人教版九年级英语期中考试试卷

1、20112012学年第一学期神木九中 期中考试九 年 级 英语学科 试 卷考生注意：1本试卷共8页，满分 100分。题号一二三四五六总分分数得分评卷人一、单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）（ ）1.What a pity! _CD player I bought last year doesnt work. A.A B.An C. The D.不填（ ）2.-_will you tell Danny the news, Lisa? -By _ him an e-mail. A.How; sending B.How; send C.What; sending D.What; send（ ）3.-C

2、indy, I dont have a partner to practice _. Would you like to be my partner? -Sure. Lets do it together.A.speak English B.speaking English C.speak English with D.speaking English with（ ）4.Sams been doing his homework since 8:00,_ he?A.isnt B.doesnt C.hasnt D.wasnt（ ）5.Jack used to _ in the morning, b

3、ut now he is used to_ before going to bed.A.run; run B.running; run C.run; running D.running; running（ ）6.-I usually have milk and bread for breakfast. -_. I really want to have something different.A.So have I B.So do I C.So I have D.So I do（ ）7.-Students should _ to smoke or drink. -I agree. They a

4、re bad for their health.A.be allowed B.not be allowed C.be asked D.not ask（ ）8.If he had a map, he _ lose in the mountains.A.wont B.didnt C.wouldnt D.cant（ ）9.-Look! It_ be Jack on the playground. -It _ be him, because I saw him enter the school library just now. A.must; mustnt B.can; cant C.may; mu

5、stnt D.must; cant（ ）10.-How interesting the picture is! -Yeah. There is a cat _ a dog.A.chase B.chased C.chasing D.to chase（ ）11.-I have to watch my son. Every time I go into his room, he always pretends _doing his homework. -Thats why he does badly in his lessons. A.be B.is C.to be D.was（ ）12.I lik

6、e sleeping with the windows open _ its very cold. A.while B.after C.as D.unless（ ）13.Simon didnt _ my e-mail yesterday. I dont know why. A.write back B.write to C.reply to D.answer to（ ）14.As students, we should get our homework_ on time. A.finished B.to finish C.finishing D.finishes（ ）15.-Can I tak

7、e the magazines out? -No, sir. They _ out of the reading room. Its a rule. A.neednt be taken B.cant take C.mustnt be taken D.can take得分评卷人二、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）Many people think the 1 time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day doing school work 2 the three meals.M

8、odern students have many 3 . They love sports, computers and music. A_4_holiday can get them away from too much school work, and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not 5 it. Because they have too much homework, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their

9、weekend homework. So they dont do it 6 Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers _7_.Things always get worse 8 right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose 9 in learning. Its also bad for their health.A hors

10、e runs faster after a rest. But for students only a rest is not enough.So such a condition（状况）should be 10 to give students both pleasure and knowledge.（ ）1. A. many B. much C. more D. most（ ）2. A. except B. for C. during D. with（ ）3. A. hobbies B. book C. pens D. friends（ ）4 A. two days B. two-days

11、 C. two-day D. two-days（ ）5. A. talk aboutB. think aboutC. speak of D. look after（ ）6. A. on B. exceptC. after D. until（ ）7. A. to get angry B. get angry C. to feel unhappy D.quite surprised（ ）8. A. to B. byC. without D. with（ ）9. A. interestedB. interest C. interesting D. themselves（ ）10.A. changed

12、B. keptC. taught D. made 得分评卷人三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分） (A)There once lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well-known for his wide knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn things from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered t

13、heir questions with great patience （耐心）. One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didnt you say you yourself have many, many more questions about things than we do? On the contrary（恰恰相反）, we students have far more questions than you.” With a smile, the teacher drew two circles-one as large as

14、 a big wheel (轮子) the other smaller. “ Of course, Ive learned much more. But a teacher does not necessarily have fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. Within the big one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one yours. Out of the circles is what is still unkn

15、own to us. Since mine is larger, the line that marks out（划出的界线）the circle is longer. That means I have more chances to face what is still unknown. And thats why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more questions you have. You will never learn enough, you know.” （ ）1. On

16、e of his students didnt agree that_. A. the teacher should have so many questions B. the teacher had more questions than the students C. the students had more questions than the teacher D. the teacher had as many questions as the students （ ）2. Which of the following pictures tells rightly what the

17、teacher drew? A B C D （ ）3. The teacher drew circles in order to show_. A. he knew a lot and was good at drawing B. how one could get more knowledge C. why he had more questions than students D. what the students learned had something to do with the circles （ ）4. The passage mainly tells us that_. A

18、. we should learn from a learned man B. well never learn enough C. a teacher should be patient D. it is never too old to learn （ ）5. The teacher was very famous for_. A. his patience B. the drawing of two circles C. his help to the students D. his knowledge （B）In different countries around the world

19、, people give presents in different ways. The following is what people do in some countries. Wei Hongxing, China: You must never give a clock to a Chinese person, because the sound of the word for clock is like the word for death in Chinese. Also, dont wrap(包裹) a present in white paper because it is

20、 the color people use when someone dies. Dont give a knife, because it will cut a relationship.Eugen Karpenko, Russia: If we give flowers as a present, we have to give an odd number of them (for example, one, three, five) because an even number of flowers (for example, two, four, six.) are for dead

21、people. If we give a present of drink and the host(主人) opens it, we should empty it together.Rosie Kuhlmann, Germany: Flowers are a good present to take to your dinner hostess (女主人), but dont take her red roses, because it means you love her. Dont take an even number of anything, either. Dont take t

22、hirteen of anything because its an unlucky number. Dont wrap your present in white, brown or black paper.（ ）6. Chinese people never give_ as presents.A. roses B. flowers C. drink D. clocks（ ）7. What is an unlucky number in Germany?A. Three. B. Seven. C. Thirteen. D. Any number.（ ）8. Rosie Kuhlmann c

23、an wrap her present in _ paper.A. white. B. pink. C. brown. D. black.（ ）9. The passage tells us that we should not wrap presents in white paper in_.A. China and Russia B. China and Germany C. Russia and Germany D. all the countries（ ）10. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Chinese people give knives a

24、s presents.B. Two is a lucky number both in Russia and Germany.C. In Russia, people are free to give flowers of any number.D. It is necessary to choose the right flowers for the hostess as presents in Germany. (C)Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan(喜玛拉雅) Mou

25、ntains between Nepal(尼泊尔) and China, and it is 8900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people ever to climb Mount Everest in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that.Junko Tabei, a Japanese， was the first woman to mak

26、e this difficult climb. A Japanese newspaper-television company chose the fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to climb Mourn Qomolangma in 1975. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an accident. The heavy ice and snow hurt ten of the women. They had to stop climbing. The other five

27、 went on climbing.Only Ms. Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters. She was standing on the top of the world. She was the first woman there. Ms Tabei was 35 years old at the time. She started climbing mountains in 1960. She still climbs mountains. She is not an ordinary Japanese housewife. Ms. Ta

28、bei makes money for her trips by teaching English and piano to children. She climbs a mountain about every three years. She has climbed some of the highest mountains in six countries. Finally, she wants to climb the highest mountain in every country in the world. When she reaches the top of a mounta

29、in, she thinks, “Im glad that Im at the top.”（ ）11. Mount Qomolangma is_. A. an ordinary mountain B. the highest mountain in the world C. in the southwest of China D. close to Nepal（ ）12. Two men from _ climbed Mount Qomolangma in 1953. A. Japan B. Nepal C. New Zealand D. B and C（ ）13. What happened

30、 to ten of the women climbers on the way to the top of Mount Qomolangma? A. They were too tired to climb it. B. There was no air for them. C. The heavy snow stopped them.D. They were hurt by heavy ice and snow.（ ）14. How many women climbed up to Mount Qomolangma at last in 1975? A. One. B. Five. C.

31、Ten. D. Fifteen.（ ）15. What kind of person is Ms. Tabei? A. Shes a housewife who has climbed many high mountains in the world. B. She teaches children English and piano to make money. C. Shes a usual housewife who helps a lot at home. D. She climbed the highest mountain in the world many times. （D）

32、It seems to be strange to most of you that there is a blind spot (盲点) on your eyes. Here is an interesting experiment that can make something disappear, when one eye is open.Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it, L on the left and R on the right. First,

33、 hold the card about 80cm away and you see both the letters. Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you moved the card slowly towards you, youll find the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen agai

34、n. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, youll find the letter R disappearing.Why does the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eyes. When the image (影像) of the letter falls on the blind spot, it wont be seen. That is why either of the letters disappears.（ ）16

35、. The writer of the passage thinks that _ there is a blind spot on the eye. A. few people know B. no one knows C. most people know D. all the people know（ ）17. The word “disappear” in the passage means _ in Chinese. A. 驱散 B.消散 C.消失 D.遗失（ ）18. You fail to see the letter L in the experiment because _.

36、A. your eyes are poor B. its image falls on the blind spotC. you move it close to your eye D. your left eye is not open（ ）19. In which order should you do the experiment?. Hold the card. . Move the card nearer. Close your right eye. . Write two English letters. . Look at the letter R. . Make a card.

37、A. B. C. D. （ ）20. The passage mainly tells us_.A. there is a blind spot on the eyes B. an interesting experiment C. where the blind spot is D. how to find the blind spot得分评卷人四、词语运用（每小题1分，共10分）阅读短文, 用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。something inside they take sell decide happy bring daily la

38、te right realOnce a man had a hen and the hen laid two golden eggs every day. The man was very happy. Every day he took the two golden eggs and 1 them in the market. With the money he and his family lived 2 . One day one of his friends said to him, “Friend, every day you take these two eggs to marke

39、t and sell 3 there.There is too much trouble. Why not take out all the eggs from her stomach at once?” The man liked the idea, but he couldnt make a 4 to kill that hen. A few days 5 he decided to implement (实施) that idea because he thought his friends idea was very good, and he was really tired of (厌烦的) 6 those eg