九年级学业水平测试（1－5单元）英语试题一、单项选择。
(共15小题，计15分)( )1. ---How much did you _______ on that woolen T-shirt ?---I _______ 80 yuan for it.A. cost, spendB. spend, paidC. pay, costD. take, cost( )2 ---You look _______ sad, Kate.--- Yeah, I have made mistakes in my report.A. a little, a fewB. little, fewC. a few, a littleD. a little, few.( ) 3. The _______ he is , the he feels.A. busily, happilyB. busy, happyC busier , happierD .more busy, more happy( ) 4.-----I don’t know . Can you help me ?-----I think you should calm down and read texts.A. how to doB. what to do it .C. what to doD. when to do( ) 5.I’d rather _____ at home than _______ to the movie on weekends .A. staying, goingB. to stay, to goC. stay, goD. stayed, went( ) 6. There is hardly anyone in the street , ________?A. isn’t itB. is itC. isn’t thereD. is there( ) 7 The mountain is steep(陡峭的) few people can climb to the top of it A so, that B too, to C not , enough to D so , as( ) 8 He has to go to Beijing tomorrow,A so has his wifeB so does his wifeC so his wife doesD so his wife has( ) 9 ---Whose book is this?--- It ________ be Mary’s, San Mao is her favorite author.--- No, it ________ be hers, she never brings novels to school.A might, mustn’tB can, can’tC must , can’tD must, mustn’t( ) 10 If I ________ you, I ________ study every subject hard.A am, willB were, willC was, wouldD were, would( ) 11 I found seeing action movies very ________ .They make me ________A exciting, excitedB excited exciting,C exciting, exciting,D excited, excited( ) 12 The man ________like playing pingpong, but now he ________ playing it every day.A didn’t used to, is used forB did’t use to, is used toC was not used to, used toD was used for, is used to( ) 13 The 2012 Olympic Games ________ in London, the capital of England.A is heldB holdsC will holdD will be held( ) 14 Everyone ________have at least eight ______ sleep at night.A need, hour’sB need to, hours’C needs to, hours’Dneeds, hours’( ) 15 In the past, we had _______homework, so we were_______ busy every day.A too much, much tooB much too, too much,C much too, much tooD too much, too much二、完形填空。
(共10小题，计15分)Many years ago, only boys could go to school in my hometown. Then schools decided (16)______girls in. But Mr Brown, one of the teachers, was (17)_____ pleased (17) . He didn't want to have (18)______ girls in his class. When he began his class, Mr Brown always said; "Good morning, boys" at first. Now when girl students were in his class, he (19)______ said, "Good morning, boys."One day (20)______ only one boy in his class, (21)_______were girls. Mr Brown didn't know (22)_______. He just said, "Good morning, (23)______." (24)_______ day he came into his classroom and looked at all the students. There were no boys in his class. He was very (25)______ and said, "Oh, nobody is here today!" Then he went out of the classroom.( )16. A .letted B. not to let C. letting D. to let( )17. A. very , too B. not , in the slightest C. fairly, × D. ×,at all( )18. A. some B. a little C. any D. few of( )19. A. yet B. already C. still D. not( )20. A. had B. has C. there were D. there was( )21 A. the others B. others C. another D. the other( )22. A. what should he do B. what can he doC. what he should doD. what he can do( )23. A. boys B. boy C. students D. girls( )24. A. Next B. Next to C. The next D. The last( )25. A. happy B. pleased C. angry D. lucky三、阅读理解。
(共10小题，计20分)(A )Ali, who was working a long way from home wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day,so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night .At last he found the house of a letterwriter whose name was Nasreddin.Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late,"he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife , "said Ali , Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far?" "What does that matter?" answered Ali."Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money." Ali went away quickly.( ) 26. Ali wanted to____to his wife.A. get somethingB.have a letter writtenC.bring a flowerD. say good-bye( ) 27. At last he found the house of_____.A.a writerB.a sellerC.an old manD.a letter-writer( ) 28.When Ali told what he wanted to do Nasreddin was______.A.not pleasedB.pleasedC.excitedD.angry( ) 29. Nasreddin said that his writing was_____.A.easy for anyone to readB.strange but everyone can readC. too trange for anyone to writeD. too difficult for anyone to read( ) 30. This story tells us______.A.not to ask anybody for helpB.not to trouble others at nightC.not to ask for help without moneyD.not to believe others( B )A man was traveling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, "I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!"Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.When the man got back to his own country,the customs officers would not believe his story. They said," You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one!"It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him.( )31.A man was traveling abroad_______.A .in a big bus B. in a green jeep C. in a red car D. in a red taxi( ) 32.The car was damaged because________.A. there was a traffic accidentB. the circus man broke itC. it rushed into a shopD.the elephant sat on it( ) 33.The circus man said that_______.A. he would pay for part of the damageB. he would pay for all of the damageC. he wouldn't pay for the damageD. he would buy him a new car( ) 34. When the man got back to his country, the customs officers ______.A. would check his new carB.only checked his carC. searched himD. wouldn't believe what he had said,( ) 35.It was only________that made the officers believe him.A.the letter from the circus manB. a newspaper from the countryC.the certificate of hisD.the letter from the government四、任务型阅读（共5小题，10分）Some things can carry messages, for example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. Signs on the door tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?People can communicate on many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas.Books, magazines, TVs, radios and films all help us to communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.36. What can help you if you want to know which bus to take?__________________________________________________________________ ____________________37. What do the signs on the door do?__________________________________________________________________ ____________________38. People can communicate in many other ways, can’t they?__________________________________________________________________ ____________________39. What can help us to communicate with others?__________________________________________________________________ ____________________40. What do they help us to do?__________________________________________________________________ ____________________.五、词汇（一）单词拼写（每空2分，共10分）（根据首字母及汉语意思在横线上填入恰当的单词。
