天津南开大学附属中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期第一次月考英语试卷

2024-2025南大附中九上英语学科学习素养调查1

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一、单项填空(每小题1分，共40分)

从下列每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. The Giant’s Causeway is on ________ eastern coast of Northern Ireland.

A. / B. the C. a D. an

2. Thanksgiving is celebrated ________ the fourth Thursday ________ November.

A. on; on B. in; in C. in; on D. on; in

3. There was ________ to see, but I knew it was there.

A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something

4. At that time, there were ________ doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own.

A. a few B. few C. little D. a little

5. The ________ year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.

A. following B. follow C. followed D. to follow

6. We have a ________.

A. three days off B. three-day off C. three-day holiday D. three day’s holiday

7. Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas ________.

A. day B. month C. season D. year

8. — Let’s go for a picnic if it ________ tomorrow.

— But nobody knows if it ________ tomorrow.

A. won’t rain; rains B. doesn’t rain; will rain

C. doesn’t rain; rains. D. won’t rain; will rain

9. I ________ breakfast when he telephoned me.

A. have B. am having C. was having D. will have

10. The Grand Canyon in Colorado, US is one of the most famous ________ wonders.

A. crowded B. ancient C. natural D. modern

11. Why don’t you ________ us to ________ the football game?

A. to join; take part in B. join; join C. joins; takes part in D. join; take part in

12. The ground ________ and down to a river. You must be careful when you walk there.

A. falls asleep B. falls away C. falls down D. falls off

13. It took the man three hours to ________ the forest on foot in the dark.

A. go across B. go through C. come into D. come out

14. —________ people do housework ________ 20 years?

—No, I don’t think so.

A. Do; in B. Are; after C. Will; for D. Will; in

15. The lake near our village is ________. It’s dangerous to swim in it.

A. 40 metres’ deep B. 40-metre deep C. 40 metres deep D. 40-metres-deep

16. Why not _______ your teacher for help when you can’t finish _______ the story by yourself?

A. to ask; write B. to ask; writing C. ask; writing D. asking; to write

17. —Where is Mr.Brown?

—He ________ Australia.He ________ there last year.

A. has been to;has been B. has been to;has gone

C. has gone to;went D. went;went

18. —What’s your opinion of Las Vegas?

—Oh, it’s very beautiful. There is a lot more to see in this city, so I have decided to ________ here for another two days.

A. leave B. come C. remain D. move

19. The water in the river is ________ higher and higher ________ the heavy rain.

A. raising; because B. rising; because of C. rising; because D. raising; because of

20. —Peter says Red Rock Canyon is a great place for rock climbing.

—He’s right. I __________ there twice.

A. was going B. went C. have been D. have gone

21. Some people are ________. Let’s look after the ________ people.

A. bad; sick B. ill; ill C. ill; sick D. sick; ill

22. Dr Bethune developed training courses for local doctors and nurses ________ they could learn about how he treated the sick.

A. so that B. as soon as C. because D. when

23. We will have ________ off next week.

A. three-day B. three days C. three-days D. three’s day

24. He did not ever ________ his dream of winning the game.

A. die of B. go through C. hand in D. give up

25. — Lucy has ________ to London. How can I get in touch with her?

— Don’t worry. She will phone you as soon as she ________ there.

A. been；will get B. been；gets C. gone；will get D. gone；gets

26. —Hurry up. The bus is coming.

—Oh, no. We mustn’t ________ the street ________ the traffic lights are green.

A. across; after B. through; since C. across; while D. cross; until

27. All the ________ soldiers were sent to hospital at once.

A. wound B. hurting

C. wounded D. injury

28. Linda will be ________. Her parents are going to have a special party for her ________ birthday at the weekend.

A. twenty; the twentieth B. twenty; twentieth

C. twentieth; twentieth D. twentieth; twenty

29. —Do you know when the USA ________?

—Yes. In 1776.

A. found B. was found C. was founded D. founded

30. The Three Gorges Dam produces ________ for millions of people in China.

A. operations B. electricity C. experiments D. chemistry

31. Tony was drawing a picture ________ I was doing my homework.

A. if B. because C. while D. until

32. —Have you found your pen?

—Yes. I found it ________ those books.

A. by B. for C. against D. among

33. —I think Guanghua Team will win the football match.

—I’m afraid I can’t agree ________ you. Menghuan Team is stronger.

A. of B. with C. from D. on

34. My mother bought two schoolbags for me last week. One is purple and ________ is blue.

A. other B. others C. the other D. the others

35. ________ we were very tired, we continued working. We finished the project soon.