2014/2015学年度第二学期第二阶段学业质量监测试卷
九年级英语
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共10页，满分为90分; 考试时间90分钟。
2．答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上。选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂，非选择题必须使用墨水笔书写。
选择题（共40分）
一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项
涂黑。
1. The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2 arrived in Nanjing ______ April, 2015.
A. in B. on C. at D. to
2. Eric will never win a gold in the swimming race ______ he works hard.
A. if B. when C. unless D. since
3. If ______ is a high-stress job, it is important that you learn how to relax after a busy day.
A. you B. your C. yours D. yourself
4. We’d better ______ subjects like age, weight or money while talking in Western countries.
A. agree B. avoid C. afford D. allow
5. — ______ will I stay in Singapore during the summer holiday?
— Let me check it for you. For two days.
A. How much B. How lon g C. How far D. How many
6. Tony is ______ than his father, though he is only eleven years old.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest
7. Everyone lent a hand so that the work ______ a week earlier than I had planned.
A. finishes B. has finished C. is finished D. was finished
8. If you ______ go, at least wait until the storm is over.
A. must B. can C. will D. may
9. It is reported that thousands of people ______ since a terrible earthquake hit Nepal.
A. died B. have died C. have been dead D. will die
10. — Paul shows little ______ in the piano competition.
— Yes, but his mother insists that he should catch the chance.
A. pain B. cause C. situation D. interest
11. Kevin was ______ late for school this morning. The bell rang right after he walked into the classroom.
A. usually B. already C. really D. nearly
12. — ______ big lanterns! I like them very much!
— Yes. They sell well at the Lantern Festival.
A. How B. What C. What a D. What an
13. Mr Green felt surprised and wondered _______.
A. when did she come back home B. who did the cleaning this morning
C. how could I get to the post office D. why they finish the work so early
14. Walk along the street and turn right at the second crossing. Which of the following is correct?
A. B. C. D.
15. — It is raining heavily! Will the rain last long?
— _______. The weather report says it will be sunny tomorrow.
A. I don’t think so B. It doesn’t matter C. I agree D. Yes, of course
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空
白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“I love you” might be one of the most important combinations of three words in the English language. It’s the 16 that a romantic relationship is serious. Besides, it also shows the closeness for parents, children or the ones who you love.
In Putonghua, “I love you” 17 as “Wo ai ni”, but the way it’s used in China might be a little different, and most Chinese people are wondering 18 .
The Global Times reports that some online videos showing children telling their parents “I love you” have become 19 in China. One of them, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. “Are you drunk?” asked a parent. In another 20 video, shot by a Shanxi TV station, the parents’ responses (反应) are still mixed. For example, a father responded 21 bluntly (率直地) — “I am going to a meeting, so much for that.”
Why don’t Chinese families use those words? “The parents’ responses show that many Chinese are not good at 22 their feelings like that,” Xia Xueluan, a sociologist from Peking U niversity, told the Global Times, “They are used to educating chil dren with negative (否定的) language.”
Still, that doesn’t 23 that love can’t be shown. In another article, Zhao Mengmeng, a 31-year-old woman, said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face 24 she found it a bit strange. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. However, Zhao gave her father a photo album recording photographs of them together on every one of her birthdays. The pictures were 25 on the Internet later, being forwarded (转发) hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo.
16. A. value B. symbol C. clue D. reason
17. A. includes B. practises C. translates D. recommends
18. A. why B. what C. how D. when
19. A. humorous B. dangerous C. boring D. popular
20. A. different B. nervous C. similar D. fixed
21. A. more B. much C. little D. many
22. A. explaining B. creating C. expressing D. discovering
23. A. mean B. doubt C. allow D. know
24. A. if B. until C. but D. because
25. A. cost B. put C. solved D. dropped
三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
26. How often will the club have English activities?
A. Once a month. B. Once a week.
C. Twice a month. D. Twice a week.
27. After taking part in English activities in the club, you will .
A. have activities every day B. be a shining English star at once
C. have fun writing English D. speak English better than before
28. According to the poster, how can you join the Happy English Club?
A. Send an email to the club. B. Post a letter to the headmaster.
C. Tell your own English teacher. D. Make a phone call to the club.
B
Nancy would like to take part in a fancy-dress party (化妆舞会). She had to go to the party with her friends because her husband has been to another cit y to go on a business trip. Later that night, she was busy in dressing up herself as a ghost, including putting on masks and some special costumes.
After finishing it, she went downstairs to look at herself in the mirror. Suddenly, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker (面包师). She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten (使惊吓) the poor man, Nancy quickly hid in the storeroom under the stairs.
To her surprise, it was her husband who changed his plan and came back home 2 days earlier. The husband called his wife’s name happily and looked for her all around. Nancy was so excited that she ran to her husband without realizing she was a ghost at that moment. But it was too late. Her husband let out a cry and jumped back several steps. Then he lost his sense and lay on the ground.
29. At first, Nancy decided to go to the fancy-dress party with .
A. her friends B. the baker C. some neighbors D. her husband
30. Nancy went to the storeroom under the stairs because she .
A. wanted to look at herself in the mirror
B. wanted to give her husband a big surprise
C. did not want to make the baker feel scared
D. saw a burglar at home and protected herself
31. What happened at the end of the story?
A. Nancy went to the party with her husband happily.
B. Nancy’s husband was so scared that he lost his sense.
C. Nancy had a wonderful party to welcome her husband at home.
D. Nancy’s husband was angry with her and left home alone at once.
32. What can be the best title for this passage?
A. A happy husband. B. A poor baker.
C. A short business trip. D. A ghost at home.
C
A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework.
P.S. 116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month, explaining that after more than a year of analyzing (分析) studies, the school had decided that students’ after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace (步伐) and playing instead of working on homework.
Hsu’s letter says that many studies show that there is no connection between homework and academic (学业的) success. Some other studies also show that the connection between homework and success is dubious at the primary school level.
Harris Cooper, a social psychologist who researches education, found that doing homework makes students perform better in school as they grew older. In later grades, students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not. In 2006, Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years’ worth of data on the influence of homework. He found that homework had a good influence on students as they aged.
Some parents are not happy with the decision to give up homework. “I think they should have homework. I want my daughter to have fun, but I also want her to be working towards a goal,” Daniel Tasman, the father of a second-grader at the sch ool, said to the reporter.
“Students have to do homework in order to gain. Students have to do homework because they may not be able to understand everything in school,” Sharon Blake, a student’s grandmother told ABC news.
33. The passage is probably from a .
A. newspaper B. comedy C. cartoon D. novel
34. Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents to explain .
A. how students should read at their own pace
B. what activities students could take at home
C. why the school gave up homework recently
D. how important the homework is for students
35. The word “dubious” in Paragraph 3 probably means “not ”.
A. clear B. public C. real D. special
36. What can we infer (推断) according to the passage?
A. Cooper found homework had a bad influence on students as they aged.
B. Some parents are worried about their children if there is no homework.
C. Some students are not happy with the decision to give up school homework.
D. Daniel Tasman wanted his daughter to have fun instead of working to a goal.
D
A 90-year-old tortoise (乌龟) is going twice its usual speed after being equipped (装备) with a set of wheels. The animal, called Mrs T, was facing a terrible future after losing her two front legs in a mouse attack while she was sleeping in winter, but her owners glued the wheels onto her shell (外壳).
“She’s going double the speed she used to,” said the owner Jude Ryder, “She uses her back legs to push herself along and seems quite happy.”
The 58-year-old owner was surprised when she went to check on her loved pet last month and found her front legs had been eaten in the mouse attack. The local animal doctor tried his best to save Mrs T. But he was afraid that the tortoise would not survive without being mobile. After paying £1,000 for the treatment, Mrs Ryder turned to her son Dale for help. Dale designed the front wheels and used resin (树脂) to add them to the front of the shell. Mrs Ryder said: “She liked them immediately, but she must learn how to turn and stop. She can get a good speed up, much faster than before. Mrs T is still quite young for a tortoise. She could go on for another 50 years. All she needs is a new set of tyres (轮胎) sometimes.”
When Mrs T was sixty years old, she was bought as a pet for Dale, an 8-year-old boy. It liked running happily in Mrs Ryder’s garden in spring and summer. When winter came, Mrs T slept in the garden shelter. A mouse got in last month and chewed (咬) off both her front legs. Mrs Ryder said: “We were afraid she would be sure to die, but her new set of wheels have saved her life. She can run in the garden again and we can always find her because she leaves very strange footprints behind wherever she goes.”
Mice attacking tortoises is not uncommon around us—in 2013 Britain’s oldest tortoise died after a mouse attack. The tortoise called Thomas was 130 when he was bitten at his home in Guernsey. He spent five days on strong antibiotics (抗生素), but the wound became so infected (被感染的) that his owner had no choice but to have him put to sleep.
37. After being equipped with a set of wheels, Mrs T can move by using .
A. her back legs to push herself B. her front legs to pull herself
C. her back wheels to pull herself D. her front wheels to push herself
38. According to the passage, Mrs Ryder’s son is about .
A. 8 years old B. 28 years old C. 38 years old D. 58 years old
39. Which of the following shows the right order of the story?
a. A mouse chewed off Mrs T’s two front legs.
b. Mrs T’s owners glued the wheels onto her shell.
c. Mrs T learned how to turn and stop with equipped wheels.
d. The local animal doctor tried his best to treat Mrs T.
e. Mrs T was bought as a pet for Dale when she was sixty.
A. e-a-b-c-d B. a-b-c-d-e C. a-e-b-c-d D. e-a-d-b-c
40. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Mrs Ryder is able to move much faster than before.
B. Tortoises attacking mice is not uncommon around us.
C. The animal doctor added the fron t wheels to the shell.
D. Mrs T can go faster after being equipped with wheels.
非选择题 （共50分）
四、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A) 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41—45的相应位置上。
41. Bill is too fat. He plans to eat less ▲ (肉) to keep fit.
42. We need a confident ▲ (领导者) to help us deal with these difficulties.
43. We ▲ (举行) a charity show and raised some money for poor families yesterday.
44. Our English teacher enjoys travelling. She ▲ (很少) stays at home during holidays.
45. Wild animals aren’t ▲ (自由的) because they may become dishes on the table any time.
B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46—50的相应位置上。
46. All of us were satisfied with this ▲ (sing) songs at the concert.
47. It was ▲ (possible) for anyone to get in because the door was locked.
48. My classmates helped a little girl find her parents on a ▲ (rain) day.
49. World No. 1 Ma Long from China won his ▲ (one) men’s singles world table tennis championship.
50. I would rather stay at home than ▲ (play) football with my classmates because it is too hot outside.
C) 根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51—55的相应位置上。
A: I will have an important exam tomorrow. Can you give me some advice?
B: Yes, 51 . How do you feel now?
A: Not well.
B: Are you feeling nervous?
A: Yes. I feel stressed.
B: Perhaps you should try this white T-shirt. And white can make you feel calm.
A: What do you think of my blue jeans?
B: OK. Wearing blue jeans can make people feel 52 peaceful.
A: What about shoes?
B: A pair of trainers can make you 53 .
A: Anything else?
B: You’d better take your yellow bag. You know yellow 54 wisdom.
A: Yes. That’s right. Thanks.
B: Wish you 55
A: Thank you for offering me advice.
B: It’s my pleasure.
五、阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后56-65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单
词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为56—65的相应位置上。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
As teenagers, changing the world does not only mean finding a cure for cancer, or finding the origin of humanity, but recycling a piece of paper as well. Going Green is a practical way that teenagers can have a real and meaningful influence in the world. What follows are three simple ways teenagers can go green and change the world.
Recycle
According to a Wire & Twine online article, 63 million newspapers go out to street vendors (摊贩), local paper boys, or newspaper dispensers every day and of those 44 million are thrown away. Recycling the Sunday newspapers alone we could save half a million trees a week. The age of technology creates new phones, iPods, or new computers. Many people will stand in line for hours to get their hands on the new piece of technology, but what happens with the old ones? Nothing. According to Earth911, about 75% of the old devices (设备) are thrown in the back of a drawer collecting dust.
Go vegetarian (素食主义) one day a week
Here are some amazing facts on going vegetarian for only one day. According to Noam Mohr, a physicist at the New York University, the United States would save 100 billion gallons of water which is enough to offer all homes in New England for about 4 months. The Environmental Defense concludes with the most interesting fact: if the whole population gives up one meal of chicken, the amount of carbon dioxide accumulated (累积的) would be the same amount if more than half a million cars were taken off U.S. roads. So giving up just one day of eating meat is worth the advantages it could bring.
Don’t drink too much bottled water
There is a common idea that bottled water is healthier than regular tap water. However, 25% of bottled water comes from regular tap water which goes through a filter (过滤). Bottled water companies do not need to list where they got the water from, how they clean the water, or what chemicals their plastic water bottles have. Plastic bottles do not get recycled 90% of the time which results in 1.5 million tons of plastic in landfills which are not easy to decompose (分解). In fact, after considering that bottled water and tap water have few differences, people should use more reusable water bottles.”
Just keep in mind what Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed (坚定的) citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Topic How teenagers can go green
Definition Going green is a practical way which teenagers can make a 56 to the world. It is really meaningful.
57 to go green Recycle Unluckily, only about 58 million newspapers are really in use every day.
People usually 59 most of the old devices in the back of a drawer
Go vegetarian All homes in New England use about 100 billion gallons of water in four 60 .
The Environmental Defense concludes tha t it should be worthy for people to 61 eating meat just one day a week.
Drink 62 bottled water Most of plastic bottles do not get recycled and it produces millions of tons of plastic which are 63 to decompose.
In fact, it’s better for people to 64 more reusable water bottles.
Conclusion Just 65 the words said by Margaret Mead that thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world.
B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为66—75的相应位置上。
Imagine the scene: You come home after work feeling too tired to cook—only to find a delicious m 66 waiting for you.
It sounds like a dream. However, it could be about to come true thanks to a robot cook
i 67 by British scientists. They have come up with a set of robotic arms which are able to cook nice food. Perhaps people can b 68 the device in 2017 as a part of high-tech kitchen. Since it seems to be so useful in the future, scientists spent a 69 18 years developing the hands, which are each controlled by 24 motors, 26 micro-controllers and 129 sensors (感应器).
Some people prefer to go to well-known restaurants, b 70 they are not cheap and may be quite far from the home. It is a chance for people to enjoy very good food cooked by robots at a suitable p 71 . The only dish that is off the robot’s menu at the moment is sushi, which
r 72 nimble (灵活的) fingers to make, but the team plan to solve this problem as well by the time it goes to the m 73 .
Users will be able to ‘order’ dinner on their way home, or breakfast for next morning when they w 74 up. They can use an app on their smartphone. Picking menus depends on the ingredients (配料) they have. They will also be able to c 75 dishes based on personal needs.
And just in case, the unit has emergency equipment if there’s a fire.
六、书面表达（满分15分）
孟子曰：“不以规 矩，不成方圆”。家规体现着家人的价值追求和传承，也是社会风气、公民道德的源头。请根据下面表格内容的提示, 以“My family rules”为题，写一篇短文。
My family rules
The importance behave prope rly
be good for our growth (成长)
What rules be honest and polite
do some housework
…
Influence on me …
注意：
1. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
2. 语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
3. 词数80左右，文章的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
My family rules
Most families have some rules for children to follow.
2014/2015学年度第二学期第二阶段学业质量监测
九年级英语参考答案及评分标准
一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1~5 ACCBB 6~10 BDACD 11~15 DBBDA
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
16~20 BCADC 21~25 ACADB
三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
26~30 BDCAC 31~35 BDACA 36~40 BACDD
四、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A) 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
41. meat 42. leader 43. held 44. seldom 45. free
B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
46. singer’ s 47. impossible 48. rainy 49. first 50. play
C) 根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确。
51. of course 52. a bit 53. comfortable 54. represents 55. have a success
五、阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后56-65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
56. difference 57. Ways 58. nineteen 59. throw 60. months
61. stop 62. less 63. hard 64. use 65. remember
B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
66. meal 67. invented 68. buy 69. almost 70. but
71. price 72. requires 73. market(s) 74. wake 75. choose
六 、书面表达（满分15分）
One possible version:
Most families have some rules for children to follow. Family rules are good for our growth. We can also know how to behave properly both at home and at school with the help of these rules.
There are some rules in my family. First of all, I am told to be honest and polite at any time. Second, I should be grateful to others for their help. My parents often tell me not to forget those people who once gave me help. Last but not the least, I am asked to do some housework when I am free.
My family rules are a good influence on me. I always tell the truth, so my classmates all trust me. I often help my friends in need. At weekends, I also do some cleaning to make my parents happy and relaxed.
书面表达评分标准：
第五档：(13-15分)能写明全部要点，语言基本无误或有少量拼写错误，行文流畅,表达清楚。
第四档：(10-12分)能写明大部分要点，语言有一些错误，但行文基本流畅，表达基本清楚。
第三档：(7-9分)能写明一些要点，语言错误较多，但意思基本连贯，表达基本清楚。
第二档：(4-6分)能写明少数要点，语言错误多，意思不连贯，影响意思表达。
第一档：(1-3分)只能写出若干单词，无可读的句子。
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