2015届山西忻州第六中学九年级上期中英语试卷（带解析）

1. My cousin Mary was born ＿＿＿ a singing voice.
A.from              B.in                C.with

2. Excuse me, do you know ＿＿＿?
Yes,there is a flower shop on Jiefang Road.
A.how can I buy some flowers
B.where I can buy some flowers
C.how I can buy some flower

3. It’s dangerous to swim in this river.
Yes, you are right. The government has＿＿people not to swim in it.
A. trained
B.warned
C.encouraged

4. If  you  ask him ＿＿,  he will be happy to help you.
A. politely           B.quickly             C.loudly

5. -- Mum, I did best in our group discussion today.
---Well done！I ＿＿＿  you.
A.am mad at
B.am patient with
C.am proud of

6. Many trees and flowers ＿＿＿ in our city last year and they made our city a beautiful garden.
A.have panted
B.are planted
C. were planted

7. I can’t go to the meeting ＿＿＿ , but I’ll send someone to speak for me.
A.in danger
B.over and over again
C. in perso

8. --Do you have ＿＿＿ in Beijing?
--Yes. My aunt and uncle live there.
A. cousins
B. partners
C.relative

9. What do you think of my shirt ? It ＿＿＿ cotton. It looks nice on you.
A. is make in
B.is made of
C. is made into

10. I used to ＿＿＿ in the morning,  but now I’m used to ＿＿＿  before going to bed.
A. read ;  read
B. reading ; read
C. read ;  reading

11. The song Where did the time go? tells us that our parents grow old without
being noticed.We should stay with them as ＿＿＿ as possible.
A.often               B.soon             C.little

12. How about dressing up as goats on Halloween?
＿＿＿. What should we prepare?
A.Have a good time
B.I don’ t think so
C.That sounds like fu

13. We all know travel can ＿＿＿ our knowledge of the world.
A.discover
B.develop
C.increase

14. David finds ＿＿＿ difficult to communicate with his parents
A.one               B.it                 C.thi

15. --How do you learn English?
--I learn English ＿＿＿ practicing conversations with friends.
A.on                B.by               C.i

1. Every child has his own dream . Every child hopes to be an adult .        ,is it really like what they imagine ? As a boy    lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel       pressure(压力)on me with the city’s development.Although we       worry about money , we  still have some         problems , such as competition among classmates and expectation (期望) from parents. These experiences are very          to our future. But         they really give me a lot of pressure. I still clearly        the happiness of my childhood .       , we had to face the fact with time passing by. We began to         this invisible (无形的) pressure come upon us . We get up before sunrise and         after sunset. We work and study       an adult ,even harder .        we do is in order to get an excellent         . Growing up is very boring ,but we         try  to find happiness while growing up . I think friendship among our friends , the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us .Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?
【小题1】A. However          B. And             C.So
【小题2】A. what             B.who              C.where
【小题3】A.less               B.fewer             C.greater
【小题4】A.always            B.often               C.seldom
【小题5】A.other             B.another             C.others
【小题6】A.helpful            B.happy              C.bad
【小题7】A.at first            B.for example          C.in fact
【小题8】A.think             B.remeber             C.forget
【小题9】A.Luckily           B.Unluckily            C.Impossibly
【小题10】A.see               B.touch               C.feel
【小题11】A.come out          B.come down          C.come back
【小题12】A.as                B.like                C.alike
【小题13】A.What             B.That                C.How
【小题14】A.progress          B.mark               C.success
【小题15】A.should            B.shouldn’t            C.mustn’t

1. Do you carry too much on the way to school or home ? Don’t worry. Try e-readers and say goodbye to your heavy schoolbags.
An e-readers has the memory space to hold hundreds of books . So people want to throw away heavy schoolbags and read with small,light e-readers. For example, Cushing  Academy , a high school in Massachusetts, USA, replaced most of the 200,000 books in its library last summer. Teachers students will use e-readers instead .
Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500 g. They can download an e-book in 60 seconds . “It’s so easy.You can have a lot of books right at your fingers!” said Meghan Chensusky, 16.
Chinese school children are also trying e-readers. At the Shanghai world Expo, an e-schoolbag was on show. It is a  special e-reader. Students can use it to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework.Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years. “It’s  excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore,” said Xiao QI, 15,Beijing.
【小题1】How many books can an e-reader hold?
A. 100.
B. More than 100
C.200,000
【小题2】Which is not the feature of the e-reader?
A. Small.         B. Light.               C. Thick
【小题3】 Which is NOT ture about  the e-readers?
A.They have the memory space.
B.They are just for reading.
C.They can send and receive homework.
【小题4】Where are the e-readers used?
A.In the USA and the UK.
B.In Beijing and Shanghai.
C.In China and Japan
【小题5】You can’t use the e-readers to ＿＿.
A.read books
B.watch TV
C.take photo

2. When I was 13 years old ,a boy gave me an important gift . It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school ,and my old school was far away.As a result ,no one knew who I was. I was very lonely ,and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing , I felt my heart break. I couldn’t  talk to anyone about my problem ,and I didn’t  want my parents to worry about me .
Then one day ,my classmates talked with their friends,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment,a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t  know who he was . He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and ,without a word , smiled.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly ,It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life .I started to talk with the other students and made friends.Day by day ,I became closer to everone in my class . The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day ,I asked him why he smiled ,but be couldn’t  remember smiling at me !
It doesn’t  matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely ,you might always be alone .So smile at the world and it will smile back.
【小题1】Why was the smile an important gift?
A.Because the writer’s  old school was far away.
B.Because the smile didn’t  mean anything to the boy.
C.Because it made  the writer feel happy, lively and warm .
【小题2】The writer couldn’t talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because___.
A.she was always unhappy
B.she didn’t  have any friends there.
C.she was in the first year at a junior high school.
【小题3】How did the smile change the writer’s life?
A.She started to make friends.
B. She became best friends with the boy.
C.Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.
【小题4】Where does the writer now think her feeling of unhappiness come from?
A.From her old school.
B.From her parents.
C.From herself.
【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?
A.The boy still remembered why he smiled at me.
B. Nobody knew me at the beginning of my first year at a junior high school.
C.I felt very happy when I heard the other students talking and laughing.

3. Father’s Day has a very short history .It was started because there was a Mother’s Day ,and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers(店主) found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, the presents from their shops.
By the way ,very few countries have a Father’s Day,though some have Children’s day ,or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day ,so maybe Father’s day will also become popular before too long. Now , what do people in North America do on Father’s Day ? The newspapers, radios, and  TV tell children what they should do— buy a Father’s Day present for her father. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present—not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in more open way.
【小题1】Father’s Day was started just because ＿＿＿.
A. there was a Mother’s Day
B. there was Children’s Day
C. people liked their fathers very much
【小题2】 Which of the following is NOT true＿＿＿.
A. Very few countries have a father’s Day
B. Americans never care about Father’s Day
C. Father’s Day has become important in North America.
【小题3】In America, people have a Father’s Day to＿＿＿.
A.go shopping with their fathers
B.help their fathers do something
C. show their love to their fathers
【小题4】On Father’s Day, shopkeepers always want ＿＿＿.
A.people to buy as many presents as possible
B.children to buy presents only for their fathers
C.women to buy presents only for their husbands
【小题5】It can be learned from the article that ＿＿＿.
A.the writer is against Father’s Day
B.many countries have a Father’s Day
C. shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual

4. Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way to learn English. Some students say they don’t want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the rule of the language and new words. They say that pleasure reading is too easy .Many experts say pleasure  reading is very important for learning English. Dr. Stephen Kristen, a famous expert on learning languages , says that pleasure reading help you learn many  important things about English. Students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. They also learn more about good writing.
Dr. Kristen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way .Each student need to learn something different.
Pleasure reading  makes it  possible for each  student  to learn what he or she needs. Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying.
When you read pleasure ,you choose your own books ,and you don’t  have to remember everything .There are no tests on your pleasure reading books .pleasure reading will help you:
※learn how English speakers use English
※read faster in English
※find examples of good writing in English
※learn new words
※learn about the cultures of English speaker
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
【小题1】Is pleasure reading important for learning English?
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【小题2】Which is the easier way to become a better reader, pleasure reading or studying?
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【小题3】What do some students think of pleasure reading?
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【小题4】How can we become better readers?
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【小题5】How many aspects（方面）will pleasure reading help you?
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1. 书面表达（共15分）
为了交流学习经验，提高学习效率，《二十一世纪英文报》正在举办以‘How to be a good learner?’为题的征文比赛。
内容提示：
要求：内容符合学习实际，语句通顺，书写规范。 80词左右。
How to be a good learner?
As a good learner, we should
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
I hope all these will be helpful to you.

1. 补全对话（每小题1分，共5分）
根据对话内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A:I hear you want to join the Shanxi Fenjiu , a CBA team .Is that so ?
B: Yes My dream is coming true.
A: You shouldn’t join the ShanXi Fenjiu now.
B:＿＿【小题1】＿＿
A: Because if you become a professional basketball player, you will never go to college.
B: But I really want to play basketball. I want a job I love. ＿＿【小题2】＿＿
A:I know you want to be happy . But there are many interesting jobs you’d like.
B: But my dream is to play basketball! ＿＿【小题3】＿＿
A: Of course it’s exciting. And I know you want to make a lot of money.＿＿【小题4】＿＿＿
B: I know. ＿【小题5】＿＿＿
A: You decide!
B: OK. Maybe I’ll think it over.

1. 词语运用
根据所提供的语篇内容，用方框中所给出的词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、正确、连贯。方框中有两个词是多余的。

My teachers thought I was the 【小题1】＿＿＿＿ student.  My family also had the 【小题2】＿＿＿＿ thought as my teachers.
When I was going to give up my study, a new teacher, Miss White came to our school. She was young, beautiful and 【小题3】＿＿＿＿.One day , I was【小题4】      alone in my classroom, Miss White came up to me and talked to me 【小题5】＿＿＿＿
“Do you think I can go to college? ” I didn’t know why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no” because everyone else said so. But she said, “Dear, you can do 【小题6】＿＿＿＿  you want. Just try, and you’ll get closer to success. I believe you are the best! ”
I 【小题7】＿＿＿＿  deeply by her words. I decided to study hard. From then on , we became good 【小题8】＿＿＿＿.She often helped me with my study in her free time.
In the end ,I【小题9】＿＿＿＿ well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel. Her words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be 【小题10】＿＿＿＿   in life.