江苏省丹阳中学2018届预备年级（九年级）上学期期中考试英语试题

    江苏省丹阳高级中学预备年级

2017-2018学年度第一学期期中英语试卷

  考试时间：100分钟  试卷分值：120分

 

第Ⅰ卷（选择题  共60分）

 

一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. Jim was preparing for the party        the telephone rang.

 A. until B. as C. while D. when

2. —I’m afraid I may fail in the coming English exam.

  —        . We still have one week to prepare for it.

  A. That’s not the case B. Don’t lose heart     C. That’s too bad D. Don’t forget it

3. It rained so        that people could        go out yesterday morning.0

A. hardly; hard B. hardly; hardly C. hard; hardly D. hard; hardl

4.—Big news! Tu Youyou succeeded        Nobel Prize in medicine last month.

 —Yes, and she is the first Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize.

A. win B. in winning C. for winning D. to win

5. —Mom, how much milk is there in the fridge? 

—        . We need to buy some.

A. None B. No one C. Nobody D. Nothing

6. At the beginning of the new term, our English teacher will        all the students to take a short test.

A. reply B. require C. remain D. represent

7. There are        people in the shop, so it is        crowded and noisy.

A. too many; much too B. too much; too much

C. too much; much too D. too many; too much

8. They have two rooms to live in, but they can’t decide        .

A. to choose which one B. choose which one

C. which one to choose  D. what to choose

9. The naughty boy was made        the room blue by his father.

 A. to paint B. painting C. paint D. paints

10. —Do you know when Mary        ?

   —I'm not sure. If she        , I will call you.

  A. will return; returns         B. will return; will return1

  C. returns; returnsJ D. returns; will returnb

11.         Mrs Zhang        Dr Yang shows great interest in the topic we are talking about. They want to know more about it.3

  A. Both; and B. Either; orp C. Not only; but also D. Neither; nor/

12. —She didn't make        great progress, did she?7

   —        , although she did her best.

   A. so; No B. so; Yes C. such a; No D. such; No

13.        the little girl was hit by a truck, nobody gave a hand to the girl        an old lady appeared. Why were they so cold-hearted?=

   A. When; while B. Before; until C. After; until D. As; while

14. He devoted his lifetime        it possible for women        a better education.

 A. to make; to receive  B. to make; to receiving

  C. to making; to receive D. to making; receive

15. I found it hard to work with him.

 A. adverbial; object complement; B. adverbial; object     

 C. object complement; object D. object; object complement

 

二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Amy was a little girl. She lived near a fruit shop in the village. The shop was   16   by Mr. Smith.[来科网ZXXK]

One day Mr. Smith said to Amy, “Would you like to earn (赚) some money?”

“Oh, yes,” replied she, “for I want some new shoes, and dad has no   17   to buy them with.”

“Well, Amy,” said Mr. Smith, “there are some fine   18   in Mr. Green’s garden, and he said that anybody was welcome to them. I will  19  you thirteen cents (美分) a kilogram for all you will pick for me.”

Amy was so   20   that she decided to go to pick the grapes as soon as possible. She ran home to get

a   21   at once.

Then she thought she would like to know how much money she would get   22   she picked five kilograms.  23   the help of her pencil, she found out that she would get sixty-five cents.

“But supposing I should pick twelve kilograms,” thought she, “  24   should I earn then?” “Dear me,” she said, after figuring (计算) a while, “I should earn one dollar and   25   cents.”

Amy then found out that Mr. Smith would pay her for fifty, a hundred, and two hundred kilograms. It took   26   some time to do this, and then it was so near lunch time that she had to  27   at home until afternoon.

As soon as lunch was   28  , she took her basket and   29   to the garden. Some boys had been there before lunch, and all the fine grapes were picked.

As she went home, she   30   what her teacher had often told her—“Do your task at once; then think about it,” for “one doer is worth a hundred dreamers.”

16. A. kept B. found C. made D. sold

17. A. idea B. use C. money D. place

18. A. apples B. bananas C. grapes D. pears

19. A. cost B. pay C. spend D. take

20. A. sad B. worried C. interesting D. happy[来源:学科网ZXXK]

21. A. box B. basket C. bag D. bottle

22. A. until B. although C. if D. whether

23. A. With B. Under C. In D. On

24. A. how long B. how often C. how many D. how much

25. A. fifty-six B. sixty-five C. thirteen D. thirty

26. A. him B. her C. me D. us

27. A. pick B. cry C. make D. stay

28 A. over B. away C. up D. off

29. A. returned B. hurried C. sent D. belonged

30. A. talked about B. talked with C. thought of D. thought over

 

三、阅读理解（本题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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