2020学年度第一学期期中考试试卷九年级英语(满分120分，考试时间120分钟)一．单项选择题。

（每小题1分，共25分）（）1. I want to keep a pet dog. Can you give me _____ ?A. an adviceB. some advicesC. a adviceD. some advice （）2.There are 30 _____ people in our city.A. millionsB. millionC. million ofD. millions of （）3. This summer, there is _____ rain and it is ______ coolA. much too…too muchB. too much…much tooC. too much…too muchD. much too…much too（）4. I have _____ to tell you. Listen carefully.A. something importantB. important somethingC. anything importantD. I mportant anything（）5. I study English ______ making flashcards.A. ofB. byC. inD. on（）6. Can you tell me ______ learn a foreign language well.A. what toB. how toC. what I canD. how can I（）7. They enjoyed _____ piano.A. playB. playingC. playing theD. to play a（）8. I don’t know _____ it next.A. what to doB. how to doC. what can I doD. how can I do （）9. _____ you _____ to go to the park when they were children?A. Did, useB. Did, usedC. Do, usedD. Do, use（）10. --- __________? --- She is of medium height.A. What’s she like?B. How is she?C. What does she like?D. How does she like?（）11. I will eat ice, meat _____ noodles.A. instead ofB. stead ofC. instead forD. instead by（）12. I _____ the sea. I don’t know how to swim.A. am afraid ofB. am afraidC. am a fraid toD. like（）13. He used to ______ the children with ghost stories.A. terrifyB. terrifiedC. terrifyingD. terrified of（）14. I don’t think he will come, and I don’t think he will phone us, _____.A. alsoB. neitherC. eitherD. too（）15. English ________ in Canada.A. is spokenB. are spokenC. is speakingD.speak( ) 16. Mr. Wang is very strict _____his son. A.at B. with C. in D.on( ) 17. _________ should not be allowed to go out at night.A. Twelve-years-oldB. Twelve-year-oldsC. Twelve year oldD. Twelv e years olds( )18. I don’t need _______a new dictionary because I bought this a year ago.A. buyingB. buyC. to buyD. bought( )19. You should be working instead of _________ in bed.A. lyingB. lieC. liesD. to l ie( )20. I would like ________ at home this weekend.A. stayB. stayingC. stayedD. to stay( )21.–-Where is Lisa, do you know? --He_______ Macao.A. has been toB. has gone toC. have been toD. have gone to( )22.--I often go there by train. --Why not _________a plane?A. to try to takeB. trying takingC.to try takingD. try to take( )23.—I’d like to have____ new MP4. A. a B. an C. the D. /( )24. — I think she should stop wearing those silly earrings.— _________. I like those earrings. She looks so cool.A. I agreeB. I disagreeC. I think soD. Of course( )25. If I______ you, I’d wear a shirt and a tie.A. isB. wasC. wereD. has been二．完形填空。

(10分)The best way of learning a language is always using it. The best way of learning spoken English is __26___ in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words _27__ up and people will not __28__ you. Sometimes people will __29___ things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But _30__ you keep your sense of humor (幽默), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you __31___. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing _32___ your mistakes. It’s __33__ for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, _34__ they don’t understand what you we saying. The most important thing for learning English is: “Don’t be __35___ of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”( )26. A. listening B. talking C. reading D. writing( )27. A. mix B. mixing C. to mix D. mixed( )28. A. like B. know C. help D. understand( )29. A. say B. talk C. tell D. speak( )30. A. if B. when C. since D. although( )31. A. have B. make C. take D. product( )32. A. at B. on C. in D. for( )33. A. good B. better C. best D. well( )34. A. unless B. because C. as soon as D. as long as( )35. A. sad B. worry C. afraid D. unhappy三．阅读理解（共 15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AThere is nothing difficult for us to do in the world. That is to say, if we do it, the difficult thing will be easy; if we don’t, the easy thing will be difficult. Here is a story.Long, long ago, there lived two monks（和尚）in Sichuan. One was poor and the other was rich. One day the poor monk said to the rich one,“I want to go to Nanhai. What do you think of it?”“Go to Nanhai?I have been trying to go there for quite a few years but I couldn’t .How can you get there without any money?”“A bottle and a bowl are quite enough for me,”answered the poor one.After a year, the poor monk returned from Nanhai and told his story t o the rich monk. The rich monk’s fac e turned red and he had nothing to say. It’s thousands of miles from Sic huan to Nanhai. The rich one didn’t succeed but the poor one did.根据短文内容,判断下列句子正(T)误(F).（）36. Only the rich monk wanted to go to Nanhai.（）37. It took the poor monk half a year to get to Nanhai.（）38. The poor monk went to Nanhai with nothing except a bottle and a bowl.（）39. The rich monk’s face turned red because he didn’t giv e the poor any money. （）40.The story tells us that nothing is difficult if you try to do it.BMr. Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He calls him Gao Ling. The little boy is clever and his parents love him very much.It’s September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Ling is happy and wears his mostbeautiful clothes. He’s going go school with his new bag.“Let me take you to school, dear,” said Mrs Gao.“Thank you, Mummy,” said the boy, “The school is not far from here. I can go there myself.”At school a teacher met the little boy and asked, “ What’s your name, my little friend?” “Gao Ling, sir”, answered the boy. “How old are you?” “Six, sir.”“What’s your father’s name?” “Gao Dalin, sir”. “How old is your father?” “He’ssix too, sir.” “Oh,” the teacher said in surprise. “Is he as old as you?”“Yes, sir,” said the boy. “He became a father only at that time when I was born.”( ) 41. Mr. Gao is ________now.A. sixB. twenty-fiveC. thirty-oneD. thirty-five( ) 42. Mr. and Mrs. Gao love their son because________.A. the boy is cleverB. he likes to go to schoolC. he can go to school himselfD. he can answer their questions( ) 43.Gao Ling is in Grade ________nowA. OneB. TwoC. FiveD. Six( ) 44. Gao Ling went to school________.A. by carB. on footC. by trainD. by bike( ) 45.Gao Ling thought________.A. his father and he were born on the same dayB. his father was younger than himC. his father forgot to tell him about his ageD. Gao Dalin became a father six years agoCThe idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When talking to an Indian,he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said. But, in fact, they would be completely wrong.Indians always shake their heads when they talk to each other. It does not have the same meaning as “No”. If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give himsome trouble.One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired （雇）a car and an Indianto drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office, the Indian shook his head at once. The officer said again, and the driver shook his head again. At last, the officer, of course, got angry.“How dare（敢） you refuse my order（命令）?” he shouted. “Drive me to my office atonce!”The driver answered in quite loud voice, too. “Yes, sir!” But to the officer’s surprise,the driver shook his head at the same time.The car started, and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a wor d. He thoughtabout it for a while, and then he nodded（点头）with a smile, “‘No’ means ‘Yes’ here!”( ) 46. An Indian would shake his head when ______.A. he didn’t want to do anythingB. he agreed with othersC. he talked to others ( ) 47. The foreign officer was surprised that ______.A. the driver could not understand himB. the driver refused his orderC. the driver shook his head as he said “Yes”( ) 48. The sentence “‘No’ mean ‘Yes’ here!” means ______.A. in India the words Yes and No have the same meaningB. Indians don’t say “No” when they don’t agree with each otherC. We shake our heads to say “No”, not “Yes” as Indians do( ) 49 What do Indians often do when they talk?A. Smile.B. Shake their heads.C. Bow to each other. ( ) 50. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?A. Shaking the head doesn’t always have the same meaning in different countries.B. When an India shakes his head, he really means Yes.C. In India shaking the head means No.四．补全对话。