人教版英语九年级Unit9测试一、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）AMargaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.Margaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month. Each pupil also has one individual (一个人的) lesson a week with her. Parents have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music (读懂乐谱) until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method (方法) is not meant to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils who perform very well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.( )1. Margaret's first pupils were ______.A. her friendsB. six-year-oldsC. her children's friendsD. three- and four-year-olds( )2. How many group lessons do the pupils have a month?A. 1.B. 2.C. 3.D. 4.( )3. What does Margaret think of the excellent pupils in her class?A. They should practice harder.B. They should go somewhere else to learn.C. They will become music teachers like her.D. They will become great violinists using her method.( )4. What will Margaret probably say when she introduces her classes to parents?A. There are group violin lessons for your children — no more than 5 in each group.B. Learn to play the violin with your children — 2 lessons a week.C. You will have to watch your children learn to play the violin.D. I'll look after your children while you learn the violin.( )5. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. When children should learn the violin.B. What Margaret's teaching method is.C. Why it is important to read music.D. How Margaret learnt the violin.There are many different kinds of music in the world. Now let's study some of them.Classical music Classical music is a form of music which needs high musical skills. If you want to learn this kind of music，you have to go through proper training.Heavy metal music Heavy metal music came out after World War Ⅱ. The melody (旋律)of the song is heavily influenced by the structure of it. It is also known as “information music”. In heavy metal music，songwriting is based on a form.Hip－hop music This kind of music always includes the use of instruments such as the guitar，violin，piano，bass (低音电吉他)，drums and so on. In this kind of music，the bass is the main instrument. It was first played by a group of traveling singers and poets of West Africa.Opera music It first appeared in Italy in the 1600s.It has a great mixture of theatrical (喜剧的)art and musical invention and is used in theaters.Jazz music This kind of music has strong and complex (复杂的)melodies. The main musical instruments are the cornet，trumpet and violin，which help carry the melody.Besides these，there are many other kinds of music such as the blues，new－age music，Celtic music，religious music，and chamber music (室内乐).()6. ________ music needs high musical skills.A. ClassicalB. Heavy metalC. Hip-hopD. Opera()7. The main instrument in hip-hop music is the _________________.A. guitarB. violinC. pianoD. bass()8. The ________ is used in both hip－hop music and jazz music.A. pianoB. violinC. trumpetD. cornet()9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Heavy metal music appeared after World War Ⅱ.B. Only after proper training can you learn classical music.C. Opera music first appeared in Italy.D. People call jazz music “information music”.()10. What's the BEST title for the passage?A. Different kinds of musicB. Our favorite musiciansC. We love music bestD. Welcome to the music clubLittle Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t 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 a t work. His mother was surprised. She called him down 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. He quietly put it on the table and 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 ask ed, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook 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 that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking.”()11. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?A. Because he could eat well there.B. Because he could earn more about nuns.C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.D. Because h is parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.()12. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.A. was still the same as usualB. ate so much at dinnerC. kissed her hello after schoolD. worked hard but said little()13. “Hitt ing th e books” means “_______” in Chinese.A. 用功B. 捶书C. 发泄D. 振作()14. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.A. Tommy felt sorry for the mailB. Tommy was afraid of being nailedC. Tommy didn’t like the plus signD. Tommy liked playing jokes on others()15. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.A. teachers should be strict with their students.B. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes.C. a catholic school is much better than other ones.D. nuns are good at helping children with their math.二.完形填空（每小题1分, 共15分）Who invented music ? Who sang the first song ? No one knows the 16._______to these questions. But we know that music is 17._______in almost everyone’s life. Babies and young children love to 18._______people sing for them. When they grow older, they like to sing the songs themselves. When children go to school, their 19.______ of music grows. At school, students 20.______music lessons. And they became 21._______in pop music. Music will make them 22.________. It also can make the students feel relaxed after a day’s hard 23._________. We can 24.________hear music in shops, buses and houses. We shall try to find out 25._______about music. The following is a radio broadcast(广播)Good morning. Today’s broadcast brings tog ether music from different places of the world. We 26._______some American music and pop music for you. In this broadcast we shall study the music. We shall try to find out what music says and how people feel. I will tell you 27.______they are all good mus ic. The word “music” comes from the word”muse”. The Muses are gooddesses(女神) of the arts, so music is a kind of 28._______. It’s like speaking, but it is 29.______. We can’t imagine 30.______music what our life would be like. Can you imagine ?( )16. A. hopes B. answers C. wishes D. needs( )17. A. important B. enough C. easy D. difficult ( )18. A. look B. listen C. tell D. hear( )19. A.world B. place C. country D. home( )20. A. make B. teach C. have D. hate( )21. A. interesting B. lucky C. excited D. interested ( )22. A. happy B. sad C. lazy D. beautiful ( )23. A. play B. study C. design D. rest( )24. A. too B. either C. also D. never( )25. A. more B. little C. much D. less( )26. A. tell B. collect C. give D. spend( )27. A. how B. what C. why D. which( )28. A. lesson B. song C. dance D. art( )29. A. bad B. different C. good D. ready( )30. A. without B. with C. by D. in三．单词拼写。