江苏省如城镇新民初中2012届九年级上学期期末调研考试英语试题

1 新民初中2011～2012学年度第一学期九年级期末调研考试 英 语 试 题 第Ⅰ卷（选择题部分 共60分） 一、单项选择（15小题，每题1分，共15分） ( ) 1. --- I don’t think action films are exciting. --- ______. They are boring and terrible. A. I agree B. I disagree C. That’s not true D. That’s a good idea ( ) 2. --- The young man was kept in ______ prison for theft for half a year. --- What a shame! A. a B. an C. the D. / ( ) 3. The woman wants to be in red ______ her wedding day because red is her favourite. A. in B. on C. at D. for ( ) 4. --- Must I finish reading the book today? --- No. You ______ if you have something else to do. A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. can’t D. don’t have to ( ) 5. --- Dad, who has put away my school things? --- ______ must be your mother. A. This B. That C. It D. She ( ) 6. Read this magazine, and you’ll know ______ pollution will bring to our world. A. what B. how C. why D. where ( ) 7. --- Excuse me, has ______ else used my computer besides you? I can’t find it now. --- Oh, sorry, I put it in your desk just now. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody ( ) 8. I think you should listen to your teachers as ________ as the others in your class. A. careful B. carefully C. more careful D. more carefully ( ) 9. I will go to visit my friend in England ______ between January 10 and February 20. A. sometimes B. some times C. sometime D. some time ( ) 10. ---Millie, I have only one film ticket. ______ you ______ I can go to the cinema. ---I also have a ticket. We both can go there. A. Neither; nor B. Either; or C. Both; and D. Not only; but also ( ) 11. ---It’s clever ______ you ______ such a beautiful card for your English teacher. ---Thank you. A. for; make B. of; make C. for; to make D. of; to make ( ) 12. I ______ going shopping in Wanfujing ______ going to the cinema. A. prefer; than B. prefer; to C. would rather; than D. would rather; to ( ) 13. --- You’d better hurry, or we’ll be late. --- Don’t worry. The plane will ______ in two hours. A. take in B. take away C. take off D. take out ( ) 14. --- Could you tell me ________? --- He is very imaginative and thoughtful, I think. 2

A. what does he look like B. how is he like C. how he looks like D. what he is like ( ) 15. --- I’m very tired these days, Mary. --- Why not _______ music. It can make you _______. A. listen to; relaxed B. listening to; to relax C. listening to; relax D. listen to; to relax 二、完形填空（15小题，每题1分，共15分） It was an amazing thing that happened years ago，I ___16___ in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there，whom I had ___17___ met，yet I could see her ___18___ by her window each afternoon，sewing or reading. After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was very dirty. ___19___ was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I ___20___ why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks ___21___.” One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the ___22___ on the inside. Late in the afternoon when I ___23___ the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. How ___24___! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clear. Her window was ___25___! Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, ___26___ all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window. That was quite an important ___27___ for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings? From then on, ___28___ I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own ___29___ so that I may see the world about me more ___30___. ( ) 16. A. worked B. stayed C. studied D. lived ( ) 17. A. never B. often C. ever D. always ( ) 18. A. standing B. sitting C. drinking D. walking ( ) 19. A. Everybody B. Nobody C. Everything D. Nothing ( ) 20. A. know B. understand C. realize D. wonder ( ) 21. A. wonderful B. terrible C. nice D. dangerous ( ) 22. A. window B. table C. chair D. floor ( ) 23. A. began B. enjoyed C. finished D. did ( ) 24. A. funny B. exciting C. surprising D. interesting ( ) 25. A. similar B. clean C. broken D. strange ( ) 26. A. so B. or C. and D. but ( ) 27. A. lesson B. thing C. prize D. action ( ) 28. A. how B. when C. why D. what ( ) 29. A. family B. building C. world D. career ( ) 30. A. clearly B. carefully C. peacefully D. calmly 三、阅读理解（15小题，每小题2分，共30分）