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江苏省泰州市姜堰区2016届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

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    How do we know what's right or wrong in English? Languages such as French and Spanish each has an official(官方的) organization that tells you what's correct. But there is nothing like that in English. So what can we do?

    There is, of course, Standard English. This is the kind of English you read in newspapers or in formal letters. It is also the English you learn at school or in textbooks.

    However, Standard English is not official English. And unbelievably, linguists(语言学家) think Standard English is on the same level as all other types of English such as Cockney English, Yorkshire English, South African English, Australian English, Singaporean English… And according to linguists, there is no such thing as Standard Spoken English.

    English is changing all the time. Every year, new words appear and others disappear. Words change too. For example, for many years, the Latin word “agendum” was the accepted singular form and “agenda” was the plural form. However, these days, very few people use the Latin-sounding“agendum”, with “agenda” being the accepted singular form, and “agendas” the plural.

Newspapers each has their own style when they write certain things. For example,The Guardian puts dates like “21 July 2011”(with the day first, followed by the month and no commas). However, the news agency Reuters writes them like this “July 21, 2011”(with the month first, and a comma(逗号) between the day and the year). Other newspapers have different ways of doing it too. So, as you can see, there's no one “correct” way —there's a variety of ways and each one is acceptable.

    Next time someone tells you that something is wrong, tell them that it isn't wrong, It is just English.

(Each answer should be no more than four words)

(1)、According to passage two, how many ways can you read or learn Standard English?

(2)、What is the plural form of the Latin word “agendum” in the past?

(3)、How does the news agency Reuters write “2016年1月20日”?

(4)、According to passage one, what languages have official organizations that tell you what is correct?

(5)、According to passage three, how many types of English are mentioned except Standard English?

举一反三
阅读下面短文,在文章空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When people say"culture", we think of art and history. But one very famous symbol in American culture is a cartoon. We all know and love the black mouse {#blank#}1{#/blank#} two large round ears—Mickey Mouse. Over 80 years ago, he first appeared in the cartoon Steamboat Willie. When this cartoon came out in New York on November 18, 1928, it was the first cartoon with sound and music. The man behind Mickey was Walt Disney. He became very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (success). In the 1930s, he made 87 cartoons with Mickey. 

Some people might ask how this cartoon animal became so popular. One of the main {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (reason) is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger. In his early films, Mickey was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(lucky) and had many problems, such as {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (lose) his house or girlfriend, Minnie. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, he was always ready to try his best. People went to the cinema to see the "little man" win. Most of them wanted to be like Mickey.

On November 18,1978, Mickey became {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(one)cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Today's cartoons are usually not so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(simple) as little Mickey Mouse, but everyone still {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (know) and loves him. Who has a pair of ears {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(famous) than Mickey's?

Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题):

    "You have saved my horse," Queen Olivia told the young boy standing before her .””Now you shall have a reward." Peter nervously ran his fingers through his brown hair. The frightened horse had run past him as he worked in the field that morning. He would have helped it whether it belonged to the queen or not .But he had to admit that getting a reward was nice.

    Two of the queen's men appeared. One carried a mirror. Red jewels shone on top of the minor's silver frame. The other carried wooden care with a chicken inside it.

    "Only one reward can be yours," the queen said" Choose wisely"" That's easy.” Peter said.” I will take the chicken.” Some of the queen's men laughed. It was clear that they thought he had made a foolish choice.

    “And why did you choose the chicken? The queen asked.” Well, I don't know much about jewels," Peter answered.” But I do know about chickens. The chicken will provide eggs for my family for a long while.”

    Queen Olivia smiled.” Then you did make a wise choice." she said.“ That mirror may look fancy. But the jewels you see are only colored glass, and the frame is painted silver. The chicken is much more valuable." Peter took the chicken and bowed." Thank you, your majesty“

“You are a smart child, ”the queen added. “I could use a smart boy to help take care of my horses. Would you like to take the job?” Peter smiled. “Thank you very much!” he said excitedly. A job at the castle paid well. Now his family would eat well for the rest of their lives—all because   ⑹     !

 阅读短文及文后A—E选项,选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。

Hearing is very important to all of us. We can hear many different kinds of sounds in the world with our ears such as beautiful music and nice song of birds. However, a report shows that more than half the people in the United States older than age 75 have some hearing loss. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The following will tell you about how to protect ears.

Don't listen to too loud music. Listening to loud music a lot can be bad for your ears, especially when headphones(耳机)are used. Stop to give your ears a rest if you like wearing headphones. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

Try to use earplugs(耳塞)to help you. For example, before swimming, it's a good idea to put earplugs in to your ears. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}When you are in a noisy environment, wear earplugs to protect your ears from the terrible noise. 

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Take some medicine if the doctor ask you to do so. 

All in all, start protecting your hearing now! {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Don't wait until it's too late. 

A. What's more, you can wear a swim hat to stop water from getting into your ears. 

B. So we must try to protect our ears. 

C. Take breaks of at least five minutes every hour.

D. See a doctor if your ears pain.

E. Follow these advice can help you a lot.

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