2021-2022学年福建省福州八中九年级(下)期中英语试卷(附答案详解)

2021-2022学年福建省福州八中九年级（下）期中英语试卷1. —Jimmy found the lost phone and returned it to the woman.

—Great!He is such ________ honest boy that everyone loves him very much.（）

A. a

B. an

C. the

2.

There are millions of new information on the Internet every day.The thing that matters is ________ to choose useful information.（）

A. what

B. how

C. when

3. -We can always find something good in a bad_______if we look for it.

-It's so true.Let's make full use of it.（）

A. situation

B. direction

C. instruction

4.

A small town in Norway doesn't get direct sunlight from late September to mid-March ________ si x months out of the year.（）

A. hardly

B. nearly

C. clearly

5. —Learning to love is like learning to walk.

—Yes.________ we step out bravely，we'll find it's not so difficult.（）

A. As soon as

B. Even though

C. As long as

6. We_______have a graduation ceremony next week，but I'm not sure.（）

A. need

B. might

C. must

7. — Jane won first prize in the English speech competition.

— ________ great progress she has made!Her English used to be pretty bad.（）

A. How a

B. What a

C. What

8. The three boys are all good at drawing，but Jason is ________ of the three.（）

A. talented

B. more talented

C. the most talented

9.

Young people usually_______ city life to country life while old people ________ live in the countr y.（）

A. would rather；prefer

B. prefer；would rather

C. would rather；would rather

10. Don't worry.We will meet next Monday ________ the project again.（）

A. discuss

B. discussed

C. to discuss

11. —Eric，you ________ to go to the teachers' office just now.What's up？

—We're not allowed to bring phones to school.I broke the rule.（）

A. told

B. are told

C. were told

12.

Neither Emma nor her parents_______ to America.But _______ of them speak American English v ery well.（）

A. have been；all

B. nave been；none

C. have been；neither

13. —Why didn't you go swimming with us yesterday afternoon？

—Because I ________ my father wash the car then.（）

A. helped

B. was helping

C. has helped

14.

Dr.Zhong Nanshan is a pioneer ________ has made a lot of contributions in the field of medical sci ence.（）

A. which

B. who

C. whose

15. — Could you tell me ________ these days？

— In order to prepare for the coming Senior High School Entrance Exam.（）

A. if he is worried

B. whether he is able to pass the exam

C. why he stays up so late

What does the word ecology mean？It was （1） by Ernst Haeckel，

a German biologist.He joined two Greek words：oikos，meaning"house"，and logie，

meaning "the study of".Together they mean "the study of the house".The "house" Haeckel had in mind is our（2），Earth.Earth is home for all living things—humans，animals，plants.

To study a house is to learn how its residents（居民） use it.An ecologist is a scientist who studies the （3） between organisms（生

物） and their environment.The environment is an organism's surroundings.It may（4） water，gases，rocks and temperature.

Ecologists also study the balance of using the environment while protecting it.

An ecologist once asked a boy （5） he thought it meant to protect the environment.

The boy said， "You go into the forest and look for somebody who wants to cut down a tree.You take away his axe.You tell him about how（6） trees are.You say they are good for natural beauty，saving soil，and giving shelter to birds and other animals."

"Good answer，" said the ecologist， "（7） it may not be easy to find a woodcutter to talk to.Also，