江苏省徐州开发区中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试题

开发区中学九年级英语综合练习

(2023.10)

 (满分：110分时间：70分钟)             得分：

一、单项选择 (每题1分，共20分)

1. My little sister is a(n) ________ girl and she always asks me different kinds of strange questions.

A. curious B. generous C. energetic D. lively

2. My parents want me to get further study to be ________ an engineer ________ a scientist, ________ I would like to be a famous doctor.

A. neither; nor; and B. either; or; but

C. not only; but also; so D. both; and; or

3. —It is said that boys do better than girls in science and math.

—________ There are many great female scientists in the world.

A. That’s not the case. B. I think so. C. You’d better not. D. I can’t agree more.

4. —Why not join them in their party?

—Well, I am not invited. And I ________ to go to the cinema.

A. prefer B. discover C. help D. require

5. —I don’t want to take part in the match. What if I lose?

—Come on! Give it a try, ________ you will lose such a great chance.

A. or B. as C. so D. and

6. Are you sure ________ this English dictionary is of great help to me?

A. that B. what C. who D. why

7. Jim hasn’t decided ________ to go home by bus or by train.

A. what B. that C. how D. whether

8. —Little Jenny looks unhappy today.

—Don’t worry. A box of chocolates will ________ her ________.

A. give; up B. wake; up C. cheer; up D. pick; up

9. I think Millie would make an excellent ________. She’s willing to work with children and is patient with them.

A. teacher B. doctor C. engineer D. manager

10. —Do you know ________ in a rainbow?

—Sure. There are seven colours.

A. how many colours are there B. how many colours there are

C. there are how many colours D. are there how many colours

11. I do not understand ________ my parents are so strict with me.

A. how B. what C. who D. why

12. Many teenagers do not know ________ they should deal with the problems.

A. how B. who C. which D. what

13. —It’s Mr. Zhang’s new film. I think it’s more meaningful than his other films.

—I agree with you. His latest film has come to his highest ________.

A. spirit B. standard C. treasure D. development

14. Mr. Xu Yuanchong devotes most of his lifetime to ________ works of literature (文学).

A. translate B. translates C. translating D. translated

15. —What beautiful flowers! How much are they?

—Thirty yuan ________.

A. at all B. above all C. in all D. over all

16. —It’s said that shopping online is safe.

—________. You’d better be careful.

A. I agree B. That depends C. I think so D. No problem

17. Whoever ________ a new idea of how to work out the problem will be given a prize.

A. keeps up with B. comes up with C. ends up with D. puts up with

18. —What did your sister say?

—She said ________ she would leave the message on the answering machine.

A that B. if C. whether D. what

19. —Do you believe ________ man can live on Mars in the future?

—It’s hard to say. I am not sure ________ we can grow plants on Mars.

A. if; that B. whether; if C. that; that D. that; whether

20. I can’t sleep well recently and it seems that the sleeping pills doesn’t ________ at all.

A. talk B. sleep C. wake D. work

二、完型填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

Karl Marx (马克思) was born in Germany on May 5th, 1818. ____21____ he was young, he was forced (被迫) to leave his country again and again. He lived in Belgium, Britain and some other ____22____.

His mother tongue (母语) was German and at school he ____23____ French and English, but he felt his English was poor. So he ____24____ up his mind to improve his English. He began to study hard ____25____ it. He made so much progress ____26____ he could soon read English newspapers and write English articles.

However, there were ____27____ difficult things for him—the grammar and idioms. He often encouraged himself by saying “____28____ I keep on trying, I’ll make even greater progress.” At the same time, his close friend, Engels, often wrote to ____29____ him for his hard work in learning English.

In one of Marx’s books, he also gave people some ____30____ on how to learn it well. He said a foreign language was necessary for a person to have a ____31____ future. He said a person should translate every word he heard into the foreign language he was learning. If he could do this, it would be ____32____ for him to use the language freely.

In April, 1841, he ____33____ his doctor’s degree (博士学位). After that, he began to write articles for a newspaper. He wrote about the housing problems of poor people and their ____34____ life, whatever he tried, he did his best.

During the 1840s, Marx and Engels wrote a book together. These words in their book became very ____35____: WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!

21. A. When B. Before C. After D. Until

22. A. farms B. factories C. schools D. countries

23. A. has learned B. was learning C. learns D. learned

24. A. worked B. talked C. made D. had

25. A. with B. at C. in D. for

26. A. that B. what C. when D. how

27. A. one B. two C. three D. four

28. A. But B. If C. And D. As

29. A. praise B. ask C. help D. call

30. A. examples B. meanings C. money D. advice

31. A. bad B. better C. well D. worse

32. A. probably B. impossible C. possible D. perhaps

33. A. gets B. receives C. has received D. received