1、 2012 学年第一学期期末考试九年级英语试卷 第 1 页 共 8 页宝山区 2012 学年第一学期期末考试九年级英语试卷录音文字及答案Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力)I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解): ( 共 30 分)A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片 ): ( 6 分)1. Disneyland is a nice place to visit and it provides a lot of fun. (F)2. Many different kinds
2、of newspapers in English are published every day. (A)3. Elephants are strong enough to help people do heavy work. (G)4. Water is both important and precious, we must save it. (C)5. Jack enjoys playing the guitar in his free time. (D)6. Father Christmas , the joyful old man in the red suit and white
3、beard, is probably the most famous figure of Christmas. (E)B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你所听到的对话和问题，选择最恰当的答案): (10 分)7. W: Is Chile an African country, Mike?M: No, it isnt ,Sally. But most of us think so. Its in South America.Q: What are Mike and Sal
4、ly talking about? (A)8. M: Mary, has your brother returned from London? Id like to see him.W: Yes, John, but he flew to Beijing this morning. Maybe hell stay there for two days and then fly to New York for a one-week visit. I think hell be home after that.Q: When can John see Marys brother? (D)9. W:
5、 Do you always drive to work?M: Yes, I usually do. But when it rains heavily, I dont drive.W: How do you go then?M: I go by underground.Q: How does the man usually go to work? (A)10. M: Do I have to wash these school uniforms? I hate doing washing by hand.W: Well, why not leave them for the washing
6、machine? You just need to press the buttons, then everything will be OK.M: Good idea!2012 学年第一学期期末考试九年级英语试卷 第 2 页 共 8 页Q: What is the man going to do? (C)11. M: Could you please tell me something about the famous scientist Madam Curie?W: Sorry, I dont know much. Lets go and borrow a book about her f
7、rom the library.M: Thats a good idea.Q: What are they going to do soon? (A)12. M: Hi, Jane. Youve just been to the earthquake-stricken area, havent you?W: Yes. As a volunteer of the Red Cross, I went there with a medical team.M: How was the situation there?W: It was awful. Many houses and roads were
8、 destroyed. People badly needed tents, clothes, medicine and even water.Q: What did people need in the earthquake-stricken area? (B)13. M: Where to, Madam?W: Please drive me to the Grand Theatre. M: On the south side?W: No, the north side, opposite the museum.Q: Whats the probable relationship betwe
9、en the man and woman? (A)14. M: Would you like some warm water?W: No, thanks. I never drink water without ice.M: But thats bad for your stomach.Q: What else will the man probably say to the woman? (B)15. M: You look sad. Whats the matter?W: We had a geography test yesterday and I didnt do well in it
10、.M: How do you know that?W: Some students answers are not the same as mine.M: Dont worry. Perhaps theirs arent right.Q: What does the girl think of her geography test? (D)16. M: Do you still remember the serious flood happening in South China last summer?W: Sure. Ill never forget it.M: Me too. It ha
11、s affected 4.3 million people. About 180 people were killed and 52 are still missing. It caused about 14.5 billion yuan in damage. It is the worst flood in the 2012 学年第一学期期末考试九年级英语试卷 第 3 页 共 8 页past ten years in China.Q: How much in damage did the flood cause? (D)C. Listen to the passage and tell wh
12、ether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容 , 符合的用“ T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): (7 分 )We cant stop an earthquake, but we can do things to make sure that earthquakes dont destroy whole cities. First, it is not a good idea to build houses along lines where two of the earths plates join
13、together. Second, if you think there may be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on sand. Third, you must make the houses as strong as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may stay up.Scientists are afraid that one day an even bigger earthqu
14、ake will hit the part around San Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. However, people today are still building more houses. The population in and around San Francisco is now ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that if there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will b
15、e destroyed.17. F 18. T 19. T 20. T 21. T 22. F 23.TD. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks (听短文填空，完成下列句子。每空格限填一词): (7 分) Can you make some things that make you think of China. How many can you list? You may say tea, fireworks and so on, but dont forget porcelain.People always think porcelai
16、n is the symbol of China. Even the English word for porcelain is simply “ china”.During the Song Dynasty, a town called Changnan (Jindezhen today), in Jiangxi, became known as the “Porcelain City”. At the time, people began to take porcelain to Europe along the Silk Road. The European people liked t
17、he fine pieces from the mysterious country in the East. They decided to name the works after their place of production- Changnan, which they pronounced “china”.Chinese porcelain is known as fine art. People describe it as “white as jade(绿玉) ，thin as paper, bright as a mirror and musical as a bell”.P
18、eople also draw beautiful pictures, mostly flowers, plants and birds on porcelain. The pictures show different wishes and meanings. For example, peach means long life and dragons and 2012 学年第一学期期末考试九年级英语试卷 第 4 页 共 8 页phoenixes may bring good luck.Today, porcelain is still common in our daily life, y
19、ou can see it everywhere. And when you are going to choose a perfect wedding gift, theres nothing like a porcelain tea set. 24.forget 25. symbol 26.Dynasty 27.along 28.describe 29.mostly 30. dailyPart 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法)II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案 ): (共 20 分)31. A 32. B 33
20、. B 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. A41. A 42. D 43. B 44. B 45. B 46. A 47. D 48.A 49. B 50.CIII. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次）: （共 8 分）51.E 52.G. 53. D 54. H 55. I 56. C 57. F 58. A.IV. C
21、omplete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子）: (共 8 分）59. tenth 60. unwelcome 61. gently 62. varies 63. tradition 64.satisfying /satisfactory 65.changed 66.harm V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子,每空格限填一词）：（共 14 分）67. doesnt go 68. Ho
22、w can 69. are delivered 70. What an71. isnt he 72. warm enough 73. except/butwas Part 3 Reading and Writing ( 第三部分 读与写 )VI. Reading Comprehension ( 阅读理解 )：（共 50 分）A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）: ( 12 分)74. D 75. D 76. C 77. C 78.C 79.AB. Choose the words or expressions to complete the pa
23、ssage(选择最恰当的单词或词语,完成短文): (12 分)80. B 81. D 82. C 83. A 84. A 85. BC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使内容通顺, 每空格限填一词，首字母已给): (14 分)2012 学年第一学期期末考试九年级英语试卷 第 5 页 共 8 页86. being 87. turn 88.good 89. like 90.purposely 91. resources 92. nervousD. Answer the questio
24、ns (根据短文内容回答下列问题) ：（12 分）93. He helped farmers learn how to grow new crops and take better care of the soil.94. No, they dont.95. Because most schools only taught white children then.96. They could improve the soil by growing other crops, like peanuts.97. Peanuts could be used to make six different kinds of things in his laboratory.98.Because he wanted to let them understand peanut was a kind of useful and important plant.(Any reasonable answers can be acceptable.)VII. Writing (作文): (共 20 分) （略）
