江苏省江阴市华士片九年级第二学期期中考试英语试卷

______ exciting news it is! Our government is doing something to stop the haze(雾霾).

Johnson was the first on the list of the famous stars because he was the richest ___ them.

         of the surface of the earth          covered with water.

Don’t forget to __________ your school things when you have finished your homework .

With the help of the Internet, news can _______ every corner of the world.

You don’t know _____ I want to see you again. It’s a year since I last saw you.

--- Didn’t your brother ________ go to school by bike?
--- Yes, he did. But he ________ walking to school now.

Why not ______ your teacher for advice when you don’t know ______ the problems?

--- Do you know much about the city?
--- Yes, I ___________ there three times.

I do not doubt ________ win in the race.

--- How cool the iPhone5s is !
---In our shop it_____ very well now. Get one before it________out.

—How about climbing the hill?
—I would rather       along the river than       the hill. I'm a bit tired.

Bob often says that swimming is _____________ than hiking in reducing weight, but he always spends more time on swimming.

--- Would you mind my opening the window?
---     

Leaving high school, I had to choose a career path—medicine or business—before college started in three months, but I couldn’t decide. Both my uncles suggested I work for a month in a          followed by a month in a hospital before I could know what to do. It seemed like a good idea.
Then near the end of two months, I began thinking about my two         . The bank had offered better working conditions. The hospital was full of excitement, but the training was hard. It seemed that the choices of          was going to run out.
The Last day of my work at the hospital, I was          home when I saw a boy hit by a bus and lie in the road as the bus run away.         stopped. I know if the boy stayed there, he would die very soon. So, without help, I lifted him into my car.
The next day, I went to see him. His family were sitting around his bed. The doctor introduced me as “the person who saved the boy’s life”. Everyone got up, with          smiles on their faces. The mother held my hands to her face, repeating again and again, “See, you are an angel!”
What a feeling this was, to help save the life of another person!           , I knew I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I went to college for my medical studies.
We may spend a lot of time wondering about what          to take in our lives, but sometimes you don’t really have to worry about your          decisions. They are made for you by some quality(品质) in you—by what you’re         to do when necessary.

A．team B．company C．garden D．laboratory

A．uncles B．hobbies C．colleges D．experiences

A．business B．education C．career D．subject

A．running B．riding C．staying D．driving

A．All B．Few C．Nobody D．Someone

A．gentle B．weak C．pleasant D．grateful

A．Luckily B．Probably C．Immediately D．Quietly

A．path B．action C．interest D．advice

A．big B．personal C．quick D．fair

A．free B．afraid C．ready D．careful

Dear Micheal,
How's your vacation? I'm visiting my uncle in Spain. He lives in the sunny and beautiful city of Valencia, in Spain.
Yesterday, I had great fun. My uncle took me to the tomato festival in Bunol, which is just 30 miles away from where my uncle lives. You have probably never heard of this festival before. Neither had I. The tomato festival is called "La Tomatina"in Spanish. It was the biggest and messiest tomato fight in the world. When we first got to the square where the festival took place, it was very crowded with people from all around the world, and many trucks were carrying tomatoes. My uncle told me the crowded people here were around 38,000 and this was more than four times the population of Bunol.
The tomato fight started as soon as the first banger was beaten. Then everyone including me started throwing tomatoes at each other. I took red tomatoes and threw them at anyone that ran, moved, bent down, or turned around. Tomatoes must be squashed before people threw them in order not to hurt anybody.
After a little while, the streets, people and nearby buildings were splashed with red. There was no winner in this fight,but we all had fun. As soon as a second banger was beaten, people stopped throwing.
I really had a great time, I wish you were here, too. I hope I hear from you soon. Take care.
With love,
From Spain
Linda
From the letter,we can know ____.

The population of Bunol is ____.

What is the main idea of this letter?

A subway is not just an important form of transport. It is also a window for other people to learn about local cultures.
Beijing, China
The Beijing Subway was opened in 1969 and is the oldest subway system in China. It has added some modern technologies. All stations now have touch-screen maps. In some stations, people can also see traditional Chinese cultures. For example, on the walls of a few stations of Line 8, there are some pictures of blue and white porcelain(青花瓷）.
Stockholm, Sweden
The system of the Stockholm Subway has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. The first subway line for Stockholm was opened in 1950. The Stockholm Subway is well-known for its decoration of the stations. It is called the longest art gallery in the world. Over 90 percent of its stations are decorated with paintings. A few stations are decorated with red bedrocks（岩床）. This makes you feel as if you are in a cave.
London, UK
The London Underground or the Tube is the oldest subway in the world. It was opened in 1863. During World War II, it was used to protect people from German plane attacks（袭击）on London. Now, it is a symbol of the city. There is no air conditioning in the trains, so it is very hot in summer.
New York, US
The New York City Subway has the most extensive public transportation system in the world, with 469 stations. It is also one of the world’s oldest public transit systems. The New York City Subway runs 24 hours a day. It has an express train on almost every line. You can get to your destination(目的地）safely. The trains themselves are full of fun; you will see people doing moonwalk dances like Michael Jackson, playing the guitar and singing.
The _____is called the longest art gallery in the world.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

We may read the passage from a_____.

We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this high tower in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.
“Look down, Elsa," Father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw several streets leading to the square. ‘‘See, my dear," Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another. "
Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the bad lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.
When I turned to Father for help, he would not help. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.
At school the next day, I poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She tried one spoonful and sputtered. “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother promised that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible way. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.
Father brought Elsa to the top of the church tower to_________________ .

Elsa wanted her mother to_____________  earlier that day.

By sharing her own experiences, Elsa tries to tell us________

Some inventions are so useful, but seem so simple, that we wonder why no one thought of them long ago. Post-it Notes, the pieces of paper that you can fasten almost anywhere and then remove without leaving any sign that they were there, are an example of such an invention.
　　Post-it Notes were invented about twenty years ago by Art Fry, a scientist at 3M Corporation. The idea for the product came from a frustrating experience he often had while singing in his church choir. Fry used pieces of paper as bookmarks to mark the places in his book of songs, but these bookmarks were always falling out. He knew he needed a bookmark that would stay where he put it, but that he could remove without damaging the pages.
　　Around that time, Fry heard about a new adhesive (粘合剂) that a workmate, Dr. Spence Silver, had created. This adhesive was special because it was sticky, but not too sticky. It was strong enough to hold papers together, but weak enough to not tear the paper when it was removed. Fry saw that the new adhesive could help solve his bookmark problem. One morning, Fry put some of the adhesive on the edge of a piece of paper. Just as he hoped, it made a perfect bookmark.
A short time later, Fry realized that his new invention had even more uses than being a great bookmark. He came to this realization when he wrote a note on one of his new "bookmarks" and attached it to a report he was going to give to a workmate. Soon, co-workers were asking Fry for more samples of his invention so that they could use the new type of notes themselves.
　　Fry and some other people at 3M believed so much in the new product that they persuaded the company to give away thousands of the "sticky pieces of paper" for trial use(试用). When some salespeople at 3M went to offices and showed workers just how helpful the new type of notes could be, they immediately received many orders. As more and more people discovered how useful Post-it Notes could be, the product took off.
The invention of Post-it Notes showed that Art Fry________.

In what way did Dr. Spence help Art Fry?

The underlined phrase "took off" means_______.

The biggest advantage of Post-it Notes is_______.

词汇运用（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8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。
Our English teacher gave us many     (建议) on the study of a foreign language.
He talked   ___   (兴奋地）to the reporters about his hopes of winning the race.
You should knock at the door before        (进入) someone’s house.
Are there any tickets ________ （可获得的）for this Saturday’s concert?
( 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。
The man kept remembering English words every day until he was in his _______ (forty).
—You’ve played Angry Birds for two hours. Don’t you think it’s boring?
—No, not at all. But we need to rest _______ (we) for a while now.
With the ________ (develop) of modern medicine, most eye problems can be treated and cured now.
She felt even _______ (ill) after working for another 2 hours.

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处（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
The old man exercises every day __________(improve) his health.
The firemen __________(control) the fire, so all of you are out of danger now.
The Great Wall as well as the Palace Museum _______ (attract) lots of tourists from home and abroad every year.
Please stop talking, guys. I can’t hear what the youth worker               (explain).
It was reported that the plane to Beijing                (fly) back to Tokyo by the time of 2:30 yesterday afternoon because of the rainstorm.
If Steve finishes the job in time, he ____________ (allow) to have a two-week off.
—Did you notice anybody enter the building just now?
—Sorry, I          (cut) down the tree in the garden.
The three boy students Miss White paid special attention to           (make) great progress at last.

先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词,使短文完整。(每空0. 5分，共5分)
How can I win a Nobel Prize for writing? Here is the s______ from this year’s winner: make it short, keep it real, and work hard.
Canadian author Alice Munro,82,was awarded the 2013 Noble Prize in the literature(文学)。She is k_____ for her short stories about personal relationship of ordinary people, usually women.
Munro was born in a farmer family in Ontario. The family was very poor. Munro did a lot of physical work a_________ a young girl.
But she decided to be a writer when she was 12. She turns her hard childhood into great writing i______.
The story Dear Life, for example, opens with a description of the neighborhood in which Munro grew up.
Besides, she talked a______ her poor relationship with her mother in many of her stories, such as Lives of Girls and Women and Friend of My Youth.
Since she published her f____ book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesn’t see h___________ as a talented writer.
“I’m the opposite of a writer with a quick gift. I don’t understand it very easily at all, the “it” being whatever I’m trying to do,” she said.
Do you d_________ of becoming a writer while thinking you are not that talented? Munro has a tip for you: use notebooks and write a l________.
“I have lots of notebooks that contain this terribly clumsy(蹩脚的) writing,” she said. But it helps her arrange her mind. “Stories would just be working in my head for so long that I was deep into t______ when I started to write. ”

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6小题，每小题1. 5分，共9分）
穿红色能使你更易采取行动。
Wearing red can ___________________________ to take action.
爱丽丝小得足以通过那扇门了。
Alice was __________________________________the door.
那个七岁的男孩和疾病进行了顽强的斗争。
The 7-year-old boy ________________________________ his disease.
快点，电影已经开始几分钟了。
Hurry up, the film__________________________________several minutes.
据说，现在的机器人被制作得就像真人一样逼真。
It’s said that a robot ____________________________________ at present.
雪下得很大，使得我们无法去听音乐会。
The snow was so heavy________________________________going to the concert.

中国梦是目前较热的话题，你们班级对梦想这个话题也进行了一次讨论。请你以“My dream”为题，写一篇短文。要点如下：
1、人人都有梦想，梦想可大可小。其实，大梦想就是由许多小的梦想构成的。
2、作为中学生，我们有各种各样的梦想。这些梦想就是我们的中国梦。
3、我们应该努力实现梦想，遇到困难时也不放弃梦想。
4、我的梦想是……
注意：1）文章必须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯。
2）第4要点需用2到3句话做适当发挥。
3）词数80左右。(给出的内容不计入总词数)
My dream
Everyone has his dreams. ______________________________________________________________
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