四川省苍溪县东溪片区2018届九年级上学期英语第一次月考试卷

—I study ______ working _____ a group.

—Yes. But now she is outgoing.

— Yes, we should________ animals as our friends.

—I'm sorry. I won't do it again.

—I improve it ______ listening to tapes.

—A skirt is OK.

    Mrs. Yuan is a writer. She's 1 and often helps the poor person. It was very cold one snowy morning. On the way to her office, she saw an old man 2 on the ground. She came to him and help him to 3 and bought some porridge and bread for him. The old man ate up the food quickly and  4 her very much. Then she asked. “Where do you live, Grandpa?”

     “I have no  5  madam,” said the old man. “ I have to sleep outside 6.”

     “How old are you?” “Ninety-two.” Mrs Yuan became 7 and went on asking, “Why not live in the old people's house?”  8 I have a son,” said the old man. “they've 9 admitted(接纳) a person who has children.”

     “Do you have any children?”

     “Yes,” answered the old man. “I have a son.”

     “Where is your son, then?”

     “He has no children, 10 the old people's house admitted him.”

     “It's unfair!” said Mrs. Yuan. She overcame several difficulties and at last helped him to live in the old people's house.

    Last year, my best friend, Li Xiaoming, talked about the best way of studying English. At first he thought the teacher spoke 1quickly2he didn't understand. He also3 ask questions4 his poor pronunciation. Then he began to watch English movies, he 5 funny movies.6 he couldn't understand everything the characters said,7he can get the meaning by watch body language and expressions. He also realized he could get the meaning by8 for the key words. His pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. Sometimes he learned some9sentences like “It's a piece of cake.” At last he often 10 the new words in the dictionary.

    Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometre away. So Uncle Wang seldom(很少)goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes (花费) him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there. Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.

    A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi driver about his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” The man asked. “100 dollars,” said the taxi driver. This was very dear (昂贵的), but the man said it was OK.

    The taxi driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi driver looked at the man and said, “Tomorrow is another 100 dollars.” And the man said, “That's OK! See you tomorrow.” The taxi driver was very pleased.

    The next day the taxi driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi driver 100 dollars again and said, “I'm going home tomorrow.” The driver was sorry because he liked the traveler and 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you are going home. Where do you come from?” He asked. “I come from New York.” “New York,” the taxi driver said, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susan. Do you know her?” “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!”

    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.

    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."

Choose the right answer

Dear Xia Yu,

    Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America? One is Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father's Day on the third Sunday of June. On these two days, American children often give gifts to their parents or take them out for lunch or dinner. Common gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I heard that it is becoming more and more popular to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day in China. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I believe that there are many ways to show our love. Actually, we don't have to spend a lot of money. It's also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.

Jim: Jack, I want to have a look at what's on this weekend. Let me see now.

Jack:

Jim: The Red Roses are giving a performance at the People's Theatre.

Jack: They are pop group. They are said to be very good.

Jim: 7 p.m.

Jack: Yes, I'll be free then. I'll meet you at the theatre at 6:30.

Jim: Good! See you then. Bye.

A: Excuse me,?

B: No, there isn't a hotel near here, but there is one near the Bank of China.

A:?

B: It's about two kilometers away.

A:?

B: You'd better take a taxi, because it's so late and there aren't any buses now.

A: 

B: You're welcome.

    Everyone in the world is unique(独一无二的)！There is  exactly(完全的)the same as you. That is good because it  the world an interesting place. There are people than you, and shorter than you. Maybe your hair is the same color  your friend's. Maybe it is longer than hers. And another is that your hair may be straight and hers may be curly(卷的).I am sure you have some  who are smarter than you. And you also have some friends who are as good at sports as you. But there are also people around you who  good at some things. are you like your best friend? Do you both like tennis? Are you both outgoing? I think in some ways you are the same, but in many otheryou are different. It takes a lot of differences to make a world!

    I have a good friend named Mary. She has changed a lot in the past few years. She used to