[湖北]2014届湖北省潜江市九年级上学期第一次月考英语试卷

-Where is Jim? I can’t find him.     -Oh, he              to Beijing.   

-What do you think of these flowers？
-They are           beautiful          I love them very much.　　

- New York is a wonderful place to live .
-But many people        to buy a house to live in.

I think          important for us to learn a foreign language well.　　

-Congretulations to you for your success!
　 -Thank you!            your help, I can’t make it.　

-I hear that you have a brother,  but I have never seen him.  
-He         the hometown since many years ago.  

       you have talk to him  , you will find he is a good  person. 

Jane , what a nice coat you are wearing today!
- Thank you ! I ____ 480  yuan on it. 

Why do you come here?
-We are here to        the public          services. 

The traffic in the city          be terrible, but the city has improved a lot.  I think you will         it soon. 

-I have finished  the task          .  How about you?
-We haven’t finished ours            . 

Doing eye exercises         well in         our eyes. 

-I am not going to the amusement park.　　
　-               .  

-This problem is very difficult.       -I know,but Jack has           working it out. 

-We’ll have a day off！
-                       . That’s great!

Skylar is a four-year-old girl.  When she learned about Disneyland from TV last July, she began to       money.  She hoped that she could       there some day.  One day her parents surprised her with a trip to Disneyland, but they didn’t       her to use the money in her money box.When they returned, it was Chrismastime.  Skylar decided to buy gifts      her money.  But when she      a show on TV about a local homeless shelter(收容所) Called “The Road House”,she asked her mother again and again       “homeless” meant and why those children needed warm clothes.  She couldn’t get the homeless children off her     .  
Before Christmas, Skylar’s mother took her to a      to buy gifts.  Instead of buying gifts for herself or her family, Skylar       a coat and some socks for a little girl in the shelter.  When Skylar got home, she       the things she had bought in a beautiful box.Skylar was very      at waiting for Christmas! She was not thinking about Santa Claus or the gifts she would      . She was thinking about going to the shelter and giving gifts to a       child.On Christmas Eve, Skylar and her family drove to the shelter and she gave the beautiful     to a girl, Skylar was very happy helping someone else,       her family decided to make the journey to the homeless shelter a tradition.  What a beautiful heart young Skylar has!

A．lend B．save C．use D．waste

A．cross B．move C．live D．go

A．teach B．help C．ask D．invite

A．from B．with C．under D．on

A．saw B．performed C．held D．desingned

A．where B．when C．how D．what

A．mind B．hand C．wish D．plan

A．school B．bank C．store D．church

A．wore B．received C．bought D．provided

A．broke B．put C．washed D．mixed

A．angry B．proud C．surprised D．excited

A．offer B．get C．pack D．make

A．clever B．successful C．homeless D．careful

A．box B．sweater C．card D．flower

A．but B．or C．and D．though

Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager.  He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger.  And he escaped from several accidents.  The manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak highly of him.   Mr. Baker， one of his friends， works in a factory outside the city.  It's far from his house and he has to go to work by bus.  As the traffic is crowded in the morning， sometimes he's late for the work.  His manager warns the young man that he will be  sent away unless he gets to his office on time.  He hopes to  buy a car， but he hasn't enough money.  He decides to buy an  oldd one.    He went to the flea （跳蚤） market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car.  He said he wanted to have a trial （试验） drive， the seller agreed.  He called Mr.  King  and asked him to help him.  Mr.  King examined the car at first and then drove it away.  It was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street.  At first he drove slowly and it worked well.  Then he drove fast.  And when he reached a crossing， the lights turned red.  He tried to stop it， but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street.  A policeman told him to stop， but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.  "Didn't you hear me？" the policeman asked angrily.   "Yes， I did， sir，" said Mr.  King， "Since it doesn't listen to me，can it obey you？"
From the passage, we know Mr. King is a         .

Mr.  King is paid more because he _______.

Mr.  Baker went to the flea market to _______.  

Mr. King tried to stop the car when _______.  

Which of the following is true？

Alex Rawlings, from Oxford University, Has been named the UK’s most multilingual(说多种语言的)person.  The 21-year-old British student can speak 11 language and is learning a 12th, He knows English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew.Rawlings’ mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French when he was growing up.  Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now.  He taught himself other languages like Dutch because he wanted to talk to people on his travels or simply because he thought the language was interesting or beautiful.“When I was a kid, I always wanted to speak different languages,” Rawlings said.  “My parents often took me to my mom’s family in Greece.  My dad worked in Japan for four years.  I was always frustrated that I  couldn’t talk to other kids in those countries because of the language. ”
Thanks to his talent for languages, Rawliings has made many friends.  He also thinks that picking up new languages getseasier over time.Rawlings plans to perfect his Russian while studying in the small Russian city of Yaroslavi and the next language he plans to learn is Arabic.“No matter how many languages I Iearn, my favorite language is always Greek because I have spoken it since childhood,” he said.
Where does Alex Rawlings come from?
A. The UK.       B. The USA.     C. Germany.      D. Italy.
Alex Rwlings’ mother spoke to him in the following languages EXCEPT     when he was young.

How is Alex Rawlings going to improve his Russian?

Alex Rawlings likes Greek best because      .

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

Now satellites are helping to forecast（预报）the weather.  They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world.  The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms（形成）.  They send these pictures to the weather stations.  So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world.  From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.　　 Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures.  When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare（比较）them with earlier ones.  Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours.  This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too.  In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
　 So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists.  Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours.  Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days.  Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.
Satellites travel _____________.

Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because __________.

Meteorologists forecast the weather __________.

Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.

The main（主要的）idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _________.

In a small village in England about 150 years ago, a mail coach (邮车) was standing on the street.  Around the coach many people were talking to one another about it.  Mail coach did not come to that village so often in those days.  People had to pay a lot of money to get a letter.  The person who sent the letter did not have to pay.  The person who got the letter had to pay the postage (邮资).  “Here?s a letter for Miss Alice Brown,” said the mailman.  Everyone turned to a girl of about eighteen who was standing by the coach.  “I?m Alice Brown,” she said in a low voice.  The mailman gave her the letter.  Alice looked at the envelope for a minute, and then handed it back to the mailman.  “I’m sorry I can?t take it,” she said.  “I don?t have enough money to pay the postage. ” The people standing around were very sorry for the girl.  They were silent for a while.  Then a gentleman came up to the mailman and paid the postage for Alice’s letter.  When the gentleman gave her the letter, she said with a smile, “Oh, thank you very much, sir.  This letter is from the young man I’m going to marry.  His name is Tom.  He went to London to look for work.  He has to get enough money for our marriage (结婚).  I’ve waited a long time for this letter, but now don’t need it.  I don’t have to open the envelope because there is nothing inside. ” “Really?” the gentleman said in surprise.  “How do you know that?” “He told me that he would put some signs on the envelope.  Look, sir, this cross in the corner means that he is well, and this circle means he has found work.  That’s very good news. ” The gentleman was Sir Rowland Hill.  He did not forget Alice and her letter.  “The postage to be paid by the receiver has to be changed,” he said to himself.  He thought and thought for many years.  At last he had a good plan.  “The postage has to be much lower,” he said.  “What about a penny (便士) for a letter? And the person who sends the letter pays the postage.  He has to buy a stamp and put it on the envelope. ” “A good idea!” people said when they heard of his plan.  The Government decided to adopt (采纳) the plan.  The first postage stamp was put out in 1840.  It was called the “Penny Black”.  It had a picture of the Queen on it.  
The first postage stamp was made ________.  

The girl handed the letter back to the mailman because ______.

When the girl returned the letter to the mailman _____.  

Alice knew how Tom was getting from the signs on the envelope because ______.  

The idea of using stamps was found by ______.  

根据下列句子的汉语意思和英文提示，完成句子；每空一词。
在过去的十年里，中国发展迅速。
In the past ten years, China __________ __________rapidly.
世界人口每年以八千万递增。
The population of the world_______  ________ 80 million.
他们选定了适当的方式去帮助泽克。
They ________ _________suitable ways  to help Zack.
汤姆的父母一直对他要求严格。
Tom’s  parents  are __________ _________ him all the time.
中国人口比美国人口多多了。
The population of China is __________ _________ than that of America.

请根据下面的提示，以“人口”为题，写一篇80词左右的短文。
人口问题是当今世界最大的问题之一；
中国是世界人口最多的国家；
人口过多，会带来许多严重问题（请举几个例子说明）；
中国是否已采取措施去控制人增长；
目前世界人口仍在持续增长，因此，我们必须尽最大努力去控制人口增长。