C
“A Bite of China” is the name of a TV program on CCTV-1 and CCTV-9. It’s made by our country’s best directors, three of whom have won the international prize. It began 2 years ago, showing traditional specialty dishes in different places of China. It’s causing a spending storm. And more importantly, it offers you rich knowledge of geography, history and culture when Chinese eat.
The program shows us the beautiful and perfect ways of food-making. And it’s not about dishes, it also gets people from different places to tell stories about their experience with food.
As the program serves as a window allowing the world to better understand China, it wants to help people all over the world enjoy the beauty of Chinese food, and learn Chinese customs and social realities as well.
The TV program is very popular among people both at home and abroad. After the program, many Chinese restaurants have increased in business. Visitors have come a long way to enjoy the food mentioned in the program. The program also helps people to speak out about their food safety.
Gao Ya, a Chinese who lives in Germany, wrote, “The tastes of home,
memories of childhood, joys of work and dreams of life, I am moved by each simple story. And this also makes me sad because we are losing a lot of these knowledge. Those traditional ways of activities are dying out because of the modern life.”
36. Which of the following doesn’t “A Bite of China” show us?
A. Traditional specialty dishes and nice ways of food-making.
B. Knowledge of geography, history and culture.
C. Stories about people’s experience with food.
D. Ads of different Chinese restaurants.
37. The word “ ” can be filled in the blank in Paragraph 2.
A. really B. like C. only D. also
38. How does the program get the world to better understand China?
A. Only by enjoying the beauty of Chinese food.
B. By learning about Chinese food, customs and social realities.
C. By speaking out about the food safety.
D. By opening a Chinese restaurant.
39. Why does Gao Ya feel sad when she watches the program?
A. Because the traditional ways of activities are dying out.
B. Because she was moved by stories of work and life.
C. Because she misses the tastes of home.
D. Because she can’t watch the program in Germany.
40. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. People can watch the program on both CCTV-1 and CCTV-9.
B. The program is popular all over the world.
C. Two of the directors have won the international prize.
D. Restaurants with the food mentioned in the program have increased in business.
非选择题（共50分）
四、语言基础知识(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
A) 根据括号内所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
41. The cat was (卧) fast asleep by the fire.
42.With the (发展)of railways ,it’s easy for people to travel around Ghina
43. Let’s stop to have a rest and go out for a (呼吸) of fresh air.
44. Please make a telephone ________(对话) with these words like the example.(dialogue)
45. It (碰巧) to be a fine day that day .（happened）so we had great fun .
B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
46. Water is the cheapest drink, and it is also (healthy).
47. The volunteers for community______(serve) are doing a good job.
48. The TF boys (consider) by more and more young people as heroes for their talents in music.
49 （save ）energy, turn off the hot water after you take a shower.
50. It is (tired) to walk a long way with uncomfortable shoes. My feet hurt!
C)根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的词或短语填空。使短文内容完整正确。（每个词或短语只能用一次）
out of control efforts in fear of victims between ...and
The last minutes of 2014, became the last minutes for many. 35 people died in a stampede(踩踏) during New Year's celebrations at the Bund in Shanghai. Of all the 51 ▲ , 10 were male and 25 female. Most were 52 ▲ 16 ▲ 36 years of age. Police rushed to the scene and took the injured(受伤的) to nearby hospitals. People are also 53 ▲ their lives. “The crowd was so huge that it was finally 54 ▲ .” One of the witnesses said sadly. Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that all 55 ▲ should be taken to treat the injured and the government should strength the measures to prevent such a thing from happening again.
五、阅读填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
A) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第56—65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
On September 2, 2013, swimmer Diana Nyad reached Key West, Florida. At age 64, Nyad made history by becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without using a shark cage(防鲨笼). It took her nearly 53 hours to finish the 103-mile swim.
“You’re never too old to achieve your dream,” Nyad said after finishing the swim. “Never give up.”
This was Nyad’s fifth attempt(尝试) to complete the swim. She first tried in 1978, then made three more attempts between 2011 and 2012. What finally helped her succeed? She had trained for years, and sometimes practiced swimming for days at a time. But even more important than that was her mind. Besides, she had a team that helped her along the way.
Other swimmers had made the trip before, swimming inside shark cages which protected them as they moved through the dangerous waters. But Nyad did not want to use a cage.
Although Nyad faced many challenges along the way, she thought it was all worth it to achieve a lifelong dream. She wrote on her blog, “I am so proud of my team, and ... I am also very proud of myself.” Many others are proud of Nyad too. Even President Barack Obama offered his congratulations.
B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
When I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home. With my suitcase packed and some sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “I’m leaving.”
“If you want to run away, that’s all right,” she said. “But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the s 66 way.” I threw my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor h 67 and started for the door again.
“Wait a minute,” Mom said. “I want your c 68 back. You didn’t wear anything when you arrived.” This really angered me. I tore(扯下) off the shoes, socks, shorts, the T-shirt … everything on me and s 69 , “Can I go now?” “Yes.” Mom answered, “but once you close that door, don’t expect to come back.”
I was so a 70 that I slammed(砰地关上) the door and stepped out on the front porch(门廊). Suddenly I realized that I was outside, with nothing on. Then I noticed that down the street, two neighbor girls were walking toward our house. I ran to h 71 behind a big tree in our yard at once. After a while, I was sure the girls had passed by. I dashed to the front door and banged on it loudly.
“W 72 there?” I heard.
“It’s Billy! Let me in!”
The voice behind the door answered, “Billy doesn’t live here any more. He ran away from home.” Looking quickly behind me to see i 73 anyone else was coming, I begged, “Aw, c’mon, Mom! I’m s 74 your son. Let me in!”
The door inched open and Mom’s smiling face appeared. “Did you change your d 75 about running away?” she asked.
“What’s for supper?” I answered.
六、书面表达（满分15分）
阳光中学举办“Great People”主题的征文活动，假设你非常喜欢侦探小说家Arthur Conan Doyle，请根据网站上所查阅到的信息，向大家简要介绍一下。
内容必须包括：
Stories of Sherlock Holmes
Translated into many languages
Sherlock Holmes: a character created by him; a master at solving crimes
注意： 1. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
2. 语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
3. 词数至少80词，文章的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
Arthur Conan Doyle is my favourite person. He is well known all over the world.
江苏省常州市2015~2016学年度第一学期期末质量调研测试
九 年 级 英 语 试 卷
参考答案
一、1-5 DCBBC 6-10 CDADB 11-15 ABCBA
二、BADCD BADCB
三、CACDB BBCBD DCBAC
四、lying, eighties, breath, whenever, personal
the healthiest, actor, are considered, is, tiring
victims, between … and, in fear of, out of control, efforts
五、without, from, four, miles, Reasons, spent, team, herself, pride, offered
same, heavily/hard, clothes, shouted, angry, hide, who’s, if, still, decision
六、Writing samples:
Arthur Conan Doyle is my favourite person. He is well known all over the world.
（分行成段） Conan was born on 22 May, 1859 and he was the youngest child of the three. In 1876, he entered the University of Edinburgh and studied medicine for 5 years.
He loved poems and football. After that, he worked as a doctor for more than 10 years. Later, he began to write detective stories and became famous. His most famous works were Stories of Sherlock Holmes. In it, he created a character called Sherlock Holmes who is a master at solving crimes.
These great works have been translated into many languages and are popular all over the world. Because of illness, he died on 7 July, 1930.
