2008-2009学年第一学期期末考试试卷

1、2008-2009学年第一学期期末考试试卷 九年级英语 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。共7大题，满分130分。考试用时100分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答题前，考生务必将学校、班级、姓名、考试号填写在答题卷相应的位置上； 将学校、姓名、年级、班级、考场、学科、考试号填写（涂）在答题卡相应的位置上。 2. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；答非选择题必须用0.5mm黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卷指定的位置上，不在答题区域的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题。 3. 考生答题必须在答题卡和答题卷上，答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效。 第卷（选择题，共70分） 一、听力选择（满

2、分25分） (请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。做题时，请先将答案划在试卷上。录音结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。) A) 对话理解 （共15小题； 每小题1分，满分15分） 听下面15段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. What time are they going to start tomorrow? A. 10:10. B.9:50. C. 9:20 2. How often does Tom watch TV? A. Twice a week. B. Very often. C. Se

3、ldom. 3. How does Kate know about the weather tomorrow? A. On the radio. B. She guesses. C. Others tell her. 4. Who will receive the present? A. Bob. B. Father. C. Mother. 5. What color is Lilys wallet? A. Black. B. Red. C. Black and red. 6. Where are they from? A. The USA. B. England. C. Australia

4、7. What season does Mr. Wang like best? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. 8. How old is Liming now? A. 10. B. 18. C. 20 9. How much will the girl pay? A. 6 yuan. B. 8 yuan. C. 14 yuan. 10. What does Jim mean? A. Hell go to the cinema. B. He wont see the film. C. He wont be free. bluestones2009-06-07

5、12:13 PM11. How many subjects is Kate learning now? A. 6. B. 7. C. 8. 12. What is the woman doing now? A. Looking for her daughter. B. Chatting with the man. C. Shopping. 13. How much time is left for the woman? A. 20 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 40 minutes. 14. Where will they have an English party?

6、A. At school. B. At Jims home. C. In the classroom. 15. Where was Wang Hai just now? A. In the classroom. B. On the way to the classroom. C. In the library. B) 短文理解 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 听下面的短文。短文后有5个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。 16. What did Mike do before he went to bed last night? A. He went to t

7、he cinema. B. He watched TV. C. He talked with his mother. 17. Why couldnt Mike wake up this morning? A. Because he went to bed too late last night. B. Because he didnt go to bed until 12 last night. C. Because he stayed up until 3 this morning. 18. What did Mike have for breakfast this morning? A.

8、Bread. B. Milk C. Nothing. 19. What did Mike leave when he left home this morning? A. His bike. B. His clock. C. His school bag. 20. How do you think Mike would feel this morning? A. Pleased. B. Angry. C. Sleepy. 二、选择填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分） A）单项填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. I think

9、this is _ useful dictionary. A. very a B. very an C. quite a D. quite an 22. Be quiet, _ youll wake up the baby. A. and B. but C. so D. or 23. Id rather _ than _. A. read books; watch TV B. reading books; watching TV C. to read books; watch TV D. read books; to watch TV bluestones2009-06-07 12:13 PM

10、24. Dont open the windows, _? A. shall we B. wont you C. do you D. will you 25. _ of the twins has been there before. A. Both B. Neither C. All D.None 26. What do you think of his surfing? Oh, no one does _. A. good B. well C. better D. best 27. Mom, I think Im _ to get back to school. Oh, my dear.

11、The doctor asked you to stay in bed for another day. A. so well B. so good C. well enough D. good enough 28. Its time for supper. Lets _ something to eat. A. stop having B. stop to have C. stopping having D. stop to having 29. Did you go to Jacks birthday party? No, I _. A. am not invited B. wasnt i

12、nvited C. havent invited D. didnt invite 30. Would you please come over again _ before you leave? A. sometimes B. some times C. sometime D. some time 31. Have you finished your report yet? No, Ill finish it in _ ten minutes. Aanother B. other C. more D. less 32. I wish one day there could be a bridg

13、e _ Taiwan _ the mainland. A. between; and B. between; to C. from; and D. both; and 33. People didnt know _ during the night. A. what was happened B. what the murder happened C. what happened D. how the murder has happened 34. I learned she _ the city for a long time. A. has been to B. has gone to C

14、. had been in D. had gone to 35. One of the suspects is _ schoolboy. A. a 18-year-old B. a 18 years old C. an 18 years old D an 18-year-old B) 完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意， 然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because the

15、y have no _36_ in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have _37_ more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams! They have to get themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school, so many of them almost _38_ bookworms. In the past in the summer holidays, th

16、ey could do _39_ they like, but now they have to spend all their free time bluestones2009-06-07 12:14 PMpreparing for exams. So _40_ have kept them away going in for sports. Because of the pressure (压力)from their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time _41_ books.

17、 As for the students themselves, they dont want to fail the exams because they want to continue their _42_studies. So it becomes necessary to give _43_ of their spare time to their studies and _44_ up their school sports. It is true that a good education cannot go without physical training, and the

18、same is true that a quick mind hardly goes along without _45_ body. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, then how can you make great success in life? 36. A. interested B. interesting C. interests D. interest 37. A. very B. much C. another D. most 38. A. turn B. look C. become D. gr

19、ow 39. A. anything B. all what C. something D. nothing 40. A. teachers B. parents C. holidays D. studies 41. A. on B. at C. in D. to 42. A. farther B. far C. further D. furthest 43. A. few B. any C. all D. none 44. A. take B. give C. put D. send 45. A. strong B. ill C. weak D. heavy 三、阅读理解（共10小题； 每小

20、题2分， 满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 (A) Childrens education is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers made children sit quietly for hours. They made them remember all kinds of things. The children had to go on reading things again and again until they knew them “by he

21、art”. Today many teachers wonder if it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for themselves. But for some of the children, school is a kind of place they cannot escape(逃避) from. They are there only b

22、ecause their parents make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teachers let them leave. Many of them want to find jobs but the law(法律) will not let them work until they reach a certain (一定的) age. And so, they have to stay in school. Often they do not learn anything at all and hate e

23、very moment. 46. In the past, the students had to _. A. sit quietly for hours B remember all kinds of things C. read things again and again D. do all of the above 47. Now many teachers think that _. A. they dont need to give the students lessons B. they should help the students discover things blues

24、tones2009-06-07 12:15 PMC. they shouldnt let the students learn and discover things D. they can help the students and let them learn and discover things 48. Some of the students go to school because _. A. they want to find some jobs B. they do not learn anything at all C. their parents make them go

25、D. they hate school and stay there as a place to escape from (B) KARNISHAKUJI 4-162 Tokyo 145 October 24, 1999 Concord School of English 2 Essex St. Concord NH 03301 Dear Sir or Madam: One of the teachers at my school in Japan told me that your school has summer courses. I am planning to go to the U

26、S next summer and would like to take a short one-month course. I am 18 years old and have been studying English for 6 years. I am going to study English at the university. I have ever been to a few courses, such as China, England, Korea, but never to the US, and I think a trip will help me improve m

27、y English. Could you send me a catalogue (目录) and application form? I would also like information about New Hampshire and other places nearby. I hope to do some traveling when the course is over. Thank you in advance, I look forward to your reply. Very truly yours, Mariko Kobori 49. When will Mariko

28、 Kobori take the summer course? A. In June, 1998 B. In May, 1999 C. In June, 2000 D. In July, 2001 50. Mariko Kobori wrote the letter to _. A. ask to take the next summer English course B. go to the US for summer holidays C. get some advice on how to learn English D. know about the Concord School of

29、 English 51. Right after the summer course, Mariko Kobori will probably_. A. go to the university in Japan B. work in the US. C. study English in New Hampshire D. take a trip in the US. bluestones2009-06-07 12:15 PM(C) The following is an English news report from CCTV in Beijing. It is about forest

30、fires in Indonesia. Thousands of hectares of forests there are still on fire. Li Fei, a reporter from CCTV, is in Indonesia and has this report. Its now just three in the afternoon, but it seems like night-time. A thick smog is covering Indonesia and most of the countries in South-east Asia. Many pe

31、ople are wearing masks to cover their mouths and noses. One doctor said that living in this smog was like smoking 600 cigarettes a day. The fires are still burning. 8,500 Indonesian firefighters are trying to put out the fires, and another 2,000 are coming from around the world to help them. But the

32、 fires are too big to put out. The only thing that can put out them now is lots of rain, but the weather report says there will be no rain in the following weeks. Most of the fires were started by farmers who wanted to clear the land before planting new fields. But this year things were much worse t

33、han usual. They used fire to clear large areas of land bought by big companies quickly so that they could plant rice, palm trees or rubber trees. Second, a drought started many months ago, so the land is very dry. Lots of people have lost their lives because of the big fire, but the people of Indonesia are not really aware(明白) of th