浦东新区2010学年第二学期九年级英语质量测试试卷（五校联考）

2011.5

考生注意：1. 本卷总分150分，考试时间共100分钟。

2. 本卷有9大题，共106小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上不给分。

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法)

V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共 26 分)

31. Though he is only five years old, he can make __________ bed himself.

         A. the                        B. a                              C. an                             D. /

32. The bike isn’t mine. It belongs to __________.

         A. Mary’s                  B. me                            C. his                            D. her

33. Though Jenny has made very __________ progress in her English, she won’t give it up easily.

     A. few               B. a few                   C. little                   D. a little

34. Lucy usually rides to school. However, she goes to school __________ his father's car when it rains.

     A. on                B. in                      C. by                     D. with

35. The detectives kept their eyes __________ so that they wouldn't miss any people entering the building.

      A. opening           B. opened                 C. open                  D. to open

36. -- Who is knocking at the door?

   -- __________ must be Miss Liu.

         A. She              B. Her                    C. She's                   D. It

37. It's never a good idea to __________ before the exams.

        A. get up              B. turn up                 C. stay up                 D. take up

38. __________ water is needed after the earthquake happened.

        A. A large number of B. A large amount of     C. The amount of          D. The number of

39. Mark Twain is a famous writer __________ wrote 'The adventures of Tom Sawyer.

      A. which           B. he                    C. /                       D. that

40. __________ Roddy __________ Peterson is busy at the moment. You'd better ask someone else.

        A. Both...and          B. Not only...but also    C. Neither...nor             D. Either...or

41. To cut a long story short, he didn't agree with me. The underlined part means __________.

      A. To say something briefly                     B. To tell you a short story

      C. To cut a story                               D. To make a story

42. My parents often warn me __________ outside too late at night.

        A. don't stay          B. to not stay             C. not stay                D. not to stay

43. __________ great help he offered to us! We really appreciate it.

      A. What             B. What a              C. How                   D. How a

44. The river is __________ so that none of us dares to jump into it.

      A. 4-meter-deep     B. 4-meters-deep        C. 4 meters deep           D. 4-meter deep

45. About __________ the students take part in the interview.

      A. two hundred of    B. two hundred            C. hundreds of            D. two hundreds

46. To our great disappointment, when we got to the station, the train __________ already.

         A. left                        B. has left                      C. had left                     D. was leaving

47. Daniel’s handwriting is better than __________ in his class.

        A. the others           B. anyone else's          C. the rest                D. others

48. As a student, it is better not to keep silent when you __________ questions.

      A. ask             B. asks                  C. asked                 D. are asked

49. It's good manners to behave properly at the table. The underlined part means __________.

      A. probably                                             B. quickly              C. correctly           D. professionally

50. --_______ I leave the table now?

-- No. You __________ finish it up first.

        A. Must... needn't      B. Can... can't             C. May... must            D. May... may

51. Please go on with your work __________ you get tired of it.

      A. if                B. unless               C. because                 D. while

52. Good news! A new play will be __________ in the Grand Theatre.

      A. put on              B. put up                  C. put off                  D. put out

53. He is used to writing down his important thoughts in his __________.

        A. dairy               B. diary                   C. daily                  D. delay

54. Could you tell me __________?

      A. who would go with us                     B. that he is our monitor

      C. what's the matter with you                  D. where is the nearest post office

55. -- Would you like me to give him a message?

-- __________.

       A. Yes, I'd love to.    B. Yes, I would.          C. Yes, please.             D. Yes, I like it.

56. -- Don't forget to give my best wishes to your mother.

-- __________.

       A. No, I won't        B. Yes, I will.            C. Yes, I won't.           D. No, I will.

VI. 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): (共 8 分）

57. Tell me __________ what you think. (true)

58. Tom Sawyer sat down under, a tree to have a rest and left a large section __________. (paint)

59. We all agree this is one of the _________ cartoons this year. (fun)

60. Tomorrow is my little sister's __________ birthday. (four)

61. A lot of important government __________ took part in the celebration Of the hundredth anniversary of Qinghua University on April 24, 2011. (office)

62. Mike's __________ in winning the gold medal made all of us proud of him. (succeed)

63. Help __________ to some fish everyone.  (you)

64. Soon we will lake thee __________ exam for high school. (enter)

VII. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共 12 分)

65. My aunt does the homework twice a week. （改为否定句）

   My aunt __________ __________the housework twice a week. (doesn’t do)

66. I will finish my homework in another hour.（对划线部分提问）

   __________ __________ will you finish your homework? (How seen)

67. Father said to Betty, "Don't be afraid of making mistakes." （保持句意）

   Father told Betty __________ __________ be afraid of making mistakes. (not to)

68. He will draw us some pictures.（改为被动语态）

   Some pictures will he __________ __________ us by him.

69. David is a very careful worker.（改为感叹句）

   __________ __________ David does his work! (how carefully)

70. My relatives from Beijing had the time of their lives when they visited the China Pavilion.（保意相同句意）

   My relatives from Beijing __________ __________ when they visited the China Pavilion. (enjoyed themselves)

Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)

VIII. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共 56 分）

A. True or False (判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): ( 7 分)

    Venice is a city in the north east of Italy famous throughout the world for its art and buildings and the huge romance of its watery setting. These are the main reasons why tourists love to visit it But Venice attracts people for other reasons. Between February 26 and March 8 the city holds a carnival（狂欢节）. Then Venice is filled with excitement - or at least its tourists ate.

    Carnival was first a Christian festival in which people celebrated before the fasting（斋戒）period of Lent（四旬斋）, and remains so for many throughout the world. At the heart of carnival is the wearing of masks and costumes, dancing, eating and drinking.

    In Venice, as elsewhere, costumes were first used to hide social identities, so that the nobility（贵族）looked no different to the commoners. It allowed different social classes to mix, if only for a few days a year. But today the carnival is an event largely for tourists. "Venetians don't dress up for Carnival after the age of 10," said Giuseppina Giudice, who has lived in the city all her life. "All we see of Carnival is a river of strangers who flow into town to feel 'Venetian'. They fill it, hula cheap mask and leave with nothing but photographs of St Mark's Square."

   Some locals fear that Venice could become "little more than a theme park" because of the appeal（吸引力）of the city to tourists. In 2009, two social networking groups started organizing their own carnival. Visitors are invited. But there are no expensive tickets or fancy ball gowns（礼服）-just an old fashioned Italian street party.

   "Tourists are welcome to our party - the more we can show them about the real Venice rather than the postcard Venice, the better," said Matteo Secchi of Venessia. com, one of the two organizers.

 

71. Venice, an Italian city, is well-known for its art and buildings and watery setting.

72. The carnival is held from early February to late March.

73. Tourists are usually excited about the carnival.

74. Venetians don't dress up for Carnival until they reach 10.

75. Costumes were used so that the nobility looked different frcm the commoners.

76. Tourists take part in the activity without taking photos.

77. The tickets for the carnival which is organized by two social networking groups are free.

B. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 7 分)

     Rudolph Valentino was a famous movie actor in the United States in the 1920s. He acted in silent movies. They were called "silent" because they had no sound.

     in 1922, Valentino went to a jeweler's shop to buy a ring. He saw a beautiful silver ring in the shop, but the jeweler did not want to sell it to him. 'It'll bring you bad luck,' he said. 'It has a curse on it.'

     'I don't believe you,' Valentino replied. 'I don't believe in bad luck.' He bought the ring and put it on.

     In the same year, Valentino made a movie called the Young Rajah. For the first time in his life, he made a film that few people liked. Valentino put the ring away for a few years. His next two movies did well and Valentino forgot about the curse of the ring. Then, in 1926, he put the ring on again. Suddenly he fell ill, and a few hours later he died.

     Valentino left the ring to a friend in his will（遗嘱）. As soon as she was given the ring, she fell ill. She gave the ring to a young artist called Russ Colombo, and she immediately got better. However, Mr. Colombo died when his car was in an accident. He had the ring on at that time.

      Then a thief stole the ring. A policeman, who had a gun, saw him. The policeman shot the gun into the air to frighten the thief, but he accidentally shot and killed him. By now, many people believed that the ring was dangerous. No one wanted to wear it. The ring was put in a bank. Although the bank had never had a robbery before, just after the ring arrived, thieves robbed the bank twice. In one robbery, a couple of people died.

No one knows where the ring is now. No one wants to know!

78. Everyone who wore the ring __________.

      A. gave it away        B. Isled to sell it          C. had bad luck          D. liked it very much

79. The movie called The Young Rajah was welcomed by __________ people

      A. few                B. many                 C. quite a few           D. a lot 0f

80. The third person in the story to have bad luck with the ring was __________.

        A. Rudolph Valentino                          B. a thief

        C. Valentino's friend                            D. Russ Colombo

81. The jeweler did not want to sell Valentino the ring because he __________.

       A. wanted to sell it to a friend.                   B. had had it for a long time.

        C. knew there was a curse on it.                   D. did not like Valentino.

82. Which of the following statement is Not true according to the story?

        A. Valentino's friend gut iii right after Valentino gave the ring to her.

         B. Valentino didn't believe the ring will bring him bad luck at first.

        C. The bank had never been robbed before the ring arrived.

         D. The policeman shot the gun and killed himself carelessly.

83. The underlined word accidentally in this passage probably means __________.

      A. in a way that is not planned                    B. especially

      C. unpleasantly                                D. angrily

84. We do not know __________.

      A. what happened to the young artist              B. who put the curse on the ring

      C. who Valentino's friend gave the ring to       D. when Valentino wore the ring

C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文): (14 分)

     Chang Long in Shandong   85   talks to the gifts in Ids class except when he turns in homework to the girl group leader. The 13-year-old said he didn't know how to talk to girls, or   86   to talk to girls about.

     Cheng is not the only student in the country who faces problems communicating with the opposite gender（异性）. Earlier this month. Beijing announced that more schools in the city will try new classes in sex education later this year. For junior high school students, the program will teach them how to communicate with the opposite gender.

     Man Xinyi of Dalian welcomes the idea. The 13-year-old girl thinks it is important to   87   well with boys.

    "You may feel that it's not necessary to talk to boys in school. But, in the future when we grow up, men and women will work together and build families. How can you make things right if you never want to understand them?" she said.

     Man shared her impressions of boys: they cherish（珍惜）brotherhood; they don't care about   88   things; they usually look at the bigger picture.

     As a boy, Lin Zhan thinks girls are "careful and patient". And,   89   talking to girls, the 13-year-old from Anhui said he could get some "fresh and interesting ideas".

     Lin suggests that boys should he   90   while talking to girls. "Don't he shy or try to be cool. Just relax," he said.

     How about girls talking to boys? Yin Donghui, 13, of Beijing has some advice - choose the topics that boys like. "Computer games such as Plants VS Zombies   91   best. Boys are also crazy about sports," she said.

85. A. sometimes               B. always                  C. seldom                 D. often

86. A. what                    B. why                    C. when                  D. how

87. A. get off                   B. get back                C. get into                 D. get on

88. A. bed                     B. good                    C. small                  D. big

89. A. through                  B. with                    C. in                      D. for

90. A. eager                    B. nervous                 C. frightened              D. natural

91. A. like                     B. work                   C. do                     D. make

D. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给): ( 14 分）

     What is the h  92   topic at your school? In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School, it's money.

     The school ran an activity called "making a living" recently. About 800 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students were d  93   into 112 teams. They went out to make money by selling things.

     What did they choose to sell? Some sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bemboo baskets.

     A difficult start

     Hu Qi’s team decided to sell e  94   books in front of the Children Activity Center. They thought parents would like to buy such books for their children’s better development. But unfortunately, they came across urban management officers（城管）. The officers asked them to leave.

     "We played hide-and-seek（捉迷藏书）with the officers for the whole morning" said Hu. "Finally we gave up and moved to other place."

     WanS Yongyi and her team sold ice cream in a square. They didn't meet any officers. But f  95   people were interested in what they were selling.

     The team then put up a board saying the money was to help the "Project Hope" for country kids. It worked. More people came to their stall. A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. "He didn't want any change. He Mid he had p  96   on the poor kids and he wanted to help them," said Wang. "We were touched."

     They gave the 100 yuan to the "Project Hope" office later that day.

     Meng Zbeoxiaag and his team were luckier. They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 yuan and getting beck 80 yuan. They made 40.5 yuan.

     "It was not easy to make money," said Meng. "Some people just looked. O  97   just tasted but didn't buy."

     Now I know how hard it is for our patents to earn money we need to l  98   a happy life."

E. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 14 分)

     For the rest of the month, an epidemic（传染病）will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. College students will ignore piles of homework. Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.

     The disease, known as "March Madness", refers to the annual US men's college basketball tournament（联赛）. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April. More than 60 teams compete（竞争）against each other in a lose-and-you're-out tournament that eventually crowns（加冕）a national champion.

     Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness.

     The competition's high Hewer numbers mean that a lot of money can be made out of it. Schools make the tournament get on TV, which can bring them more fame and admissions applications. Advertisers and TV broadcasters also cash in on the games.

     The "madness", however, is not just about the money. College basketball players are not paid. They play for pride. And in some people's minds, that's worth more than anything else in the world. Most Americans feel a strong connection with their schools, whether it's an Ivy League university or a less well-known college. So when your university joins this tournament, that's worth celebrating.

     But perhaps an even greater part of the tournament is its uncertainty, knowing that anything could happen. The fun comes from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends. Husbands against wives Colleagues（同事）against bosses.

     A big school can lose to a small one. And players with no chance at the NBA can try to make their name on a last-second shot.

     In fact, the tournament's lasting appeal（吸引力）may just he the country's love of underdogs（弱者）. Americans love it when the little person can find success, and there may be no greater stage for fids in American sports than college basketball's "March Madness".

 

99. What is the disease known as?

100. When does the college basketball tournament begin?

101. How many Americans will be prisoned by the basketball festival madness?

102. Why schools make the tournament get on TV?

103. What is worth more in some people's minds?

104. It isn't certain for viewers to know who will be the winners, is it?

105. In your opinion, what can you get from a sport you love?

 

IX. Writing (作文): (共18分)

Write at least 60 words about the topic "Success in my eyes"（以“我眼中的成功”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。）

Use the following points as a guide

²  What is success in your eyes?

²  Why do you think so? (Give at least two examples.)

²  What would you do to achieve your success?