2013江苏九年级下学期人教版初中英语期中考试

--What about _____dictionary on the bookshelf?  

--It’s very useful ,I think

A.  a                      B. an                      C. the                     D.  /

--- Where is Jim?      

--- He _________ to the museum. He hasn’t come back.

A. has been                    B. had gone                  C. has gone                  D. had been

There is ______ “u” in the word “your”.

A．a                       B．an                          C．the                         D．/

 Mr. Wu said he ______ us to the zoo the next week.

A. would take    B. will take        C. take                     D. takes

---Don’t pick flowers in the garden next time, Bill.        

---___________

A. Sorry, I won’t            B. Ok, I will.          C. I agree.                    D. That’s all right.

---Would you like coffee or tea？      

---I prefer tea ______ milk．

A．to                         B．in                        C．with                   D．on

---It’s said that scientists have ________ a way to deal with the disease(疾病)

---Really? That’s great!

A. caught up with  B. come up with  C. agreed with     D. compared with

---Oh, my God! We have missed the last bus. What shall we do?

---I’m afraid we have no ________ but to take a taxi.

A. decision         B. advice                  C. reason        D. choice

This piece of music is worth __________.

A. to listen                  B. to listen to              C. listening        D. listening to

---Tina, I want to have a pet. How about a dog?

--- I prefer a cat. It is ______ to take care of.

A. easiest           B. the easiest               C. easier          D. easy

---Can you describe_______?    

---Of course.

A. what the robber is like            B. how the robber is like

C. what does the robber look like     D. how the robber looks like

 ---How much money did you pay for the drink?   

 ---None. It’s ______.

A. free             B. hard                   C. dear                    D. cheap

 ---Must I answer it in English?  

 ---No, you _______. You can use Chinese.

A. shouldn’t                B. can’t                   C. mustn’t                 D. needn’t

 There __________ a football match tomorrow.

A. is going to have                                      B. is going to has

C. is going to is                                                 D. is going to be

 ---Sun Yang is a great pride of China.  

 ---________ He is my hero too.

A. I’m not sure.      B. That’s a good idea.  C. I agree.            D. I disagree

We have no idea about   36  men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways __37___ the history.

For example, in many history books it is __38__ that people who lived three thousand years ago __39__salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt __40__ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies __41__ decay.（腐烂）

In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was __42__ to have broken the __43__. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into __44__. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century __45__ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took __46__ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be __47__ punished(惩罚).

Salt was very __48__ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put __49__ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt ___50__ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Can you see that young man at the other side of the square?”

“Yes,” said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.

“Take me over there.” said the young lady.

There were a lot of cars and buses and trucks in the square, so the taxi- driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street.”

‘Oh, no !” said the young lady. “But I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I have tried not to be too late.”

54. How did the young woman get to the square?

A. She arrived in a taxi                 B. She got there by bus.

C. She got there on foot.               D. The story didn’t tell us about it.

55. The young lady was ___________.

A. 45 minutes late                            B. not late at all    

C. l5 minutes late                              D. one hour 1ate

56.She wanted to take a taxi because she .

A. didn’t want to be late for the date.           B. thought the square was too crowded.

C. wanted to be seen in a hurry.               D. was too tired to walk.

57. Has she tried not to be too late ?

A. Yes, she took a taxi there.   

B. Yes, she had tried her best though she couldn’t succeed.

C. No, she thought being late was better than being earlier.

D. No, she was just going to pretend(假装) that she had tried.                          

It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son．Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was monitor and captain of the football team.

Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building One morning my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole school．“I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”

When I got home，I started to think about what to write．My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others saw him．How did I see my father?

Hmm…I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream．I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me，he wasn’t just a famous astronaut. He was my dad．

My parents and l went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩).

The third prize was announced and it was not me．1 was relieved(释然)and disappointed(失望) at the same time. The second prize was announced.  I t  was me. I went up to the stage and read what I had written，“My father’s son”．When I finished，Dad put his hand on my shoulder．“Son，this is the proudest moment of my life.’’

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father’s son.

58.The writer felt it        to be the son of a famous person．

A．1ucky                  B．natural       C．hard                   D．pleasant

59.In order to_        the writer would like to save a child from a burning building．

A．become astronaut                 B．become a great hero

C．be made school team captain        D．be made monitor

60.What did the boy probably write in his composition?

A. A lot of special things he had done．     

B. The story of his father as an astronaut．

C. The unforgettable time he spent with his father．

D. The experiences his father had in middle school．

61.What is the best title for the passage?

A．My daydream                                     B．My father’s son 

C．My famous father                         D．My happy family

An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”

The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”

62. __________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.

A. Two                         B. Three                      C. One                        D. Many

63. The artist lived with the farmer __________.

A. for about a month                                         B. for a year

C. for a holiday                                                 D. for the farmer’s son

64. The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because __________.

A. he liked his picture                                 B. he didn’t want his money

C. he wanted to sell his pictures for some money

D. he wanted to show it to his son

65. The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because __________.

A. the farmer didn’t want him to pay him

B. the farmer decided to let his son learn from him

C. the farmer’s son would be an artist like him

D. he thought the farmer praised (表扬) him for his pictures

Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. He slept in a room with 100 other men.

Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw.   

Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.

Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸弹爆炸) in it. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.

Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.

Minoru Yamasaki died on Jun,2 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.

66. __________ 67. __________ 68. __________ 69. __________ 70. __________

71. __________ 72. __________ 73. __________ 74. __________ 75. __________

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76. Whose                (照相机) are these? They’re mine.

77. Sally gets a lot of ___________(礼物) for her birthday.

78. The world is __________ (充满) with amazing things.

79. Madee’s bedroom is very beautiful and _________(安静).

80. Look! Two ____________ (monkey) are running around the lake.

81. Many kinds of animals are _______(消失), so we must take actions to protect them.

82. Do you know the difference __________ “besides” and “except”?(在……之间)

83. Please knock at the door before ___________(进入) the room.    

84. As a secondary school student, you should pay attention to your ________ (行为)

85. Audrey Hepburn __________ (奉献) all her life to her undertaking (事业).

86. If you feel nervous, just take a deep __________. (breathe)

87. Everyone hopes that there will not be any______in the world. （thief）

88. Nanfang Weekend is a ______（week）newspaper.

89. To tell you the ___________(true), I felt sad while you were away. 

90. Their diets are not healthy. What about           (we)?

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Autumn is a season of both harvest and planting. Similarly, when we step into college, we harvest the hard work from high school, and at the same time, we plant hope for our f  91  .

Farmers take care of the plants and irrigate(灌溉) them with much e  92  . We college students should also make full use of our time and work hard so t__93___we can have a good harvest when we graduate.

Yangzhou University is a good place to plant our dreams. A___94__ a student of Yangzhou university, I always feel proud and lucky to have a c__95___ to study here. It is a college w  96   long history. People around me always c__97__ for me, encourage me, and give me love.

  Every year in autumn, my college w__98___ new students and guides them to realize their dreams. They’ll spend the best time of their lives to look for the v__99___of life here. I believe that Yangzhou University students will make great achievements someday, because our college is like a__100___ and we will harvest what we plant here.

91. __________ 92. __________ 93. __________ 94. __________ 95. __________

96. __________ 97. __________ 98. __________ 99. __________ 100. __________

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101. 他喜欢一周两次沿着湖散步。

He enjoys ______________________ the lake __________________________.

102. 一年被划分为12个不同的星座.。

A year ________________________ 12 ______________________________.

103. 我期待着收到你的来信。

I’m ___________________________________________________________.

104. 不仅他们而且吉姆对音乐感兴趣。

_________________they but also Jim ____________________ in music.

105. 他经常第一个到达教室。

He is often ______________________ one __________________the classroom.