九年级英语新目标unit1-5 期中测试试卷

I. 单项填空（15％）1. The most important thing I can _______ you is using English often.A. speakB. tellC. talkD. say2. Do you know if he ________ back in two hours?A. will be comeB. comesC. has beenD. will be3. What are you like? _________.A. I like funny and energetic thingsB. I’m funny and energeticC. I look like my funny and energetic fatherD. I feel energetic4. Another thing that he _________ very difficult was English grammar.A. findsB. knowsC. foundD. learned5. It ________ me a lot of time _________ an English composition last time.A. takes, to writeB. spends, to writeC. spent, writingD. took, to write6. He ________ in the library for he called me from there a few minutes ago.A. should beB. must beC. would beD. might be7. I can hardly hear the radio. Would you please ________?A. turn it onB. turn it downC. turn it upD. turn it off8. They don’t think it is good to have conversations with friends, because they always end up the speaking in Chinese when they get something _______.A. is excitingB. with excitingC. excitedD. exciting9. You should keep the window _________ because the room is so hot and damp.A. openB. closedC. openedD. close10. The old woman has two sons, but ________ of them lives with her.A. bothB. eitherC. neitherD. none11. She often goes to bed with her bedroom _______.A. light onB. on lightC. on lightingD. lighted on12. It is not a good habit _________ in public places.A. chewing gumB. to chew gumC. to chew gumsD. chew gums13. Lily, Don’t forget _____ your sister at the airport. The plane will ________ in an hour.A. meet, arriveB. to meet, arriveC. meeting, getD. meeting, reach14. Would you mind ________ smoking? _______, I’ll do it in a few days.A. to give up, Not at allB. giving up, Of courseC. giving up, It’s pleasureD. giving up, Not at all15. Peter is never late for school, ______ he? ________. He always comes on time.A. is, YesB. isn’t, NoC. is, NoD. isn’t, YesII. 用下列方框中的单词和短语的适当形式填空（10％）1. We should learn how to _________ the English words correctly from our teachers.2. He know a little English, but few people can understand him if he uses ______ English.3. She finds ______ English language movies frustrating because the people speak too fast.4. There ________ a bus-stop at the corner of the street five years ago.5. Most of the boys in our class _________ playing soccer, aren’t they?6. There are lots of skirts on the chair. They can’t ________ the boy students.7. Don’t worry. I’m _____ well with my new classmates here.8. Mom often wakes Kate who __________ to be asleep.9. He who is running down the street could be running for ________.10. Li Hong is a confident boy. He always ______ good solutions to his friends’ problem.III. 完形填空（15％）A.Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the 1 of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its name is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are 2 . Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There are more people in your hometown than in all of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is 3 . Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is 4 than the world’s tallest building.What 5 Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it is not. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice 6 Greenland. Iceland has a lot of hot springs. They give out hot water and steam. The climate is not 7 cold as Greenland. And there are a lot 8 people who live in Iceland.1. A. east B. west C. south D. north2. A. right B. wrong C. clever D. bright3. A. green B. blue C. white D. yellow4. A. higher B. highest C. more high D. much high5. A. are B. about C. of D. on6. A. like B. than C. as D. that7. A. such B. so C. too D. much8. A. many B. much C. more D. mostB.There are many kinds of sports. They are team sports and individual sports. Team sports are such sports 1 baseball, basketball, and volleyball. Team sports need two separate teams. The teams play 2 each other. They compete to get best score. For example, in a football game, if team A gets 7 points and team B gets 3 points, team A 3 the game. Team sports are sometimes called competitive sports.Besides team sports, there is 4 main type, or kind, of sporting activity. The second type is individual sports. In individual sports there are 5 teams. There isn’t any competition. People play individual sports in order to get exercise. They 6 play individual sports for the competition. Generally speaking, they want to get some exercise, not to 7 others. Individual sports include swimming, skiing and running.1. A. like B. as C. for D. with2. A. with B. to C. against D. between3. A. wins B. beats C. gets D. loses4. A. other B. another C. one D. the other5. A. few B. not C. no D. none6. A. can’t B. not C. aren’t D. don’t7. A. against B. beat C. win D. strikeⅣ.阅读理解Reading ComprehensionAMother’s Day is a holiday for mothers. It is celebrated in the United States, England, Sweden, India, Mexico and some other countries. Little by little, it becomes widely celebrated. Mother’s Day falls on the second Sunday in May. On that day, many people send gifts of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink or red rose or carnation （康乃馨）, while those whose mothers are dead wear a white one.The idea of a day for mothers was first given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia （费城）. As a result of her hard work, the celebration of the first American Mother’s Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular throughout the country and around the world.In China, people do the same on this special day for mothers. And, in some cities, people sometimes ask a song to be broadcast for his or her mother only. This might cost a small sum of money for some of them, but, as it is said, “Love is invaluable. ”Choose the right answers according to the passage. （根据短文内容选择正确答案。