人教版九年级第一学期期中综合检测题（一）英语试题

人教版九年级第一学期期中综合检测题（一）英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、补全短文7选5短文7选5If you ever want to invite your foreign friend to dine out but are not sure what dish to order, 1 . , better known as Kung Pao Chicken. It is a safe bet. In fact, the dish was named one of the top 10 most popular Chinese dishes in the world by the ABC News Point website in April. And at the Beijing premiere (首映) of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,2 . , the leading actress Jennifer Lawrence said Kung Pao Chicken was her favorite Chinese dish. Kung Pao Chicken is beautiful to look at: Its a mixture of chicken, golden peanuts and bright red chilies. The chicken should be cooked just right, so that it is wonderfully juicy (多汁的).3 . .The tasty dish is not only easy to find in many Chinese restaurants but is also one of the most popular foods on Chinese restaurants menus in other countries. Why is that? “Breast ( 胸脯 ) meat is the most popular part of a chicken. This helps explain the success of Kung Pao Chicken among foreigners,” Corrado Michelazzo, an Italian chef (厨师) who also enjoys Chinese food, told CNN.4 . Michelazzo explained that Westerners enjoy the balanced taste of the dishs sauce. Thus, 5 . , “Kung Pao Chicken won the hearts of generations ofWesterners who grew up with Chinese restaurants down the street.”AId like to eat chickenBtry fried diced（切成粒的）chicken with peanuts and chili (辣椒)Cwhich came out in China on Nov 20Dwhen you metE. Another important feature of Kung Pao Chicken is its sweet and spicy sauceF.The nuts are added at the last minute so they taste freshG. it should come as no surprise that CNN wrote二、完型填空When I was little, my family used to move very often. Before I could even get to know my schoolmates well, my family was on the move again. I became very _ because of this.But a girl with dark skin and long shiny hair changed me. She is very outgoing and happy.She is always smiling, like a beautiful sunflower following the sun. Without _, I enjoyed being with her and soon we became good friends. As time went by, I gradually became a _ girl. But this joyful period didnt last long. We _ different colleges. I felt like I had gone back to my always-on-the-move childhood. I felt _ and helpless and I was afraid that I would _ her as my best friend. She stayed calm and said to me: “Rain, you can achieve more than I do, so _ to your dreams and make a big effort! Real friendship doesnt fade and we will be best friends forever.” Maybe she didnt realize what a great _ she was to me at that time.However, it turned out that my worries were well-founded. I felt that the _ between us was getting bigger and bigger. One day, she sent me a text message happily telling me that she had fallen in love with a handsome boy in her class. I felt happy for her, but _ I was secretly worried about our friendship. I _ her several times to tell her to think carefully about her relationship with the boy, but I got no more messages from her. I felt sad that perhaps our friendship would die. I had almost given up hope _ she visited me at my campus(校园) a week later. She looked weak _ was wearing the most beautiful smile. She gave me a big hug and said:“Im sorry. I want to be myself and your friend forever!” We cried together, _ seeing the people walking past. She told me about her sad story, and we knew we had gone back to _ it was before.Now I strongly believe that distance and time cant separate you from a friend. If you care enough about each other, friendship never fades.6 . AsilentBdisappointedCoutgoingDcrazy7 . AhelpBfriendsCdoubtDfamily8 . AhappyBluckyChelpfulDsuccessful9 . AwentBgotCreachedDentered10 . AscaredBstrangeCshyDhomesick11 . AleaveBmissCloseDdevelop12 . Alook forwardBhold onCget downDgo back13 . AinfluenceBexampleCencouragementDwonder14 . AdifferenceBdistanceCmisunderstandingDsense15 . Aonce in a whileBto my surpriseCat the same timeDin that case16 . AvisitedBmessagedCtelephonedDwrote17 . AwhileBuntilCandDas18 . AandBbutChoweverDthough19 . AasBbyCwithoutDlike20 . AwhatBwhenCwhereDhow三、阅读单选Every year in the U.S.，people celebrate April 12 as the National Drop Everything and Read Day.It is a day to celebrate books and reading. And its also the birthday of the writer Beverly Cleary.Beverly Cleary is a famous writer of childrens books.Some of her most famous books are Ramona the Pest，The Mouse and the Motorcycle，Henry Huggins and Dear Mr.Henshaw.Ms. Cleary was slow to learn to read herself. She was born in 1916，and found the cooks of the time not interesting. Later on，Ms.Cleary because a librarian. One day，a student asked her where he could find books about children like himself.She got to know there werent many books about ordinary（普通的）children，and she set out to write them.Ms. Cleary wrote until she was 83，writing over 40 books in all. This April 12，she turned 103.More than 91 million（百万）copies of her books have been sold，and the stories have been translated（翻译）into many different language.One of Ms. Clearys most famous characters（人物）is Ramona Quimby，also known as Ramona the Pest. In the book Ramona Quimby，Age 8，Ramona talks about a reading activity in her class called “Drop Everything and Read（D.E.A.R）.”During D.E.A.R.，students can go wherever they want in a classroom and read whatever they choose to read.After that，people celebrate D.E.A.R. Day on Ms.Clearys birthday，and use Ramona to promote（宣传、推广）it.As time goes on，D.E.A.R. Day turns into D.E.A.R. month. Now，in some classrooms，D.E.A.R.has become a daily activity.21 . What do people in the U.S. do on April 12 every year?AThey promote Ramona the PestBThey celebrate Ms. Clearys birthday.CThey celebrate books and reading.DThey do nothing but read books.22 . How old is Ms. Cleary？A83.B91.C99.D103.23 . Ms. Cleary began to write books about ordinary children because.Athere were not such booksBa student asked her to do soCshe wanted to become famousDshe was a good librarian24 . Which of the following is true？A.D.E.A.R. Day is Ramonas birthday.AD.E.A.R. is from one of Ms.Clearys books.BD.E.A.R Day has a history of 8 years.D.students only read Ms.Clearys books on 12 April.When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and a poor man got it.The book wasnt very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which was written the secret of the Touchstone.The touchstone was a small pebble（鹅卵石）that could turn any common metal into pure gold.The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this; The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.So the man sold his house, bought a tent, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up normal pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebbles hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Coldthrow it into sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into months and the months into years.One day, however, about midafternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.So it is with opportunity（机会）. Unless we are vigilant, its easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and its just as easy to throw it away.25 . According to the passage, the touchstone is a stone _.Athat you can touchBthat can turn common metal into pure goldCthat can bring you thousands of pebblesDthat can bring you good luck26 . The man threw the touchstone into the sea because _.Ait was coldBit was a normal pebbleChe was too tired to hold itDhe had formed a habit27 . How did the man probably feel when he realized it was the touchstone?AExcited.BMoved.CInterested.DRegretted.28 . Whats the meaning of the underlined word “vigilant” in the last paragraph?ABrave enough.BHard-working enough.CCareful enough.DStrong enough.29 . What does the writer want to tell us?AOpportunity knocks but once.BUse it or lose it.CWhere there is a will, there is a way.DPractice makes perfect.阅读理解。Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, youll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teachers face when you did a good job?One day it is fine. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But friends, why dont you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? And with the timely (及时地) rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure cant be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident (信心) in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, Failure is the mother of success.Attitude (态度) decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant. Lets smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.30 . People sometimes complain_.A. life is tiringB. their studies are successfulC. the sky is always dark31 . According to the passage, in school,_.A. the students dont like their lessonsB. the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobsC. the teachers dont like their teaching32 . When we face failure, we_.A. shouldnt give up hopeB. must be confident in ourselvesC. Both A and B33 . If there is a timely rain,_.A. farmers cant have a good harvestB. you can listen to a concertC. crops in the fields will grow better34 . The best title for this passage is _.A. Smile and the World Smiles to YouB. Complaining about lifeC. Failure is the Mother of Success四、完成句子根据所给中文意思，用英语完成下列各句。35 . 厉害了，我的国不仅帮助我们更多了解我们的国家，而且让我们为祖国感到自豪。Amazing China_ helps us learn more about our country, _ makes us proud of her.36 . 除非你在九月三日前更换你的护照，否则你将不得不放弃去美国的旅行。Youll have to_ the trip to America _ you have your passport changed beforeSeptember 3.37 . 为了让大卫在学习上处于领先地位，他的父母对他要求严格。Davids parents are _ him to make him _ in study.38 . 我爷爷在他七十多岁的时候开始对摄影感兴趣。My grandpa became _ in photography _.39 . 我们中国人正在尽最大努力使“绿水青山”成为现实。We Chinese are trying our best _ “Clear Waters and Green Mountains” _.五、语法填空综合填空。阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。In China, lucky numbers have pronunciations that are similar to words with lucky40 . (mean). For example, the number 8 is the most favored number 41 . in Chinese it is pronounced ba and sounds similar to fa,meaning “getting rich”. Thus 8 is said42 . invite great wealth.Maybe the 43 . (good) example that shows how Chinese people love the number 8 is the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Opening ceremony (开模式）44 . (hold) at 8 minutes and 8 seconds past 8:00 p.m. on the 8th August. This was in expectation of45 . (win) the most out of this big competition.Chinese couples also hope that the number 8 will bring luck to their children. In 2008, there46 . about 17 million newborns, making a record since early 1990s.And many of the 47 . (baby) were born around August.Chinese peoples love for the number