初中英语外研版九年级下册Module3-Life-now-and-then单元练习.docx

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初中英语外研版九年级下册Module3 Life now and then单元练习

一、听力(听力)（共20小题；共20分）
（一）录音中有五个句子，每个句子听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能对每个句子做出适当反应的答语。
1. A. I don't know.
B. Sorry, I have no watch.
C. Ask others.
2. A. Yes. B. No, not at all. C. It doesn't matter.
3. A. Nice to meet you, Mike.
B. Hi! I'm Mike.
C. How are you?
4. A. Good luck. B. Oh. It's nothing. C. Thank you.
5. A. It's a pity! B. Good idea! C. Why?
（二）录音中有五组对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。
6. What is the boy doing in the evening recently?
A. B. C.
7. What's the weather like today in the woman's opinion?
A. Hot. B. Cool. C. Cold.
8. Why isn't Dale here?
A. He is ill.
B. He is preparing for the sports meet.
C. He had a traffic accident.
9. How can the boy get to understand the English news according to the woman?
A. Listening to Special English first.
B. Remembering more words.
C. Listening to Special English first and remembering more words.
10. Who is the girl?
A. The boy's teacher. B. The boy's classmate. C. The boy's sister.
（三）录音中有一段对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。
11. Where is the woman talking?
A. In a classroom. B. In a cinema. C. At home.
12. When does the boy want to see a movie?
A. Tomorrow. B. This Saturday. C. This Sunday.
13. Which movie may the boy watch at last?
A. Black September. B. My Father's Birthday. C. Home Alone.
14. What kind of movies does the boy like?
A. Comedies. B. Thrillers. C. Documentaries.
15. What can we get from the dialogue?
A. The tickets are 15 yuan.
B. The movie starts at 8:00 in the morning.
C. The boy thinks the tickets are too expensive.
（四）录音中有一段独白，听独白两遍后，从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。
16. Where is Susan Rozgony from?
A. America. B. Australia. C. England.
17. Why does Susan like singing?
A. It gets her clever.
B. It makes her relaxed.
C. It gives her a chance to show herself.
18. How long does Susan usually spend on maths every day?
A. Two hours. B. Four hours. C. Twelve hours.
19. Who is Frank?
A. Susan's brother. B. Susan's father. C. Susan's dog.
20. What kind of a person is Susan?
A. Nervous. B. Outgoing. C. Quiet.
二、单项选择（共10小题；共10分）
21. --- Look, this is my new house. How do you like it?
--- Mm, it is beautiful. But it is not   ours.
A. large than B. so large than C. so large as D. as larger as
22. --- Steve is good at writing short stories.
--- So he is. But he writes   than us. So he can't get good grades in writing.
A. most carefully B. more carefully
C. less carefully D. least carefully
23. For a foreigner like me, the more I learn about Chinese history,   I enjoy living in China.
A. the better B. the more C. the best
24. When winter comes, days get  .
A. long and long B. short and short
C. longer and longer D. shorter and shorter
25. --- Who ran   of all in the sports meeting?
--- Hector did, I think.
A. fast B. faster C. the fastest D. most fast
26. London, the capital of England, is one of   cities in the world.
A. the biggest B. bigger C. much bigger D. big
27. They have just cleaned the windows, so the room looks  .
A. brightest B. least bright C. less bright D. much brighter
28. My sister   long hair, but now she wears short hair.
A. used to have B. has C. used to be D. used to has
29. This kind of plant is   seen in our city because it lives 4500m above sea level and is hard to find.
A. commonly B. always C. seldom D. easily
30. Simon reads   among the boys of Smith's though he plays all day long.
A. wide B. widely C. more widely D. most widely
三、单词拼写(单句首字母填空)（共8小题；共8分）
31. Although the boss is w  , he is still kind and friendly to the poor.
32. His sister has a great f   of the dark, so she often goes to sleep with the light(s) on.
33. He got a good e   all through school.
34. Which is the cheapest form of t  , by train, by ship or by airplane?
35. She often makes model toys in her s   time.
36. The boss promised to d   our pay next month, so we can make more money.
37. There's too much noise in the factory and it can make workers d   easily.
38. Food can be h   in the microwave oven.
四、单词拼写(根据中文提示拼写单词)（共8小题；共8分）
39. I want to be  (富有) and healthy.
40. You can take many different kinds of  (交通方式) to New York, such as bike, car, bus, train and subway.
41. In addition, health  (教育) plays a key role in improving people's health.
42. You needn't talk to him. He can't hear you because he's  (聋子).
43. Mary, what do you like doing in your  (空闲的) time?
44. Now e  (电的) bikes have become more and more popular.
45. Pieces of glass and bricks fell down and we looked at each other in  (恐惧).
46. Ten is the  (两倍) of five.
五、翻译(根据中文提示完成句子)（共5小题；共10分）
47. 我的爱好花费和你的不一样多。
My hobby doesn't cost       yours.
48. 自行车运动不如跳水运动有趣。
Cycling is   interesting   diving.
49. 李明是我们队个子最高的队员，他（球）打得也最棒。
Li Ming is     player in our team, and he plays    .
50. 我爸爸过去常常开车上班，现在坐公交车了。(词数不限)
My father   go to work by car, but now he takes the bus.
51. 我很少乘轮船旅行。 （词数不限）
I   travel  .
六、完形填空（共15小题；共22分）
Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. Even in early times, people could realize the 52   of dreams. If a person has a dream and works hard, he or she will find a way 53   bring it into success.
Children do not have 54   knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not 55   them. With their rich imagination, they will 56   with fantastic dreams. History is 57   of examples. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used to 58   ostracized(排斥) when he was in primary school, but his achievements were greater than 59   in his time.
Teenagers and young people should also be 60   to dream. They had big dreams and their dreams 61   their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They 62   developed technology and brought great progress to humans besides making money for 63  .
Older people should believe that it is never 64   late to dream. Colonel Saunders 65   KFC at the age of 67. Everyone has a chance to make dreams 66  .
52. A. important B. importance C. most important
53. A. to B. of C. for
54. A. many B. a lot C. much
55. A. make fun B. laugh at C. look down
56. A. come up B. catch up C. get on
57. A. full B. filled C. fill
58. A. being B. be C. been
59. A. else everyone's B. everyone else's C. everyone else
60. A. encouraged B. encouraging C. encourage
61. A. change B. changed C. to change
62. A. had B. have to C. have
63. A. them B. themselves C. theirs
64. A. so B. very C. too
65. A. set up B. set out C. put up
66. A. come true B. achieve C. realize
七、阅读理解（共14小题；共28分）
A
Women's fashions tend to change more rapidly than men's. In the early 1900's all women wore their skirts down to the ankle. Today, skirt length varies from floor-length to ten inches above the knee. Women's shoes have also gone through all sorts of changes in the last seventy years. For example, boots for women were very common at the beginning of last century. Then, for years, they were not considered fashionable. Today they are back in style again in all colors, lengths, and materials. In fact, today's women can wear all types of clothes---even T-shirts and shorts on almost any occasion. While all of these changes were taking place in women's fashions, men's clothing remained pretty much the same until a couple of years ago. And ,in fact, most men still wear the traditional:suit jacket, shirt, tie though bright colors, patterns, and a variety in cut are now more common.
67. Nowadays women wear  .
A. longer skirts than those women used to wear at the beginning of last century
B. both long skirts and short skirts
C. shorter skirts
D. not only skirts but also long boots
68. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Great changes have taken place in men's clothing recently
B. Men's clothing hasn't changed as much as women's
C. Men's fashion changed as rapidly as women's
D. Men never wear jackets,ties at all
69. Men's clothes are more colorful than  .
A. women's B. they used to be
C. traditional shirts D. ties
B
For one week in April, millions of people chose to watch TV for “TV Turn off week”.
TV Turnoff week started in 1995 and is more popular every year. Many people discover that you can have a good time with the TV off. If that sounds crazy to you, just have a look at some numbers:
-An American teenager spends 900 hours every year at school; the same teenager spends 1,023 hours every year watching TV. That's 2 hours 49 minutes every day.
-An average(平均) British person (not just teenagers) watches 3 hours 35 minutes every day.
-In the US, most TV has adverts. American children see 20,000 adverts every year. By age 65, an American has seen two million ads!
But some research from Britain says that may not be a problem. The London Business School watched people carefully during TV adverts and they discovered that people don't watch a lot of the ads. The researchers discovered that the most common activity during the adverts was walking to the other people in the room. Many other people started reading or doing housework or changed channels during adverts. They only really watched them about 25 percent of the time.
70. During TV Turnoff week, many people don't  .
A. watch TV B. change channels
C. watch adverts D. do their school work
71. From the passage we can learn that  .
A. American children see more adverts on TV than their parents
B. British people spend more than 3 hours a day in front of their TV
C. Researches noticed that most people changed channels during ads
D. An American teenager spends more time at school than watching TV
72. The writer's purpose is  .
A. to advise us to spend less time on TV
B. to tell us how to avoid watching adverts
C. to show us how many adverts American TV has
D. to ask us to turn off TV during TV Turnoff week
C
Let's suppose it is a common day of 2060. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Trips to the moon are being made every day. Taking a holiday on the moon today is as easy as taking a holiday in Europe in the 2010s. At a number of scenery spot (风景胜地) on the moon, many hotels have been built. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. But many foods now come in pill(药片) form, and the food that goes into the pill comes mainly from green plants.
Because people in the world today are many more than those about fifty years ago, most of the earth's surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer eaten by pets(害虫). The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just using a few computers.
People are now largely vegetarians, and they eat only bread, vegetables, fruit and so on and they don't eat meat or fish. You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. So people have to be vegetarians. We are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know how to deal with all kinds of illnesses. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2060.
73. What will be on the moon in 2060 according to the passage?
A. Many green plants.
B. Many wild animals.
C. Many interesting places.
74. What's the meaning of the underlined word "irrigated"?
A. 冲刷 B. 灌溉 C. 淹没
75. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. People only eat foods in pill form.
B. People don't have plenty of crops.
C. People run the farms by using high technology.
76. Why do people have to be vegetarians in 2060?
A. Because they want to be healthier.
B. Because vegetables can make the patients well.
C. Because there will be more people and fewer animals.
77. What attitude(态度) does the writer have about the future life?
A. He feels pretty hopeful about the future.
B. He is not very satisfied with some things of the future.
C. He seems really sad about what is happening in the future.
D
Most people want to be happy but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends on ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness.
The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future---for example, getting into college or getting a good job, that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life's simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often enjoy happier and healthier lives.
Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies where you forget your problem. Many people experience dancing or playing a sport, such as swimming. You can forget about your problems, and only think about the activity.
Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elder person, or simply help around the house by washing the dishes.
78. The second paragraph tells us that  .
A. we shouldn't think about our future
B. some people fail to live a happy life
C. happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life
D. the more friends you have, the happier you will be
79. The passage gives us   pieces of advice on happiness.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
80.   Wh