2007─2008年度第二学期九年级英语调研检测卷
　　考试时间：120分钟  全卷计110分
　　第一卷（共60分）
　　一、听力（每小题1分，计20分）
　　A) 每小题你将听到一个对话，从A、B、C三幅图中找出与你所听内容相符的选项。每段对话读一遍。
　　　B) 听下面的对话或独白，根据所听到的内容，从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出适当的答语。每段对话或独白读两遍。
　　听第6段材料，回答第6~7题。
　　6．What place are they going to visit?
　　A．A school.          B．Xuanwu Lake Park.    C．Mochou Lake Park.
　　7．When will they meet?
　　A．At 8:00 a.m.        B. At 7:00 a.m.           C. At 7:30 a.m.
　　听第7段材料，回答8～10题。
　　8. Where is Nanjing Olympic Center?
　　A. On Station Road.B. Near Mengdu Street.C. In the centre of the city.
　　9. What did Mary do in the Olympic Center last week?
　　A. She played football and basketball.
　　B. She played tennis and basketball.
　　C. She played table tennis and had a swim.
　　10. How will Mary and James go to the Olympic Center?
　　A. By underground.B. By bus.C. By bike.
　　听第8段材料，回答11～15题。
　　11. What happened yesterday?
　　A. A car accident.        B. A fire.          C. An earthquake.
　　12. Has the woman read today’s newspaper?
　　A. Yes, she has.          B. No, she hasn’t.   C. Sorry, I don’t know.
　　13. What did Bill see from next door?
　　A. Some pictures.         B. Some newspapers.       C. A lot of smoke.
　　14. What did Bill do?
　　A. He saved Mrs Wang out of fire.
　　B. He sent Mrs Wang to the hospital.
　　C. He called 110 and put out the fire.
　　15. How long did he have to stay in hospital?
　　A. Two weeks.          B. Three days.         C. A few days.
　　听第9段材料，回答1 6～20题。
　　16. Where may the tourists be now?
　　A. In Nanjing.              B. On the bus.              C. In the park.
　　17. Where does Nanjing lie?
　　A. In the southeast of China.  B. In the northeast of China.
　　C. In the south of China.
　　18. What does the guide think of the people in Nanjing?
　　A. Hard-working and humorous.   B. Polite and generous.
　　C. Helpful and friendly.
　　19. What can people do in Xuanwu Lake Park according to the passage?
　　A. Boating and flying kites.        B. Boating and fishing.
　　C. Swimming and flying kites.
　　20. Where can the tourists enjoy the beauty of the whole city?
　　A. Nanjing Museum.            B. On the top of Zijin Mountain.
　　C. On the Great Changjiang Bridge.
　　二、单项填空(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。
　　21．I’m very happy because it’s my ________ fifteenth birthday today．
　　A．a            B．an         C． the      D．不填
　　22．-I don’t want to go to the park tomorrow.
　　-______ you told me you would. What has happened to you?
　　A. But         B. So          C. And          D. Or
　　23．The man under the tree _______ be Tom’s father, his father has gone to Kunming.
　　A．shouldn’t     B．can’t       C．mustn’t      D．needn’t
　　24．I did much worse than Lucy in the exam. I made ______ mistakes than her.
　　A. many        B. fewer        C. less          D. more
　　25．Does the white coat belong to _______ ?
　　A. his         B. yours         C. her        D. mine
　　26．There are few _______ in the fridge. Let’s go to buy some carrots and cabbages.
　　A. fruit          B. meat         C. vegetables   D. drinks
　　27．Excuse me, is there _________ in today’s newspapers?
　　A. anything interesting                    B. interesting anything
　　C. something interesting                   D. interesting something
　　28．Did your father tell you ________ ?
　　A. when he travelled to Hong Kong        B. how he goes to Shanghai
　　C. where he has spent his holidays         D. why did he visit Hangzhou
　　29．-Where is Betty?
　　-She ________ on the playground half an hour ago.
　　A. sees           B. saw           C. is seen       D. was seen
　　30．The policeman _______ to save the little girl when he saw her fall into the river.
　　A. rushed            B. walked      C. travelled     D. moved
　　31．-I went to your home yesterday afternoon, but your mother was alone at home.
　　-Oh, I’m sorry. I _______ football with my classmates at that time.
　　A. play           B. played        C. was playing    D. have played
　　32．Let’s enjoy the song Take me to your heart. It sounds ________.
　　A. well         B. beautiful         C. bad      D. sadly
　　33．Look! Some pieces of cup are on the floor. Let’s ________.
　　A. pick it up     B. pick up it       C. pick them up   D. pick up them.
　　34．-Let me introduce myself, I’m Robison.
　　-__________
　　A. Is that so?     B. Really?   C. I’m very pleased.  D. Glad to meet you.
　　35 . -Do you mind my opening the window?
　　-__________. It’s too cold outside.
　　A. Never mind   B. Not at all        C. You’d better not    D. Sure
　　三、完形填空（每小题1分，计10分）
　　阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
　　The hippopotamus, or hippo, lives in the hot part of Africa.   36   humans, dogs, and whales, it is a mammal（哺乳动物）. That is, its babies are   37   alive, and they drink milk from the mother’s body.
　　The hippopotamus is a   38   grey animal with a big head and mouth. It   39   four tons, or about 4,000 kilograms. Its stomach is seven meters long, and it eats only plants. It is a mammal, but it   40   a lot of time in the water.
　　During the   41  , it sleeps beside a river or a lake. Sometimes it wakes up. Then it goes under the water to get some   42   for food and never catches fish or hunts other animals. It can close its nose and stay   43   water for ten minutes. Its ears, eyes, and nose are high up on its head. It can stay with its body under the water and only its ears, eyes, and nose above the water. Then it can breathe the air.
　　At night, the hippo walks on the nearby land and looks for food. It never goes very   44  the water.
　　A baby hippo often stands on its mother’s   45   -- the part of the body between the neck and legs. The mother looks for food underwater. The baby rides with a sure footing on her mother above the water.
　　36. A. WithB. UnlikeC. Such    D. Like
　　37. A. livesB. stayedC. leave D. born
　　38. A. small        B. largeC. slim  D. weak
　　39. A. reach   B. weighsC. own  D. runs
　　40. A. spends   B. takes  C. costs D. pays
　　41. A. day   B. week C. monthD. season
　　42. A. vegetablesB. fishes  C. plantsD. insects
　　43. A. above B. on   C. under   D. beside
　　44. A. far from   B. long enough  C. close toD. near by
　　45. A. stomachB. backC. mouthD. head
　　四、阅读理解（每小题1分，计15分）
　　阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。
　　A
　　Brazilian footballers
　　The Brazilian Football Club will play with Nanjing Shuntian Team at the Olympic Sports Centre on August 26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is the World Cup star Ronaldo who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes.
　　Ticket prices: 60, 100, 150 yuan.
　　Time / date: 4:30 p.m., August 26 （Sat.）
　　Telephone  50123726
　　Rock Climbing
　　The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Zhongshan Climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Nanjing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take park in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators.
　　Take a long-distance bus from Dongshan Bus Station to the Base.
　　Time / Date: 9-12 a.m. August 26 and 27
　　Telephone: 71431779, 71448505, Wang Zhenhua
　　Bicycle tour and race
　　A bicycle tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 （Sat. & Sun.）. At 5:00 a.m. the riders will leave Gulou Square and ride the first 77 kilometres as a training leg. Then the next 126 kilometres leg, from Yangzhou to Huai’an, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The second racing leg of the tour will be from Huai’an to the seaside of Lianyungang, covering a distance of 102 kilometres. On Sunday afternoon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Nanjing.
　　Cost: 300 yuan
　　Telephone: 46750278
　　46. The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give information about      .
　　A. visiting teams               B. things to do for the weekend
　　C. famous players             D. prices to pay for the sports events
　　47. If you take part in the bicycle tour, you will ride for       .
　　A. 35 kilometres   B. 77 kilometres   C. 126 kilometres   D. 305 kilometres
　　48. The word “leg” in Bicycle tour and race means       .
　　A. race        B. part of the training  C. practice    D. part of the tour
　　49. -From the three messages above, which is special about the rock climbing competition?
　　-       .
　　A. A foreign team will take part in it
　　B. You can watch it without paying
　　C. You don’t have to be a sportsman to take part in
　　D. The bus trip to the place of the competition is free
　　50. The three short messages above are       .
　　A. advertisements    B. Short stories  C. Diaries  D. Science fiction
　　B
　　The young violin player Vanessa-Mae was the first musician to use dance and rock music in classical（古典的）music. Vanessa-Mae love pop music, and she was also a very good classical violinist, and she brought these kinds of music together.
　　Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore on October 27, 1978. She moved to London with her family when she was four. A year later, she started to learn the violin. When she was eight, she went to Beijing to study the violin. When she was ten, she played with a very famous group of classical musicians. But Vanessa-Mae doesn’t only play the violin. She learnt the piano before she started to play the violin.
　　She likes lots of different kinds of music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music she likes. Not only has she played in classical concerts all over the world, but she has also played in pop concerts with pop stars.
　　A lot of people don’t like the way she uses modern rhythms（节奏）, noisy drums and guitars in traditional（传统的）music. But Vanessa-Mae has done one important thing: she has brought many new fans to classical music. For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music.
　　51. Vanessa-Mae was a young        woman.
　　A. Chinese    B. English    C. Singaporean   D. French
　　52. The type of music Vanessa-Mae likes is       .
　　A. traditional music     B. different kinds of music
　　C. classical music       D. rock and roll
　　53.        listen to classical music because they like Vanessa-Mae.
　　A. Pop stars                   B. Young people
　　C. Classical musicians           D. Old people
　　54.        was the first instrument（乐器）she learnt to play.
　　A. The violin  B. The piano  C. The drums  D. The guitar
　　55. Vanessa-Mae has played music with        in all kinds of concerts.
　　A. Beethoven and the Beatles         B. young children
　　C. pop stars and classical musicians    D. new fans
　　C
　　For some people, it’s easy to get dressed for work. Pilots and police officers, for example, don’t have to make decisions about their work clothes. They wear uniforms to work every day.
　　For many office workers, however, it is more difficult to choose clothes for work. They do not wear uniforms to the office. Also, many organizations are changing their dress codes. They are allowing their employees（员工）to wear casual clothes to work.
　　The change to casual（随意的） work clothes began in the 1990s. At first, many companies（公司）in the United States allowed employees to wear casual clothes on one day of the week - Friday. Friday became “Casual Friday” or “Dress-down Friday”. Today, however, many companies are allowing their employees to wear casual clothes every day of the week.
　　Why are companies allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? Some studies show that people are producing and achieving more when they are wearing comfortable clothes. Some companies also like the casual dress code because they don’t need to buy special clothes for work. They can save money this way.
　　Unfortunately, a casual dress code can also cause problems. Sometimes employees dress too casually. They think they can wear anything. Many companies have rules （要求）about casual clothes. They list the kinds of clothes that are not “business-casual” clothes. Blue jeans, sandals, and sportswear are examples of clothes that are usually too casual for the office.
　　56. What do pilots and police officers wear to work?
　　A. Casual clothes. B. Sportswear.   C. Blue jeans.     D. Uniforms.
　　57. What does “a dress code” mean?
　　A. It tells what you can do and can’t do.   B. It is a rule about what clothes to wear.
　　C. It saves a lot of money.             D. It shows you what to say at work.
　　58. “Dress-down Friday” is a day when employees are allowed to        .
　　A. eat delicious food   D. have smart uniforms on
　　C. wear casual clothes to workD. work longer hours
　　59. Why do some companies agree to the casual dress code?
　　A. They don’t need to buy special clothes for work.
　　B. It is difficult for them to choose clothes for work.
　　C. They don’t like the same uniform.
　　D. It is easy for them to make decisions about work clothes.
　　60. What problems can a casual dress code cause according to the passage?
　　A. Employees seldom wear comfortable clothes.
　　B. Usually employees put on expensive clothing.
　　C. Employees always have too little on themselves.
　　D. Sometimes employees dress too casually.

2007─2008年度第二学期九年级英语调研检测2卷

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