中江县永安镇中学
08-09学年九年级（上）中期考试
英语试题
注：１．请考生务必将答案写在答卷上！且仅交答卷
２．该试卷共四张8页。
I． 听力测试（15＇/20＇）
第一节 听下面十段对话, 每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给 A、B、C选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。
1. A. Never. B. Often. C. Sometimes
2. A. She is outgoing. B. She was outgoing C. She was quiet
3. A Yes,he does. B. No,he doesn’t. C. I don’t know.
4. A. Yes,he does. B. No,he doesn’t. C. I have no idea.
5. A. Their dad. B. Their mum. C. Their parents.
6. A.She is swimming. B.She is laughing. C.She is doing homework.
7. A.Jenny’s. B. Peter’s. C.Jenny’s and Peter’s.
8. A.She would do nothing. B.She wouldn’t give too much homework.
C.She would let the students choose their own homework.
9. A.Tennis. B.Football. C.Basketball.
10.A.The girl. B.The boy. C.The boy’s father.
第二节 听下面一段短文，这段短文后有五个小题， 从题中所给 A、B、C选项中选出最佳选项。 这段短文读三遍。
11.How old is Kathy?
A.Six. B.Sixteen. C.Sixty.
12.Can Kathy have a part-time job at night?
A.She is not sure. B.Yes,she can. C.No,she can’t.
13.What’s Kathy’s father like?
A. He’s very serious. B.He’s calm enough. C.He is wild.
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14.In Kathy’s mother’s opinion,what will happan if Kathy gets a part-time job? A.She won’t do well in her study.
B.She’ll hang out. C.She’ll be good at her study.
15.How does Kathy get on with her parents?
A.OK. B.Well. C.Dadly.
II. 单项选择 (70＇/35＇)
1. It’s quite different____foreigners_____you if you always speak too quickly.
A.for; to understand B.of; understand
C.with; understanding D.to; understand
2. It’s a good habit to look_______the new words in the dictionary when you’re not sure of them.
A.at B.up C.after D.through
3. The movies were very_____, we were all very______.
A.exciting; exciting B.excited; excited
C.exciting; excited D.excited; exciting
4. You used to wear red pants,______you?
A.use B.did C.used D.didn’t
5. I think some of our school rules should be______.
A.change B.changed C.to change D.changing
6. They don’t allow_____too late at night.
A.to sleep B.sleep C.sleeping D.slept
7. ----How did you look like five years ago?----I ____have long hair.
A.was B.used to C.was used to D.use to
8. He isn’t_______to drive a car.
A. enough B.enough serious C.serious enough D.through serious
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9.Her mother often_____lots of time doing housework.
A.costs B.pays C.takes D.spends
10.---How long_____you______your bike? ---For five weeks.
A.will; buy B.did; buy C.have; bought D.have; had
11.He speaks_____in class_____after class.
A.neither; nor B.neither; or C.either; nor D.or; either
12.If I_____you, I______study harder then before.
A.am; will B.were; will C.were; would D.was; would
13.I don’t have a parter to practice English______.
A.on B.with C.at D.in
14.Don’t____your parents______. You have to be good.
A.think; about B.turn; down C.fall; down D.let; down
15.She _______speaking in class because she is shy.
A.is terrified of B.was terrifying C.terrified D.terrified of
16.He likes to meet new people a lot. So he is______.
A.less energetic B.outgoing C.shy D.as confident
17.She is worried about her final exams______ her illness.
A.so that B.in order to C.because D.because of
18.Two weeks ago three tigers escaped________the zoo so everyone in the
neighborhood is afraid________them.
A.on; outside B.in; at C.from; of D.of; from
19.A new building_______built last year.
A./ B.is C.was D.will be
20.I had two______dollars, he has helped________people already.
A.million; hundred of B.million; hundreds of
C.millions; hundred of D.millions; hundreds of
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21.He pretended________when the teacher came in.
A.to study B.study C.studying D.studied
22.This English book________belong to her because she doesn’t even know
any English.
A.must B.could C.might D.can’t
23.Do you know the man_______is talking to the headmaster?
A.he B.who C.what D.which
24.The song_______me________my childhood.
A. remember; of B,remind; with C.reminds; of D.remembers; with
25.I’d like to go to a beautiful place______we can go hiking.
A.that B.what C.which D.where
26.Where would you like to go________vacation?
A.on B.at C.in D.to
27.It’s a good way to study for the test______at the old tests.
A.by look B.by lookimg C.with look D.with looking
28.Teachers can always_______good solutions to students’ problems.
A.come up B.come up with C.come with D.came up with
29.You shouldn’t_______up too late night. It’s bad for your health.
A.put B.turn C.give D.stay
30.Kids always think their parents are strict______them.
A.with B.about C.of D.in
31.We’ll have a crucial test_______algebra tomorrow.
A.in B.on C.at D.under
32.Bill is a very shy boy. He doesn’t know what_____at the party.
A.he do B.he can to do C.to do D.is he doing
33.These____should get an education at school rather than do the farm work.
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A.twelve-year-old B.twelve-year-olds
C.twelve-year old D.twelve years old
34.You_______ to hang out because you need many friends.
A.should be allowed B.shouldn’t be allowed
C.should allow D.should be allow
35.It’s really impolite to laugh______others.
A.to B.for C.at D.with
III. 完形填空（10＇）
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor(编辑). After __1__ weeks the editor _2_ the story to her. The lady was _3_. She wrote back to the editor:
“Dear Sir.
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. _4_ do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. _5_ I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18; 19 and 20. This was a _6_ to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were _7_ pasted together. Is this the _8_ you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back:
“Dear Madam,
_9_ breakfast then I have an egg. I _10_ eat the whole egg in order to discover(发现) that it is bad.”
1. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
2. A. gave B. came back C. handed D. returned
3. A. angry B. happy C. satisfied D. glad
4. A. How B. Why C. What D. Where
5. A. After B. until C. Before D. Since
6. A .lesson B. test C. question D. thing
7. A. already B. still C. even D. yet
8. A. work B. check C. road D. way
9. A. On B .On the C. At D. At the
10. A. must not B. have not to C. need not to D. don’t have to
IV. 阅读理解（10＇/20＇）
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A
Mr and Mrs Smith have just opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers (吸引顾客) ，they put a notice in front of the restaurant, which said “Meals on the House for Three Days.”
A foreign student who didn’t know much English happened to pass by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunch time and he felt very hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant. I am going to have something to eat.” He walked towards the restaurant when he saw the notice. “ American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on the huse! But how can I get up to the top of the house ?” he said to himself.
He looked around and found a ladder against a tree nearly. He was very glad. But as he reached the top he heard someone shouting at him. “ Hey , what are you doing up there?” Mr Smith was looking at him angrily and beside him was a policeman.
“Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the House for Three Days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered .
On hearing this, both Mr Smith and the policeman laughed. “Do you know what ON THE HOUSE means? Look it up in the dictionary,” the policeman suggested ( 建议).
1. Mr and Mrs Smith are the ________of the small restaurant.
A. servants B. owners C. cooks D. neighbours
2. The student was __________.
A. an American B. a Chinese C.a Japanese D. a foreigner
3. The student passed by the restaurant which was opened the day before __________.
A.when he saw the strange notice B.when he arrived in America
C.when he learned some English D.when he felt very hungry
4. The story happened in _____________.
A.England B. Australia C. The USA D. Canada
5. “Meals on the House” here means _____________ .
A.“eating in the house” B.“serving meals at the house”
C.“ you can eat meals in the house”
D.“you can eat without paying”
B
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A traveller came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi-driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the man asked. “ 100 dollars,” said the taxi-driver. This was very expensive, But the man said it was OK.
The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The traveller gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said: “What about tomorrow?” The taxi-driver looked at the man and said : “ Tomorrow? It’s another 100dollars.” But the man said: “ That’s OK! See you tomorrow.” The taxi-driver was very pleased.
The next day the taxi-driver took the traveller everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave taxi-driver 100 dollars again and said: “I’m going home tomorrow.” The taxi-driver was very sorry because he liked the traveller and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you’re going home. Where do you come from?” he asked. “ I come from New York!” said the taxi-driver, “ I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her?”
“Of course I know her. She gave me 200dollars for you.”
6. Where did the traveller come from?
A. England B. America C. Canada D. France
7. Why did the traveller take the third taxi? Because ___________.
A. the other taxi-driver asked for more money
B. the third taxi-driver was a kind-hearted man
C. he didn’t want to spend his own money on the coming visit
D. the other drivers didn’t like to take him
8. Usually the cost of travelling one day by taxi may be ______ dollars.
A. 100 B. 200 C. less than 100 D. more than 200
9. Who asked the traveller t give the money for the taxi-driver?
A. the traveller’s sister B. The traveller himself
C. Nobody D. The driver’s sister
10. The driver’s was unhappy __________.
A. When he heard the traveller’s last words
B. When the traveller asked every taxi-driver his name
C. When the traveller asked him for his sister’s name
D. During the two-day visit
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V. 词形转换（８＇／14＇）
1.---Excuse me, how do you__________the word“clerk’’?
---I don’t know. We both should improve our_________.(pronounce)
2. All students get_____after the long and______lecture.(bore)
3. The little girl had her ears_______three years ago.(pierce)
4. If you were________to her than before, you wouldn’t have a big fight.
(friend)
5. Be_______of the person who doesn’t talk.(careless)
6. Zhang Yimou is a well known________all over China.(direct)
7. She doesn’t like doing chores in the________.(slight)
8. For your next vacation, why not consider_______Shanghai?(visit)
9. He didn’t tell us the truth about the accident. He was_____.(honest)
10. His father has_______through the jungle for two weeks.(trek)
11. People’s_______depend on their hard-working character.(life)
12. Children should be allowed to get the_______license when they are 18.(drive)
VI. 书面表达（５＇/10＇）
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中 江 县 永 安 镇 中 学
九年级（上）中期考试英语答卷
注：１．请考生务必将答案写在该答卷上！且仅交答卷
２．该答卷一张２页。
I. 听力测试（15＇/20＇）
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II. 单项选择 (70＇/35＇)
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III. 完形填空（10＇）
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IV. 阅读理解（10＇/20＇）
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V. 词形转换（８＇／14＇）
1._____________________ _____________________
2._____________________ _____________________
3._____________________ 4.______________________
5._____________________ 6.______________________
7._____________________ 8.______________________
9._____________________ 10._____________________
11.____________________ 12._____________________
VI．书面表达（５＇/10＇）
恭喜你！全部过关了！若有缺憾，下次努力哦！
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九年级（上）中期考试英语答卷
I. 听力测试（20＇）
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II. 单项选择 (35＇)
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III. 完形填空（10＇）
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IV. 阅读理解（20＇）
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V. 词形转换（14＇）
1.pronounce ；pronunciation 2.bored；boring 3. pierced
4.friendlier; 5.careful 6.director 7.slightest 8.visiting
9.dishonest 10.trekked 11.lives 12.driver’s
VI．书面表达（10＇）