冀教版九年级英语上期末试题冀教版九年级英语上期末试卷I. 听句子，选出句子中所包含的信息。

( )1. A. eleven B. enough C. even( )2. A. match B. matter C. minute( )3. A. mistook B. missed the bus C. Mrs King’s bus( )4. A. wide used B. widely used C. used widely( )5. A. path of travel B. pass of travel C. part of travelerII. 听句子，选出该句的最佳答语。

( )6. A. Yes, I had better do. B. Yes, I have. C. No, Iwon’t.( )7. A. He likes me. B. He is every kind. C. He is much better now.( )8. A. He is leaving for Beijing for a meeting.B. I don’t know where he is.C. He gave a talk on the WTO in our school.( )9. A. Wood, I think. B. It’s cheap, but useful. C. A factory in Wuhan.( )10. A. In the classroom. B. After our Englishclass was over.C. It was about the sports meeting.III. 听对话和问题，选择适当的选项。

( )11. A. Something B. The shoes C. To pay for the shoes.( )12. A. At seven. B. At six. C. At eight.( )13. A. In a hotel. B. In a hospital. C. At a train station.( )14. A. Ten minutes B. Twenty minutes. C. Fifteen minutes.( )15. A. The girl in a red coat. B. The girl ina yellow sweater. C. Linda’s sister.IV. 听短文，对话和问题，选择正确答案。

( )16. A. Tom’s uncle. B. Tom’s brother. C. Tom’s sister.( )17. A. At Tom’s house. B. At Tom’ssister’s house. C. At Tom’s uncle’s house.( )18. A. At about 2 o’clock this morning.B. At about 3 o’clock this morning.C. At about 1 o’clock this morning.( )19. A. The front of the house. B. The back ofthe house.C. The outside of the house.( )20. A. They wanted to spend less money. B. The house is very easy to paintC. No one else could do the work well.V. 单项选择( )21.Wu peng won the girls race in the schoolsports meeting last week.A. 100 metresB. 100-metresC. 100 metreD. 100-metre( )22. Paris is one of cities in the world.A. more beautifullyB. more beautifulC. the most beautifullyD. the most beautifully( )23. ------ Peter, do you visit your grandparents?----- twice a month.A. how longB. how soonC. how oftenD. how far( )24. woman in a purple skirt is Betty’s mother.A. TheB. AC. An D 不填( )25 、--How do you go to the zoo tomorrow?---If it ____ tomorrow, I’ll go there by car.A rainsB rainC rainingD will rain( )26 、_______ film it is!A HowfunnyB What funnyC Howa funnyD What a funny( )27. Tom speaks English very well. He in China since 2019.A. staysB. stayedC. is stayingD. has stayed( )28. He has failed a few times, but he won’t .A. get onB. come onC. give upD. get up( )29. Is the environment good around your city ?---- Yes. Many trees here every year.A. are plantedB. plantC. plantedD. be planted( )30. Hi, Kate. What made you the sad news again?A. think ofB. think aboutC. think overD. think out( ) 31.---What are you going to do this afternoon?---I’m not sure. I go swimming with my friend.A. mayB. canC. may beD. must( )32.Tom, together with his parents the yard when I saw him.A. is cleaningB. was cleaningC. are cleaningD.were cleaning( )33.It will about half an hour to get to the zoo by bus.A. spendB. takeC. payD. cost( ) 34.Remember _____ the book in time when youhave finished ____ it .A, to return …reading B, returning …readingC, returning …to read D, to return …to read ( )35. You hadbetter ________________ home at once .Don’t keep your mother ____ .A, to …wait B, going …waiting C, to go•…to wait D,go …waiting( )36.We believe scientists will a way to solve the problem of air pollution.A. set offB. put offC. come up withD. catch up with( )37.He’s been to the Great Wall, ?A. is heB. does heC. hasn’t heD. has he( )38.Kunming is famous its nice weather. I will go there to spend the summer holiday.A. inB. asC. forD. with( ) 39.---Whose desk is that?---It’s desk.A. Tom and Kate’sB. Tom’s and Kate’sC. Tom’s and KateD. Tom and Kate（）40. When I went to say goodbye to Anna, she the piano.A. is playingB. playsC. was playingD. playedVI. 完形填空（本大题共10 分，每小题1 分）Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be 41 to raise （养） worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in 42 , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not 43 them in a warm place.The next spring Jody 44 again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside 45 they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was fromestate （州） of New York. The letter said, “ Everyone who 46 things has to pay taxs （税）! ” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still 47 to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had 4 8 . Soon some people from atelevision station 49 with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was 50 . Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.41. A. boring B.lucky C. fun D. impossible42. A. autumn B. spring C. winter D. summer43 A. caught B. found C. hidden D. put44. A. tried B. waited C. failed D. practised45. A. before B. until C. though D. so46 A. buys B. sells C. keeps D. presents47. A. hoped B. wanted C. had D. remembered48. A. followed B. appeared C. happened D.continued49. A. talk B.visit C. quarrel D. work50. A. common B. unfair C. different D. uselessVII. 阅读理解（本大题共40 分，每小题2分）AHAVE you ever thought of being able to fly aroundthe world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. Itreached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilos.HOW old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world’s oldest insect fossil （化石） in Britain. The fossil shows thatthe body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings （翅膀）. In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.THEREwill be a new “star ” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite（卫星） into space be September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure -1.4 billion yuan!YUAN Longping, the father of hybrid rice （杂交水稻）, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed theworld’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice. Hybridrice plants can make more rice than the ones people grew before.51. If the X-43A goes round the Eath, it will takeabout ______ hours to finish the trip.A. 3B.5C.8D.1252. The newly-found insect fossil showed that theearliest insect was __________ years older than believed.A. 10 millionB.400 millionC.20 millionD.380 million53. Which of the following about the new star is NOT true?A. It will go into space by September 2019.B. It will stay in space for twelve months.C. It costs a lot.D. It will go around the moon.54. Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he .A. is the father of his childrenB. likes to eat hybrid riceC. developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid riceD. grows more rice than others55. The above paragraphs are taken from ______ .A. a storyB. an advertisementC. an explaining writingD. a newspaperWe,ve Moved!Please come to the party in our new house.8:00pm.on November 5 Betty and JackAdd:31 Station Street Tel:342-1525Best washing machineOnly 6 months old Owner going abroad Call Mike GreenAdd:10 Park StreetTel:342-2691New and old booksOver 1,000 kindsGood coffee and teaOpen every day 10:00 to 22:00Add:15 North StreetTel:342-7391 or 342-7350( )56. If you want to go to Betty and Jack,s party, you can call .A. 342-1525B.342-7391C.342-2691D.342-7350 ( ).57 MikeGreen has to sell his washing machinebecause .A. he wants to buy a new oneB. he will go abroadC. he wants to buy a new houseD. There,s something wrong with it( ).58. Smith,s Book Club is open a day.A.8 hoursB.10 hoursC.12 hoursD.20 hours( ).59 If you want to read some books, you can go to .A.31 Station StreetB.15 North StreetC.10 park StreetD.15 Apple Street( ).60 You can use the e-mail mikegreen@hotmail. com if you want to .A. read some booksB. go to a family partyC. drink some good coffeeD. buy a washing machineCYesterday and TodayLife in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?The population is growing fast. There will be many people in world and most of them will live longer than people live now.Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then therewill be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetable. Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different, too.Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do.This will be a problem.根据短文内容选择最佳答案：(10%)( ) 61. In the next century people don’t’ have to ____________________________________ .A. work long hoursB. work fastC. walk on footD. eat meat ( )6 2. People may not eat a smuch asthey do today.A. fruitB. fishC. meatD. rice ( )6 3. One big problem in thefuture is thatA . many people don’t have to workB. many people will not be able to find workC. people won’t have enough food to eatD. all the work will be done by robots( )6 4. Every family will have at least one ______________in the next century.A. robotB. cowC. TV setD. computer( ) 65. In the future ________________ .A. traveling will be more expensiveB. computers will be less importantC. people will be too busy to do sports.D. computers will be much smaller.DIf someone says to you “give me five ”, you do not really search your pocket to get five yuan! ___66 ________The person is not asking for your money, but your fingers.___ 67___ You can see it often in films or on TV.It means the slapping（拍） of each other’s raised （举起的） right hands together.__68 ___ For example, a student has got high scores分数in exams or a person wins a lottery ticket（彩票）. If a football team wins a game, the players will give the high five to everyone around to celebrate.This gesture 手势may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor（皇帝）. This showed that the person raising his arm did not have asword （匕首） in his hand.69A. In the US, “give me five ” or “give me the high five ” is a popular gesture.B. People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happensC. It will make others laugh!D. .Why not try to give the high five to your friends?70. The passage mainly tells us that “give me fiveis a gesture to ______ .A. ask for moneyB. make people laughC. celebrate successD. invite your friends to dinner听力部分（第二节）VIII. 听短文填写表格。