? From Newspaper to Novels
It was really a painful experience for Isabel Allende to flee her country. Without this experience, however, Allende says she never would have begun writing novels. Then she got a phone call from Chile. Her grandfather was dying. She knew she could not return home to be with him, but she wanted to respect him in some way. “I decided to write a letter about all the things he told us when we were young,” Allende explains. Later, he wrote a long letter which became Allende’s first novel, The House of the Spirits. ? The Writing Life
“I spent ten, twelve hours a day in a room, writing,” Allende says, “I don’t talk to anybody; I don’t answer the phone.” When she finishes the first draft (草稿) of a new novel, Allende mails a copy to her toughest critic (最严厉的评论家). “I send it to my mother in Chile. She reads it and comes here with a red pencil. We fight for a month at least.” Allende then goes back to work until she feels the book is finished. “The storytelling is the fun part,” she says. “The writing can be a lot of work!” 88. Isabel Allende’s own personal story is very amazing, isn’t it? 89. What was Isabel Allende before she got married?
90. How did the military takeover influence (影响) Isabel Allende’s life? 91. Why did Isabel Allende start writing her first novel?
92. How do you understand “We fight for a month at least” in the last paragraph? 93. What kind of person do you think Isabel Allende is? Give your reason(s). VII. Writing (作文) (共20分)
94. Write at least 60 words about the topic “Learn to relax myself!”(请以“学会放松自己!”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。)
(注意：文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。)
Situation:
You are busy with lots of school work in and after school. You need to spend some of your spare time relaxing yourself. Tell us the importance of it and show us one example.
2015学年第一学期期末教学质量调研 九年级英语 听力文字和参考答案
Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力) I. Listening Comprehension(听力理解)
A. Listen and choose the right picture. (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片) 1. The fishermen are using a net to catch fish in the lake. 2. The Whites have picnics in the park once a month.
3. Young people like listening to music while surfing the Internet. 4. Emma enjoys holding her cute pet dog in her arms at home. 5. Reading English newspapers is a good way to improve our English. 6. We all know it is important to put rubbish in different litter bins.
B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案) 7. W: I hear you collect coins.
M: I used to, but now I’m crazy about stones. I’ll show you my collection if you’re interested.
Q: What does the man collect now?
8. W: Do you miss your good friend Kitty? She is in the USA now.
M: Of course. I contact her by Wechat almost every day. I send her an e-mail once a
week. And I ring her twice a month.
Q: How often does the man ring his good friend Kitty?
9. M: We’re going to have a sports meeting this weekend. How about the weather? W: The weatherman says it will be rainy today, cloudy on Saturday, and sunny on Sunday. Q: What will the weather be like on Saturday? 10. M: What a lovely toy! Where did you get it?
W: I bought it in the department store the other day. M: Is it very expensive?
W: Well, it was one hundred yuan, and now it is ten yuan cheaper. Q: How much is the toy now?
11. M: Excuse me. I want to complain about the milk I bought here. W: What’s the problem?
M: When I opened the carton, it was a funny colour.
W: Oh, I’m very sorry about it. I’ll change one for you now and take care of the rest right away.
Q: Where does this dialogue probably take place? 12. W: Hello. This is Mary. May I speak to Mike?
M: A moment, please. “Mike, Mike, you are wanted on the phone.” -- Sorry, Mike isn’
t in at the moment. Will you leave a message, please?
W: All right. Please ask Mike to see the manager as soon as he comes back. Q: What is Mike going to do when he is back?
13. M: Would you like to have dinner with me at Jinjiang Restaurant tonight?
W: Oh, I’d love to. But I’ve already had dinner plans for tonight. Shall we find another time? M: OK.
Q: What does the woman mean?
14. M: Yesterday was a most unlucky day for me. W: What happened, Tom?
M: I bought a film ticket, but when I got to the cinema, I couldn’t find it. W: Then you bought another one?
M: Yes, When I got in, the film had already been on. And what’s worse, it was not interesting at all.
Q: Which of the following is NOT true according to the dialogue?
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false.(判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)
Wang, a 13-year-old boy from China, has become popular after he gave a lecture at the China Internet Security Meeting in September. In the lecture, he explained a problem
in an educational computer system. Since then, many people call him the youngest “hacker” in China.
In 2009, when Wang was still a Grade Two student in a primary school, he started to write some short programs after he felt bored playing computer games. He set up his first website at the age of ten using his pocket money. He is now studying in Grade Eight in a junior school in Beijing. To people’s surprise, Wang learned to write programs all by himself.
Recently, Wang hacked an online shopping site and changed the price of an item from 2,500 yuan to only one yuan. And instead of buying a lot of them, he told the website
the risks. He was very pleased when he found one. But he said he would not use his wisdom for doing something against laws.
By attending the meeting, Wang didn’t want to show off his excellent ability. Instead, he wanted people to know that everybody must be careful with the Internet risks. D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences. (听对话，完成下列内容。每空格限填一词)
In this week’s Students Around the World, Kim interviews an American university student, Lisa. They talk about living on a student budget. Kim: Thanks for talking with me today, Lisa. Tell us a little about yourself. Lisa: Well, I’m twenty-one, and I’m a student at a famous university in Chicago. Kim: How are you paying for your college education?
Lisa: My expenses for every term are almost $15,000. At the start of each term my parents
pay the $10,000 tuition for me. I also get $2,000 from the college. I have to earn the rest myself. Kim: How do you do that?
Lisa: I have a part-time job at a hotel. I work about twenty hours a week, and earn $400.
After taxes, I make about $330. Kim: How do you spend that money?
Lisa: It helps to pay for my rent and meals at college. It also pays for things like my
cell phone, books, transportation, and clothes. Kim: You don’t have much money left for fun, do you?
Lisa: That’s true! I hardly ever go to the movies. My roommate and I usually download
movies and we share the cost, so it’s cheaper. Kim: How else do you save money?
Lisa: I don’t go to restaurants. I cook with my roommates so it’s cheaper to eat. I try
to walk or ride my bicycle to college. Oh, and I buy a lot of my clothes at second-hand stores. You can find some very cheap, nice clothes in those stores. Part 1 Listening
(共30分，每小题或每空格1分)
I. A. 1. F 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. H 6. E
B. 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A C. 15. T 16. F 17. T 18. F 19. F 20. T
D. 21. famous university 22. each/every term 23. twenty/20 hours 24. for fun 25.
cooks with
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