江苏省南通市海门2015年九年级学情调研卷（一）
英语
本试卷共10页，满分为120分，考试时间为120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 (选择题共60分)
一、单项选择(本题共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. Tina is _______ active girl. We all say she’s _______ only proper girl to be our group leader.
A. a; /
B. an; the
C. an; /
D. the; the
2. The 2015 Beijing World Championships in Athletics (田径锦标赛) will be on in
Bird’s Nest _______ August 22 _______ August 30.
A. on; and
B. from; to
C. between; an d
D. in; and
3. —_______ do you go to the theatre every month?
—I seldom go there because I like seeing movies online.
A. How long
B. How soon
C. How often
D. How many times
4. You’d better _______ so many books with you. The case is too heavy and it’s
a long way.
A. to take
B. not to take
C. not take
D. take
5. The coat is not made of nylon (尼龙) _______ wool, so it feels warmer and softer.
A. and
B. or
C. but
D. like
6. This program needs close teamwork. _______ will be achieved unless we work well together.
A. Nothing
B. Anything
C. Something
D. Everything
7. —Tom, you kept me waiting for twenty minutes.
—I was just about to leave _______ the telephone rang. And it was from my sister in the UK.
A. when
B. while
C. because
D. since
8. —Someone is hiding behind the door. Who can it be?
—It _______ be Tom. He likes to play hide-and-seek.
A. can’t
B. mustn’t
C. can
D. must
9. Our school has done a lot to _______ a good environment for us Grade 9 students to study.
A. protect
B. present
C. provide
D. prevent
10. —Sue feels stressed, and she doesn’t know _______ about it.
—She can get help from her friends, parents or teachers.
A. who to talk
B. what to talk
C. what to talk to
D. who to talk to
11. Mo Yan has lots of fans in France. His new book _______ into French as soon as it came out.
A. was translated
B. translated
C. is translated
D. translates
12. Jim doesn’t feel like anything for he got _______ score on the game show.
A. the top
B. the lowest
C. the fewest
D. the highest
13. —Shall we go for a picnic tomorrow?
—Well, it all _______ the weather.
A. belongs to
B. happens to
C. depends on
D. deals with
14. —Though he has made a promise, I still doubt _______.
—Oh, you needn’t worry. He is such a person who always keeps his w ords.
A. that he is able to help us
B. whether he is able to help us
C. whether he was able to help us
D. that he was able to help us
15. —Would you mind showing me how to start this online course?
—_______. Look. Just click this icon, and you’ll st art it.
A. Never mind.
B. No, just go ahead.
C. Yes, you’d better not.
D. Of course not.
二、完形填空 (本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Why did I come today? I wondered. My Christmas 16 contained (包含) several people that claimed they wanted nothing. But I knew their feelings would be hurt 17 I didn’t buy them anything, so gift buying was fun.
Hurriedly, I finished shopping and 18 the long checkout lines. In front of me were a boy of about 5 and a younger girl. She carried a beautiful pair of 19 shoes. When we finally reached the cashier’s desk, the girl 20 placed the shoes on the counter. She treated them as if they were a 21 .
“That will be $6.09,” the cashier said. The boy 22 his pockets. He finally came up with $3.12. “I guess we will have to put them back,” he said. “We will come back some other time, maybe tomorrow.”
“But Jesus (耶稣) would have loved these shoes,” a soft cry broke from the 23 .
“Well, we’ll go home and work some more. Don’t cry. We’ll surely 24 ,” he said.
Quickly I 25 $3.00 to the cashier. These children had waited in line for a long time. And, after all, it was Christmas. Suddenly a pair of 26 came around me and a small voice gratefully said, “Thank you, lady.”
“What did you 27 when you said Jesus would like the shoes?” I asked. The boy answered, “Our mommy is 28 and going to heaven (天堂). Daddy said she might go before Christmas to be with Jesus.” The girl spoke, “My Sunday school teacher said the streets in heaven are shiny gold, just like these shoes. Won’t mommy be 29 walking on those streets in these shoes?”
My eyes flooded as I looked into her tear-streaked face. “Yes,” I answered, “I am sure she will.” Silently I thanked God for using these childr en to 30 me of the true spirit of giving.
16. A. plan B. shopping C. goods D. list
17. A. unless B. because C. if D. since
18. A. joined B. watched C. attended D. gathered
19. A. cotton B. leather C. silver D. gold
20. A. carefully B. quickly C. shyly D. proudly
21. A. gift B. life C. treasure D. prize
22. A. opened B. searched C. watched D. touched
23. A. boy B. girl C. cashier D. shopper
24. A. leave B. come C. arrive D. return
25. A. lent B. handed C. showed D. offered
26. A. shoes B. socks C. fingers D. arms
27. A. mean B. expect C. request D. want
28. A. dead B. dangerous C. sick D. lost
29. A. equal B. comfortable C. beautiful D. sorry
30. A. remind B. warn C. cure D. reply
三、阅读理解 (本题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
31. The writer wanted his son _______.
A. to learn from the tortoise
B. to open his eyes wide
C. to enter for the 60-meter race
D. to have a big wish
32. According to Sonny, it was the tortoise’s wish that _______.
A. the hare would be as steady as he was
B. he could run faster than the hare
C. the hare would fall asleep during the race
D. he would have a sleep during the race
33. Sonny believed that the tortoise won the race ________.
A. by pushing on steadily
B. by luck
C. by taking a risk
D. by telling a lie
34. It is clear that the writer ________ in the end.
A. learned a lesson
B. won the argument
C. became impatient
D. was satisfied
Uncle Caesar was waiting outside the hotel the next afternoon. He took me to Miss Adair’s ho use and agreed to wait there until we had finished our business.
Miss Adair did not look well. I explained the agreement (协议) to her. She signed it. Then, as she started to rise from the table, she fainted (晕倒) and fell to the floor. I picked her up and carried her to the old red sofa. I ran to the door and yelled to Uncle Caesar for help. He ran down the street. Five minutes later, he was back with a doctor.
The doctor examined Miss Adair and turned to the old black driver. “Uncle Caesar,” he said, “run to my house and ask my wife for some milk and some eggs. Hurry!”
Then the doctor turned to me. “She does not get enough to eat,” he said. “She has many friends who want to help her, but she is proud. Mrs Caswell will accept help only from that old black man. He was once her family’s slave.”
“Mrs Caswell?” I said in surprise. “I thought she was Miss Adair.”
“She was,” the doctor answered, “until she married Wentworth Caswell twenty years ago. But he’s a hopeless drunk who takes even the small amount of money t hat Uncle Caesar gives her.”
After the doctor left, I heard Caesar’s voice in the other room. “Did he take all the money I gave you yesterday?” “Yes, Caesar,” I heard her answer softly. “He took both dollars.”
I went into the room and gave Miss Adair fifty dollars. I told her it was from the magazine. Then Uncle Caesar drove me back to the hotel.
35. Miss Adair fainted and fell to the floor because she was ______.
A. hungry and weak
B. worried and nervous
C. cold and ill
D. shocked and disappointed
36. Mrs Caswell was willing to accept help only from _______.
A. her husband
B. the writer
C. Uncle Caesar
D. the doctor
37. Which of the following statement is probably NOT true according to the passage?
A. The writer went to find Adair and to get her to sign an agreement.
B. Adair loved her husband and gave him all the money she had.
C. The doctor was kind-hearted and was willing to help Adair.
D. The writer was surprised to find that Adair was Caswell’s wife.
Elephants in Uganda are starting to come close to villages near national parks. The big animals are a real danger to people. So new tools called vuvuzelas have been given to people to keep the elephants away. They are plastic instruments some fans use at sports events. The instruments make a loud sound elephants do not like. The animals leave, and no one is harmed.
Vuvuzelas work because they do not threaten (威胁) the elephants. That is important because an elephant that feels threatened is more likely to attack. So far, no one has reported an elephant attacking in answer to a vuvuzela.
Officials and villagers have tried other ways to stop elephants from coming near farms and houses. They have built beehives (蜂巢) —houses for flying insects that sting (叮, 蜇). They have hung ropes covered in spicy oil. They have dug long, deep holes. And they have used guns, called A-K47s.
An official from the Uganda Wildlife Authority explains that people shoot the gun in the air to scare the elephant. But over time, the elephants have stopped being afraid of the sound of the gun. They only look at the shooter and wave their ears. Probably one day, elephants will accept the vuvuzela noise, just as they do the sound of the A-K47. But right now, vuvuzelas are an effective (有效的), harmless and fun way to deal with a serious problem.
38. Villagers are trying to keep away the elephants because they fear that ______.
A. they don’t have food to feed them
B. they may threaten the elephants
C. the elephants may destroy the park
D. the huge animals may attack them
39. The writer thinks it _______ to use the vuvuzelas to keep away the giant animals.
A. safe
B. harmful
C. helpless
D. difficult
40. The meaning of the underlined word “accept” in the last paragraph is close to “_______”.
A. be afraid of
B. be used to
C. be pleased with
D. be worried about
41. Which of the following statements is true about vuvuzelas?
A. Vuvuzelas were invented to keep elephants away from villagers.
B. So far, vuvuzelas have been the only way to keep the elephants away.
C. At present, vuvuzelas work better to keep away elephants than A-K47s.
D. People in Uganda are thinking of making louder and better vuvuzelas.
D
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, showed off their newest device (装置), the Apple Watch. Mr. Cook said it is the “most personal” device Apple has ever created.
The Apple Watch is a very small computer a person wears on his or her wrist (手腕).An Apple Watch will be able to do many of the same things as an iPhone. It will show email, texts, news, health readings and other information. It will be different from just seeing what is on your phone.
Like a phone, you will be able to receive calls on your wrist. Mr. Cook smiled while describing this. “I’ve been wanting to do this since I was five years old,” he said. “The day is finally here.” Twenty years ago, a comic strip hero named Dick Tracy talked into his wrist watch, but until now, that has only been something possible in the future.
The watches will be available in stores in late April. They will be sold at different prices, beginning at $349. But the high-end model will be thousands of dollars.
Apple hopes to excite users so they will want to buy and wear computers on their bodies. The first smartwatches from Samsung, Sony and LG have not been selling well. Only five million smartwatches were sold last year.
One problem with Apple Watch is that you need an iPhone on your body, or nearby, to make this watch fully functional. Like a phone, it will also need to be charged (充电) each night. It remains to be seen whether people really want to carry both
a smartphone and a smartwatch.
42. It is clear that Tim Cook _______.
A. was the creator of the Apple Watch
B. was proud of their new product
C. is a better CEO than Steve Jobs was
D. is a true fan of comic strips
43. Compared to other Apple devices, Apple Watch will _______.
A. be more personal
B. be much smarter
C. sell better
D. excite more users
44. The writer doesn’t tell us whether Apple Watch can be used to _______.
A. receive text messages
B. answer phone calls
C. read the health
D. watch comic strips
45. We learn from the passage that ________.
A. the new device must be charged at night
B. users don’t care carrying both a smartphone and a smartwatch
C. Apple Watch will be useless without an iPhone nearby
D. the new products of Apple will be of different prices
第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题共60分)
第II卷共36小题，答案请按要求用0.5毫米黑色签字笔写在答题卡上
四、词汇(本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15 分)
A) 请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
46. The food in the restaurant was so _______ (having a good taste) that we enjoyed
ourselves far into the night.
47. I’ve written a letter to the youth worker, but he has made no _______ (answer)
yet.
48. After I read “The Diary of a Young Girl”, I admire Ann’s family for their
_______(勇气).
49. The _______(疲劳的，累的) tourist fell back on the bed and at once
fell asleep.
50. The sunrise on top of the mountain is such a wonder that no words can _______ it.
B)
51. The fog’s so thick. I can’t see _______ than about ten metres.
52. It’s a pity that I missed my father’s _______ birthday party.
53. Australian seasons are the opposite of ______ because the country lies in the
southern part of the planet while we are in the north.
54. At this time of year the river is a _______ beautiful sight.
55. He has to ask for a third job because he has five _______ to feed.
C)
56. Amazing! The parents _______ the lost girl with the help of the TV station.
57. This shirt _______ me last year, but now…I have to go on a diet.
58. —Is there anything special today?
—Sorry, I’ve no idea. Look! Dad _______ a paper in his hand. Please ask him.
59. —What about travelling abroad this summer, dear?
—Eh, what? I _______ with Daughter on WeChat(微信).
60. —Why not go to the movie with us this afternoon？
—I _______ for my uncle from Beijing at the airport.
五、句型转换(本题共5小题；每小题l分，满分5分)
请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。
61. Jack’s already back from work.（改为一般疑问句）
_______ Jack back from work _______?
62. Some very large dinosaurs weighed over 100,000 kilograms.（对划线部分提问） _______ _______ did some very large dinosaurs weigh?
63. He has changed his diet. He wants to be healthier.（合并为一句）
He has changed his diet _______ _______ to be healthier.
64. It was raining very heavily last night.（改为感叹句）
_______ _______ the rain was last night!
65. In Switzerland, the government doesn’t allow people to cut down trees.（改为被动语态）
In Switzerland, people _______ _______ to cut down trees.
六、短文填空 (本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
IMAGINE this: It’s May Day. You’re travelling, and people are e 66 . You need to hurry to the train station, but you c 67 find the bus stop.
Suddenly, you see your bus. It’s on the other side of the street, and it’s l 68 soon! You try to fight through the crowds, but u 69 , the light turns red.
H 70 you wish run across the street to catch the bus! But wait! You shouldn’t do that. If a p 71 sees you, you’ll have to pay a fine.
New traffic laws say that if people cross the street when the light is red, they can be fined as m 72 as 50 yuan.
This became a law in O 73 , and it was first put into use during the May Day holiday.
Last year more than 104,000 people in China were killed in traffic accidents and a lot more were h 74 . Chinese cities have more cars than ever. Drivers and pedestrians (行人) must work together to make the streets s 75 .
七、任务型阅读。(本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
April Fools’ Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. In France,
it’s called “Fish of April.” In Scotland, the holiday is often called “Gowkie Day.” In Iraq, the holiday is called “April Lie.”