江苏省启东市2017届九年级下学期英语开学考试试卷

—I'm sorry for that．

—All of them ________ the museum.

—You are right. I decide to ________.

—You'd better do more speaking.

— By the day after tomorrow. ______ you finish it on time?

— Sure．

—If you don't, ________.

    Not everyone has the chance to be a detective. But I ever got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 1988.

    One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my 1 new car. I expected to see my father, but to my 2 , I saw a young woman driving instead. “She stole my father's car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a 3  and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car 4 . ” And I told him why.

    The taxi driver had a car telephone, and I asked him to 5  the police. Soon we heard the 6  of a police car and its loudspeaker. The policeman told the woman to 7  her car. Our car came to a stop, too. I 8  right then and said to the woman, “It's not 9  car. It's my father's.”

    The woman 10  and said, “Oh. You're Mr Jackson's son, right? I've once seen your photo at your father's 11 .”

    Before I could say 12  word, the woman explained that she was my father's new assistant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it 13 . He lent her his car. After hearing her words, we called my father and he told us what she said was 14 . the police and the taxi driver laughed. I 15 very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time for me to work as a detective. Don't you think my story funny?

    I often hear some students say English is difficult, and it gives them a headache. So they can't learn it well. But English is very easy for me. I'm good at it. I'm very glad to tell you something about how I study English.

    First, I think an interest (爱好) in English is very important. When I was in Grade One, we had a new subject - English. It was fresh for me . I was interested in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I got a very good mark. How happy I was! After that, I learned English harder and harder. Our English teacher often teaches us English songs, the songs sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!

    Second, I think English is a foreign language. I should learn it well in the following ways: Listen to the teacher carefully, speak bravely, read aloud and have a good vocabulary (词汇). Then practice again and again, never be tired. And I also have a good habit: Asking . Whenever (不论何时) I have a question, I must make it clear by asking our English teacher. How happy I am when I understand!

    Besides this, I often read English stories, jokes and easy novels. From these I know English is not only interesting, but also useful. They help me understand a lot of things. So to do more reading is an important way to learn English well.

    And I also do some exercises from our class magazines, and I often write English diaries. English has become a close friend of mine.

    Now I have learned English for more than two years. I always keep the first position in our school. From these words, I hope every student can learn English well.

    If you won a lottery and had lots of money, what would you do? Most people start by buying themselves things, such as a new car or a bigger TV.

    Many people who win lots of money may suddenly find that they have a lot of socalled(所谓的)friends. The new friends they make may follow them for their money but they may also leave them when all the money is spent. Besides that, they can't decide what to do with the money, so they try to think what they want. In the end, most people usually decide to save the money.

    There are some lottery winners who decide to quit(辞职)their jobs, because they think they have enough money and don't need to work any longer. Some big lottery winners make even bigger changes—they end their marriages. They think that winning a lot of money has suddenly made them more intelligent and more attractive(有吸引力的).So they feel that they have to be with a younger or more attractive man or woman.

    They don't know their new money is just a bit of luck.  It can't change everything.

    Next time when you buy a lottery ticket, think about what you would like to do and what you wouldn't  like to do with the money if you won.

    In Britain you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you are learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren't allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don't have to go to a driving school--a friend can teach you. The person with you isn't allowed to take the money for the lesson unless he's got a teacher's license.

    Before you are allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don't pass the test, you are allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons. When you've passed your test, you don't have to take it again, and you are allowed to go on driving as long as you like, if you are healthy. Britain's oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

    Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn't have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren't allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

    Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. He's a world well-known on space and time. Stephen is researching some very big questions, such as: How did the universe begin? How will it end?

Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live.” As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong—- he didn't die. He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair(轮椅). He can't feed himself and get in or out of bed himself. But he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学).

    Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams(图表)or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In 1991, he met the Pope(教皇) in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1998, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty(风趣的) conversation.

    Success means to try your best．

    Many people b that success means to win．In my opinion, it means to try your best when you do e, no matter you will win or not．When you are tpart in a long-distance race, if you keep on running as fas you can, you are successful, though you may be the last to pass the finishing-line．Because you have showed your best to others, and you have made your greatest e to be the winner．Success means not to lose heart．

    No one can always be the w．You will certainly lose or fail some day．It is important for you not to lose heart．A person who has lost heart is just like a tree without roots(树根)．It will be e blown down by the wind．Nobel had failed many t when he was doing his experiments．Sometimes his lab was on fire and he was nearly killed．But he never lost heart and kept on trying．Finally he was s．So when you fail or meet any d just believe in yourself, stand up and give the difficulty a heavy strike．

    Now you've finished three years of English study. There's one way to demonstrate(展示)

    what you've learned－take a test!

    Do you have any special methods you use to help you do better on a test? How well you do is often a matter of how well prepared you are. Here are some ways to make sure you're at your best on test days.

    Go to bed early. The night before a test is not the time to stay up watching TV. You want to be rested and wide-awake for test day.

    Have a good breakfast. Test day isn't a morning for donuts(面包圈). Nor is it a time to starve(挨饿) yourself. Eat plenty of low-sugar, high-energy food to keep your brain and body working their best.

    Be prepared. Make sure you have two pencils and anything else you were asked to bring.

    Watch the numbers. Make sure that the number of the items(项目) on your answer sheet matches the number of the question.

    Look over all the answer choices. Don't assume(假定) that choice A is correct until you've checked the others. You may find a better one. And it is wrong to eliminate(排除) any choice that you can see at once. You'll have a better chance of finding the right answer.

    Check the clock. Make sure you allow yourself enough time to answer every question and go back and check your answers. Don't spend too much time on any difficult question. Skip（跳

    读） it and come back to it later.

    Keep up with your schoolwork all year long. That's  how you get the skills you need for taking a test.

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3). 词数：90词左右。