2017年英语试题

2017年九年级英语模拟试题

I. 单项选择

1. Look at the shape of the cake. It is _______ heart．

A. an

B. a

C. the

D. /

2. Zhang Peng didn’t tell his parents that he was going home because he wanted to give them a _______.

A. note

B. call

C. gift

D. surprise

3. On holidays, the traffic policemen often work _______ five hours _______ a break.

A. in, with

B. since, without

C. for, without

D. at, for

4. According to the survey, _______ 60% of working mothers in China don’t want to have a second child.

A. mostly

B. especially

C. partly

D. nearly

5. I hope my school life of senior high will be _______ than that of junior high.

A. more exciting

B. very exciting

C. as exciting as

D. the most exciting

6. —How to make dumplings, Linda?

—First, _______ the meat.

A. put up

B. cut up

C. use up

D. give up

7. Tomorrow is my father’s _______ birthday.

A. forty-two

B. No. 42

C. forty-second

D. the 42nd

8. Thanks for inviting _______ to dinner. I really enjoyed it.

A. me

B. him

C. you

D. her

9. We should do as much as we can _______ water.

A. for saving

B. saved

C. save

D. to save

10. —What language _______ in New Zealand?

—English.

A. speaking

B. is spoken

C. be spoken

D. to speak

11. The teacher asked if we knew _______.

A. whose keys are they

B. whose keys they were

C. who lose the keys

D. where are the keys

12. You _______ worry about your friend. He’ll get well soon.

A. needn't

B. can't

C. mustn't

D. have to

13. Unless the weather _______, we'll have to cancel the picnic.

A. improve

B. improves

C. improved

D. will improve

14. —I'm sorry I left my math book at home.

—It doesn't matter. Don't forget _______ it here this afternoon.

A. to take

B. bringing

C. taking

D. to bring

15. Country music _______ nice and full of feelings．

A. sounds

B. listens

C. hears

D. looks

III．综合填空(共20小题，共25分)

A. 用所给词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。（10分）

1. At Christmas, Tom always _____________________ himself as Father Christmas.

2. Would you mind turning down the music? I _____________________ a report now.

3. —I have to be off right now.

—What a pity! I _____________________ you could stay a little longer with us.

4. The first Harry Potter book _____________________ in 1997.

5. The Monkey King _____________________ the children of China for many years.

B. 根据句意和汉语提示完成句子。（5分）

1. The ___________（高度）of our classroom is about 3.5 meters.

2. Jenny cut ___________（自己）when she was cooking.

3. A new school opened ___________（最近）in our city.

4. The ___________（树叶）remain green in winter in Hainan Province.

5. There’s a big river ____________（在…之间）their school and the village.

C. 选择恰当的单词完成短文。每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）（10分）

In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians. They play many different kinds of music—everything from 1 Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so 2 ? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, it's both of these things, but it’s

3 something else: they're elephants.

These musical elephants started at the TECC in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and love 4 . And, like many zoos 5 the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.

Richard Lair works for the TECC. He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals' paintings are very good. But, in fact, elephants 6 better than they see. And so he had an idea: if elephants are smart and they have good hearing, maybe they 7 play music. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance, the elephants play a number of 8 , including the drums and the xylophone（木琴）.

But can elephants 9 make music properly? Yes, says Lair. They are very creative. Human encourage the animals to play, but the elephants make their own songs; they don't just copy their trainers 10 other people. There are now CDs of the group’s music which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing.