江苏省淮安市文通中学2015-2016年度期中考试九年级英语卷.doc

launched three new products: iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch.

Tim Cook, Apple CEO described Apple Watch as the “next chapter in Apple’s story”. The watch has a square screen and comes with many health and fitness features (功能). For example, it can tell the user’s heart rate. It has many similar functions (功能) as the iPhone and iPad. Users can download apps such as QQ and Sina Weibo. The screen on the iPhone 6 is 4.7 inches, while the iPhone 6 Plus is 5.5 inches, almost as big as a Samsung Note 3. Apple says the new phones will be faster and have a better battery life. The camera is also better. Users will be able to get clear pictures even with shaky hands and low light.

The new iPhone will go on sale in selected places on Sept 19, including the US and China’s Hong Kong. Apple fans on the Chinese mainland have to wait longer. The Apple Watch will go to market in early 2015.

根据上面的短文内容回答问题。

95.Can Apple fans wear Apple products on their wrists soon? 96.How many new products did Apple launch on Sep.9? 97.How did Tim Cook, Apple CEO like the Apple Watch?

98.Which screen is bigger? The one on the iPhone 6 or the one on a Samsung Note.3? 99.When will the Apple Watch go to market? (B)

A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest in the world right now. Jack Ma (Ma Yun), 50, is executive chairman (董事局主席) of Alibaba Group, a business-to-business online platform. On

September 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证券交易所), raising $25 billion through an IPO (首次公开发行股票), the biggest in US history. Ma, a former (先前的)English teacher, has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Ma grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat with foreign tourists. He did it for nine

years, rain or shine.

The experience made him a fluent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wider world.

In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer”, and found that there was nothing in there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential (潜力) when few other Chinese did. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But 15 years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall. It makes more profit online than Amazon and e-Bay combined.

No one thinks he’s mad now. Ma’s favorite line has been printed on Alibaba’s souvenir T-shirts. It reads: “Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?”

根据上面的短文内容填空。

100. Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange on ________and ________through an IPO.

101. Ma Yun used to be _________________, but now he has become ___________________on the Chinese mainland.

102. To ______________foreign tourists, he ___________at 5 a.m. every morning and

cycled

40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake.

103. After Ma _______________for the first time. He returned to China and _______________ a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

104.People called him “ __________” because he _____________the internet business potential when few other Chinese did. Ⅷ.书面表达（满分20分）

在每个人的一生中，会遇到许多对你很重要的人。他们对你的一生产生重要的影响。你的妈妈就是这样的人。请以My mother——the person who has influenced me most 为题，写一篇不少于100词的短文，内容要包括以下要点： （1）母亲的年龄、外貌等特征

（2）母亲做了什么样的事情对你有如此大的影响 （3）你的母亲在你的心目中是怎样的一个人

My mother——the person who has influenced me most

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九年级英语期中调研听力材料 Ⅰ.听力测试（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） A)听对话，回答问题。

听下面10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。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你将有5秒钟的时间答题。每段对话读两遍。 1. W: How old are you?

M: I’m nine years old. I was born in the year of the Mouse. 2. M: Why is it so noisy upstairs?

W: Oh, Jenny is practicing dancing for the coming show.

3. M: Excuse me. Could you please tell me where I can have lunch? I’m so hungry. W: There is only Mcdonald’s on the second floor.

4. W: Oh, dear! It’s time for the evening news programme. It’s on Channel-13. M: Don’t worry. There is still half an hour to go. Let’s finish watching Voice of China first.

5. M: Miss Li said Mary won the first prize in the photo competition last week. W: No. She got the second prize. Lucy won the first prize. 6. M: My new neighbour is selfish and stubborn.

W: Don’t worry. I think you should find some time to talk with him 7. W: Can I have a look at your MP 4 player, Jim?

M: Sorry my MP4 is at home. I will show it to you tomorrow. 8. M: I can’t sleep well the night before a test. What should I do? W: You’d better listen to a quiet song before going to bed. 9. W: Did all your classmates join the class project? M: No. Only Annie didn’t. She was ill in bed. 10. W: How much do the socks cost?

M: Three yuan one pair. If you buy five pairs, you may pay only ten yuan. B) 听对话和短文，回答问题。

听下面一段对话和两篇短文。每段对话或短文后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，你将有5秒钟的时间答题。每段对话或短文读两遍。 听一段对话，回答11－12小题。

W: Would you like to go to a concert tonight, Bob? M: Of course. What kind of concert is it? W: It’s a classical music concert.

M: Great ! I love it , too. When does it start? W: At 7:10 p.m. M: And where is it? W: At Sunshine Theatre.