2019-2020学年湖南长沙九年级上英语期末试卷

一、单选题

1. —How can we improve our English?
—We can study by ______.

A.listen to English radios B.read more books
C.communicating with friends

2. I wonder ______ you would like to go hiking with us this weekend.

A.when B.that C.if

3. —Whose guitar is this?
—It ______ Jeffry.

A.belongs to B.belong to C.must be

4. ______ midsummer's morning, the sun shines directly into the center of the stones.

A.On B.At C.In

5. ______ smart invention the Internet is!

A.What an B.What C.What a

6. —Have you ever been to the Great Wall?
—Yes. I ______ there with my father last year.

A.have gone B.went C.have been

7. —When ______ the 24th Winter Olympic Games ______ in Beijing？
—In 2022.

A.will; be held B.is; held C.will; hold

8. —Look at the boy with green hair. It's cool!
—But I don't think students ________ to color their hair.

A.shouldn't be allowed B.mustn't be allowed
C.should be allowed

9. —Do you know the woman ________ is talking with our teacher?
—Yes, she is a reporter from CCTV.

A.whose B.who C.which

10. —Can you tell me ______?
—He lives in Shanghai.

A.where did Mark live B.where Mark lives
C.where does Mark live

二、完形填空

11.

I used to have little passion（激情）in my life. But what happened the other day changed my mind. Then I learned how（1）______ it is to have a passion in life.

That day I went home in Mom's car. When Mom（2）______ at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eyes. It was a man dressed in rags（破旧衣服）. He was homeless. That didn't interest me（3）______ I had seen many people like him before. Those people usually looked unhappy and hopeless. But this man was（4）______ in some way. He was not sitting down with a（5）______ expression. Instead, he had a（6）______ in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious（珍贵）thing he had. "Mom, why does that man have a radio though he's（7）______?" I asked.

"He（8）______ it," she replied.

"But why doesn't he use the money to buy food or clothes? He（9）______ something that he didn't need." "Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't the most important."

That man must care so much about music that he bought a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that（10）______ is the key to life.

（1）

A.difficult B.important C.strange

（2）

A.walked B.exercised C.stopped

（3）

A.because B.but C.when

（4）

A.different B.common C.polite

（5）

A.happy B.nervous C.sad

（6）

A.radio B.hat C.phone

（7）

A.careless B.hopeful C.homeless

（8）

A.fixed B.bought C.made

（9）

A.paid for B.asked for C.waited for

（10）

A.knowledge B.happiness C.health

三、阅读理解

12.

（1）Who is the Chairman of Alibaba Group?

A.Li Yundi. B.Lang Lang. C.Ma Yun.

（2）What kind of the Nobel Prize did Tu Youyou receive?

A.Physics. B.Physiology or Medicine.
C.Literature.

13.

（1）How many books written for children are there from the posters above?

A.Three. B.One. C.Two.

（2）Which of the following books is after 2009 in print?

A.Deceptively Delicious and Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

B.Harry Potter.

C.The Deathly Hallows.

（3）Mr. Wang will pay ______ for two of the books for adults.

A. $29.52 B. $16.69 C. $18.42 

14.

I have learned English for 11 years, but I know few English idioms（习惯用语）. When I went to study in America last year, I had trouble communicating with Americans at times.

One day, I asked my roommate Kevin, "Shall we play soccer tomorrow?" He answered, "Let's play it by car." I was so puzzled. "Ear can play soccer?" He smiled and explained, "It means let's see. The weather report says tomorrow is rainy."

Last October, I was waiting for bus in a station. Beside me sat a young man. When he knew I was a Chinese, he asked me about the Great Wall. I told him, "The Great Wall is more than 20,000 kilometers long." The man said, "You don't say." I was surprised, "There must be something wrong with him." I thought. Later, I knew he meant "Really?"

I was once invited to my classmate's home. His mother said to me, "Break your ice, please." I wondered, "Where is the ice?" Later my classmate told me she meant I could make myself relaxed in their home.

From then on, I realized English idioms had special meanings. It was wrong to them word by word.

（1）What did the writer go to America for?

A.He did business in America. B.He studied in a college.
C.He spent holidays.

（2）"Let's play it by ear." means ______ in the passage.

A."Whether to play soccer depends on the weather."

B. "Kevin was good at listening."

C. "Kevin could play soccer with his ear."

（3）From the 3rd paragraph（段落）, we can know ______.

A.the young man was surprised to know how long the Great Wall was

B. the writer wanted to take a train

C. the young man knew the Great Wall well

（4）"Break your ice" means ______ in the passage.

A. 打破僵局 B. 随意 C. 打碎冰

（5）What's the best title（题目）for the passage?

A. Differences between Universities in America

B. The Most Useful Language—English

C.Importance of Knowing English Idioms

15.

Hot pot is very popular in China. People put a metal pot in the middle of the dining table, while the water in the pot is boiling, ingredients（配料）are put into it and cook on the table. Hot pot dishes are usually thinly sliced（刨切）beef, pork, chicken, lamb, leaf vegetables, tofu and seafood. Many Chinese people like eating hot pot. Liu Yang is one of them.

Liu Yang went to university in England. Three days ago, he arrived there. He had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes. Yesterday he was very excited when he heard that there was going to be a meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. He went into the restaurant and sat next to an American girl. To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him. Where was the hot pot?

When she saw Liu Yang was very surprised, the American girl introduced him that hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but English hotpot is written in one word.

Hotpot is made from meat, potatoes and onions. People put them in the oven on a low heat all day. It is easy to cook.

Hotpot tastes fine. But Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words!

（1）Liu Yang went to England ______.

A.to see an American girl B.to study in a university
C.to eat some English food

（2）Liu Yang was very excited because ______.

A.he expected to eat his favorite hot pot

B.he wanted to have a meal of hotpot

C.he hoped to cook a meal for his new friends

（3）Hot pot is made from ______.

A.meat, potatoes and onions

B.hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes

C.sliced meat and leaf vegetables, tofu and seafood

（4）The underlined word "misses" here means ______.

A.错过 B.吃 C.想念

（5）We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.hot pot is much more delicious than hotpot

B.hot pot is different from hotpot

C.hot pot is cooked in the same way as hotpot

16.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Jeans are so common, and you may want to know its history and who invented them.

Jeans were invented by a German named Levi Strauss. He went to the U.S. in 1847 and followed the Gold Rush to San Francisco. He carried many kinds of fabric（布料）to sell. Levi quickly became a successful businessman. The miners（矿工）in California had a problem with their pants. When they found gold or ore（矿石）, they carried it in their pockets. But the metal was heavy, and the pockets ripped（撕开）. In 1873, Jacob and Levi made the first jeans-tough pants. The miners loved them, and the jeans quickly became popular.

At the beginning, Levi's jeans were work pants. Many workers wore them all the time. But a gentleman wouldn't think of wearing jeans. Women didn't wear pants at all. But this changed when Western movies became popular. All the cowboys were in jeans. People thought the cowboys looked cool. But jeans still weren't proper（正派的）for places like schools and offices. Back in the U.S., fashions changed. Movie stars wore jeans in their films. Teenagers everywhere loved them. Some schools banned（禁止）jeans because of their "rebel"（叛逆）image. But casual clothing, including jeans, became popular for more and more occasions. Eventually, jeans were so common that it became okay for anyone to wear them. You can even find pictures of the president wearing jeans.

Today, all kinds of people around the world wear jeans. People wear them everywhere. Jeans are popular today for the same reasons they were popular when Levi Strauss first made them. They look good, they last long, and they are comfortable. That's probably why you own a pair or two, or seven, yourself.

（1）Were jeans invented by an American? ______

（2）When did Jacob and Levi make the first jeans? ______

（3）What did people think of the cowboys in jeans? ______

（4）Why are jeans popular today? ______

（5）What's the passage mainly about? ______

17.

请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或者英语。

Chinese people see spring flowers and the autumn moon in different seasons.

（1）We enjoy the full moon during Mid-Autumn Festival. But do you know we also have a festival to celebrate flowers?

Flower-Worshipping Festival（花朝节）is the birthday of flowers. It started in the Tang Dynasty（朝代）(AD 618-907).（2）People celebrate it in the second lunar month of the year. The exact dates are different in different places in China. There are goddesses of flowers. Each is in the charge of a month of the year. On a flower's birthday, people often offer incense（焚香）and spirit（烈酒）to the flower goddesses.（3）就这样，他们祈愿有好天气和好收成 (harvest). People usually have fun outdoors during Flower-Worshipping Festival. A spring outing in the countryside is very common. Families have a picnic near flowers. Some may also plant some flowers.

Flower-Worshipping Festival is also a festival for girls.（4）女孩们相聚在一起交朋友. They wear flowers in their hair, catch butterflies and tie red ribbons（丝带）on tree to enjoy the flowers.（5）They also make pretty rice cakes with flowers.

四、五选四

18.

阅读下面的短文，然后从五个选项中选出恰当的句子填入短文的空白处，有一个选项是多余的。

If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why you learn it, for your jobs or studies? Or perhaps you're interested in the books, films or music of a different country and you know how much it will help to have a good knowledge of the language.

Most people learn best in their own ways, but traditional classes are an ideal（理想的）start for many people.（1）______. because teachers are good at the language.

You will have more success if you study more often. It truly takes time to learn a language. Becoming fluent in a language will take years.（2）______. You will succeed.

Many people may think they're so old that they give up learning a language. Yes, children do learn languages more quickly than adults, but some research has shown that you can learn a language at any age. And Iearning is good for the health of your brain too.（3）______.

Learning a new language is never easy.（4）______. And you'll be amazed by the praise of some people when you say just a few words in their own language. Good luck!

A. So it's never too late to start learning a language
B. Never give up
C. It's not necessary to start too early
D. They have much time to practice with the teachers' help
E. But the more hard work you do, the more progress you will make

五、补全对话

19. 根据对话内容在空白处填入合适的句子。
A:（1）______?
B: I am doing the paper cutting. 
A:（2）______?
B: I leaned it by training in a training school. The teachers are good at paper cutting there.
A: Paper cuttings are really beautiful.（3）______?
B: They are used for putting on windows, doors and walls during the spring festival. 
A: Sounds interesting.（4）______
B: The paper is usually red. And it's regarded as a symbol of good luck and happiness. 
A: Wonderful!（5）______
B: I am going to cut a boy holding a big fish.

六、书面表达

20.

假定你是李华，本学年有一位新同学Roy来你班。你的班级计划举办一个简短的欢迎仪式。请你根据要点写一篇英语发言稿。

要点：

1. 简单介绍班级的情况。

2. 向Roy介绍几条班规。

3. 希望Roy能在英语方面给同学提供帮助。你们也会帮助她。

要求：

1. 所写内容必须包括所有要点，并作适当地发挥；

2. 词数80左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息。

Dear Roy,

______

Thank you!