闸北区初三英语二模2014

2013学年度第二学期九年级英语学科期中练习卷（2014.4）

(满分150分，考试时间100分钟)

考生注意：本卷有7大题，共94小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做

在试卷上不给分。

Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力)

I. Listening comprehension (听力理解) (共30分)

A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片) (6分)

A B C D

E F G H

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案) (8分) 7. A) Rainy. 8. A) By car. 9. A) Australia. 10. A) 5:10 p.m. 11. A) Cathy. 12. A) Excited. 13. A) At the supermarket.

B) Sunny. B) By bus. B) Japan. B) 5:40 p.m. B) Helen. B) Frightened.

C) Cloudy.

D) Windy.

C) By underground. D) By bike. C) Britain. C) 6:10 p.m. C) Linda. C) Worried.

D) New Zealand. D) 6:40 p.m. D) Davy. D) Surprised.

D) At the post office.

B) At the restaurant. C) At the library.

14. A) He wanted to have a meal. C) He took photos of the restaurant.

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B) He made a film there.

D) He did something for the art festival.

C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) (6分) 15. The postman lived a poor life before he found the stone. 16. The stone’s arrival made the day different for the postman. 17. The postman collected the stones instead of delivering mails. 18. Actually some of the stones he collected were diamonds(钻石).

19. The postman built his dream castle for 20 years with the stones he collected. 20. Listening to others’ advice made the postman’s dream come true.

D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词) (10分)

21. Peggy thought it was such an ________ ________ to try

buying a book online.

22. She tried to find the book Magic World in ________ ________,

but failed.

23. When she ________ ________ BigStore.com, she immediately

gave it a try.

24. She clicked to BigStore’s website after she ________ ________.

25. She got ________ ________ by typing in her school name and student ID number.

Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar

（第二部分 语音、词汇和语法）

Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)

26. We shall not lose heart in the face of difficulties. Which of the following is correct for the

underlined word in the sentence?

A) /h?:t??

B) /h?:t??

C) /h??t??

D) /he?t??

27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?

A) Take notes when having lessons. B) My friend will come along later. C) Hope everything is all right with you. D) What he said is no more than a joke. 28. I have never seen such a better handwriting like ______! A) you B) your C) yours D) yourself

th

29. The 20 World Cup will be held in Brazil ______ June, 2014. A) in B) on C) for D) at

30. I think the Government of Malaysia should be responsible ______ the event of flight MH370. A) for B) on C) with D) at

31. It turned out that the more photos you took, the ______ delicious the food seemed to you.

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A) many B) much C) fewer D) less 32. Our class has already collected much ________ on how to save energy so far. A) idea B) information C) suggestion D) method （反面还有试题） 33. Her little daughter looks ______ in that pink skirt. A) lovely B) happily C) politely D) quietly

34. I think “Let it go” of Frozen was ______ theme song of this year’s Grammy Awards. A) beautiful B) more beautiful C) most beautiful D) the most beautiful 35. Lippi ______ more attention since Guangzhou Evergrande Club won the Asian title in 2013. A) gains B) gained C) has gained D) had gained 36. – I called you this time yesterday, but there was no answer. – Oh, sorry. I ______ coffee in the cafe with my neighbour. A) am having B) was having C) had D) would have 37. The students ______ to check the answers by discussing with others just now. A) ask B) are asked C) asked D) were asked 38. Nowadays most of the Chinese have decided ______ a trip to Malaysia. A) don’t take B) not to take C) not take D) won’t take

39. During the summer holidays, the girl practised ______ the piano for three hours every day. A) play B) plays C) to play D) playing 40. Bobby didn’t have dinner ______ he finished designing the plans. A) while B) if C) until D) since 41. To be a good teacher, you ______ be able to hold the attention and interest of your students. A) must B) may C) can’t D) needn’t 42. ______ are you driving? I think it’s more than 100 kilometers an hour now. A) How long B) How far C) How fast D) How soon 43. In ancient China, horses were often ______ good luck. A) connected to B) consisted of C) competed with D) communicated with 44. – You’d better go to see the dentist and have the bad tooth pulled out. – ______ A) That’s all right. B) That’s right. C) Yes, please. D) Yes, I will. 45. – I’m afraid I can’t pronounce all these words clearly. –______ A) Take care! B) Well done! C) Just have a try! D) What a pity! Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be

used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) (共8分)

A. care B. chat C. broadcast D. means E. attention Moblog is a combination of two words. The first word is mobile, which 46 a mobile camera phone. The second word is blog, a website for posting words and pictures. Typically, mobloggers are people who take photos or videos with their phones and post them on the Internet. Moblogging has caused a lot of excitement. It has also caused a lot of 47 .

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With a picture phone and a moblog, anyone can be a reporter. Moblogging first got the world’s 48 during a terrorist attack on four London buses. People were posting photos on the Internet many minutes before real reporters could get there. Similarly, information about car accidents has been 49 right away.

A. refused B. travelling C. quietly D. instead of E. together with Moblogging is done just for fun, too. On some posted moblogs you can find photos of friends making funny faces, photos from people 50 , and photos of new babies. Other fun moblogs might be spotting famous people, pictures of food in restaurants, or new clothes. However, moblogs can be dangerous, too. Not long ago in Korea, a woman’s dog made a mess on the train, but she 51 to clean it up, became angry, and left. Her picture was taken and posted on the Internet, 52 the story of what she did. People all around the country were angry with her. Imagine how she felt!

Moblogging can be wonderful, but it’s really impolite to post another person’s picture on the Internet without asking permission. One idea from Japan may help: people can no longer 53 . take pictures with their cell phones. Japanese cell phones “click” like a real camera when you take a picture.

Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词) (共8分)

54. The two___________ jumped up and down in the trees. (monkey)

55. We’ll celebrate our grandma’s ___________ birthday at the Peace Hotel tomorrow. (ninety) 56. The novel was so exciting that they all lost ___________ in it. (they)

57. Alice Munro is the first ___________ to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. (Canada) 58. Mr Rogers finally took the decision for ___________ reasons. (person)

59. With e-books coming, printed books aren’t people’s first ___________ of reading. (choose) 60. Learning and practising will surely ___________ us to make greater progress. (able) 61. One cannot refuse if you ask ___________. (polite)

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。62-67题,每空格限填一词。68题注意句首大写) (共14分)

62. A computer seldom gives wrong answers. (改为反意疑问句)

A computer seldom gives wrong answers, _________ _________? 63. Memory is very essential in our life. (改为感叹问) _________ _________ memory is in our life!

64. Joan entered for the Language Camp to improve her listening skills. (对划线部分提问)

_________ _________ Joan enter for the Language Camp?

65. Have you wondered? Why do Japanese take off their shoes before entering a house? (改为宾语从句)

Have you wondered _________ Japanese _________ off their shoes before entering a house? 66. My cousin is so young that he can’t understand that. (保持句意基本不变)

My cousin isn’t _________ _________ to understand that.

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67. Taxi drivers can’t use the taxi booking apps during rush hours. (改为被动语态)

The taxi booking apps can’t _________ _________ by taxi drivers during rush hours.

68. we, before, going over, the entrance exam, spent, all the subjects, much time (连词成句)

___________________________________________________.

Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)

Ⅵ. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共50分)

A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (12分)

High Housing Cost Makes Sub-Divided Flats

HONG KONG – Average home prices have increased by 73% since the end of 2008. This huge jump in home prices has pushed more and more low income families into sub-divided flats.

What is a sub-divided flat? It is a flat that is divided into parts, so that it can house more than one family. Many sub-divided flats do not meet fire-safety standards(标准). For example, some flat owners have turned fire escape exits into part of their own rooms.

In June 2011, a fire happened in an old eight-storey building and left four people dead. That building was filled with sub-divided flats, some as small as 100 square feet. Many people believed that the sub-divided flats were one of the causes for this accident. Since then, the government has paid more attention to the housing problem.

The best way to lower housing prices is to increase the number of flats; however, the best way may not be the easiest way. To lower housing prices, the government said that 20,000 new flats must be added every year for the next ten years!

Even if the government could provide land for 20,000 flats a year, we would not know how much that would affect the housing market. One thing is for certain, Hong Kong’s housing problem will not soon go away and will be with us for a very long time. 69. The purpose of this article is to talk about ________. A) the fire in June 2011 C) the sub-divided flats A) 0

A) break the law

B) 1

B) the housing problem in Hong Kong D) the fire-safety laws C) 4

D) 100

70. ________ family/families would live in one sub-divided flat.

71. The flat owners divided their flats into parts because they wanted to ________.

B) help the government D) make more money B) The fire-safety law

D) The effect of sub-divided flats

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C) help the low income families A) The flat owner’s invitation C) The high cost of buying a home

72. ________ is one of the causes that drives people to live in sub-divided flats.

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