天津市南开区九年级英语总复习质量检测一

天津市南开区九年级英语总复习质量检测一内容摘要：

e you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously（好奇） . You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things. Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE. After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM, and other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express your idea, such as “I want to go out and pla y with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can municate（交流） . So we say languages are means of munication. 46. can remember the day when . A. One, he spoke his first word B. No one, he spoke his first word C. Most people, they spoke their first words D. None, they spoke their first words 47. When you were a little baby, you . A. made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eat B. spent most of your time playing with your parents C. could not hear any sound around you D. spent most of your time eating, playing and crying 48. The secret of language is that . A. one sound might be as good as another B. people can understand each other C. a certain sound is for a certain thing D. there is a special sound for each person 49. You could learn words . A. before you knew what the language was B. after you knew what the language was C. before you knew the secret of the language D. when you were a baby 50. The aim in using language is . A. to get everything one wants from others B. to say what one wants to know C. to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one another D. to make oneself understood by others （ C） One summer afternoon Jane and James Brown visited their daughter at her home in Lily, France. A few minutes before six, the Browns decided to leave. They said goodbye to their daughter, walked to their car and got in. Mr. Brown was about to start the car when a gunman（持枪歹徒） jumped up from the back seat. He held a gun to Mr. Brown”s head. “Drive me to Paris!” he ordered. “All right,” Mr. Brown answered. “I”ll drive you anywhere you want to go. But first let my wife out of the car.” The gunman agreed. After she was safely out of the car, Mr. Brown started the engine and drove down the street. He was driving slowly but his mind was racing. Unarmed and 81 years old, he knew he could not fight the gunman. Suddenly Mr. Brown realized how he could attract the attention of the police. He began driving like a m。