外研版九年级2014-2015学年上学期期末英语试题

14-15学年外研九年级上学期期末试题（茂名）Class: Name: Marks：（满分100分）一、选择填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）根据句子意思，从A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( )1. We have three meals day and often have breakfast at 7:10.A. a; theB. the; aC. a; \( )2. To make our town much greener, rubbish into the river.A. needn’t be thrownB. mustn’t be thrownC. can’t throw( )3. Jeremy Lin is known a famous NBA basketball player.A. forB. asC. to( )4. Today we’ll learn about the great writer Mo Yan.A. somethingB. nothingC. anything( )5. the science museum is a great way to learn about science.A. VisitB. VisitingC. Visited( )6. His father didn’t stop working he was in poor health.A. becauseB. as soon asC. although( )7. His grandfather for two years.A. diedB. has been deadC. has died( )8. —Oh, this cartoon book is very interesting. Where did you buy ? I want to buy , too.— In the bookshop near my home.A. it; oneB. one; itC. one; that( )9. —What’s the of the animal whose baby is in its pocket?— The kangaroo.A. hobbyB. birthdayC. name( )10. Could you tell me ?A. when will he come hereB. how will he come hereC. when he will get here三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

A few months ago, I worked for a short time as a cashier (出纳员) at a restaurant. I also helped to clean the tables when it was 11 busy.One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet 12 on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should 13 it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at that time. I thought that 14 there was something valuable (有价值的) in the wallet, the owner would be back to get it. Sure enough, fifteen minutes later a man came up to the counter to ask if a wallet had been 15 in. I asked him to 16 the lost wallet, and after he had done so, I gave the man the wallet.He seemed very 17 , when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “No”, he immediately opened it and said that there was nearly $1,000 in cash. He tookout a twenty-dollar 18 and handed it to me. I 19 it back. “Bless you for 20 my Christmas plans. It’s people like you who 21 everything in the world look good”, he said warmly, shaking my hand.Thinking about it later, I began to 22 whether I would have been so honest if I had known what was in the 23 ! I thought if there had been no way to identify (识别) the owner and no one had returned to get it, I would have kept it. But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. The good 24 it gave me was worth much more than anything money could25 .( )11. A. friendly B. especially C. never( )12. A. staying B. laying C. lying( )13. A. check B. look C. find( )14. A. if B. unless C. whether( )15. A. given B. lived C. handed( )16. A. speak B. describe C. pick( )17. A. puzzled B. worried C. pleased( )18. A. money B. message C. bill( )19. A. pushed B. pulled C. brought( )20. A. saving B. getting C. giving( )21. A. show B. make C. bring( )22. A. worry B. wonder C. know( )23. A. door B. bag C. wallet( )24. A. feeling B. luck C. deed( )25. A. share B. buy C. make三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面文章，根据文章内容，从每小题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

AWe each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things after they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.A good memory is a great help in learning a language.Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.A man’s mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and is ready for us to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our minds. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.( )26. Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .A. they always sleep very wellB. they often eat good foodC. they read a lot of booksD. they have very good memories( )27. Everybody learns his mother language .A. at the age of sixB. when he is a small childC. after he goes to schoolD. when he can read and write( )28. In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because.A. they have no good memoriesB. they have no recordersC. they have too much time for itD. they are busy with other subjects( )29. Your memory will become better and better .A. if you have plenty of good foodB. if you do more and more exercisesC. if you do morning exercises every dayD. if you get up early( )30. What’s the best title of the passage?A. Memory is a great helperB. Learning a second language is easyC. How to have a good memoryD. The way to learn a second languageBA man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl. It looked very old. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner of the cat, was lying beside the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was i nterested in the bowl. So he said to him softly, “What a nice cat you have! Will you sell it to me?” “How much will you give me for the cat?” the farmer opened his eyes and asked.“Twenty dollars. Would that be enough?” Later, the farmer agreed. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “My cat will certainly feel thirsty. May I take the bowl so that the cat can drink?” But the farmer said, “I’m sorry I can’t give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold twenty cats.”( )31. “A man was looking for things of the old times” means “”.A. He lost things in the past and wanted to get them backB. He liked keeping old thingsC. He would like to buy things from the old manD. He liked talking to the old farmer( )32. The man wanted to buy the cat because .A. it looked very niceB. he thought he could easily get the bowl after he bought the catC. he didn’t have enough money to buy both the cat and the bowlD. he liked it more than anything else( )33. After he bought the cat, he asked for the bowl because he thought .A. it should go together with the catB. it could be used for the catC. the farmer knew nothing about the value (价值) of the bowlD. the cat couldn’t live without the bowl( )34. The farmer kept the bowl to .A. sell more catsB. let another cat use itC. talk to more peopleD. have more time with it( )35. From this story, we know that the farmer .A. had only one bowlB. was very poorC. didn’t like cats at allD. got a lot of moneyCHalloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate(庆祝) every year. It means “holy evening”, and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints’ Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, but a holiday mainly for children.Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins (南瓜). Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle (蜡烛) inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkins! These pumpkin lights are called jack-o’-lanterns (灯笼).The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say, “Trick or treat! Money or eat!” The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day, they can disguise themselves as ghost (鬼) as their imaginations will lead them. This brings them the pleasure of being young.( )36. Halloween arrives on every year.A. October 30thB. October 31stC. November 1stD. December 24th( )37. Halloween is a holiday mainly for .A. all saintsB. childrenC. monstersD. Jack( )38. What do kids usually say when they come to a house with boxes or bags?A. Trick or treat! Money or eat!B. Merry Christmas!C. Happy Halloween!D. Good luck!( )39. The disguise as ghost brings people the pleasure of .A. being oldB. being poorC. being richD. being young( )40. Which of the following is NOT true about Halloween?A. Children usually make jack-o’-lanterns.B. Children put on strange masks and costumes.C. Children should sing and dance that day.D. Children can get treat-money or candy in their bags.DJeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States, from the East Coast to the West Coast. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. That was about 16 miles each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes andfive plastic legs.Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used the money to learn more about cancer.On the way to Los Angeles Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: he skis, swims, plays soccer, and runs.Jeff finished college. Now he is studying to be a lawyer. He says, “People can do anything they want to. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”( )41. In the sentence “Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg”, the words “an artificial leg” probably mean that .A. the leg is not realB. the leg is expensiveC. the leg is achingD. the leg is healthy( )42. From the article we know that .A. it is 3,200 kilometers from Boston to Los AngelesB. it is 3,200 miles from Boston to Los AngelesC. it is 3,200 miles from the west to the eastD. it is 3,200 miles from Jeff’s home to the coast( )43. In every city people gave money to .A. Jeff to buy new shoes and artificial legsB. Jeff to give his parentsC. Jeff to buy some medicineD. American Cancer Society to learn more about cancer( )44. According to this article, which of the following is NOT true?A. Jeff is disabled.B. Jeff had cancer when he was 12 years old.C. Jeff is a lawyer.D. Jeff can play soccer and run.( )45. The sentence “I ran for everybody” probably means that .A. some disabled people wear artificial legsB. people can do anything they want toC. some disabled people are lawyersD. I want to be famous四、单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）根据括号内的汉语，结合句子的意思，在横线上写出形式正确的英语单词，每个空格只准填一个单词。