九年级下学期英语开学考试试卷
九年级下学期英语开学考试试卷
一、在下列各句的空白处填入一个适当的词，使句子意思完整、语法正确。
1. Confident people aren’t afraid to speak ________ public.
2. In order not to let his parents________, David keeps studying hard.
3. Most Americans ________Thanksgiving by having a big meal with their family.
4. Jim has a special ________ to write with two hands at the same time.
5. Don’t worry about young Jeremy. He is old enough to look after ________.
二、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
6. Mary got this toy bear from her aunt on her ________ birthday.
7. Nothing is ________ if you put your heart into it.
8. In the school hallways, the students are supposed to speak and act ________ .
9. To avoid ________ the truck, he ran into the wall and his arm was badly hurt.
10. Priscilla was so hungry that she had two ________ for lunch.
三、单项选择。从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
11. In English, we say that sharing ________ problem is like cutting it in ________ half.
A . /; a
B . a; a
C . a; /
D . the; a
12. Thanks to Miss Wang, I put in more ________ and my exam scores doubled.
A . effort
B . mess
C . spirit
D . excitement
13. —Sir, ________ called you just now. I told him to phone again 20 minutes later.
—OK. Thanks, Nancy.
A . someone
B . nobody
C . anyone
D . everyone
14. It is raining ________ outside. You’d better not leave now.
A . badly
B . hardly
C . heavily
D . probably
15. —Would you like to go camping with me?
—I’d like to. But I’m busy ________ for the Entrance Exam.
A . prepare
B . to prepare
C . preparing
D . prepared
16. —Mum, when will we start off to the airport?
—As soon as the bedroom wall ________________.
A . paints
B . is painted
C . will paint
D . will be painted
17. Traveling by bus is ________ nowadays than in the past.
A . much comfortable
B . a little comfortable
C . more comfortable
D . kind of comfortable
18. —Could you tell me ________ every morning?
—Sure. I have to catch the school bus.
A . why you get up early
B . why do you get up early
C . why did you get up early
D . why you got up early
19. —Whose is the notebook?
—It ________ be Mary’s. Look at her name on the cover.
A . can
B . may
C . must
D . need
20. Ann went to school on time ________ she got up late yesterday morning.
A . though
B . if
C . unless
D . but
21. He is the only student in our class ________wants to be a policeman.
A . whose
B . that
C . whom
D . which
22. —_______fantastic documentary it is!
—Do you mean the hot film Amazing China?
A . How
B . How a
C . What
D . What a
23. — The books are so nice, which one can I take？
—Oh, you can take of them. I’ll keep none.
A . both
B . all
C . neither
D . either
24. _______ to some classic music before going to bed. It is of great help to relax ourselves.
A . To listen
B . Listen
C . Listens
D . Listening
25. —Can you go to the park with us this weekend?
—________. I have to help my brother with his math.
A . I think so
B . I’m not available
C . Sounds great
D . Don’t worry
四、补全对话。
26. 根据对话内容,运用方框中所给的句子选项补全对话。选项中有一项是多余的。
A: Hello, what are you looking at?
B: ________. They’re sent from different places around the world.
A: Cool! Look, this postcard is from Beijing. ________.
B: Yeah, I’m sure it is. But Li Wei says it’s tiring to travel around the city.
A: ________.
B: Let’s see. That’s from Peter. He went to London last summer and went inside Buckingham Palace, where the Queen of England lives.
A: Oh, it would be fantastic.
B: And this is a postcard of Bali Island. Paul was there last week. He says it’s very peaceful.
A: ________.
B: Um…… this one. It’s from Disneyland. It’s so exciting.I’d really love to go there.
A: ________. Maybe they will go with you.
B: Yes. You’re right. I will try.
A: It’ll be a great graduation present for you this summer.
A. Just some postcards from friends.
B. Why not talk about it with your parents?
C. Where’s this one from?
D. How did he go there?
E. That’s a very interesting place to visit.
F. Of all, which postcard do you like best?
五、完形填空。
27. 阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Theteacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers.”I know how 1you have all worked to prepare for this test,”he
said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to of fer a Bto anyone who would 2not to take the test.”
Manystudents jumped up to 3the teacher and left the classroom. Theteacher looked at the 4students and said, “Does anyone else wantto get a B? This is your last 5.” Twomore students decided to go.
Sevenstudents remained. The teacher then handed outthe 6. There wereonly three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just 7an A in this class. Keep believing inyourself.
I neverhad a teacher like that, but I think it is a test 8any teacher could and should give. Studentswho are not 9in what they have learned are B students atbest.
The sameis 10in real life. The A students are those whobelieve in what they are doing because they have 11both successes and failures. They have learnedlife’s lessons, either from normal education12from events in their lives, and have become 13people.
Scientistssay that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves hasalready been formed. You are a big kid now, and you 14that you have some limits . Howev er, there is 15you can’t do or learnor be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of MountEverest said, “It’s not themountain we conquer but ourselves.”
（1）A . luckilyB . terriblyC . quietlyD . hard（2）A . dislikeB . helpC . preferD . start（3）A . thankB . praiseC . fightD . criticize（4）A . followingB . relaxingC . worryingD . remaining（5）A . chanceB . troubleC . testD . idea（6）A . resultsB .
presentsC . papersD . essays（7）A . givenB . sentC . discoveredD . received（8）A . whereB . thatC . whatD . when（9）A . confidentB . necessaryC . mysteriousD . convenient（10）A . unusualB . impossibleC . trueD . special（11）A . broken offB . dreamed ofC . learned fromD . cared about（12）A . andB . orC . butD . so（13）A . ruderB . cuterC . worseD . better（14）A . decideB . forgetC . realizeD . imagine（15）A . somethingB . anythingC . everythingD . nothing六、阅读理解。
28. 阅读理解，完成以下小题。
One Sundayevening, it was quite dark when old Stanley went for his walk. He was walkingalong the sidewalk, Suddenly, he saw a white car coming around the corner athigh speed. It was going too fast and crashed into a red car in the streetwhere he was walking. He rushed up to the cars to see if anyone was hurt andneeded help.
The twodrivers were arguing.
“Youcame around the corner too fast,” one man said.
“No!”said the driver of the white car, “That’s not true!Your car was parked in a wrong place.”
Stanleylistened to their argument and then said the white car driver was wrong todrive too fast. The driver of red car asked Stanley to prove he was right incourt. Stanley gave the driver his name and telephone number.
Next Thursdaymorning, Stanley was asked to go to the court. The lawyer for the driver of the white car asked him a lot of questions aboutwhat he had seen. Then he asked Stanley how old he was.
“I’m eighty-two,” answeredStanley.
“Do you usuallywear glasses?” asked thelawyer.
“Yes, I do,” answeredStanley.
“Were youwearing them on the night of the accident?” the lawyerasked.
“No,” repliedStanley.
Then thelawyer said, “Why should thecourt believe you? You are eighty-two years old, you were not wearing yourglasses, and it was dark. How far can you see in the dark?”
Stanleythought about it for a minute. “Well,” he said, “when it’s dark, I cansee the moon. How far is that?”
（1）The car accident happened ________.
A . one Sunday morning
B . next Thursday morning
C . one Sunday evening
D . next Thursday evening
（2）The cause of the accident is that ______.
A . the red car was going too slowly
B . the white car was going too fast
C . the drivers were sleepy
D . Stanley was in their way
（3）Stanley was asked to go to the court because _________.
A . he wanted to make money
B . he promised to be a witness
C . he was a lawyer
D . he was badly hurt in the accident
（4）Maybe the red car driver contacted Stanley by ______.
A . writing a letter to him
B . sending an email to him
C . paying a visit to him
D . making a phone call to him
（5）We can learn from the story that ________.
A . Stanley was a clever and humorous man
B . Stanley wore glasses when the accident happened
C . the lawyer thought that Stanley could see clearly
D . Stanley was not able to see the moon
29. 阅读理解，完成以下小题。
Once there was a baby eagle living in a nest on a cliff . The baby eagle loved his nest. It was warm, soft and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food and love that his mother could give. Whenever the baby eagle was hungry, his mother would always come just in time with the delicious food he liked.
He was growing happily day after day. But suddenly his world changed. His mother stopped coming to the nest. He was full of sadness and fear. He thought he would die soon. He cried, but nobody heard him.
Two days later his mother appeared with some nice food. The baby eagle was wild with joy. But his mother put the food at the top of the mountain and then looked down at her baby. The baby eagle cried out, “Mum, why did you do this to me? I’m hungry. Don’t you know I will die if I have nothing to eat?”
“Here is the last meal I give you. Come and get it by yourself,” his mother said. Then she flew down and pushed the baby eagle out of the nest.
The baby eagle fell down, faster and faster. He looked up at his mum, “Why do you abandon me?” He looked down at the earth. The ground was much closer. Then something strange happened. The air caught behind his arms and he began to fly! He wasn’t moving to the ground any more. Instead, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.
“You are flying! You can make it!” His mother smiled.
（1）Which of the following is TRUE about the baby eagle’s li fe before his mother stopped coming to the nest?
A . He lived in a nest in the tree.
B . His mother offered him nice food.
C . He was always cold and hungry.
D . He lived very happily with friends.
（2）How did the baby eagle feel as soon as he saw his mother coming again?
A . Sad.
B . Happy.
C . Afraid.
D . Angry.
（3）What did the baby eagle’s mother do when she came the last time?
A . She put some food in the nest.
B . She just came to see him again.
C . She shouted at the baby eagle and flew away.
D . She pushed her baby eagle out of the nest.
（4）What does the underlined word “abandon” mean?
A . 抛弃
B . 保护
C . 歧视
D . 拯救
（5）We can infer from the story that ________.
A . the baby eagle lost his mother
B . the baby eagle fell down and died
C . the baby eagle could get food himself
D . the baby eagle was still angry with his mother
30. 根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
Nowadays, more and more schools in China make rules making students wear school uniforms to school. Parents and teachers think it will create a better learning en vironment at school, but some students don’t like their school uniforms. So, what are school uniforms like in other parts of the world?
In Japan, boys in middle school wear uniforms called “gakuran”, which have dark jackets with stand-up collars and pants. Girls, on the other hand, wear uniforms called “sailor fuku”, which look like European naval uniforms.
Most schools in England require students to wear school uniforms. Boys need to wear long grey or black pants, white shirts and school ties. Girls have the same clothes as boys, but they can wear skirts or summer school dresses during the summer term.
In the UK, uniforms were the custom throughout most of the 20th century, but now more and more public schools stop requiring students to wear uniforms. They think uniforms make students lose their personalities.
For children in many African countries, school uniforms can be a kind of pride, or a huge financial burden. Many children have only one uniform, and that may be all the clothes they have.
In a word, love it or hate it, the school uniform is a part of growing up for children around the world, so you’d better enjoy yo ur school uniform and
your school life.
（1）Thewriter introduces school uniforms of different countries that she or he likesbest.
（2）InJapan, girls in middle school wear uniforms which look like European navaluniforms.
（3）NeitherChinese students nor students in other countries like their school uniforms.
（4）InEngland, all schools stop requiring students to wear uniforms because theythink uniforms make students lose their personalities.
（5）InAfrica, many children are too poor to afford more than one uniform.
31. 阅读文章并根据上下文用下面方框内的适当选项补全短文。其中有一项是多余的。
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were hopeless to be alive. But the two fro gs didn’t believe it. ________. The other frogs kept telling them to stop and wait for their death. ________. Soon he died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him and told him to stop and just wait to die ________.
When he got out, the other frogs said, “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. ________.
The story teaches us two lessons. ________. An encouraging word to
someone who is down can cheer him up and help him make it through difficulties. Secondly, a destructive word to someone who is down can make him give up and die. So be careful of what you say.
Speak life to those who cross your path. It is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. It is great for a person to take the time to encourage another.
A. Finally, one of the two frogs gave up and fell down.
B. But he jumped even harder and finally he made it.
C. Firstly, there is power of life and death in the tongue.
D. So he thought they were encouraging him at that time.
E. They tried to jump up out of the hole with their efforts.
F. Then the two frogs began to stop jumping.
32. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
On June25, hundreds of people came together outside the Library of Congress inWashington D.C, and they were celebrating public libraries. For more than 100years, libraries have played an important role in keeping American educated. Buthow are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may besurprised to find out.
Benjamin Franklin founded America’s firstlending library in Philadelphia in 1731. And the number of public librariesgreatly increased in the late 1900s. Andrew Carnegie, a businessman, gave awaymillions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country.Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie helped build 1,679 new libraries!
Carnegiebelieved that libraries could offer Americans many opportunities. He knew thatthe more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to readbooks and news. There are more public libraries in America than McDonald’s restaurantsnow.
The UnitedStates is home to 9,225 public libraries. Today, the number of librariescontinues to grow. Seven out of ten public libraries offer free Internet use.This can help many commun ity members who can’t go online athome. It can also help them to have the opportunity to find jobs online.
BenjaminFranklin once said, “The doors of wisdom are never shut.” As long asthe doors of public libraries are open, his statement is most certainly true!
（1）Why didhundreds of people come together outside the Library of Congress on June 25?
（2）Where isAmerica’s first lending library?
（3）Why didAndrew Carnegie give away lots of money to help build libraries?
（4）Arethere more public libraries in America than McDonald’s restaurants?
（5）How manypublic libraries in which people can go online for free in America?
七、语法填空。
33. 针对校园浪费严重的现象，校团委在学校学生微信群里发出了“校园节约，从我做起”的倡议，请将微信的内容补充完整，每空一词。
@everyone：
We are sorry to see so much waste in our school! Some students often leave the taps on when they don’t need to use water, others forget to ________ off the lights when leaving the classrooms. There is a lot of paper that is wasted here and there. At lunch time, we can see rice and vegetables left on the meal plates ________ meals.
I think we should not only save water and electricity but also make ________ use of our school things. Don’t throw food ________. Let’s develop a good ________ and save things around us. Try our best and we can create a green campus by doing pieces of small matters.
八、书面表达。
34. “A true friend reaches for your hand andtouches your heart.” “Wherever youare with friends, you won’t be lonely orhelpless.”请你根据对这两句话的理解及自己的经历，谈谈你对朋友和友谊的看法。（文中不得出现真实的人名和校名）