1、/杭州市萧山区 2017 届九年级上学期 10 月月考英语试卷第一部分 听力部分（25 分）一、听力（本题共 15 小题，第一节每小题 1 分，第二、三节每小题 2 分，共计 25 分）第一节： 听短对话，回答问题。1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a market. B. In a dining room. C. In a kitchen. 2. When will they get to the supermarket? A. 10:30. B. 10:10. C. 10:20.3. Why will not
2、 Mary go out with David for a meal tonight? A. busy. B. lazy. C. ill.4. What was the weather like during the mans stay in India? A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.5. What does the man think of John? A. Hard-working. B. Lazy. C. Active.第二节：听长对话，选择正确答案。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至 7 两个小题。6. What are the speakers talki
3、ng about? A. Part-time jobs. B. Holiday plans. C. Studying abroad.7. Why will the man go to London? A. To go sightseeing. B. To study. C. To visit his parents. 听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10 三个小题。 8. Where do Davids grandparents live now ?A. In Hangzhou B. In Nanjing C. In Suzhou9. What did David do on Nationa
4、l Day ? A. Went to the zoo. B. Went to a movie. C. Went to a concert.10. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Classmates. B. Neighbors. C. Brother and sister./第三节：听下面一段独白，从 A、B、C 三个选项中选择正确的选项并回答问题。11. How old is Peters grandfather?A. 76 B. 67 C. 86 D. 6812. How many lambs(羊) did the f
5、armer have?A. Four. B. Six. C. Seven.13. What did the farmer do with Bill?A. He often laughed at him. B. He regarded him as his good friend.C. He gave bad food to him.14. When the lambs went out to eat grass, how was the weather?A. It was rainy. B. It was sunny. C. It was snowy.15. When the farmer f
6、ound Bill and the other lambs, how did he feel?A. Angry. B. Excited. C. Surprised.第二部分 笔试部分（95 分）二、完形填空 （共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）Robert and Sam were good friends in high school. They lost 16 and didnt see each other for 40 years until they 17 each other at the local market. “What have you been doing?” Robe
7、rt asked his old friend. Sam told him that he had become a(n) 18 . Then he asked about Robert. “I am a farmer,” replied Robert.As they walked away from each other, Sam felt 19 for his old friend and Robert found himself regretting his life, believing that he was a big failure as he didnt have a good
8、 career(职业) as his old friend did.A couple of weeks later, they ran into each other again. “I meant to ask about your family the last time we met,” said Robert. Sam looked slightly(稍微地) 20 . He told his old friend 21 that he spent so much time on his 22 that he had been divorced（离婚） three times. He
9、was also out of contact with his kids. When Robert was asked about his family, he said he had a wife of 35 years and they 23 three kids together. They had nine grandchildren who were coming over for lunch later that day. “We have a 24 relationship and I love having my family around,” /added the farm
10、er.As they walked away from each other, Robert couldnt 25 but feel pity for his old friend and Sam regretted his life as he 26 what he was really missing out on.We often fall into the trap of defining(定义) 27 by job titles or money and forget about the things that really 28 . If you are like the astr
11、onaut, spend more time with your 29 . If youre like the farmer, dont feel sad about your job. Remember, a happy family is more 30 than anything else.16. A. direction B. touch C. time D. memory17. A. looked at B. searched for C. turned to D. came across18. A. engineer B. farmer C. astronaut D. worker
12、19. A. good B. sorry C. excited D. puzzled20. A. afraid B. bored C. embarrassed D. surprised21. A. honestly B. sadly C. bravely D. calmly22. A dreams B. life C. work D. studies23. A. left B. raised C. lost D. found24. A. normal B. long C. new D. great25. A. try B. speak C. think D. help26. A. descri
13、bed B. realized C. mentioned D. remembered27. A. success B. excitement C. improvement D. happiness28. A. develop B. spread C. matter D. run 29. A. plane B. family C. country D. team30.A. important B. interesting C. disappointing D. comfortable三、阅读理解（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，计 30 分）AHouse For Sale /Red Rose G
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15、 trade (国际贸易) company in Guangzhou. I am kind-hearted, hard-working and healthy, and would like part-time weekend work offering Putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please email me .Beijing Snow World Ski Park Price: 18 yuan (ticket), 50 yuan / hour on weekdays and 70 yuan /
16、hour on weekends, 120 yuan/four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan/four hours on weekends Tel:010-6919161731. If you want to get some information about a house for sale. Youd better not use _.A. mobile phone B. computer C. telephone D. fax32. Cherry, a girl of 24 years old , is _.A. clever B. beautiful
17、C. outstanding D. lovely33. If your friend and you want to ski on Sunday for four hours, you have to pay _.A. 416 yuan B. 140 yuan C. 390 yuan D. 240 yuanB/Years ago a farmer owned land along the seacoast. He often asked people to work on his farm, but most people didnt want to work on farms along t
18、he coast because they worried about the terrible storms from the ocean.Finally, a short thin man, about forty, got to the farm. “Are you a good farmhand(农工)?” the farmer asked him. “Well, I can sleep when the wind blows.” answered the little man.Although surprised by this answer, the farmer still ha
19、d to take the man. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from morning to night, and the farmer felt pleased with the mans work.Then one night the wind cried loudly outside. Jumping out of bed, the farmer took a lamp(灯) and rushed next door to the farmhands sleeping. He shook the little ma
20、n and shouted,“ Get up! A storm is coming! Get everything ready before they are blown away! ”The little man lay in bed and said calmly, “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows. ” Angry at the answer, the farmer decided to let him go away. He hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To
21、his surprise, he discovered that all of the things had been covered with tarpaulins(防水油布). The cows were in their houses, the chickens were in the coops, too. Everything was ready for the wind. Nothing could be blown away.The farmer then understood what the little man had meant, so he also went back
22、 to his bed to sleep while the wind was still blowing.Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life? The farmhand in this story was able to sleep because he did well in his work and kept the farm safe in the storm. When youre prepared， you have nothing to fear.34. It is difficult for the farme
23、r to find people to work on his farm because _.A. the farm was too far away B. the storms there were so terribleC. they couldnt make enough money D. it was too hard to work on the farm35. The underlined sentence “I can sleep when the wind blows.” means _.A. he enjoyed sleeping when the wind blew /B.
24、 he was very brave and not afraid of windC. he would get everything done before the wind blewD. he needed much sleep after working hard on the farm 36Which of the following is NOT true according to the passageA. The farmer was satisfied with the mans work in the end.B. The farmer didnt understand wh
25、at the man said when he hired(雇用) him.C. The man was not experienced in working in that terrible situation.D. The farmer only hired one farmhand for his land.37. We can learn from the story that _. A. work hard, and youll be successful B. difficulty can make you much strongerC. be brave and calm, an
26、d you can do a good job D. be prepared, and you wont be afraid of anythingCLittle Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everythingtutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centersin short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.After the
27、first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didnt kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down
28、 to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while /the mother tried to understand what was happening.Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. H
29、e quietly put it on the tableand went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook
30、 his head, “No.”“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw the man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they werent joking.”38. Why did Tommys parents send him to a catholic school?A. Because he could eat well th
31、ere.B. Because he could learn more about nuns. C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D. Because his parents didnt want him to learn math any more.39. “Hitting the books” means “_” in Chinese.A. 用功 B. 捶书 C. 发泄 D. 振作40. The last sentence in the passage shows that _.A. Tommy felt
32、sorry for the mail B. Tommy was afraid of being nailedC. Tommy didnt like the plus sign D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others41. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _. A. teachers should be strict with their studentsB. mistaking might do good sometimesC. a catholic school is much better than o
33、ther onesD. nuns are good at helping children with their math/D A major development to self-driving cars may change the way we will drive in the future. Google, the leading company in self-driving technology, has changed its develop plan. It had driverless cars built by car factories, but now it wil
34、l start building its own cars.Google has started to build some kinds of experimental electric self- driving cars that look like a Smart car or Fiat 500. There is no steering wheel(方向盘)，gas pedal or brake. The only things a human passenger controls are a red “e-stop” button (按钮) for fear stops and a
35、start button. The cars only “friendly” face is designed to make it help people accept self-driving technology.Google workers took part in a long experiment, in which they used self-driving cars for their usual travel to work. No accident happened, but Googles heads realized that depending on a human
36、 passenger to drive in an emergency(紧急情况) wouldnt work because they may be reading, working , or sleeping. Now the self-driving car drives by itself if the driver takes his hands off the wheel for over ten seconds.Googles self-driving cars are now limited (限定) to a speed of 25 miles per hour for saf
37、ety reasons. The cars arent allowed to drive on highways. However, a Google engineer said that once the cars are solved to run safely, we can drive at the speed of 50, even 80 miles an hour.Google recently announced that its cars had covered 700,000 miles of public roads, and they were now running i
38、n busy city streets. People who love self-driving cars say this will improve transport by making roads safer, cutting down accidents, and making less pollution.42. What is Googles plan about driverless cars? A. It will have driverless cars built by car factories.B. It will start building its own dri
39、verless car.C. It will give up its plan to make driverless cars./D. It will help other companies to make cars.43. The writer may agree that _ in the third paragraph. A. Google didn t do enough experiments about the carB. it is dangerous for a driver to drive a self-driving carC. Google heads didnt p
40、ay enough attention to safetyD. Google heads paid enough attention to drivers safety.44. How fast can we drive a self-driving car at the moment? A. 25 miles an hour.B. 50 miles an hour.C. 80 miles an hour.D. 100 miles an hour.45. We can guess from the last paragraph that _. A. self-driving cars are
41、too expensive B. there will be fewer self-driving carsC. there will be more self-driving cars D. the government will stop Googles plan四、词汇运用(本题有 15 小题，每小题分，共 15 分)A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。simple , smoke, four, able, invent46. People in America celebrate Thanksgiving on the _ Thursday in November.47
42、. The computer is one of the greatest _ in the world.48. Sun Yang won a gold medal in the Olympic Games in Brazil. He is _ the best. 49. The old man is so weak that he is_ to do heavy work.50. Look at the sign. Dont_, please.B）阅读下面短文，请根据所给中文正确拼写单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。Imagine a life without arms or legs!
43、You cant hold anything in your arms. You cant walk anywhere with you feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you /51. (微笑) at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?Nick was born without limbs(四肢)，so life was not 52. (容易) for him. At school many students played
44、53. (笑话) on him because he looks different from everyone else. He was refused to be their friends, so he always felt 54._ (孤独的). However, he faced that bravely. He 55. (学习) to type and write with two toes(脚趾) at the age of six, and he could even surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great succ
45、ess and was 56_(在之中)the most excellent students in the studies. And he decided on what to do later in his lifeto encourage others to work hard for their 57. (梦想).Now Nick is one of the most popular speakers in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story 58. (对抗)difficu
46、lties. 59_(无论什么) he does, he never gives up. “Living life fully is about looking at what you have, not what you dont have.” he said. His story encourages 60._ (百万) of people. “ I tell people to keep on getting up when they fall and to always love themselves,” he said. “If I can encourage just one pe
47、rson, then my job in this life is done.五、语法填空(本题有 10 小题，每小题分，共 10 分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。(每空不多于 3 个单词）It is easy to say “to be Best Friends Forever (BFF)”. However, a true BFF 61 (help) out when the other is in trouble, not just once or 62 , but for a lifetime.Milo 63 (become) Eddies BFF since six year
