2017-2018学年度九年级期中英语试题(含答案)

2017-2018学年度九年级期中英语考试试题说明：本试题共分I、II卷，其中第I卷75分，第II卷45分。

请将第I卷的答案填写在答题卡上，第II卷答案填写在答题纸上。

第I卷第一部分听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）（一）听句子，选择适当的应答语。

每个句子读两遍。

1. A. No, I don’t. B. Yes, I have C. Good idea.2. A.I made them myself. B. You are right. C.I am glad you like them.3. A. You may go there tomorrow.B. you can go there on No. 3 bus.C. You can buy some furniture there.4. A. Yes, she used. B. No, she used not. C. Yes, she did.5. A. By the Wright brothers. B. On December 17, 1903. C. By accident.（二）听五段对话，选择正确答案。

每段对话读两遍。

你将有20秒钟的时间阅读下面5个小题。

6. What’s the matter with the girl’s English?A. She is afraid to speak in class.B. She can’t remember many English words.C. She finds English grammar is hard.7. What present is Jane going to give her mother for Mother’s Day?A. Something delicious.B. A new watch.C. A new tie.8. What is not true about Mary’s hometown now?A. Its air is fresh.B. Its water is cleaner.C. Its traffic is better.9.What is the hot ice-cream scoop used for?A. Seeing in the dark.B. Serving cold ice-cream.C. Listening to music.10. What does the boy think is the greatest invention?A. Computer.B. Scissors.C. Website.（三）听两段长对话，选择正确答案。

每段对话读两遍。

你将有10秒钟的时间阅读对应的3个小题。

听第一段对话，回答11至13小题。

11.What’s Mike’s hobby?A. Making clothes by hands.B. Paper cutting.C. Photography.12.Does Alice like taking photos?A. Yes, she does.B. No, she doesn’t.C. We don’t know.13. Who taught Alice to cut paper?A. Mike.B. Herself.C. Her grandmother.听第二段对话，回答14至16小题。

14.Where are they talking?A. In the library.B. In the park.C. In the cinema.15. What was the man they are talking about?A. He was a famous singer.B. He was a popular actor.C. He was a famous inventor.16. Where was he born?A. In America.B. In England.C. In Germany.（四）听短文，回答下面四个问题，选择正确答案。

短文读两遍。

你将有20秒钟的时间阅读下面4个小题。

17.Where did Jack work?A. In an office in London.B. In a small town.C. In a small village.18. What did the boss ask Jack to do/?A. Go to have a talk with Mr. Black..B. Go to see Mr. Brown.C. Go to have a talk with Mr. Brown.19. How did Jack go to London?A. By air.B. By bike.C. By train.20. Why was the old woman surprised when she saw Jack again?A. She thought Jack had been looking for the office.B. She met Jack again in such a big city.C. She thought jack had forgotten where the bookstore was again..二、单项选择：(每小题1分，共15分)21. -- How does Jim learn Chinese well?--By __________ a lot.A. readB. to readC. readingD. reads22. Why did Wei Fen find _________ difficult to learn English?A. itB. thatC. thisD. those23. ____________ useful book it is!A. HowB. How aC. WhatD. What a24. The book is made ____ paper and the paper is made _____ wood.A. of; ofB. of; fromC. from; ofD. from; from25. My new friend is a ______ boy.A. sixteen year oldsB. sixteen- years- oldC sixteen- year- old D. sixteen years old26 .The number of the students in our class ____ fifty. A large number of them ____ girls.A. is; areB. is; isC. are; isD. are; are27. —Which of the two T-shirts will you take?—I’ll take ________．One is for my brother and the other is for myself．A．either B．both C．neither D．all28. We will have two family parties this autumn. One is at Halloween and _______is at Thanksgiving.A. otherB. the otherC. anotherD. the others29. Great changes ____ in our hometown in the past five years.A. have happenedB. have taken placeC. have been happenedD. have been taken place30. —I don’t know _______ next.—Let’s ask our teacher for help.A. what to doB. what should I doC. how to doD. how I should do31. --- Tina didn't go to school yesterday, did she?-- _______, because she was badly ill.A. Yes, she didB. Yes, she didn'tC. No, she didn'tD. No, she did.32.It's _____ book that I keep ____ it in my free time.A. so an interesting , readB. such an interesting ; to readC. such an interesting ; readingD. so an interesting; reading33. I don’t know when_____. When he______ , I’ll call you.A. will he come; will comeB. he will come; comesC. he comes; will comeD. does he come; comes34. – Did the radio say _______?-- Yes, from Hunan.A. how the bad rice cameB. Where the bad rice came fromC. how did the bad rice comeD. where did the bad rice come from35. We _____ to close the windows before we left the classroom.A. tellB. toldC. are toldD. were told三、完型填空（每小题1分，共10分）Do you write your own blog（博客）？Do you often 36 others’ blogs on the Internet?All over the world，not only famous persons but also many students use blogs as diaries and places to share their experience and 37 advice or help．―I write my a ctivities every day，38 funny things or worries in my life．‖says Lali，a 16-year-old high school student at Cambridge High School in Washington．―I like putting pictures on my blog because it can make my blog more 39 and more people will like it，It’s a g ood way to 40 my life to the world．‖She has had her blog for eight months．Students like writing blogs．41 they can write anything they want to，but don’t need to 42 any money．Once you start to write your blog，you will 43 that you open up a new world．But what you write down may trouble you 44 ．So，use the blog carefully 45 you can keep yourself away from some trouble．The blog makes everybody’s life colorful．36．A．read B．write C．forget D．miss37．A．learn from B．deal with C．ask for D．depend on 38．A．without B．between C．including D．besides．39．A．common B．modern C．famous D．interesting 40．A．show B．send C．bring D．report41．A．unless B．while C．until D．because42．A．save B．spend C．take D．waste43．A．dream B．think C．find D．hope 44．A．sometimes B．always C．ever D．never45．A．only when B．even though C. so that D．ever since四、阅读理解：（每小题2分，共30分）AOn Thanksgiving Day, about 88 percent of Americans will eat turkey（火鸡）. But one lucky turkey not only will not be eaten but also will become famous! Every year, turkey farmers present a turkey to the U. S. president（总统）. But instead of eatingthis turkey, the president gives it a "pardon". The turkey is flown to Florida for a Thanksgiving Parade (游行). Then it lives on a farm for the rest of its life.Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for centuries. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey to be America's national bird. Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But wild turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a speed up to 88 kilometres per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometres per hour.Turkeys don't have ears. They hear with a snood above their beaks (尖喙). But their hearing is five times better than human hearing（人类的听力）.Turkeys are such interesting bird—no wonder Benjamin Franklin wanted themto be America's national bird!46. _________people eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.A. A fewB. SomeC. MostD. All47. A wild turkey can fly at a speed of_________ .A. 88 kilometres per hourB. 40 kilometres per hourC. as fast as a kept oneD. five times faster than man48. The turkey doesn't have_________ .A. eyesB. earsC. a mouthD. wings49. What is the best title for this article? __________A. The turkey on the farm.B. How to eat turkey.C. How to keep the turkey.D. The star of Thanksgiving.BA farmer had a faithful（忠诚的）horse who was old and couldn’t do much work. So the farmer no longer wanted to give him anything to eat and sai d, “If you can bring me a lion here, I will keep you.”The horse was sad, and went to the forest. There he met a fox. After the fox heard the story, he said. “I will help you. Just lie down, as if you were dead, and do not move.’’The horse did what the fox asked, and then the fox went to the lion and said, “A dead horse is lying out there. Just come with me, and you have a rich meal.”The lion went with him, and they were both standing by the horse, the fox said, “Now let me tie the horse to your tail and you can take it home and eat it.”The fox’s words made the lion very happy. But the fox tied the lion’s legs together with the horse’s tail. When the fox finished his work, he said to the horse, “Pull the lion to the farmer.”Then the horse pulled the lion away with him at once. The lion was very angry but he couldn’t do anything. When the farmer saw the lion, he was in a good mood （心情）, and said to the horse, “You can stay with me.’’And he gave him enough food to eat until the horse died.50. The farmer didn’t want to keep his horse any more because___________.A. the horse was lazyB. the horse didn’t follow the farmer’s wordsC. the horse was illD. the horse was too old to do much work.51.The fox cheated ________ according the passage.A. himselfB. the horseC. the lionD. nobody52．Which of the following is TRUE? _______A. The farmer was angry with the fox.B. The fox helped the lion eat the horse.C. The farmer accepted（接受）the horse at last.D. At last the horse left the farmer.53．What did the writer really want to tell us?A. The old man was a fool.B. The horse was old and was going to die.C. It is not right to listen to others.D. It is impossible for a man to make everyone satisfied (满意) all the time.COnce there was an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, ―Don’t forget this!‖One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, ―Now you have all these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.‖ He went to the station, bought a ticket and got on the train with it. About half an hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said, ―Will you please show me your ticket?‖ The old man looked for histicket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very wor ried. ―I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.‖ said the old man. ―I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy another one,‖ said the conductor kindly. ―But how can I know where I’m going? – I can’t r emember my station!‖ the old man said sadly.54. Where is the ticket? _______A. The old man forgot to buy it.B. The old man could not remember where it was.C. The old man showed it to the conductor.D. The old man’s wife took the ticket away.55.The old man bought the ticket _____ he got on the train.A. afterB. beforeC. asD. when56.The conductor ______ the old man.A. didn’t believeB. laughed atC. believedD. felt sorry for57.The old man was sad because _______A. he had to buy another ticket.B. he lost all the things his wife gave him.C. he did not know where he was.D. he did not know where he should get off.DArt lovers around the world have thought about this questionfor so many years: what is the secret behind the Mona Lisa ’ssmile? However, they can ask Mona Lisa herself in the interactive exhibition (交互式展览) in Beijing. This exhibition brings the 500-year-old painting to life.Now Leonardo da Vinci ’s famous painting can move her head and wave (挥舞) her hand in 3D, and even answer questions. She can answer the questions about her life, her age and so on. But when she talks she doesn ’t speak Italian but Chinese like: “Da jia hao, wo jiao Mengna Lisha. Hen gao xing jian dao ni men.”The new, digital (数码的) picture of Mona Lisa is the center piece of the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition in Beijing. You can also see other world-famous paintings such as Leonardo da Vinci ’s Last Supper. Last Supper is another pictureMona Lisathat they made alive with 3D. In this picture, Jesus (基督耶稣) can walk and talk with his believers (信徒).It took the organizer Wang Hui and over 400 digital artists in South Korea two years to make the picture, at a cost of around 50 million yuan.He says, “What’s special about it is that it’s the first time to use computer technology (技术) to make her speak and move.”So what does the Mona Lisa say if you ask her why she is smiling?58. From the passage we know that Mona Lisa is ______ .A. a famous woman in ChinaB. Leonardo da Vinci’s wifeC. a famous painting of Wang HuiD. an Italian woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting59. For many years art lovers all around the world have wondered______A. why Mona Lisa smiledB. who Mona Lisa lived withC. how old Mona Lisa wasD. who Mona Lisa loved60. From the passage we know______ .A. Mona Lisa can also sing in ChineseB. 3D made Mona Lisa move and speakC. 3D made Leonardo da Vinci alive in the exhibition in Beijing.D. in the picture Las t Supper, Leonardo da Vinci can walk in h is room.第II卷五、词汇（每小题1分，共15分）（一）根据句意及首字母，完成单词61. Students should pay a__________ to their pronunciation.62. Talking loudly in a library is not p_________________.63. Tony f__________ the exam , he was very sad.64. The e__________(表情) on their faces helped me understand their feelings.65. Careless drive causes many ______ (交通)accidents.（二）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。