2014-2015学年九年级上英语期末测试卷

一、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

Once upon a time, there was a teacher and his student lying down under a big grass area. Suddenly, the student asked the teacher, “Teacher, I wonder ____16____ I can find my soul mate（灵魂伴侣）? Can you please tell me?” ____17____ for a second, then the teacher answered, “Well, it’s a pretty hard and easy question.” The student ____18____hard.

The teacher continued, “Look that way, there is a lot of grass there. You just walk there but please ____19____ walk backwards(向后地), just walk straight ahead. On your ____20____, try to find a beautiful grass and pick it up and then give it to me. But just one.”

The student replied, “OK ，wait for ____21____.” Then he walked straight ahead to the grass field. A few minutes later the student came back.

The teacher said, “Um, I don’t see any beautiful ____22____ on your hand.”

The student explained, “On my journey, I ____23____ a few beautiful grass, but I thought that I would find a ____24____one, so I didn’t pick it up. But I didn’t realize that I was at the ____25_____of the field, and I hadn’t picked up any ____26_____you told me not to go back so I didn’t go back.”

“That’s what happened in ____27_____life,” the teacher told the student. What is the message of this story? Grass is people ____28_____ you. Beautiful Grass is people that draw your attention. Grass field is time.

In looking for your soul mate or your right job, please don’t always ____29_____and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you’ll ____30_____your lifetime ,because “Time Never Goes Back.” So the moral (寓意)of the story is LOVE & take the chance that you have now! Treasure it, don't wait until you lose it. 16. A. what B. how C. why D. where 17. A. Calm B. Still C. Silent D. peaceful

18. A. guessed B. considered C. worked D. thought 19. A. never B. sometimes C. often D .usually 20. A. road B. way C. path D. field 21. A. him B. her C. me D. you 22. A. tree B. grass C. flower D. leaf

23. A. saw B. planted C. discovered D. received 24. A. worse B. better C. sweeter D. greener 25. A. beginning B. top C. middle D. end 26. A. but B. though C. because D. so 27. A. magic B. main C. true D. real 28. A. around B. for C. by D. with

29. A. change B. compare C. correct D. miss 30. A. save B. manage C .waste D. own 阅读理解。(本题有10小题，每小题2分，共20分) A

Shlander is a man from space. He thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. He is now writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is part of his letter. Read it and answer the questions. Now I am in a strange world. It is very nice. There are many new things here. There are many earth monsters (怪物 ) here, too. The earth monsters look very funny. They have just one head, two arms and two legs. They have thin black strings(细绳) on their heads. Some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. The earth monsters have a hole in their faces. Every day, they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. They put water into the hole, too. The earth monsters do not walk very fast. They move from place to place in tin boxes.

At night, the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. This box has very small earth monsters in it. 31. Shlander thinks the people and things on the earth are very _________. A. strange B. nice C. different D. beautiful 32. Shlander considers men on the earth as _________.

A. monkey s B. earth monsters C.animals D.pets 33. The square window box probably is__________

A. a car or a bus B. a very small earth monster C. a TV set D. a radio （B）

We know mosquitoes very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.

No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide if she loves you. She? Yes, she. The male mosquito doesn’t bite! Only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!

If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. When the itch begins, she has flown away.

And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, in a tree or on a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs. 34. we know Mosquitoes very well because______________.

A. they are very famous and popular B. they fly here and there C. there are many kinds of them D. they can bite 35. If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it may ________. A. get angry with you B. be afraid of you

C. make a lot of noise D. choose another one to bite 36. which of following is wrong?

A. some mosquitoes don’t bite people. B. itching begins after being bitten bi a mosquito. C. female mosquitoes need blood to lay eggs. D. mosquitoes bites everyone. C

Do you want to live a happier, less stressfullife? Try laughing for no reason at all. That’s how millions of people start their day at Laughter

Clubs around the world and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to stay healthy. The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, India, in 1995 by Dr. Madan Kataria.“Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day,” says Dr. Kataria. “Everyone is naturally good at laughing — it’s the common language. We want people to feel happy with their lives.” There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 in the world.

Many doctors are also interested in the effects(效果) of laughter on our health. According to a 5-year study at the UCLA School of Medicine in California, with laughing there is less stress in the body. Laughter improves our health against illness by about 40%.

So what happens at a Laughter Club? I went along to my nearest club in South London to find out. I was quite nervous at the beginning of the class, to be honest, I wasn’t interested in laughing with a group of strangers, and I was worried about looking silly. Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands and say “ho ho ho, ha ha ha” while looking at each other. However, our bodies can’t tell the difference between real laughter and fake laughter, so they still produce the same healthy effects.

Surprisingly, it works! After ten minutes everybody in the room was laughing for real and some people just couldn’t stop! At the end of the class I was surprised by how relaxed and comfortable I felt. So if you’re under stress, then start laughing. You might be very pleased with the results.

37. the passage is probably taken from__________.

A. a storybook B. a health magazine C. a comic book D. a travel magazine 38. the writer was nervous at the beginning of the class because____________. A. he was not clever enough. B. he wasn’t interested in laughing at all.

C. he wasn’t good at get along with others. D. he knew nobody there and was worried about looking silly. 39. the underlined word “fake” means ___________in Chinese. A.假的. B. 苦的 C.真的 D. 难堪的

40. which is the best title for the passage

A. A 5-year Study B. More Laughter,Mmore Happier C. The First Laughing Club D. A Difficult Language 四、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

A．根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白各处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

When we talk about inventions, many people think of some important things such as planes, trains and computers. In fact, many things we are using are ____41___(有用的) inventions, even though we don’t know by whom they were invented There are a lot of things in our schoolbags, _______42_____(包括) pencils, rulers and books. ____43____(没有一个) of them grows in the field. They are all made in _____44_____(工厂). They look common today, but ______45______ (成千) of years ago no one knew about them.

Who were they invented by? And when were they invented? ___________(然而)， we should thank the inventors. Their inventions are so ________46_______(重要的) to us. We couldn’t enjoy such a wonderful life without their inventions.

Some of the inventions have changed not only our life but also the ______47_____(整个的) World, such as the

telephone, the TV， the computer and so on. We use them every day, but most of us don’t know the _______48_____（名字）of the inventors. Shouldn’t they be remembered by us. We can remember so many ______49_____(电影) stars and pop stars. Why don’t we ___50__ _____ (花费) more attention to the scientists and the inventors? They should be stars in our eyes.

B.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、准确。每个单词限用一次。 Four throw possible control seat

51. if an airplane is out of ______________, there will be an accident. 52. the ____________boy in the line is a new student.

53.in ancient times, it was _____________to travel in space.

54. please take a __________. The manager will soon be here. 55. paper shouldn’t _____________away. 五、语法填空。（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。 An artist painted many pictures of great beauty. But he ___56___(find) that he had not yet painted a \"real\" picture. He began his trip to look __57____the most beautiful thing in the world. On the way, he met an old priest(神父) ___58___asked him where he was going. \"I don' t know,”said the artist. \"I want to paint the most beautiful thing in the world. Perhaps you can direct me to it.\" How ___59______(easy),” replied the priest. In any church, you will find it —'Faith' ( 信任，信仰) is the most beautiful thing in the world.\"

The artist traveled on. Later, a young mother told him the most beautiful thing is “Love”. “Love” makes the world ______60____(go) round. Without love there is no beauty.

Still the artist continued his search. He asked a soldier _____61__ same question and his Answer was “Peace” He said, “War is ugly and wherever you find peace, you will find beauty faith and love.”

“How can I paint all of ___62___ — Faith, Love and Peace?. He thought and thought. He was _____63_____(surprise) that without thinking where he was going, he had got to his familiar（熟悉的）place. In the _______(face) of his wife and children, he saw Love and Faith. “We are thinking of you all the time. We prayed (祈祷）you would _____65_______(return) us safely,” said his wife. The artist sat on his favorite old chair and his heart was at peace. The artist painted the most beautiful thing in the world and called it “Home” 六、任务型阅读（本题有五小题，每小题1分，共5分）

阅读短文，根据短文内容请从A、B、C、D、E、F中请为每个人选择最合适参加的一项活动，

_____61. Joe is studying English.He hopes either to write plays or to be an actor.He enjoys plays about real people who led interesting lives very much.

_______ 62. Glenda is studying the history of music at college.She wants to listen to as much music from the past as possible,and specially likes listening to people singing.

_______ 63. Wong is a dancer from China.He would like to see people dancing from as many other parts of the world as possible so as to have some new ideas.

_______ . Ruth is a teacher who is planning to start a drama club for the children at her school.She would like to see some children acting if possible.

_______ 65. Maria is celebrating her birthday tomorrow.She wants to go out for the whole day with her friends.They all enjoy listening to pop music.

A. International Youth Celebration(getting together with students from different countries,dancing and singing) B. River Festival (A day of fun on the river bank with a Chinese theme)

C. Songs of summer(Hutton Consort will sing songs old and new,all of which are about the summer) D. Music in the Open Air(Jimmy Locke and his band play dance music through the day in the open air)

E. A Star May Be Born(Some plays from children’s stories are showed by 7 to 11-year-old children for parents,families and friends)

F. Vita and Harold(A play about a couple’s lives and their most unusually marriage)

七、书面表达(本题有 1 小题，共15分)

目前宁波市正在积极创建全国文明城市，中学生也在为之努力。假如你是某中学的一名学生张通，请根据下列要点提示，给笔友John 写一封电子邮件，介绍有关情况。 提示：1.对老师要有礼貌（上课认真听讲，见面打招呼等）； 2.尊敬老人，帮助老人；

3.同学之间互相帮助，关爱有困难的人； 4.种植树木，保护环境。

注意：1.邮件内容应包含所有要点，不要翻译，可适当发挥； 2.文中不得使用真实姓名、校名等信息； 3.词数80-100（邮件中已经写好了的部分不计入总词数） 4.词汇参考：全国文明城市national civilized city 尊敬 respect