江苏省扬州梅苑双语学校2014届九年级英语第四次周练试题成绩一、选择题( )1. This year’s Beijing Music Awards will be covered .A. liveB. livingC. livelyD. alive( )2. The presentation will be held in Beijing this Saturday.A. comesB. comingC. nextD. last( )3. I went to the National Day concert last year. I enjoyed it .A. muchB. manyC. a lot( )4. The world is becoming smaller and smaller because the Internet brings us .A. the closeB. closerC. the closer C. close ( )5. The coming rain will make it possible for the sports meeting to be .A. put awayB. put offC. put downD. put up ( )6. Dr. Li was so looking at the Internet that he forgot the time.C. busilyD. busy( )7. It is cheaper and _______ enjoyable to travel by train than by plane.A. much; far moreB. very; very muchC. more; much moreD. much more; much( )8. I hardly knew anything about it __________ you told me.A. sinceB. afterC. thoughD. until ( )9. Don’t tell anybody about it, keep it _______ you and me.A. toB. inC. betweenD. among ( )10. The two children bought some books _______ the money they had saved.A. withB. inC. byD. for( )11. Each year lots of visitors come to China because she is ______ country.A. so a beautifulB. very a beautifulC. such beautiful aD. so beautiful a( )12. --Let’s go and see the new railway st ation.--Oh, sorry. Now it ____ only in blueprint（蓝图）.A. can seeB. can’t seeC. can be seenD. sees ( )13. Be careful! The water is too hot. You’d better _______ it right now.A. do not drinkB. not to drinkC. not drinkD. not drinking( )14. Digital cameras are becoming more and more popular, but some still _______ too much.A. payB. spendC. takeD. cost( )15. I searched my memory, but I can ______ remember her name.A. easilyB. hardC. reallyD. hardly ( )16. I’ve made it possible for my computer ______ the same programs by means of networking.A. to shareB. sharingC. sharedD.shares( )17. ---_____ advice it is! ---Yes, it is, isn’t it?A. How an usefulB. What an usefulC. What a usefulD. What useful( )18. --- Could you tell me _____? ---Sorry. I don’t know. I was not at the meeting.A. what does he say at the meetingB. what did he say at the meetingC. what he says at the meetingD. what he said at the meeting ( )19. The student promised his teacher_________ late for school again.A. not beB. not beingC. be notD. not to be ( )20. If it doesn’t belong to you, it must be ______________.A. somebody elseB. somebody else’sC. else somebodyD. else’s somebody二、完形填空looked around at the pictures. At last he took a brush and painted a __28__ on the leg of one of the f igures(画像) and then stood aside to look at it. Suddenly he heard __29__ open the door. The artist was not yet in the room and did not __30_ his visitor put the brush in its place. When he came in, he at once saw the bee on the leg of one of his figures: he thought that it was a __31__ bee and tried to brush it off. When the young painter saw this he could not __32__ smiling. The artist also smiled then he saw his __33__ and said that it was a wonderful little painting. The young man told him the whole story and __34__ after that, the young painter and the artist’s daughter got __35__.( )21. A. do ctor B. blacksmith C. teacher D. artist ( )22. A. need B. trouble C. love D. danger ( )23. A. allow B. make C. promise D. let( )24. A. marry B. become C. turn D. grow( )25. A. short B. long C. quick D. fast( )26. A. thinking B. imaging C. finding D. hearing( )27. A. look B. search C. paint D.wait( )28. A. bee B. bird C. monkey D. baby( )29. A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody( )30. A. hear B. watch C. make D. see( )31. A. useless B. funny C. real D. busy( )32. A. help B. want C. keep D. choose( )33. A. daughter B. mistake C. brush D.painting( )34. A. short B. quick C. long D. soon( )35. A. married B. praised C. loved D.punished三、阅读理解 (A)Next, be sure to shut off the TV, Internet, cell phone, radio. or other music . Let reading be a quiet time. Mark an "x" on your calendar every day you read, and try to keep your unbroken "x"es going as long as possible. A habit is much easier to form if it's something you enjoy, not something you are made to do. So make the time you spend reading a joy. I've been a lifelong reader, so the pleasure of a good book is one of my favorite things in the world. I love to lose myself in the world of a book.( )36. The importance of reading depends on _______.A. what you're going to readB. why you want to readC. where you decide to readD. when you begin to read( )37. If you want to create a habit of reading, the first thing to do is to .A. ask the writer for some adviceB. find a comfortable placeC. make a proper time planD. mark an "x" on the new calendar( )38. While you are reading, you’d better_______.A. make sure you are aloneB. mark a big "x" in your notebookC. find a good chair with good lightingD. be concentrated and quiet( )39. Reading may become your habit more easily when ______.A. it is something you enjoyB. you don't use Internet or cell phonesC. your unbroken "x"es last for a long timeD. you spend 10 to 20 minutes reading after lunch( )40. Which of the following CANNOT he used to describe the writer?A. He prefers to play video games rather than watch TV.B. He is an old man with the best reading habit.C. He thinks it(s normal to fall asleep while reading.D. He has done a lot of research on reading.(B)Maybe you have seen this in schools: some students are studying nearly air the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better ill exams. How could this happen? People used to think that har d work is the only way to success, but now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too.Hard workers don't mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions, "Why should I suffer this?” ” Isn't there a better way to do this? Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus now. Progressing in every field(领域) is tile direct result of "try to find a better way" by smart workers.There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap ill the soapbox he bought.How could empty soapboxes go out of file factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases( 情况 ), tile packing machine let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing tile machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a solution, he put a huge X－ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes. After teaching the workers how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted."Sir, we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way." a worker said."Really? How?" "We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes, leaving the other boxes with soap".See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker.( )41. Some students spend less time on schoolwork but do better in exams__________.A. because of their hard workB. because of different educationC. because they try to find a better wayD. because they study for a longer time( )42. Someone wrote to the soap factory and complained thatA. the soapbox that he bought was emptyB. the soap was too expensiveC. the soap that he bought was terribleD. their service was very bad( )43. ______is a simpler and cheaper way to solve the problemA. Repairing the machineB. Putting a huge fanC. Putting two large computersD. Putting a huge X－ray machine( )44. The underlined phrase "blow away" in the passage means_____.A. 停止B远离 C. 吹走D逃脱( )45. The article mainly tells us we should ______ in order to succeed.A. work hard for long hours and study all timeB. work hard like the Engineer and think smart like the workerC. spend much less time on our schoolwork than beforeD. spend enough money repairing the machine for any problem(C)Beauty:For lovers and fans of the arts. Beauty is a necessary magazine in your spare time. It brings you academic (学术的) articles written by internationally famous scholars (学者), yet with easy－to－understand examples, as well as information on exhibitions and sales all over the world.World Weekly:It gives you a global view (视野、观点) with articles from four of the world's most famous newspapers. Read the news from different views and draw your own conclusions on the stories influencing our world. Try it for six months for just $30. Besides, you can get a free copy of World Weekly 2012.New View: Full of excellent writing and photography, it covers one key subject each month,from human rights to poverty (贫困 ) to environment. Reports from around the world provide you with an all－sided world view. Besides, you can be told lots of fresh reports and the latest stories on world events and activities.The Week: It is the only summary giving you the best of British and foreign newspapers in just 35 pages. Designed to be read in just 1 hour. Try it now with 13 copies for just $25. If you decide it’s not for you, just tell us wi thin 3 weeks and you can get your money back within 10 work days.( )46. _________ will probably provide you with articles about music and paintings.A. New ViewB. World WeeklyC. BeautyD. The Week( )47. If you want to read World Weekly, you will probably need to spend about _____ each week.A. 3. 2 dollarsB. 2. 1 dollarsC. 2 dollarsD. 1. 2 dollars ( )48. What does the underlined word “summary” mean?A. 摘要B. 刊号C. 途径D. 调查( )49. Which of the following is not probably included in New View?A. A short statement of the main points of the latest news in China Daily.B. A discussion on wat er pollution in India.C. An article about hungry children in Africa.D. A report on medical care in China.( )50. Which of the following is true according to the ads above?A. Beauty is an English newspaper.B. It takes an hour to read a copy of The Week.C. There aren't any pictures in New View.D. You can get a free copy of World Weekly 2012 if you like it.四、词汇应用51. I ___________(更喜欢) milk to coffee when I was young.52. It is such a long ____________(距离) from my house to the restaurant.53. We’ve had several ____________ (建议) on a name for the baby.54. There is a ____________(留言) from Karen on the phone.55. He said to me,” don’t be nervous, just keep _____________(放松)“56. They are the best films that I have seen. Do you know the _____________ (导演) names?57. Young girls like the ____________（最新的）fashions. They don't like the out-of-date clothes.58. Time __________ (spend) watching TV is about two hours.59. We are greatly moved by the ______________ between them. (friend)60. T he students are busy having a __________ test now. (一周的)61. The woman in red l ooked worried because of her child's _____________. (appear)62. W hich of the cities is _____________(far) from Nanjing, Yangzhou or Zhenjiang?63. Covering the coming World Cup live makes us _____________ (Asia) excited.64. The beginning of the party was very _____________ (live).65. The girl keeps writing _______ in English in order to improve her writing. (日记).五、任务型阅读In the coming summer holidays, you will probably visit the Shanghai Expo. Beforeyou head off to the Expo, please read the following tips so that you behave properlyand show off China's best face to visitors from other countries.When waiting in a lineWait patiently instead of cutting to the front of the line. If you have to leave your spot in line and want to come back, tell the people standing in front of and behind you. Ask them to kindly hold your spot, and thank them when you return.When touring the ExpoDon't touch or climb on exhibits. Visitors are allowed to take pictures and videos around the Expo, but when cameras are not welcome, don't turn yours on. If souvenirsare handed out, don't push and scream. Be polite and wait your turn.When attending showsIf you are late, wait until the break to enter. It will disturb other audience ifyou walk in late.It's very impolite to leave in the middle of a musical or stage play. If an early exitis necessary, you can leave after a scene is over.Keep quiet during a performance. Before the performance starts, either turn offyour mobile phone or set it to silent mode. Never answer your phone while a performanceis going on.After an excellent performance, clap your hands warmly. Don't laugh at the performers when they make mistakes. When having meals Don't talk loudly at meals. With many hungry visitors waiting, don't stay too long at your table after you have finished. Politely move on to another place.66. ___________ 67. ____________ 68. ___________ 69. ____________ 70. ______________ 71. ___________ 72. ____________ 73. ___________ 74. ____________ 75. ______________ 六．缺词填空Rainbow is seen as c 76 and cheerful. So, rainbow clan refers to people who are good are finding a b 77 between work and life. They have a balanced and healthy d78 , do physical e 79 regularly, get enough sleep, and work with h 80 efficiency(功效).“Never m 81 yourself a slave to wealth, e 82 every minute of your life”is their motto. In their eyes, career advancement and wealth growth coming from overtime(超时) w 83 and bad health is just like following one of the s 84 colours from a rainbow, it is not a v 85 way of life at all.76. ___________ 77. ___________ 78. ___________ 79. ____________ 80. _____________ 81. ___________ 82. ___________ 83. ___________ 84. ____________ 85. _____________。