2007–2008学年度第一学期期末试卷九年级英语科（满分:100分 ；考试时间:120分钟）命题人：大田六中 叶秀琴Ⅰ、听力（每小题1分， 共20分）（A ） 看图听句子,选出与句子意思相符的图（其中有一幅图是多余的）。

A. B. C. D. E. F.1___________2__________3___________4____________5___________(B)听对话及问题，选择正确答案。

( )6. Is Jane a greener person?A. Not yet.B. Of course she is.C. No, she doesn ’t.( )7. How long did China ’s first spaceship stay in space?A. 21 hours.B. 14 hours.C. 14 times( )8. Who has been to Mount Huang in Anhui, China?A. Peter.B. The girl.C. Peter ’s father.( )9. Where is Nick now?A. At home.B. In Taibei.C. At school.( )10. What ’s the book about?A. Saving electricity.B. The environment.C. The traffic.(C) 听短文，根据短文的内容，选择正确答案。

( )11. Through the history of English, we know English ________.A. didn ’t have any changeB. had a change in pronunciation题号 Ⅰ A B C DⅡ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ Ⅶ 总分得分C. changed greatly twice in its history( )12. What happened about 900 years ago?A. French borrowed a lot of words from English.B. Many French words were borrowed into English.C. The world began to change.( )13. How did English change about 500 years ago?A. There was a great change in pronunciation.B. spelling was greatly changed.C. Both England and France began to speak English.( )14. Which is true about the letter“gh”in the word“night”?A. It is pronounced[f].B. It doesn’t show us anyting about how it is spoken now.C. It’s a wrong spelling.( )15. Which is the best title for this passage?A. Changes in SpellingB. Changes in PronunciationC. Changes in the English Language笔试部分Ⅱ、单项选择从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案（每小题1分共10分）( )21.I really don’t know______ it.A. how to doB. what to doC. how can I do( )22.You should make your idea ________.A. knowB. knownC. to know( )23.More and more people communicate______ sending e-mails.A. inB. byC. with( )24. There are 60 students in our class and _____ are girls.A. two thirdB. two threesC. two thirds( )25.He’s never been to English,___?A. isn’t heB. has heC. is he( )26.___ it rains heavily, ___farmers are still working in the fields.A. Though; butB. Though; /C. Because; so( )27.Miss Yang told us that the moon ____round the earth.A. movesB. movedC. is moving( )28.-What do you think of this book? -_________.A. The writerB. It’s interestingC. Yes, I like it very much( )29. The population of China is_____ than that of theA. moreB. largerC. smaller( )30. Mr. Green gave us ________on how to learn English well.A. some advicesB. many advicesC. some adviceⅢ、完型填空从ABC三个选项中选出最佳答案（每小题1分共10分）A seeing-ye dog is a dog which helps 1 people walk along the streets and do many other things. We call these dogs “seeing-eye” dogs 2 the dogs are the “eyes” of the blind man and they help him to “see”. These dogs generally(通常) go to special schools for several years to learn 3 blind people.One day a seeing-eye dog and a blind man were 4 a bus. The bus was full of people and there were no 5 . One man, however, soon got up and left his seat. The dog took the blind man to 6 , but there was little space. The dog began to push the people on each side 7 his nose. He pushed and pushed 8 the people moved down and finally there was enough space for 9 man. The blind man then sat down and the dog got up on the seat 10 the blind man.( )31. A ill B old C blind( )32. A if B because C when( )33. A to teach B to visit C to help( )34. A up B off C on( )35.A chairs B seats C the driver( )36.A the chair B the seat C the driver( )37. A by B in C with( )38. A until B after C not until( )39. A a B an C the( )40. A at the foot of B an the side of C in front ofⅣ、阅读理解（共20分）A.Mrs. Peter had two children. Sammy was seven years old, and his sister Annie was four. Sammy went to school, but Annie did not. When Sammy was at home, he often played with Annie while their mother was cooking or washing or cleaning, and he was usually very nice to his small sister, and Mrs. Peter was free to do her work quietly. One Saturday morning, the two children were playing in the garden while their mother was cooking the lunch. They were quite happy until Annie suddenly began to cry and ran into the kitchen to her mother.Mrs. Peter stopped cooking and said,“Why are you crying, Annie?”“Sammy’s broken my toy horse,”Annie answered, crying more loudly.“How did he break it?”her mother asked.Annie stopped crying, but did not answer for a few seconds. Then she said,“I hit him on the head with it.”( )41.Sammy, who was ____, was ____ than Annie.（A）a girl/three years older（B）a boy/three years older（C）a girl/two years older( )42.Sanmmy looked after Annie ____.（A）all day long every day（B）when Sammy was free from school（C）while they were in the garden( )43.Why did Annie cry? Because ____.（A）her toy was broken（B）Sammy broke her toy（C）she hit Sammy on the head with the toy( )44.From this text, we may learn that ____.（A）Mrs. Peter was a servant（B）Mr. Peter was a boss（C）Mrs. Peter was a housewife( )45.What do you think of Sammy?（A）Sammy was naughty(淘气)（B）Sammy was a good help to Mrs. Peter.（C）Sammy was cruel to AnnieB.An important businessman was asked to give a twenty-minute speech in another city .He was too busy to write it himself , so he asked his secretary to put one together for him out of a large book of speechers which she had on her desk. She typed one out for him., and he picked it up just in time to rush off to his plane .But when he gave his speech ,it ran on for an hour ,and the audience (听众)was getting very tired of it by the end.When the business man got back to his office ,he said to his secretary ,”I told you it should be a twenty-minute speech!”“That’s what I gave you,” she answered,”the original (原稿)and two copies, The original for you to read at the meeting ,and two copies for the files(存档), after you have checked them.”( )46. What was the secretary asked to do?(A)To give speech instead of the businessman(B)To make up a speech from some others and type it(C)To type a one-hour speech for the businessman( )47. After the secretary finished typing the speech ,the businessman ____ .(A)picked it up and checked it quickly(B)told the secretary to check it(C) took it to the airport in a hurry.( )48. Why was the audience getting restless and tired ?Because ____________________(A)the businessman gave a wrong speech(B) the businessman was giving the same speech once and again(C)the speech was too long( )49. why was the businessman not satisfied with his secretary?(A)He had made three speeches(B) He had given the same speech three times(C)His speech lasted for an hour( )50. Which of the following is true?(A)The secretary should have been more careful.(B)It was funny of the businessman to read the two copies.(C)The businessman should have read the two copies instead of the original.C.Many people go to school for education. They learn languages, history, politics, maths and so on. Others go to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school.A teacher can’t teach his students everything. The teacher’s job is to show students how to learn. The teacher teaches them how to read and how to think. So the students themselves shall learn much more outside school.根据短文内容，完成下表。