元旦竞赛九年级英语试题

九年级英语元旦竞赛试题

时间：90分钟出题人：吴晓彤

一、单项填空。（30分）

( ) 1 ________ American people and British people speak the same language, their cultures are quite different.

A. Since

B. If

C. Although

D. Because ( ) 2. Before stamps, people didn’t ________ for the letters they sent, but for the letters they received.

A. pay

B. cost

C. spend

D. take

( ) 3. Mr. Wang is very friendly to us. He is ________ of all the persons I know.

A. patient

B. less patient

C. more patient

D.the most patient

( ) 4. “I want to go to Mars（火星）, because it’s a place that no one ________ to before,”

said Carson.

A. has gone

B. has been

C. was

D. went

( ) 5. —________ do you have dinner with your family at restaurants?

—Hardly ever.

A. How often

B. How long

C. How many

D. How much ( ) 6. These people dress themselves in bloody shark suits. They tell people ________ shark fins in order to protect sharks.

A. eat

B. to eat

C. not eat

D. not to eat ( ) 7.Sleeping is a popular way to relax ________ students.

A. on

B. among

C. about

D. between ( ) 8. —Did you call Jenny?

—Oh no, I forgot. I ________ her right away.

A. called

B. have called

C. call

D. will call ( ) 9. Water is important to ________ , so there are many water festivals around the world.

A. everyone

B. nobody

C. somebody

D. something ( ) 10. Now all Chinese couples ________ to have two children.

A. allow

B. allowed

C. are allowed

D. were allowed ( ) 11.Students ____enjoy the colorful school life if they study at home instead of going to school.

A. mustn’t

B. can’t

C. must

D. can

( ) 12. Pick up your pen and draw your own invention. Maybe it will be ________ a real product one day!

A. turned on

B. turned down

C. turned off

D. turned into

( ) 13. —Excuse me, do you know ________ yesterday?

—Sure. It closed at 6:00 p.m. yesterday.

A. when the bookstore closes

B. when does the bookstore close

C. when the bookstore closed

D. when did the bookstore close

( ) 14. —Could you please tell me how to get to the restroom?

—________ . I’m not sure how to get there.

A. Sorry

B. OK

C. Of course

D. No problem

( )15. The boy looked so________. It’s easy for him to fall ________.

A. sleepy; asleep

B. sleepy; sleepy

C. asleep; sleepy

D. asleep; asleep ( )16. —All the workers went home yesterday _________Mr. White. Why?

—Because he was on business.

A. except

B. besides

C. except for

D. beside

( )17. We often drop_________ our friends’ homes after school.

A. for

B. with

C. by

D. of

( ) 18. When you are in trouble, it's better to ________.

A. keep your cool

B. get nervous

C. keep sad

D. keep crying

( )19. My bike is broken. Could you help me to ?

A. fix it up

B. set it up

C. make it up

D. put it up

( )20. That’s not my book. I can’t it for a long time.

A. show

B. keep

C. buy

D. borrow

( ) 21. “exercise ever y day, my son. It’s good for your health.” Dad often said to him.

A. Takes

B. Taking

C. Take

D. To take

( ) 22. —Where are you going to work? — ________. Maybe Beijing.

A. I hope so.

B. I’m not sure yet.

C. That’s a good idea.

D. With pleasure. ( )23. Watching TV too much can get _________ the way of his study.

A. in

B. out

C. at

D. to

( ) 24. _________ after drinking is really dangerous.

A. Drive

B. Driving

C. Drives

D. Drove

( ) 25. —I will visit my grandmother this afternoon, so I can’t go swimming with you.

—_________.

A. With pleasure

B. Sure

C. What a pity

D. You’re welcome ( ) 26. This is the most interesting story _________ I have ever heard.

A. where

B. that

C. which

D. what

( ) 27. The man is thirsty __________ money and power. His wife wants him to pay attention to health and family.

A. with

B. at

C. of

D. for

( ) 28. —We made a good job of our English group work.