徐州市九年级第二学期期中联校检测检测英语试卷

一、单选题

　　You are sure to fail the exam ________ you study hard.

　　A. ifB. unlessC. sinceD. that

　　Look! Duo Bujie is getting the first place. ________ fast runner he is!

　　A. HowB. What aC. How aD. What

　　The number of giant pandas is getting ______ because their living areas are becoming farmlands.

　　A. less and lessB. larger and larger

　　C. smaller and smallerD. fewer and fewer

　　---What’s your favorite film

　　--- The Wondering Earth. It shows a lot of imagination, has a sense of humor.

　　A. too; toB. neither; norC. either; orD. not only; but also

　　Mind your ________, Linda! It’s not polite to make a loud noise at the dinner table.

　　A. situationB. suggestionC. expressionD. manners

　　--- There have been great changes in Xuzhou in the past few years.

　　--- I can’t agree more. The changes there are ________ imagination.

　　A. overB. pastC. beyondD. with

　　--- Do you think colors can ________ your feelings.

　　---I think so. Red makes me happy. So I like red very much.

　　A. influenceB. increaseC. interviewD. introduce

　　The math problem is so hard that ________ students can work it out.

　　A. a fewB. a littleC. manyD. few

　　I don’t know the teacher ________ is talking with Miss Wang.

　　A. whoB. whomC. whichD. what

　　---Must I go to medical school and be a doctor like you, Dad.

　　---No, you ________, son. You’re free to make your own decision.

　　A. can’tB. shouldn’tC. needn’tD. mustn’t

　　--- ________ is it from the park to the theatre.

　　---It’s about half an hour by underground.

　　A. How oftenB. How soonC. How longD. How far.

　　--- I wonder ________.

　　---Yes, of course.

　　A. why we will visit the museumB. when we will get to the museum

　　C. whether the museum is worth visitingD. what we can see in the museum

　　--- It’s a little cold. Would you mind closing the window

　　---________. I will do it right away.

　　A. Forget itB. No, you can’tC. Of courseD. Not at all

　　Xuzhou Department Store ________ for about 70 years. It will be moved soon.

　　A. has been openB. has openedC. has openD. has been opened

　　--- My son is too short to be a successful basketball player.

　　--- ________. Every dog has its day.

　　A. I think soB. It’s hard to sayC. That’s rightD. You’d better not

二、完型填空

　　Ever since I was ten years old, I have decided to do everything on my own though I couldn’t really understand them.

　　When I was young , I always ______ the summer holiday with my grandfather at the mountain farm in Western Norway (挪威). ______ my grandfather had to work all day himself, he could spare some time for me.

　　One day my grandfather said to me, “Come. I have a toy boat for you.” I followed him to a workroom _______. However, nothing like that was there ______ a block of wood. “Is that the boat...” I asked curiously. “No one can give you what you do for ______. With your own hands, you’ll make it out of wood. Then it will be the ______ boat in your heart.” Finally, I finished it with his help. Seeing the boat ______ in the lake Storvassdal, I felt ______ and thought everything nice around me.

　　Good times don’t last long. I had to ______ to America. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal. Moreover, I didn’t know that was the ______ time I saw my grandfather.

　　Years later, I returned to the mountain farm with my parents and children. I searched for my boat, but ______ . I was about to ______ when I touched something different under a big rock. Luckily, I found the boat which ______ grandfather and me. Holding it, I felt my grandfather was there and we ______ were together again.

　　As time went by, each time I held the boat, I carved (刻) the year. My grandfather seemed ______. I went on the last trip to the farm with my grandchildren. High in the mountain, I hope they would understand the importance of the boat and its simple sign of self-reliance (自立).

　　1.A. spentB. tookC. paidD. cost

　　2.A. UntilB. WheneverC. ThoughD. Because

　　3.A. carefullyB. unwillinglyC. unhappyD. excitedly

　　4.A. withB. exceptC. withoutD. besides

　　5.A. myselfB. yourselvesC. yourselfD. himself

　　6.A. hardestB. bestC. fastestD. cheapest

　　7.A. fallingB. jumpingC. swimmingD. floating

　　8.A. interestedB. terribleC. worriedD. proud

　　9.A. returnB. enterC. reachD. leave

　　10.A. finalB. firstC. nextD. another

　　11.A. succeededB. failedC. lostD. worked

　　12.A. look upB. set upC. give upD. pick up

　　13.A. mixedB. separatedC. connectedD. contacted

　　14.A. fiveB. fourC. threeD. two

　　15.A. deadB. farC. nearD. alive

三、阅读单选

　　My 10-year-old granddaughter was happy the day before yesterday because her mother took her and her friend to a park to celebrate Children’s Day. For a whole day, the two girls played heartily---no homework, no extra-curricular (课外) skills training. The happy life lasted only for one day. Yesterday, everything returned to normal: doing homework till late at night and going over lessons learned at last weekend’s English and “Olympic maths” courses.

　　Every time I went to my daughter’s house in the evening, I saw her sitting by the small desk in the room doing her homework. On the wall behind the desk are some words she wrote. One sentence reads: “Why is the exercise endless” Poor girl!

　　Although teachers have stopped giving after-school homework to primary school children, parents have been forcing their kids to attend different courses-learning English, painting, “Olympic maths” and so on, every Saturday and Sunday.

　　Are these extra-curricular courses really necessary in children’s education The answer is certainly “No”. Take the so-called “Olympic maths” for example. These courses are very difficult for the children to understand. Often, they are difficult even for adults.

　　1.The writer’s granddaughter celebrated her Children’s Day by ________.

　　A. playing all dayB. doing nothing

　　C. having a partyD. going over lessons

　　2.Usually at weekends the girl will ________.

　　A. stay at homeB. play with their classmates

　　C. do whatever she likesD. go to different kinds of training courses

　　3.The writer thinks that her granddaughter ________.

　　A. lives a happy lifeB. goes to bed early at weekend

　　C. has too much homeworkD. likes to do more exercises

　　4.Which is true according to the passage

　　A. The “Olympic Maths” is too difficult for kids.

　　B. The grandfather thinks playing is more important than learning.

　　C. Teachers often give students useless homework.

　　D. The parents don’t want their kids to do lots of homework.

　　The robin (知更鸟) stood on an old climbing plant, and sang his most beautiful song. Suddenly the wind made the plant move, and Mary saw something under the dark green leaves. The thick, heavy plant was covering a door. Mary’s heart was beating fast and her hands were shaking as she pushed the leaves away and found the keyhole. She took the key out of her pocket, and it fit the hole. Using both hands, she managed to unlock the door. Then she turned round to see if anyone was watching. But there was no one, so she pushed the door, which opened, slowly, for the first time in ten years. She walked quickly in and closed the door behind her. At last she was inside the secret garden!

　　It was the loveliest, most exciting place she had ever seen. There were old rose trees everywhere, and the walls were covered with climbing roses. She looked carefully at the grey branches (枝条). Were the roses still alive Ben would know. She hoped they weren’t all dead. But she was inside the wonderful garden, in a world of her own. It seemed very strange and silent, but she did not feel lonely at all. Then she noticed some small green shoots coming up through the grass. So something was growing in the garden after all! When she found a lot more shoots in different places, she decided they needed more air and light, so she began to pull out the thick grass around them. She worked away, clearing the ground, for two or three hours, and had to take her coat off because she got so hot. The robin hopped around, pleased to see someone gardening.

　　1.What did Mary see under dark green leaves

　　A. a robinB. a doorC. a keyD. rose trees

　　2.How did Mary feel after walking in the secret garden

　　A. excitedB. sadC. angryD. calm

　　3.How many years has the garden been empty

　　A. NeverB. 10C. 5D. 1

　　4.Why did Mary pull out the thick grass around the shoots

　　A. Because the thick grass was ugly.

　　B. Because she wanted to plant more rose trees.

　　C. Because she wanted to give shoots more air and light.

　　D. Because she felt hot in this secret garden.

　　Music and Art will enter the Entrance Exam for the high school in Jiangsu. Without music, life would be a mistake. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets (预算).

　　For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1,000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.

　　However, learning music is beneficial (有益的) in many ways.

　　(4) When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode (解码) them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

　　Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.

　　1.Some schools in the US cut music classes, because ________.

　　A. students in the US weren’t interested in music

　　B. they were too difficult to learn

　　C. there weren’t enough music teachers in the US

　　D. the schools wanted to control budgets

　　2.In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word “them” refer to (指代)？

　　A. Public schools.B. Fired teachers.

　　C. Parents in Chicago.D. Students in Chicago.

　　3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4

　　A. Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music.

　　B. Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds.

　　C. Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music.

　　D. Playing the piano needs people to see music notes.

　　4.What’s the writer’s opinion according to this passage

　　A. Music is as simple as it looks.

　　B. Music classes should be cut in some schools.

　　C. Music is a big part of our lives.

　　D. Music isn’t a very important life skill for us.