2007-2008学年第一学期期中考试九年级
英语试卷
一、词汇 （10 分）
1. Please read the text a_____ , so we can hear you.
2. It’s n_______ to buy a new car.
3. Student’s shouldn’t get their ears p_______ .
4. Don’t take away anything from here without p_________ .
5.Zhang Yimou is one of the most famous d________ in China .
6. What’s the ________(人口) of India, do you know?
7. Can you ________(提供)her some help.
8. You are great. I have ________（信心） in you.
9. They can give me some s________(建议)for vacation spots .
10.The girl is always e________ (有活力的) .She’s a hard―working girl
二、单项选择（15分）
( ) 1. We were amazed _____ the way he spoke.
A. to B. with C. for D. at
( ) 2. How long have you _____ the book?
A. borrowed B. bought C. lent D. kept
( ) 3. We must plant ______ trees every year.
A. many thousand B. many thousand C. many thousands of D. Three thousands
( ) 4. Look! Lucy with her sister _____ games in the garden .
A. is playing B. playing C. play D. are playing
( ) 5. As soon as I _____ to the bus stop , the bus ______ .
A. got , reached B. arrived, got C. reached, arrived D. got, arrived
( ) 6. Please tell her ______ shout in the hospital.
A. don’t B. doesn’t C. not D. not to
( ) 7. Don’t watch TV. It’s too late. Please _____ and go to bed right away.
A. turn down it B. turn off it C. turn it off D. turn it down
( ) 8. Wei Hua is always _____ others.
A. help B. helping C. helps D. helped
( ) 9. We can’t decide _____ to do it.
A. What B. where C. how D. which
( ) 10. The box is too heavy for the girl _____
A. carry B. carry it C. to carry D. carrying
( ) 11. She was _____ excited _____ she couldn’t fall asleep. Then she feels like _____ some letters.
A. too, to; writing B so, that; to write C.too, to; to write D.so, that; writing
( ) 12. When ________ leave for Beijing?
A. do you think he will B. do you think will he
C. you think he will D. do you think
( ) 13. I’ve never read _______ book in my life.
A. so exciting B. such an exciting C. such exciting D. so a exciting
( ) 14.---- I don’t know if _____ .
----He ______ if it doesn’t rain.
A. comes; comes B. will come; will come C. come; come D. comes; will come
( ) 15. Could you tell me _______ ?
A. What does he do? B How much it costs to fly to Hainan?
C What is he crying so sadly? D Whether has he arrived?
三、用所给词的适当形式填空 （10分，每小题一分）
1. Listen, How ________(wonderful) she is singing.
2. Many students know how ________(play) computers.
3.I often see them ______(take) a walk together.
4.The teacher told us that light _______(travel) much faster than sound.
5.Would you please _______(not play) with fire? It’s dangerous.
6.He _______(join) the Party in 1999. He ________(be) a Party member for three years.
7.The students came into the classroom, ______(talk) and ______(laugh).
8. Have you read those _________(advertise)in the newspaper.
9. Would you mind my _______(open) the window?
10.Most women don’t want to be house _______(wife).
四、英汉互译 （10分）
1．The best way to improve your English is to join an English club.
2我过去留短头发，但现在我把它留长了。
3．Be careful of the dog that does not bark.
( ) 1. An Indian would shake his head when _______
A. he didn’t want to do anything
B. he agreed with others
C. he talked to others
D. other people were wrong
( ) 2. The foreign officer was surprised that _______
A. the driver could not understand him
B. the driver refused his order
C. the driver drove him to another place
D. the driver shook his head as he said “Yes”
( ) 3. The sentence “ No means Yes here” means “_______”
A. In India the words Yes and No have the same meaning
B. Indians don’t say No when they don’t agree with each other
C. There is no difference between Yes and No
D. We shake our heads to say No, not Yes as Indians do
( ) 4. India is _______
A. a developed （发达的）country
B. in America
C. next to Australia
D. to the southwest of China
( ) 5. Which of the following sentences isn’t true?
A. Shaking the head doesn’t always have the same meaning in different countries.
B. When an Indian shakes his head, he really means Yes.
C. In India the word No means Yes.
D. In India shaking the head means No.
Scientists are trying to make the deserts（沙漠）into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. People are bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the wind blow the soil（土壤）away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.
( ) 1. Deserts________
A. get very little rain
B. never have any plants or animals in them
C. can all be turned into good land before long
D. both A and C
( ) 2. Small green plants are very important to dry places because______
A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier
B. they don’t let the wind blow the earth away
C. they hold water
D. all of the above
( ) 3. Land is becoming desert little by little because________
A. plants can’t grow there
B. there is not enough rain
C. people haven’t done what scientists wish them to do
D. scientists know little about the deserts
( ) 4. Which is the main（主要的）idea of the first paragraph?
A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land
B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land
C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there
D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time
( ) 5. After reading this, we can learn that _______
A. plants can keep dry land from becoming desert
B. it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts
C. all places without much rain will become deserts
D. it is better to grow crops（谷物）dry land than to grow grass
New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.
But there are serious problems in big cities too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities because there are some chances to find jobs, to study at good schools, and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people can’t find work or a good place to live in. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities. Others do not. Before people enjoy move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there.
( ) 1. Which is the best title（标题）for this passage.
A. Big cities
B. New York, London, and Paris
C. Exciting Places to Live in
D. Serious Problems in Big Cities
( ) 2. In big cities people can_______
A. go to different kinds of museums
B. see all kinds of plays and films
C. buy things from all over the world
D. A, B and C
( ) 3. Which of the following is true?
A. Big cities are not safe and clean enough
B. People can easily find a good place to live in big cities
C. Big cities are safe, but not clean
D. All people like to live in big cities
( ) 4. In this passage the writer advised（建议）people______
A. to move to a big city
B. not to move to a big city
C. not to move to a big city without thinking about the problems there
D. not to think too much about the problems before they move to a big city
( ) 5. Which is not talked about in the passage?
A. New York and London are big cities, and also is Paris
B. Big cities are better than small cities
C. Big cities are exciting places to live in
D. Big cities have a lot of serious problems
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