泰州市海陵区2014～2015学年度第一学期期末考试
九年级英语试题
（考试时间:120分钟，满分150分）
（选择题部分 共90分）
一、听力（每小题1分，共30分） A听对话回答问题
本部分共有14道小题，每道小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。 ( )1. What's Lucy doing now?
A. B. C.
( )2. What time is it now?
A. B. C.
( )3. What does the weather report say about the temperature?
A. B. C.
( )4. What does the man think of the story?
A. B. C. ( )5. What colour is John‘s shirt?
A. White B. Blue C. Black ( )6. What is the boy going to buy?
A. apples B. oranges C. juice ( )7. Where are they talking?
A. At home B. On a farm C. At a restaurant
( )8. Does the boy like Chinese opera?
A. Yes, he does B. No, he doesn’t C. His grandfather loves it very much. ( )9. What language do people in Singapore speak?
A. English B. Chinese C. Both A and B ( )10. How long did they stay in the Summer Palace?
A. For three hours B. For two hours C. For four hours ( )11. What does the woman want to borrow?
A. Jack’s bike B. Jack’s car C. Jack’s pencil ( )12. How does Tom’s father usually go to work?
A. By car B. By bike C. On foot ( )13. What does the woman mean?
A. The man should stop smoking. B. The man should stop drinking coffee. C. Drinking coffee is better than smoking. ( )14. What can we learn from the dialogue?
A. The girl has finished her science homework. B. The boy has finished his math homework. C. The boy has finished his English exercises. B听对话回答问题
听第一段对话，回答第15-16小题, 听两遍。 ( )15. What will the woman buy?
A. A schoolbag B. A coat C. A bike ( )16. How much will the woman pay at last?
A. 30 yuan B. 18 yuan C. 16 yuan 听第二段对话，回答第17-19小题，听两遍。 ( )17. How does Steven usually go to London?
A. By train. B. By bus. C. By taxi. ( )18. How much does a travel card for six months cost?
A. Sixteen pounds. B. Thirty-two pounds. C. Sixty pounds. ( )19. Which of the following is true?
A. Steven can’t buy cheap train tickets. B. Lily needs two photos to get a travel card.
C. Lily must show her ID card to get a travel card. 听第三段对话，回答第20-22小题，听两遍。 ( )20. Can Mary write French well?
A. Yes, she can. B. No, she can’t. C. We don’t know. ( )21. What does the man think of Japanese?
A. It’s difficult. B. It’s easy. C. It’s the same as Chinese ( )22. How many languages can Mary speak besides English?
A. One B. Two C. Three
C听一篇短文，回答第23-25小题。请根据内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表，听两遍。 Kites Moonlight Town: in Moonlight Park Places to watch Lake Town: in 23 Park. It is amazing to see the 24 Reasons to watch Watching kite flying 25 ( )23. A. Lake B. River C. Sunny ( )24. A. blue sky B. beautiful pictures C. clever designs ( )25. A. is a clever thing to do B. makes people relaxed
C. is a good way to keep fit
D听一篇短文，回答第26 - 30小题，听两遍。
( )26. How long will the group Red River stay in London?
A. For about a week. B. For half a month. C. For about 3 weeks. ( )27. What is the telephone number?
A. 283-0665 B. 238-6005 C. 283-0065 ( )28. Where will the concerts be?
A. In Drinaty Street. B. In the South Bank Hall. C. Near the Children‘s Hospital.
( )29. What does the speaker want to tell us?
A. Something about London. B. Something about a pop concert. C. Something about a river.
( )30. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Tickets are quite expensive.
B. All of the money will go to a children‘s hospital. C. You can telephone to book tickets at 10:00 pm. 二、单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
( )1. ______ important information he left for me! It‘s of much ______ to me.
A. What, value B. What an, value C. How, valuable D. How an, valuable ( )2. –––Did you watch the final basketball match last weekend?
–––Yes, I did. It was covered _________, and it was wonderful. A. live B. alive C. lively D. lives ( )3. –––Shall we meet at the station at 8 a.m.?
–––In fact we ________. The train _______until 10a.m. A. mustn‘t ;doesn‘t leave B. mustn‘t ;leaves C. needn‘t ;won‘t leave D. needn‘t; will leave
( )4. Daniel wants to buy a mobile phone and there are different types in the shop for him
______.
A. to chose B. choosing C. to choose from D. choosing from
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( )5. –––Do you know when he _______ back?
–––Sorry, I don‘t know. When he _______ back, I‘ll let you know. A. comes, comes B. comes, will come
C. will come, will come D. will come, comes ( )6. –––What a big storm last night!
–––Yes. I was doing my homework. Suddenly, all the lights in my house ___. A. went off B. turned off C. took off D. got off
( )7. ––– Are Alice and Tom still living in New York?
––– No, they _______ to Toronto.
A. are moved B. will move C. had just moved D. have just moved
( )8. _______ 20th July 1969, Armstrong became the first human _______ on the moon.
A. In, walked B. On, walked C. In, to walk D. On, to walk ( )9. The river near our village is about _______ long.
A. three-hundreds-metres B. three-hundred-metre C. three hundreds metres D. three hundred metres ( )10. ––– What is grandma cooking in the kitchen?
––– Fish, I guess. How nice it _____!
A. sounds B. smells C. tastes D. looks ( )11. ––– Did the doctor live alone in his house?
––– Yes. He has a wife and two children. But _______ of them live with him. A. none B. all C. both D. no one ( )12. The pollution is as _______ as I imagined.
A. seriously B. serious C. population D. delicious ( )13. –––Shall I take this chair to your office for you?
–––_______. I‘ll do it myself.
A. Yes, please B. No, thanks C. Good idea D. Never ( )14. _______ people could answer such a difficult question.
A. Too more B. Too few C. Too little D. Too much ( )15. –––I don‘t know _______. –––You can go and ask Jack.
A. when does the train leave B. that we will plant trees or not C. if she had come yesterday D. what I should buy for him 三、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）
Great young stars make Chinese people proud, like Yao Ming in the NBA, and Liu Xiang in the track and field. Now maybe We 1 add one more name: Ding Junhui. The teenage player has become China‘s hero at snooker(斯诺克).
Two days after his 18th birthday，Ding 2 the top of the 2005 World Snooker China Open On Sunday. He‘s the second 3 ever to win a world ranking title(排名赛冠军).
―I saw him on TV，‖ said Liu Yatian, a girl in Beijing. ―He had a strong 4 facing the bad times in the games well and 5 a cool face all the time!‖
In the final, Ding beat the world champion 9-5. He came from far behind 6 .
―I didn‘t feel the stress because I just looked at it 7 a practice match,‖ said Ding, ―I was able to learn from 8 players.‖
Ding began to play snooker at eight and a half. Soon, 9 could beat him in his hometown in Jiangsu. Ding loved playing so much 10 he decided to spend all his time playing it. When Ding began to play in bigger games, he was just 136 cm, even 11 than a cue(球杆)! Ding doesn‘t talk much. 12 snooker，he hasn‘t many outside interests. He says he doesn‘t want anyone to beat him at snooker.
He 13 in Britain since he was 16. He can play 14 the world‘s best players there. He practices many hours a day.
―Every game is so different for me. I have to think 15 before 1 win. That‘s why I enjoy snooker so much.‖ he said.
( )1.A.need B. can C. must D. have to ( )2.A.got B. arrived C. reached D. went
( )3.A.young B. younger C. youngest D. the youngest ( )4.A.mind B. heart C. arms D. body ( )5.A.keep B. keeping C. was kept D. kept ( )6.A.win B. to win C. lose D. to lose ( )7.A.1ike B. as C. for D. to
( )8.A.another B. others C. the others D. the other ( )9.A.no one B. one C. someone D. anyone ( )10.A.when B. then C. that D. while ( )11.A.short B. shorter C. tall D. taller ( )12.A.Besides B. Beside C. Except D. But for ( )13.A.1ive B. went C. has come D. has been ( )14.A.for B. at C. with D. on ( )15.A.bit B. a bit C.lot D. a lot 四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）
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