九年级期末考试卷
)21. Shanghai lies _____ the east of China.
A. to
B. in
C. on
D. at
( )22. I love places ______ the people are really friendly.
A. where
B. when
C. who
D. why
( )23. It doesn’t have _____ beaches _____ mountains.
A. some, and
B. some, or
C. any, and
D. any, or
( )24. ______ would you like to live in?
A. Which city
B. Which
C. When
D. Where
( )25. Do you know the girl ______ sunglasses?
A. that wear
B. who is wearing
C. who is putting on
D. that puts on
( )26. Nine _____ pounds a week? That’s very good.
A. hundred of
B. hundreds of
C. hundred D hundreds.
( )27. This is ______ bedroom. The twin sisters like it very much.
A. Anne and Jane
B. Anne’s and Jane’s
C. Anne’s and Jane
D. Anne and Jane’s.
( )28. My parents called the police, but they can’t find _____.
A. something strange
B. strange anything
C. anything strange
D. strange something
( )29. I am feeling bad today. I would rather ______ in bed than _____ a wa lk outside.
A. lie, have
B. to lie, to have
C. lie, to have
D. to lie, have
( )30. If Mr Wang _____ with us, we _____ finish the task earlier.
A. is, will
B. is, would
C. was, will
D. were, would
( )31. They have to stay at home ______ school nights.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. over
( )32. We should stop _____ earring because it’s bad for us.
A. wear
B. wearing
C. to wear
D. wore
( )33. I’m so interested in English. —So _____ we.
A. do
B. are
C. did
D. were
( )34. The meeting-room _____ before this evening. We’ll have a meeting in it.
A. clean
B. is cleaned
C. cleaned
D. must be cleaned
( )35. I found ______ difficult to learn a foreign language.
A. it
B. that
C. this
D. its
( )36. –I don’t think if his uncle ______. –I think he ______ if it doesn’t rain.
A. will come, comes
B. will come, will come
C. comes, comes
D. comes, will come
( )37. America is a _____ country.
A. more developed
B. less developed
C. more developing
D. less developing
( )38. David, an _____ boy, can write in Chinese.
A. eight-years-old
B. eight years old
C. eight years
D. eight-year-old
( )39. I met Ben in the hospital just now. The boy over there _____ him.
A. can be
B. can’t be
C. may be
D. may not be
( )40. –If you have any trouble, be sure to call me. – _______.
A. I am glad to hear that.
B. I will. Thank you very much.
C. I have no trouble.
D. I will think it over.
第二节完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
A good memory is a great help 41 learning a language. Everybody learns 42 o wn language 43 keeping in mind what he hears 44 he is a small child. Some c hildren like those who 45 abroad with their 46 , seem to learn two languages a
s 47 as they do one. In school, it is not so easy for students 48 a second lang uage because they have very 49 time for it.
Memory is like a diary that we need 50 .
( ) 41. A. with B. at C. on D. for
( ) 42. A. he’s B. his C. him D. their
( ) 43. A. inside B. outside C. by D. without
( ) 44. A. when B. before C. after D. until
( ) 45. A. live B. living C. lives D. lived
( ) 46. A. homes B. parents C. people D. babies
( ) 47. A. easy B. easier C. easily D.easilier
( ) 48. A. learn B. study C. studying D. to learn
( ) 49. A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
( ) 50. A. every day B. everyday C. every days D. everydays
第三部分阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
A
Students often complain their teachers give them too much homework . Now, t wo reports show that in America this is not true.
The Brookings report shows that most students do less one hour homework . The Rand report shows that only 10% of high school students spend more tha n two hours a night on homework.
The Brookings report also talks about a study from 1995. American students d o almost the least homework among twenty countries. Students in France, Ital y and South Africa spend more than two hours on homework.
The Rand report says there was only one time when homework greatly increa sed in America. During the early 1960s, Americans were not happy when the Soviet Union(前苏
联) became the first country to reach space. People thought it was necessary
to improve education.
Parents want their children to have time for sports, music lessons and other th ings after school. Some experts say schools need to give useful homework. ( ) 51. Students are not happy about _______.
A. too much homework
B. going to school
C. less homework
( ) 52.French students usually spend ___ on homework than American stud ents.
A. more time
B. less time
C. more daytime
( ) 53. ______ shows homework once greatly increased in America.
A. The Brookings report
B. The Rand report
C. A university
( ) 54. The Soviet Union was the ______ to get to space.
A. first
B. second
C. third
( ) 55. Some experts think ________.
A. students don’t work hard enough.
B. students should not do any homework.
C. homework is welcome if it is useful
B
In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure ma y be regarded as a step towards success.
The “spider-story” is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of t he Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. H e watched a spider making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from t his and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the li ght bulb(电灯
泡), made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to mak e one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in h