九年级英语月考试卷

洪祥中学2012-2013学年第二学期九年级英语阶段测试卷一．单项选择（20分）1.I’d rather _______ Hainan in winter than in summer.A. to go toB. go toC. goingD. have gone2.----Have you ______ been abroad? -----__________.A. ever, NeverB. never, StillC. before, EverD. just now , Not yet3. do you feel about population ? _____. It makes me _____ angry .A. How,a kind ofB.What, a kindC.How ,kind ofD. What ,kind of4. ----- Have you packed the beach towels________?-----Yes, I have _________ packed them,.A. yet, yetB. yet, alreadyC. already, alreadyD. already, yet5. Loud music always makes us____________.A,want dance B. to want dance C. want to dance D.to want to dance6 .------ Where is your father?------- He _______ to Korea. He _______ there twice before.A. has gone, has goneB. has gone, has beenC. has been, has goneD. has been, has been7. She has been working very _______ recently, and she is ________ late for work.A. hard, hardB. hardly, hardlyC. hard, hardlyD. hardly, hard8. I find _______ hard for me _______ the work in such a short time .A. it, finishingB.it’s, finishC.it, to finishD. it's , finishing9. There are many students playing on the playground. _____ are playing basketball, and _______ are playing football.A. Some, otherB. Some, othersC. Some, the othersD. Some, the other10. Though he lives _______ , he never feels _______.A. alone ,aloneB.lonely ,lonelyC. alone, lonelyD. lonely, alone .11.I cut ______ the orange and ate it______a fork .A. down,useB. up,withC.inti,withD. up,use12.I’m very ______, for it is a _______ trip .A.pleased, pleasantB. pleased, pleasureC.pleasant, pleasedD. pleasure, pleasant13. Tom also sits _____ me _____ Sam .A.beside ,besideB.besides, besidesC.besides,besideD. beside,besides14. She first met Peter four years ago. He ________ at a computer store at that time.A. has workedB. had workedC. was workingD. had been working15. He always makes his sister __________. But yesterday he was made _________ by his sister.A. cry, cryB. to cry, to cryC. cry, to cryD. to cry, cry16. ----- English is used ________ the Chinese _________ a foreign language.------So it is .A.for, byB. by, asC. by, forD. for, as17.He got up very early_________ he could catch the early bus.A. so thatB. such thatC. andD.so18. ________ his new sunglasses___________ Tony look mysterious.A. Wears, makeB. Wears, makesC. Wearing, makeD. Wearing, makes19.I look forward ____________ a computer because it’s helpful ___________ me.A. to buying ,toB.to buying ,forC. to buy, toD. to buy , for20. Books are made ________ paper and paper is made __________ wood.A. from, ofB. of, fromC. in, fromD. from, in二．完形填空(10)There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl 21 big eyes. Her big eyes are 22 us her dream: I wish to 23 ! In China, there are still 24 girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their 25 are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to 26 the money for all the children. So the parents often ask 27 to stay at home, and boys to go to school.Now they needn’t 28 the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government(政府)to make their life 29 Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is 30 great.( ) 21. A. with B. on C. to D. in( ) 22. A. saying B. telling C. speaking D. talking( ) 23. A. go to work B. go to bed C. go to school D. go home( ) 24. A. a lot B. 1ot of C. a lot of D. much( ) 25. A. schools B. cities C. houses D. families( ) 26. A. pay B. take C. buy D. lend( ) 27. A. teachers B. girls C. boys D. all the children( ) 28. A. look up B. turn on C. worry about D. make sure( ) 29. A. better B. shorter C. longer D. worse( )30. A. not B. never C. hardly D. really三、阅读理解(30分)阅读AYears ago, many zoos kept all kinds of animals in small cages. Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good pace for an animal to live in.Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and a little lake. The cages look like the animals’ habitats.Zoos help to protect all kinds of animals. They protect animals in the zoo and they protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how many animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to help protect the animals’ wild habitats.Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths, which are related(有关联的) with Asian elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today. Scientists say that seventy-four different kinds of living things go extinct every day!Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.31.Zoos kept animals in small cages so that people could_________.A. protect themB. see them betterC. feed themD. save them32. Today, zoos keep animals _______.A. in bigger cagesB. in the wildC. in smaller cagesD. in the field33. To protect animals, zoos ________.A. are trying to keep all kinds of animalsB. are trying to free the animalsC. teach people more about animalsD. want people to feed the animals34. A mammoth is a kind of _______ that has gone extinctA. plant B bird C. animal D. tree 35. An animal or a plant that is going extinct_______.A. no longer exists(存在) in the worldB. comes into this world soonC. becomes very dangerousD. has fewer and fewer living members阅读B( )36.Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng traveled in outer space for ______ days.A.twoB.sixC.sevenD.nine( )37.Yao Ming is a basketball player in ______ now.A.GermanyB.CanadaC.AmericaD.England( )38.The ______ was born in 1833.A.playerB.singerC.astronautD.scientist( )39.The Story of My life is the name of a ______ .A.sportB.songC.prizeD.book( )40.Which of the following is true?A.Yao Ming’s parents w ere players .B.Jay Chou is from Shanghai, China.C.Alfred Nobel was a French man.D.Helen Keller couldn’t see, but could hear.任务型阅读CIt is said that more than four million people die each year from smoking. That number is frightening.Yet pe ople around the world continue to smoke. In the United States, about forty-seven-million adults smoke. This year, more than 430,000 Americans died of diseases which have something to do with smoking. The American Cancer Society(美国癌症协会)says smoking harms the body greatly. It warns that smoking even a number of cigarettes is dangerous.It’s (63) ______________________________(戒烟是不容易的。