九年级英语竞赛试题（湖山中学）.doc

湖山中学九年级英语竞赛试题
姓名______________
(一)
　Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Seep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them. Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk. We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment， Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头)and held my nose. "What do you think it is?"　"It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry."　"Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said." We should take it back." "We can't 。“ said my sister.　"Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"
　　1. The writer and Mary didn't know______.
　　A. what Zip's first present was。 B. how Zip carried its first present home
　　C. who owned Zip's first present D. what Zip's first present was made of
　　2. Tom calls Zip "the keep dog" because ______.
　　A. the dog likes keeping things B. the dog likes playing with shoes
　　C. he doesn't know the dog's name D. he can't pronounce the word "sheep" well
　　3. What made the shoe strange was ______.
　　A. its color B. its smell C. its size D. that it was a silk one
　　4. The word "keep" in the last sentence means "_____"
　　A. keeping things for itself B. bringing things for other to keep
　　C. not letting it run about D. taking care of a small child
　　5. We can know from the reading that the dog _____.
　　A. likes to give presents to people B. has been kept in at the writer's home
　　C. has brought some trouble D. likes to be called "the keep dog"
　　 (二)
　　An old lady in a plane had a blanket(毯子)over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before , and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again !”
　　Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide. So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I will say one thing, ”She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”
　　1. An old lady had _________ .
　　A. glasses B. a blanket over her head C. a coat D. a basket
　　2. A. She didn‘t want to ________ .
　　A. take it off B. turn it off C. get on D. talk about it
　　3. _________ spoke to her。
　　A. The air hostess B. The man next to her C. her husband D. one of her friends
　　4. The old lady had never been _________ before .
　　A. abroad B. home C. in a plane D. in hospital
　　5. The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going ________ .
　　A. to fly again B. to travel C. to go abroad D. to go home
　　 (三)
　　Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
　　He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
　　In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner"
　　He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
　　"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office
　　1. Dick flew to New York because ___.
　　A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there
　　C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)　D. his home was there
　　2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn't know his address yet
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
　　C. Because she might send him another telegram
　　D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
　　3. Where did Dick stay in New York?
A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.
　　4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
　　A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.
　　C. The taxi driver. 　D. His wife.
　　5. Which of the following is not true?

　　A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
　　B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
　　C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
　　D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.
　　 (四)
　　In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
　　In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.　When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them. If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
　　1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
　　A. Because they may have four seasons in one day
　　B. Because they often have very good weather
　　C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring
　　D. Because the sky is sunny all day
　　2. From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy rain.
　　A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds
　　C. summer and winter D. spring and autumn
　　3. "People can also have summer in winter." Means "it is sometimes too ______in winter."
　　A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rainy
　　4. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.
　　A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in England
　　C. they are going to sell them D. they are their favorite things
　　5. The best title (标题)for this passage is ________.
　　A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or winter
　　C. The Weather in England D. Strange English People
　 (五)
　　Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.""OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
　　Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
　　"Burnt yesterday evening."
　　1. Mr Brown told his son that _____.
　　A. he would be away from home for four days
　　B. he would be back in seven days
　　C. he would be back in a month
　　D. he liked a cup of tea
　　2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.
　　A. the wall B. the door　C. a piece of paper D. his son's pocket
　　3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
　　A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth day
　　4. The man was very surprised because _________.
　　A. he thought the child's father was dead B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
　　C. the child gave him a cup of tea　D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
　　5. What was burnt? ___________.
　　A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy
　　 (六)
　　One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary (必要的) to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.
　　1. "What's the matter?" "I went to a party last night, so I…"
　　2. "I feel so tired these days."" I think you'd better…"
　　3."Of course, she never stop. She is one of the most…"
　　You can see from the above three examples that the context (上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing "is very important in understanding English, especially (尤其)spoken English.
　　1. This passage tells us mainly about _________.
　　A. the importance of "guessing " in learning a foreign language
　　B. how to guess what one is going to talk about
　　C. some examples of right guessing
　　D. how important it is to guess all the time
　2.From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is _________.
　　A. "… so I didn't have a good time." B. "…so I went to bed very late."
　　C. "…. So I felt unhappy." D. "… so I got up very early."
　　3. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.
　　A. "I think you'd better have a good rest and take good care of yourself."
　　B. "I think you'd better have something to drink."
　　C. "I think you'd better get some help from your friends."
　　D. "I think you'd better be more careful."
　　4. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is ______.
　　A. "… she is one of the most famous film stars."
　　B. "…she is one of the most beautiful women."
　　C. "… she is one of the most famous speakers."
　　D. ‘ ... she is one of the most talkative women."
　　5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that guessing is _______in learning a foreign language.
　　A. the only way
　　B. more important in spoken English than in written English
　　C. more important than any other way
　　D. more important in written English than in spoken English
　　 (七)
　　Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.
　　Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples have already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.
　　"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.
　　"The tractor was too small" Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"
　　"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were!"
　　1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.
　　A. they hope to save money B. they're both poor
　　C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain D. they're not far from their farms
　　2. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.
A. make a journey B. visit some places of interest
C. meet their friends D. make a profit
　　3. the two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.
　　A. theirs weren't as good as the others'
　　B. theirs were much less than the others'
　　C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city
　　D. they forgot to carry them on a truck
　　4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.
　　A. they had sustained losses in business
　　B. they had lost some money in the city
　　C. something was wrong with the tractor
　　D. other people profited in the city
　　5 Which of the following is true?
　　A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.
　　B. The two farmers will soon get rich.
　　C. Neither of the farmers is clever.
　　D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.
　　　 (八)
To find out whether bees(蜜蜂)can see colors, the following experiment is made. A round table is put in a garden, and on the table is a piece of blue cardboard(硬纸版)with a drop of syrup(糖浆)on it. After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive(蜂房)and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place which they have found. After a while, the blue cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. Instead of this card, a blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to its right. These new cards have no syrup on them. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None go to the red card.
1. What is purpose of the experiment?
A. To find out whether bees can give the syrup to other bees.
B. To find out whether bees can see colors.
C. To find out whether bees can go to the red card.
D. To find out whether bees can go to the blue card.
　　2. How many cards do you need to prepare for the experiment?
　　A. Two: one blue and one red
　　B. Three: two blue and one red
　　C. Three: one blue and two red
　　D. Four: two blue and two red
　　3. During Step 2 of the experiment, the bees go to ________.
　　A. the blue card with syrup on it
　　B. the new blue card with no syrup on it
　　C. the empty space where the original(原先的)blue card was
　　D. the new blue card with syrup on it on the left of the red card
　　4. The experiment has proved(证明)that bees ________.
　　A. cannot see colors B. can see colors　C. can not see blue D. cannot s