2015九年级上学期外研新版初中英语单元测试

1. 详细信息

单项选择 ,从每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

The two-day tour of Las Vegas was quite ______ adventure for my family. We all enjoyed it very much.

       A. a                B. an             C. the             D. /

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 — I hear many people visit the town every day. What is it well-known ______?

         — Well, it has very beautiful sights.

       A. as           B. for            C. with        D. in

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 Ms Wang said, “You should write a book ______  after you finish reading The Arabian Nights.”

       A. shop             B. title           C. club           D. review

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 Sara’s grandpa died in 2003. He has been ______  for more than ten years.

       A. dead                        B. alive

       C. dying                       D. living

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— The radio says a tiger has ______ from the local zoo.

              — Oh, what bad news! I hope it can be found soon.

       A. heard                       B. fallen        

       C. escaped                   D. borrowed

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— The centre is doing a lot to provide good education for the left-behind children.

         — Yeah, but it’s not good enough. They should try ______.

   A. hard                         B. harder

       C. hardest                    D. hardly

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— I don’t think Ross will reply to Alice’s letter.

              — Me either. But she’s ______ hoping for his reply.

       A. still                          B. once

       C. also                         D. never

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When I passed Mr Black’s office, he ______ our exam results with the head teacher.

       A. discusses                 B. is discussing

       C. discussed                D. was discussing 

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— Grandpa, you usually read newspapers at this time. Why are you watching TV now?

              — Well, there’s ______ in today’s newspaper.

       A. something interesting

       B. nothing interesting 

       C. interesting something

       D. interesting nothing

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— People, especially the young, ______ by their friends.

              — That’s true. Friends play an important part in everyone’s life.

       A. easily influences

       B. easily influenced

       C. are easily influenced

       D. will be easily influenced

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— In my opinion, everyone should ______ their bad behaviour in public places.

              — I agree with you.

       A. pay for                     B. tidy up      

       C. die for                      D. turn off 

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— Are you told ______ you’ll take a boat tour or not?

              — No, not yet. I really hope we will.

       A. that              B. why       C. when      D. whether

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— Oh, Jackie, you know so much about Paris.

              — Well, I lived there ______.

       A. at times                    B. for a time  

       C. at a time                   D. at all times

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— Peter, ______ to the Giant’s Causeway with us this weekend?

           — Sounds like a good idea.   

       A. how about go           B. why not you go

       C. why not to go           D. why don’t you go

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       — ______? You look very unhappy, Toby.

              — Well, I lost my grandma’s glasses. I can’t find them anywhere.

       A. What’s up                B. Are you crazy

       C. What’s that             D. Where are they

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完形填空,通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。

London has some fantastic sights for every tourist. But just    1    back does this wonderful city’s history go?

It was the Romans who decided to build the city we know today as London. They invaded (入侵) Britain in AD 43, and soon afterwards built the city of Londinium. They saw that a city with a bridge    2    the Thames River could be useful, both for traveling to Europe and traveling in England. It is thought that the original city was small — about the    3    of Hyde Park!

The Guildhall is the town hall of the city, where you can see both the    4  

buildings and the new ones. It was built by Dick Whittington    5    went to London to make money as a young man about six hundred years ago. But after a few years, he was still very    6    and decided to leave the city. Then he heard the bells of London ringing. He stopped and    7   . They seemed to be saying, “Try again, Mayor (市长) of London.” So he turned back, deciding to    8    again. Later he became very rich and was Lord Mayor four times between 1397 and 1419.

Nearly all the old city was    9    in the fire in 1666. After that, the city started to lose its people. So now the old city has very    10   shops and homes, while a kilometer away, the streets of the West End of London are full of people.

(   )1. A. how far          B. how soon        C. how long     D. how much

(   )2. A. under             B. over                C. on               D. in

(   )3. A. shape             B. height              C. style           D. size

(   )4. A. tall                 B. old                  C. low             D. small

(   )5. A. which             B. when              C. who             D. where

(   )6. A. young             B. rich                C. strict            D. poor

(   )7. A. cried              B. laughed          C. listened        D. watched

(   )8. A. try                 B. write              C. travel           D. speak

(   )9. A. built               B. burnt              C. grown         D. discovered

(   )10. A. many           B. all                   C. most           D. few

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 阅读理解 阅读下列材料,完成每篇材料后的问题。

The Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous 20th-century buildings. It has become a symbol of Sydney and Australia.

The base (地基) for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. It took Danish architect (丹麦建筑师) Jorn Utzon four years to design the Opera House. By 1962 the designs were finished and construction began. In 1967, people started the decoration inside. In total (总共) it took 14 years to build the Opera House and it was opened on the 20th of October 1973 by Queen Elizabeth II. http://

It cost around $160 million to build the Sydney Opera House and the money was paid by the public. 6,225 square metres of glass was used to build it. The Opera House has about 1,000 rooms. It is 185 metres long and 120 metres wide. The building’s roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.

The Opera House reaches out into the harbour. It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.

(   )1.     The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from    .

           A. America                     B. Australia

           C. England                      D. Denmark

(   )2. Building of the Sydney Opera House lasted    .

         A. from 1959 to 1973        B. from 1962 to 1973

         C. from 1959 to 1967        D. from 1962 to 1967

(   )3. There are about     rooms in the Sydney Opera House.

         A. 120         B. 185            C. 1,000     D. 6,225

(   )4.     paid for the cost of the Sydney Opera House.

         A. Utzon                           B. The public  

        C. Queen Elizabeth II          D. The government

(   )5. Which is the best title for the passage?

         A. Famous Australian Buildings  

         B. Travelling in Sydney

         C. The Sydney Opera House

         D. Tips for Visiting the Opera House

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What’s the most important thing for athletes (运动员) to win? Training hard? Having an excellent coach? Never giving up? Probably these are all very important, but according to a new book, the most important thing is getting enough sleep.

This book is Sleep to Win! by Dr. James Maas and Haley Davis. In this book, you can find out how getting more sleep helped fifteen-year-old Sarah Hughes win an Olympic gold medal. She said the biggest change she made in her training for the Olympics was getting more sleep. Sleep to Win! also gives examples of other professional athletes as well as student athletes becoming faster runners because of getting more sleep. For example, after Amber Way, a high school student in Michigan, changed her sleeping time from seven to over nine hours each night, her running speed increased a lot. She finally became the state champion (州冠军) after breaking five school records.

Dr. Haley Davis explained, “Why is sleeping so helpful? The reason is that teenagers whose bodies are still growing need to get about 9.25 hours of sleep each night. That’s about two hours more than most American teenagers are getting. Enough sleep helps the brain work properly. While teenagers are sleeping, their brains are preparing for the next day. A good night’s sleep can help them pay attention, make decisions and be creative.” 

(    ) 1. Who is an Olympic champion?

       A. Dr. James Maas.              B. Dr. Haley Davis.

       C. Sarah Hughes.                  D. Amber Way.

(    ) 2. We can read many stories of ______ in Sleep to Win!

       A. young athletes

       B. the authors 

       C. hard-working students

       D. great coaches 

(    ) 3. In America, most teenagers are getting about ______ hours’ sleep each night.

       A. 7               B. 7.25                C. 9              D. 9.25

(    ) 4. What does the underlined word “properly” mean in Chinese?

       A. 适当地      B. 永久地      C. 独立地      D. 不断地

(    ) 5. What do the authors of Sleep to Win! probably think is the most important thing for young athletes to win?

       A. Training hard.                  B. Having a good coach.

       C. Never giving up.              D. Getting enough sleep.

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Thursday, April 24thw

We got to the clean, lovely city of Yangzhou early in the morning. This is our first trip to China. All the different smells attract our attention to the local food. We are going to try something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is not expensive but very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to the Great Wall in the north.  

Sunday, April 27th

We visited the famous Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) which was crowded with visitors from all over the world, and bought a lot of toys for our friends outside the gate of the park. Everything is so colourful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will do the famous foot massage (按摩) and then leave for the Great Wall. We will take the night train north, stay in Beijing for two days, and then catch a bus to the Great Wall.

Wednesday, April 30th

Our trip to the Great Wall was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. People in the village love the quiet life. They are the kindest people I had ever met. They always smile and say “Hello”. Ralph and I can speak only a few words in Chinese, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness.

(   )1. From the passage we can see that the writer had a     stay in Yangzhou.

         A. four-day                       B. five-day      

         C. six-day                         D. seven-day

(   )2. The writer didn’t     in Yangzhou.

         A. taste delicious food        B. visit places of interest

         C. do foot massage          D. climb mountains

(   )3. The writer left Beijing for the Great Wall    .

         A. by train                        B. by car 

         C. by bus                          D. on foot 

(   )4. Which of the following is NOT true?

         A. The writer left Yangzhou for Beijing by train at night.

         B. It took them a long time to get to the Great Wall from Beijing.

         C. People in the village live a quiet but happy life.

         D. The writer was travelling alone but happily.

(   )5. What is the best title for the passage?

         A. My First Visit to Yangzhou 

         B. My Travelling in China

         C. Delicious Food and Beautiful Places

         D. A Trip to the Great Wall

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How would we travel without maps? It would be a bit adventurous to start from Oxford University to London Bridge if there wasn’t a map of the London Underground at each station. In fact, a lot of the early map-makers were adventurers and explorers, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.

So what did people do before there were maps? Well, it was quite easy to use natural signs like mountains
and rivers if you were travelling on foot or riding a horse. People took small boats down rivers and followed coastlines. And it was much more logical (
合理的) to use time, not distance, to measure (计量) journeys: the next village is a three-hour ride, for example.

In fact, in the earliest maps, people didn’t draw landmarks (路标). They drew the stars. It was very easy to see the night sky and use it for navigation (航行). The sky was a lot clearer than today. When towns and cities were built, people drew road maps that gave correct distances and directions.

The London Underground was opened in 1863 and it also used a road map style. But a man called Henry Beck realised that travelling by train isn’t the same as driving your car across London. Passengers only need to know which stations to change at. His new design for the Underground map wasn’t very popular with the train companies at first. But the passengers loved it and in 1933, 700,000 copies were printed.

These days, of course, you can ride a bike, drive a car or go through a forest and know where you are exactly, using a GPS. It’s really difficult to get lost!

(   ) 1. The underlined word “adventurous” means “   ” in Chinese.

         A. 有创意的                    B. 冒险的

         C. 轻松的                         D. 激进的

(   ) 2. What was drawn in the earliest maps?

      A. Stars.                               B. Landmarks.

      C. Cities and towns.              D. Mountains and rivers.

(   ) 3. When did road maps come out?  

      A. Around 15th and 16th centuries.

      B. When people began to travel by train.

      C. When people began to travel by sea.

      D. When cities and towns appeared.

(   ) 4. Which of the following is true?

      A. A GPS helped people to travel long time ago.

      B. Ancient people could travel on a horse without maps.

      C. The sky was badly polluted before cities were built.

      D. Henry Beck’s map wasn’t popular with the passengers.

(   ) 5. What is the main idea of the passage?

      A. Maps have a long history.

      B. We never get lost these days.

      C. We can’t travel without maps.

      D. Henry Beck designed a new map.

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词汇 ,根据句意及汉语提示完成句子(每空一词)。

1. Last night, we stayed in a small __________(洞穴).

2. It isn’t __________(明智的) of Mary to go sightseeing in such bad weather.

3. I think Tony will get into __________(麻烦) for handing in his report late.

4. This book offers us good advice on how to solve problems of __________(日常的) life.

5. The Whites are going to attend a(n) __________(葬礼) this afternoon.

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用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. Children are not __________(suppose) to run in the Science Museum.

2. When I handed my exam results to Mum, she looked quite __________(surprise).

3. Toby thinks what Alice said __________(make) a lot of sense.

4. — Do you know the two girls over there?

— Sure. They are my new __________(neighbour).

5. The bad man __________(run) away as soon as he saw us.

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 短文填空

根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使短文意思完整。

Sitting in her neighbour’s yard in Hartford, Connecticut, nine-year-old Alice watched the children play games. From their faces she c_________(1) tell that they were laughing, but she couldn’t hear their voices. Alice had been deaf (聋的) s_________(2) she was 2.

The year was 1814. Unable to hear or talk, Alice didn’t a_________(3) school. At that time, there were no t_________(4) to teach deaf children across America.

One day, Thomas Gallaudet, one of Alice’s neighbours, noticed that she wasn’t p_________(5) with other kids.
When he tried to speak to her, he r_________(6) that she couldn’t hear. Thomas felt very sad. He thought, “Why shouldn’t Alice and o_________(7) deaf children in the United States go to school?” Gallaudet decided to go to Europe to learn about schools for the deaf. After 15 months, he r_________(8) to Connecticut, together with Laurent Clerc, a teacher from a famous school for the deaf in Paris, France.

Gallaudet and Clerc opened the country’s f_________(9) school for the deaf in 1817. There were 33 teachers and students at the very beginning, i_________(10) Alice. They also created the American Sign Language for the deaf.

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书面表达

如今,越来越多的小说被改编成电影。有的同学喜欢看电影,有的同学则喜欢读原著。请你以“Films or novels?”为题,写一篇英语短文。内容须包括:

看电影的理由(至少两点);

读原著的理由(至少两点);

你的选择和理由(理由不得与上述内容重复)。

注意:80词左右,开头已给出,不计入总词数。

                                               Films Or Novels?

Recently, more and more novels are made into films. Some students _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________