江苏省无锡市惠山九年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

Before I talked with ______ scientist, I had never met ______ knowledgeable person like him.

—_______ will your parents take you to Shanghai?
— In about two months, after I finish the final exams.

—Tibet（西藏）, a part of China can not suddenly become its own country.
— _____________. All the Chinese people don’t agree with it.

— Shall we go to the station to meet our cousins?
— I’ m afraid you _______. They will take a taxi by themselves.

_______ of the football players playing for the club _______ born in _______.

—You’d better _________ some popcorn or soft drinks before the film begins.
—But I think it’s better _________ anything while watching the film.

I am going to Tian’anmen Square to watch the raising of the national flag with Lin Tao ________ it rains early tomorrow morning.

Robots are _________ to do the same things _________ people.

— My computer doesn’t work. It needs _______ soon.
— Why not have David _______ it? Nobody can if he can’t.

The global financial crisis(金融危机) has made many people ____________ their money.

— Your father seemed worried about something this morning, why?
— He wanted to ____________.

How _______ the song she sings sounds! I have never_______ a better voice.

— Did you watch the programme I Am a Singer on Friday night? It was wonderful.
— I wish I had, but I ____________ for the mid-term examination.

— Have you been wasting time on cartoons again?
— __________. I’ve been working all the time and I need a break.

Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen.
Successful people         how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like having a          to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are          drivers. One has a destination（目的地）in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goals or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver,          she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas (汽油). Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making           and setting goals.        people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set—and they aren’t difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must        what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.
Research tells us that when we write a goal down, we are more         to achieve it. Written goals can be          regularly, and have more power. Like a contract（契约） with yourself, they are harder to forget. Also         you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to make yourself continuously aware of situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.

A．imagine B．discuss C．experience D．show

A．guide B．friend C．map D．sign

A．two B．such C．some D．both

A．or B．and C．but D．so

A．plans B．money C．friends D．maps

A．Lucky B．Young C．Common D．Unsuccessful

A．practise B．change C．accept D．decide

A．willing B．stressed C．likely D．worried

A．improved B．reviewed C．proved D．reached

A．although B．until C．when D．before

Imagine climbing the three highest mountains in Britain. Now, imagine climbing all three in 24 hours. That’s what Rebecca Shedden, a British schoolgirl did and she’s only eight years old. She is one of the youngest people who have arrived on top of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis, the three highest mountains in Britain.
Rebecca and her dad finished the climb, a total of about 11,000 feet (3,353 metres), in 23 hours and 15 minutes. That includes the time spent driving to each mountain: a distance of 500 miles!
Climbing isn’t new to this schoolgirl. She took her first trip up a mountain in her dad’s backpack when she was just six months old!
“One of the best parts about this climb was Scafell Pike,” said Rebecca. “I’ve never walked in the dark before, and it was fun seeing all the sheep eyes as they ran around in the dark.”
Rebecca brought along food, water, a medical kit (药箱), a hat, a map, a lamp, a camera to take photos and even a mobile phone in case (万一) something went wrong. Along the way, she and her dad had fun by making up mountain songs.
“All my friends like to stay inside playing computer games, but I like being outdoors best,” says Rebecca. Rebecca also enjoys swimming and skiing.
The young climber doesn’t plan to stay on flat land for long. She wants to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. “And I would like to climb Mount Qomolangma one day, too,” she said.
What is the distance up and down all these three highest mountains in Britain?

Why did Rebecca like climbing Scafell Pike best of the three trips?

Rebecca likes climbing probably because ______.

A small boy at summer camp received a bag of cookies in the mail from his mother. He ate a few, and then put the rest under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a cookie. The box was gone.
That afternoon a camp leader saw another boy sitting behind a tree. He was eating the stolen cookies! “That young man,” he said to himself, “must be taught not to steal.”
He returned to the group and found the boy whose cookies had been stolen. “Billy,” he said, “I know who stole your cookies. Will you help me teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes. But aren’t you going to punish him?” asked the puzzled boy.
“No, that would only make him hate you,” the leader explained. “I want you to call your mother. Ask her to send you another box of cookies.”
The boy did as the leader asked. A few days later, he received another box of cookies in the mail.
“Now,” said the leader, “the boy who stole your cookies is down by the lake. Go down there. Share your cookies with him.”
“But he’s the thief!” protested (抗议) the boy.
“I know. But try it – see what happens.”
Half an hour later, the camp leader saw the two come up the hill, hand in hand. The boy who had stolen the cookies was trying to get the other to accept his jackknife (大折刀). He wanted to pay for the stolen cookies. The other boy was just refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few old cookies weren’t that important anyway.
When might the cookies be stolen?

Which of the following is NOT the camp leader’s intention (意图)?

After the incident, the boy who stole the cookies might ______.

This is Yoga! (瑜伽) Experience this for yourself.
How do you feel when you leave a yoga class? Do you feel relaxed, full of energy, prepared and ready to face anything and everything? Do you feel better than when you walked in?  If you have answered “No^”’ to these questions then you are NOT doing yoga.
After walking out of the class, do you feel that you have been pushed through, that theclass was hard，that you have less energy at the end of the class, that you have not got any energy, or that you are still tight and full of stress? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you are NOT doing yoga.
Are you forced (被迫) into positions(姿势) beyond what you can? Do you know why you are doing the actions in the “yoga” class you attend?
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With regular attendance and practice, the quality of your life improves with betterhealth, and stress-free mind.Your family and friends will notice the difference. You will feel the difference forbetter. This is because you are doing yoga.
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Yoga is a science. You are the scientist, and you are the one in the science of yoga.
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At which time can people learn yoga according to this passage?

The passage suggests but doesn’t tell directly (直接地) that ______________.

Which is NOT true if people follow the right ways to do yoga?

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam (中考) in 2014 instead of 2016.
On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (北京市教委) announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced from 120 to 100. Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50. Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.
“The change won’t affect me. I feel so lucky because English is my strongest subject,” said Wang.
Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study, and reduces students’ stress, said Li Yi, spokesman of the commission.
“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage (运用) of English,” said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”
There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams. For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its college entrance exams.
But, “being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.
English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji once said: “In a globalizing economy (全球经济), if you cannot communicate with foreigners, how can one be part of the world economy?”
Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.
“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue (母语),” he said. “But still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”
In the Beijing senior high school entrance exam of 2016, _____.

The underlined phrase “can be taken lightly” in this sentence “being tested for less points  doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” is closest in meaning to “_____________”.

What is the main purpose of the change?

What does Bai Ping think of the reforms (改革)?

根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
I’m sorry to hear a lot of farmers’ houses fell down in the strong wind, including      (they).
The          (decide) you have made don’t seem so good. You need to be more thoughtful.
Man From the Stars, one of the most popular South Korean dramas, attracted plenty of audience, _______________(尤其)girls.
Mum, I have just cleaned my room. Do you think it far               (tidy) now？

根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
It is well known to everyone that one fifth is eight           (四十).
Have you thought of a useful way to solve it after __________ (考虑) the problem for 3 days?
I don’t like that I’m often ______________ (比较)with my classmates by my mother.
Is it true that the robot can do ______________(无论什么) it is asked to?

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。(本大题共8分，每小题1分)　
“Goodbye, then”, she said, without even ___________ (look) up from her book.
It’s said that the new film directed by Feng Xiaogang ____________ (film) in two months.
Lily misses her grandmother very much because her grandmother ___________ (not reply) to
her last letter yet.
The more a student ____________ (encourage), the more easily he may make progress.
The teacher told me I ______________ (be) better at English if I tried my best.
Which do you enjoy ___________ (spend) your weekend, staying at home or shopping?
The Smiths_________ (fly) to New York the day before yesterday and they will come back in 2 days.
Bill went to see his dentist to pull one bad tooth out yesterday. That bad tooth __________ (hurt) him for long.

先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。
You must have seen them somewhere, whether at the gate of a hotel or a park, standing on the posts (柱子) of a bridge, o___ most famously at the gate of Peking University and along the sides of the Lugou Bridge.
According to stories, stone lions had magical powers. They could predict (预言)  n______ disasters, such as floods and earthquakes. People b______the eyes of sculpted (雕刻的) lions would turn red or shed (流出) tears of blood when a disaster was about to happen. Stone lions were the protectors of the family and brought p_____and safety.
Stone lions have been sculpted on b____ in China since the Eastern Han Dynasty (朝代).
H______, lions are not native(本国的) to China; they were first  i__ during the Eastern Han Dynasty when they were given to the Chinese emperors as a tribute (贡品). They were k____ as pets and were considered a very special animal by royalty (皇室).
In ancient(古代的) times, sculpted lions a________ in palaces, temples and outside the homes of rich people and the aristocracy (贵族). Gradually, the tradition became p____ among common people across China.

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子,并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。(本大题共9分，每小题1.5分)　
晚上开车不开灯是违法的。
Driving at night ____________________________________________________________.
你能否向我解释一下，为什么我的电脑经常出故障？
Can you                                                                   ?
目前所有学生们都全身心投入到复习迎考之中。
At present, all the students ___________________________________________ for exams.
为了少花钱，Alice昨天在网上买了一台电脑。
Alice bought a computer online yesterday ________________________________________.
到目前为止，来自西部的老师已适应了这儿的生活。
So far, the teachers from the western areas ___________________________________ here.
当时他们很难在这么短的时间内想出新的办法。
At that moment, they ________________________________________in such a short time.

假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Bill来信询问你家乡的雾霾天气情况如何。请你根据以下要点写一封电子邮件，谈谈目前的情况和你的做法。内容要点如下：
1．自去年冬天以来，无锡已发生多次雾霾天气。雾霾对我们的日常生活已造成很大危害。
2．由于雾霾交通事故时有发生，许多人因为吸入有毒的空气而生病。
3．人们已认识到保护环境的重要性，政府正采取措施预防雾霾天气的发生。
4．作为一名中学生，你将……。
参考词汇：雾霾：smog 雾霾天气 hazy weather  有毒的poisonous
注意：1. 短文须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2. 第4要点内容须用2～3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
3. 词数80个左右，短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Bill,
I’m glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your caring for the weather and my health. Now I’d like to tell you something about the smog.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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Would you like to tell me some good ideas? I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua