2013-2014学年第一学期九年级英语期末测试卷（一）考号：班级：姓名：得分：一. 单项选择（30分）（）1. It’s easy for you English well if you don’t give up.A. studyB. studiesC. to studyD. studying（）2. Study hard, and will be difficult.A. everythingB. anythingC. nothingD. something（）3. Tom used to late. But now he is used to early.A. sleep; sleepingB. sleeping; sleepC. sleeps; sleepingD. sleeping; sleeps（）4. I don’t think should be allowed to drive.A. sixteen years oldB. sixteen-year-oldC. sixteen-year-oldsD. sixteen-year（）5. --Whose T-shirt is this?--It be John’s. I t’s too small for him.A. mustB. mayC. can’tD. could（）6. --I’m afraid I can’t pass the English exam.--Don’t worry. You study very hard. God(上帝) helps those people help themselves.A. whenB. whoC. howD. which（）7. --Excuse me. Could you tell me to Xi’an E xpo?--Take No.231 to get there.A. which bus should I takeB. how far is itC. which bus I should takeD. how far it is（）8. Langlang plays the piano very well. He is one of pianists in China.A. famousB. more famousC. most famousD. the most famous（）9. On weekends I like to with my friends in the supermarket.A. hang outB. look outC. hand outD. give out（）10. More trees should to protect our environment.A. plantB. be plantedC. are plantedD. planted二. 完形填空（20分）阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

How can we practice our spoken English? The first, and the most important thing is to believe 11. You should always be full of confidence, or you 12be able to improve you're your English.Maybe you are afraid of losing face, but you should think that because we are students, we’re 13. So there’s no need to worry 14anything. You cannot speak English as well 15the native people because we nearly have no chance to talk 16the foreigners. But you must know that the main way to study English is to make ourselves understood and 17other people. You should believe the native speakers will not 18at you when you make mistakes. So if you’re brave(勇敢) enough, you’ll make great progress in your 19English. 20 be shy or afraid! Just have a try.（）11. A. itself B. yourself C. themselves D. myself（）12. A. cannot B. are never C. can D. will never（）13. A. learning B. saying C. students D. teaching（）14. A. with B. to C. about D. for（）15. A. so that B. as that C. as D. than（）16. A. for B. about C. of D. with（）17. A. to be understood B. understand C. understood D. understanding（）18. A. speak B. laugh C. look D. stand（）19. A. speaking B. speech C. spoken D. spoke（）20. A. Don’t B. Not C. No D. Nor三. 阅读理解(30分)A)根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A” 表示，错误的用“B”表示。

AWhen you’re invited to have dinner in a foreigner’s home, please remember the following:At table, when the hostess （女主人）picks up her napkin（餐巾）, you may pick up yours and put it on your legs.If a servant（佣人）passes food around, he will pass the dish to you at your left hand so that you can easily serve yourself with your right hand. Never serve yourself while the dish is on your right; it is then the turn of your neighbour on the right.Do not reach across the table or in front of someone to get something---that is not polite. Ask him or her to pass it to you.There are things in the middle of the table, such as bread,butter, and candies. You shouldn’t take any until the hostess tells the servant to pass them to you.Do not leave your seat without saying anything. If you need to leave the table to go to the washroom or do something else, you should say “Excuse me for a moment, please.”（）21. You should put your napkin on your legs before the hostess picks up hers.（）22. The dish is passed to you on either of your sides.（）23. If the food is far from you, you shouldn’t st and up to serve yourself.（）24. You may take any food at any time.（）25. When you have to leave your seat, you need to say “Excuse me for a moment, please.”BBeing safe in your everyday life needs knowledge (知识). If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.If you are followed by someone you don't know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don't go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift (电梯).If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don't sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don't sleep.（）26. Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?A. Go home alone late at night.B. Make sure where the public phones are.C. Don't get to the bus stop too early.D. Always notice the environment around you.（）27. You'd better put your bag when there are too many people on a bus.A. on your backB. beside youC. in front of youD. behind the driver（）28. When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should to make yourself safe.A. run homeB. find a lift and go inC. turn back and walk towards him or her at onceD. cross the street and go to the other way（）29. When you take a bus alone, it's safe for you .A. to sit behind the driver or with other people, but not to sleepB. to talk with the driverC. to call your friendsD. to get off the bus at once（）30. What can you learn from the text?A. How to notice the environment around you.B. How to be safe in your everyday life.C. How to cross the street.D. How to use the public phones.CCharles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London. Charlie, as hewas called, used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to theUSA. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. He developed the character (角色)of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period.Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin, his wife' and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.（）31. Chaplin used to when his mother was ill.A. look after herB. do the houseworkC. do his mother's jobD. do his father's job（）32. From Paragraph 2, we can know that .A. Chaplin went to the USA when he was 24 years oldB. Chaplin became famous when he was 17 years oldC. people liked Chaplin because he was a homeless gentlemanD. Chaplin did many silly things to make people laugh in the street（）33. Chaplin made his most famous films.A. From 1889 to 1936B. From the 1920s to the 1950sC. From 1953 to 1975D. From the 1950s to the 1980s（）34. We can infer（推断）from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of .A. his familyB. his workC. the US governmentD. the Swiss government（）35. Chaplin won the Oscar for when he was 83 years old.A. the actingB. the artC. the filmD. the music四. 完成句子：根据所给中文意思，完成下列各句。