2014～2015学年度第二学期紫石中学九年级阶段考试英语试题
命题、校对：王宏梅 总分：120分 考试时间： 120分钟
第Ⅰ卷（选择题部分 共60分）
提醒：第Ⅰ卷共45小题，答案请按要求填涂在答题卡上。
一、单项选择（本题共15题；每小题1分，共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。
1. The Reed Flute Cave is _______underground cave in Guilin, China and China is _______ eastern country in Asia.
A. a; a B. an; an C. the; a D. the; the
2. ---More and more people come to visit Mount Huang.
--- That’s true. It has become the ________ of Anhui.
A .pride B. effort C. praise D. courage
3. We decide to make ________ a rule for us to turn off the lights at 10:30 p.m.
A. this B. that C. it D. one
4. I hope my clothes can be ________ ironed when I get up every morning.
A. smoothly B. proper C. widely D. smooth
5. ---Hello! I’d like to speak to the Customer Service Department.
--- Please hold and I’ll ________ you ________.
A. carry; out B. put; up C. put; out D. put; through
6. Compared ________life on the Earth, life would be better in some ways. But food would be ________ the form of pills and would not be so tasty.
A. to; in B. with; by C. to; at D. with; through
7. ---Do you know the spacecraft _______travelling at half the speed of light?
---How fast they are!
A. is B. are C. was D. were
8. ---Do you mean the girl who is holding two books in her hand?
---Yes, the girl ______ two books in her hand.
A . has B. having C. with D. had
9. The astronaut is so tired that he ________ for eleven hours.
A. has been asleep B. has fallen asleep
C. has gone to bed D. has gone to sleep
10. There are ______ in the reading room, but many of those books aren’t ________.
A. enough books; enough easy B. enough books; easy enough
C. books ; enough D. books enough; enough easy
11. ---Kate has won the first prize in the singing competition.
--- _______ pleasant surprise this gave her classmates!
A. What B. How C. What a D. How a
12. --- Can you tell me________ this CD player?
--- No problem. First you have to turn it on. Just press the first button.
A. how to repair B. when to use C. how to use D. When to repair
13.Only ______ of us know Microsoft has 52 ______ dollars and short-term investments.
A. two-thirds; billion B. two-third; billions
C. second-three ; billion D. two-three; billions
14. He asked_________．
A. that what you liked best B. if you had been to the Great Wall before
C. where did you go the day before D. how many students there are in your class
15. --- Daddy, can you come home for supper with us this weekend?
--- ________, but I might be a little late.
A. I’m busy B. Hard to say C. Of course D. Never mind
二、完形填空（本题共15题；每小题1分，共15分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Once there was a woman whose only son had died. In her sorrow (悲痛) she went to ask a wise man 16 there was a way to bring her son back to life. “Bring me a mustard seed (芥菜籽) from a home that has never known sorrow. I will use it to help you,” he said to her, 17 sending her away or trying to persuade her that there was hope.
At once she 18 to look for that mustard seed. The first 19 she came to was a huge building. Knocking on the door, she said, “I’m 20 a house that has never known suffering. Is this the place? It’s very 21 to me.”
“You have come to the 22 place,” they told her, and began to pour out all the sad things that had happened to 23 .
“Who is better able to share the sadness these poor people have suffered than I, who have experienced sadness?” she thought. 24 she stayed there and comforted them 25 setting off again to look for a house that had never known sorrow.
The woman went on, full of 26 , and came across a 27 on the road. She asked the farmer the same question, but unluckily he also said no.
Wherever she went, from huts (茅屋) to huge buildings, there was no one without tales of 28 . She came to be so 29 listening to other people’s sad stories that she 30 about looking for the mustard seed. Listening to the sorrow of others had driven the sorrow from her own heart.
16. A. that B. whether C. because D. where
17. A. proud of B. because of C. full of D. instead of
18. A. set off B. took off C. put off D. went off
19. A. expression B. memory C. place D. chance
20. A. caring for B. looking for C. paying for D. leaving for
21. A. important B. strange C. fair D. common
22. A. different B. right C. wrong D. certain
23. A. it B. them C. him D. her
24. A. However B. While C. Though D. So
25. A. unless B. after C. before D. until
26. A. hope B. pleasure C. regret D. fear
27. A. factory B. palace C. sign D. hut
28. A. happiness B. endings C. sadness D. promises
29. A. disappointed B. busy C. happy D. free
30. A. forgot B. cared C. worried D. found
三、阅读理解（本题共15题；每小题2分，共30分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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My Year Abroad
This month in Travelers Corner there are three teenagers’ experiences in year-abroad programmes.
Mariko Okada