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第 1 页 共 24 页 外研版九年级上学期英语期中测试外研版九年级上学期英语期中测试 A A 卷卷 一 一 单项选择 本题共有单项选择 本题共有 1010 个小题 请从每个小题的四个选项中 选出个小题 请从每个小题的四个选项中 选出 共共 1010 题 共题 共 2020 分分 1 2 分 You play basketball so well How often do you play it A I like it B Every day C Two days D Three times 2 2 分 Remember to return the book to the school library in time you will be fined 罚款 A or B and C but D then 3 2 分 His flight to New York will from Shanghai International Airport in two hours A take off B take up C take away D turn off 4 2 分 When is your birthday Li Fang It s July 26 A on 第 2 页 共 24 页 B to C in 5 2 分 The new CD so well that it out in all the s hops A is sold sells B sells sells C is sold is sold D sells is sold 6 2 分 He s still not understood by his close friend although he has said sorry to him A hasn t he B has he C isn t he D is he 7 2 分 Have you ever Jin Yong Of course a very famous writer and he once studied in Quzhou A heard B hearing C heard of D heard from 8 2 分 Would you like to tell me Sure Practice makes perfect A how can I study English well 第 3 页 共 24 页 B why do you learn English well C how I can study English well D why I learn English well 9 2 分 He is watching the match I m watching it A also B either C to D too 10 2 分 We now usually each other by using cellphones A come up with B keep in touch with C keep up with D get along with 二 二 完形填空 完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 11 10 分 完形填空 A young man went to visit a wise man living deep in the mountain for the wisdom of life Excuse me Could you please tell me what the most 1 day in our lives is Is it the day when we were born or the day we 2 Is it the day when fall in love or the day we succeed The man asked Neither The most important day in our lives is 3 The wise man replied calmly Why The young man felt more than 4 Is it because there is a moving event taking place today No Nothing has happened today 第 4 页 共 24 页 Is it because of my visit Even if nobody visited me today today is 5 very important because today is the only wealth we have No matter how memorable yesterday is it has gone by like a ship going down into the sea no matter how bright tomorrow may be it is yet to come but no matter how common today is it is under our 6 The young man still wanted to ask something while the wise man 7 him and said When we are talking about the meaning of today we have 8 a lot of it The young man nodded and then went down the mountain Actually today is the only 9 we have So what we should do now is to 10yesterday and tomorrow and catch fast today 1 A important B necessary C comfortable D sad 2 A miss B die C grow D move 3 A yesterday B tomorrow 第 5 页 共 24 页 C today D day 4 A jealous B pleased C puzzled D upset 5 A still B already C ever D just 6 A way B control C care D mind 7 A stopped B refused C encouraged D decided 第 6 页 共 24 页 8 A treasured B avoided C wasted D paid 9 A excuse B plan C chance D idea 10 A remember B forget C treat D catch 三 三 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 4646 分分 12 6 分 The price office changes during the year It is useful for rice farmers to know how the price changes then they can sell their rice when the price is high But it was hard for farmers to guess how the price would change from month to month Last year the price of rice was very low in November This was a bad time for farmers to sell their rice November December and January were all bad months The best month for farmers to sell rice last year was April July and August were also good times to sell rice 第 7 页 共 24 页 Between August and November the price of rice were down every month During other parts of the year the price went up and down 1 The price of rice was the highest in last year A January B April C July D November 2 The price office was the same in A April and May B February and December C July and August D March and September 3 Which might be the best title of the reading A Farmers and Rice B Buying and Selling Rice C High Price of Rice D Changes in Price of Rice 第 8 页 共 24 页 13 10 分 阅读理解 On weekends and holidays when many Chinese teenagers learn things like painting and piano kids at the same age in the United States like playing sports According to Time for Kids more US teenagers have joined many sports clubs in recent years Families spend over 10 percent of their money on their children s sports careers 事业 The youth sports economy 经济 in the US has grown by 55 percent since 2010 according to Winter Green Research Ales Stearns is an eighth grader at Mercy High School in Connecticut The 16 year old boy has been playing baseball since kindergarten 幼儿园 He plays it every day He told TEENS that his family spends over 1 200 on his equipment 装备 and 300 on training each year Tristan Silveira 16 from Los Gatos in California also plays baseball He plays for the All Star Academy a club that has fostered 培养 many Major League Baseball players Silveira pays around 50 for every private lesson he takes His family has supported him a lot My mom drives me to every practice every game he said Playing sports can bring many benefits Teenagers can take part in competitions The top players in these competitions usually get full athletic scholarships 奖学金 for college However there are negative things about playing sports Studies show that early learning sport increases the risk of injury and depression 抑郁 Rising costs are a big burden 负担 for poor families reported Time for Kids 1 From the reading what can we learn from the second paragraph A Kids didn t like playing sports in 2010 B Sports clubs are always full of teenagers C Playing sports can cost a large amount of money D Kids shouldn t play sports 2 Stearns and Silveira are the same EXCEPT that A their mothers drive them to every game 第 9 页 共 24 页 B they both play baseball C they are both 16 years old D they both like playing sports 3 It is mentioned in the passage that playing sports A can be good for teenagers who don t want to study B may help some students get scholarships for college C will injure teenager s bodies and harm their studies D decreases 降低 the risk 风险 of injury and depression 4 The underlined word negative probably means in Chinese in this passage A 值得肯定的 B 受追捧的 C 消极的 D 乐观的 5 The best title of this passage is A School P E Class in the US B Youth Sports in the US C Scholarships for Going to College D Benefits for Doing Sports 14 20 分 What is the hottest English word these years Selfie may be one of them It was even named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2013 The word was first used in an Australian online forum in 2002 Now almost everybody knows it Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself People usually take selfies with a smart phone and 第 10 页 共 24 页 send them to a social media website Nowadays more and more people are taking selfies From your best friend to your favorite pop star selfies are taking over Renren and Sina Weibo What makes people love selfies Selfies can help to remember what s going on in their personal life Almost every day I take a photo of myself at school and save it in my Qzone These photos record my happy and sad moments said Huang Xu 16 from Hunan Another usual reason for taking a selfie is to share online They hope to make friends and share their feelings with others During summer vacation my classmates and I shared many selfies online Through these photos we got to know each other s holidays and feelings said Wang Lin 15 from Henan I m too shy to ask someone to take pictures of me but it s easier to do it by myself Although taking selfies is popular among young people around the world they should be careful at the places where they take selfies People are warned 警告 not to take light hearted selfies in serious places such as in some traffic accidents In order to protect art works selfie is banned in some museums and galleries too 1 The word selfie has a history of about A 2 years B 13 years C 15 years D 20 years 2 The word selfie has a history of about A 2 years B 13 years C 15 years D 20 years 3 Which could be the best picture to match 搭配 selfie 第 11 页 共 24 页 A B C D 4 Which could be the best picture to match 搭配 selfie A B C D 5 In Paragraph 3 the writer mentioned 提到 2 young people to A talk about their school lives B introduce the development of selfie C help people take a clear and beautiful selfie 第 12 页 共 24 页 D explain the different reasons why people love selfies 6 In Paragraph 3 the writer mentioned 提到 2 young people to A talk about their school lives B introduce the development of selfie C help people take a clear and beautiful selfie D explain the different reasons why people love selfies 7 The underlined word banned means A not visited B not stopped C not allowed D not watched 8 The underlined word banned means A not visited B not stopped C not allowed D not watched 9 We probably see the passage in a an A science book B magazine for teenager C instruction book D English dictionary 10 We probably see the passage in a an 第 13 页 共 24 页 A science book B magazine for teenager C instruction book D English dictionary 15 10 分 阅读理解 Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy They feel heavy pressure from their parents to do well in school Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life Though this may be a good idea for those very smart students it can have terrible results for many students because they are not talented enough As it is reported a number of students killed themselves Others try to get the feelings of taking drugs 毒品 Some join the groups of troublemakers and turn to crime 犯罪 Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hopes Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don t want to go to school any longer It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children they do not help them in any ways Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and it is the teachers work to help their children To make matter worse a lot of parents send their children to those school opening in the evenings and on weekends they only help students to pass exams and never teach students any real sense of the world It is a great surprise that almost three quarters of middle school students have been to such kind of schools Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students hair to their clothes and the things in their bags Child psychologists 儿童心理学家 now think that such strict rules are harmful 有害的 to the feelings of the students Almost 40 of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others how to tell right from wrong how to show love for others even for their parents 1 Why do the Japanese student feel unhappy A Because they don t work hard enough 第 14 页 共 24 页 B Because their parents give them little pressure C Because they can t do well in their schoolwork D Because their parents want them to do well in school it give them much pressure 2 Their parents want them to study hard because A their parents want to have a wonderful life B they want their kids to have a wonderful life in the future C they can t do well in their own work D the kids wants to have a wonderful life 3 Why a lot of teenagers killed themselves or did something criminal A Because they like to do that B Because they thought their parents didn t love them any more C Because they thought everyone hated them D Both B and 4 Who do the parents think should help the kids when they can t do well in school work A Teachers B Parents C Someone else D Their classmates 5 What do child psychologists think is harmful to the feelings of children A Schools have too much rules about everything B The parents don t help their children C Children can t do well in their school work 第 15 页 共 24 页 D Parents send their children to all kinds of school which are opening on weekends 四 四 翻译 翻译 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 4 4 分分 16 4 分 我认为它太大 不会是一条狗 I think it was a dog 五 五 短文填空 短文填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 17 10 分 根据短文内容 从方框中选择恰当的词语填空 有的需要变换形式 每个限用一次 joke do a good job plan stand comedy appear successful become film care about Brian was a funny student He loved watching when he was young He hoped a comedian 喜剧演员 one day When he heard about the talent show at his school Brian to take part in 参加 it But some students laughed at him Brian couldn t them So he didn t want to go to the show But when he remembered how much his friends liked his he decided to go Brian at the talent show He won first prize His teachers and friends were happy for him But some students told Brian that he was not good and he would never be Brian didn t know why they said so and he didn t what they said anymore He worked hard at his dream and at last Brian got a lot of chances 机会 to work in He on television many times Now Brian is a famous comedian He is doing what he loves best 六 六 任务型阅读 任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1212 分分 18 12 分 Choose the best answer Did you know that a new weblog is being created each second Many of these bloggers are teenagers While their parents wrote in a diary to express their emotions or shared their interests by spending time with friends teens are now using blogs instead In fact in the US one in every five school aged teens has a blog Most of these are just chatter some are funny or clever but a few have become Internet success For example Chloe Spencer s blog Neopets Fanatic gets around 300 000 hits per month When 第 16 页 共 24 页 Chloe was 15 she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets a kind of pet website One reason why her blog has so many visitors is that she gives instructions and tips for the popular pet site Then there is Tavi Gevinson s blog Style Rookie It is said to get 1 5 million hits per month Tavi who started her blog when she was just 12 puts up her photos of her own clothes online as well as designers collections Tavi s blog has caught on because she knows a lot about style for someone so young and she is not afraid to try out unusual clothes or see things in a different way Blogs like these are interesting but they only become really popular after better known websites are linked to them or they get noticed by the media 传媒 For example Tavi s blog became an overnight 突 然的 success after being written about in The New York Times Popular blogs can even earn money usually from advertisements that companies pay to put up on the bloggers sites So for some blogging is just a recreation 消遣 but for others it can become a source of income and even a full time job 1 Teens nowadays than their parents did A have more ways of communication B share their feelings more C write in diaries more often D make more friends 2 In Paragraph 1 the underlined word chatter means talking about topics A funny B clever C serious D unimportant 3 Chloe Spencer and Tavi Gevinson are both A pet lovers 第 17 页 共 24 页 B teenage bloggers C interested in fashion D keen on taking photos 4 From the passage we know that Chloe Spencer is a person who A visits many websites B loves pets C is easy to get angry D rarely gives opinions 5 According to Paragraph 4 Tavi Gevinson s blog A is not well known yet B is written every night C became popular very quickly D got a lot of money from advertising 6 The best title for the passage might be A How to be good teen bloggers B How teen bloggers attract the media C Keeping diaries or writing blogs D Teens blogs mean business 七 七 补全对话 补全对话 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1010 分分 19 5 分 从方框中选择适当的句子完成对话 其中有两句是多余的 A Business people are very busy you know B I like planes very much 第 18 页 共 24 页 C In that way I can travel D But I m always thinking busy is better than free E I change my idea now F Maybe I ll be a businessman G But I would rather live in one place Tom What are you going to do after leaving school Bill I m thinking about becoming a plane driver Tom So you like traveling don t you Bill Of course I do I like to visit different places make different friends and know different things Tom That sounds good Bill What do you want to be in the future Tom I like to go into business and make money Bill Tom You re right Bill Yes I agree with you 20