9BUnit2Greatpeople单元测试卷(A).doc

9B Unit2 Great people单元测试卷 (A)
一、单项填空(20分)
( ) 1. -After I graduate, I'll try to get a job, you know, as _______ engineer.
-You're practical. I'm sure you can do a good job.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
( ) 2. -Have you taken your medicine today?
-Yes, I _______ it after breakfast.
A. have take B. will take C. took D. take
( ) 3. There are many people over there. What do you think _______?
A. to happen B. has happened C. will happen D to be happened
( ) 4. -Shall we go to the station to meet our relatives?
-I'm afraid you _______. They will take a taxi by themselves.
A. shouldn't B. at C. mustn't D. needn't
( ) 5. Mary together with her parents _______ Hainan for a week and they will come back soon.
A. have been to B. has been in C. have been in D. has been to
( ) 6. _______ age 7, Bruce won the first prize in the piano competition.
A. In B. At C. On D. For
( ) 7. How many Chinese astronauts _______ into space since 2003?
A. were sent B. sent C. have been sent D. have sent
( ) 8. Sadly, the brave old soldier _______ cancer on a rainy evening.
A. died for B. died from C. died off D. died of
( ) 9. _______ what we heard, we believed them and left at last.
A. For B. Because C. Because of D. As
( )10. I couldn't believe that such an expensive car was ______ and crashed into another car.
A. without controlling B. out of control
C. under the control D. with control
( )11. Mr Zhang, our English teacher, is always the first _______ to our class every day.
A. comes B. come C. to come D. coming
( )12. The weather in Guangdong is _______ in Suzhou.
A different from it B. as hot as C. the same as D. different from that
( )13. I don't know _______ the day after tomorrow.
A. when does he come B. how will he come
C. if he comes D. whether he'll come
( )14. -Ouch! You hurt me!
-I'm sorry. But I _______ any harm. I _______ to drive a mouse out.
A. didn't mean; try B. didn't mean; was trying
C. don't mean; am trying D. haven't meant; tried
( )15. For breakfast, I usually have _______ and two pieces of bread.
A. half a cup of milk B a half milk cup
C. a half cup of milk D. half a milk cup
( )16. This is one of the most interesting books _______ I have _______ read.
A. that; never B. which; never C. that; ever D. which ever
( )17. -Visitors need to know all the details about the tour plan, _______?
-Sure.
A. do they B. need they C. don't they D. needn't they
( )18. Mr Black _______ Shanghai this afternoon. Do you know when the earliest plane to Shanghai _______?
A. is leaving for; takes off B. will leave; takes off
C. is leaving for; is taking off D. will leave; is taking off
( )19. Could you tell me _______?
A. what's wrong with To n today
B. how long has Obama been the President of the USA
C. when did the terrible earthquake happen in Sichuan
D. why couldn't many college students find jobs
( )20. -I'm sorry to have caused so much trouble. -_______.
A. You're welcome B. That's all right
C. You're too kind D. Please don't say no
二、完形填空(10分)
A spring (泉水) keeper lived high above an Austrian village along the eastern part of the
Alps in Central Europe.
The keeper of the spring has been 1 a job many years earlier by a young town councilman (议员 ). His job was to 2 away the leaves from the pool in the mountain. He wiped away the silt (淤泥) that would otherwise have choked (堵塞) and polluted the 3 flow of water. The village soon became a(an) 4 attraction for visitors. Swans floated along the clear spring, and the view from the top of the Alps was beyond 5 .
Years passed. One evening the town council met for its meeting. One man's eye caught the salary figure being paid to the keeper of the spring. He said, "Who is the old man? Why do we keep him year after year? No one ever sees him. For all we know, he is doing us no 6 . " Then, they fired(解雇) the old man.
For several weeks, 7 changed. By early autumn, however, the tree leaves began to fall and fell into the pools, 8 the rushing flow of water. The spring water turn yellowish. A few days later, swans left, and so did the tourists.
Quickly, the councilmen held a special meeting. Realizing their 9 , they rehired the old keeper of the spring. And within a few weeks, the river of life began to clear up. Then, new life returned to the village in the Alps.
Never look down on the seeming smallness of one's task, job, or life! Even though it is rather small, it does make a 10 .
( ) 1. A. brought B offered C. found D. worked
( ) 2. A. clear B. put C. run D. give
( ) 3. A. dirty B. grey C. fresh D. dried
( ) 4. A. expensive B. popular C. unwelcome D. cheap
( ) 5. A. ways B. steps C. words D. colours
( ) 6. A. attention B. good C. matter D. power
( ) 7. A. nothing B. somebody C. anybody D. everything
( ) 8. A. protecting B. preventing C. providing D. producing
( ) 9. A. feelings B. diseases C. abilities D. mistakes
( )10. A. wish B. day C. meaning D. difference
三、阅读理解(20分)
(A)
Martin Luther King was born in Georgia, U.S. A. When he was a boy, he sang with other children in the church(教堂). Little Martin knew that it was very important to love and be kind to others.
Although the church was very important to Martin, he was interested in other things, too. He liked sports very much. He was not tall, but he was very strong. The boys in his town often met at Martin's house for a game of football or basketball. Martin liked school and was a very good student. He went to college at fifteen. At first, he didn't know what he wanted to study. He knew the black people didn't have the same rights as the white people, and he also knew that the black people were not as happy as the white people. He wanted to work for the black people. He wanted to help the poor black people.
Later he really became a famous man. He was fighting for the men's rights all his life. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was murdered on the evening of April 4, 1968.
( ) 1. Martin was from_______.
A. America B England C. Japan D. Australia
( ) 2. When Martin was a boy, _______.
A. he didn't like singing B. he was not strong
C. he liked playing jokes on others D. he liked football and basketball
( ) 3. When Martin was a little boy, he knew that it was very important_______.
A. to like sports B. to go to the church
C. to love and be kind to others D. to play tricks on others
( ) 4. Marin knew that _______.
A. he would not study again
B. he would work for the black people
C. all people were equally(平等地) treated
D. the black lived a happy life
( ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Martin went to college at a young age.
B. Martin was a tall and strong man.
C. Martin has lots of different interests.
D. Martin wanted to help the black people live a better life.
(B)
Two children stood outside the door with old coats. "Any old papers, Lady?" asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say no, but I saw that their shoes were broken and wet. "Come in and I'II make you a cup of hot tea." They came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left snow on the floor.
I gave them tea and bread to protect them against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.
The silence in the front room surprised me. I looked in.
The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, "Lady, are you rich?"
Am I rich? Oh, no! I looked at my old things in my room.
The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟) carefully. "Your cups match your saucers. "
They left then, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you. They didn't need to. They had done more than that. The blue cups and saucers were simple. But they said that they matched. The potatoes and meat before me. a roof over my head, my husband with a job-these things matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.
( ) 6. The writer let the two children in _______.
A. to offer them some warm clothes B. to serve them tea and food
C. to sell them some old papers D. to show them how rich she was
( ) 7. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. the writer was in fact not very rich
B. the children took away many old papers
C. the writer's husband was out of work
D. the two children were looking for a job
( ) 8. It can be inferred (推断) from the passage that _______.
A. the two children were not polite to the writer
B. the two children thanked the writer and then left
C. it was snowing outside when the story happened
D. the writer had a set of new furniture in her house
( ) 9. The underlined sentence "I let them be" means " _______".
A. I dislike them B. I didn't want to see them
C. I cleaned them D. I left them there
( )10. What's the best title of the passage?
A. Any Old Papers? B. Matching Cups and Saucers
C. Are You Rich ? D. Two Poor Children
四、单词拼写(12分)
1.I received the_______（命令）not to let anybody in.
2.I think it's much more difficult to get the _______（飞行员）licence than a driving licence.
3. We will _______（测试）your English before deciding which class to put you in.
4.This kind of medicine is not a new _______ (发现)-it's been known for years.
5. The Green family _______（招待）us with a wonderful meal and we had a good time.
6. The poems by Li Bai are_______（广泛地）read by all the Chinese people.
7. The plane has_______（降落）,so we'll meet Mr White soon.
8.A number of_______（科学家）attended the meeting in Shanghai last week.
9.I think Linda has more_______（优势）than me doing this kind of job.
10. –Wow! Lucy is so famous now and I think everyone knows her.
-Yeah, but she was just an_______ girl before she won the competition.
11. -You know Carl? I_______ to meet him in the street last night.
- I remember you hadn't met him for several years.
12. -What's your brother?
-Oh, he is an_______. He likes inventing all kinds of interesting things.
五、完成句子（18分）
1．由于下大雨，我们不得不缩短篮球赛。
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2．这些书我可以借多久？
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3．我为你给这个老人所做的而感到骄傲。
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4.我现在还是习惯于手洗衣服。
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5．我们已经将产量增加了30%。
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6．他的成就帮助解决了饥饿问题。
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六、书面表达(20分)
请根据下面的提示，以“A Great Person”为题，写一篇关于居里夫人的90词左右的短文。
1．居里夫人1867年出生于波兰，24岁时移居到法国，学习数学和物理。
2. 1875年，与一位名叫Pierre Curie的法国科学家结婚。
3．她最为人知的是在实验室发现了镭。之后，她为推动X光机的使用做出了贡献。
4．居里夫人是有史以来最伟大的女性之一。许多人都非常敬佩她。
5．她一生两次获得诺贝尔奖，在67岁时逝世。
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