九年级英语（上）期末试卷（考试时间：90分钟、卷面满分：120分）一、听力（本题20分，第一节、第二每小题1分，第三节每小题2分）略：二、笔试部分（100分）（一）单项选择（25）( )1.- do you improve your listening? -I improve it listening to tapes.A. How; with B: What; with C: How; by D. What; by( )2. --- book do you think it is ?--- It must be Tom’s.A. WhoseB. WhichC. WhereD. How( )3. Not only I but also Tom and Jack _____ interested in English because it _____ useful.A. is, isB. are, isC. is, areD. are, are( )4. seems that Jane has known th e bad news.A. SheB. ItC. ThisD. That( )5. All of us were at the news.A. frustrating, frustratingB. frustrating, frustratedC. frustrated, frustratingD. frustrated, frustrated( )6. Jack likes playing soccer, but he doesn’t like playing piano.A. /, /B. the. /C. the, theD. /, the( )7. The room _____ I live _____ is very large.A. which, /B. that, /C. which, inD. where, in( )8. It is impolite to those persons in trouble.A. laugh toB. laugh withC. laugh ofD. laugh at( )9. If you don’t know how to spell a new word, you’d better .A. look up a dictionaryB. look up an dictionaryC. look it up in a dictionaryD. look it up in an dictionary( )10. Jane is so shy that she is afraid of in front of a group.A. speakingB. speaksC. spokeD. speak( )11. My grandfather us stories when I was young.A. was used to tellB. is used to tellingC. used to tellD. used to telling( )12. This is the doctor _____ saved the baby’s life.A. whoB. whomC. whoseD. which( )13. The film reminded him _____ what he had seen in American.A. toB. inC. ofD. for( )14. I had a little trouble English grammar.A. learnB. learnedC. learningD. to learn( )15. Would you please help me _____ the picture on the wall?A. put upB. put onC. put intoD. put off( )16.He traveled all over the world _____ he had a man-made leg.A. ifB. asC. becauseD. though( )17.He is a _____ boy, so he can’t go to the park by himself.A. six-year-oldB. six year oldC. six-years-oldD. six years old( )18.He must be in the room, because the light in the room is .A. inB. onC. offD. open( )19..I think he must be in his office now, _______?A. must heB. can’t heC. mustn’t heD. isn’t he( )20. This book Lucy’s. Look! Her name is on the book cover.A. must beB. may beC. can’t beD. mustn’t be( )21. They can’t find in our neighborhood.A. something strangeB. strange somethingC. anything strangeD. strange anything( )22. If it tomorrow, we won’t go to the cinema.A. snowedB. snowingC. will snowD. snows( )23. travelers come to visit our city every year.A. Thousand ofB. Thousands ofC. Five ThousandsD.Thousand( )24. They prefer to .A. swim, runB. swimming, runC. swimming ,runningD. to swim , running( )25. . The flowers everyday, or they’ll die.A. must waterB. can be wateredC. should waterD. must be watered（二）、完形填空（10分）What’s your idea about learning English? The best way of learning English is 1 it. We should practice 2 English as 3 as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words 4 and people will not 5 you. Sometimes peop le will say things quickly and you can’t follow them. Don’t worry! Don’t be afraid of 6 . It’s 7 for people 8 your mistakes than to 9 with you, because they don’t understand 10 you are saying. You’ll be good at English if you practice very often.()1. A. use B. say C. using D. write()2. A. saying B. speaking C. talking D. telling()3. A. quick B. many C. much D. soon()4. A. mixed up B. mixture C. mix with D. mix()5. A. understand B. notice C. hear D. tell()6. A. make mistakes B. made mistakesC. to make mistakesD. making mistakes()7. A. better B. usual C. normal D. worse()8. A. to laugh B. to laugh at C. laugh at D. laugh with()9. A. angry B. agree C. be angry D. be satisfied()10. A. that B. what C. which D. how（三）、阅读短文，选择正确答案(30分)(A)One day Mrs. Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping center.―Why do you buy things here?‖ Tracy wanted to know. ―Because they are cheaper here than at the corner store near our home,‖ Mrs. Wilson said.‖ Help me check the prices, please.‖The Wilsons were not rich and Mrs. Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully after the prices of things. She bought lots of things in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said,“We don’t think you saved money by going to the supermarket.‖―Of course I did,‖ Mr s. Wilson said. “Everything was cheaper there.‖ ―We know,‖ the children said,“but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry. The taxi fare was more than the money that you save! ‖Mrs. Wilson added everything up. Her children were right.（）1. The things at the corner store were ______than those in the supermarket.A. cheaperB. nicerC. more expensiveD. saved a little money（）2. Mrs. Wilson ______ in the end.A. spent more moneyB. paid less moneyC. lost some moneyD. saved a little money（）3. From the passage we know the children were _________.A. happyB. cleverC. tiredD. lazy（）4. Mrs. Wilson will _____________.A. never call a taxiB. go on buying things in the supermarketC. buy things near her homeD. not go shopping with her children（）5．The best title for the passage is ____________.A. Cutting PriceB. Corner StoreC. SupermarketD. Shopping（B）Come and see big elephants from Yunnan and tigers from the northeast. The African giraffes are waiting for you. Clever monkeys are going to make you laugh. A lot of other animals you have never seen are waiting to meet you.根据短文内容，指出能回答所提问题的最佳答案。