新目标九年级英语上学期期末试题
新目标九年级英语上学期期末试题(共120分)
一、单项填空(共15小题,计15分)
26.—Excuse me, could you tell me ______ a book about music?
—Sure. They are on the second floor.
A. where can I buy B. where I can buy
C. when I can buy D when I can buy
27. could you please ______ us Mary’s telephone number?
A. to give B. give C. giving D. to giving
28. — I don’t have a partner to practice English______.
— Why not ________ an English language club?
A. to; join B. with; to join C. with; join D. from; join
29. We can deal ____ our problems by ______them as challenges.
A. with; regard B. with; regarding
C. for; thinking D. for; think
30. My hometown has changed a lot. It is _____longer what it used _______.
A. not; to. B. not; to be C. no; to be
31. What ______ you do if you ______ me?
A. would; were B. will; were C. would; are D. will; are
32. Singing the song will help you_____ when you feel stressed out.
A. set up B. cheer up C. put up D. think up
33. Salt ______ in East and South China.
A. produce B. is produce C. is produced
34. — What ____ your bike yesterday?
— It didn’t work.
A. was happened in B. happened in
C. was happened to D. happened to
35. By the time I got to school, I realized that I __my pen at home.
A. have forgotten B. have left C. had forgotten D. had left
36. I was late today because alarm clock didn’t _____ . D. produced D. no, to
A. run off B. go off C. give out D. give up
37.Soft colors like pink and light blue make people _____, so they spend more time _______their meals.
A. relax; eat
D. relaxing; eating
38. — Can you come and play football with me?
—____. I have a lot of homework to do.
A. Excuse me B. I’d like to C. I’m afraid not D. It’s a pleasure
39. I _______ riding my bike______ taking buses to school.
A. prefer; to B. prefer; rather than C. would like; to D. would rather; than
40.The earth will become worse and worse ______ we do something to stop her from being polluted.
A. if B. even if C. when D. unless
二、完形填空(共15小题,计15分)
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。(浙江省湖州市)
Long long ago,there was a swan(天鹅)with golden feathers(金羽毛).She lived in a lake.A woman lived in a small lake with her two lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough_to see that.She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my__to them each day,then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.”That evening,she _to the poor woman’s house and left a golden and gave them a feather.The woman was very happy because their life was than before.
But day after day,the woman became greedy(贪婪)” feathers shen she comes next time.” B. relaxed; ate C.relaxed;eating
“Oh,no,Mom!”cried the daughters, “This will _51 _the swan.She helps us a lot !”But the mother wouldn’t listen.When the _caught her and took all her feathers.But suddenly,the golden feathers _chicken feathers.
Then ,the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother,I came to you wanted to kill me.Now,I am leaving and will _come back.Never be greedy!”With these words,the swan flew away.
41.A.above
42.A.and
B.over B.but B.time C.near C.so D.under D.or D.energy D.scared
D.collections
D.walked
D.anything
D.harder
D.daughters 43.A.money 44.A.happy C.room C.sad B.surprised 45.A.presents 46.A.flew B.golden coins C.feathers B.ran C.climbed 47.A.something 48.A.duller B.everything B.better B.sisters
B.her
B.save
C.nothing C.busier 49.A.brothers 50.A.his C.sons C.their D.our D.refuse D.swan
D.came from
D.invite 51.A.hurt 52.A.woman C.protect B.daughter C.chicken 53.A.heard of 54.A.trouble B.changed into C.looked for B.help
C.teach 55.A.sometimes B.always C.usually D.never
三、阅读理解(40分)
阅读短文,完成46—55小题。(共10小题,计10分)
A
In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited . About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way . Someone shouted at
them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed (窘迫的 . No one had told them about the British custom (习惯)of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus . Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn't agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means agreement. Nodding (点头) your head when you are given a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty .
In that country, you shake your head to mean 'yes'— a nod means 'no' . At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find that your glass is repeated refilled as soon as you drink up . If you think that you have had enough , you should take the cup or glasses in your hand and give it a little shake from side to side or place your hand over the top.
In Europe it quite usual to cross your legs when you are sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting. Doing this in Thailand, however, could bring about trouble . Also, you should try to avoid (避免)touching the head of an adult (成人) ——it's just not done in Thailand .
56 The British people tried to push the three gentlemen out of the way, because the gentlemen _________ .
A. were foreigners
C. made a loud noise
B. didn't have tickets D. didn't line up for the bus
57. According to the article, if you want to have a pleasant journey in a foreign country, you should _________.
A. learn the language of the country
B. understand the manners and customs of the country C. have enough time and money D. make friends with the people there
58 In India it is considered impolite ___________.
A. to use the right hand for passing food at table. B. to pass food with the left hand. C. to eat food with your hands. D. to help yourself at table.
59. To cross one's legs at an important meeting in Europe is _______.
A. a common (平常的) habit
B. an important manner
C. a serious (严重的) trouble
D. a bad manner
60. The best title (题目) for this article is ________.
A. People's Everyday Life
B. Mind Your Manners C. Shaking and Nodding Head
D. Taking a Bus in England
B
Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to
The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.
The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former (前任的) teacher retired(退休)and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary school. The new teacher, Ms Puckey, was to start teaching the girl and reopen the school.
But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.
“I was not pleased with the new teacher,” the mother said, “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms Puckey got the job, my children would not be going to school.”
The school lies on an island off the northeast coast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.
61. The reading is about_________.
A. the smallest school that was closed down
B. the only pupil in the smallest school
C. the new teacher and her teaching
D. the old teacher who just retired
62. “turn up” in the reading means_________.
A. pass an exam
C. pay money B. go to school D. hand in homework
63. From the reading we can know that the school_____.
A. is too far for the students B. does not have enough teachers
C. does not have many pupils D. is new but small
64. Before the school was closed down_________.
A. the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home
B. the only pupil had to move to a secondary school
C. a famous newspaper had written something about it
D. the girl’s mother had a talk to the former teacher
65. The reading doesn’t say but we can infer (推断) that_______.
A. the girl’s mother had only one child
B. the new teacher was not kind to the girl
C. the old teacher was fit to teach the girl
D. the parents were unhappy with the school
C
My friend Matt and I arrived at the Activity Centre on Friday evening. The accommodation wasn't wonderful,but we had everything we needed (beds,blankets,food),and we were pleased to be out of the city and in the fresh air. On Saturday morning we met the other ten members of our group. Cameron had come along with two friends,Kevin and Simon,while sisters Carole and Lynn had come with Amanda. There were some other members I didn't know. We had come from different places and none of us knew the area. We knew we were going to spend the weekend outdoors,but none of us was sure exactly how. Half of us spent the morning caving while the others went rock-climbing and then we changed at lunchtime. Matt and I went to the caves(岩洞) first. Climbing out was harder than going in,but after a good deal of pushing, we were out at last. Though we were covered with mud,we were pleased and excited by what we'd done.
66. The writer spent the Saturday morning _____.
A. rock-climbing B. sleeping C. meeting friends D. caving
67. There were _____ members in all in the writer's group.
A. 6 B. 8 C. l0
D. 12
68. We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. some of the group had been there before B. the group had done rock-climbing many times C. some of the group already knew each other D. group all came from the same city
69. The write thought her weekend was _____.
A. interesting
C. frightening B. relaxing D. unpleasant
70. This passage mainly talks about ____.
A. the writer's friends at the Activity Centre B. the writer's experience at the Activity Centre
C. outdoor sports at the Activity Centre D. how to go rock-climbing and caving
D
We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day. This is so familiar that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process (过程) is not as simple as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant (连续的) darkness. We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they normally do. In fact, they continued to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious (神秘的) way of knowing the time. Their sense of time does not depend on information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “inner clock”.
This discovery (发现) may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also animals —including man —have this “inner clock” which controls the working of their bodies and influences (影响) their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious power. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.
In the past, this did not matter very much because people lived in natural condition. In the modern world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very useful, then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such ordinary things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.
71. A recent experiment showed that ________________.
A. different flowers open and close at different times of day
B. for their opening and closing, flowers do not need information from the outside world
C. flowers are influenced by weak light even when they are in a dark room
D. flowers can be used for telling the time
72. The “inner clock” _________________________.
A. is an unimportant discovery B. is only found in animals
C. has not been understood by far D. has an effect on human life
73. Further study of the “inner clock” will be useful because ________________.
A. it might help us in some way
B. we do not yet understand plants and animals well enough
C. the number of spacemen and airplane pilots is fast increasing
D. we should try to live more naturally than we do now
74. Kept in constant darkness, flowers ________________________.
A. will not open or close as usual B. will not open any longer
C. will open as they do in natural conditions D. will always remain in full blossom (开花)
75. ________________ have a mysterious power of knowing time without information from the outside world.
A. Animals including man as well as plants B. All living things except man
C. Flowers are the only things in the world that D. Neither animals nor plants
第 Ⅱ 卷 非选择题
一. 任务型阅读(10分)
Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker was the first African American woman in the United States (1)._______( make ) a million dollars. She was born in 1867 on a farm in Delta, Louisiana. Her father called her Sarah .Her family was very poor, and her life as very hard. (2)Every day she worked from morning to night in the cotton fields.
When Sarah was seven, her parents died. She went to Mississippi to live with her married sister. Her sister’s husband was very mean to her. Sarah wanted to get away, so she got married when she was 14. A few years later, St. Louis, Missouri. For the next 18 years, she worked on washing clothes for She tried different things on her hair, but nothing worked. One night she had a dream about what to mix up and use for her hair. It worked! Sarah gave it to her friends. It worked for them, too. She went from door to door to sell her new hair product. Then she made other hair care products. Soon she had her own business.
1. 用所给单词的适当形式填空____________
2. 将(2)句汉译英__________________________________________________
3. 将(3)句改为定语从句_____________________________________________
4. 将(4)句改为同义句 ____ the ____ of 38 , Sarah was worried because her hair was falling out .
5.根据短文回答问题 What products brought Sarah a million dollars ?
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二.短文填空(10分)
1.___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________ 5. ___________
三.根据汉语提示完成下列句子(每空1分,计10分)
1. (到目前为止)these soldiers have saved more than one hundred people.
2.We have to _____ ____(想出) some new ideas to solve the environment problems.
偶然地).
4 Watching the new TV play Yimeng _____(使我想起)my hometown.
5. I ______ _______ (有困难)in learning grammar and memorizing new words.
第三节 书面表达(满分20分) 假如Alice是你的朋友,请根据下面表格内容,写一篇80词左右的短文,可适当发挥。
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