九年级英语Unit2单元测试题(含答案)

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九年级英语Unit2 单元测试卷

第一卷 (共61分)

一、单项选择 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

1. --- Why not put all our money into this business? We’ll make big money.

--- _________! What if the business doesn’t go the way we want?

A. It doesn’t make sense B. What a pity

C. Good luck D. How wonderful

2. _________ she was a clever student, she worked out the problem without difficulty.

A. If B. When C. Since D. Although

3. She hardly has breakfast at the school, _________?

A. hasn’t she B. doesn’t she C. has she D. does she

4. Cathy feels _________ when her parents are _________ from home.

A. alone; not B. lonely; away C. alone; away D. lonely; free

5. _________ the war prisoners home is acceptable _________ both sides.

A. Send; to B. Sent; from C. Sending; to D. To send; from

6. When they got _________, they found the door _________.

A. close; closed B. closed; close C. closely; closed D. closed; closed

7. They had trouble _________ the way out.

A. to find B. to look for C. looking for D. finding

8. He doesn’t like the book. I don’t, _________.

A. also B. too C. either D. neither

9. The soup has gone _________. Don’t try!

A. bad B. badly C. worse D. worst

10. The girl kept _________ when she _________ why she did that by her parents.

A. quietly; was asked B. quiet; was asked

C. quietly; asked D. quiet; asked

二、语法选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

We may be very pleased with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study. But

the way to test a student’s knowledge and ability still ___11___ poor. To a certain degree, it was

even as terrible as it was one ___12___ years ago, and we have done almost ___13___ to improve

our examination system.

It is ___14___ known that the examination system we are now using may be a good way of

testing a student’s memory, ___15___ it can tell you very little about a student’s ability. It does

no good ___16___ students and teachers. As soon as a child begins school, he enters ___17___

world of examinations that will decide his future. So he has to bury himself in mountains of books

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In fact, a good examination system ___18___ train a student to think for ___19___. But it

now does nothing of the sort. So students ___20___ to remember what is taught. It does not enable

them ___21___ more and more knowledge. The students who come ___22___ in the examination

may often not be the best in their future career. The achievements ___23___ they make are not so

excellent as we expected.

Besides, examination often drives teachers to “teach to the test”. They are forced to train

students what to do with the coming examination from time to time, which makes lessons

___24___. There must be some ___25___ and better way to test a student’s ability than memory

test. That’s what we should do at once.

11. A. remain B. remains C. remained D. to remain

12. A. hundreds B. hundred of C. hundred D. hundreds of

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

14. A. well B. better C. best D. good

15. A. and B. if C. otherwise D. but

16. A. to B. at C. on D. with

17. A. a B. an C. the D. /

18. A. must B. should C. can D. would

19. A. him B. them C. themselves D. himself

20. A. encouraged B. are encouraged C. have encourage D. to encourage

21. A. gain B. gaining C. to gain D. gains

22. A. firstly B. at first C. one D. first

23. A. who B. when C. which D. what

24. A. boring B. bored C. bore D. bores

25. A. simply B. simple C. simplest D. simpler

三、完形填空 (共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

“I just can’t help thinking that it isn’t fair to Tara,” sighed my mother last week, for no

obvious ___26___. I knew what she meant. In fact, I sort of feel it, too, ___27___ it’s almost

impossible to explain.

Two years ago, the situation was ___29___. We had two babies: Ruby, the older one, and

Tara, the younger who was playful and cute. Even at five years old, Tara still felt like our baby.

But then we had Orla. Ruby, aged seven at the time, became the eldest of three, but Tara lost her

___30___ as the baby, along with all its advantages. Now she is sandwiched between an outgoing

___31___ sister and a cute little one.

Somehow, life can just seem ___32___ for Tara. Bedtime is a good example. Nine-year-old

Ruby likes lots of ___33___ and some time on her own in bed, listening to her iPod, reading and

playing. That’s ___34___ arranged. Orla likes to be hugged as she goes to sleep. ___35___, Tara

would really like someone to lie with her, ___36___ her day and her book. Sometimes I’ll walk

out of Orla’s room at 10 pm after falling asleep beside her, to find Tara ___37___, still waiting for