九年级英语试题
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共10页。满分120分。考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项：
1．答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将区县、毕业学校、姓名、考试号、座号填写在答题卡和试卷的相应位置。
2．第Ⅰ卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答案不能写在试卷上。
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第Ⅰ卷 （选择题 共69分）
一、听力选择（共20小题，计20分）
（一）录音中有五个句子，每个句子听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出适合每个句子的答语。
1. A. Yes, she did. B. Yes, she was. C. Yes, she has.
2. A. It’s very beautiful. B. I had lots of fun. C. It’s in Sichuan Province.
3. A. You’re welcome. B. Certainly. C. I see.
4. A. No, he didn’t. B. Yes, he will. C. No, he hasn’t.
5. A. I love playing soccer. B. Yes, you’re right. C. The same to you.
（二）录音中有五组对话，每组对话听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答每个问题的正确答案。
6. When was the man supposed to arrive?
A. At 6:30. B. At 7:00. C. At 7:30.
7. What does the man think of the City Library?
A. It’s small but clean. B. It’s big and clean. C. It’s far away from home.
8. Which bus did the man take this morning?
A. The No. 11 bus. B. The No. 23 bus. C. The No. 51 bus.
9. What should the man take?
A. A note book and a pen. B. A computer and a notebook. C. A computer and a pen.
10. Why did the man leave the cinema halfway?
A. The movie was scary. B. The movie was boring. C. The movie was sad.
（三）录音中有一段对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答每个问题的正确答案。
11. Who likes to drink milk?
A. Gina. B. Gina’s mother. C. Gina’s father.
12. How long does Gina’s father do exercises every morning?
A. For 15 minutes. B. For 25 minutes. C. For 30 minutes.
13. What exercise does Gina usually do?
A. She usually plays basketball and swims.
B. She usually plays football and runs.
C. She usually plays volleyball and walks.
14. Where does Peter dance?
A. At home. B. In the club. C. In the park.
15. Who does Peter play table tennis with?
A. His father. B. His mother. C. His brother.
（四）录音中有一篇短文，听短文两遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答每个问题的正确答案。
16. Where did the speaker live before she was 12 years old?
A. In a city. B. In a town. C. In the mountains.
17. How long did it take the speaker to walk to the school every day?
A. Half an hour. B. One hour. C. One and a half hours.
18. Who could the speaker meet on her way to school?
A. Her teachers. B. Her friends. C. Her grandparents.
19. How many classes were there in the speaker’s school?
A. Six. B. Sixteen. C. Twenty.
20. What did the speaker enjoy in the “playground”?
A. Cool water. B. All kinds of fruits. C. All kinds of flowers.
注意：请同学们翻到第Ⅱ卷，继续做第五大题——听力填表。
二、单项填空 （共15小题，计15分）
从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。
21. —Look! What a beautiful hill!
—Yes, and it’s also famous its old trees.
A. about B. with C. by D. for
22. He can’t drive a car and I can’t drive .
A. too B. also C. either D. neither
23. Please remember that “h” in the word “honest” is not pronounced.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
24. Alan is of the two bys.
A. taller B. the taller C. tallest D. the tallest
25. My father is making a small house with some pieces of wood our pet dog.
A. to keep B. keeping C. keep D. kept
26. Tony Chinese since he came to China. He can speak good Chinese now.
A. learns B. learned C. has learned D. will learn
27. Although it was very late, Wang Meng went on studying.
A. and B. so C. but D. /
28. — do you water the flowers, Jim?
—Once a day. I water the flowers only in the evening.
A. How often B. How many C. How much D. How long
29. —Tell us something about Chengdu, OK?
—I’m sorry. Jack I have ever been there
A. Either, or B. Neither, nor C. Both, and D. Not only, but also
30. —How beautiful our hometown is!
—Yes, green trees and beautiful flowers everywhere.
A. can see B. must see C. can be seen D. must be seen
31. —You should have a part-time job during the summer holidays.
—I don’t , Mum. I am too young to do that.
A. come up with B. catch up with C. get along with D. agree with
32. I think doing some voluntary work will be a meaningful .
A. experiment B. lesson C. experience D. knowledge
33. —Would you like some bananas, Jack?
— . I don’t like them at all.
A. I’m not sure. B. No, thanks. C. All right. D. I don’t think so.
34. —Kate, could you answer the telephone, please?
— , Mum. I'll get it．
A. OK. B. No, thanks. C. Yes, I could. D. Yes, but I have no time.
35. — We’ll study in different schools next term．Enjoy your time in the new school!
— .
A. I’ll take your advice． B. Me too.
C. Congratulations! D. The same to you．
三、完形填空（共10小题，计10分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。
Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had 36 money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy 37 and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and 38 all his lessons. When he finished middle school, Mr. King introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.
Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man 39 and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked 40 for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to 41 at once. The doctors looked her over and told her 42 eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid
43 the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and 44 . When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy 45 there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!”
36. A. no B. some C. much D. enough
37. A. lazy B. clever C. careful D. hard
38. A. did well in B. was poor at C. was working D. was good for
39. A. was angry B. thought hard C. agreed D. said “No”
40. A. a little B. a few C. many D. a lot
41. A. rest B. sleep C. hospital D. work
42. A. should B. would C. to D. not to
43. A. to remember B. to forget C. to catch D. to teach
44. A. slept B. went out C. cooked D. ate
45. A. reading B. seeing C. cooking D. writing
四、阅读理解（共15小题，计24分）
阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
A
Steven Jobs, the designer and co-founder of Apple Computer, was not that clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn't change a lot. Then he dropped out. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the first Apple Computer with his friend in his garage（汽车库）. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
46. Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he .
A. never did his lessons B. was full of new ideas
C. dropped out D. always made troubles with his schoolmates
47. Steven Jobs designed his new computer .
A. in India B. with his friend C. in an apple tree garden D. by himself
48. Steven Jobs was famous for his all over the world.
A. Apple Computer B. apple C. new ideas D. video games
49. From this passage we know Steven Jobs .
A. didn't finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates
B. liked travelling in India and California
C. liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true
D. could only design video games
B
Online Advertising
With the arrival of the Internet, the business world has become digitalized（数字化）and people prefer buying things online, which is easier and faster.
Online advertising is the means of selling a product on the Internet. It is also known as e-advertising. It offers a great variety of services, which can not be offered by any other way of advertising.
One major benefit of online advertising is the immediate spread of information that is not limited by geography or time. Online advertising can be viewed day and night throughout the world. Besides, it reduces the cost and increases the profit of the company.
Small businesses especially find online advertising cheap and effective. They can focus on their ideal customers and pay very little for the advertisements.
In a word, online advertising is a cheap and effective way of advertising, whose success has so far fully proved its great potential（潜力）.
50. According to the first paragraph, buying things online is more .
A. convenient B. fashionable C. traditional D. difficult
51. Compared with any other way of advertising, online advertising .
A. attracts more customers B. displays more samples（样品）
C. offers more services D. reduces more profits
52. Which of the following statements is TRUE of online advertising?
A. It has taken the place of traditional advertising.
B. It will make the Internet technology more efficient.
C. It can help sell the latest models of digitalized products.
D. It can spread information without being limited by time.
53. This passage is mainly about
A. the function and the use of the Internet B. the uses of digital technology
C. the development of small businesses D. the advantages of online advertising
C
An atlas is a book of maps. Atlases are made with different kinds of information about different parts and areas of a country or the world. They are prepared for desk use or travel use.
Travel atlases usually show the information about both natural and man-made features(特点). So it is not surprising to find universities, airports, forests, rivers, roads as well as cities, towns and villages in them. A travel atlas is often the first thing people need when they want to start a trip in a strange place. It often has a map of a whole country, and a map with more special information of each important place in the country. Take the atlas of the United States as an example, it often has a map of the whole country and then a map of each of the fifty states.
A travel atlas may also point out the beautiful natural places. In the US, the atlas may include national parks such as the Yellow Stone Park and some others to show the beauty of nature and interesting places to tourists.
54. An atlas is according to the passage.
A. a guide book B. a history book
C. a collection of pictures D. a collection of maps
55. How many kinds of atlases are mentioned in the passage?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Many
56. From the passage we know people need newly produced atlases because .
A. they can’t see the old ones clearly B. they like to buy different ones
C. something has changed D. something is missing
57. According to the passage, people can find the information about in a travel atlas of Shanxi.
A. the population of Shanxi B. the local products of Shanxi
C. the Yellow Stone National Park D. Xi’an Jiaotong University
D
In a mountainous area of Brazil, there is a kind of beautiful butterfly which can kill men. If people meet them, they will come down in great quantities to bite and kill, sucking blood and flesh（肉体）through the wounds they cause.
In June, 1966, a boy named Marl Andre who went into the mountains in search of butterfly specimens (标本) was killed by these butterflies. A country boy saw him as he was just about to raise his net to catch a butterfly. Suddenly thousands of butterflies came down upon him, covering him all over. The boy struggled and cried as he tried to free himself from their attack. Finally he fell senseless to the ground. Police examined his body and proved that he had died of bites by butterflies.
In New Guinea（新几内亚）, there is a kind of needlefish which also kills men. Needlefish likes light. At night, it will swim near the lights of fishing boats, then suddenly shoot out of water like an arrow to its target（目标）, and force its 3-inch sharp mouth into a human body. Often people are thrust in the eye, or through the chest or stomach, resulting in death. Sometimes it will even attack the people in a fishing boat in broad daylight.
About 10 persons in the world are killed by sharks every year, yet more than 20 are killed by needlefish every month.
58. From the passage, we know that .
A. butterflies are living in the mountains
B. the butterflies in a certain part of Brazil can kill men
C. all butterflies like sucking blood and eating fish
D. the more beautiful a butterfly is, the more dangerous it is to men
59. In New Guinea, Needlefish comes out .
A. sometimes at night B. usually in the daytime
C. only when boats appear D. both at night and in the daytime
60. According to the story, each year needlefish kills .
A. twice more than sharks do B. about 10 more persons than sharks do
C. 24 times more persons than sharks do D. fewer persons than sharks do