2018年度武汉市九年级四月调考英语试卷

英语试卷

2018.4.18

第I卷 （选择题共85分）

第一部分听力部分

一、听力测试（共三节）

第一节(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面5个问题。每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每个问题后，你都有5秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题。每个问题仅读一遍。

1. A. Tom’s brother. B. He’s sick. C. Very soon.

2. A. For the guests. B. Two chairs. C. At night.

3. A. In a week. B. By plane. C. With my brother.

4. A. Some delicious food. B. At Mary’s home. C. At 7 tonight.

5. A. It’s dirty. B. On the playground. C. Not expensive.

第二节（共7小题，每小题1分，满分7分）

听下面7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。

6. What does the man think of the coffee?

A. Too sweet. B. Not strong enough. C. Not weak.

7. How does the man feel about the class?

A. It’s necessary. B. Not interesting. C. It’s too easy.

8. What can we know about the Browns?

A. They’re going to look for a new house.

B. They want to move very much.

C. They’ve not decided whether to move.

9. Who is the woman likely to be?

A. The man’s wife. B. A door keeper. C. A saleswoman.

10. Where are these two people?

A. In a restaurant. B. In a post office. C. In a department store.

11. How much should the woman pay for the two shirts ?

A. $ 80. B. $ 65. C. $ 95.

12. What’s David’s QQ number?

A. 15899988. B. 15898889. C. 15898899.

第三节（共13小题，每小题1分，满分13分）

听下面4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答13至15三个小题。

13. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Reporter and student. C. Classmates.

14. What subject did the man love?

A. Biology. B. Art. C. Physics.

15. What can we know about the man?

A. He didn’t do well in many subjects. B. He couldn’t understand what he drew.

C. He was not getting along well with the teachers.

听下面一段对话，回答16至18三小题。

16. How old will Sandy be?

A. He’ll be ten. B. He’ll be eleven. C. He’ll be twelve.

17. What did the boy ask Tina to do?

A. To go to the birthday party together.

B. To help him to decide what to buy.

C. To remember his best friend’s birthday.

18. What will the boy get to his best friend?

A. A magazine. B. A book. C. A CD.

听下面一段对话，回答19至22四个小题。

19. Why did the lady write the letter?

A. She asked Jack for some advice. B. She appreciated his help.

C. She wanted very much to get the job.

20. What should not be included in a letter for jobs?

A. Family income. B. Education. C. Work experience.

21. What is Jack’s opinion on ending a business letter?

A. With “Sincerely”. B. With “Very truly yours”.

C. With nothing but the name.

22. What might the lady do with her letter?

A. She might tear up the letter. B. She might leave it to Jack.

C. She might do a few changes.

听下面一段独白，回答23至25三个小题。

23. Why did John go to the near square?

A. To spend the time. B. To help the girl. C. To talk to some women.

24. When did John and the doctor at last meet?

A. At 4:40. B. At exactly 5. C. At about 5-20.

25. What can we know about John?

A. He is a quiet man. B. He is a helpful man. C. He is a sick man.

第二部分 笔试部分

二、选择填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。将代表该答案的字母在答题卡上相应的位置涂黑。

26. —Hi, haven’t seen you for ages! You look fine! —______.

A. Great B. Thanks C. Oh, no D. Not at all

27. —How is the young man? —______.

A. He’s twenty B. He’s much better

C. He’s a doctor D. He’s is Smith

28. —It’s very kind of you to help me. Thank you very much. —______.

A. Thank you B. Don’t thank me

C. Sorry to help you very little D. You are welcome

29. My sister ______ the piano very well, but she hasn’t had time to play recently.

A. will play B. have played C. played D. plays

30. —I still don’t know what ______ while I was away from home? —You’ll know it all some day, I believe.

A. had happened B. would happen

C. has happened D. happened

31. —Do you still play basketball?

—Oh, no. I ______ it for the past two years.

A. haven’t played B. didn’t play C. won’t play D. hadn’t played

32. —What are you doing?

—I’m looking ______ the kids. They should be back for lunch now.

A. after B. at C. for D. up

33. —I hear things are ______ at night markets.

—Really? So I can spend less on what I want there.

A. expensive B. free C. valuable D. cheap

34. —How much is your new mobile phone?

—Oh, it ______ me five hundred dollars.

A. spent B. cost C. took D. paid

35. —I thought you ______ like something to read, so I have brought you some books.

—Thanks a lot.

A. may B. might C. could D. must

36. Driving again after his accident must have taken a lot of ______.

A. energy B. knowledge C. danger D. courage

37. —I find your room is too small. How can you turn around?

—It is small. You see, my sofa ______ as a bed.

A. uses B. offers C. serves D. provides

38. Many tall modern buildings have been ______ in Wuhan these ten years.

A. put up B. put on C. put away D. put off

39. —Did Tom and Bob go to the dancing party?

—They had been invited, but ______ of them showed up.

A. each B. either C. neither D. none

40. —Excuse me, can you tell me ______?

—Of course.

A. where is there a good place to eat B. where there is a good place to eat

C. where is a good place to eat D. where a good place is to eat

三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

From North Wales comes the story of a young woman who returned to her car in the local multistory car park and found an elderly lady sitting in the back seat. As it was a ______(41) make of car, she first ______(42) the number plate. And she went around it to make sure it was indeed her car. She asked the lady what she was doing there. The old lady explained she had been shopping with her daughter and grandchildren but had felt ______(43) and wanted to return to the car for a rest. She said her daughter’s car was the same make, ______(44) color as the young woman’s and she must have got into the wrong one – a ______(45) explanation. The old lady then began to breathe heavily and, holding her ______(46), asked to be taken to the local hospital, which the driver ______(47) to do. But just as the young woman was about to start up the car, she noticed in the rearview mirror（后视镜） that the old lady’s shawl (披肩) had ______(48) a little, showing a muscular arm, thick with hair. “What should I do?” she asked herself. She was very ______(49) that she would soon be in trouble. At the moment the young woman had an idea. She asked the old lady to ______(50) her out of the parking space by standing to one side of the bay, and felt ______(51) when she agreed to do this. Once out of the parking place, the young woman ______(52) the doors and sped off the nearest police station to report the ______(53). Police officers then ______(54) the car, finding a rope and an axe under the passenger seat. The young woman had ______(55) to drive away fortunately, although the whole thing would not have happened in the first place if she had remembered to lock her car up before she went shopping.

41. A. common B. simple C. popular D. cheap

42. A. cleaned B. checked C. protected D. moved

43. A. unwell B. hungry C. anxious D. excited

44. A. price B. model C. smell D. lock

45. A. weak B. strange C. reasonable D. correct

46. A. head B. chest C. stomach D. nose

47. A. agreed B. pretended C. refused D. meant

48. A. risen B. moved C. changed D. fallen

49. A. surprised B. excited C. disappointed D. worried

50. A. follow B. take C. direct D. remind

51. A. sorry B. happy C. nervous D. lonely

52. A. broke B. pushed C. locked D. repaired

53. A. accident B. secret C. news D. matter

54. A. stopped B. searched C. fixed D. drove

55. A. tried B. preferred C. afforded D. managed

四、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面三篇材料，从每篇材料后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳答案。

56. The ad. is mainly about ______.

A. Sunclose Farm B. fruit kinds C. fruit sale D. picking fruits

57. We know from the ad. that ______.

A. you have to drive to the farm

B. there is enough free parking on the farm

C. you can buy only three kinds of fruit

D. the farm will not be closed at 1:00 pm on Sundays

58. The Sunclose Farm is mostly close to ______.

A. P&R section B. Milton

C. A14 D. Cambridge Town

59. The ad. above is taken probably from ______.

A. Sunclose Farm’s report B. a Milton newspaper

C. a Cambridge Magazine D. a local website net

60. The words ‘NOW IN STOCK’ in the ad. means ______.

A. it’s the time for picking fruits B. a lot of fruit ready for sale

C. half price for all the fruit D. welcome to Sunclose Farm now

B

In China, children like to make promises by hooking pinkies (勾手指) with each other and saying: “A pinkie promise must be kept for 100 years.” Then, they may press their thumbs together to complete the promise. Sometimes, couples will hook pinkies and promise to be together forever.

There are many theories (推测) on the beginning of the pinkie promise. Some say it comes from a nursery rhyme. Others say it was introduced from the West – born out of a love story where a man and a woman hooked fingers.

One theory is may have something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese culture. The Chinese character for “finger” also means “aim (旨)” (referring to people’s thoughts). So hooking fingers can be seen as the exchanging of thoughts.

Therefore, the fingers play an important role in making an oath (盟约): they can not only be used to complete a promise, but also be cut for making a blood oath. When someone swears (发誓) to heaven, they use their fingers to point to the sky.

Generally, hooking fingers means making a serious promise. In some gangster (黑帮) movies, a person who breaks a promise may have his little finger cut off!

Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in real life. But we can still see how important “pinkie promises” can be.

61. The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. where “hooking pinkies” first came from

B. there are many theories on “hooking pinkies”

C. a “pinkie promise” is important in real life

D. what happens in some gangster movies

62. It is clear that ______.

A. only kids like to make pinkie promises

B. “hooking pinkies” is happening very widely

C. all pinkie promises are kept for 100 years

D. a blood oath is the most serious kind

63. Children in China may finish “hooking pinkie” by ______.

A. pointing to the sky B. saying words to each other

C. pressing their thumbs together D. seeing a gangster movie

64. In the writer’s opinion, “hooking fingers” means ______.

A. being together forever B. making a blood oath

C. making a serious promise D. swearing to heaven

65. The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Don’t make a “pinkie promise” B. Don’t break a “pinkie promise”

C. “Pinkie promise” is popular D. “Pinkie promise” is dangerous

C

I read a lot of newspapers for my job, but the one I liked best is called The Family News. Its editor is Heather Cook of Lisle, Illinois. She is only 12 years old. Heather thinks all her relatives should keep up with what everyone else in the family is doing. So every few months, she prepares The Family News and after her mother has made 50 copies, Heather mails them out. They are received by 73 people in 9 states, who range in age from 4 to 94. Because of the paper, Heather’s family is joined together in a way that most families are not.

The reason I like The Family News so much is its happy stories. Most other papers depressed me with stories about cruelty of mankind. But The Family News never fails to bring a smile to my face. Here are a few of its items:

·”Keven is in first place in his conference in golf. He is glad!”

·”Math got his second tooth. He crawls around the floor to get where he wants to go.”

·”Grandma, Heather and Keven cleaned up the yard and burned the leaves in the back yard. It smoked so much that there was smoke all the way up the street.”

·”Steve got a new car. It is dark blue.”

“Heather started putting out The Family News when she was seven.” said her mother, Jeanne. “I didn’t expect it to last. But obviously it means a lot to her, and to everyone in our family. It is a kind of collection. My brother-in-law Tom gave money to buy stamps to send it out. And my uncle Frank, who never wrote to everyone, sent Heather a letter asking her to keep the paper going because it was the most important news he got.”

Heather doesn’t look on her job as a hard work. “It’s fun,” she says. “Whenever I can, I call people up to see what’s new. Then o put it in the next issue. The best thing is hearing how much it means to my family. I plan on doing this until I get really old – at least 18!”

66. Heather’s relatives like The Family News because ______.

A. the paper can make a lot of money

B. the family members can read good news

C. the whole family is joined together

D. other families keep up with the paper

67. The word “depress” in the passage means ______.

A. drive sb mad B. make sb sad

C. leave sb alone D. keep sb quiet

68. We can know from the passage that ______.

A. Heather started her paper at the age of 12

B. only small kids like to read her stories

C. Heather had fun in putting out the paper

D. Uncle Frank gave money to buy stamps

69. Heather gets the stories for her newspaper by ______.

A. asking her mother to help

B. collecting something new and funny

C. mailing her papers to other people

D. hearing what other family members say

70. According to the writer, ______.

A. Heather’s very successful at such a young age

B. The Family News offers the happy stories to the readers

C. Mother’s help has led to Heather’s success

D. the government should do something about other newspaper

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共35分）

五、词与短语填空（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

仔细阅读下面五个句子，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使每个句子在结构、句义和逻辑上正确。（提示：选项中有一个是多余的。）

71. We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our ________ lives.

72. My best friend helps to ________ the best in me.

73. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to ________ our dreams.

74. Everything that you learn becomes a part of you and ________ you.

75. Amy wants to keep her old things because they bring back ________ memories.

六、阅读理解填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。

Britain’s oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 110. Mr. John Evans had never found the time or the m______(76) – to make the trip from his home near Swansea. But, when British Rail offered him an all-expense-paid birthday trip to the c______(77), he just could not r______(78).

Until yesterday he had never been away from home, except for the trip to Aberdeen. Mr. Evans, who spent 60 years working as a miner in South Wales, almost made the journey to London once before, at the t______(79) of the century. “There was a trip to the White City but it was one pound return from Swansea – too much I thought. All my money went to s______(80) the family then,” he said.

During the next two days Mr. Evans will be taken on a whistle-stop tour of London to see the beautiful s______(81). Top of his l______(82) is a visit to the Houses of Parliament.

The only arrangement he does not care for is the wheelchair provided to move him about if he gets too t______(83). “I don’t like the chair business – people will think I am getting old.”

His secret for a long and d______(84) life has been well publicize – no wine, no cigarette and no anger. Before s______(85) off from Swansea with his 76-year-old son, Amwel, he quipped, “I’m glad to see they’ve given me a return ticket.”

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