江苏省沭阳县外国语实验学校2016届九年级英语下学期第一次月考试题

（试卷分值85分 考试时间100分钟）

第一卷（选择题，共50分）

一、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

1. Robert is good at playing ____ piano although he is only _____11-year-old boy. A. /; the

B. the; an

C. a; /

D. the; the

2. People do not celebrate _______ in the USA. A Thanksgiving Day C. Halloween

B. the Dragon Boat Festival

D. Christmas .

3. Thank you _______ me. A for help

B for helping

C. at helping D. to help

4.—________ Mary happy today?

—I don’t think so. She ________ look happy this morning. A. Is, isn’t

B. Is, doesn’t

C. Does, doesn’t D. Does, isn’t

5. — Could you please tell me ________？ — They're over there. A. where are the restrooms

B. where were the restrooms D. where the restrooms were

C. where the restrooms are

6. We should leave at about 8：00 a．m. ________ we can arrive there on time. A. so

B. as a result

C. so that D. in order to

7. — How many workers are there in your factory?

— ________ the workers in our factory ________ over three thousand. A. The number of; is C. A number of; is

B. The number of; are D. A number of; are

8. —I think dragons are the ____________ of China. Do you think so? —I agree with you. A. symbol

B. situation

C. promise

D. shape

9. There are enough cups for each visitor to have _______. A. one

B. it

C. this

D. that

10. —Who is your favorite singer, Mike? —TF Boys. They are very ____ boys and girls. A. proud of

B. popular with

C. strict with

D. worried about

11. Teenagers should be encouraged to go ____________ and be close to nature. A. inside

B. back

C. outside

D. off

12. Come on, baby. We have already done _________ of the work. A. two-three

B. two-third

C. two-thirds

D. second-three

13. When I got into the room, Green was talking _________ the phone. A. on

B. with

C. to

D. in

14. Your parents love you very much ____________ they seldom say, “I love you.” A. unless

B. or

C. so

D. although

15. —Are you going to Sam’s birthday party the day after tomorrow? —I’m not sure. I will go with you if I _____. A. will invite

B. invite

C. will be invited D. am invited

二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选系中选出一个最佳答案。

The power of Determination(决心)

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old coal stove(火炉). A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the 16 and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there.

One morning they 17 to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged (拖) the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was 18 taken to nearby country hospital.

The doctor told the boy’s mother that 19 the lower part of his body was

seriously burnt, he couldn’t use his legs anymore. However, the 20 boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs 21 hung there, all but lifeless.

Finally he returned home from the 22 . Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feelings, no control, 23 . Yet his determination that he would walk was as 24 as ever

When he wasn’t in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled

him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he 25 himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his 26 behind him.

He worked his way to the white fence (栅栏) around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself alone the fence, 27 that he would walk. He started to do this every day. There was nothing he 28 more than to develop life in those legs.

In the end, through his determination he did 29 . He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run 30 the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team.

Still later in Madison Square Garden this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile! 16. A. fire

B. class

C. game

D. story

17. A. left 18. A. clearly 19. A. when

B. waited C. arrived D. hid B. quickly C. suddenly D. nearly B. unless C. before

C. worried

D. because D. calm

20. A. honest B. brave

21. A. just B. also C. once D. ever 22. A. school 23. A. everything 24. A. strong 25. A. helped

B. yard

C. hospital D. square

B. anything C. something D. nothing B. simple C. strange D. similar B. threw

C. picked

D. enjoyed

26. A. arms B. chair C. legs D. mother 27. A. believing 28. A. afforded

B. doubling B. hated

C. promising C. forgot

D. suggesting D. wanted D. run away

29. A. set off B. get back C. stand up 30. A. to B. for

C. from D. without

三、阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

A

Mary is an African elephant. Now she is 16 years old. She lives in the zoo. Mary has

produced more than 50 drawings since last year. She has made over $2, 500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Mary first showed the art ability (能力) about 4 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks (痕迹) in the sand with her trunk (象鼻). She rubbed out (抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Mary was drawing pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by drawing.

This is how Mary does the drawing. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Mary touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen color to the brushes in her trunk and Mary begins to paint. 31. Mary is _______ .

A. a girl C. a zoo leader

B. a zoo worker

D. an elephant from Africa

32. Mary first learned to draw pictures _______ . A. when she was 4 years old B. to make money

C. in the sand with her trunk D. when she was 16 years old 33. Mary rubbed out the marks she had made in order to ________ . A. please the visitors B. make other ones C. ask for more brushes and paints D. clean her trunk

B

Have you ever returned a book late to the library before? If so, you may pay a small fine (罚款). How much would you have to pay if the book is returned 65 years late?

A high school in Washington, US had to deal with such a problem recently. A cope of Gone with the Wind was finally returned to its library 65 years late.

However, the school said that it would not ask Wayne to pay the fine, though that would about $475.

The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school in 1949, and disappeared until it was found in Maine, US by Wayne. Wayne found the book in his father’s basement (地下室) and then offered to send it back to the school.

“I feel very sorry about that,” Wayne said.

“We’re very pleased to have the book back. Wayne did the right thing.” Lori Wyborney,

headmaster of the school said.

34. The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school _______. A. in 1949

B. in 1965

C. in 1975 D. in 2014

35. Gone with the Wind is the name of ________. A. a library

B. a school

C. a book D. a magazine

36. ________ offered to send the book back to the school. A. Wayne’s father B. Wayne

C. Lori’s headmaster D. Lori C

Have you ever thought of why dogs are human’s best friends? What’s the bond(紧密关系) between human and dogs? A new study by Japanese scientist Miho Nagasawa seems to have found the answer, and it has to do with something named the cuddle(拥抱)chemical.

The cuddle chemical has another, more scientific name oxytocin (催产素). Oxytocin is something in the blood that encourages bonding. Levels of oxytocin increase, for example, when a mother feeds her newborn baby. According to Nagasawa’s study, levels of oxytocin can also go up when we look deeply into the eyes of a dog.

Humans and dogs have been working together for nearly 30,000 years. In order to better understand how the cuddle chemical worked between dogs and humans, Nagasawa and his team did an experiment. They tested levels of oxytocin in dogs and humans, and then put them in a room to interact(交流) with each other. While in the room, the humans pet the dogs, spoke to the dogs, and looked into the dogs eyes. Then the scientists tested their levels of oxytocin again.

The researchers found that levels of oxytocin were higher in both humans and dogs after they interacted. However, levels were the highest in the humans and dogs that simply looked into each others eyes, without touch petting or talking. The longer the humans looked into the eyes of the dogs, the more cuddle chemical was let out. Nagasawa did the same experiment with humans and wolves (狼), but it did not give the same results. 37. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph I refers to_______. A. something B. the answer

C. a new study

D. the cuddle chemical

38. Nagasawa did the experiment of humans and dogs to know_______. A. how oxytocin worked

B. how oxytocin was divided