2019届江苏苏州高新区九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷含答案及解析

2019届江苏苏州高新区九年级上学期期末考试英语试

卷【含答案及解析】

姓名___________ 班级____________ 分数__________

题号 得分 一 二 三 四 五 六 总分 一、单项填空

1. — Do you think it’s ______ good fruit juice advertisement?

— Of course. I can’t wait to try ______ bottle of it. A. /; a______________ B. a; a_________ C. a; the_________ D. /; the

2. Of the seven days in a week, Saturday is said to be the most popular ______ for a wedding in some countries. A. suggestion B. calendar_________ C. date________ D. choice

3. Before we did detailed reading, the teacher asked some ______ questions to let us learn about the main idea of the passage.

A. common________ B. usual_________ C. general________ D. major

4. — What colour would you like to wear ______ the party? — Jane suggests a blue dress and a white pair of shoes ______ me.

A. to; for________ B. for; to________ C. to; to________ D. at; for

5. — The electric fan can ______ blow away the terrible smell in the room, can it?

— It’s hard to say, but you may have a try.

A. hardly________ B. easily________ C. quickly D. probably

6. — I don’t really like James. Why did you invite him? — Don’t worry. He ______ come. He will be on the plane then.

A. mustn’t B. needn’t

C. may not___________ D. can’t

7. — Have you heard of the new robot that can help us do the housework?

— Yes. That’s really great, but some people worry that it may ______ laziness.

A. encourage B. connect C. lead________ D. represent

8. — I hope not to forget my promise to come to your party next Friday.

— Don’t worry. You will ______ the time one day earlier. A. remind B. be reminded

C. remind of________ D. be reminded of

9. — How was everything going when you studied abroad?

— It was a difficult time at first, but things ______ fine finally.

A. worked out B. broke out

C. turned out D. tried out

10. — Sandy, I’m going to have ballet lessons. What do you think of it?

— You? It’s no use trying to learn ballet ______ you have a gift for music.

A. until_________ B. unless________ C. before________ D. since

11. — Which colour do you prefer?

— ______ blue ______ white is OK. They are both my favourites.

A. Both; and B. Neither; nor

C. Not; but D. Either; or

12. — You can’t imagine ______ little ants can carry ______ heavy a thing.

— That’s what we should learn from ants. A. such; so B. so; such

C. such; such D. so; so

13. — My eyesight is getting worse these days. I’d like to have my eyes ______.

— Perhaps you should consider ______ the time on the computer.

A. checked; to reduce B. to check; reducing

C. checked; reducing D. checking; to check

14. Father’s birthday is coming. I’m thinking about ______. A. what present shall I get him

B. how I can give him a surprise C. where we could have a big meal

D. if I should plan a party for him or not

15. — I hear John had a car accident after drinking last night.

— I don’t feel anything surprising. ______. A. Like father, like son

B. A miss is as good as a mile C. You can’t be too carefu l

D. It’s better to be safe than sorry

二、完形填空

16. 完形填空

请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I noticed an old couple as they walked into the second-hand store. Just before that I had dropped off a bag of

clothes and a few other things I no longer needed.

The couple moved ________ around me in search of things they had on a list.

“Can I help you ________ something?” I asked curiously. They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for ________ things that look new.”

“Every year in the past, we tried to ________ the year with new things. It was a goal (目标) to have new things around us so that we had a new ________ , new hopes and dreams for the new year,” said the old man. “But nowadays we also believe that even though something is old, it 41 be new to someone who has never seen it before.”

“So, at the end of each year we search for things that are ________ to no one but new to us,” the old woman added.

“What have you found so far?” I asked.

The man showed two things: a small frame made of sticks and one baby boot. “We still need one more thing,” he said. “Got it!” I heard a loud ________ .

“What did you find?” the old man shouted, too.

The old woman walked slowly towards us ________ something in her hand. “Look! It’s a flower vase. Well, it looks ________ , but it’s new to us!”

They then headed for the checkout without saying another word.

Everything that you see for the first time is new.

1. A. quickly________ B. slowly________ C. freely_________ D. excitedly

2. A. buy________ B. carry_________ C. find_________ D. introduce

3. A. small________ B. lovely________ C. cheap________ D. old 4. A. begin________ B. spend________ C. finish_________ D. accept

5. A. action B. competition C. direction D. instruction

6. A. must________ B. can________ C. should________ D. will

7. A. useful B. strange C. real_________ D.