天水市一中九年级第一学期英语
期末考试
本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，满分120分。
第一卷（选择题, 共75分）
第一部分：英语知识应用
第一节：语音知识（5分）
1. disagree A. absolutely B. image C. appointment D. teenager
2. express A. experience B. exercise C. example D. extra
3. amount A. country B. touch C. pronounce D. group
4. obey A. clone B. wonder C. position D. motto
5. breathe A. south B. cloth C. southern D. length
第二节：词汇和语法知识（20分）
6. —Can I get a cup of coffee for you?
—.
A. It all depends
B. It’s your turn
C. Go ahead
D. That’s nice of you
7. It is a (an)_____ mistake among the students, so we must explain the reason to them.
A. ordinary
B. common
C. usual
D. similar
8.---How is your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?
---It ____ be, but it is now heavily polluted.
A. will
B. would
C. should
D. must
9. After watching ___TV, she played ____ guitar for an hour.
A. /, /
B. /, the
C. the, /
D. the, the
10. Some equipment as well as a number of maps and books ______ to the area since the
earthquake occurred.
A. has been offered
B. had been offered
C. is being offered
D. is offered
11. The football match between the Chinese team and the Japanese team seemed ____and
attractive. The audience felt so ____ that they all shouted at the top of their voices.
A .satisfied; exciting B. satisfied; excited
C. satisfying; excited
D. satisfying; exciting
12.--- Excuse me, what did the teacher ask Tom after class?
--- She asked Tom ______.
A. if had he finished his homework
B. whether he had finished his homework
C. that he finished her homework
D. if you have finished your homework
13.--- Let’s go to play football, shall we?
--- Sorry, I can’t. I must go over the points the teacher explained ______ I forget them.
A. after
B. when
C. before
D. since
14. Stand ______ there is a tower. I’ll take a picture of you.
A. where
B. the place where
C. in which
D. that
15. The president ______ that his name not be mentioned in the speech.
A.suggested
B. said
C. decided
D. hoped
16. He is a foreigner. But now he on the right of the road in China.
A. used to drive
B. is used to drive
C. used to driving
D. is used to driving
17. Yao Ming, who ______ the Houston Rockets, is working hard to live his dream.
A. joined
B. joined in
C. took part in
D. competed in
18. In our school, the students are not allowed, unless they have special passes, ________ after
11pm.
A. from staying out
B. stay out
C. staying out
D. to stay out
19. I go to the cinema .
A. every three week
B. every other weeks
C. each three weeks
D. every third week
20. The reason he did not come was he was ill.
A. that; why
B. that; that
C. why; that
D. why; which
21. With everything she needed_____, she went out of the shop, with her hands full of shopping bags.
A. bought
B. to buy
C. buying
D. buy
22. The money we made last year _______ 150 million.
A. added up
B. added to
C. added up to
D. added
23.______ it is to take a cold- water bath on a very hot day!
A. How fun
B. What a fun
C. What fun
D. How funny
24. Mr. Herre is the one of many experts ____ in our factory.
A. that is
B. that are
C. which is
D. which are
25. My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; _____ , he could neither eat nor sleep.
A. as a result
B. after all
C. on the other hand
D. however
第三节：完型填空（共20题，每小题1分）
Protecting China’s Giant Pandas
China’s giant pandas shows the achievements of the international effort to save animals that are now in danger. In television programs we often see pandas 26 funny games. Children have panda toys and beautiful cards with pictures of lovely _27_in them. They often visit the giant pandas in the zoo on __28___ holidays and have a good time there. However ,scientists are worried about the __29_____ of giant pandas. They know only about 1000 giant pandas remain ___30__today. They think the giant pandas will die out in 30 years if the present conditions are not ___31____.
It is reported that the giant pandas have a very ___32 birthrate. About 115 pandas live in the zoo and research centers mainly in China, but during the past 10 years they 33_only 34 __34__pandas that are still alive. Survival rate for giant pandas in the wild are probably the same or lower.
There are several reasons for the low ___35___. The main reason is ___36__male pandas can mate（交配）with females in a very ___37__season ----- only a few days a year. When they do have babies, females often produce two pandas, but the mother is usually not able to care for ___38__of them. The newborn pandas ___39__only a few kilograms each. They are too weak to live without special care. In the zoo, scientists can help the mothers __40___for the young pandas, but those living in the wild do not get enough ___41__. It is very difficult for mother pandas to bring up their young pandas.
Conditions for the giant pandas have been worse in recent years. Pandas in China continue to