第一学期月考试卷Units1-3

2014——2015学年第一学期九年级月考Unit1-3英语试卷（试题共4页，满分100分。

考试时间120分钟）班级姓名Ⅰ．单项选择（每小题1分，共30分）( )l. You can improve your English _______ practicing more.A.byB. withC. ofD.in( )2. _______ you read; _______ you’ll be.A. More; fasterB. The most; the fastestC. The more; the fasterD.Most，fastest( )3.When you meet a new word; you can _______ in a dictionary.A. look it upB. look it onC. look it overD. look it through ( )4._______ they are poor; _______ they are happy.A. Although; butB. Although; \C. Although;becauseD. If; but( )5.I discovered that listening to _______ is the secret_______ language learning.A. something interesting; to B .interesting something; toC. something interested; ofD. interested something of( )6.It was _______ dark _______ he stayed at home.A.so; that B .too; that C. very; that D. such ; that( )7. — What did Tina say? — Sorry; I didn’t _______ what she said.A. pay attention toB. get on withC. hold on toD. look forward to ( )8. It will ______ you 15 hours to fly to England from Hong Kong.A. spendB. takeC. payD. cost( )9._______ do you have a meeting? —Every five days.A.How longB.How oftenC.How soonD.How far( )10.Are you _______ each time you have a test?A.stressed outB.broken outC.worn outD.get bored( )11.—Which dress do you like best? —Sorry，I can’t decide _______now.A.to buy which oneB.buy which oneC.which one to buyD.Which I should tobuy it( )12.—What about going out for a picnic this afternoon?—Well, it all _______the weather.A.belongs toB.happened toC.depends onD.pays attention to ( )13.We don’t know if it _______ tomorrow. If it _______,we won’t go on vocation.A.will rain，will rainB.will rain.rainsC.rains; will rainD.rains.rains( )14.We'll go out to play _______ it rains tomorrow.A.soB.ifC.becauseD.unless( )15. Physics much easier for me since Mrs. Yang began to teach us.A. have beenB. has beenC. wasD. were ( )16.We should do what we can _______English.A.topractice to speakB.topracticespeakingC. practice speakingD. practice to speak ( )17. —Do you know the song Gangnam Style? —Of course. It _______interesting.A. tastesB. smellsC. soundsD. feels( )18.—What do you think of Mr. Green ?…I find_______ difficult to work with him.A. thisB. themC. itD. that( )19.—Your _______English is very good. Thank you .A. speakB. speakingC. to speakD. spoken( )20.If you have difficulty in learning English，you should ask your teacher or your classmates _______help.A. for B . C. in D. on( )21 .The best way _______English is doing more practice.A. learnB. learningC. learnsD. to learn( )22._______clever the boy is!A. HowB. WhatC. What aD. How a( )23.When we practice speaking English, we often end up in Chinese.A. to speakB. speakingC. speakD. speak to( )24.It took them_ ______ hour to go to Haikou by _______air.A. an; theB. a./C. an，/D. a. the( )25 I _______the writer job.A. am interesting inB. am interested inC. is interesting inD. is interested at( )26.The policeman asked the man _______at 9 o’clock last night.A.what he was doingB. what he is doingC.what was he doingD. what is he doing ( )27 .1 don’t know _______they have passed the exam.A. whatB. ifC. whenD. where( )28. He was_______ angry_______ say anything.A. so; thatB. such; thatC. too; thatD. too；to( )29. It’s a good habit_ ______a walk after dinner.A. to comeB. to beC. to takeD. to go( )30 .The story of Chang ?e is one of many traditional folk_______ .A. storyB. storyesC. storiesD. StoryingⅡ.完型填空(每题1分，共10分)Every year people in many countries ___1___ English. Some of them learn at school.__2___ study by___3___ . But it is too hard __4___ learn another language well. People must work very hard.Why do all these people __5____ to learn English? It’s difficult to __6____ that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school or at college. __7___ it is one of their___8___.They study their own language ,math and physic…and English. Many adults learn2014——2015学年第二学期八年级期初试卷（英语试题）第1页共4页English, because it is___9___in their work. They want to read newspaper, books and someothers in English to get more knowledge. And that is why___10___people in the world will learn English.( )1. A. study B. know C. understand D. speak( )2. A. Others B. other C. The other D. The others( )3. A. they B. their C. them D. themselves( )4. A. that B. as C. for D. to( )5 A. have B. wish C. need D. want( )6. A. think B. answer C. ask D. talk( )7. A. because B. so C. when D. why( )8. A. subject B. the subject C. subjects D.a subject( )9. A. interesting B. difficult C. easy D. useful( )10. A. more and more B. many more C. fewer and fewer D. most.Ⅲ.阅读理解(20分)（A）Once upon a time,（很久以前）there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.”With these words, he went out. But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.（）1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.A. the rich manB. the servantC. both A and B（）2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.A. the catB. himselfC. the servant（）3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.A. there was in fact poison in the bottlesB. did not want the servant to drink his wineC. he wanted to kill the cat（）4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.A. the servantB. the rich manC. nobody（）5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.A. lazyB. kindC. clever（B）An old scientist recently made several tests with different animals to find out which was cleverer than other animals.In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room where there were several boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. One small box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited a few minutes outside the door. Then he got down on his knees (膝盖) and put his eyes to the keyhole. What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.( )1. The scientist did the test to see ____________.A. if the monkey would steal (偷) the foodB. if the monkey would look for the foodC. if the monkey was cleverer than other animalsD. if some boxes were inside other boxes( ) 2. In one test the scientist put a monkey __________.A. into a small boxB. into several small boxesC. into a box where there was some foodD. in a room( ) 3. After the scientist left the room, the monkey_________.A. began to eat foodB. began to look for foodC. looked at the scientist through the keyholeD. came into the boxes one afteranother( ) 4. The scientist_______________.A. got down on his knees and waited outside the doorB. got down on his knees and heard with his earsC. left the room for a long timeD. looked at the monkey through the keyhole with his eyes2014——2015学年第二学期八年级期初试卷（英语试题）第2页共4页( ) 5. To the scientist’s surprise ______________.A. the monkey got down on its kneesB. the monkey came out of the roomC. the monkey looked at the scientist through the windowD. the monkey put its eye to the keyholeⅣ．用所给的正确形式填空（10分）1.What about (play) tennis?2.My father used to learn English by (listen) to the radio.3.Wang Jing finds it fun (watch) English movies.4.I can’t (发音)the new word.5.I’m always afraid of making (mistake) in grammar.6.The teacher said that the earth (go) round the sun.7.His mother has been (die) for ten years.8.The lost girl didn’t know where (go).9.I want to know when the clothes store (open) in the morning.10.Jim said that he (take) a shower at that time.Ⅴ.句型转换（10分）1.Why not watch English programs?(改为同义句)Watching English programs?2.I solve my problem by learning to forget?(对划线部分提问)you solve your problem?3.where can I buy some stamps?(改为含有宾语从句的复合句)Can you tell me where buy some stamps?4.You can get good grades.(用I believe 改为含有宾语从句的复合句)I believe can get good grades.5.She is a thin girl.(改为感叹句)thin she is!Ⅵ.完成句子（10分）1.你在课堂上记笔记吗？Do you in class?2.你可以在词典里查一下这个生词。