衢州市华茂外国语学校2014-2015 学年度第一学期期中考试
九年级英语试卷
卷 I
第一部分 听力部分
一. 听力 （共15 小题，满分25 分）
第一节：听小对话，从A、B、C 三个选项中选出正确的选项，回答问题。（共5 小题，每小题1
分，满分5 分）
1. Where are they going to eat their lunch?
A. In the park.
B. In the restaurant.
C. In the office.
2. Which sport will Michael take part in?
A. The 100-metre race B. The long jump
C. The high jump
3. How was Miss James’ trip to Iceland?
A. Tired
B. Amazing.
C. Boring
4. How often does the woman clean her room?
A. Once a week
B. Twice a week
C. three times a week
5. What does the man mean?
A. He likes going on a picnic in autumn.
B. He won’t go on a picnic in bad weather.
C. He wants to go on a picnic with the woman.
第二节：听长对话，回答问题。(共5 小题, 每小题2 分， 计10 分)
听下面一段较长对话，回答6、7 两个问题。
6. What does the man want to buy?
A. A sweater B. A skirt C. A shirt
7. How much does it cost?
A. $8 B. $80 C. $88
听下面一段较长对话，回答8、9、10 三个问题。
8. Where are they talking?
A. At a shop B. At Jim’s school C. At the doctor’s
9.What’s the matter with Jim?
A. He’s got a headache B. He’s got a toothache C. He’s broken his leg
10. What did Jim have for breakfast?
A. He had a little porridge and an egg
B. He had a little milk and some bread
C. He had a little milk and an egg
第三节：听独白，请根据提问从A、B、C 三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。（共5
小题，每小题2 分，计10 分）
Exam Tips
◆ Choose the _11____ problems and do them first.
◆ Spend ____12____ on a very difficult problem
◆ If you feel nervous, _____13_____
◆ If you have time before handing in your paper，___14_______
◆ Remember to write as neatly as possible if you want to
do it ___15____
11. A. hard B. easy
C. important
12. A. too much B. one or two minutes C. no time
13. A. take a deep breath B. do sports C. go for a walk
14. A .check your answers carefully B. write your answers C. have a rest
15. A. bad B. well
C. better
第二部分 笔试部分
二、完型填空(本题共15 小题， 每小题1 分,满分15 分）
There is always something difficult in our life that we don't want to __16___about.
There is also something , deep inside of us, that we never want to dig it out and we just let it be
there and grow inside of us like a bad disease.
There are so ____17____ people who run away from their problems. They run and run and
never ____18____ them. They run from people that they do not like or have harmed them
____19____ some way, or ____20___ places that bring up bad memories. ____21___ dealing
with these problems, some people take the easy way out and ride down the comfortable path
called "Least Resistance（阻力）". Is it a good choice?
I don’t think so. Do you know when you face these problems in your life, you will
become stronger and you will grow ___22___ a person? Do you know when you face your fears
（恐惧）, those fears will ____23___?
If we want to lead a great, healthy, happy life for ourselves, with values and hopes and
___24___, we must first throw away that heavy "baggage" we carry around inside of us...Just
drop it off and never ____25___ it back up again.
Every time this ____26___ situation comes up in our life, greet the problem with a
positive attitude(积极的态度) and we will realize that the huge __27___ is just a thing of our
imagination. It is actually not so terrible as it seems to be. It was not real to begin with and
certainly will ___28___hurt us or let us __ 29
___.
Face our problems and fears bravely, and we'll have a ____30___ sky.
16. A. talk
B. say
C. speak
D. tell
17. A. much
B. little
C. many
D. few
18 A. hold
B. face
C. hate
D. refuse
19. A. with
B. in
C. from
D. on
20. A. get
B. avoid
C. arrive
D. go
21. A. Instead of
B. As well as
C. In spite of
D. Thanks to
22. A. like
B. up
C. as
D. with
23 A. go away
B. come up
C. turn back
D. take down
24. A. dreams B.
worries
C. problems
D. difficulties
25. A. wake
B. pick
C. take
D. get
26. A. good B.
badly
C. pleasant
D. uncomfortable
27. A. collection B.
camp
C. problem
D. sound
28. A. ever B. never
C. still
D. even
29. A. on
B. off
C. up
D. down
30. A. blue B. green C. dark
D. white
三、阅读理解（共15 小题，每小题2 分，满分30 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Each year, we celebrate many holidays here in America.
On January 1, we welcome the coming of a new year like many people in other countries.
And we have another, four holidays on the first day of a month: April Fool's Day, May Day,
Friendship Day ( Aug.1 ) and Grandparents Day ( Sept.1).
The most important holiday for the young people comes in February. It is Valentine's Day.
Lots of boys give red roses to girls as a present. People celebrate some holidays for their family
members. We say thanks to our mothers in May and celebrate Father's Day in the following
month. In November many people return home for Thanksgiving Day, so the whole family can
stay together.
There are also some interesting holidays for children. For example, Halloween comes at the
end of October. Children often play with pumpkin lanterns (南瓜灯) and put on all kinds of
masks (面具). Of course, the most important festival is Christmas. After a year of work and
study, people can enjoy a long holiday, eat big meals, and visit family and friends.
31.
How many holidays are there on the first day of a month in America?
A. Four.
B. Five.
C. Seven.
D. Ten.
32.
Halloween is one of the interesting holidays for ______.
A. children
B. mothers
C. girls
D. students
33.
Many people return home in November because they want to ______.
A. enjoy a long holiday B. visit their friends
C. eat big meals D. spend Thanksgiving Day
B
One day, a girl walked along a road. She met a sad boy on her way. She thought
the boy looked like one of her old friends. So she asked the boy who he was.
“ Me? I am sadness,” said the boy.
“ Oh, I know you. You visit me sometimes.”
“ Aren’t you afraid? Why don’t you run away?”
“ Why should I run away from you? I know that you catch up with people who try
to run away from you. Why do you look so sad?”
“ It’s my duty to visit humans, but nobody actually likes me. When I show up, they
are afraid of me and run away from me,” said Sadness. “ But I just want to help them.
I can help them to face themselves. I can build a place for them to take care of their
wounds. But they don't need me. They try to cover their sadness.”
While Sadness was saying this, he became sadder. The girl gave him a hug and said,
“ Don’t worry. From now on, you won’t feel lonely any more. I will be with you.”
“ But who are you?” asked the boy.
“ Me? I am Hope,” said the girl with a smile.
34.
Where did the girl meet Sadness?
A. On the road.
B. In her home.
C. In her school.
D. In her friend’s home.
35.
When Sadness shows up, what do people usually do?
A. They welcome him.
B. They give a hug.
C. They run away from him.
D. They build a house together.
36.
How does Sadness take care of people’s wounds?
A. By teaching them a good way.
B. By taking them to visit Hope.
C. By building a place for them.
D. By running with them together.
37.
After reading the passage, we know that .
A. we should be happy when we meet Sadness
B. we should cover our sadness
C. we should take good care of Sadness
D. we shouldn’t lose hope when we are sad
C
Have you watched the TV show,
Dad, Where Are We Going? It is one of
the most popular TV shows in China.
The TV show has attracted lots of
viewers and got higher ratings than
other shows.
Dad, Where Are We Going? is a reality
show. In the show, five star dads ( Jimmy Lin, Zhang Liang, Guo Tao, Tian Liang and Wang
Yuelun) and their kids( Kimi, Tiantian, Cindy and Angela) went to a poor place to experience a
new life. They had to face some difficulties and complete different tasks together.
The show was so successful that five dads and their children have become real super
stars. Among five dads , Jimmy Lin has the most fans. He is an actor and singer from
Taiwan. His son Kimi’s popularity(名气) has soared since they appeared on the show.
Kimi’s cute face and their close relationship have won many viewers’ hearts.
“ The TV show gives Kimi a chance to learn about the outside world. It’s also a chance to
learn to get on with others. Kimi has learned a lot in the experience. He now knows how to behave
well in public. He also gets more outgoing.” Jimmy Lin said.
38. The TV show, Dad, Where Are We Going? got ____________ than other shows.
A. more viewers
B. fewer viewers
C. more readers
D. fewer readers
39. In the show, five star dads and their children did some things EXCEPT ___ .
A. facing difficulties
B. completing some difficulties
C. experiencing a new life
D. communicating with viewers.
40. What does the underlined word “ soared” mean in English?
A. rose quickly B. rose slowly C. fell quickly D. fell slowly
41. Among five dads, _____________ was the most popular in China.
A. Guo Tao
B.TianLiang
C. Jimmy Lin D. Wang Yuelun
D
According to a new survey, students’ safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of
students say they are worried about robbery (抢劫) on the way to and from school. Now in main
big cities in China, some schools have taught all unusual lesson: self-protection. Students like this
lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and
know how to stop danger before it really happens.
Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No. 25 Middle School , give young students advice on how
to deal with danger.
If you are robbed.
Keep calm. lf you can not cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to
remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later.
If you are in a traffic accident.
If a car hits you, you should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to call your
parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don't know how seriously you are hurt.
If it is raining hard and there is lighting. (闪电)
Don't stay in high places and stay away from trees. When there is a fire, get away as fast as
yon can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift.
If someone is drowning. (溺水)
If you can't swim, don't get into the water. Cry out for help.
Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at
all times!
42.
Why do students like the self-protection lesson?
①Because there are no tests.
② Because the lessons are boring.
③ Because they can learn how to save lives.
④ Because they know how to stop danger before it happens.
A. ①②
B. ②③
C. ①②④
D. ①③④
43.
What will you do if a bicycle hurts you?
A. I will remember the bicycle number.
B. I won't let the rider go until I call my parents
C. I will let the rider go before I call my parents
D. I will let the rider go because I know how seriously I am hurt.
44.
If your house is on fire, you must ________.
A. put dry things on your body
B. run quickly and take the lift
C. run away and find an exit as quickly as you Can
D. take everything you have and then run away
45.
The best title for this passage is ________.
A. How to Keep Calm
B. Self-protection
C. An usual lesson
D. Danger
卷 Ⅱ
四、词汇拼写。（共15 小题，每小题1 分，满分15 分）
A．用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。
attend, decide, twelve, reply, dish
46. –When is Tree Planting Day? –It’s on the of March.
47.I am sorry to say that you’ve made a wrong this time .
48. I often help my parents do the
after dinner.
49. She sent an email to the company last week, but they haven’t ______ to it.
50 .My cousin’s biggest dream is to __________ university abroad.
B. 根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Du Fu was a __51__（著名的）Chinese poet(诗人) during the Tang Dynasty(唐朝). He
was__52___（出生）in Hunan Province. His grandpa was also a great poet. Du Fu__53___
（花费）a lot of time in reading and traveling before he was 35 years old,. Along with Li
Bai, he is often called the greatest Chinese poets. He cared about poor people’s life and
often__54___（写） poems about it, so he was deeply loved by people. His life, like the
whole country, was poor because of the Anshi Rebelion(安史之乱) of 755, and the last
15 years of his life was a time almost constant unrest(持续的动荡). He and his family
wandered ___55__（到处）and he died of illness and poverty.
He began to learn poems at the ＿＿
56
＿
（年龄）of 7. His works had attracted
people’s attention___57_（自从）he was 15 years old. It is said that his works have a huge
influence not only on __58__ ( 都) Chinese culture and Japanese culture, but also on
Western culture. When President of __59__（法国）visited China, he came to the place
where Du Fu once lived. He said,“I love Chinese culture, especially＿
60
＿＿
（感兴趣）in
Du Fu and his works.”Du Fu has been called the poet-historian by Chinese critics(评论
家).
五、语法填空。( 共10 小题; 每小题1 分,满分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，在空格处填入一个适当的
词或使用括号中适当词语的正确形式填空。
Once upon a time, there lived a hunter in a village. He lived there ____61______(happy).
One morning, he set out from his home to hunt for a deer in the nearby forest. It was a lucky day
because ____ 62
__
___ saw a deer and killed him at once. He carried the deer on his shoulder and
started to go back home. Then the hunter saw a wild pig in the forest. He quickly
___ 63
_______(drop) the deer on the ground and shot the pig with an arrow（箭）. The arrow hit
the __ 64
_ ______ neck. Before ___ 65
_ ______(fall) to the ground, the wild pig killed the hunter
with its teeth. After some time, a tiger happened to pass through the forest and saw the man and
the wild pig. And not far away, he also found the ____66______ deer. The hungry tiger got
___67_______ crazy that he cried, “Ah! ___68
_ ______ good luck I have! I’ll eat only a little at a
time so it’ll last longer.” He decided ____69______(taste) a little meat around the arrow. But
____
70
_____
(unlucky) ,the arrow hit his mouth and went through his head. The tiger died.
六、任务型阅读( 共5 小题; 每小题1 分,满分5 分)
第71 至75 题是烹饪西班牙煎蛋的步骤，请找出表明每一步骤的相应图片，并将代表图片的
字母A-- E 填入答题卷上的相应位置。
How to cook it:
71. Get the onion and garlic ready.
72. Cut the onion and garlic into small pieces with a knife.
73. Add a litde oil to the pan. Heat (加热) the oil.
74. Cook all the vegetables for about 3 minutes.
75. Beat the eggs with a fork. Add some salt and pepper
七、书面表达（共1 小题，满分20 分）
76. 忙碌的初三生活已经开始，如何安排好自己的初三学习和生活呢？沉重的课业负担
将取代一切吗？答案当然是否定的。如何合理安排自己的初三生活，你肯定有自己实实在在
的打算。应该怎样完善自己，做到学习与生活两不误，请你以“How to be an excellent
student”为题，写一篇英语短文。
内容要点 1.遵守校纪校规（按时到校、不吸烟等）；
2.养成良好的学习习惯（上课认真听讲、多读书、学会放松等）；
3.与人沟通、互相帮助；
4.在家帮父母做家务（如洗碗、打扫卫生等）；
5.参加志愿者工作（volunteer work），为贫困地区学校(the school in the poor
area)捐赠学习用品(school things)等
参考词汇：
要 求：1.包括所有内容要点，用上所给参考词，不要逐句翻译，可以适当发挥。
2.语句通顺、语法正确，80 个词左右。
3.文中不得出现真实的姓名、地点和所在的学校名称。
How to be an excellent student
答题卷
2. have good study
habits
4.communicate with
3.
help
do
housework
1.obey the school
rules
参考词汇
5. take part in ; give
away to toschoolthings
一、听力部分（1—5 题，每小题1 分 ，6---15 题，每小题2 分，共25 分）
1._________ 2.________ 3._________ 4._________ 5._________
6._________ 7._________ 8.__________ 9._________ 10._________
11.________ 12.________ 13.__________ 14._________ 15._________
二、完形填空（每小题1 分，共15 分）
16.________ 17.________ 18._________ 19._________ 20.________
21.________ 22.________ 23._________ 24._________ 25.________
26.________ 27.________ 28._________ 29._________ 30.________
三、阅读理解（每小题2 分，共30 分）
31.________ 32.________ 33._________ 34._________ 35.________
36.________ 37.________ 38._________ 39._________ 40.________
41.________ 42.________ 43._________ 44._________ 45.________
四、词汇运用（每小题1 分,共15 分）
46._________47.__________48.___________49.__________ 50.___________
51.__________52.__________53.___________54.__________
55.___________
56.__________57.__________58.___________59.__________
60.___________
五、语法填空（每小题1 分,共10 分）
61. _________ 62._________ 63. ________ 64__________
65.__________
66.
_________
67._________
68.
________
69__________
70.__________
六、任务型阅读（每小题1 分，共5 分）
71.
_________
72._________
73.
________
74__________
75.__________
七、书面表达（共20 分）
76.
How to be an excellent student
亲爱的同学，请仔细审题，认真答题，相信你一定会有出色的表现！
听力材料及参考答案
第一节：听对话，根据所听内容选择最佳答案。
1.
W: I have bought something to eat, so we can eat in the park.
M: That’s great. It’ll be more fun.
2.
W: Michael,our school sports meeting is coming, which sport will you take part in?
M: I want to be in the boys’ 100-metre race.
3.
M: How was your trip to Iceland, Miss James?
W: Oh, it’s amazing.
4.
M: Hi, Miss Lin. How often do you clean your room?
W: I do that every Wednesday and Saturday..
5.
W: What about going on a picnic?
M: In such bad weather? You must be joking!
第二节：听长对话，回答问题。
听下面一段较长对话，回答6、7 两个问题
W: What can I do for you?
M: I’m looking for a brown sweater.
W: What size do you want, please?
M: Size L.
W: Yes, we’ve got Size L, but the brown ones are sold out.
M: Have you got any other colors?
W: Yes. What about those ones over there?
M: Well, this color looks nice. How much does it cost?
W: $88.
M: Hmm! That’s a bit expensive. Can I try it on, please?
W: Of course.
M: It’s just right. I’ll take it.
听下面一段较长对话，回答8、9、10 三个问题。
M: Good morning , doctor.
W: Good morning, Mr Brown. Well, what’s wrong with this young man?
M: He’s my son, Jim. He’s got a headache.
W: Have you taken his temperature , Mr Brown?
M: Yes. His temperature seems to be OK.
W: How long has he been like this?
M: Since yesterday morning.
W: Has he had anything to eat this morning?
M: Yes. For breakfast he had a little milk and an egg.
W: Well, Mr Brown. I think he has caught a cold.
M: Shall I keep him out of school?
W: No, it’ll be all right for him to go to school.
M: Thank you very much.
W: You’re welcome.
第三节：听对话，根据短文内容完成下列表中有关的信息。
Hi, class! Everyone wants to do well in an exam. Though you work hard every day, still you
need to know something more.
Don’t write your answers before you read over the whole exam paper.
Choose the easy problems and do them first.
Don’t spend too much time on a very difficult problem. Think about it for one or two
minutes. If nothing comes to you, leave it there and go on to another problem. You may later have
time to think about it and find a way.
Sometimes you may feel nervous. If so, put down your pen, close your eyes and take a deep
breath. When you feel better, go back to work.
If you have time before handing in your paper. Check your answers carefully.
Remember to write as neatly as possible if you want to do it better.
Wish you all success in the exams!
参考答案：
一、听力
1—5 AABBB 6—10 A CCAC
11—15 BBAAC
二、完形填空
16—20 ACBBB 21—25 ACAAB 26—30 DCBDA
三、阅读理解
31---33 BAD 34---37 ACCD 38---41 ADAC 42---45 DBCB
四、词汇运用
46-50 twelfth decision dishes replied attend
51-60 famous / well-known born spent wrote everywhere
age since both France interested
五、语法填空
61-70 happily he/the hunter dropped pig’s falling
dead so What to taste unluckily
六、任务型阅读
71-75 C A B E D
七、书面表达
第五档：（18～20 分）内容完整，表达清楚；语言基本无误；行文连贯，能使用修饰词或表示顺
序、逻辑关系的连接词。鼓励使用高级词汇与丰富的句子结构。
第四档：（15～17 分）内容较完整，表达较清晰；行文基本连贯；语言有少量错误。
第三档：（12～14 分）内容基本完整，表达基本清晰；语言虽有较多错误，尚能达意。
第二档：（6～11 分）语言错误多，影响意思表达；错误百出，不知所云。
第一档：（0～5 分）白卷或文不对题；只抄写了提示词。
76. 略
