2015-2016英语九年级上学期期中测试题[新目标]
一、听力测试(20分)
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二、单项选择 (15分)
( ) 1. Our school football team will play _________ the team of stars next week.
A. at B. for C. to D. against
( ) 2. He is _________ boy, but he knows _________ French words.
A. a so little; so many B. a such little; so many
C. so a little; so much D. such a little; so many
( ) 3. --She seems to like sweets.
--_________. That’s probably why she’s becoming fatter and fatter.
A. So she does B. So does she
C. So is she D. So she is
( ) 4. Great changes _________ in my hometown since 1980.
A. have happened B. have taken place
C. have been happened D. have been taken place
( ) 5. Christopher Columbus is the person who _________ America.
A. found B. discovered C. looked for D. noticed
( ) 6. Soft color _________ pink make people _________ .
A. like; relaxed B. as; relaxing C. like; relaxing D. as; relaxed
( ) 7. _________ your holiday with your friends _________ a good idea.
A. Spending; is B. Costing; are C. Have; is D. To take; are
( ) 8. I don’t know _________ he will come here _________ it doesn’t rain tomorrow.
A. if; whether B. whether; whether
C. if; if D. whether; weather
( ) 9. I’m sorry, Mrs Tang. I _________ my homework at home.
It doesn’t matter. But I don’t _________ it tomorrow.
A. forgot; left B. left; forgot C. forgot; forgot D. left; left
( ) 10. The fans was very excited because their favorite singer _________ during the evening party.
A. put up B. stay up C. showed up D. dressed up
( ) 11. The computer _________ expensive in 1999. Most of the people in our town couldn’t afford one.
A. mustn’t be B. can’t be C. must be D. must have been
( ) 12. We are told _________ everywhere. It’s our duty to keep our school clean and tidy.
A. to draw B. not to spit
C. not to make much noise D. to throw waste paper
( ) 13. “He looks like his father.” That means he _________ his father.
A. is similar with B. is similar to C. looks for D. takes care of
( ) 14. The reason _________ he was late is that he missed the buses.
A. why B. because C. which D. who
( ) 15. Now the water in Chaohu Lake is _________ than it used to be. Something must be done to stop the pollution
A. very good B. much better C. rather bad D. even worse
三、完形填空(20分)
A. 根据短文大意，选择最佳答案。(10分)
“The Mozart of Math”
Math is one of the most boring classes for many students. But recently, a math class at the University of California in the US got four hundred students interested. There ___16___ even another thirty-five students watching from behind windows.
Who could make a boring subject so ___17___? Terence Tao, the 31-year-old professor(教授). He is known as “the Mozart of Math”.
Tao was born in Hong Kong. He ___18___ his childhood in Australia. At the ___19___ of two, he could read. At nine, he went to college math classes. At twenty, he got his doctoral degree(博士学位).
Last summer, Tao won a Fields Medal. This is known___20___ the “Nobel Prize of math”.
Tao was talented(有才能的). He went to college when he was fourteen.
“There’s no point going to college too young,” said Tao. He said studying ___21___ is like building a pyramid. A pyramid must have a strong base(基础), ___22___ then can be built higher.
In ___23___ ways, he’s like us. Tao wears an Adidas sweatshirt and ___24___ sports shoes. He reads Japanese comic books(连环漫画册). But he said his ___25___ love is still math.
“In many ways, my work is my hobby, ” he said.
( ) 16. A. were B. are C. was D. is
( ) 17. A. difficult B. useful C. important D. interesting
( ) 18. A. took B. spent C. ran D. lived
( ) 19. A. year B. time C. date D. age
( ) 20. A. for B. with C. as D. like
( ) 21. A. nice B. good C. well D. hardly
( ) 22. A. though B. because C. and D. unless
( ) 23. A. all B. some C. much D. any
( ) 24. A. a piece of B. a set of C. a number of D. a pair of
( ) 25. A. first B. second C. one D. last
B. 根据书信内容，选词并用其正确形式填空(每词限用一次，有多余选项)。(10分)
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