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2015年第二学期宁波市九年级英语期中试卷
试题卷I
一、听力（本题有15小题，第一节每小题1分，第二、三节每小题2分；共计25分）
第一节：听小对话，选择图片。
1. Where will Kim and Fiona go for their holiday?
A. B. C.
2. How does Kevin usually go to school?
A. B. C.
3. What is Tom going to do during the holiday?
A. B. C.
4. Which sport does Cathy prefer?
A. B. C.
5. What did Daisy buy for his father?
A. B. C.
第二节：听对话，回答问题。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和7两个小题。
6. How much does the ticket to New York cost?
A. 248. B. 258. C. 285.
7. What would the man speaker like to eat this time during the flight?
A. Some meat. B. A special salad. C. Some fruits.
听下面一段对话，回答第8到10三个小题。
8. Who is Tom looking for?
A. Kate. B. Jane. C. Mary.
9. Why does Tom come into the room?
A. He works there.
B. He wants to talk to Kate.
C. He wants to have a letter typed.
10. What is Kate going to do next year?
A. Go to Japan. B. Change her job. C. Go to a night school.
第三节：听独白，完成信息记录表。
Question Answers
What specials do people have on that holiday? 11
What kind of festival is Thanksgiving Day? 12
When did the first Thanksgiving in America take place? 13
Who had a celebration to thank to have a good harvest first? 14
What did they learn to do with the help of local Indians? 15
11. A.Nuts. B.cookies. C.A big turkey.
12. A.Family. B. Friends C.Office.
13. A.In November, 1620. B.In October,1621. C.In October, 1863.
14. A.Englishmen. B.Frenchmen. C.Americans.
15. A.Plant rice. B.grow corn and raise animals C.raise animals and plant flowers
二、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the __16__ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had __17__ food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. White, __18___ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against __19___. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the ___20__. From the back of the __21___the parents were shouting at him to __22___, since Ally had almost stopped breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to __23__, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking to his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows __24___, since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not __25___the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight on into the path of the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see how little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief instead of __26___on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is __27___ again.”
“It must have been the crash.” said her husband. “It __28___ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to ___29____, and she was crying in a loud but healthy __30___.
They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.
16. A. worried B. angry C. happy D. surprised
17. A. little B. some C. no D. few
18. A. opened on B. turned on C. turned off D. sped up
19. A. police B. life C. lights D. time
20. A. empty street B. busy traffic C. large crowds D. deserted place
21. A. street B. cars C. traffic D. ambulance
22. A. hurry B. slow C. stop D. drive
23. A. think B. ignore C. lose D. miss
24. A. open B. clean C. up D. down
25. A. hear B. see C. find D. notice
26. A. pleasure B. anger C. fear D. surprise
27. A. crying B. breathing C. smiling D. speaking
28. A. took B. picked C. knocked D. made
29. A. usual B. common C. ordinary D. normal
30. A. sound B. voice C. tone D. noise
三、阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分；共计30分）
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.
1. "What's the matter？" "I went to a party last night, so I…"
2. "I feel so tired these days."" I think you'd better…"
3."Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…"
You can see from the above three examples that the context(上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing" is very important in understanding English, especially spoken English.
31. This passage tells us mainly about _________.
A. the importance of "guessing” in learning a foreign language
B. how to guess what one is going to talk about
C. some examples of right guessing
D. how important it is to guess all the time
32. From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in Example 1 is ________.
A. "… so I didn't have a good time." B. "…so I went to bed very late."
C. "…. So I felt unhappy." D. "… so I got up very early."
33. Maybe the finished answer in Example 3 is ______.
A. "… she is one of the most famous film stars."
B. "…she is one of the most beautiful women."
C. "… she is one of the most famous speakers."
D. " ... she is one of the most talkative women."
B
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady, and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance, by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
34. The writer argued with his son because ______________.
A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares
B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish
C. he tried to teach his son a moral lesson but the son had totally different opinion
D. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.
35. Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.
A. won the race by his own hard working
B. took a risk by agreeing to run a race
C. was not given a fair chance in the race
D. in fact did win the race luckily
36. Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.
A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father
B. boys who Sonny has run races with before
C. boys who Sonny has never raced with before
D. boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again
37. The writer thinks that his generation______________.
A. are cleverer than Sonny’s generation
B. have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation
C. are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation
D. have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation
C
When you enter a crowded room or go on a picnic or to a party, who is the most attractive and appealing person? It is the person who is cheerful, has a smiling face and behaves as if he or she is enjoying every moment of the event! Such people have an optimistic（乐观的） opinion on life．They are the ones with a positive attitude．On the other hand, let’s see that fellow in the corner with a long face．He is most probably thinking about the time and money wasted in having fun．He is a pessimist, one with a negative attitude．
A person with a positive attitude gets on well with the job at hand．He doesn’t worry about what’s gone before or what might happen in the future．If there is a problem, he quickly thinks of ways to solve it．If the problem cannot be solved singly, he seeks help from someone else．He doesn’t feel that it’s beneath his dignity to seek assistance．
When Sonal lost her history notes days before an important examination, she sat down and cried．Then she pulled herself together, borrowed a friend’s notes, worked day and night and managed to copy down whatever she had lost．Sonal passed the exam with flying colors．
It’s just not possible, even for the greatest optimist, to smile all the time and feel good all day．Everyone has a period of blues now and then, when everything seems sad and without cheer．But once you develop a positive attitude, once you realize that life is a series of ups and downs, dark clouds and bright sunshine, in no time at all, you’ve bounced back, ready to welcome the world again with open arms and a huge smile! So from this moment on, keep your face to the sunshine and you’ll never see the shadows．
38．What might be the best title of the passage？
A．To live with an aim in life B．To be a pessimist or optimist
C．Life is full of ups and downs D．Develop the positive attitude
39．The case of Sonal suggested that _______．
A．a person can solve the problem once he thinks of a way
B．Sonal made up for what she had lost by working day and night
C．Sonal was a pessimist because he lost her history notes
D．the history notes that she lost was not important for her
40．The underlined phrase bounced back in the last paragraph means_______．
A．moved back and forth B．jumped up
C．returned to active state D．came back
41．According to the last paragraph, which of the following statement is TRUE?
A．If you always look at the shadows, you will be in high spirits．
B．It is impossible for a person to be in a good mood all the time．
C．A negative attitude will make you welcome life with a big smile．
D．When someone feels sad, he thinks the world comes to an end．
D
Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.
Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated (展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person’s thoughts. In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external (外部的) world and also to control devices.”
The researchers designed a special cap for the users. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets (translate) the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify (find or discover) objects in its paths. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Professor Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.
He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.
42. BCI is a technology that can _____.
A. help to update computer systems
B. link the human brain with computer
C. help the disabled to recover
D. control a person’s thoughts
43. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?
A. By controlling his muscles.
B. By talking to the machine.
C. By moving his hand.
D. By using his mind.
44. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 4?
A. scalp—computer—cap—wheelchair
B. computer—cap—scalp—wheelchair
C. scalp—cap—computer—wheelchair
D. cap—computer—scalp—wheelchair
45.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center
B. New Finding About How the Human Brain works
C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
D. Robotic Vehicles could help to cure Brain Injuries
四、 任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1 分，满分5 分）
阅读短文，从A、B、C、D中选择正确的选项作为短文第66-69的小标题，并完成70小题。
Studying Abroad
Are you planning to study in a foreign university? Well, then you certainly come to right place. These tips for studying abroad will surely make you feel at home in a new city.
46.________ Before you leave for another country, make sure that you know a lot about culture, customs and traditions. In this way, you will be able to enjoy your new life.
47.________ This is perhaps the most important thing to remember before you set off to foreign countries to study. Make notes of all the essential papers you would need before and during your stay abroad, especially the passport and visa.
48.________ When you decide to take a course abroad, it is exactly important that you should research well. Talk to people who have finished their studies from that university or who are planning to move to the same university. This way you’ll get some believable information.
49.________ Not only will it make it easier fort you to face personal interviews but also to communicate with the local people and follow students. The more you speak to people, the more you’ll end up making friends quickly. What a way to drive the blues away!
These tips for studying abroad can go a long way in making your stay a truly memorable one.
50. Where is this article most probably taken from?
A. A science magazine B. A study guide
C. A story book D. An English dictionary
试题卷 Ⅱ
五、词汇运用（本题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
A.根据内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）
When I grew up, I studied in London and spent my holidays on a ___51___(农场)in France. During school terms I could ___52___(自由地) enjoy modern life—especially the Internet, TV and a phone network. During the winter breaks, however, I was ___53___(扔) back to nearly medieval times—no Internet, TV or no phone.
To many of my friends it sounds terrible. But every time the holidays drew ___54__(更近),I couldn’t wait to go to the French countryside with my parents.
Where else could enjoy a cold and ___55___(新鲜的) wind in my hair while rushing down a hill on my bike, build tree houses with my friends in a forest, ___56__(捉) fishes in a river for lunch and play with baby rabbits—all in the same day?
I consider myself lucky to have such a different ___57___(经历).
Learning to enjoy myself without ____58___(依靠) on computers and other electronic things developed my imagination. I learnt many special ___59__(技能), such as planting trees and building boats. I learnt ___60__(另一) language and made lifelong friends along the way, too.
B.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每词仅用一次（每空一词）
Hu Yu: Guess what? I ’ve got good news. Yan Lianke won Kafka Prize for Literature.
Gu Li: Wow, sounds wonderful! After Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for literature, another national 61 came out.
Hu Yu: Yeah. It is reported that he is the second 62 writer to get this prize.
Gu Li: I heard that he lives in Beijing now. Where is his hometown?
Hu Yu: He was born in Song County, Henan Province, China. He has said that his heart 63 in Henan and he has based numerous works on life in Henan.
Gu Li: It is said that Dream of Ding Village is 64 by Yan Lianke. Is that true?
Hu Yu: Yes, he is regarded 65_ one of the most understanding writers in China.
六、语法填空（本题共10小题，每下小题1分；共计10分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个恰当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
A teacher has a great 66 on students. A good teacher can help students achieve success. But do you know how to be a 67 (help) teacher? Here are some tips:
Help develop students’ interests
First, make the lessons interesting so that they are not 68 (easy)forgotten. Second, offer students lots of 69 to practice what they learn. Third, try to be kind and patient with students.
Criticize(批评) less
Some teachers criticize students for making 70 . When students give 71 answers to your questions, don’t criticize them. Sometimes, a little praise is more useful.
Encourage more
It 72 (seem)that some students just can’t learn a certain subject well. After a few 73 (try),they want to give up the subject. When teachers notice that, they should look for all useful ways of 74 (encourage)students. No matter what you do ,always remember to cheer them up when they are in difficulties.
If you put your 75 into your teaching, you will be a successful teacher.
七、书面表达（满分20分）。
几天前你的同学从某超市买回食品请同学吃，他们吃后食物中毒，肚子痛，被送往医院治疗后脱险。请给报社写一封信描述他们食物中毒及脱险的经过，呼吁社会重视食品安全问题。
词数：80-120词
内容要点及参考词汇：
1．食品安全问题 the problem of food safety
2．从超市买回食品 buy a bag of food from a supermarket
3．中毒、肚子痛 get poisoned; have stomachaches with their faces pale
4．送医院治疗 be sent to a nearby hospital
5．脱险 out of danger
6．全社会重视食品安全 pay attention to
Dear editor，
I'm writing to tell you something about________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________
Yours， Li Hua