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无锡地区2019-2020年上学期九年级英语第一次月考试卷分类汇编

阅读理解

宜兴市官林学区联盟

A Babysitter Wanted Do you like children? Do you have free time in the afternoon? We need a babysitter for our son. He is five years old. Hours are 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Sometimes you have to work on the weekend. Pay is $10 each hour. For the job, you will: Watch my son Read to him Play with him You will work at our house. We live in Fourth Road, near Fashion Clothes Store. Please call Heather on 0423-498892. 1. What will the babysitter do on Friday?

A. He won’t work. B. He will read books by himself. C. He will live there. D. He will work for three hours. 2. If the babysitter works for a week, how much will he get at least?

A. $180. B. $150. C. $50. D. $10. 3 The above advertisement is most probably taken from a (an) ________. A. travel guidebook C. service newspaper

B

It is most difficult for parents to decide whether to have a second child or not.

It is often heard that a single child is likely to be a lonely child. There are no other children in the family for the child to talk to or play with. An only child is not able to get along well with children of his age. Some parents feel sad about making the decisions to have only one child. But the number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in many parts of the world. In the US, for example, more than14 percent of women between 18 and 34 plan to have just one child. The same can be seen in the UK. In Japan, the average(平均) number of children born per family had gone down to 1.42 by 1996. For some single-child parents, especially who are busy working every day, time and energy seem to be overwhelming. They don’t have enough time and energy to share with more children. For other people, money is their first consideration.

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B. educational map D. science magazine

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Many couples in Japan choose not to have large families as the cost of supporting a child up to the age of 18 reaches around $160,000.

4. According to the passage, why is a single child likely to be lonely? A. Because his parents don’t love him. B. Because he doesn’t have holidays.

C. Because he doesn’t have a brother or a sister to talk to or play with. D. Because there are other children in the family.

5. What does the underlined word “overwhelming” mean in the last paragraph? A. 压倒一切的 B. 宽松的 C. 流行的 D. 充足的 6.Why don’t parents choose to have a second child? A. The cost of supporting a child is so high.

B. Parents are too busy working every day to share their time and energy with more children. C. Some parents can’t still get their first child’s agreement. D. Both A and B.

C

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic boom(经济繁荣), and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as many foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires looking for jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango came into being.

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes(阶级). It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time women were fewer than men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. The interest in international dance was especially strong in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet to belly dancing could be found in Paris theaters. After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exciting dance in cafes, though not everyone liked the new dance, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers(士兵) who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America, It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 a tango dancer of South Korea was hired to act as a kind of dance ambassador(大使) and push for tango dancing throughout South Korea. 7. According to the article, the tango dances came from ______ in the beginning.

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A. belly dancers

B. American soldiers D. the capital of Argentina

C. a Spanish city

8. If a man didn’t want to be left out in the tango dancing, he had to ______.

A. dance in the bars or streets C. look for jobs in Argentina

B. dance with another man D. perform dances in cafes

9. What do we know from paragraph 3?

A. People in Europe didn’t have much interest in dancing. B. Both ballet and tango can be found in Paris theatres. C. Ballet dancing was very popular in Paris at that time. D. Everyone liked tango dancing when it came to Europe. 10. What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to Dance the Tango

B. The History of the Tango

C. How to improve Tango skills D. The Modern Tango Boom 25 D 26 B 27 C 28 C 29 A 30 D 31 D 32 B 33 C 34 B

新区第一实验学校

A

I just installed(安装) the ThingsToDo app on my phone. It’s so easy to use,and it is really usefiil when you’ve got lots of things to do and not much time!令ou just create a li,st and then add items(项目) to it. Once a week it sends you a list of everything you've done.

Juan

Have you heard about Sky Watch? It’s great. You just point your phone at the night sky and it tells you what the stars are. You can also type in (输入) the name of a planet and the program tells you where to look for it.

Katya I’ve just installed Tunespotter. If you hear a song you like but you don’t know what it is,you can use this app. It tells you the name of the song and the singer. And if you like it,you can buy the song really easily. I’ ve had it for a week and I’ve been using it a lot.

Martin I’ve been using Crazy Faces a lot recently. It’s very silly,but it’s fun. You just take photos of your friends and then you can change their faces. You can make them look older or younger,fatter or thinner,and you can add beards(胡须) and glasses. I've seen lots of photos where people have put baby faces on adult bodies and they make me laugh every time!

Luke

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( ) 1. You may find the ThingsToDo app useful when you . A. have nothing to do B. have a lot of things to do C. don't want to do anything

D. don’t know how to do certain things

( ) 2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. A phone. B. Sky Watch. C. A planet. D. The night sky.

( ) 3. If you are a music lover,which app might you like? A. ThingsToDo. C. Tunespotter.

B. Sky Watch. D. Crazy Faces.

( ) 4. What does Luke think of the Crazy Faces app? A. Useful. B. Interesting. C. Safe. D. Expensive.

( ) 5. What are the four children talking about? A. Their favorite apps. B. Their small inventions. C. Their free time activities. D. Their favorite phone games. [体裁]说明文

[话题]科普知识与现代技术

[大意]材料中，四个人分别介绍了他们各自喜欢的手机app。

1. B.本小题考查学生查找细节信息的能力。由表格第一栏第一、二句可知 答案。 2. C。本小题考查学生理解指代关系的能力。it指代前拳句中的planet。

3. C.本小题考查学生理解具体信息的能力。对比四个app的介绍可知 只有Tunespotter和音乐有关，因此选 C。

4. B.本小题考查学生理解具体信息的能力。由第四段It's very silly,but it's fun 可知 Luke 认为 Crazy Faces很“有趣”。

5. A.本小题考查学生归纳材料大意的能力。材料中，四个人分别介绍了各自喜欢的手机app,A项的表述最能概括材料大意。

B

Hi Susie,

I’ve learned something about Gran and Grandad,and how they ended up living in Canada. I told you that Grandad worked as a chef(厨师) on ships from 1937 until 1939,when WWII started. And you know that while he was working on one of the ships,he met Gran. She was the ship’s nurse.

That ship’s destination was Vancouver. When the ship arrived,they spent a couple of days there. That’s when Grandad asked Gran to many him,and she said yes. During their stay in

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Vancouver,they decided that they really liked the city and that they would start a new life in Canada.

However,WWII started and Grandad had to go back to England and join the British Army. At the same time,Gran stayed in Canada,because it was much safer. They were separated for five years and missed each other very much. Gran was quite lonely at first,but after a couple of months she got a job in a hospital and she made friends there — she was always very friendly and good at talking to people.

In 1946,Grandad returned to Canada and they got married. Five years later,my father was born. And then two years after that,your mother was born.

Gran and Grandad lived in the same house for 30 years. I used to go and visit them in Vancouver over the summer when I was at school. Would you like me to take you to see the house one day?

Bryan

( ) 6. We can learn from the first paragraph that Gran and Grandad . A. were both bom in Canada B. were both good at cooking C. first met after WWII started D. once worked on the same ship

( ) 7. What does the underlined word “destination” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. 出发地 B. 制造地 C. 目的地 D. 失事地

( )8. What happened after WWII started? A. Grandad joined the US Army. B. Gran worked in a hospital in Canada. C. Gran and Grandad both stayed in Canada. D. Gran went back to England with Grandad. ( ) 9. Susie’s mother was bom in the year. A. 1946 B. 1948 C. 1951 D. 1953

( )10. What’s the relationship between Susie and Bryan? A. Sister and brother. B. Cousins. C. Mother and son. D. Neighbors. [体裁]说明文

[话题]家庭、朋友与周围的人

[大意]Bryan给Susie写了一信,讲述了 他们的祖父母的故事。

6. D.本小题考查学生理解具体信息的 能力。由第一段最后两句可知当时祖 父和祖母曾在同

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一条船上工作。

7. C.本小题考查学生根据上下文猜测 词义的能力。由下一句When the ship arrived ...可知 destination 的意思 是“目的地”。

8. B.本小题考查学生理解具体信息的能力。由第三段可知第二次世界大战爆发后，祖母留在了加拿大，并且在一 所医院找到了工作。

9. D.本小题考查学生理解具体信息的 能力。由第四段可知1946年祖父返 回加拿大和祖母结婚，5年后，“我” (Bryan) 的父亲出生，之后两年，“你” (Susie) 的母亲出生，由此可推算Susie 的母亲出生于1953年。

10. B.本小题考查学生推理判断的能力。由第四段的描述可知Biyan的父 亲和Susie的母亲都是由祖父母所生， 因此他俩是表兄妹关系。

C

Many experts have recently got together to find out what makes us happy and have come to surprising results.

One of the main topics is how to measure (测量) happiness. Some experts say that there are many ways to measure happiness, like recording a person’s feelings, satisfaction in life. But others say that you can’t really measure happiness but you can see it.

Money is really important in many people’s life. Once people have enough money to support their living, they pay more attention to other important things. In many cases, friends and a close family are more important. Most people also need meaningful and creative work to find happiness.

Studies find that there is a connection between happiness and health. Most of the time, people who are happier have better health. They are not as stressed as others. Besides, happier people may be able to live longer and enjoy their happiness. Studies also show that those who laugh a lot and have a good sense of humor are also happier.

Is there a way of learning happiness or improving it? Some experts say that if people express their thanks, they can become happier. Joining pleasant conversations can also bring more satisfaction and happiness. Not surprisingly, mean feel that a good relationship is important in being happy. Happiness is also contagious . The results show that if you have a member of your family or a friend near you who is happy, you will be happy, too.

11. According to the passage, which of the following has to do with happiness? ① money ② education ③ friendship ④ success A. ①② B. ③④ C. ①③ D. ②④ 12. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

A. Why health is important. B. Why we need a sense of humor. C. How stress influences one’s feelings. D. How happiness influences our health. 13. In some experts’ opinion, what can make people become happier? A. Working harder. B. Being thankful.

C. Getting a part-time job. D. Staying with family members.

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14.what does the underlined word “contagious”in the last paragraph mean in Chinese? A.传染的

B.热烈的

C.可持续的

D.可转换的

15. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this passage? A. To tell readers to be kind to others. B.To show how to measure happiness. C. To introduce the results of some studies. D.To invite readers to take part in a research.

11．答案：C．细节理解题．根据第三段Money is really important in most people's lives．钱在大多数人的生活中很重要。In many cases, friends and a close family are more important.．可知，钱和友谊在日常生活中扮演重要角色，选C．

12．答案：D．细节理解题．根据第四段第一句Studies find that there is a connection between happiness and health．Most of the time，people who are happier have better health．研究发现幸福和健康之间有联系，大多数时候，更快乐的人拥有更好的健康．可知，幸福影响我们的健康选D．

13．答案：B．细节理解题．根据最后一段第一行Some experts say that if people express their thanks，they can become happier．一些专家说，如果人们表达他们的感谢，他们可以变得更快乐．可知，感恩可以让人更快乐．选B．

14．答案：C．词意猜测题．根据下句The results show that if you happen to have a member of your family or a friend near you who is happy，you'll happy，too．结果表明，如果你碰巧有一个家庭成员或你身边的一个朋友是快乐的，你也会高兴．可知，应该是快乐也会\"传染的\"，选C．

15．答案：A．概括题．文中作者的主要目标想要告诉读者对他人友好。选A．

新安中学

A Babysitter Wanted Do you like children? Do you have free time in the afternoon? We need a babysitter for our son. He is five years old. Hours are 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Sometimes you have to work on the weekend. Pay is $10 each hour. For the job, you will: Watch my son Read to him Play with him You will work at our house. We live in Fourth Road, near Fashion Clothes Store. 7 / 13

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Please call Heather on 0423-498892. 31. What will the babysitter do on Friday?

A. He won’t work. B. He will read books by himself. C. He will live there. D. He will work for three hours. 32. If the babysitter works for a week, how much will he get at least?

A. $180. B. $150. C. $50. D. $10. 33. The above advertisement is most probably taken from a (an) ________. A. travel guidebook C. service newspaper

B. educational map D. science magazine B

After that, we went on down the river. It was very dark that night and it wasn’t easy to see where we were going. Suddenly, a big steamboat came at us very fast, and the next minute it was right over us. Jim and I jumped off the raft (木筏) into the water. The boat hit the raft and went on up the river.

When I came up out of the water, I couldn’t see Jim anywhere. I called out his name again and again, but there was no answer. “He’s dead!” I thought.

Slowly, I swam to the side of the river and got out. I saw that I was near a big old wooden house. Suddenly a lot of very angry dogs jumped out at me. They made a terrible noise and someone called from the house, “Who’s there?”

“George Jackson,” I answered quickly. “I’ve fallen off a river boat.”

Well, the people who lived in that house were very kind, and they took me in and gave me some new clothes and a good meal. I told them that my family were all dead, so they said I could stay with them as long as I wanted. It was a beautiful house and the food was good there, so I stayed.

A few days later one of the slaves in the house came to me and said, “Come with me!” Together, we went down to some trees by the river. “In there!” he said and went away.

On the ground, I found a man, asleep. It was Jim! I was really pleased to see him. When the steamboat hit the raft, Jim told me, the raft didn’t break up. Jim swam after it and caught it. Then he began to look for me.

We decided to leave at once. It’s all right living in a house for a little while, but you feel more free and easy and comfortable on a raft. 34. What happened LAST in the story? A. George saw a big house.

B. George got some new clothes.

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C. George found Jim on the ground. A. George felt afraid and nervous.

35. Why did George Jackson answer “quickly” when someone called from the house?

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C. George really wanted to stay there. A. It never rains but it pours.

D. George didn’t want to lie to him.

36. Which of these old sayings best fits this story?

B. Every dog has its day. D. Many hands make light work. C

It is most difficult for parents to decide whether to have a second child or not.

It is often heard that a single child is likely to be a lonely child. There are no other children in the family for the child to talk to or play with. An only child is not able to get along well with children of his age. Some parents feel sad about making the decisions to have only one child. But the number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in many parts of the world. In the US, for example, more than14 percent of women between 18 and 34 plan to have just one child. The same can be seen in the UK. In Japan, the average(平均) number of children born per family had gone down to 1.42 by 1996.

For some single-child parents, especially who are busy working every day, time and energy seem to be overwhelming. They don’t have enough time and energy to share with more children. For other people, money is their first consideration. Many couples in Japan choose not to have large families as the cost of supporting a child up to the age of 18 reaches around $160,000. 37. According to the passage, why is a single child likely to be lonely?

A. Because his parents don’t love him. B. Because he doesn’t have holidays. C. Because he doesn’t have a brother or a sister to talk to or play with. D. Because there are other children in the family.

38. What does the underlined word “overwhelming” mean in the last paragraph? A. 压倒一切的 B. 宽松的 C. 流行的 D. 充足的 39.Why don’t parents choose to have a second child? A. The cost of supporting a child is so high.

B. Parents are too busy working every day to share their time and energy with more children. C. Some parents can’t still get their first child’s agreement. D. Both A and B.

D

Grace, usually known as the Home of Microsoft, is inside an office building in Redmond, Washington. Once you come into the building, you will feel that you’re in a modern and future home.

When you enter the building, Grace’s voice, coming from a hidden speaker, tells you your messages. In the kitchen, you set a bag of flour(面粉) on a flat stone table. Grace sees what you’re doing and makes a menu of flour-based foods on the table. Once you choose one, Grace gives you ingredients(配料).

There’s also a notice board in the kitchen made of “intelligent(智能的) cloth” that works like

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a touch screen computer. You can deal with postcards and invitations and surf the net with the touch of a finger. The invitations could be encoded(编码). You can deal with them on the computer. It’s part of Microsoft’s Smart Personal Objects Technology, whose aim is to make every object more efficient(有效率的).

“The day when your house becomes a member of your family is not far,” says Pam Heath, a manager of Microsoft. At the Andersen Windows Company, Jay Libby imagines that windows made of intelligent glass can be changed into TVs.

“Nobody wants a television set,” says Libby. “What you want is the service it provides.” If the TV isn’t improved, it will disappear in the future.

Home entertainment is one consideration for the future. At the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, scientists are designing systems that will allow old people to live better on their own. So Grandma’s home can be cleverly designed to recognize(识别) her ways of waking, sleeping and movement. Family members will be told any change by their computers. 40. We can know from the passage that Grace _________.

A. is an idea known as the Microsoft Home B. is a machine that works like a TV C. can understand what its master does D. can cook meals for its master 41. According to the passage, all the following are true EXCEPT________.

A. Grace can help you in the kitchen B. you can use the computer with a touch screen C. windows will take the place of (代替) TV sets in the near future D. TV technology needs improving

42. It can be inferred(推断) from the passage that ________.

A. the building in the future will be intelligent B. your windows will be changed into TVs C. few people will like watching TV in the future D. all the old people will live without others’ help 43. Which would be the best title for the text?

A. Modern Home B. Popular Home C. Future Home D. Smart Home A) 31-33 DBC

B) 34-36 CAB

C) 37-39 CAD

D) 40-43 CCAD

东湖塘中学

Once there was an 11-year-old boy who went fishing with his father in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.

On the day before bass(巴斯鱼) season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then the boy tied a small silver lure(鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly he felt that something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch.

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It was 10 p.m.—two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the black water. The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place. And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ... again and again ... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters（事情） of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.

( )26. Which of following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The fish was too huge to lift easily from the water.

B．The writer and his father usually went fishing together on an island. C．The fish went back to water because of the writer’s carelessness. ( ) 27.The third paragraph mainly tells us that_________.

A．someone knew when they went fishing. B．it was not a right time to take the bass away.

C．the boy has great skill in working the hook out of the fish’s lip. ( ) 28.After reading the passage , we can infer_________.

A．fishing is a good hobby not only for teens but also adults. B．the boy and his father are examples of the practice of ethics. C．the bass is not permitted to catch in New Hampshire lake. ( ) 29.What can we learn from the whole passage_________.

A．The practice of ethics is only simple matters of right and wrong. B．Getting a handsome fish is a very brilliant experience.

C．We do the right thing when we come up against (碰到）a question of ethics. ( )30. _________ might be the best title of this passage.

A．Catch of a life time. B．An unforgettable experience.

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C．An adventure of a handsome bass .

B

Do you shop online with websites like Taobao? The money you pay doesn't go directly to the seller. Instead, it goes through Alipay, which keeps your money for a while. After you receive your goods and click the \"confirm receipt\" button, Alipay then gives the money to the seller.

The process is called \"third party online payment\". There is a transfer station, or a third account, between sellers and buyers to make online shopping safe. Buyers don't need to worry about paying for goods and then receiving nothing. Sellers also get rid of the risk of receiving no money after sending out goods.

These transfer stations are usually set up by payment service companies such as Alipay, Tenpay and Yeepay. Among them, Alipay is the biggest in China. It has more than 270 million active users, according to Xinhua.

While most online sellers and shoppers like the third party online payment system, banks are not very happy. That is because companies like Alipay are fighting over money with the banks. Users can invest（投资） in financial products through Alipay and make money. Thus lots of people choose to put money in Alipay rather than in banks.

But WeChat payment is not the same. WeChat doesn't have its own account. When paying through WeChat, the buyers money goes directly to the sellers. That's why so many people are excited about receiving and handing out \"red envelopes\" or gift money to their friends on WeChat.

Whether Alipay or WeChat payment, they are all trying to attract more users and make online shopping easier. These two companies are also promoting payments through fingerprints（指纹）. New payment methods such as quick response codes have become popular too. ( )31. How many ways to pay are mentioned in the passage? A. 5 B. 3 C. 4

( )32. Para l and 2 mainly want to introduce how _________.

A.to run a Taobao shop B. to make your money safe C. Alipay works

( )33. According to the passage, we can imagine_________ in the future.

A.real money will not be used

B.payment through fingerprints will be popular

C. third party online payment is sure to avoid all the risks in trade ( )34. According to the passage, which of the following is not referred to?

A. Quick response codes are more popular than any other methods. B. Putting money in Alipay is a good way to make money C. Banks are angry about losing some customers.

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( )35. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Using new technologies to do online shopping B. Some ways to pay in our daily life

C. The advantage of third party online payment 26-30 CBBCA 31-35 ACBAB

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