(人教版)初中英语九下-期中测试02.docx

期中测试
一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分）
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。
（ ）1. What do people do in Switzerland when they meet for the first time?
A. Kiss on the cheek.
B. Shake hands.
C. Bow to each other.
（ ）2. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Make a call.
B. Cancel the date.
C. Drive faster.
（ ）3. Why is the woman so surprised?
A. A young man kissed her on the cheek.
B. A young man kissed Maggie on the cheek.
C. The young man is Maggie’s boyfriend.
（ ）4. What was the woman doing when the accident happened?
A. Parking her car.
B. Working in the park.
C. Walking near the park.
（ ）5. What do we know about the woman?
A. She knew the young man.
B. She lost her mobile phone.
C. She has called the police.
第二节
听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。
（ ）6. Why did the woman leave the concert hall halfway?
A. She disliked the music.
B. Two men made her bored.
C. She had to answer a telephone call.
（ ）7. What does the man think of the two men?
A. Rude. B. Serious. C. Friendly.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
（ ）8. What’s the woman going to Sydney for?
A. Visiting her friends.
B. Spending her holiday.
C. Working there.
（ ）9. How long did the man stay in Sydney?
A. For a year.
B. For a holiday.
C. For a month.
（ ）10. How did the man travel in Sydney?
A. By train. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
（ ）11. Who has been to Sydney twice?
A. Tom.
B. Sam.
C. Sam’s father.
（ ）12. When is Sam leaving?
A. On June 27.
B. On July 27.
C. On July 7.
（ ）13. Has Tom ever flown in a plane before?
A. Yes, he has.
B. No, he hasn’t.
C. We don’t know.
听下面一段独白，回答第14至第15两个小题。
（ ）14. Where does Mary live?
A. She lives with Jack in a tall building on Beijing Road.
B. She lives alone in a tall building on Beijing Road.
C. She lives in a house in a middle school.
（ ）15. Which floor does Mary live on?
A. The twelfth floor.
B. The tenth floor.
C. The second floor.
第三节
听下面一篇短文。根据短文内容，完成表格。短文读两遍。
An Accident
Time
Last 16. ________
Place
A school
What happened
In the gym:
●All the window glass and the main 17. ________ were broken.
●The 18. ________ were made dirty.
In the library:
●Two 19. ________ in the library were stolen.
●Books and 20. ________ were thrown onto the floor.
二、单项选择（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
（ ）1. In my opinion, we can improve our oral English ________ we often practice talking with others.
A. unless B. though C. if D. until
（ ）2. —Those who went to the dance last weekend were ________ young people.
—Well, it’s not out of my expectation.
A. mostly B. especially C. usually D. normally
（ ）3. In this country, it’s ________ to stick your chopsticks into your food.
A. right B. polite C. rude D. kind
（ ）4. I’m not sure, but he’s supposed ________ sometime next week.
A. return B. returns C. to return D. returning
（ ）5. —I hear you are in my town. ________ any time you like.
—I’ll if I have time.
A. Drop by B. Come out C. Show up D. Run off
（ ）6. —I don’t like the awful pictures.
—Neither do I. The awful pictures make me ________.
A. happy B. happily C. sad D. sadly
（ ）7. —I would rather ________ you the secret right now.
—Why not?
A. don’t tell B. not to tell C. not tell D. didn’t tell
（ ）8. I found it boring ________ the lecture. I nearly fell asleep.
A. listening to B. to listen to C. listen to D. listened to
（ ）9. The ________ he learns, the ________ knowledgeable he will be.
A. more; more B. more; less C. most; most D. most; least
（ ）10. I will not leave you alone. ________ I go, I will take you along.
A. Wherever B. Whatever C. Whoever D. However
（ ）11. My phone is broken. It ________ just now.
A. came out B. went off C. took off D. set off
（ ）12. Percy called me to come to the party, but she herself didn’t ________.
A. show around B. show up
C. put up D. come up with
（ ）13. The boy was ________ exhausted ________ he fell asleep at once.
A. too; to B. so; that C. such; that D. too; so
（ ）14. —How long have Mr. Green and Mrs. Green ________?
—For more than thirty years.
A. married B. had married C. marry D. been married
（ ）15. They ________ about eight hundred English words by the end of last term.
A. have learned B. had learned
C. will learn D. are going to learn
三、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Have you ever been to a special town in Thailand? In this town, monkeys are 1 in the town. They run around the streets. They climb on cars, houses, and other buildings. They can go anywhere they want to, and they get into everything!
The monkeys are very noisy in this town and they often make a lot of 2 . But how do the people of this town feel about these little animals? They know that sometimes the monkeys can make life 3 . People also feel terrible 4 the monkeys sit on their cars, run everywhere and take food. But people there don’t 5 the trouble caused by the monkeys. They know that it’s not just the monkeys. The people of the town also cause the problem. So they 6 the monkeys to run around the streets. They don’t try to stop the monkeys. The people of this town do even 7 for the monkeys. They have a monkey party once a year!
But 8 do they have this big monkey party? In fact, monkeys are very important for Thai people. Monkeys appear in Thai stories. Because of one special story, some Thai people consider monkeys to be 9 . In the story, a demon（恶魔） takes the god’s wife away. The monkey Hanuman helps to 10 the god’s wife. As a result, Hanuman becomes a hero and many people in Thailand are especially kind to monkeys today.
（ ）1. A. everywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere D. anywhere
（ ）2. A. fun B. trouble C. faces D. food
（ ）3. A. difficult B. easy C. happy D. luck
（ ）4. A. until B. though C. when D. whether
（ ）5. A. hear about B. learn about C. worry about D. talk about
（ ）6. A. tell B. ask C. allow D. let
（ ）7. A. more B. less C. worse D. bad
（ ）8. A. where B. why C. how D. what
（ ）9. A. gods B. kings C. heroes D. friends
（ ）10. A. kill B. save C. catch D. take
四、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。
A
Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I’d just go east.
A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going. “Ten more miles,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.
“I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”
“You will drive me home on the bus?” I asked, astonished.
“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.
“It’s a long way,” I insisted.
“Come on,” she said, “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor（善意的行为） along,” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along,” she said.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
（ ）1. There was something wong with the writer’s car ________.
A. late at night B. early in the morning
C. an hour before sunset D. thirty minutes after sunset
（ ）2. The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ________.
A. he became impatient and a bit worried
B. a taxi ride would be more comfortable
C. he knew the driver would never return
D. the bus driver had given him wrong information
（ ）3. The bus driver drove the writer home later because ________.
A. her brother had told her to do so
B. she wanted to earn more money
C. she happened to go in the same direction
D. she wanted to do something good for others
（ ）4. The underlined word “astonished” in the passage probably means “________”.
A. surprised B. grateful
C. happy D. angry
（ ）5. The bus driver hoped that the writer ________.
A. would drive someone home
B. would help someone in need
C. would keep her in memory
D. would give the money to others
B
China covers large areas and has a great population. Different living habits have always been an interesting topic in the country. Recently, another difference between southern Chinese and northern Chinese became a hot one: the way people shop at markets.
People from southern China say that they always buy what they need for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy half of a Chinese cabbage, two potatoes and 0.25 kilograms of beef at a time.
However, one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying enough vegetables and meat for a week is usual. Also, you can buy a small amount（数量） of fruit, such as a single apple or pear, each time in the south. Shop owners even help you peel and cut them. But shop owners in the north hardly offer such service. And many fruits are sold in baskets and boxes.
The difference could be due to the different weather.
Food can be kept for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northern Chinese have the habit of storing food, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
（ ）6. In southern China, people usually buy ________ at a time.
A. a small amount of food
B. a large amount of food
C. enough food for a week
D. a lot of meat and vegetables
（ ）7. If you buy fruits in the south, the shop owners may ________.
A. peel and cut them for you
B. laugh at you
C. only sell them in boxes and baskets
D. only sell a single apple or pear
（ ）8. Many northern Chinese have the habit of keeping food because ________.
A. the weather is hot and wet
B. food goes bad quickly
C. the weather is cold and dry
D. they live far away from markets
（ ）9. The underlined words “due to” mean “________” in Chinese.
A.所以 B.但是
C.然而 D.因为
（ ）10. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Different Weather in China
B. Different Living Habits in China
C. Southern Chinese and Northern Chinese
D. Southern China and Northern China
C
Suppose you work in a big company and find English very important for your job. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.
Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.
Global English Center
◆General English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
◆3-month(700 yuan), 6-month(1 200 yuan) and one-year(2 000 yuan)
◆Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon. ～Fri.
◆Experienced college English teachers
◆Close to city center and bus stops
Tel: [phone] Add: 105 Zhongshan Road, 100082

Modern Language School
◆Special courses in English for business, travel, banking, hotel management
◆Small classes（12～16 students） on Sat. &Sun. from 2:00 pm～5:00 pm
◆English teachers from Canada and the USA
◆Language lab and computers supplied
◆3-month course: 1 050 yuan; 6-month course: 1 850 yuan
Write or phone: Modern Language School, 675 Park Road, 100056
Tel: [phone]
The 21st Century English Training Center
◆We offer morning and afternoon classes, both of which last three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan
◆We also have a six-week preparation class during winter and summer holidays
◆Entrance exams: Jun. 1 and Dec. 1
◆Only 15 minutes’ walk from city center
Call 6780-1642 for more information

The International House of English
◆Three/Six-month English courses for students at very low cost: 60 yuan for 12 hours per week; convenient（方便的） class hours: 9:00 am～12:00 am and 2:00 pm～5:00 pm
◆Best foreign teachers experienced in teaching English as a second foreign language
◆Free sightseeing and social activities（活动）
◆Very close to Central Park
For further information call 6743-2308
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
（ ）11. You are free at 18:00～20:00. You should choose ________
A. Global English Center
B. Modern Language School
C. The 21st Century English Training Center
D. The International House of English
（ ）12. Which one is close to Central Park?
A. Global English Center.
B. Modern Language School.
C. The 21st Century English Training Center.
D. The International House of English.
（ ）13. If you want to study in Modern Language School for six months, you will pay about ________.
A. 800 yuan B. 1 000 yuan
C. 1 050 yuan D. 1 850 yuan
（ ）14. Which one has entrance exams?
A. Global English Center.
B. Modern Language School.
C. The 21st Century English Training Center.
D. The International House of English.
（ ）15. You will probably prefer to go to “The International House of English” because it ________.
A. offers free sightseeing and social activities
B. has experienced college English teachers
C. costs less than the other schools
D. has English teachers from Canada and the USA
D
Habits in Russia
There is an old saying that says when in Rome, do as the Romans do. I learned the meaning of this when I stayed in Russia as a visiting scholar（学者）.
One day I invited some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow. My guests and I were excited about our meeting. We had a lively talk until the waiter told me that we were too loud. We lowered（降低） our voices. 16 The waiter came over to us two more times with the same message.
How bad an impression（印象） we must have left on the local people! In China, it’s natural and important for a host（主人） to make a lovely atmosphere（气氛）. However, in Russia and Western countries, having a meal in a public place means you must keep your voice low. 17
I felt bad about this. 18
19 My Russian friend Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home. I asked him why he did this. “Aha,” Andrey said, “In Russia, people always spend about a minute going over things and plans in their minds b