九年级英语第一学期期中考试
九年级英语试卷
听力部分
Ⅰ关键词语（共10 小题， 每小题1 分；满分10 分）
这一大题共有10 小题， 在每小题内，你将听到1个句子，并看到供你选择的4个单词或短语，每个句子念两遍。请在每小题A、 B、 C、 D4选项中选出1个你所听到的单词或短语。
1.A. word B. world C. would D. wide
2.A. news B. noise C. nose D. nurse
3.A. smell B. small C. smoke D. smile
4.A. cabbage B. bridge C. knowledge D. large
5.A. throw B. through C. though D. slow
6.A. make mistakes B. make faces C. make friends D. make noises
7.A. some problems B. some parents C. some presents D. some practices
8.A. a great invention B. a bright inventor
C. a bright doctor D. a useful dictionary
9.A. books on science B. boxes on sandwiches
C. books about sports D. boxes on the desks
10.A.when they go B. who can go C. where we go D. why to go
Ⅱ单句理解（共5小题，每小题1分；满分5分）
这一大题共有5小题，在每小题内，你将听到1个句子，并看到供你选择的4个句子，每个句子念2遍。请在每小题A、 B、 C、 D4个选项选出1个与你所听到的句子的意义最接近的句子。
11.A.Tom is the tallest of the three. B. Tom is the shortest of the three.
C. John is taller than Mike. D. Mike is taller than Tom.
12.A.I got to school at a quarter to seven.
B.I left school at five to seven.
C.I got to school at seven fifty.
D. Classes began at seven fifteen.
13.A.It’s a good film, isn’t it? B. How did you go to the film?
C. How often do you see a film? D. How do you like the film?
14.A.She likes singing a lot. B.She doesn’t like dancing at all.
C.She likes dancing better than singing. D.She likes singing better than dancing.
15.A.The old man can see things without glasses.
B.The old man can see things with glasses.
C. The old man can see nothing. D.The old man can see everything very clearly.
Ⅲ情景反应（共5小题，每小题1分；满分5分）
这一大题共有5小题，在每小题内，你将听到1个句子，并看到供你选择的4个句子，每个句子念1遍。请在每小题A、 B、 C、 D4个句子中选出1个句子，该句子正确回答紧接你所听到的句子。
16.A.No,thanks. B.Sorry, I don’t know.
C.You are welcome. D.Yes, you are right.
17.A.No,he isn’t. B.Yes, he was. C.No, he wouldn’t. D.Yes, he did.
18.A.It’s cheap. B.It’s beautiful C.It’s blue. D.I like it very much.
19.A.By air. B.By the way. C.On foot. D.In the office.
20.A.For 2 months. B.In a week. C.Before a few days. D. A week ago.
Ⅳ对话理解（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
这一大题共有2段对话和5小题，每段对话念1遍后，你将听到有关该对话的几个问题，每个问题只念1遍。请根据问题在每小题A、 B、 C、 D4个回答中选出1个最佳选项。
21.A.Telling her the way to the store. B.Helping her with shopping.
C.Asking her not to do wrong. D.Giving a book to her.
22.A.At the end of street. B.On the other side of street.
C.On another street. D.At the beginning of street.
23.A.You should turn to another street.
B.The store is not in this part of city.
C.Do not take a bus, instead, just walk.
D.You should have a rest.
24.A.He got third place. B.He got first place.
C.He got fourth place. D.He got second place.
25.A.Exciting. B.Uninteresting. C.Dangerous. D.Happy.
Ⅴ短文理解（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
这一大题有1小段短文和5个问题， 你可以一边听一边将要点记录下来。听完该段落1遍后，你将听到有关该段落的几个问题， 每个问题只念1遍。请根据问题在每小题A、 B、 C、 D4个回答中选出1个最佳选项。
26.A.She was a teacher. B.She was a girl.
C.She was six years old. D.She was a new student.
27.A.She didn’t like it. B.She wasn’t very happy.
C.She felt lonely. D.She loved the first day very much.
28.A.When the first day was over. B.When the second day would be over.
C.At the end of three o’clock. D.At the end of that morning.
29.A.She stayed and waited in the classroom.
B.She stayed and waited with the other children.
C.She stayed and waited on the playground.
D.She stayed and waited in the teacher’s office.
30.A.Because she didn’t like to go with the other children.
B.Because she wanted to ask Miss Green a question.
C.Because she wanted to play with the other children.
D.Because she had some exercises to do.
笔试部分
I单项选择（ 15 分 ）
1. That is very generous _______ them to donate money to charities.
A. for B. of C. with D. to
2. My father tried hard to ______smoking.
A. give out B. give away C. give up D. give in
3. Millie can sing pretty well but she never _______
A. has off B. takes off C. shows off D. turns off
4. You can do ______job than we can.
A. a much better B. good C. much better D. a very good
5. He is the ______person that I want to work with. He complains too much.
A. first B. last C. next D. ideal
6. It is _______of your parents to do all the housework.
A. important B. necessary C. hard-working D. impossible
7. The young mother likes to ______her daughter in green.
A. wear B. put on C. dress D. give
8. These workers are made _______ for at least 12 hours a day.
A. working B. work C. to work D. works
9. Even in such hot weather, many people would rather go out ______ at home.
A. to stay B. in stead of C. than stay D. than staying
10.You can’t put all the food in the fridge. There is no more ______.
A. room B. rooms C. places D. space
11.Her parents aren’t strict ____ her study. They aren’t strict _____ her , either.
A. to; in B. in; with C. with ; to D. for; at
12.Millie does better than any other girls _____English in her class.
A. in B. at C. with D. towards
13.Thank you for _____ me such a good chance.
A. afford B. give C. offer D. offering
14.I’m sorry to tell you I don’t feel _____ better today.
A. any B. some C. very D. quite
15.Why _____ talk to your close friends when having problems?
A. not to B. don’t C. doesn’t she D. not
II完形填空 （ 30 分 ）
A
Water is the “ life blood” of our earth. Like air and sunshine, it is very important __16____ living things. Without water, there can be __17___ life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook and to clean _18____. It even __19___ the greater part of our bodies.
Water is almost everywhere. Even in the _20____places in the world, there is water in the air. However, we can drink not seawater but fresh water.
To make things even _21____, people often _22____ to keep the water clean. They throw rubbish into rivers, lakes or seas. So not all the fresh water is __23____ for us to drink. We’re short __24___ water. Something must be _25____ to stop this.
16.A. for B. to C. of D. towards
17.A.none B. not C. much D. no
18.A. himself B. our C. us D. ourselves
19.A. made of B. make C. makes up D. made in
20.A. driest B. wetter C. drier D. beautiful
21.A. best B. worse C. worst D. better
22.A. decide B. try C. fail D. take
23.A. clean enough B. enough clean C. enough good D. dirty enough
24.A. for B. in C. at D. of
25.A.do B. did C. doing D. done
B
“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream,” some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our __26___ time. People have several dreams each _27____. Dreams are like short _28____. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be _29____ the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to _30____ an answer.
Some people get new ideas about their work _31____ dreams. They may think about their work _32____ day. These ideas can carry over into dreams.
Sometimes we wake up with a good __33___ from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory.
Too much __34___ can be harmful. The more we sleep, __35___ we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That’s why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
26.A. working B. sleeping C. sleep D. work
27.A. night B. evening C. morning D. day
28.A.stories B. pictures C. books D. films
29.A. why B. what C. because D. so
30.A. find B. think C. look for D. search
31.A. in B. from C. of D. at
32.A. both B. in C. all D. some
33.A. sense B. moods C. sleep D. feeling
34.A. dreams B. dreaming C. sleep D. sleeping
35.A. the long B. the longest C. the more long D. the longer
III阅读理解 （ 40 分 ）
A.
Jacks is the name of a game that is quite popular with children. To play jacks you will need a small rubber ball and ten small metal objects （物体 ） called jacks.
The rules （规则 ） for this game are not complicated （复杂 ）. To begin, you put the ten jacks on the floor or ground in front of you. Throw the ball up but not too high, pick up one jack, and then catch the ball. Keep the jack in your hand and then go on picking up the other jacks one at a time. You lose your turn if you do not catch the ball, you don’t pick up a jack or you drop any jacks from your hand.
When you finish all ten jacks, you now try to do the same thing again but with two jacks at one time. This is more difficult, of course. You lose turn if you make any of the other three mistakes or if you do not pick up exactly （准确地 ） two jacks each time!
36. The game needs ________.
A. one ball B. one jack
C. a small rubber and ten metal objects D. one ball and ten jacks
37. The jacks are made of _________.
A. paper B. rubber C. metal D. glass
38. A player picked up ten jacks one at a time. Then he followed the rules and finished the second part. The total number （总数 ） of times that he picked up jacks is __________.
A. ten B. fifteen C. twenty D. twenty-five
39. After you pick up the first ten jacks, the game becomes more difficult because you may make one of the _____________.
A. two mistakes B. three mistakes C. four mistakes D. ten mistakes
40. A good title （题目 ） for this passage is _____________.
A. An Easy Game B. Throwing a Ball C. Two Jacks D. A Ball and Ten Jacks
B.
Cars are an important part of life in the USA. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he doesn’t really feel poor when he has a car.
Perhaps you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn’t know how much the car was going to be to American culture. The car made the USA a nation on wheels. And it helped make the USA what it is now.
The car has become popular in the USA. The Americans like to move around in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.
41.One won’t think he is _______if he has a car in America.
A. important B. rich C. poor D. old
42.Henry Ford was the first to _________.
A. make a car B. make cars in large numbers
C. find a car D. drive a car
43.America is ___________.
A. a nation with many cars B. a nation drives cars
C. a nation without wheels D. a nation with wheels
44.Cars in America become part of their __________.
A. art B. culture C. nation D. country
45.The Americans spend ________ if they move around in cars.
A. much money B. not much money C. nothing D. much time
C
A man was looking for things of old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very old. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner of the cat, was lying beside the bowl. In order not to draw the farmer’s attention to the value of the bowl, the man said to him in a soft voice, “What a nice cat you have! Won’t you sell it to me?”
“How much would you give me for it?” the farmer opened his eyes and asked.
“Twenty dollars. Would it be enough?”
A few minutes later, the farmer agreed. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “ My cat will certainly feel thirsty. May I take the bowl so that the cat can have milk?”
But the farmer said, “I’m sorry I can’t give it to you. Thanks to the bowl, I have already sold twenty cats.”
46.The man liked ____________.
A. keeping old things B. traveling from village to village
C. meeting farmers D. buying cats
47.Why did the man want to buy the cat? Because ________________.
A. it is very lovely B. the cat cost more money than the bowl
C. he thought he could easily get the bowl if he bought the cat
D. he hadn’t enough money to buy both the cat and the bowl
48. After he bought the cat, the man asked for the bowl, because he thought ___________.
A. the bowl should go with the cat B. the bowl had a beautiful color
C. the farmer didn’t know the value of the bowl
D. the cat could not live without the bowl
49. The farmer kept the bowl so that he could ___________.
A. let another cat use it B. sell more cats
C. sell more bowls D. use the bowl himself
50. From the story we can see that the farmer ____________.
A. has only one bowl B. was very poor
C. didn’t like cats D. was cleverer
D
The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don’t you answer my question? Didn’t I tell you what water is like?”
Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.
“I’m sorry, children,” said the teacher, “our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a problem.”
51.The students were having their _____________________ class.
A. English B. Chinese C. chemistry D. math
52. Miss Li was telling the children what ____________was like.
A. water B. air C. earth D. weather
53. A boy said “the water in the river behind my house is always _________.”
A. white B. black C. clean D. clear
54. Most of the children __________ the boy.
A. agreed with B. wrote to C. heard from D. sent for
55. The water in the river has color and smell because it is getting ___________.
A. more and more B. less and less C. cleaner and cleaner D. dirtier and dirtier
IV单词拼写 （ 10 分 ）
56. c______ ( try to find the difference between two things )
Don’t _________ his brother with him.
57. s_______ ( always thinking of one’s own )
I can’t get on well with __________ persons.
58. p_______ ( having the ability of doing things )
Our factory needs a lot of _________ young people.
59. v_________ ( useful and helpful )
These things are __________. Don’t throw them away.
60. c__________ ( put one’s heart into )
These days, I ___________ on my English study.
61. The west of China has a dry c ___________ (气候 )
62. Since very, the boy has been _________ ( 狂热的 ) about music.
63. Are you ___________ ( 感到满意的 ) with our performance?
64. We are for _________ ( 和平) and against war.
65. __________ ( 奇怪地 ) enough, he seemed to know his star sign long before.
V书面表达 （ 25 分 ）
Millie 在生活中受到以下几个问题的困扰， 请根据你的分析， 给Millie 写一 封信，帮她早日解决这些问题。
1. I feel lonely at home from time to time.
2. I also feel lonely at school from time to time.
3. I often quarrel with my classmates.
4. I always feel stressed before exams.
5. I can’t divide my time between my study and hobbies.