1、江苏省江阴市河塘中学 2015-2016 学年九年级上学期第三次月考考试时间为 120 分钟。试卷满分 110 分。第卷 （客观题 共 70 分）一、听力测试 （本大题共 20 分，每小题 1 分）第一节（共 10 小题）听下面 10 段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。听第 1 至 10 段材料，回答第一至 10 题。1.What are they talking about ?2.Where is the mans father?3.Whats the mans s
2、uggestion?4.What did the boys mum buy yesterday?5. How much do the notebooks cost?A. 6 yuan. B. 16 yuan. C. 60 yuan.6. Which subject does the boy have some difficulty in?A. Chinese B. English C. Maths. 7. Why do they wear the strange glasses?A. Because they like them. B. Because they can keep their
3、eyes safe.C. Because they want to be cool.8. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a shop. B. In a bank. C. In a restaurant. 9. What is Tom going to do after supper? A. He is going to get ready for his talk. B. He is going to take a walk with the woman.C. He is going to give a
4、talk on environment.10. What do we learn from the story? A. There are many rainy days in May in the world. B. They are preparing to go to the mans hometown.C. The weather is nice, but it is very cold.第二节（共 10 小题）听下面 3 段长对话和短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。读两遍
5、。听第 1 段对话，回答第 11 至 12 小题。11.How many times has the boy read the novel ?A. Never B. Twice C. Three times12.What will the girl probably do ?A. She will borrow the novel B. She will go to buy the novel.C. She will work in the bookshop听第 1 篇短文，回答第 13 至 15 小题。The two roomsFloor On the _ floorHave a good
6、look at the beachPrice The price for each room is _ each nightBreakfast Breakfast is free from 7：00 to _13Asecond Bthird Cfourth14A$200 B.$300 C$40015. A730 B8：30 C9：30听第 2 篇短文，回答第 16 至 20 小题。16.Where did Mr. Read live? A. Near a small hotel. B. Near the sea. C. In a big city.17.Why did Mr. Reads re
7、latives like to stay at his house in summer? A. Because they could spend less money.B. Because Mr. Read invited them.C. Because the hotels there were not comfortable.18.When did Mr. Reads sister want to come for a visit? A. In June. B. In July. C. In August.19.How long did Mr. Reads sister and her f
8、amily plan to stay? A. For a week. B. For half a month. C. For ten days.20.How did Mr. Reads neighbour prevent his relatives from coming to his home? A. He lent money to them and then asked them to stay in a hotel.B. He asked his relatives to pay for their living.C. He borrowed money from the rich r
9、elatives and then lent it to the poor ones.二、单项填空 在 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共 14 分，每小题 1 分)1. Its not good idea to drive for four hours without break .A. a; a B. the; the C. a; the D. the; a2. _ Amy likes to go to the cinema, but she doesnt like to see horror films.A. Since B. As C. Though
10、 D. 不填3. The _ documentary describes _ in the future.A. two hours; how Wu Xi will be like B. two-hours; what Wu Xi will be likeC. two-hour; how Wu Xi will be D. two hours; what Wu Xi will be like 4. -Look! That man looks like Mr. Brown. -It _be him, for he _to America. A. cant; has gone B. may not;
11、has gone C. mustnt; has been D. cant; has been5. Lets go fishing if it _this weekend. But nobody knows if it_.A. is fine; will rain B. will be fine; rains C. is fine; rains D. will be fine; will rain6. He lives to Joy, and in the factory he works with her as well.A closely；closely B close；closely C
12、close；close D closely；close 7. Could you tell me _ ?A. what she had done with the newspapers B. how we can call this ladyC. what is wrong with the little boy D. which gate I should go 8. Things are _ on Mars _ on Earth because of gravity.A. much lighter; than that B. much lighter; than thoseC. not s
13、o light; as that D. not so light; as those9. Rather than_ to school by bus, he preferred_ a bike.A. to go; to ride B. go; riding C. going; to ride D. go; to ride10. The National Sports Meeting will be covered _ tomorrow evening.A. life B. alive C. living D. live11. Many teenagers like to do what the
14、ir parents mind _ they have grown up.A. showing B. to show C. showed D. show12. A large number of Hollywood movies _ in China every year. The number of imported (进口) Hollywood movies in 2014 _ 34.A. are shown; is B. are shown; are C. is shown; is D. is shown; are13. Ten _ the fans voted online for t
15、heir favourite singers.A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of14. How are you going, buddy? . A little busy, though.A. Not too bad B. Cant be worse C. On my own D. By train三、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 （本大题共 10 小题，每小题1 分，共 10 分）Street art is a very
16、popular form of art. It is 15 quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings and street signs from Beijing to Paris. Art experts(专家) say that the movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults would use paint in specialcans to put their words and other images on walls and cars 16 th
17、e city. One well-known street artist is Swoon. She 17 paper images of people and puts them on walls. Swoon didnt start her career as a street artist. She studied art, but 18 time went on, she got bored with the works she saw in museums or galleries(美术馆). The people in New York enjoy Swoons strong an
18、d interesting 19 . Street artists do their work for a reason. Some of them choose street art because it is 20 to the people. Some artists try to express their opinions in their works. Advertising companies also use street art in their advertisements because it gives the deep impression(印象)and energy
19、. The New York store Saks Fifth Avenue 21 used a street artists design for their shop windows and shopping bags.In todays world the Internet has a big 22 on street art. Artists can show their pictures to the audience all over the world on the Internet. Many people, 23 , say that seeing a picture on
20、the Internet is never as good as seeing it live. Street art lives with the energy and life of a big 24 . There it will continue to change and grow. 15Awatching Bmaking Cspreading Dsearching16Abehind Bby Cover Daround 17Acuts down Bcuts out Cturns down Druns out18Aas Bafter Cbefore Dwhile19Astyle Bst
21、ory CproblemDprogram20Asafer Blower CcloserDstranger21Ahardly Brecently Cseldom Dnever22Asuccess Bdiscount Cpresent Dinfluence 23Aanyway Bhowever Cotherwise D.therefore 24Amuseum Bcountry Ccity Dstreet四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 （本大题共 13 小题，每小题 2 分，共 26 分）ABirthdays are ce
22、lebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country-candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:DenmarkA flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is
23、having a birthday. Presents are placed around the childs bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up.IndiaUsually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class. Thei
24、r best friends help them to do this.JapanThe birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh for girls and fifth for boys.HollandThe birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also puts
25、flowers on the birthday childs chair to make it beautiful.25. When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, what can you see outside the window? A. flowers B. presents C. a flagD. a chair26. Flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child in .A. Japan B. Denmark C. India D. Holland27. In India, b
26、irthday children .A. give out chocolate to their classmates B. share chocolate with their best friendsC. go to school in white clothes D. wear new clothes to mark the special timeBIn the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wa
27、nts people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up withthe Joneses“ is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at
28、 the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hi
29、red a servant(仆人) and gave big parties for their new neighbors.It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York
30、 City.Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses“ because “Jones“ is a very common name in the United Sta
31、tes. “Keeping up with the Joneses“ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the w
32、orld. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.28. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _.A. want to be as rich as their neighborsB. want others to know or to think that they are richC. dont
33、want others to know they are richD. want to make themselves happy29. It can be inferred（推断）from the story that rich people like to_.A. live outside New York City B. live in New York cityC. live in apartments D. have many neighbors30. According to the writer, it is_ to keep up with the Joneses.A. cor
34、rect B. interesting C. impossible D. goodCAlthough I didnt have any interest in being a school bus driver, I became one. Many years later, I was still working on the school bus. There are so many good reasons. Firstly, the talk brought me different kinds of information. I also got to hear all the fa
35、mily secrets of the newcomers. I have a toy bear who was a great comforter(安慰者 ) for the little ones. The kids got to look after him on the trip to school and he waited patiently for them to get on for the trip home.Our bus would often pass a place where we could see some alpacas (羊驼) in front of a
36、farm house. Little Michael would cry excitedly from the seat, “Look, Miss! Look at the camels!” He used to put his head out of the bus window. When I warned him that a little insect would come into his nose if he wasnt careful, he smartly gave up the habit.I remember a little girl got on the bus one
37、 morning 5 years ago and sobbed(抽泣) all the way to school. We arrived at the school gate. As she waited to get down the bus, she threw her arms around my neck and cried that her grandfather had died the night before.A school bus driver needs to keep one eye on the road and the other on the mirror to
38、 watch what the little ones are doing down the back.Now, its important to think how many lives Ive been responsible(负责的) for, and how many kilometers Ive driven in order to get my passengers home safely during the 20 years. Ive enjoyed it, but its time to rest and park my school bus31. What does the
39、 underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refer to (所指)?A. toy bears B. kids C. school buses D. secrets 32. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Children didnt like the driver.B. The driver likes the job all the time.C. The little girl was excited at seeing the camels.D. Children sometimes talked
40、about their family secrets on the bus.33. The writer didnt give up her job because .A. driving was her hobbyB. children made her valuableC. drivers were paid wellD. children loved her toy bearDIts good to make mistakes, and here is why. First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new
41、 things. Its always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you make yourself stronger? The simple answer is “You cant.” Look around you. With very few exceptions(例外), either everything you see in your
42、 world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something newAnother good thing about mistakes is this: When you are making mistakes, you are learningConsider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that
43、many times, he said that he hadnt failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didnt workFinally, when you make a mistake you are much closer to success. Why? Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some numbers of things before you succeedEvery time you make a mista
44、ke, you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer. But this all doesnt mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences(后果) of a mistake. However, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits（限度） so that in the event that it doesnt wor
45、k out the way you want it to, you will be in a normal place to try againWe all have limited time and money so dont blow them all on one problem. Realize that it probably wont be perfect the first time and deal with these resources(资源) properly so you can learn, make corrections, and try it againIf y
46、ou accept and use your mistakes in this way ,you can make great progress in your business and your careerThere is an old saying that goes, “If youre not making mistakes, youre not trying hard enough.”So go ahead and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And succeed34From the second paragraph, we can k
47、now that _A. mistakes are unnecessary for development B. we are afraid of trying new thingC. its common for people to make mistakes D. mistakes are better than not trying35The underlined word “eliminate” means _A. study B. remove （消除） C. accept D. solve36According to the article, one thing you shoul
48、d pay attention to about making mistakes is_A. not making the same mistakes B. accepting the punishment willinglyC. taking consequences into consideration D. trying things out one by one37What would the writer probably suggest we say to ourselves when we make a mistake?A. Never mind, I can always try again B. Id better stay out of trouble C. Ok! Now I can learn something
