[江苏]2014届江苏省兴化顾庄九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷

There’s ______ art room_______ the top floor.

My parents and I_______ interested in films. _______ often go to the cinema.

About_______ of the books in our school library________ written in English.

－We’re going on a trip to Sanya.  －_______

—Do you know the girl _______ red?
—Yes, she is my cousin. I think red looks beautiful______ her.

—What about______ drinks?    —______

This pair of jeans______ too much. I don’t want to buy_______. 

—How long can we read in the library?    —It ______ from 8 a.m. to 6p.m..

—Mum, Where’s my______ shoe? I can’t______ it. —It’s under the desk.

—Hello! May I speak to Millie?   —_________.

—______ a week do you walk your dog?   —Less than three times a week.

—Which city would you like to______? —Fujian. I______ there twice.

Look! Here_______ Sandy. Her pink scarf_______ her silk blouse well.

Can you tell me what you’re going to_______ at the meeting?

—What do you think of your school? 　—________.

People have a special party______ the evening_______ October 31 to celebrate Halloween.

—Your design is the best. We all like it.   —__________.

－Must I make the writing plan now? － No, you______. You______ finish it tomorrow.

—What are you going to do this afternoon?
—There___________ a football match. I want to watch it.

—What did he say just now?   —He wondered___________________.

When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could 　  this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my 　     I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “　  You are going to college.” I was very 　    when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later, 　  took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends, 　  together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I 　  I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we 　  the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were 　 . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was　 . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the　 ?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage is even　 !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard 　  I could get into a good college. I 　  studying English so I decided to major in(主修) languages at college. Thanks to my father and our 　  to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

A．say B．do C．receive D．find

A．teacher B．friend C．father D．husband

A．Yes! B．No! C．Really? D．OK?

A．angry B．tired C．nervous D．surprised

A．he B．she C．it D．they

A．working B．studying C．singing D．farming

A．guess B．mean C．say D．hope

A．looked at B．returned to C．arrived at D．left for

A．outside B．inside C．back D．away

A．terrible B．wonderful C．funny D．special

A．workers B．guard C．building D．factory

A．better B．harder C．worse D．easier

A．but B．if C．so that D．such that

A．enjoyed B．stopped C．disliked D．minded

A．way B．idea C．plan D．visit

An astronaut’s work may sound exciting, but living in space isn’t as fun as you think. The website www.space.com lists the disadvantages of living in space. Here are some of them.
When astronauts work outside the station during spacewalks, they have to wear special gloves. The gloves are very tight. They can hurt the astronauts’ fingernails(手指甲) and even make them fall off.
In space, you don’t have many choices in what you eat. It’s hard to get fresh fruits and vegetables. It is not OK to eat bread because it leaves crumbs(碎屑). Crumbs could fly around everywhere.
In space, it is impossible to have a good shower because water can fly all over the ship and break the machines. Astronauts have to use a special water-shooting(喷水) gun and a washcloth.
Astronauts lose their bone strength quickly during their stay in space. So far, there is no way to solve this problem. They do exercise while they’re in space to try to keep their bones strong as long as possible.
Perhaps the hardest part of life in space is the feeling of loneliness. Astronauts sometimes have to spend weeks and even months away from Earth. They miss their friends and families.
People often think the life in space is       .

What may hurt astronauts fingernails while working in space?

. How do the astronauts have a good shower in space?

How do the astronauts keep their bones strong in space?

What’s the hardest part of life for astronauts in space?

If you want to eat some seafood, you can go to ______ 

You can call ______if you want to have a taste of Southern home cooking.

You can eat some ______ food in EIFFEL SOCIETY.

Which restaurant opens at 11:30 am every day?

You can have ______ choices if you want to have dinner at 6 pm on Saturday evening.

There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mouse woke up from his sleep and looked out of the hole. As he looked out, a fantastic smell came to his nose. “Cheese!” the mouse said happily to himself. “I’ll go and get it now and have it for breakfast.”
But then he remembered his parents’ words. His parents were very clever mice and often said to their son, “Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese.”
So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard a quiet “Miaow” and he knew the cat was there. He stayed in the hole and said to himself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait.”
The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimetres away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat’s noise. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof, woof.”
“It’s a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat won’t be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I’m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him.
When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”
Who told the mouse to wait before going for a piece of cheese?

How did the young mouse know the cat was there?

What was the cat’s meal?

Which language did the cat learn as a second language?

Which of the following sentences is Not True according to the passage?

Betty is not a traditional American beauty. She is unfashionable, has thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces (牙套) on her teeth. But this hasn’t stopped her from becoming one of American’s favorite TV characters. So how did she manage to do it?
The answer is that charm can be more attractive than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show Ugly Betty. The show is about her life as an office worker at a fashion magazine in New York.
　　The TV show has just started. Betty has many exciting experiences and romantic stories. Betty is often looked down on and laughed at by the people around. But she manages to do better than others with her hard work, charm and wisdom. The show tells us about how a girl goes from an ugly young duck into a beautiful swan.
　　Though you may know the ending of the show from the beginning and the story is familiar to many of us, it has still been a big success in the USA. It has attracted a large number of viewers and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the USA.“ I think you can see a bit of Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, because it’s about the underdog (弱者)”，says Ashley Jensen, who plays one of the characters on the show.
　　The program is so successful because of the good performance of the 23-year-old actress America Ferrera who plays the role of Betty. She brings the character alive on the screen.
Betty is popular because of ____.

In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “it” refers to (指的是) ____.

Which is the reason for the success of the show?

Which of the following is NOT true according of the show?

What can be the best title for the passage?

用所给词的适当形式填空(10分)
___________, our planet, Earth is becoming more and more crowded.(sad)
Most of my classmates had gone to celebrate Mr. Wang’s_________(44) birthday when I got there.
Humans on Mars will have to wear special boots to make___________(they) heavier.
The dancer fell down while she______________(spin) on the stage.
At present, it may be difficult to imagine_______________(develop) the desert.
The big prize is for one of the most famous_____________(invent).
I don’t think man will have robots______________(control) computers in the future.
Are you certain meals in the form of pills are much___________(taste)?
How many___________( toy) trains does your brother have?
The Summer Palace is a famous Chinese-style garden___________(build) in a natural landscape.

We often act like babies when we want to be happy. Why? I think it is because children have no worry and they don’t complain.
We can set a goal in our life and go after what we want. But if we’re  ①   all the time, how can we live happily? If you don’t believe me, count how many ①   you complain about something in one day. Whether it is being trapped in busy traffic or troubled by weather, or whatever it is, there are endless things you can find to complain about.
But it’s not just the outside condition that we will complain about. We complain about ourselves too. We complain that we don’t have enough time or money, and that we’re not smart enough, cool enough, or just enough. Many times we experience lots of unpleasant things because of complaining about things we can’t control.
Think about how much happier you would be if you stopped complaining? ②Much of what you complain about is out of your control anyway. What’s the meaning of thinking about something you have no power to change?
Finding out what you are complaining about is the first step to stop complaining. Ask yourself if you prefer to complain or to be happy.
It’s best to stop to enjoy the beautiful life, but not to waste time to complain.
在①处填上适当的词，使文章完整。                    
将②译成中文。
在文中找出下列句子的同义词：We can have a life goal and try to get it.
根据短文回答问题：
What should you do first to stop complaining?
找出文章的中心句。

How do you like to go to school like one in Oxford, England ? There are no r_________ classes. The students go from one group to a _________ when they want to. You may find students of fourteen, sixteen or twenty-five years old all in the s_________ group. They work at their o________ studies. Nobody tells them what they should or shouldn’t be doing. The day I visited, school b_________ at nine. Some s_________ were working at a tape recorder and listening to their lessons. Others were watching TV on Maths. A group was reading in the school l________. I didn’t see anybody just sit doing n__________. Everybody was studying. At lunch time I could also see students working. They were talking a________ their lessons while they were e_________. When you think of these students you can be sure it is one of the best schools in the world.

2013年1月10日，18位美国大学生参观了我校，交流了同学们的学习和生活情况。我的朋友Julia作为初三（6）班的代表之一参加了这次交流活动，收获很大。以下是Julia和外国友人交流的一些信息。请你帮我整理出一篇以“My friend Julia”为题的短文。
要求：1. 短文应包括所给内容要点，可适当发挥。
2. 表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯。
3. 词数：100词左右。