九年级英语上月考试题

九年级英语上月考试题

（10月份）

考生须知：

1. 英语试题卷共二大题，48小题，满分60分，考试时间60分钟。

2. 本卷答案必须在答题纸的相应位置上作答。 第1小题至第7小题用2B铅笔在答题纸上填涂；其余题目必须用黑色墨水签字笔写在答题纸的相应位置上。

一、阅读理解（共33小题，计45分）

阅读下面3篇短文，并按短文后的要求作答。

A

Emma and Ryan, a married couple, were driving to a friend’s house when Emma turned to Ryan and asked, “Would you like to stop for lunch?”

Ryan replied, “No, I’m not hungry yet.” and continued driving. Meanwhile, Emma sat quietly fuming in the passenger seat. 1 He had thought she was asking if he was hungry, but in reality, Emma was telling him that she was hungry and wanted to stop for lunch.

2 Deborah Tannen, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in the United States, has studied conversational differences between men and women, and believes that some problems occur because men and women may grow up with different conversational rules.

In Emma and Ryan’s situation, Emma was making a request in the form of a question. 3 She needed Ryan to agree they were both hungry. So, Emma asked Ryan what he wanted. She was really telling Ryan what she wanted, however, Ryan did not understand this. If he had been hungry, he would have said something more direct, such as “I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch.”

Tannen believes that most women grow up in a world where talk is used to express feelings, to stay emotionally close to friends and partners, and to reach agreement. However, she believes that most men are raised differently and they tend to keep their feelings to themselves.

4 Every day they meet for lunch and Alana sees this as an opportunity to talk and become close. However, she usually gets frustrated because Oliver does not start much of the conversation, and instead, is happy to eat in silence.

Tannen says, for men like Oliver, talk is often used as a contest, to be used outside the home to gain respect, to entertain and get attention, and exchange information. 5 These men do not always feel it is necessary to talk to feel close or to express their feelings. Women, on the other hand, are encouraged to speak about their feelings since this is a way to build relationships.

九年级英语试题卷 第1页 共6页

It is no wonder that misunderstandings occur between men and women and as a result, relationships become strained. Even though we might be speaking the same language, our conversational differences sometimes make it difficult to communicate effectively.

从Ａ、B、C、D、E五个选项中选出合适的选项填入文中1~5五个空白处，使短文意思通顺、连贯。（每小题2分，计10分）

A. Her style of talking is common for women. B. Ryan could not understand why Emma was angry. C. Take the case of Alana and Oliver who have been dating for two years. D. This is why men communicate by making each other laugh, or talking about sport and work. E. Misunderstandings like this often occur between the sexes, even among people from the same culture. 根据短文内容，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（每小题2分，计4分）

6. The passage mainly talks about ________. A. men’s misunderstandings of women B. the suggestions for daily conversation

C. the study of differences between men and women D. conversational differences between men and women 7. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. Alana feels relaxed to have lunch with Oliver. B. Men like to make a request in the form of a question. C. Most women think it’s necessary to speak about their feelings. D. Ryan knew Emma was hungry so he decided to stop to have lunch. B

Everyone has their favorite invention. Some of us even make lists of them. One survey recently named the toilet as the world’s greatest ever invention, while another named the bicycle. Anyway, they’re the past, but what about the future? What inventions will shape our lives? J.B.S Haldance, a British scientist warned that whatever hadn’t happened would happen and no one would be safe from it. Whether you agree or not, one thing is beyond doubt: human beings need to invent a few things pretty quickly. Here is our own list.

Number one is a new source of power. Oil is running out. It would take millions of years to produce fresh oil. Once our oil is gone, it’s gone forever. We have about 50 years’ worth left, less if rates of industrialization accelerate. A hundred million new cars will need lots of oil. At a recent

九年级英语试题卷 第2页 共6页

conference about the world’s future, scientist Hilary Craft said we had already found the answer: solar power. She suggested that we could expect enormous mirrors in the sky that would reflect sunlight and provide the world’s electricity. We wait with bated breath.

Number two on our list is a waste processor. Throughout most of history we just threw the rubbish out the back door. If the jungle didn’t swallow it, wild animals would get it. Once the jungles disappeared, we started burying our waste underground or chucking it into the sea. Now we’re running out of space. If we want to avoid choking the Earth, we’d better find a way to recycle more effectively. According to inventor Ray Kurzweill, tiny self-replicating microscopic robots will convert rubbish into new sources of energy. Another inventor, Clara Petrovic, said she was working on the prototype that would convert waste into bricks and other building material.

Number three on our list is biological ID. Criminal investigator Alexis Smithson said that in the past, thieves had always taken objects. Now they steal your identity. ID theft is the fastest-growing type of crime. So how will we stop it? You can expect to have tiny microchips injected into your body; scanners will read your genetic information to check your ID. Or worse, you may need to provide skin cells whenever you go shopping. Imagine scratching yourself at the checkout every time you buy the groceries. Supermarkets will never be the same.

Finally, medicine. In the past, a cold killed you. In 1374—1350, the Black Death killed half of Europe’s population. Now we are examining people’s genes for signs of future illness. Find the disease early enough and you can prevent it. Glen Hiemastra of the Futurist.com recently claimed that somewhere on planet Earth there is a young child who will be the first person to live forever. If that happens we’ll need another invention: a new pensions system.

根据短文，在下面表格中填入恰当的内容完成摘记，每空不超过4个单词。（每小题1分，计11分）

Title: 8

Item power: 9 12 Biological ID 17

九年级英语试题卷 第3页 共6页

Problem about 50 years. We are running out of space. 15 is increasing rapidly. Illness kills people. Solution We can use sunlight to make 11 . We can convert waste into 13 and 14 like bricks. We need to inject microchips or 16 . We can 18 and prevent diseases early. A new source of We will use up 10 in

回答下面的问题。（每小题2分，计4分）

19. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean? ________________________________________________ 20. What does the writer think of the invention in Paragraph 4? ________________________________________________

C

I’ll never forget the day I met Sarah and her glowing personality. At the beginning of my senior year of high school, I had that usual senior attitude—anxious, excited, and a little proud. I wanted to enjoy my senior year, and I didn’t like meeting or befriending any lowerclassmen, especially not the new kids. Fortunately, my arrogance was overcome the moment I met Sarah in my computer class on the first day of school. She was so friendly, sweet, and really excited about being at the school.

Only ten minutes of small talk endeared Sarah to my heart. She liked basketball. Basketball was one of the highlights of my childhood, and our slightly weak team was always thrilled to welcome new players.

She was taller than me by a couple of inches, and my five-foot-seven frame was unfortunately the tallest on our team. Each practice, as we worked together toward our common goal, we became closer. She was always so encouraging and positive, like nothing could get her down.

I remember clearly an early game we attended that December. We were playing against a tough team. The game went back and forth, and victory was up for grabs. However, it looked like our team would not pull through. Three of our starters had broken rules several times, being forced to leave, and we were falling behind until Sarah entered the game with great enthusiasm. She played well, but it was her attitude that helped us the most. “We’re going to win this!” was her saying. And we did! After that game, I remember admiring Sarah’s determination to succeed and her powerful encouragement. She seemed fearless of any obstacle.

Unfortunately, weeks later, Sarah had a terrible car accident on her way to school. For a day or two, no one knew if she would survive. Then the doctors said she would never walk again.

Hearing the tragic news, my heart sank. My spirits were instantly lifted, however, as I watched classmates, friends and teachers earnestly praying for Sarah’s recovery.

A few weeks later when I visited Sarah in the hospital, I realized the extent of her positive attitude. She had impacted her family, friends, our basketball team and even the nurses with her

九年级英语试题卷 第4页 共6页