2016学年宝山区第二学期期中考试九年级英语试卷（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 2 Phonetics，Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）Ⅱ. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（共20分）26. Which of the following word matches the sound /ˈpeərənt/?A. parentB. presentC. pleasantD. peasant27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation with others?A. He arrived there half an hour late.B. Tom is the most honest boy in his class.C. I really hope to win.D. It’s a great honour for me to be here.28. ______ old man in blue is Susan’s physics teacher.A. AB. AnC. TheD. /29. There were so many ______ in the streets yesterday because it was a national holiday.A. peopleB. trafficC. policemanD. student30. Mr. Smith can’t attend the meeting because he has ______ to do.A. nothing urgentB. anything urgentC. something urgentD. urgent something31. Mike likes coins very much. He has collected about five _____ coins from different countries so far.A. hundred ofB. hundredC. hundreds ofD. hundreds32. Liu Yang became the first Chinese woman astronaut to fly into space ____ June 16,2012.A. onB. inC. byD. at33. The CN TV Tower（which is in Canada）is a _______ building.A. 553 meters tallB. 553-meters tallC. 553-meters-tallD. 553-meter-tall34. If you can’t hear the teacher _____ in class, you may say“Pardon?”A. earlyB. lovelyC. clearlyD. friendly35. I think Alice’s idea is _____ better than yours.A. farB. manyC. moreD. much more36. You _____ return the book right now. You may keep it till next week.A. shouldn’tB. needn’tC. can’tD. mustn’t37. By the end of last month, they _____ enough money to help Sally’s mother.A. had raisedB. have raisedC. raisedD. were raising38. It is common knowledge that paper _____ by the Chinese in Han Dynasty（汉代）.A. inventB. is inventedC. inventedD. was invented39. We should try _____ many fats or sweets, because they don’t help us grow strong.A. don’t eatB. not eatC. not to eatD. won’t eat40. Little Tom denied ______ the test mark after the teacher left the office.A. changeB. changingC. changedD. to change41. You look very tired. You should stop _______ at once.A. workB. to workC. workingD. worked42. The young mother takes her baby to the park every weekend _____ it’s rainy or windy.A. sinceB. becauseC. unlessD. until43. _____ fine day it is! Let’s go and fly a kite.A. How aB. HowC. What aD. What44. A：You’ve got good grades in the test. Congratulations!B：_________A. I agree with you.B. Thank you.C. I don’t think so.D. You are welcome.45. A：It is reported that a tourist bus crashed into a truck and many people died.B：_________A. It doesn’t matter.B. I don’t think so.C. I am sorry to hear that.D. Areyou kidding?Ⅱ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。

每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次）A. wivesB. layC. rememberD. keepE. throughPenguins（企鹅）are birds that live in the cold. They live together in large and busy colonies（群体）. Every pair has a little piece of ground. When a penguin wants to walk ___46___ his neighbor’sground, he must ask for permission. If he does not, he will have to fight. Penguins come and goall day. They fight and look after their children. All penguins are good parents and the Emperorpenguins（帝企鹅）are perhaps the best parents in the world. They walk in from the sea in themiddle of the dark Antarctic（南极）winter. They choose their ___47___ in the dark. They can only hear them --not see them. Then the females ___48___ their eggs and will be away for two months. The males hold them on their feet inside a fold（褶）of skin. If the eggs get cold, there will be no chicks. There is no food. The snow falls. The wind blows sometimes at 150 kilometers an hour. The penguins do not move. When the females return from the sea they will not ___49___ their husbands. It does not matter. Only one thing matters the eggs. Emperor penguins never fight unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute. Then they fight because they all want it. They are strange and wonderful birds.A. commonlyB. humanC. treatedD. illE. marketFood safety nowadays are has become a rising concern. The food we eat seems to have great effects on our health. Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made manyfoods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of ___50___ illness is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, some researchers realized that things ___51___ used to keep colors in meats and other food additive（添加剂），caused cancer. Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult, all the time to know which things on the packaging labels are helpful or harmful. The additives, which we eat, are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to their animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of ___52___ cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals in order to get a higher price on the ___53___. Although some countries have tried to control such things, the practices continue.Ⅱ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子）54. This is the _______ time that I have read this interesting novel.（three）55. Millions of ______ have come to Shanghai to enjoy themselves in Shanghai Disneyland.（visit）56. The earthquake was so disastrous that many people were left _______（home）57. They haven’t received any letters or e-mails from Wendy _________.（recent）58. Learning and practicing will surely _______ us to make great progress.（able）59. My father is thin and of average ______, yet he is a manager in a big company.（high）60. In my opinion, ________ up is really harmful to our health.（stay）61. After learning the text Mrs. White asked Mary to _______ it to the whole class.（told）V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。