2015--2016上期九年级英语期中考试试卷

2015—2016 九年级英语上期期中考试

听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

一． 听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

第一节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A.B.C三个选项中选中最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。每段对话读两遍。 （ ）1. What does Lucy think of the amusement park?

A. It’s big. B. It’s cheap. C. It’s crowded. ( ) 2. How long did Kate study for the test?

A. For three hour. B. For four hour. C. For six hour. ( ) 3.Which one is the cheapest?

A. The notebook. B. The dictionary. C. The textbook. ( ) 4. What is the boy going to buy?

A. Some juice. B. Some oranges. C. Some apples. ( ) 5. What invention are the two speakers talking about?

A. Paper. B. Tea. C. Sky lantern

第二节

听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A.B.C.三个选项中选出最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。 （ ）6.What is Peter’s favorite subject?

A. Math. B. English. C. Chinese.

( ) 7. What does Peter advise Cindy to do before going to bed?

A. To listen to music. B. To take a shower. C. To watch TV. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至9两个小题。 （ ）8. Where is the new library?

A. Behind the museum. B. In the university. C. On Hill Road. ( ) 9. When will the two speakers go to the new library?

A. This Tuesday. B. This Thursday. C. This Saturday. 听下面一段独白，回答第10至第12三个小题。

（ ）10. Whom did Zhang Mingshan learn to make clay pieces from?

A. His grandfather. B. His father. C. His master

( ) 11. How high is the clay piece of Door-god Jiang made by Zhang Mingshan?

A. 11cm. B. 12cm. C. 13cm.

( ) 12. What is the facial expression on the clay piece of Door-dog Jiang? A. Sadness. B. Happiness. C. Unfriendliness. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第15三个小题。 （ ）13.What time is it?

A. 7:20. B. 9:20. C. 11:20. ( ) 14. What was the weather like? A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Snowy. ( ) 15. Where is the woman going?

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A. A hospital. B. A hotel. C. A museum. 第三节

听下面一篇短文。根据短文内容，找出与下列人物活动内容相符的图片，并将其符号填写在题号后的横线上。短文读两遍。

A. B. C.

D.

E.

16._______ 17._______ 18._______ 19.________ 20.________

笔试部分（100分）

二．单项选择。（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

( )21. ---How do you communicate with your foreign friends? ---____ writing e-mails, of course.

A. With B. By C. At D. From ( ) 22. --Excuse me does Mr．Green's son live here． --He ________ be here, but he has moved．

A．used to B．used for C．was used to D．got used to ( )23. She is ________ girl from Asia.

A. a 18-year-old B. an 18-year-old C. an 18 -years -old D. a 18-years –old ( )24. — What did you do on April Fool’s Day? — I played a trick _______ my brother. A. on B. to C. with D. at ( ) 25. _______ dangerous the animals are!

A. What a B. What C. How a D. How ( ) 26. Tom never went to bed ______he finished his homework last night. A. because B.if C.until D.while

( ) 27. He was so_______when he heard the ______news that he got the first prize in the contest.

A. exciting, exciting B. exciting, excited

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C. excited, excited D. excited, exciting

( ) 28.The wind blew heavily last night and all the streets were ____ leaves this morning.

A. filled with B. covered with C. ended up with D. used for ( ) 29. Jack is afraid______ in public. We often encourage him_______. A. to talk , to have a try B. taking, having a try C. of take , to have a try D. took, having a try

( ) 30. Thanks to the Internet, different kinds of information _____ in a short time. A. can be learned B. has been learned C. can learn D. has learned ( ) 31. The mobile phone has influenced people’s life a lot since it ________. A. invents B. invented C. was invented D. is invented ( )32. ---What would you do if you hurt yourself_______? ---Well , I’d see a doctor at once.

A. by a mistake B. by the time C. by the way D. by accident ( ) 33. Just read quickly________the main ideas at first.Don’t read word_____word. A. getting, by B. to get , by C. getting, in D. to get, in ( )34. 39. English is ______ in the world, so we must ______ it well. A. wide spoke;be learned B. widely spoken; is learned C.widely spoken;learn D. wide speak;be learn ( ) 35. —Do you know _____ ? I'm going to see him. —Sorry, I don't know.

A. where does Mr. Li live B. where did Mr. Li live C. where Mr. Li lives D. where Mr. Li lived 三．完型填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking．It is the groundwork（基础） of reading and writing．You' d better 36__your best to speak while you do much listening．Don' t be 37 of making mistakes．But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your38

While you are doing this, a good 39 is to write or keep a diary, write notes or letters．Then if you can, ask some others to go through 40 you have written and tell you where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your speaking will be 41 found when you write. Through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English． If you are slow in speaking, don′t 42 about it．One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself．The important thing is to choose 43 interesting to read．It mustn't be too difficult for you．When you are reading 44 this way, don' t stop to 45 the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences．You can do that some other time． ( ) 36．A．have B．send C.make D．try ( ) 37．A．sure B．proud C．afraid D．tired ( ) 38．A．English B．Chinese C.Japanese D．French ( ) 39．A．start B．idea C．time D．way ( ) 40．A．how B．when C．what D．why ( ) 41．A．happily B．easily C．really D．slowly

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( ) 42．A．talk B．fear C．worry D．hurry ( ) 43．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing ( ) 44．A．by B．on C．at D．in ( ) 45．A．look B．look for C．look up D．look over 四．阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）

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You may know the song Happy Birthday very well．But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl．And she became very rich after that． When she was a child, she was poor．Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party．She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her．

\．\face．

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in．\．Hearing the girl's story, she said, \．I think I can help you．How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to ．．．\．Suddenly she woke up．It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party．

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy．\wonderfully you sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before．Thank you for giving me the special gift．\．And they learnt to sing it together．Later the girl became well-known in America．

( ) 46．The song Happy Birthday was written by______________ A．an American girl B．an American girl's grandma C．an American boy D．an American girl's friend ( ) 47．The girl was sad because__________________ A．she didn't want to go to the party． B．she would be busy that day．

C．she didn't have enough money to buy a gift． D．she wasn't invited to the party．

( ) 48．What gift did she give her friend?

A．A flower． B．A toy． C．An interesting book D．A song． ( ) 49．What did her friends think of the song? It was_________

A．boring B．beautiful C．exciting D．interesting ( ) 50．Which of the following is TRUE? A．The girl was still poor after writing the song．

B．The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream． C．The girl' s friends had heard the song before． D．The girl became famous because of the song．

B

Kites may date back long time ago. They were made from bamboo and silk in China. Nobody knows exactly how or when a kite was first flown, but it is said that

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