新海实验中学教育集团2018-2019学年度第一学期九年级英语期末试卷第一卷选择题（共90分）一、听力部分。

（共30分）略二、单项选择。

（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

21. -Have you seen _________ movie Wolf Warriors II?-Yes. This is _________ educational film and it has become one of the most popular films in the world.A. a; /B. the; anC. a; theD. /; an22. -The red dress _________ be Linda’s, but I’m not sure.-No, it _________ be. It is too small for her.A. may; mustn’tB. may; can’tC. can’t; may notD. must; can’t23. -_________ popular Tik Tok(抖音) is among the young nowadays!-So it is. More than 200 million people share short videos on it every day in China.A. WhatB. What anC. HowD. How an24. -What shall we do to kill time?-Well. _________ it is Wanda Cinema’s half-price day, why not go to watch a film?A. SinceB. WhileC. UnlessD. Though25. -Look, how wonderful this paper-cutting is!-So it is. Paper-cutting is a/an _________ Chinese art with a long history.A. commonB. modernC. importantD. traditional26. -Do you often watch the show “I Am the Actor Champion”(《我就是演员》)?-Yes. It is _________ a wonderful programme that it attracts _________ many famous actors to attend it.A. such; soB. such; suchC. so; suchD. so; so27. Children should tell the truth instead of _________ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong.A. making upB. putting upC. taking upD. setting up28. -China has the _________ population in the world.-Yes, exactly. And _________ man is bigger than that of women.A. most; a number ofB. most; the number ofC. largest; the number ofD. largest; a number of29. -Millie will have a birthday party tonight. I wonder if you _________ it.-To tell the truth, I won’t unless I _________.A. attend; will be invitedB. will attend; will be invitedC. attend; am invitedD. will attend; am invited30. I can’t describe how exited I’m feeling right now. It’s _________ my ability of expressing myself.A. beyondB. overC. aboveD. against31. There will be fewer workers in factories in the future because most work _________ by robots.A. is doneB. was doneC. will be doneD. will do32. -I like the two dresses, but I can only afford _________ of them.-I suggest you taking the white one.A. allB. bothC. neitherD. either33. I really like the family photo _________ I took on my grandpa’s 80th birthday.A. whatB. thatC. whenD. who34. -Could you please tell me _________ “The Reader”, a TV program hosted by Dong Qing?-Well, it is fun and teaches us a lot of knowledge.A. how do many people likeB. how many people watchC. why many people likeD. when many people watch35. -I promise I will work harder next term, Miss Li.-Well, just as the saying goes, “_________.” I do hope that you will act at once.A. It never rains but poursB. Many hands make light workC. Actions speak louder than wordsD. A friend in need is a friend indeed三、完形填空。

（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

There was once a young man who liked puppets(木偶) so much that he was apprenticed(当学徒) to a master puppet-maker. __36__, the young man was not very clever. His __37__ and other apprentices were always telling him he had no ability for making puppets, and that he would not __38__.Even so, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to __39__. Although he devoted much time to do it, they would __40__ find something wrong with the puppets he made, and finally drove him out of the workshop.He wasn’t going to __41__, so the young man decided that from then on he would spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. And __42__ he found a fault(瑕疵) in his puppet, he would throw it away and start again. With each __43__ attempt(尝试), his puppet became a little bit better. Years passed, his puppet was much better than anything his old apprentices could make, but he __44__ making improvements. Living like that, the man wasn’t making any money, and many people __45__ him and thought how silly he was.When he was an old man, his puppet was __46__ wonderful. Finally one day, after years of __47__, he finished his puppet, and said, “I can’t find anything wrong with it. This time it is __48__.” And for the first time in all those years, instead of __49__ his puppet away, he put it on the shelf, feeling __50__ and happy. The puppet gave that old man more joy than any otherfamous puppet-lovers ever got.36. A. Sadly B. Gently C. Luckily D. Usually37. A. father B. teacher C. classmate D. friend38. A. miss B. forget C. succeed D. listen39. A. improve B. form C. connect D. remind40. A. never B. seldom C. sometimes D. always41. A. give up B. give out C. carry up D. carry out42. A. whoever B. whenever C. however D. whatever43. A. usual B. old C. easy D. new44. A. finished B. avoided C. kept D. stopped45. A. looked over B. cheered up C. laughed at D. stayed out46. A. hardly B. possibly C. simply D. really47. A. effect B. effort C. spirit D. value48. A. modern B. perfect C. priceless D. expensive49. A. hiding B. fixing C. covering D. throwing50. A. talented B. surprised C. worried D. satisfied四、阅读理解。