新目标英语九年级（上）期中测试题时间：100分钟满分：120分班级：姓名：Ⅰ. 单项选择（20分）( ) 1. ---Do you prefer milk or orange juice?----I don’t like . I usually drink coffee.A. otherB. anotherC. neitherD. either( ) 2. ---It’s too hot. Would you mind the door?---- . Please do it now.A. to open; OKB. opening; Certainly notC. opening; Of courseD. to opening; Good idea( ) 3. ---How do you study a test? ---I study watching movies.A. for; forB. for; byC. by; forD. by; by( ) 4. ---What’s on TV tonight? Is there interesting? ----I’m afraid not.A. somethingB. anythingC. nothingD. everything( ) 5. ---Can you go and play with us? ---Sorry, I am busy my homework.A. doB. to doC. doingD. making( ) 6. If it fine tomorrow, I don’t know if they football. If they that, .A. is; will play; do; so will IB. will be; will play; will do; so will IC. is; play; will do; so do ID. will be; will play; do; so I do( ) 7. He dropped his stick in the race. He stopped it and of course he .A. to get; fell behindB. to get; fall behindC. getting; fell behindD. getting; fall off( ) 8. Older people should politely.A. speak toB. be spokenC. tellD. be spoken to( ) 9. People like to visit England, because it is too hot too cold.A. neither; norB. either; orC. both; andD. not; but( ) 10. Do you know who with at eight yesterday?A. he is talkingB. was he talkingC. he was talkingD. is he talking ( ) 11. Teenagers allowed to drive in the street.A. should not beB. should be notC. not should beD. should not( ) 12. ---Listen! Helen is singing in the next room.---It be Helen. She has gone to Beijing.A. mustn’tB. may notC. can’tD. should( ) 13. is possible for everyone to make a mistake.A. ThatB. ItC. ThisD. He( ) 14. The Smiths sending e – mail letters, because it is faster.A. prefer; to writingB. prefer; to writeC. prefers; to writingD. prefers; to write( ) 15. Not only we but also she been to the Great Wall before.A. has neverB. has everC. have everD. have never( ) 16. We found what then.A. were they doingB. they were doingC. did they doD. they did ( ) 17. The boy says English is not easy because he can’t often pass the exam.A. to be learnedB. to learnC. learningD. learned ( ) 18. Cotton nice and soft.A. is feltB. is feelingC. feelD. feels( ) 19. If I not so busy, I attend the meeting this afternoon.A. was; wouldB. am; willC. were; would beD. will be; will ( ) 20. ---Would you mind if I the radio? ---I’m afraid yes. I’m listening.A. turn offB. turn onC. turn upD. turn downⅡ.完形填空（20分）AFootball is, I do think, the most favorite game in England: one has only to go to one of the important 21 to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them there, 22 for one side or the 23 .To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in 24 is the great knowledge of the game which 25 the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the 26 in most of the important teams, he has 27 of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he 28 will win such a match, and his ideas about 29 are usually as good as those of men three or four times his 30 .( ) 21. A. cities B. matches C. teams D. places ( ) 22. A. waiting B. looking C. asking D. shouting ( ) 23. A. other B. same C. team D. places ( ) 24. A. China B. the USA C. England D. Canada ( ) 25. A. all B. hardly C. only D. even ( ) 26. A. players B. cities C. countries D. matches ( ) 27. A. names B. pictures C. heard D. thought ( ) 28. A. says B. asks C. decides D. hopes ( ) 29. A. England B. players C. football D. men ( ) 30. A. ideas B. age C. stories D. educationBA sailor 31 had a talk with a farmer. He told him about all his adventures 32 sea and how many times he was 33 downed. “My father was downed at sea,” he said. “ 34 a bad storm his ship 35 on to some rocks and sunk into the sea. All the lives 36 . My grandfather was also a sailor,” he 37 .“And where did your grandfather die?” asked the farmer.“He died at sea, too,” answered the sailor.“Oh!” said the farmer. “The sea must be a 38 place. Are you not afraid of going to sea?”The sailor 39 . “Where did your father die?” he asked.“He died in his bed, of course,” said the farmer.“And your grandfather?”“He died in his bed, too.”“Oh!” said the sailor. “A bed 40 be a dangerous place. Are you not afraid of going to bed?”( ) 31. A. once B. twice C. three times D. long ago( ) 32. A. in B. in C. to D. above( ) 33. A. near B. nearby C. nearly D. near to( ) 34. A. On B. Under C. Above D. During( ) 35. A. was driven B. drove C. was driving D. had driven( ) 36. A. had lost B. were lost C. lost D. losing( ) 37. A. answered B. asked C. added D. spoke( ) 38. A. safe B. nice C. bad D. dangerous( ) 39. A. laughed B. cried C. shouted D. told( ) 40. A. must B. can C. need D. wouldⅢ.阅读理解（40分）AIn the world today, all of the people need recreation（消遣）. We can not work allthe time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to takepart in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual（个人的）sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor（室内的）. Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people likewatching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like someforms of indoor recreation, such watching TV, singing and dancing.It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports.It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.( ) 41. Which is the most popular form of recreation?A. SportsB. Watching TVC. SleepingD. Singing and dancing ( ) 42. People want to take part in sports in order to .A. keep healthy and enjoy lifeB. make friendsC. find a good jobD. make more money( ) 43. Outdoor sports include（包括）.A. watching TVB. singing and dancingC. listening to the radioD. skating and mountain climbing ( ) 44. Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?A.Because they like sports, but they don’t like to take part in them.B.Because they don’t enjoy sports.C.Because they don’t enjoy life.D.Because they don’t need recreation.( ) 45. The passage tells us that .A. basketball is a kind of team sportsB. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in themC. different people have different ways of relaxingD. indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sportsBA long time ago there were no donkeys in Gui Zhou. One day a merchant from another part of the country went there and took a donkey with him. Later the donkey got sick and the merchant left it behind and went on his journey. When the donkey was well again, it ran away into the nearby forest.The tigers in the forest thought that the donkey was a strange animal and they were afraid of it. Whenever it brayed they all ran away as fast as their feet could carry them.After a few months, the tigers became friendly with the donkey. They played many games with it, but they still afraid of it.One day the donkey became angry. It kicked one of the tigers with its hind legs. The tigers were very surprised.“That must be all it can do when it is angry.” They said. Then all the tiger s jumped on the monkey and killed it.( ) 46. Why did the monkey stay in Gui Zhou? Because .A. he got fatB. he got tallC. he got wetD. he got ill( ) 47. Dogs bark, donkeys .A. brayedB. mowC. sayD. shout( ) 48. Who became friendly with the donkey?A. The dogsB. The tigersC. The lionsD. The cats( ) 49. What did the donkey do when he was well again? He went .A. to the riverB. to the treeC. into the forestD. home( ) 50. jumped on the donkey and killed it.A. All the tigersB. All the dogsC. All the donkeysD. All the lionsCA. 5:05B. 6:35C. 8:35D. 17:50( ) 52. We have to spend on the train if we go to Shenyang to Beijing.A. 17 hours and 50 minutesB. 24 hours and 25 minutesC. 6 hours and 35 minutesD. 11 hours and 15 minutes( ) 53. If you want to go to Chengdu from Taiyuan, you can take the train.A. No.11B. No.185C. No.186D. No. 271( ) 54. The No.186 train arrives in Taiyuan at .A. 10:50 a. mB. 10:50 p. mC. 5:05 a. mD. 5:05 p. m( ) 55. It takes from Taiyuan to Beijing by train.A.about two hoursB. half an hourC. about an hourD. more than two hoursD阅读表格，并根据表格内容回答问题。