九年级英语unit9单元试题 人教新目标版 试题.doc

Unit 9. 单项选择（15分） 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。( ) 1. The students at this school always take active part in volunteer work during summer vacation. A. a B. an C. the D. /( ) 2. My dad doesnt like the sour in the slightest. A. sound B. smell C. taste D. sight( ) 3. The water is not enough. Add some more sugar, please.A. crispy B. sweet C. salty D. sour( ) 4. What do you think of this football match? Ive no idea. But is believed that Spanish team will win. A. that B. this C. which D. it( ) 5. Mr Zhang left for America in 1998, and he didnt return home 2002. A. unless B. when C. until D. since( ) 6.What do you think of our plan?I think its reasonable. But _ Bob, what we did is a waste of time. A. thanks to B. instead of C. according to D. because of( ) 7. They are made _ for 14 hours a day.A. work B. to work C. worked D. working( ) 8. The number of teachers in our school _ 60 and a number of them _ male teachers. A. is; are B. are; is C. are; are D. is; is ( ) 9. What kind of potato chips do you like? I like _ ones because they are hard, dry and easily broken.A. crispy B. sweet C. soft D. sour ( ) 10. Mum added lots of _ on the food but it still wasnt _. A. salt; enough salt B. salt; salty enoughC. salty; enough salt D. salty; salt enough( ) 11. I often notice Wang Fang to the old peoples home. I hear she often helps the old people there.A. come B. comes C. came D. to come( ) 12. The camera _ in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.A. invented B. is invented C. was invented D. is inventing( ) 13. Tom, you can go out to play football after your homework .A. will finish B. is finishedC. was finished D. finished( ) 14. I think the task _ on time if we put our time to good use.A. was done B. will do C. can doD. can be done( ) 15. Do you know ? In the 6th century.A. who is the abacus invented B. when the abacus is inventedC. when was the abacus inventedD. when the abacus was invented. 完形填空（10分） 阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The 50-year-old farmer (农民), Wu Yulu is quite different from the others at his village. He is the 16 of 38 handmade robots. He has been 17 to show his robots at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo. Born in a 18 family, he did not have the opportunity to go to school. But even as a child, he knew he wanted to make machines. “I think 19 machines is a talent I was born with,” he said.In 1987, he finally finished his 20 robot that could walk like a man. He named it “Wu No. 1.” 21 , his experiments (实验) have not been without danger. One of his fingers was injured in 1989. And in 1999, his house was 22 by fire. In 2003, Wu and his robots were invited to perform in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and in 2009, his robots were on 23 along with the Chinese Shenzhou spaceships.Wus latest dream is to invent robots 24 can help people in daily life. He will invent robots to help the disabled or look 25 children. ( ) 16. A. farmer B. coach C. inventor D. discoverer ( ) 17. A. refused B. invited C. collected D. developed( ) 18. A. poor B. rich C. small D. warm ( ) 19. A. selling B. repairing C. cleaning D. making ( ) 20. A. first B. second C. best D. worst ( ) 21. A. However B. Until C. Instead D. So ( ) 22. A. cut B. built C. destroyed D. made ( ) 23. A. sale B. display C. time D. vacation ( ) 24. A. what B. when C. where D. that( ) 25. A. up B. for C. after D. into . 阅读理解（30分）A Since a training course opened in November, 2008 at the Science Palace in Harbin, children have made more than 16 small inventions. Here are three of them.A boy demonstrated his invention, a pen with a reading glass, in Harbin, capital of northeast Chinas Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 20, 2009. A boy demonstrated his invention, a musical alarm clock, in Harbin, capital of northeast Chinas Heilongjiang province, Jan. 20, 2009. A boy demonstrated his invention which could cut an apple into pieces in Harbin, capital of northeast Chinas Heilongjiang province, Jan. 20, 2009. 根据材料内容，选择最佳选项。（10分）( ) 26. The training course opened in _ at the Science Palace in Harbin. A. January, 2008 B. November, 2008 C. January, 2009 D. November, 2009( ) 27. The word “demonstrated” in the passage means “_”. A. showedB. drew C. sold D. imagined( ) 28. The third boy invented something that could help people _. A. see words clearly B. wake up every morning C. cut apples into pieces D. write something with a reading glass ( ) 29. The reading above is mainly about _. A. students school life B. the training course in Harbin C. the Science Palace in Harbin D. several new inventions by children ( ) 30. What can we learn from the reading above? A. The three boys all come from Heilongjiang. B. The three inventions were all demonstrated on the same day.C. The invention of the musical alarm clock was the best of the three. D. There have been only three inventions since the training course opened.BSteven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not quite successful in his early years. At that time, he was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway (中途退学). After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and a change in life for the better.Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India. And then, in 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Woziak, he designed the Apple Computer in his garage (车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world. ( )31. Steven Jobs seemed _ when he was young.A. to be one of the best students at schoolB. not to be a good student at schoolC. to be liked by all his teachers D. to leave the school( )32. Why did Steven Jobs go to India?A. Because he was interested in India. B. Because he was given a job as a designer there.C. Because he hoped to get some new ideas from the trip. D. Because he wanted to study there.( )33. Steven Jobs designed his new computer _.A. in India B. with his friend C. in an apple tree garden D. by himself( )34. Steven Jobs was famous for his _ all over the world.A. new ideas B. apple treesC. Apple Computer D. video games( )35. From this passage we can learn that _.A. Steven Jobs got on well with his schoolmates B. Steven Jobs was full of new ideas, but only one of them was valuable.C. Steven Jobs could only design video gamesD. Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become trueCAnne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual one because he wants to be different.People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want the names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at school. But when staying with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.In many countries, a woman changes her family names to her husbands after she gets married. But today, many women are keeping their own family names and not using their husbands.( ) 36. Hanna changed her name to Anne because “Anne” _.A. makes her different B. is easier for people to rememberC. is more unusual than “Hanna”D. makes her prettier( ) 37. Famous people want their new names to _. A. have special sound B. be ordinaryC. have no meaning D. be unknown( ) 38. Li Kaiming uses his new name when he _. A. stays with his family B. is at schoolC. is among Chinese friends D. comes back to China( ) 39. The underlined words “gets married” mean _. A. 升官 B. 就业 C. 结婚 D. 生育( ) 40. The passage mainly tells us _.A. different people have different namesB. what names meanC. only film stars and sportsmen have two namesD. why some people change their names . 任务型阅读（10分）During the 1890s, basketball was becoming the most popular gym game in America. But basketball was not a good sport for older people to play, because of much running in the game.So in 1895, William Morgan, a gym teacher in Holyoke, Massachusetts, America, decided to invent a new game that would be good for older persons too. He invented a game which was played with the same kind of ball as basketball, but more like tennis.At first Morgan called the game “minonette”. But when he watched players hitting the ball back and forth (向前) with their hands, or “volleying (凌空截球)”, he changed the name to volleyball.Volleyball and basketball, which were both invented in the nineteenth century, have become two of the most popular games. Today, volleyball has more and more players and spectators (观众) around the world.根据短文内容，将下面表格中的信息补充完整。 Information about volleyballWhere was it invented?In (41)_.Who invented it?A (42)_ called William Morgan.Whats the good thing about volleyball game?There isnt much (43)_ in the volleyball game, which is (44)_ for older people.Situation nowVolleyball has more (45)_ and spectators worldwide. 单词填空（5分）根据句意和汉语或首字母提示，填写恰当的单词。46. The pretty girl gave me a _(讨人喜欢的) smile. 47. I cant stand the terrible smoke that cigarettes _(产生).48. Very little of the house _(遗留) after the earthquake.49. Dont add salt to the dish. Its s enough.50. The ice will soon change into water if you h_ it. 补全对话（5分）从方框中选择恰当的句子补全下列对话，使对话意思完整。（其中有两项多余）A. Whats it used for?B. That sounds interesting.C. Its very useful.D. How can it fly?E. Who invented it?F. How was it invented?G. Its used for opening and locking our auto-bike.A: Look at that strange thing, Wei Hua! Whats that?B: Its a key. 51            A: Auto-bike? Whats it then? 52           B: Its a battery-operated machine and it was invented by my father!A: 53            B: Its used for riding or flying.A: Flying? 54            B: You can just ride it like an auto-bike and it will fly as it goes faster enough.A: 55            I think your father is so great!B: I think so. He has invented many things. 综合填空（10分）根据短文内容，从方框中选择合适的单词填空。energy, invent, draw, until, dangerous, create, in, tired, because, countryThe bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not (56)_ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had (57) _ pictures for bicycles and flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced (58) _ long after he died.A person riding a bicycle uses very little (59) _ to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in most developed (60) _, most people don't go to work by bicycle. It is not (61) _ the bicycles are expensive or people feel (62) _ if they ride to work. It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes more (63) _ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work (64) _ their cars. And in this way, the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to (65) _ paths only for bicycles. 书面表达（15分）发明创造改变了世界。作为一名中学生，假如你梦想当一名发明家，应该怎样做才能实现梦想呢？请根据下面的要点提示，以“How to become an inventor”为题，写一篇80词左右的短文。要点提示：1. Get more knowledge.2. Have an interest.3. Be creative.4. Never give up.How to become an inventorAs a middle student, I think we need to do the following things to become an inventor. Key：1-5 BCBDC 6-10 CBAAB 11-15 ACBDD16-20 CBADA 21-25 ACBDC26-30 BACDB 31-35 BCBCD 36-40 BABCD41. America 42. gym teacher 43. running 44. good 45. players 46. pleasant 47. produce 48. remained 49. salty 50. heat51-55 GEADB56. invented 57. drawn 58. until 59. energy 60. countries 61. because 62.tired 63. dangerous 64. in 65. createOne possible version:How to become an inventorAs a middle student, I think we need to do the following things to become an inventor.First, we must study hard to get more knowledge. Its impossible for us to invent anything without knowledge. Second, we should have