九年级英语阶段检测试卷总分：100分时间：100分钟第一卷（选择题，共50分）一、单项选择(每题1分，共15分)1. —Is David _____ energetic person?—Yes, he has lots of energy. He is also ____ organized person. He can plan his workwell.A. an, anB. an, aC. a, /D. a, an2. —It’s rep orted that the high-speed railway connecting from Xuzhou to Yancheng wasbuilt_____ 28 December,2015.—Good news. I believe it will help Siyang develop quickly.A. inB. onC. atD. to3. He speaks ______English ________French. Instead, he speaks German.A either, or B. neither, nor C. both, andD. not only, but also4. The boy felt very_______ and fell _______ as soon as he lay on the bed.A．sleepy；sleepy B．sleepy；asleep C．asleep；asleep D．asleep；sleepy5. --Jack, is there in today's newspaper? --No, nothing.A. anything importantB. somethingimportantC. important anythingD. important something6. You can join the Reading Club_____ you can go to the Dancing Club. Either is OK.A. andB. orC. butD. so7. ---The song where did the time go ________ the old days and the love of family.---Sure. It’s my favourite song.A. helps us outB. reminds us ofC. lets us downD. regards us as8. When Daniel is in a bad mood, he likes wearing orange to______.A. wake himself upB. cheer himself upC. give himself upD.pick himself up9．Wearing red makes easier for you to take action.A. thatB. itC. oneD. this10. The doctor has devoted most of his time to _________ the patients.A. look afterB. looking afterC. looks afterD. lookedafter11. ---How about climbing the hill?---I would rather ______along the river than ______ the hill. I’m a bit tired.A. walk, climbB. walking, climbingC. walking, to climbD.walk, to climb12. ---Mum, my little sister is crying all the time.---Mary, be ______! She feels sick. You should take good care of her.A. politeB. fairC. patientD. lazy13. It was Li Ming ___________ saved the boy.A. whoB. whomC. whichD.what14. -- Would you like to drink tea or coffee? -- I prefer coffee milk.A. toB. withC. inD. for15. Could you please tell me ____________ a meeting in Nanjing next week?A. whether is there going to beB. if there was going to beC. whether there is going to haveD. if there is going to be二、完形填空(每题1分，共15分)An old carpenter(木匠) was ready to ret ire(退休). His boss (老板)was 16 to see the good worker go. He asked the carpenter 17 he could build just one more house.The carpenter said yes, 18 his mind was not on his work any more.He used poor materials(材料) and worked on the house 19 . When the carpenter finished his work, the boss 20 the front-door key to him, "This is your house," he said, "A gift(礼物) for 21 ."What a surprise! What a 22 ! If he had known he was building his 23 house, he would have done it carefully. Now he 24 live in the house he had poorly built.So it is with us. Sometimes we build our lives carelessly. At important points we do not try our 25 . Then with a shame we look at the situation we have26 . We find that we are now living in the house we have poorly built. But we don'thave a 27 to do it again.Think of 28 as the carpenter. Think about your life. Build it 29 . It is your own life because life is a do-it-yourself project.Your life today is the 30 of your attitudes (态度)and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices today.16. A. glad B. nervous C. ready D. sorry17. A. if B. when C. how D. that18. A. and B. but C. or D. so19. A. carefully B. completely C. carelessly D. successfully20. A. handed B. left C. sold D. threw21. A. you B. me C. mine D. yours22. A. task B. wisdom C. shame D. strength23. A. real B. expensive C. old D. own24. A. can B. had to C. must D. should25. A. better B. best C.good D. well26. A. created B. changed C. discussed D. affected27. A. plan B. chance C. method D. pleasure28. A. himself B. herself C. myself D. yourself29. A. wisely B. peacefully C. slowly D. luckily30. A. dream B. wisdom C. result D. difficulty三、阅读理解(每题2分，共20分）ALong long ago, the colours of the world started to quarrel. Green said, “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. Without me, all animals would die.” Blue said, “You only think about the earth instead of the sky and the sea. Without my peace, you would all be nothing. " Yellow laughed, "You are all so serious.I bring fun and warmth into the world. " Orange shouted, "I am the colour of health and strength. I am the most important for I serve the needs of people' s life. " Red shouted out, "I am the most important of all. I am the colour of danger, bravery and love. I am brave to fight for truth. " Then Purple and Indigo came...The colours went on quarrelling, each saying he or she was the most important. Their quarrelling became louder and louder. Suddenly it thundered and rained hard. The colours felt so frightened that they stopped quarrelling and got together for comfort(安慰).At this time, rain began to speak, "You foolish colours, quarrelling among yourselves, each tried to be the most important. You don' t know that you each were made for a special purpose? Join hands with each other and come to me. "Doing as they were told, the colours united (团结) and joined ha nds. They formed a colourful rainbow. From then on, when a good rain washes the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They begin to appreciate(欣赏) each other.31. The colours were quarrelling about__________.A. who was the cleverestB. who was the strongestC. who was the most importantD. who was the most beautiful32. There are______colours in the story.A. fourB. five.C. sixD. seven33. What does this story want to tell us?A. Thunder is frightening.B. United, we can create wonders.C. It's useless to appreciate each other.D. Some of the colours are foolish.B34. What job is wanted above?A. Cooks.B. Drivers.C. Doctors.D. Teachers.35. ______ will probably get the job.A. An English lady at the age of 27B. A woman who is good at FrenchC. An Australian of 35 with a teacher’s licenseD. A Russian with 5 years of teaching experience36. If a foreigner wants to have an interview, he or she should make it ______.A. in late AugustB. after August 15thC. before August 15thD. in early SeptemberCHow could we tell time if there were no watches or cl ocks anywhere in the world?The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for a clock. Even today, if you don’t have a clock, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day; and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, forabout six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.37. According to the passage, there are ______ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.A.3B.4C.5D. 738. The underlined word “tides” in the passage means ______.A. 洋流B. 潮汐C. 海啸D. 波浪39. In which page of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?A. NewsB. ScienceC. BusinessD. Advertisement40. What’ s the best title for the passage?A. Different Ways to Tell TimeB. Useful Machines to Tell TimeC. The History of the ClockD. The Development of the Clock第二卷（非选择题，共50分）四、词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A）根据句意及所给中文提示、英文解释或首字母，写出句中所缺单词，每空限填一词。