. Some cultures believe it is a bad luck to blow out the candles until after the evening meal is eaten. Traditionally, one candle represents a year of the persons age. Some families prefer to add an extra cand

35、le for good luck. But that practice is improper when a very young child is celebrating a third birthday. Generally, older peoples birthdays are celebrated by placing just a few candles to represent, such as an eight for 80th birthday. Todays birthday candles are made in different shapes, like animal

36、s or flowers. One or two candles in the shape of numbers are sometimes used instead of lots of candles; for example, a four-shaped and a zero-shaped candle would represent 40. 51.Why did the ancient Greeks arrange something special for birthdays? A. To make their dreams come true. B. To celebrate a

37、persons birthday. C. To protect themselves from evil spirits.D. To please the goddess of the moon.52.What is the tradition of lighting candles for birthdays like in Europe? A. The candles were always kept burning all day on a persons birthday. B. The blowing out of candles represented ones prayers t

38、o the god. C. Some cultures believe it is right to blow out the candles before the evening meal. D. The Europeans sometimes keep burning the candles all day just as a celebration. 53.What can we infer from the last two paragraphs? A. In some families, people would add an extra candle without any spe

39、cial meaning. B. It is common to see a cake with four candles on a three-year-old childs birthday. C. Traditionally, people can use an eight-shaped and a zero-shaped candle to represent 80. D. Usually one candle is placed on a cake for each year of the persons age.（D）If you could see a movie of your

40、 life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you dont know whats coming.Sure, its hard to see uncertainty(不确定) in such positive（积极的）light when youre out of work, or when you feel like youre failing. But uncertainty is really another word for ch

41、ance.When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting（咨询）, but she knew she wouldnt stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income（收入）by teaching students. Still, she

42、didnt think she wanted to go to graduate school（研究院）. Allison knew she wasnt doing what she wanted, but she didnt know what she wanted.She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six

43、years, Allison, by having a general（全面的）plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent.The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty. Otherwise your life is not your ownit is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesnt end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing i