九年级上期英语期末测试题姓名_________班级__________(总分120分考试时间120分钟)（注：本试卷分两部分，试题部分和答题卡，考生做完题后将答案写在答题卡上）Ⅰ、单项选择（每小题1分，共20分）1. It is reported that a small plane from South Africa crashed（坠毁）northwest of Changsha _______ May 28,2004.A. onB. inC. toD. at2.—Shall we call for a taxi? —OK. Let me _______ the phone number in Yellow Pages.A. look atB. look forC. look upD. look after.3. With the development of the society, parents _______ more and more money on theirchildren’s education.A. takeB. costC. payD. spend4. —How many people will e to Beijing for the Olympic Games in 2008?— It’s hard to say. _______ people, I think.A. Million ofB. Millions ofC. Two millions ofD. Two million of5. —Thanks for giving me ______ I wanted.—You’re wele.A. the informationB. an informationC. the informationsD. information6. There is not many differences between the two. I really don’t know ___________.A. what should I chooseB. which I should chooseC. which should I chooseD. what I should choose7. The television ________. It doesn’t work now.A. must repairB. was repairingC. must be repairedD. has repaired8. Lily took away my English book _______ .A. for mistakeB. by a mistakeC. with mistakeD. by mistake9. If he _______ harder, he will catch up with us soon.A. studyB. studiesC. will studyD. studied10. Our sports meeting has been _______ till next Tuesday because of the bad weather.A. put onB. put upC. put offD. put down11. She was not _______ , but she is ________ to go to school.A. feel well; well enoughB. feeling well; well enoughC. feel good; good enoughD. feeling good; good enough12. You _______ to the meeting today if you have something important to do. A. needn’t to e B. don’t’ need e C. don’t need ing D. needn’t e13. Would you show me ______ an e-mail, please ?A. how to makeB. how to sendC. which to makeD. when to send14. You mustn’t forget ______ your book when you e here tomorrow.A. to bringB. bringC. to takeD. take15. Many visitors e to Beijing because it is ________ city.A. so a beautifulB. very a beautifulC. such beautifulD. quite a beautiful16. —________ you ever _______ to Hone Kong ?— Yes, twice.A. Have; goneB. Have beenC. Do ; goD. Were; going17.—Listen ! Helen is singing in the next room.—It _______ be Helen. She has gone to Beijing.A. can’tB. mustn’tC. mayD. should18. The classroom ______ every day.A. should cleanB. should be cleanedC. should cleanedD. should be cleaning19. It is bad for your eyes ________ puter games too much .A. playsB. to playC. playD. to playing20. I think the room is too small for us ________ .A. to liveB. living inC. to live inD. live inⅡ、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）Food is very important. Everyone needs to 21 well if he or she wants to have astrong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is 22 . We beginto get knowledge even when w e are very young. Small children are 23 in everything around them. They learn 24 while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 25 story books, science books … , anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and 26 to find out the answers.What is the best 27 to get knowledge ? If we learn 28 ourselves, we will getthe most knowledge. If we are 29 getting answers from others and do not ask why, wewill never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand30 .( )21. A .sleep B. read C. drink D. eat( )22. A. sport B. exercise C. knowledge D. meat( )23. A .interesting B. interested C. weak D. better( )24. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything( )25. A .lend B. read C. learn D. write( )26. A .try B. have C. think D. wait( )27. A .place B. with C. way D. by( )28. A .on B. with C. to D. by( )29. A. often B. always C. usually D. sometimes( )30. A .harder B. much C. better D. wellⅢ、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）AMany places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh. Why aren’t there many factories like the Symi factory?In some places, the sun is not hot enough. Or it does not shine every day. In suchplaces, other ways of heating sea water can be used. These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun. By boiling sea water with high heat, a lot of fresh water canbe made quickly.But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways aretried. One way is freezing. The fresh part of salt water freezes(冷至结冰)first. To get fresh water, the bits of ice are taken out.Which way is the best ? The one that gives the most water for the least money. Itmay be a different way for each place.Symi’s way seems very good for small, hot places. It doesn’t make very much water at a time. But the factory is easy to build and costs little. That is why people in manydry places talk about Symi !31. From the passage we know that fresh water ________ .A. is needed in every countryB. can be found in many factoriesC. can be used in many waysD. is very important for factories.32. What is the writer mainly talking about in the passage ?A. Hot places and dry places.B. The ways of making fresh water from sea water.C. How to make g ood use for the sun.D. Water-making factories in different countries.33. The Symi factory _____________ .A. is a fresh water-making factoryB. can be built everywhereC. can make much fresh water at a timeD. does not need sunshine every day34. Which is the best way for small and hot places to get fresh water ? A. Boiling or heating the sea water. B. The way in hotter and drier places.C. The Symi’s wayD. Freezing the sea water in cold places.35. Why aren’t there many factories like the Symi factory ?A. Because many new ways are tried to get fresh in small, hot places.B. Because a lot of water can be made quickly by heating in any places.C. Because people think that the best way is to get more fresh water with the leastmoney.D. Because the Symi’s way does not work in dry places.BMany people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful , but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher ,no matter how much he knows ,cannot teach his student everything .His work is to show his students how to learn .Heteaches them how to read and how to think . So much more is to be learned outside schoolby students themselves.It’s always more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some factsor formulas （公式）by heart. It’s quite easy to learn some f acts in history or a formula in maths, but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason fortheir success is that they knew how to study .They read many books outside school .Theyworked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing isthat they know how to use their brains（大脑）。