江苏无锡锡山区九年级下期中考试英语试卷

---What was the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games like?
---As we all know, it was _________ big success.

Mother thinks cooking and cleaning          much time every day.

Learning English can make _______ to talk with foreigners.

____________suggestion he offered! It will be of great help.

He was so sad even though he made       mistakes in the exam.

Teenagers would rather ________ phone calls while businessmen prefer ________ e-mails to communicate with each other.

Can you imagine _______________ on the earth in the future?

---I ’m going to the post office.
---________you’re there, can you get me some stamps?

---What was the most important morning news on CCTV today?
---The Chinese government warned Japan            do harm to China’s territorial
sovereignty (领土主权) again and again.

The Summer Palace is really beautiful. In fact, I doubt whether China has ________ park.

When they got to the cinema last night, the film _________for half an hour.

--- Do you want to eat here?
--- No. Just fish and chips to           , please.

--- Do you believe what he said ?
--- No , never. It ________ be true.

--- We failed in the singing competition.
--- ______ . Better times are waiting for you.

Some students cheat(作弊) because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without______the time studying. Other students might feel that they can’t______the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, it isn’t a good idea. A student who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test______to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so that they can find some better ways together. Talking about these problems and______  them out will help feel better than cheating.
If a student gets caught cheating, the teacher may give a “zero” on the test, send him or her to the head teacher’s______, and call his or her parents. Worse than the______grade may be the feeling of having disappointed those people, like parents and teachers. A parent may worry that you are not an______person and a teacher might watch you more closely the next time you’re taking a test.
There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn’t cheat, but some students have already cheated. If that’s you, it’s______too late to stop cheating. Cheating can become a______, but a student is always able to act better and make better______. It might help to talk the problem over with a parent, teacher, or friend.

A．taking B．spending C．costing D．Using

A．write B．exercise C．pass D．expect

A．decides B．hopes C．refuses D．needs

A．breaking B．dreaming C．missing D．working

A．office B．school C．seat D．conversation

A．natural B．dangerous C．exciting D．bad

A．outside B．boring C．interesting D．honest

A．always B．never C．once D．neither

A．menu B．medicine C．habit D．match

A．education B．decisions C．challenges D．risks

Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. Once the three ladies quarreled(争吵). One of them said. “Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!” Another one said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third one said, “Mine are the most beautiful ones.” An old beggar（乞丐） woman came up to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.”
But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, old woman, which one of us has the most beautiful hands?”
A peasant（农民）woman was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough（粗糙的）because of hard work. The old woman came up to her and said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The peasant woman took out her only cake she had and gave her a half.
The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food; they are far more beautiful than your hands which have done  nothing.”
The three ladies ___________.

The old woman asked for something to eat, ___________.

The peasant woman’s hands were not so white as the three ladies’ ___________.

Sir Steven Redgrave—Winner of 5 Olympic Gold Medals
 
“In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes (糖尿病), believing the profession(职业) trained for the whole of my life ended, I felt very sorry. Then one of my friends said there was no reason why I should stop training. That was it—the encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner if I believed in myself. I am not saying that it isn’t difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn’t finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way.”
Karen Pickering—Swimming World Champion (冠军)

“I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that amount（总数） of work by putting it on top of my diary. This is the key to success—you can’t follow a profession in any field without being well-organized. Make a list of what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your goals for the day, however small they are, and you’ll be a step closer to achieving them.”
Kristen Stewart—Actress

“When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I can’t achieve anything. Then, there are other distractions（分散）, such as family or hobbies. The key is to give most of your attention to one thing. When I feel nervous, it helps a lot to repeat words such as ‘calm’, ‘peace’, either out loud or silently in my mind. It makes me feel more in control and improves my confidence. This is a habit and is a powerful psychological(心理学的) tool.”
What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary?

The same character of the three people is________.

The best title for the passage is ________.

It seems that there’s a good reason why dogs are always seen as man’s best friend. Scientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion(情感)in faces much like humans. The finding suggests that like an understanding friend, dogs can see if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry.
When humans look at a new face, their eyes usually look across the left, falling on the right hand side of the person’s face first. A possible reason for this is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions.
Scientists have now shown that pet dogs also have “left gaze bias(左视偏好)”, but only when looking at human faces. No other animal has been known to do like this before. Dr. Kun Guo with his team showed 17 dogs the pictures of human, dog and monkey faces as well as something else. The dogs’ eyes and heads show a strong left gaze bias when the animals see human faces. But this did not happen when they were shown other pictures, including those of dogs.
Guo suggests that over thousands of years living with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions.
“Recent studies show that the right side of our faces can express emotions better than the left. If true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first.”
Why are dogs seen as man’s best friend according to the passage?

The dogs’ left gaze bias helps them _______.

The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

Millions of British people have ditched the traditional “thank you” and took the place of it with the less formal(正式的) “cheers”, according to a survey.
Although the common person will say “thank you” nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to add a “cheers” or “ta” where it’s needed to show they are fashionable.
One in twenty now say “nice one” instead, while the younger are more likely to offer a “cool” than a “thank you”.
“Merci”, “fab” and even “gracias” were also listed as common expressions to use, as “much appreciated(感激)”.
One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal “thank you” was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly(有规律地) won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood. Most people stated(陈述) that saying thank you was something that their parents trained them. A huge 70 percent of those who are questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while one fifth avoid(避免)saying it when they know they should.
It seems our friends and family get the stress of our bad manners. Half of them admit (承认) they’re not good at thanking those closest to them. Many of them explain that they don’t say thank you because their family “already know I’m thankful”.
When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.
One third will still send a handwritten thank-you note---but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they tried to send one.
A quarter of British people say “thank you” with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent make a cake.
It follows that 85 percent of people will be angry because of not getting the gratitude (感激)they feel they should receive.
Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _______.

The underlined word “ditched” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.

It can be learned from the passage that _______.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

词汇运用（本大题共8分，每小题1分）
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
Good ____________ (发音) will impress others and make yourself confident.
One of the first _____________(欧洲人) to discover America was Christopher Columbus.
Wide reading _________ (增加) your knowledge of new words.
David was happy because his teacher spoke ___________ (高度地) of his homework..
(B) 根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
There is an old saying, “____________ (proud) goes before a fall.”
Both of my parents are in their ____________ (forty).
The girl didn’t speak clearly enough to make ___________ (she) understood.
I think maybe this is the ___________ (silly) mistake I have ever seen.

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共8分，每小题1分）
Our history teacher told us that World War II _____________(break) out in 1939.
Sherlock Holmes is a very exciting film. It’s the third time that I ________ (see) it.
He doesn’t know what he should pay attention to _______ (reduce) the pollution.
Peter said that he ____________ (return) home before 6 o’clock, but he didn’t.
Mr. Green devoted all his effort to __________ (educate) students.
My brother fell while he ___________ (ride) his bicycle and hurt himself.
---Excuse me. When can we play football in the field?
---Not until it ___________ (repair) the day after tomorrow.
---I can’t believe you’ve sold me such a terrible camera. I want my money back.
--- I ___________ (listen), madam. Can you just slow down and tell me what’s wrong?

Mistakes are great teachers. Success comes to those who are willing to risk making mistakes to achieve their goals and wishes, and who are able to learn from those mistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes , you must be willing to pay for them .
Mistakes can be very valuable, but when you try to get others to pay for your mistakes, then you lose the chance to learn from them. When something goes wrong, it's usually very easy to find someone else’s mistakes, but is that useful?
Much of the value of mistakes comes from the fact that they need a cost that must be paid. The person who learns the most from a mistake is the one who pays the price for that mistake.
When you make a mistake, what you shouldn’t do is to run away from it. You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it. The mistake has been made, so make the most of it. Pay the price, learn the lesson, and grow that much stronger.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Remember the causes , and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The present is still in your power. Make full use of your mistakes to achieve your goals and wishes.

Mistakes are great teachers
People who can_____	Success comes to those who not only achieve their goals and wishes at the risk of making mistakes_____learn from and pay for them.
When you make mistakes	Don’t run away from them. It’s easy but______to find someone else’s mistakes.
The value of mistakes	You can learn a lot from mistakes and grow stronger by ______them and paying the price for them.
The suggestions	When you make mistakes, remember _______you make them and then look forward because you can’t change the past.The present is still in your power, so make full use of your mistakes to achieve your goals and wishes

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共9分，每小题1.5分）
新加坡前总理李光耀因病于上月逝世，享年91岁。
Singapore’s former Prime Minister Li Guangyao                 at the age of 91 last month.
自从第一届《我是歌手》获得成功以来，越来越多的人参加了它的选拔。
More and more people ________________________________since the first I’m the Singer became successful.
希拉里梦想当美国第一位女总统。
Hillary Clinton __________________________the first female American president.
汤姆和他的家人被迫躲藏在一个秘密地方。
Tom with his family                               in a secret place.
在那个下雨天，她别无选择只好在家看书。
She _____________________________________at home on that rainy day.
我想知道女生在学习化学上是否比男生费劲。
I wonder _________________________________________________  than a boy.

书面表达 （本大题共10分）
请你根据下列提示，用英文写一篇短文，介绍你的偶像刘翔。
1. 平易近人，被公认是最受欢迎的中国运动员之一；
2. 从小对体育感兴趣；
3. 训练刻苦，2004年荣获雅典奥运会男子110米栏金牌，标志他成功事业的开端；
4. 赢得中国乃至全世界的高度赞扬；
5. 尽管他不再是运动员，但我觉得……
注意：
1. 短文须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2. 第5点省略部分请作2-3句合理的想象发挥；
3. 词数在90个左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：事业 career；雅典Athens；男子110米栏Men’s 110-meter hurdles；运动员athlete
Liu Xiang is my hero. He was born in Shanghai on July 13 ,1983.