1、 1 九年级英语 阶段检测试题 卷 (本卷满分 120 分 ) 第 I 卷 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30 分 ) 第一节 (共 5 小 题 , 每小题 2 分，满分 10 分 ) 听下面 5 段小对话。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 1. What do you think the man is? A. Kates father. B. Kates teacher. C. Kates friend. 2. How much shou
2、ld the man pay in the end? A. $ 160. B. $110. C. $50. 3. What did the man do yesterday evening? A. He went to the cinema. B. He watched TV at home. C. He had dinner with his grandpa. 4. When will the woman probably meet Mr. Green? A. On Monday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday. 5. What are the speakers ta
3、lking about? A. When to have lunch. B. How to go sightseeing. C. What to do during a trip. 第二节 (共 10 小题 , 每小题 2 分，满分 20 分 ) 听下面 3 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你有时间阅读各小题，每小题 5 秒钟。听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至第 8 三个小题。 6. What does the man think
4、 of the university? A. Large. B. Beautiful. C. Noisy. 7. How many students are there in each of the womans classes? A. 300. B. 130. C. 20 8. What class did the man have this morning? A. Chinese. B. Physics. C. History. 听下面一段对话，回答第 9 至第 11 三个小题。 9. What date is it today? A. June 8th. B. June 9th. C.
5、June 10th. 10. Why did the man leave the band? A. He didnt really love music. B. He was too busy to perform. C. He didnt like one of the members. 11. What does David want to do? A. Form a jazz band. B. Leave his band. C. Join a band. 听下面一段独白，回答第 12 至第 15 四个小题。 12. What is the speaker doing? 2 A. Giv
6、ing a class. B. Giving a speech. C. Hosting a radio program. 13. How long can the tail of the African wild dog be? A. At most 30 centimeters. B. 30 to 40 centimeters. C. 40 to 50 centimeters. 14. What does the African wild dog like doing? A. Living alone. B. Helping each other. C. Fighting for food.
7、 15. What do villagers try to do? A. Keep the African wild dog at home. B. Protect the African wild dog. C. Kill the African wild dog. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 （共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中选出最佳选项。 A Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time in the middle
8、of the night, an old lady in her 80s took my taxi. She gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?” “Its not the shortest way,” I answered quickly. “Oh, I dont mind,” she said. “Im in no hurry. Im on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院 ). I dont have any family left. The doctor sa
9、ys I dont have very long.” I quietly shut off the meter(里程表 ). “What route would you like me to take?” I asked. For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had worked, the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived, the place where she danced as a gi
10、rl. As the sun was rising, She asked me to go to the address she had given me. “How much do I owe you?” she asked, reaching into her purse. “Nothing,” I said. “You have to make a living,” she answered. “There are other passengers.” “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you
11、.” I drove into the fine morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life. I drove aimlessly（漫无目的地） , lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I ha
12、d refused to take the run? ( )16. What did the woman want to do that night? A. She wanted to take a taxi. B. She wanted to see her husband. C. She wanted to go through the city. D. She wanted to talk with the driver. ( )17. How long did the journey take? A. About one hour. B. About two hours. C. Abo
13、ut three hours. D. About four hours. ( )18. How did the old woman feel in the end, according to the story? A. She was very angry. B. She was very thankful. 3 C. She was very upset. D. She was not satisfied. B Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success,
14、hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to deal with various situations. Love plays a main role in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could become cruel. In the early s
15、tage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with love and care. They teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we dont always care about it. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands others feelings. Happiness can bring people a peaceful mind. No
16、mind is happy without peace. Sadness is the result of the death of a loved one or the failure. But all of these things will pass away. Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, pride and self-respect. Hop
17、e is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is out of
18、our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark. So the only choice is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow. ( )19. We usually have to accept _ if we want to be successful. A love B failure C sadness D hope ( )20. In which section can readers probably r
19、ead the passage？ A Business. B Travel. C Sports. D Education. ( )21. Whats the meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage？ A When choosing between “today” and “tomorrow”, youd better enjoy tomorrow. B If you work hard today, youll have a better life in the future. C What you can only choose i
20、s to work hard today rather than tomorrow. D The only choice you make is that you should enjoy a better tomorrow. ( )22. Whats the purpose of the passage？ A To encourage people to love each other. B To tell people how to deal with happiness and sadness. C To give readers some information about life.
21、 D To remind people to keep having a beautiful dream. C In Kenya, the blind students were still using Braille（布莱叶盲文） books for their studies until recently. Their books used the Braille system of raised dots（凸起的点） to show words and numbers. Those with poor or no eyesight can “read” by touching those
22、 dots. But Kenyan schools for the blind are now beginning to use a technology 4 that provides material in an audible（可听见的） form. Seventeen-year-old Lucas Mwanzia is a student with poor eyesight. For the past two years, he has been having computer classes at the Thika School for the Blind. But using
23、the new technology, he can search the Internet for biology classes. He says the technology has opened doors that once were closed. He says that Braille books are costly and you have to spend a lot of money buying one. With computers, he says, the books can be got at little or no cost.” We download t
24、he books to read,” he says. Zachary Muasya was born blind and is now one of the schools teachers. “The new technology teaches the learners many skills that really make them independent in life,” says Muasya. “They can read materials like books, magazines and newspapers by themselves. And apart from（
25、除了） that ,the technology equips them with skills for work.” The technology costs 1000 to set up. But a non-governmental organization called InAble has provided it for schools at no cost. Peter Okeyo, the program manager at InAble, says the blind students using the technology may still face difficult
26、ies when they move to higher education. He says students who have used the technology up through high school might not have it at their university . Those students might have difficulties if they have to go back to Braille, he adds. （ ） 23. Which of the following about the blind students in Kenya is
27、 TRUE? A. They find it hard to use Braille books. B. They cant use Braille books any more. C. They spend less money on their study with the new technology. D. They can use the technology to study in university. （ ） 24. What does the underlined word “costly” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Convenient. B. Fas
28、cinating. C. Normal. D. Expensive. （ ） 25. Lucas Mwanzia is a student . who has bad eyesight who studies in a normal school who is using the new technology who is learning more subjects A. B. C. D. （ ） 26. Zachary Muasya thinks the new technology _. A. helps him become a better teacher B. can provid
29、e some jobs for the blind students C. helps the blind students live an independent life D. fails to help the blind students in universities D For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the abi
30、lity to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调 ). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two 5 notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale. As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the s
31、ound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify（识别） with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just go
32、ing to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics have to stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social loneliness. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently
33、discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition. Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex（复杂） , and it is not connecte
34、d with defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just cant see certain colors. Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断 ). For years, Margaret
35、felt embarrassed（尴尬） about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, No thanks, Im amusic,” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was
36、 seventeen and not seventy.” （ ） 27. Which of the following is true of amusics？ A. For them, listening to music is not enjoyable at all. B. They love places where they can hear music. C. They can easily tell two different songs apart. D. Their situation is well understood by musicians. （ ） 28. How d
37、id scientists learn to identify amusics? A. By studying different kinds of music. B. By going to parties more. C. By studying amusic people. D. By comparing music to color. （ ） 29. According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who _. A. dislikes listening to speeches B.
38、 can hear anything nonmusical C. has a hearing problem D. have problems understanding ordinary speech. （ ） 30. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that _. A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlier B. she was seventeen years old, not seventy. C. her problem could be easily e
39、xplained D. she could meet other amusics earlier 6 第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 请仔细阅读第 1-5 题，从 A-F 中选出相应的小标题，其中一项为多余选项。 Living the simple life can improve how you think, feel and move around in the world. Here are some ways to simplify（简化） your life while creating space for happiness. 31. All people
40、 have hard times in their lives, but they have different attitudes（态度） .Remember your attitude decides the quality of your life. So dont send a lot of your time being caught up in negative thoughts that bring nothing good into your life, because if you do, they can grow rapidly and cause unhappiness
41、 and do nothing to improve your quality of life. 32. Nowadays people spend so much time either staring at a computer or the TV. While watching TV and endless YouTube videos or playing computer games can be a nice way to relax, too much can have a negative influence on your lives. 33. Many people fee
42、l their lives become worse because of it. They say they feel confident after comparing their lives against those of their online friends. So simplify your life by cutting down on social media-not only for your own health of mind but to stop the endless checking every several minutes. 34. You want to
43、 live your life to the fullest, but do you find the fight way? You may have set several different goals to make yourself a better person. But having too many goals can prevent you from achieving them. So think over before setting a goal. 35. Having a good eating habit is very important. So try to ma
44、ke an effort to reduce some unhealthy food from your diet. Cutting down on unhealthy food will help you feel much better and give you more energy. A. Eat less unhealthy food B. Cut down on social media（社会媒体） C. Make your own healthy and tasty meals. D. Reduce the number of your goals. E. Give up you
45、r negative（消极的） thoughts. F. Reduce the time you watch the screen. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 25 分） 第一节： 完形填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） When I was small, my mum used to give the family something special for meals she would make breakfast food for dinner. I still remember one night my mum 36 some bread in fro
46、nt of my dad, something very burnt. I waited to see if anybody noticed. To my surprise, my dad just took his 37 , smiled at my mum and then turned to ask me how my day at school had been. Ive 38 what I told him that night. 39 I do remember watching him put some butter on that bread. He 40 as usual,
47、every single bit. After dinner, my mum said 41 to my dad for burning the bread. And I never forgot what he said, “I 42 burnt bread, dear. It doesnt matter at all. “ 7 43 , I went to kiss Dad good night. I asked him if he really liked his bread burnt. He held me in arms and 44 , “Your mum worked very
48、 hard all day. Shes really 45 . And you seea bit of burnt food never hurt anyone!” Now I know life is not perfect. 46 is perfect, either. As for me. 1 often forget birthdays or some other special days. But Ive learned something 47 over these years. What we really need is the understanding of each other, whether between a husband and wife, a parent and 48 or just be
