九年級(jí)上學(xué)期期末英語(yǔ)試題一、AWhenIwasveryyoung,peopleinourvillagelivedbyplantingfruittrees.Mygrandmotheralwaystookmetotheorchard(果園)onthehill.Atthattime,theyhadtocarrywaterfromtheriveratthefootofthehilltohalfwayupthehill.Eventhoughweworkedsohard,theproductionleveloffruitwasstilllowbecauseitwasshortofwaterthere.Oneday,twoyoungmenledagroupofworkerstoourvillage.Theylearnedaboutthedifficultieswefaced,andlater,canalsandotherprojectsbegantobebuiltinmyvillage,"Whoarethey?"Iasked."Theyaregoodmenfromourgovernment,"mygrandmareplied.Shortlyafterwards,Imovedtoanothercityformyjuniorhighschool.TheonlyreasonIevercamebacktomyhometownwasmygrandmother.Oneday,myfamilyandImadetimetoreturn.Weweresurprisedbecauseeverythinghadchanged.Thecanalranpasteveryorchardsovillagersdidn'thavetogoupanddownthehillanymore.Theriverwasnowsocleanthatfishswamhappilyinit.Whenwearrivedhome,mygrandmatookoutsomefreshpearsandapples.Shetoldusthatafterthewaterconservationproject(水利工程)wascompleted,apolicy(政策)wasmadetoencouragemorepeopletoincreasethefruitproductionwithcleanwaterintheriver.Thankthosegoodmenwhohavedevotedthemselvestothedevelopmentofourcountryside.Nowadays,peopleworkhardtoliveinabigcity.However,weshouldnotforgetourhometownswherewearefrom.1．Whattroubledthevillagersmostwasthat________.A．theyhadtoomuchworkB．itwasnotconvenienttogoupthehillC．theycouldonlygrowfruittreesD．therewasn'tenoughwaterintheorchard2．Thegoodmencameandofferedhelpprobablybecauseof________.A．thevillagers'suggestions B．thegovernment'ssupportC．a(chǎn)school'spracticalactivity D．a(chǎn)company'sengineeringplan3．Wecaninferfromthepassagethat________.A．thegrandmotherdoesn'tliketoliveinthecityB．thevillageisaplaceofinterestfortouristsnowC．therewillbemorefruitproductioninthevillageD．morepeopleliketoworkinthecountrysidenowadays4．Theunderlinedphrasedevotedthemselvestoisclosestinmeaningto________.A．preparedmuchfor B．donatedmoneytoC．drawnpublicattentionto D．putmucheffortinto5．Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?A．Howisavillageimproved? B．Whoarethegoodmen?C．Whydopeoplecomeback? D．Whatdoesahometownmean?二、BFormanyyears,thousandsofpeoplehavegonetotheNorthPoleinsummer,butfewinwinter.Inthewinterof1990,theFrenchartistJannotDeritwasinvitedtohavetheopeningofhisexhibitioninabuildinginthelittlevillageofJukkasjarvi.Thebuilding,namedtheArcticHall,wasmadeofsnow.Manyvisitorswentthere.OnenightagroupofvisitorsdecidedtosleepintheArcticHall.Thefollowingmorningthebravegroupwasverypleasedwiththeirexperienceandtheideaofanicehotelwasborn.TodaytheICEHOTELisworld-famous.Assoonaswinterbegins,ateamofbuildersfromallovertheworldcometoJukkasjarviandtheymakethehotelforthatyear.Asonepartiscompleted,itopenstovisitors,whiletheotherpartsarestillbeingbuilt.ThefirstpartiscompletedinDecemberandeachweekafterthatanewpartopens.Thehotelisn'tusuallycompleteduntilJanuary7th.TheICEHOTELisbuiltundertheopensky,usingthenaturalmaterialsofthewinterseason.Sothecompletiondatedependson_______andsometimestheplanchanges.Inspring,astheweathergetswarmer,hotelswillmelt(融化).Nomatterhowcolditmaybeoutside,thetemperatureinsidethehotelisnevercolderthan-5℃to-8℃.Winterouterclothesareincludedinthecostofvisitors'stayatthehotel.Ifyouareplanningtocometothehotel,youcanbuywarmsweaters,socksandmuchmoreontheICEHOTELwebsite.Theywillbesenttoyourroomwhenyoucheckin.6．Whenwastheideaofbuildinganicehotelborn?A．In1970. B．In1980. C．In1990. D．In2000.7．WhatdoesParagraph2mainlytalkabout?A．Whatdifficultiesthebuildershave.B．Whypeoplebuildthehotelinwinter.C．Thebuildingprocess(進(jìn)程)oftheICEHOTEL.D．TheweatherconditionsinJukkasjarvi.8．WhichofthefollowingwordscanbeputintotheblankinParagraph2?A．location B．staff C．traffic D．nature9．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．TheartistJannotDeritcameupwiththeideaofbuildingtheICEHOTEL.B．ThecostofstayingattheICEHOTELincludessweatersandouterclothes.C．VisitorscancomeandsleepintheICEHOTELbeforeitisfinishedeachwinter.D．ThetemperatureinsidetheICEHOTELchangesaccordingtothetemperatureoutside.10．What'sthebesttitleforthepassage.?A．TheArcticHall B．AspecialhotelC．Afamoustown D．AtriptotheArctic.三、CIusedtohatemymotherbecausesheworkedalotanddidn'tspendmuchtimewithme.ThenoneFridaymorningItookpartinathree-dayself-helpprogramforteenagers.Whetheryoubelieveitornot,thatweekendchangedmylife.About100otherteenagerswerethere.DuringthefirsttwodaysImetalotofgreatpeople.IwasgladbecauseImadesomanyfriendsthere.OnSunday,theleaderdidaninterestingexercisecalled"ChocolateorToys".Heaskedagirlwhichshelikedbetter,chocolateortoys.Shechosechocolate.Thenheaskedhertochooseagainbetweenchocolateandchocolate.Ofcourse,shedidn'thaveachoice.Thisexercisetoldusthatsometimeswedon'thaveachoiceinlife,andthatsometimeswehavetoacceptsomething,ratherthancomplaining（抱怨）.Agirlstoodupandstartedtalkingabouthermomwhowasadrugaddict（吸毒者）andhowmuchshehatedhermother."Iwantanewmom,"shecried."Unluckily,youcan'thaveone,"theleaderreplied."Youhavetoacceptthemotherthatyouhave."Thishitmehard.Irealizedthat,forbetterorworse,mymomwasmymom.Icouldn'tchooseanothermom,butIcouldtrytomakethebestofthesituation.11．Thewriterusedtohatehismotherbecause________.A．shedidn'tcareforhim B．shehadnotimetobewithhimC．shewasadrugaddict D．shewastoostrictwithhim12．Theself-helpprogramforteenagerslasted________.A．a(chǎn)week B．twodays C．threedays D．onlyoneday13．Thewriterstartedtochangehisthinking________.A．duringthefirsttwodaysoftheprogramB．a(chǎn)ftertheexercisenamed"ChocolateorToys"C．a(chǎn)ssoonashecametotheprogramD．a(chǎn)fterhelefttheprogramsometime14．Fromtheendofthepassage,wecanknowthat________.A．thewriterusedtolovehismomforyearsB．thewriter'smomisaverybadpersonC．thewriter'smomloveshersonverymuchD．thewriterwilltrytogetalongwithhismother15．Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?________A．Choicescanbemadeaswelike.B．Everyoneshouldtakepartinaself-helpprogram.C．Chocolatecaninfluenceone'sattitudetowardthings.D．Weshouldtrytoacceptthingsinsteadofcomplainingaboutthem.四、DWhenyouarelearningEnglish,you'llfinditnotclevertoputanEnglishsentencewordbywordintoyourownlanguage.Takethesentence"Howdoyoudo?"forexample.Ifyoulookupeachwordinthedictionary,thenwhatisyourtranslation?Itmustbeawrongsentenceinyourownlanguage.Languages?not?only?have?different?soundsthey?are?also?different?in?many?ways.It'simportanttomastertherulesofwordsorder(順序)inthestudyofEnglish,too.Ifthespeakersputwordsinthewrongorder,thelistenerscan'tunderstandthespeaker'ssentenceseasily.SometimeswhentheorderofwordsinanEnglishsentencechanges,themeaningofthesentenceschanges,too.Butsometimeswhentheorderischanged,themeaningofthesentencedoesn'tchange.Let'sseethedifferencebetweenthetwopairsofsentences."Sheonlylikesapples.""Onlyshelikesapples""Ihaveseenthefilmalready""Ihavealreadyseenthefilm"WhenyouarelearningEnglishyoumustdoyourbesttogetthespiritofthelanguageanduseitastheEnglishspeakerdoes.16．FromthepassageweknowthatwhenwearelearningEnglish________.A．weshouldn'tputasentencewordbywordintoourownlanguageB．weshouldlookupeverywordinthedictionaryC．weneedtoputeverywordintoourownlanguageD．wemustreadwordbyword17．Thewriterthinksitis________inlearningEnglish.A．difficulttounderstanddifferentsoundsB．possibletorememberthewordorderC．importanttomastertherulesofwordorderD．easytomastertherulesofwordorder18．Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat________.A．themeaningofanEnglishsentencealwayschangeswiththeorderofthewordB．theorderofwordscanneverchangethemeaningofanEnglishsentenceC．sometimesdifferentorderofwordshasdifferentmeaningD．iftheorderofwordsisdifferent,themeaningofthesentencemustbedifferent19．"Sheonlylikesapples"________.A．isthesameas"Onlyshelikesapples"B．isdifferentfrom"Onlyshelikesapples"C．means"Shelikesfruitexceptapples"D．means"Shedoesn'tlikeapples"20．Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?________A．PayAttentiontotheTranslationoftheEnglishSentencesB．TheChangeofEnglishC．TheImportanceofLearningEnglishD．HowtoLearnEnglish五、AManyusefulmachineswere21．byinventors.Thesemachineshave22．theworldalot.Therearemanygreatinventorsintheworld,andWattwasoneofthem.WattwasEnglish.Whenhewasachild,helikedtoaskquestionsandhewasalways23．hard.Oneday,hewassittinginthekitchenwithhisgrandmother,andhe24．a(chǎn)kettle(水壺)ontheoven.Soonsteam(蒸汽)begantocome25．thekettleandthelid(蓋子)wasshaking.Wattaskedwhatwasinthekettle.Hisgrandmothersaid,"Water,mychild.""ButIknowthere's26．init.Itpushesthelidup,"saidWatt.Hisgrandmothertoldhimthatitwasonlysteam.Heaskedhisgrandmother,"27．doesthesteamcomefrom?"Hisgrandmothersaidthatitcamefromhotwater.Wattsaidto28．,"Thesteamisverystrong.Itcanpushthings.Thesteamwillbemuch29．ifthere'smorewater."Later,Watttriedhardandmadesteam30．forpeople.Heinventedthefirstengine.21．A．sent B．made C．invented D．worked22．A．changed B．got C．became D．was23．A．playing B．using C．growing D．thinking24．A．lookat B．looked C．saw D．watch25．A．a(chǎn)t B．outof C．in D．out26．A．something B．nothing C．a(chǎn)nything D．wind27．A．Where B．Why C．Whether D．When28．A．him B．herself C．himself D．her29．A．stronger B．strong C．weak D．weaker30．A．working B．worked C．work D．works六、BEveryschoolhasrulesforstudentstofollow.However,somestudentsmayseethe31．a(chǎn)sawaywhichteacherscontrolthem.Sometimes,they'reunhappyandevenfeel32．.Well,ifyouthinkyourlifeishard,youmightthinkaboutthe33．inancienttimes.Forsomeofthem,lifewasreallyhard.Intheolddays,peoplebelievedthatteachershadtobevery34．a(chǎn)ndhadtherighttopunishthestudents.Parentsdidn'tmindifteacherspunishedtheirchildrenwhentheirchildrendidn'tdowhattheywere35．todo.Often,thestricterateacherwas,themoreparentsthoughtheorshewasagoodteacher.Infact,followingschoolrulescanbeveryimportant.Forexample,runninginthehallwayscouldcauseastudentto36．.Itmayhurthimselforanotherperson.Followingtherulescanalsohelpthestudentsintheclassroomtolearn37．difficulty.Inclass,ateachermayaskstudentstoraisetheirhands38．theyspeak.Ifsomeonespeaksoutofturn,otherstudentsmightnotbeabletoheartheteacher39．.Schoolrulescanhelpstudentspreparefortheirownfuturesaswell.Whenthey40．a(chǎn)ndgooutontheirown,they'llsoonfindthattheystillneedtofollowrules.Rulesmaketheworldmuchbetter.Iftherearenorules,lifewillbemeaninglessandindisorder.31．A．rules B．excuses C．facts D．examples32．A．tired B．a(chǎn)ngry C．excited D．good33．A．doctors B．parents C．teachers D．students34．A．kind B．clever C．strict D．careful35．A．told B．heard C．invited D．watched36．A．comeout B．falldown C．moveon D．passby37．A．a(chǎn)bout B．from C．except D．without38．A．because B．though C．before D．unless39．A．clearly B．luckily C．quickly D．politely40．A．hurryup B．lookup C．growup D．dressup七、第二節(jié)：語(yǔ)法填空。閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的正確形式。MartinMurrayisaschoolboyandheisfifteenyearsold.Heusedtobea"problemchild".Heusedtogivehismothermany41．(problem).However,afterhisfather'sdeathafewyearsago,Martin'slifebecamemuchmoredifficult.Hismothercouldn'taffordtopayforher42．(child)education.Shehadtowork,soshewasoftennotathome.Hismothertriedherbesttolookafterhim.Unfortunately,Martinstillcausedtrouble.Hewasnot43．(interest)instudyingandheoftengotintotroublewiththepolice.44．(luck),hismotherwasverypatientanddidn'tgiveuptryingtohelphim.Intheend,shemadeadifficult45．(decide)tosendhimtoaboardingschool.Martinhateditandcausedalotoftrouble.Oneday,hetoldhisteacherhewantedtoleavetheschool.TheheadteachersaiditwasnecessaryforMartintotalkwithhismother.Martincalledhismother,but46．hissurprise,thisconversationchangedhislife."ItwasexactlywhatIneeded,"hesaid."Iunderstoodhowmuchmymotherhadcaredaboutme.Shealsotoldmethateventhoughmyfatherwasnotwithus,hewaswatchingmeandwouldalwaystake47．(proud)ineverythinggoodIdid.That'swhenIdecidedtochange."NowMartinhasreallychanged.Heworkshardanddoeswellinallsubjects.Heisnowoneofthe48．(good)studentsinhisclass.Hismotherhelpshimtofeelgoodabout49．(he).Andashesays,"It'sveryimportant50．parentstobetherefortheirchildren."八、第一節(jié)：信息摘錄。閱讀下面短文，然后在文后表格內(nèi)完成內(nèi)容摘要，每空不超過3個(gè)詞。GreatWisconsinCheeseFestivalEveryJune,peoplegettogetherinLittleChute,Wisconsin,USA,tohonor(對(duì)……表示敬意)cheese.Wisconsinisoneofthetopcheeseproducers(生產(chǎn)者)intheUSA,soit'snowonderthatthestatehoststheeventeveryyear.Thecelebrationlaststhreedaysandit'sfullofdifferenteventsforthewholefamily.LaTomatinaOnthelastWednesdayinAugust,Bunol,Spain,hasafestival.Thereistheworld'sbiggestfoodfightatthefestival.Peoplethrowoverahundredtonsoftomatoesateachother.BoryeongMud(泥漿)FestivalBoryeong,SouthKorea,hostsamudfestivaleveryJuly.Duringthe10-daycelebrations,peoplecangoinmud-filledpools,godownmudslides(滑梯),orgettheirfacespaintedwithcoloredmud.HarbinInternationalIceandSnowFestivalCometoHarbin,China.ItishometoHarbinInternationalIceandSnowFestival.ThefestivalstartsonJanuary5everyyear.Duringthemonth-longfestival,peoplecanenjoylargeandbeautifuliceandsnowsculptures(雕像).FestivalLocationTimeDuration(持續(xù)時(shí)間)GreatWisconsinCheeseFestivalLittleChute,USAIn51．ThreedaysLaTomatina(Thereistheworld's52．foodfight)Bunol,SpainInAugustOne53．BoryeongMudFestivalBoryeong,54．InJulyTendaysHarbinInternationalIceandSnowFestivalHarbin,ChinaStartingfromJanuary555．month(s)九、第二節(jié)：書面表達(dá)（20分）56．下面是LearningEnglish雜志社發(fā)給全國(guó)中學(xué)生的一封電子郵件。假如你叫李華，你對(duì)該郵件中的問題很感興趣，請(qǐng)你給該雜志社的編輯回一封電子郵件，參與此次活動(dòng)。Dearstudents,Theremustbesomerulesinyourfamily,right?Howdoyoulikethem?What'sthebestruleandwhat'stheworstrule?Pleasee-mailusandshareyourthoughtswithourreaders.LearningEnglish要求：詞數(shù)90左右，電子郵件的格式和開頭已給出，但不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。DearEditor,Therearemanyrulesinmyfamily,somegoodandsomebad.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________