九年级上学期期中考试试题

济宁市二O一八----二O一九年第一学期期中九年级英语试题注意事项: 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分, 第Ⅰ卷为选择题, 45分; 第Ⅱ卷为非选择题, 55分; 共100分。

考试时间为120分钟(含听力20分钟)。

第Ⅰ卷( 选择题共45分)一、听力选择(共15小题题,计15分)(一)请听录音中八组短对话。

每组对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出与对话内容相符的图片或能回答所给问题的最佳答案。

(每组对话读两遍)1. How does the boy often learn English?A. B. C.2. What does the boy like about the Dragon Boat Festival?A. B. C.3. What is China famous for?A. B. C.4. What is easy for Li Fang?A. Studying grammar.B. Memorizing words.C. Practicing conversations.5. How can the man go to the museum?A. On foot.B. By bus.C. By bike.6. What did Sam used to be afraid of?A. Being alone.B. High places.C. The dark,7. How much is Mr. Green's mobile phone?A. Two thousand dollars.B. Three thousand dollars.C. Four thousand dollars.8. Where was the ring made?A. In Japan.B. In FranceC. In China.（二）请听录音中两段较长的对话，每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所给问题的最佳答案。

（每段对话读两遍）听第一段较长的对话，完成第9至第11三个小题。

9. What are the two speakers going to do in the evening?A. To eat together.B. To have a meeting.C. To cook at home.10. What do they think of Italian food?A. They like it a lot.B. They don't like it at all.C. They can't stand it.11. What kind of food are the two speakers going to have?A. Japanese food.B. Italian food.C. Indian food.听第二段较长的对话，完成第12至第15四个小题12. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant.B. In Mr. Smith's house.C. In Mrs. King's house.13. How did Mrs. King get the tea?A. She bought it in a local shop.B. She got it from her daughter.C. A Chinese friend gave it to her.14. Where is the tea produced?A. In Yunman.B. In Hainan.C. In Henan.15. What is the cup made of?A. Glass.B. Gold.C. Silver.注意：请同学们翻到第6页，找到第Ⅱ卷第三大题，继续做听力填词题。

二、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题的最佳答案。

APaper cut can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People put it on windows, doors and walls for the festival.A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration(装饰). InTang Dynasty, women used paper cut as headdress. In Song Dynasty, it helped make gifts more beautiful. What’s more, people would fee l happier when they saw pa per cut on windows, doors and walls. Now people use paper cut to express their wishes for w elcoming the New Year.There are different kinds of paper cut in different parts of China. Pictures usually cover ne arly all things, from flowers, birds to the famous people. Now, there are factories for paper cu t in China. Paper cut has changed from decoration to a kind of art. At the same time, paper c ut also appears in cartoons, magazines or TV programs.1. people like to use paper cut for their festivals.A. AustralianB. ChineseC. EnglishD. American2. In Song Dynasty, paper cut helped to make gifts more .A. beautifulB. famousC. differentD. expensive3. This passage is mainly about .A. cartoonsB. TV programsC. paper cutD. hair cutBWhy do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so muc h growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all? To grow, plants n eed several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That’s why dry dese rts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it di fficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the so il found between the cracks of the stones to grow in.Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won’t. Even if the weather is wa rm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.4. According to the passage, plants need ________ things to grow well.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five5. What does the underlined word “cracks” mean in the text?A.缝隙B.表面C.夹层D.底部6. The reason why most plants can’t grow on the sandy beach is that _________.A.there isn’t enough sunlightB.there is too much waterC.it is too crowed thereD.it has little food for plants7.The passage can most probably be found in a __________ book.A.scienceB.historyC.travelD.mathCHow does a young dog or cat get to know a new home? The animal uses its nose. Right a way it smells its new places. Then it makes wider and wider circles, smelling all the time. Bef ore long it can find its way home very well, even in the dark. It simply follows something it knows well.Stories happen about animals who found their way across land they had never smelled befo re. Take the case of Smoky, a small white cat. Smoky had some funny red hair around its rig ht ear. One day Smoky and his owner began a long journey. They were moving from Oklaho ma to Tennessee. When they were just eighteen miles from their Oklahoma home, Smoky jum ped out of the car. Then he found his way back to the old house. There he wandered around outside for many days. Finally he disappeared.A year later Smoky meowed at the door of a house in Tennessee. A man opened the door. “Is that you, Smoky?” he said in surprise. At first he couldn’t believe it. Then he saw the red hair around its right ear. It was Smoky!8. What is the first thing a pet does in a new place?A. It travels a long way.B. It smells the new place.C. It finds its way in the darkD. It follows something it knows.9. Put these events in the right order that they happened.①Smoky got to Tennessee.②Smoky jumped out of the car.③Smoky went to his old house.A.③①②B.①③②C.②③①D.③②①10. What does the underlined word "wandered" mean in the passage?A. 游荡B.思考C. 搜寻D. 围绕11. What is the best title of the passage?A. A Kind OwnerB. A Humorours CatC. A Surprising JourneyD. An Excellent MemoryDAn eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she kne w was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation c ould save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.When she heard her dad dy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle(奇迹) can save him now.” the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding pla ce and counted it carefully.She hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand.“And what do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl an swered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesm an.“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save hi m. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a mira cle here, child. I’m sorry.” the salesman said with a smile.“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it co sts.”A well-dressed man heard this and asked, “What kind of miracle does your brother need?”“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my m oney.”“How much do you have?” asked the man.“$1.11, but I can try and get some more.”she answered.“Well, what luck ,”smiled the man. “$1.11, the price of a miracle for your little brot her.”He took up the girl’s hand and said , “Take me to where you live. I want to see yo ur brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation w as successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.How much did the miracle cost?12．What was the troub le in the little girl’s family?A．Her brother was seriously ill. B．They had no money.C．Nothing could save her brother. D．Both A and B.13．In the eyes of the little girl, a miracle might be______．A．something interesting. B．something beautiful.C．some wonderful medicine. D．some good food.14．What made the miracle happen?A．The girl’s love for her brother. B．The medicine from the drugstore．C．The girl’s money. D．Nobody can tell．15．From the passage we can infer(推断)that______．A．the doctor didn’t ask for any payB．a miracle is sure to happen if you keep onC．the little girl is lovely but not so cleverD．Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought第II卷（非选择题共55分）三、听力填词（共5小题，计5分）请听下面一段独白。