沪版2012学年第一学期九年级英语第二次质量检测与答案（实九英）

(保持原意思)

______ ______ have the American soldiers stayed in Iraq?

70. We planted more than one thousand trees on March.12th.（改为被动语态） More than one thousand trees _____ ______ on March 12th.

71. Does anyone know the answer to the question? The maths teacher wondered.(合并为一句)

The maths teacher wondered ________ anyone _______ the answer to the question. 72.We have fine weather today. （改为感叹句） __________ __________ weather we have today !

73. Mary doesn’t watch TV every night. Her sister doesn’t, either.（同意转换） ______ of the two sisters ________ TV every night. Part 3 Reading and Writing VI Reading comprehension (50分)

A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): (12分)

One day an old man got on a train. He had been on the train for about half an hour when a ticket collector(检票员) came. The collector moved slowly asking all the passengers to show him their tickets.

Soon he came up to the old man.

“Ticket, please,” the collector said to him.

“Ticket?” the old man said. “Oh, yes, of course. Now where did I put it?”

The man felt in each of his pockets but could not find his ticket. “I’m sure I bought one,” he said. “I always do.”

“Take your time,” the ticket collector said. “You’ll find it. Why not look in your briefcase?”

“That’s a good idea,” the old man said.

“I’ll come back in a few minutes,” the ticket collector said and continued looking at the other passengers’ tickets.

The old man opened his briefcase and looked through everything that was in it, but he couldn’t find his ticket. Then he closed the briefcase and looked on the floor. Then he looked under his seat. He even took off his shoes and looked inside them.

When the ticket collector returned, the man said to him, “I’m really sorry but my ticket seems to have disappeared. It’s very strange.”

“That’s all right,” the ticket collector said. “Just tell me where you’re going, and I’ll sell you another ticket. If you find your old ticket, you can ask me for your money back.”

“Thank you,” the old man said, “that’s very kind of you. There’s only one problem.” “What’s that?” the ticket collector asked him.

“I can’t remember where I’m going,” the old man said.

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74. The story happened ____________ .

A) on a bus C) on a plane

B) on a train D) on a ship

B) take back the money D) buy tickets from him

B) in his briefcase

D) inside his shoes

B) go quickly

75. The ticket collector came to ask passengers to ____________. A) tell him where to go C) show him their tickets A) in the pockets C) inside his hat A) read a clock

76. The old man did NOT look ____________ for the ticket.

77. If you “take your time”, it means you ____________ . C) don’t hurry A) patient

C) upset

C) have to wait B) angry D) confused

78. From the passage we can see the ticket collector was ____________ .

79. Which of the following sentences is true? A) The old man had no money to buy a ticket.

B) The old man had a bad memory. C) The collector was the old man’s friend. D) The collector played a trick on the old man.

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语

完成短文):（12分）

Mr. Brown was bored with his life in the big city where he worked. He wanted to move to the __80__ and live in a house far from the noise of the city. He hoped that from the house he could get to his office in the city _81__ every day. He was looking for such a house _82__ he saw an advertisement in a newspaper one day. The advertisement said that a good house in a quiet area was up for sale at a reasonable price, and the house was within a stone’s throw of a railway station from which there were frequent (频繁的) trains __83_ the city.

“That’s exactly what I need,” Mr. Brown said to himself. So he called the house agency (代理处) and arranged to go down by train the next day to have a look at the house.

The house agent met him __84_ and they started walking. It took them at least 15 minutes to get to the house. When they arrived, Mr. Brown said angrily, “I should be very interested to __85__ the man who threw the stone you mentioned in the newspaper!” 80. A) island 81. A) easily

B) country B) early

C) beach C) clearly

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D) mountain D) happily

82. A) while 83. A) for 84. A) at the office 85. A) tell

B) after B) by

B) at the station B) answer

C) until C) through C) in the agency C) meet

D) unless D) to

D) in the new house D) hear

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）

Everything about the elephant is big, from its size – an African bull elephant weighs up to seven tons (7000 kg) – to how long it t 86 for a baby elephant to be born – 2l-months. They can talk to each other using language as humans can. They have a very good m 87 , too. They can remember hundreds of other elephants that they have known and have friends and family the same way humans do. They get very s

88 when one dies and they help family members when they are sick or hurt.

In India and Africa they are used to carry tourists a 89 animal parks. Elephants are different from many other animals b 90 they are very kind and care about humans. They are gentle and kind and don’t hurt anyone. They will only attack to protect t 91 .

And how do we humans treat（对待）elephants? For thousands of years elephants have been treated very b 92 and killed by humans. The human population is getting much larger, too and so far more land is needed for farms, so soon elephants will have nowhere to live.

D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）: （12分）

Astronauts have already visited the Moon and lived on space stations. They’ve never been to another planet, but they might visit Mars soon. The astronauts will spend about six months traveling to the planet, then about two years on the planet and about six months traveling back to the Earth. They will be away from the Earth for about three years, so they’ll need a lot of food!

It’s very expensive to take food into space. It costs about 120,000 dollars to carry something that weighs one kilogram. So an apple on Mars could cost 20,000 dollars! Of course, they will need to take quite a lot of food with them to feed the astronauts for three years. This amount of fresh food can not stay fresh, and is very expensive to take, so they need to find food that is not very heavy.

At the moment, astronauts in space stations eat dried food. It’s very light, so it doesn’t cost a lot of money to carry it into space. But astronauts stay healthier and happier if they eat fresh food. In the future, astronauts on Mars may grow vegetables like lettuce, spinach and carrots.

Astronauts on Mars will probably have special machines. They will use these machines to change beans into foods that taste like meat or cheese. They probably won’t eat real meat or cheese because it won’t be possible to keep animals in space.

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93 Which part of the space have the astronauts visited according to this passage?

__________________________. 94 How long will it take the astronauts to get to Mars?

__________________________.

95 Why do the astronauts take light food to space stations?

__________________________.

96 Astronauts can’t grow vegetables like lettuce in space now, can they?

__________________________.

97 How can astronauts change beans into foods that taste like meat or cheese?

By________________________.

98 What do you think of the food in space, fresh, cheap or light?

__________________________. VII. Writing(作文): （共20分）

99 .Write at least 60 words according to the given topic “My ambition” (以“我的理想”为题写话，词数不少于60个，标点符号不占格。)

（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。） Sentence patterns for reference（以下句型仅供参考）： 1 What is your ambition ? 2 Why do you have this ambition ? 3 How can your ambition come true?

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