2015四月调考

2014-2015学年武汉市部分学校九年级调研测试

英语试卷2015.4.17

第一卷（选择题共85分）

第一部分听力部分（共三节）

第一节（共4小题，每小题1分，满分4分）

听下面4个问题。每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每个问题后，你都有5秒钟的时间作答和阅读下一小题。每个问题仅读一遍。

1.A. It’s Tom. B. Jack’s. C. A nice one

2.A. A black cat. B. Very warm. C. It’s lovely.

3.A. Twice a week. B. About one week C. In a week

4.A. It’s sweet. B. Too small. C. The bigger one.

第二节（共8题，每小题1分，满分8分）

听下面8段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的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。每段对话仅读一遍。

5.How is the woman?

A. Not good

B. OK

C. Tired

6.What can we know about Kate’s sister?

A. She’s noisy

B. She doesn’t talk much

C. She isn’t friendly.

7.What does the man mean?

A. He doesn’t want to stay outside

B. He is not happy about more work

C. He always gets bad news.

8.Why is the dog considered as a cat?

A. The other dogs are afraid of it.

B. It likes eating cat food.

C. It just stays with cats.

9.When is the exam going to be?

A. On Tuesday.

B. On Thursday

C. Next week.

10.How does the man go to work?

A. By Bus.

B. By bike

C. By subway

11. Why doesn’t the man go anywhere with his friends?

A. He has too much work to do.

B. His friends have no money.

C. Everything is expensive for him.

12.What is Joan’s phone number?

A. It’s 85658976.

B. It’s 85658977.

C. It’s 85658877.

第三节（共13小题，每小题1分，满分13分）

听下面4段对话或独白，每段对话或独白前有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读一遍。

听下面一段材料，回答13~15题。

13.What will the weather be like?

A. Cold

B. Rainy

C. Warm

14.What will the woman wear?

A. The grey shirt.

B. The new trousers.

C. The new dress.

15.What are they mainly talking about?

A. The weather.

B. The things to wear.

C. The things they bought.

听下面一段材料，回答16~18题。

16.Why did Peter call Laura?

A. He wanted to invite her to the football game.

B. He wanted to know whether she could get a ticket for him.

C. He didn’t know how to get to the stadium.

17.What advice did Laura give Peter?

A. To set off early.

B. To buy his tickets at once.

C. To watch TV at home.

18.How did Laura know there would be many people at the stadium?

A. She watched the TV news.

B. She heard of it from a friend of hers.

C. She just guessed so. .

听下面一段材料，回答19~21题。

19.What do we know about Mary?

A. She can’t decide where to go.

B. She has too many pictures to show.

C. She can’t think of a topic for her composition.

20.What does Jack suggest Mary do?

A. Take a trip.

B. Ride a horse

C. Write about her trip

21.Why does Jack have to leave?

A. He’s got to write his own composition.

B. He’s going to pack for the trip.

C. He’s going to pick up some photographs.

听下面一段材料，回答22~25题。

22.When did the visitor pay his visit?

A. On a Sunday morning.

B. On a Sunday afternoon.

C. On a Sunday evening.

23.Where does Jack often go for a walk?

A. In the room.

B. In the garden.

C. In the park

24.Why didn’t the visitor stop talking?

A. He wanted to make the dog angry.

B. He meant to make his friend happy.

C. He had too much to say.

25.What do we learn about the dog?

A. Very clever.

B. Quite naughty.

C. Not friendly

第二部分笔试部分

二、选择填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）

26. --Let's go swimming. --_________.

A. It's a pleasure.

B. You are welcome.

C. Thanks a lot.

D. It's a good idea.

27. --Is your aunt a teacher? --Yes, she is. She _______ junior students.

A. taught

B. teaches

C. will teach

D. is teaching

28. --A nice car! Is it yours? --No, it isn't. I ________ it from a friend of mine.

A. borrow

B. have borrowed

C. will borrow

D. borrowed

29. --Where are the flowers? --You see, someone_______ them at the window.

A. moves

B. had moved

C. has moved

D. would move

30. --I hear Tim is leaving. --_________ why?

A. And

B. But

C. Or

D. So

31. --Would you like tea or coffee? --_______. I really don't mind.

A. Both

B. None

C. Either

D. Neither

32. --Could I borrow your bike, please? --_________.

A. Of course you can.

B. It doesn't matter.

C. Yes, I'd love to.

D. No, thank you.

33. --Hi,! My name is Tim. It's my first time to be here. --__________.

A. Very well, thank you

B. It's all right

C. That would be very nice

D. Nice to meet you

34. The students are fed up with their studies because they are_______ to do far better than they can.

A. hoped

B. promised

C. expected

D. suggested

35. --I feel really _______ about the exam tomorrow, dad. --Never mind, dear. Believe in yourself.

A. excited

B. embarrassed

C. strange

D. nervous

36. --What should I buy here? --If you have friends who smoke, Winston is a well-known ____ of cigarette here.

A. sign

B. type

C. brand

D. example

37. --Why are you taking a basket with you for shopping?

--The stores doesn't_______ plastic bags for shoppers to protect the environment.

A. sell

B. support

C. provide

D. collect

38. --What do you do in the club? --One of my job is to_______ the prizes to the winners.

A. hand out

B. hang out

C. put out

D. get out

39. It is usually quite warm in my hometown in March, but it_______ be rather cold sometimes.

A. must

B. can

C. should

D. need

40. --What were you and the policeman talking about? --He asked me_______.

A. why was I staying there

B. what I have been

C. how could he get through the building

D. whether I could help him

三、完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）

Mel Kiser was driving along a busy highway in Columbus, Ohio. He saw an armored truck （运钞车）a few cars ahead of him. Suddenly the back door of the armored truck___41_, and a blue plastic bag fell out of the truck. A car in front of Mr. Kiser hit the bag. And money spilled （洒落）out of it. Then another bag fell out of the truck, and another. Money was__42__ everywhere.

At first, drivers thought the _43_ papers on the highway were leaves. Then they realized that the papers were not leaves—they were money! Drivers quickly stopped right in the middle of the highway and jumped out of their cars. They began _44_ money! They were putting ten, twenty, and one-hundred-dollar bills into their pocket. Mr. Kiser also got out of his car. He took hold of a bag of money, put the bag in his car, and drove away.

Later, Mr. Kiser_45_ the money. He had＄57000. For the next two hours Mr. Kiser thought about the money. He _46_ about spending it. He needed a new TV set for his house. He wanted to take a vacation in Florida. But he decided to return the money. He drove to the police station and gave the police the＄57000. There other people_47_ money, too. But most of the money—almost one million dollars were still missing. The truck company_48_ a 10 percent reward. “If you return ＄1000, for example, we will pay you＄100,”the company said.

Then the company got some _49_ . A man telephoned and said, “I was driving along the highway when I saw the traffic jam and the money. People were_50_ everywhere. I had a camera in my car and I took some pictures. Would you like the pictures?”

“Yes!”answered the truck company. The company gave the pictures to the police. The police looked_51_ at the pictures. They looked at the cars, the license plates, and the people's _52_.

They tried to find the people who had taken the money, but they didn't have much _53_.

One man who had taken money_54_a Columbus newspaper. The man did not give his name. “I took two bags of money,”he said, “I'm going to take this money and _55_ Columbus. I have enough money for the rest of my life. ”

41. A. broke B. dropped C. shut D. opened

42. A. lying B. falling C. flying D. showing

43. A. green B. yellow C. red D. white

44. A. looking for B. picking up C. putting away D. laughing at

45. A. spent B. hid C. counted D. exchanged

46. A. complained B. dreamed C. worried D. cared

47. A. made B. received C. refused D. returned

48. A. paid B. offered C. accepted D. wasted

49. A. help B. trouble C. money D. time

50. A. running B. jumping C. watching D. stealing

51. A. quickly B. carelessly C. angrily D. closely

52. A. pockets B. faces C. names D. ages

53. A. chance B. fun C. luck D. experience

54. A. visited B. helped C. telephoned D. invited

55. A. leave B. buy C. traveled D. developed

四．阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

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56. We may read the above material mostly____

A. in an airport report

B. on buses and in taxis

C. in a picture story book

D. in a Cambridge newspaper

57. It’s clear that the advertisement is given by___.

A. London Train Station

B. London Stansted Airport

C. Cambridge University

D. Stansted’s check-in

58. The advertisement suggests that people go to Stansted____.

A. by train

B. by taxi

C. by plane

D. by bus

59. The train services are available___.

A. only at the train station

B. at any time of travel returning

C. In about four weeks

D. to people who walk to the check-in

60.If one wants to know about the train services, he can___.

A. save￡14. 50.

B. get on the train

C. take the plane to M. A. G

D. check online

B

Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree in history. Today she works for a large software company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. “I enjoyed college, but my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,”Rachel says,”This course is helping me to do my job better. In the future, I might go back to school and got an MBA. ”

In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying.

Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In the United Stated, people can return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or older to get a higher degree, such as a master’s or Ph. D. Like Rachel many more are taking training courses to improve their workplace skills. With many classes now available through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning.

Mayumi Hosoya, who is forty, teaches Japanese at a community college in New York. “Next term, I’ll be teaching some of my classes using the Internet. This is new for me,”says Mayumi, “At the moment, I am taking a course to learn how to teach this way. ”At the same time, Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning course in Art History. “We love the subject,”says Mayumi’s father, ”and now we can study with people from all over the world. I never thought learning could be this much fun. ”

62. Rachel is sure that _____

A. getting an MBA is necessary for her job

B. colleague studies didn’t prepare her well for her job

C. it’s not clever to get a master’s or Ph.

D. in later thirties. D. students needn’t to study when they get a job

63.The underlined words ‘distance learning’in the reading means___

A. studying in community college

B. learning for higher degrees

C. studying away from classroom.

D. learning in the workplaces

64.Mayumi’s parents are taking a course ____.

A. the using of the Internet

B. the workplace skills

C. Japanese teaching

D. Art History

65.We know from the reading that ___.

A. many people go to school to take teaching courses

B. Rachel graduated when she was twenty

C. Mayumi’s teaching how to use the Internet now

D. many students stopped studying when looking for jobs

C

At a day care center in Taxes, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica McClure. She was 18 months old. Jessica’s mother, who worked at the day care center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica’s mother cried and ran to her.

A well was in the yard of the center. The well was only eight inches across, and a rock always covered it. But children had moved the rock. When Jessica fell, and she fell right into the well. Jessica’s mother reached inside the well, but she couldn’t feel Jessica. She ran to the phone and called 911 for help.

Men from the fire apartment arrived. They discovered that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. For the next hour, the men talked and planned Jessica’s rescue(营救). Then they told Jessica’s parents their plan.

“We can’t go into the well. ”they said “It’s too narrow. So, we’re going to drill(钻) a hole next to the well. Then we ‘ll drill a tunnel across Jessica. Then we’ll bring her up through the hole. ”

The man began to drill the hole on a Wednesday morning. “We’ll reach Jessica in a few hours ”, they thought. The men were wrong. They had to drill through the solid rock. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were still drilling,. And Jessica McClure was still in the well.

During her days in the well, Jessica sometimes called her mother. Sometimes she slept, sometimes she cried, and sometimes she sang.

All over the world people waited for the news of Jessica. They read about her in the newspapers and watched her rescue on TV. Everyone worried about the little girl in the well.

At 8 P. M. on Friday, the men finally reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Jessica was dirty, hungry, thirsty and tired. Her foot and forehead was badly injured. But Jessica was alive. A doctor at the hospital said, “Jessica was lucky she was young. She’s not going to remember this very well. ”

Maybe Jessica will not remember her days in the well. But her parents, her rescuers, ans many other people around the world will not forget them. After Jessica’s rescue, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well. On the cover he wrote, “To Jessica, with love from all of us. ”

66. Jessica fell into the well because____.

A. her mother was not watching her

B. she was too weak

C. the rock cover was moved away

D. other children played with her

67. To rescue Jessica, the rescuers___.

A. had to dig another hole next to the well

B. spent hours on making a rescue plan

C. kept the secret of the rescue

D. tried to make the hole big enough

68. What the doctor said meant that ____.

A. Jessica’s parents should help her forget that

B. no medicine could help Jessica to forget that

C. the hospital was lucky to help Jessica

D. young Jessica wouldn’t remember that for long

69. We learn from the passage that___.

A. Jessica got many people’s attention

B. Jessica didn’t make a sound in the well

C. it took the whole Friday for the men to rescue Jessica

D. Jessica’s parents made a new cover for the well

70. Which of the following can most probably be the tittle of the reading?

A. Rock Cover

B. Dangerous Well

C. Everybody’s Baby

D. Careless Mother

第二卷（非选择题共35分）

五、词与短语选择填空（本题共10分，每小题2分，满分10分）

71. If you don't________ a flash, then it may be OK.

72. When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom_________ dinner.

73. It could be May's hair band. Or it might________ Linda's. They both have long hair.

74. The British teacher is very________. He always tells us interesting jokes.

75. If you are always_______ from class, you will fail the examination.

六、阅读理解填词(本题共10分每小题1分，满分10分)

Just before the Christmas in 1997, a German girl called Juliana was flying over a big forest of America. The plane was flying high in the sky. Suddenly, there was a cloud noise. Juliana found herself falling through the a ___76___ . She closed her eyes. She b___77___ that she was going to die.

She fell 3,000 meters. When she opened her eyes again, she found she l___78___ in a tree in the middle of the forest. She was not dead! She was g___79___ surprised that she was not only alive, nut she wasn’t badly h___80___. She was sitting in her s___81___. She was holding a bag of

sweets.

She managed to stand on a big branch of the tree and c___82___ down. But she could see nobody else. She was alone except for a few dead b___63___ here and there.

She began to walk. At first she had nothing to eat except the sweets. Later she found a little fruit. She had never seen this kind of fruit before. She found the fruit was s___84___ after she saw some monkeys eating it.

After four days, she came to a deep river. She walked by the side of the river for six m___85___ days and at last arrived at an Indian village. She found people!

七、书面表达(本大题15分)

假如你是李明。明天周六，你打电话邀好朋友去看电影。请你用英语草拟电话内容。要点如下：

1. 上午9:00中华路码头碰面，一起乘船去汉口新华电影院；

2. 可能下雨，带伞；

3. 电影完后去旁边的图书城；

4. 一部有趣的美国电影《狮子王》上映；

5. 其他可能的建议或活动安排。

要求：1. 不要逐条翻译，内容要连贯；2. 词数：60---80。

参考词汇：图书城Book City '狮子王' the Lion King 码头port

电话开头和结束语已给出

2015年武汉市部分学校初中毕业生学业调研考试

英语试卷参考答案

一、听力测试（共25小题，每小题1分，满分25分）

1~ 5 BABCB 6~ 10 BBCAA 11~ 15 CBBCB

16~20 CCACC 21~25 ABCCA

二、选择填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

26~ 30 DBDCB 31~ 35 CADCD 36~40 CCABD

三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

41~ 45 DCABC 46~ 50 BDBAA 51~ 55 DBCCA

四、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

56~ 60 DBACD 61~ 65 DBCDA 66 ~ 70 CADAC

五、词与短语选择填空（本题共10分，每小题2分）

71. use 72. make 73. belong to 74. humorous 75. absent

六、阅读理解填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

76. air 77. believed 78. landed 79. greatly 80. hurt

81. seat 82. climbed 83. bodies 84. safe 85. more

七、书面表达（满分15分）

Possible Version: (共75字)

Is Tom there? Hi, this is Li Ming. I’d like to invite you to go for movies tomorrow. I hear there is an interesting American film, ‘the Lion King’on at Xinhua Cinema. We’ll meet at 9 in the morning at the port of Zhonghua Road. We’ll go to Hankou by ship. It might rain, so take an umbrella with you. After the film we can go around Book City next to the cinema. We can buy what we need for our studies. Then we can have some delicious food before going home.