九年级英语牛津版9B Unit 1 Life on Mars 单元测试题

九年级英语牛津版9B Unit 1 Life on Mars 单元测试题一、选择填空（15分）1. ---What was Marc doing when his mother got home yesterday? ---He was playing _______ guitar.A. theB. aC. anD. /2. I think we’ll _______ by robots in the future. A. care for B. be cared for C. care about D. be cared about3. He often drives his car _______ 150km/h. That’s too dangerous. A. on B. in C. at D. by4. I can use my ________ to take high-quality images. A. radio B. watch C. television D. camera5. --- _______ I borrow your e-dictionary, Lily? ---No, you _______. I will use it right now.A. Might, can’tB. Could, needn’tC. Can, can’tD. May, mustn’t6. ______ the students in this primary school is about four hundred, ______ of them are girls.A. A number of, two thirdB. The number of, two thirdC. Large numbers of, two thirdsD. The number of, two thirds7. The book is very valuable, so it is well ______ again and again.A. worth to readingB. worth readingC. worth to readD. worth of reading8. I am not sure _______ he will come here. _______ he comes here, please let me know.A. that, WhenB. that, IfC. if, WhetherD. whether, If9. ---Who’s that boy reading in the garden? Is it David?---It ______ be David. I saw him in the classroom just now. A. must B. can’t C. may D. shouldn’t10. ---What I had hoped at last ________.---Congratulations! A. come up B. come out C. come on D. come true11. I was told _______ Bill Gates was thirteen he began to play with computers.A. that howB. how thatC. that whenD. when that12. The weather in summer in Beijing is cooler than _______ in Shanghai. A. this B. it C. that D. one13. Don’t forget to have them ________ our meeting. A. attend B. to attend C. attended D. attending14. Millie will go ______ this winter vocation.A. to somewhere warmB. somewhere warmC. to warm somewhereD. warm somewhere15. ---How long did it _______ you to work out the difficult Maths problem?---I _______ about half an hour on it.A. take, tookB. spend, tookC. spend, costD. take, spent二、完形填空（15分）If you __1__ the question “What color is the sky?” I believe you will answer blue. But I am afraid you are __2__. The sky has no __3__. When we see blue, we are looking at the blue sunlight. The sunlight shines on the little bits of __4__ in the air.Is the sky __5__ of air? I am __6__ that you have been asked this question, too. We know that there is air all around the world. We could not live __7__ air. Planes could not fly if there is not any air. They need air to __8__ their wings. If we go far __9__ away from the earth, then we will find there is not any air.Perhaps we can answer some of our questions now. What is the sky? The sky is __10__. It is all __11__ the world. In space there is nothing __12__ the sun, the moon and the stars.The sky is __13__, seen from the moon. It has no color where there is no __14__ in fact. How __15__ the universe is!1. A. ask B. asked C. asking D. are asked2. A. wrong B. right C. good D. sorry3. A. air B. water C. color D. things4. A. dust B. things C. water D. rain5. A. filled B. full C. out D. all6. A. think B. surely C. clear D. sure7. A. with B. not C. but D. without 8. A. rise B. lift C. pick D. put9. A. enough B. too C. very D. quite 10. A. space B. air C. nothing D. stars11. A. on B. around C. in D. to 12. A. and B. beside C. but D. without13. A. white B. black C. blue D. green 14. A. air B. sun C. moon D. stars15. A. nice B. strange C. beautiful D. big三、阅读理解（10分）Ladies and gentlemen，I returned to this year in a time machine．In the year 2500，we are able to travel through time to any year in the history of the earth．This year is your last chance to change your lifestyle to save the earth.Beginning in the middle of the 20th century，a few people were worried about polluting the earth’s water and air，but most people did not change their way of life．Instead，they continued to pour dangerous chemicals and other waste into lakes and seas，to drive more and more cars and trucks，and to cut down trees．By the year 2200，the earth’s water was completely polluted．People could no longer drink water，and they had to use other types of liquids．Scientists said that in the future there might be too many people on the earth．But not enough was done．So，by the year 2300，there were so many people that food became scarce．There was no water to grow food and all of the fish in the lakes and seas died because of pollution．Terrier wars broke out between the rich and the poor．Scientists were working very hard to find another planet in space where humans could live．By the year 2400，the air was too polluted for humans to breathe．So we had to leave earth．But only the rich were able to leave．Where did we go？Nowhere．And everywhere．You see scientists did not find another safe planet，so now we must travel around the universe in our space ships．We are still looking for a place to call our home．So，it is up to you to change history．There is still hope．You must change your lifestyle now，before it is too late．1．Which problem is not talked about in paragraph 2？ A. Water．B. Air．C. Lifestyle．D. food．2．What’s the meaning of “scarce”in the passage？A. 昂贵的B. 充足的C. 缺乏的D. 特殊的3．Who could leave the earth by the year 2400？A. The rich．B. The poor．C. Scientists．D. All the people．4．Which of the following is true？A. only a few people changed their lifestyle in the 20th century．B. There wasn’t enough water for people to drink by the year 2200．C. All the animals died because of pollution by the year 2300．D. We found a new home in another planet by the year 2400．5．What’s the best title of the passage？A. Stop pollutingB. Change or leaveC. Look for new homeD. Return to the earth四、词汇（15分）A) 根据汉语意思，完成句子，每空一词1. This scientist devoted himself to ________（培育）plants that can grow on Mars.2. The ________ (大气) of Mars is 95 per cent carbon dioxide.3. We all know that China has the largest ________ (人口) in the world.4. The students on Mars will study at online schools instead of _______(正常的)schools on Earth.5. It’s hard to ________ (想象) living in a place where there are no cars.B) 根据句意及所给首字母提示，写出单词的适当形式，使句子意思完整正确6. There are eight p________ in the solar system and Earth is one of them.7. Before the Project of Sanxia, many s________ left their hometown and moved to other places.8. This kind of skirt is very f________ at the moment. Many young ladies wear it.9. There are lots of d________ of living on Mars. So we won’t move out of Earth to Mars.10. C________ with life on Earth, life on Mars will be better in many ways.C) 根据句意，从方框内找出合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，每词限用一次float, hope, discuss, dry, enjoy11. They spent an ________ afternoon visiting Xuanwu Lake.12. I don’t think _______ food is the most important for an astronaut.13. “Can you lend me some money?” he asked his boss ________.14. A space sleeping bag is used to be fixed to the walls to prevent _________.15. They will have a _________ about the important things.五、按要求转换句型，每空一词（20分）1. Are you hungry? My mother asked me. (改为宾语从句)My mother asked me _________ ________ _______ hungry.2. They use special boots to walk on the surface of Mars. (改为被动语态)Special boots _________ _________ ________ walking on the surface of Mars.3. There are all kinds of Walkmans in this new shop. (改为同义句，下同)There are _________ Walkmans in this new shop.4. How do you like the school life there?________ do you ________ ________ the school life there?5. Don’t read in thee sun. It is harmful to your eyes.Don’t read in thee sun. It _________ ________ ________ your eyes.6. I like the life on Earth better than the life on Mars.I ________ the life on Earth ________ the life on Mars.7. An air tank is more important than a space sleeping bag.A space sleeping bag isn’t ________ ________ ________ an air tank.8. Maybe there are some aliens on that planet.There _________ ________ some aliens on that planet.六、任务型阅读阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成表格中所缺的信息。