江西景德镇昌江区2015-2016学年度上学期九年级英语期中测试

一、听力测试（25分）

A)请听下面6段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都将有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。（每小题1分） 

( )1. How does the woman learn English ?

A. By improving her pronunciation B. By reading aloud

C. By watching English movies

( )2. When can Grace get there ？

A. At 8:00p.m B. At 8:15p.m C. At 7:45p.m

( )3.Why does the man love the race about the Dragon Boat Festival?

A. Fun to watch B. The man like boating C. Exciting

( )4. What color are Mary’s new shoes?

A. White B. Brown C. Black

( )5. What has the man bought for his sister?

A.Two books B. A sweater C. Nothing

( )6. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man and the woman are in the car

B. The man and the woman are from different countries

C. School is over earlier in the man’s country

B)请听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话和独白后有几小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。（每小题1分） 

请听第1段材料，回答7、8小题。

( )7. Why did Jack go to shanghai?

A. To visit friends B. For vacation C. On business

( )8. How did he go there?

A. By air B. By train C. By car

请听第2段材料，回答第9、10小题。

( )9.Why does the man feel tired?

A.He goes to bed too late B.He can’t wear his own clothes

C.He does many chores

( )10.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A.Teacher and student B. Doctor and patient C. Mother and son

请听第3段材料，回答第11至13小题。

( )11.Where do Jill’s parents come from?

A.France B. America C. England

( )12.What does Jill’s mother do?

A. A teacher B. A college professor C. A housewife

( )10. What can we get from the conversation?

A. Jill’s mother likes traveling

B. Jill’s family moved to China when Jill was nine.

C. Jill came to France at the age of nine because of his father

 请听第4段材料，回答第14至第16小题。

（ ）14. How far is the bookstore from here?

A. About an hour on foot.

B. About half an hour by bus.

C. We don’t know.

（ ）15. Why doesn’t the man take the bus?

A. Because it is 1 yuan cheaper than taking a taxi. 【来源： 】

B. Because it is 15 yuan cheaper than taking taxi. 版权所有

C. Because it is 14 yuan cheaper than taking taxi.

（ ）16. How does the man get to the bus stop?

A. Walk across the bridge and turn off

B. Walk over the footbridge and turn off.

C. Cross the road at the traffic lights and turn right

请听第5段材料，回答第17至第20小题

( )17. What do most people in Guangzhou have for lunch?

A. Rice or noodles B. Hamburgers C. Hot and chips

( )18. Which country isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A.China B. The USA C. Canada

( )19. What will Bruce Chan have for lunch today?

A. An egg sandwich B. Fried rice C. A pie

( )20. What kind of news is this passage?

A. Radio news B. TV news C. Internet news

C）请听下面一段独白，根据独白内容完成下列句子，每个空格不超过3个单词。将答案填写到答题卷的相应位置。听独白前你将有50秒的时间阅读句子内容。独白读两遍。（每小题1分）

21. A terrible traffic accident happened on Highway 199 _______________ this afternoon.

22. The truck driver had both _______________ broken.

23. _________ no deaths have been reported in the accident.

24. It is said that _______________ caused the accident

25. Our reporters will ____________ on this accident.

二、单项填空（10分）

请阅读下面各小题，从题中所给的A,B,C,D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其填到答题卷的相应位置。（每个小题1分）

( )26. —This computer doesn't work.

—Really?I'll have it ___ tomorrow.

A. repaired B. repair C. to repair D. be repaired

( )27. They preferred ____ in bed rather than ______ bicycles.

A. to lie; to ride B. lying; riding

C. to lie; ride D. lying; ride

( )28. --What do you know about Taiwan?

--Taiwan is _________ the southeast of China.

A. in B. on C. to D. at

( )29 —What are you looking for?

—I'm looking for something____ I can use to cover the box.

A. that B. what C. who D. which

( )30．A new restaurant ______ for several days nearby .

Let’s go and have a try .

A．opens B．opened C．has been open D．has been opened

( )31．Not only you but also I _______ tired of having one exam after __________．

A．are ; the other B．am ; another

C．are ; another D．am ; the other

( )32 ----Must I write all the words down now? ---No, you ____.

A. mustn’t B. can’t C. wont’ D. needn’t

( )33．—Come here, I’ll tell you _____about your study．
—OK, we’re coming．
A．anything important B．something important

C．important anything D．important something

( )34．—Where is your mother?
—She _______ New York.
A．has gone to B．has been to[来K]C．has been in D．went to

( )35 We wonder if our teachers_________ to our English party next weekend.If they ________,We’ll be very happy.

A. will come; will come B. come; will come

C. will come; come D. come; come

三．完形填空（25分）

A）请先阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并将其填到答题卷的相应位置。（每小题1分）

George lived with his sick mother in a poor village.

   One bright sunny   36   in July, he went early to the forest two miles away. He was asked to  37   some wood from under the trees. After working hard for half a day, he looked around for a _38   place to rest and eat his lunch. Suddenly some fine red wild   39   caught his eyes.

   “How good these will be with my bread and butter!” thought George. He at once began to   40  all the strawberries he could find and sat down by the river, ready to enjoy them.

   Just then as he was lifting the   41   strawberry to his mouth, he thought of his mother. “shall I  42   them for her?” said he, thinking how much they would make   43   happy, yet still looking at them with longing (渴望的) eyes.

   “ I will eat half, and take the other half to her,” said he. Then he divided the strawberries into two.   44   he found each half looked so small that he put them together again.

   “I will only taste one.” Then seeing that he taken the biggest, he put it back. Finally he   45   them carefully with some leaves, deciding to keep all   46   his mother.

   When the sun was beginning to go down, George went home.   47   happy he felt that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother. The   48   he came to his home, the less he wished to taste them. As soon as he arrived, he ran to his   49   and happily offered his wild strawberries. Tears in eyes, she put her hand on his head and said   50  , “And you kept them for your sick mother, did you? God will bless you for all this, my child.”

   Could the eating of the stawberries have given George half the happiness he felt at the moment.

( )36. A. morning       B. noon           C. afternoon           D. night

( )37. A. set up        B. pick up         C. put up             D. give up

( )38. A. hot          B. dark          C. cool              D. noisy

( )39. A. apples        B. strawberries      C. pears        D. peaches

( )40. A. buy          B. grow          C. make         D. collect

( )41. A. first          B. last          C. other             D. next

( )42. A. cut            B. peel          C. sell             D. keep

( )43. A. him     B. them C. her           D. it

( )44. A. But            B. So      C. If D. Or

( )45. A. showed        B. locked       C. covered          D. washed

( )46. A. to             B. from         C. for            D. on

( )47. A. What         B. How        C. Why           D. Whether

( )48. A. nearer        B. farther      C. longer         D. later

( )49. A. father        B. sister        C. friend          D. mother

( )50. A. angrily       B. lovingly     C. worriedly      D. politely

B）先阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）

Many animals do strange (奇怪的)things before an earthquake(地震).This news may be important. Earthquakes can 51 people die and knock down(击倒) homes. The animals may help to save people’s lives.
Some animals aren’t as usual(像往常一样) 52 an earthquake. Dogs started to howl (嚎叫). Horses on farms ran around in circles. Mice left 53 holes and ran away. Cows gave 54 milk. 55 a town in Italy, cats raced down the street in a group. That happened only a few 56 before an earthquake. In San Francisco, a man kept pet frogs. One day, the frogs(青蛙) 58 around more than ever. They made louder noise, 59 big frogs. That night, an earthquake happened in the city.
People want 60 when an earthquake is coming. Then they could get away safely. (安全地离开) Now, there is no sure way to know ahead of time(提前).The best idea is to watch the 59 .