人教版九年级英语期末考试题（含答案）一．单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）( )1. It’s _________time since we met last .A. one and half month’sB. one and a half monthsC. one and half months’D. one and a half months’( )2.___________ of four buses will take you to the station .We can take ________of them .A. Any everyB. None anyC. All anyD. Neither none( )3. Two weeks is not enough for me to fin ish the work . I need________ week .A. the otherB. a thirdC. the thirdD. other( )4. A young man_______ glasses came ______ __the office . Hehad an old bag _______ his arm .A. without in inB. with into underC. in out of underD. with in on ( )5.Not only I but also Tom and Jack ____ _ interested inEnglish because it _____ useful.A. is, isB. is, areC. are, isD. are, are( )6. I found the baby ______as soon as he had heard his mother . A. angrilyB. happilyC. sadlyD. pleased( )7. The young man was hit by a truck . _ ________ he was not _________ hurt .A. Lucky badB. Luckily terribleC. Luckily badlyD. Lucky badly( )8. As we all know ,Columbus ________Amer ica and Edison ________light bulbs.A. discovered inventedB. invented discoveredC. discovered discoveredD. invented invented( )9. Jack，please help me ______ the picture on the wall.A. put offB. put upC. put intoD. put on( )10. —I have bought a new watch .—Where and when _______you _______ it ? A. did buy B. do buyC. have boughtD. will buy ( )11. Computers ________ in everyday life in this country before long .A. will be usedB. is usedC. will useD. was used ( )12. “Mr. Zhu, you’d better ________too much meat .You’re already over weight .”said the doctor .A. not to eatB. to eat C . eat D. not eat( )13. I don’t know ___________________A. what the population of Tianjin isB. what is the population of TianjinC. how much the population in Tianjin isD. how much is the population in Tianjin( )14. ---- What’s your plan for the co ming vacation ? ---- I’d like to go ___________. .A. anywhere relaxingB. somewhere relaxingC. relaxing anywhereD. relaxing somewhere ( )15. Cong Fei was an excellent young man _________helpedmany poor children .A. whomB. whichC. whoD. who’s二、完型填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中选出最佳选项。

An old friend from the US whom I was looking forw ard to stayingwith , telephoned from the airport to tell me th at he hadarrived . I was still at the 1 at that t ime , but I had got everything ready for his arri val . After letting him know where my house wasI told him that I had left the 2 under t he door--ma（门垫） 3 I was likely to be home rather lat e , I told himto go into the 4 and help himself to food and drink .Two hours later my friend 5 me from the hous e . At the moment , he said , he was listening to some of my records after havingjust had a truly wonderful6 .He had found a coo ker and 7 two eggs and had helped himself t o some cold chicken from the icebox . Now , he said , he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would 8 him . When I asked him if he had reached thehouse without difficulty , he answered , “I was not able tofind the key ,9 luckily the living-room windows just by theapple tree were left open and you know what I co uld do .”I listened to all this in 10 .In front of my living-room therewas no apple tree at all .( )1 . A. 1iving—room B. office C. airport D. house( )2. A. address B. telephone numberC. keyD. traveling plan( )3 .A. As B. WhenC. IfD. Though( )4. A. store B. restaurant C. fridg e D. kitchen( )5 .A. invited B. asked C. Answ ered D. telephoned( )6. A. meal B .restC. timeD. pic nic( )7. A. got B. brokeC. friedD. bought( )8. A. visit B.j o i nC. thankD. remember( )9. A. but B. So C. orD. and( )10. A. interest B. anger C. sur prise D. excitement三、阅读理解（共10小题每小题2分共20分）阅读下面的短文。

从每小题所给A、B、C和D选项中选出一个最佳选项。

AFranklins ships had everything they needed . They had enoughfood in tins for three years and thousands of lit res of lemonjuice to stop disease. They also had two libraries with 3,000books , excellent maps , scientific instruments , musicalinstruments and a new invention: a camera.Franklin and his men left England on May 19th , 1845 and theysailed without problems across the Atlantic toward s Canada .When Franklin arrived at Baffin Bay in July 1845, things weregoing very well for the expedition .On July 26th , some sailorssaw Franklin’s ships when they were entering the bay . That was the last time that anyone saw Franklin and h is men alive .The British government became very worried when they heard nothing from Framklin . They sent expedition s to 1ook for him , butthe expeditions all returned without any news . The governmentoffered ￡20,000 to anybody who could help Franklin or anybody who had information about Frailklin . Nobody came withinformation .Then, in August 1850 some sailors found the first signs of the Franklin Expedition while they were searching on Devon Island: some old food tins , some papers , and , something very strange , the graves of three men . The men all died in Janu ary 1846 while Franklin was waiting in Baffin Bay for the ice to melt . Butwhy did they die? The three men were all young a nd three deaths in the first months of the expedi tion were very strange . What happened to them ? And where were the ships and all the othersailors? The mystery of the Franklin Expedition was growingstronger…（）1. Franklin’s ship was last seen by some sailors whenA. reaching in Atlantic on May 19th , 1845B. entering a bay on July 19th , 1846C. arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845D. coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , 1845 （ )2. At last the first signs of the Franklin Expeditionwere found ____________A. in August 1850 on Devon IslandB. in January 1846 near Baffin BayC. on May 19th , 1845 near Baffin BayD. in January 1846 on Devon Bay（）3. The word “melt”in the last paragraph means _ _______A. go awayB. passC. break into piecesD. turn into water( ）4. Which of the following statements is NOT right?A. Franklin was a British sailor .B. According to the passage , people don’t know why they diedand what happened to them in the passage .C. On July 26th , 1845 some sailors saw Franklin’sship entering Baffin Bay .D. Franklins ships had everything they needed , soit was tooheavy to sail .（）5. The best title of the passage is _______________A. The Mystery of the Franklin ExpeditionB. Franklin’s ShipsC. Iceberg Was the KillerD. Sailing sometimes Was Very DangerousBYears ago, I lived in a building in a large city.The buildingnext door was only a few feet away from mine. The re was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.After several months had gone by, I began to noti ce that her window was dirty. Everything was unclea r through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't washher window. It really looks terrible."One bright morning I decided to clean my flat , includingwashing the window on the inside.Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning,I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise!Across the way, the woman sitting by her window w as clearlyvisible. Her window was clean!Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) herdirty window, but all the time I was watching her s through myown dirty window. That was quite an important les son for me.How often had I looked at and criticized others th rough thedirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomin gs? Sincethen, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myselffirst, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?"Then I try to clean the window of my own wo rld so that I may see the world about me more clearly.（）6. The writer couldn't see everything clearly through thewindow because_____.A. the woman's window was dirtyB. the writer's window was dirtyC. the woman lived nearbyD. the writer was near-sighted（）7. The writer was surprised that_____.A. the woman was sitting by her windowB. the woman's window was cleanC. the woman did cleaning in the afternoonD. the woman's window was still terrible（）8. "It dawned on me" probably means "____".A. I began to understand itB. it cheered me upC. I knew it grew lightD. it began to get dark（）9. It's clear that _____.A. the writer had never met the woman beforeB. the writer often washed the windowC. they both worked as cleanersD. they lived in a small town（）10. From the passage, we can learn ______.A. one shouldn't criticize others very oftenB. one should often make his windows cleanC. one must judge himself before he judges othersD. one must look at others through his dirty wind ows四、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）Many Americans find silence uncomfortable during a dinner. Soin the United States people often make “small talk ”in certainsocial situations（社交场合）. Small talk is about differenttopics, only for keeping a conversation going. The topics might include the weather, sports, college lessons, clothing, food, etc. Small talk is very us eful in social situations when you meet someone fo r the first time , or when polite conversation is expected but no serious discussion is wanted.It is common but not necessarily expected that one knows someone in a group before talking with him or her in a conversation . In fact, at a party , “May I join you?”and a self-introduction is useful enough to get a welcome from a group and t o join ina conversation. In some places, such as a concert hall ora theater, a waiting room or a classroom, its comm on forstrangers to start a conversation even without an i ntroduction .People in the States expect those whom they speak to stopwhatever they are doing and listening. As a rule, theconversation distance（距离）between two people isat least two or three feet. Standing very close wi ll make manyAmericans feel uncomfortable.1、Whatis“smalltalk”usedfor?________________________________________________________ 2. What would you do if you want to join in a conversation at aparty in the USA?_______________________________________________________ 3. What is the correct distance between two Ameri cans in aconversation?________________________________________________________ 4. How do many Americans feel when you stand veryclose to themin a conversation?_________________________________________________________ 5. Do you think serious discussion is wanted betwee n strangersin social situations in the USA? Why or why not ?________________________________________________________五、词汇（25分）（一）首字母填空（10分）1. The woman’s words were so e___________ (尴尬)that the girl’s face turned red.2. Mr and Mrs Smith have been m_________________ （结婚）for thirty years.3. Her father has just had his f_________（第四十）birthday.4. It‘s said that the aliens have landed on the earth ________(安全).5. Salt is p_________ （生产）in South China. （二）填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）w o r l d everything another start also face whereboth isn’t nearWhen the London underground goes on strike（罢工）, my journeyto work can be terrible. I remember a strike which happened afew years agothe station ___1__my house was closed and I hadto use 2 station and take a different train. This added aboutan hour to my journey, so I 3 very happy .4 went wrong at the station. People were l ate and they werepanicking（惊恐）! By the time I got on the train, I was feeling upset and sorry for myself. Then I saw th is man. Therewas something about him—he had such a familiar 5 . A fewminutes later, I realized that he was Jack, a fr iend from myschool days in Scotland. At the same time he 6 realized who Iwas. Then we 7 talking about school days and the people we 8 used to know. I was even m ore surprised when the train came into mystation and he started to get off too! I asked h im w 9 hewas going and he said he was going to work. He t old me he workedInFitzroy Street. You see, I work in Fitzroy Street, too.It’s a small 10 ! It was such an amazing co incidence!1._______________2.______________3._____________4.________5.______________6._______________7._____________8.______9._______________10_____________六、书面表达：（15分）汶川大地震牵动了亿万人民的心，海内外各界人士纷纷伸出援助之手，帮相灾区重建家园，真所谓“天灾无情人有情”。