罗文皂中学2011---2012学年上九年级英语期中考试题一、单项选择（15分） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15( ) do you study _______a test?----I study _______reading the textbook.A. for ; forB. for ; byC. by ; for D .by ; by ( )2. I don't know you tell me________?A. how swim; what to doB. how to swim ; what to do itC. how to swim; what to doD. what to swim; how to do ( )3. Liu Xiang is one of ______ runners in the world.A. famousB. more famousC. the most famous ( )4. My brother spends too much time ______computer games. A. to play B. play C. plays( ) 5. If I ____ ten million dollars, I ____travel around the world. A. have; will B. had; will C. had; will D .had; would( ) young trees should ______well as often as possible water B. watered C. watering D. be watered ( ) river ________very clean?A. Did ;use toB. Did ;use to beC. Does ;used toD. Does ;use to be ( ) many people will come to Beijing next year?----It's hard to say. _________people , I think.A. Million ofB. Millions ofC. Three millionsD. Three millions of ( ) guitar is this?-----Susan plays the guitar. It must _______. A. belong to her B. belong her C. belong to hers D. belong hers ( ) 10. ---Listen! Helen is singing in the next room---It be Helen. She has gone to Beijing.A. can’tB. mustn’tC. mayD. should( )11. My brother is going to look for another job thecompany offers him more money.A. afterB. whenC. unlessD. besides( ) 12. Have you ever considered Paris some day?A. visitB. visitedC. visitingD. to visit( ) 13. ---They have been to Canada before? --- .A. Neither do we.B. So have we.C. Neither have we.D. So we have. ( ) 14. ---Do you know ? ---Yes. By listening to tapes.A. how does he study EnglishB. why he studies EnglishC. how he studies EnglishD. when he studies English( )15. That is a good idea. Who it?A. stayed away fromB. took pride inC. came up withD. paid attention to班级 学号 姓名密 封 线二、完形填空(10分)Do you like traveling? Today, I’ll give you some 36 about traveling.You should have a good night’s sleep before you travel. If you don’t, you will feel tired on the way.You should take some 37 with you. It may be helpful when you feel sick.You should eat a meal before traveling. If you don’t eat anything, you will feel hungry. And the food on the train is much more 38 . You should listen to the weather report earlier, so you can 39 a good plan for your travel. You’d better take a(n) 40 with you. It can keep off the sun and the rain.You should wear your right clothes. When you’re going from a hot place to a cold place, you have to 41 some warm clothes.You should drink enough water. Don’t wait to be 42 . You’d better take some water so that you can have a drink when you want to drink at any time.You should write down all the travel 43 : departure(出发) and arrival time, bus or train number, your parents’ names, address and phone number and so on.You should take a 44 . You can take lots of photos when you see beautiful scenery. When you come back, you can show the pictures to your friends.Above all(最重要的是), 45 yourself when you are traveling. But please look after yourself and you things carefully.( ) 16. A. idea B. advice C. time D. thing ( ) 17. A. drink B. food C. medicine D. vegetable ( ) 18. A. expensive B. delicious C. different D. worse ( ) . find B. get C. make D. made ( ) . umbrella B. raincoat C. bag D. map ( ) . bring B. take C. fetch D. carry ( ) . happy B. thirsty C. hungry D. angry( ) 23 .A. information B. place C. way D. roads( ). radio B. computer C. camera D. phone ( ) . enjoy B. help C. forget D. play三、阅读理解(45分)AWilliam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1590. He became an actor and he also wrote plays. He often acted in his own plays. He earned a little money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.At the age of forty-eight, Shakespeare retired and went back to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius (精神)to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.( )26. Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except______. A. Hamlet B. MacbethC. Romeo and JulietD. Man and Superman ( )27. Shakespeare decided to be an actor in ______. A. 1578 B. 1582 C. 1590 D. 1592( ) 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon_____.班级 学号 姓名密 封 线A. with his wifeB. with his daughterC. with his wife and daughterD. alone ( )29. Shakespeare got much money from ________. A. writing B. plays C. acting D. retirement( )30. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Shakespeare had two childrenB. Shakespeare wrote both plays and poemsC. Shakespeare left his money to the Globe TheatreD. Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languagesBHere are six business cards of three persons, Jim Green, Sandy West and Emma Bell. The cards on the left are old ones and the cards Old Information New InformationMorison 200 Fifth Avenue & Baker, New York, NY 10010 Jim Green, Doctor Home: 12 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010(212)555-1819 More & 250 Mercer Street Irvine, New York, NY 10012(212)555-2617 Jim Green, DoctorHome: 12 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010(212)555-1819 Sandy West Assistant Sales Manager 111 Commercial Street, San Francisco, Ca 94109(415)772-3622 Home: 350 Arbor Lane San Francisco, Ca 94103(415)474-6188 Sandy West Sales Manager111 Commercial Street, San Francisco, Ca 94109(415)772-3622 Home: 350 Arbor Lane San Francisco, Ca 94103(415)474-6188Northern University English Language Institute Boston, MA 02115(617)264-3132 Emma Bell, Assistant Professor Home: 189 Washington Street, Northern University English Language InstituteBoston, MA 02115(617)264-3132 Emma Bell, Assistant Professor Home: 189 Washington Street,Apt. 7A Brookline, MA 02115(617)347-6661 Apt. 7A Brookline, MA 02115(617)347-6661 ( )31. Who has got a new position(职位), but still lives at the same place?A. Jim Green.B. Sandy West.C. Emma Bell.D. Nobody.( )32. If you want to get some advice on health, you can call ____________.A. (415)772-3622B. (617)264-3132C. (212)555-2617D. (415)474-6188( )33. If you want to visit Professor Bell, you can go to _____________. A. Washington B. San Francisco C. New Y ork D. Brookline( )34. ____________ haven’t changed the ir work places.A. Sandy West and Emma Bell.B. Jim Green and Emma Bell.C. Jim Green and Sandy West.D. All of them. ( )35. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Jim Green lives in San Francisco.B. Sandy West is a sales manager.C. Emma Bell lives at 350 Arbor Lane San Francisco.D. (617)347-6661 is Sandy West’s telephone number.CMy grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. He changed, and he often says that life used to be better.Families aren’t families the way they used to be ．A lot of families have broke down ．If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together ．And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children ，but now everyone’s working ．No one has time to look after children at home ．班级 学号姓名密 封 线And the cars! No one walks any more ：everyone drives ．We used to walk five miles to school every day ，even in winter ．But now they don’t ．And in schoo1．the children don’t have to think any more ．In math class ，for example ，we used to add ，subtract, multiply and divide in our heads ．Kids don’t use their heads any more ；instead ，they use calculators(计算器)．Most families have computers now ．In the past we didn’t have computers ．We didn’t even have lights ．My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen ．But now nobody eats home ．cooked food any more ．And people don’t talk to each other any more ．They are too busy to talk ，too busy to eat ，too, busy to think……Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more ． ( )36．My grandfather thinks the 1ife ．A ．is better than it used to beB ．is worse than it used to beC ．is as good as it used to beD ．is as bad as it used to be ( )37．What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?A ．生活B ．工作C ．婚姻D ．家庭 ( )38．What changes have happened to some families? ①There are lights at home ．②People like to eat home ．cooked food ． ③Lots of families have computers ．④Lots of couples live apart because of some prob1ems ． A ．①②④ B ．②③④ C ．①②③ D ．①③④ ( )39．Which is TRUE according to the passage? A ．People have too much time to talk with each other ．B ．Life now is very simple ．C ．Many families have broken down because of problemsbetween husbands and wives ．D. Mothers stay at home and look after their children ． ( ) is the best title for this passage?A ．How life used to beB ．The better lifeC ．The changes in our life D. Hard-working students四.补全对话(10分)want to help them. B. What's up?C. But if I were your cousin, I would give the restto the charities.D. What would you do if you had lots of money?E. What's he going to do with the money?A: You look excited. 41__B ：My cousin has won a million dollars in the lottery. A ：Wow! __ 42___B ：I'm not sure. Maybe he will put a half in the bank and give the restto the medical research.A ：That sounds you know a bad snowstorm(暴风雪) happened in theSouth China, lots of people died and many thousands of people wereB: Yes, that's a good idea. They really need help. A:____45__B: If I had a lot of money ,I'd buy a very big house for my parents.班级 学号姓名密 封 线题号 一二 三四五六总分得分笔试部分(非选择题, 共40分)五、词汇（25分）（一）、单词拼写（10分）you want to s_______ in passing the exam, you have to work hard.looked sad at that moment. I r ______ there was something wrong with him.doctor told me that it was h ______to eat vegetables. find it hard to d _______with family problems. won’t pa ss the exam u _____you work hard. don ’t know the p________of this word. Chinese people take p______ in Yao Ming.must practise a lot before you get a driving l________. has a large c_______of friends. come here as soon as p________. （二）、综合填空（15分）选择单词，用其适当的形式填空，使短文意思正确、通顺。