2020～2021学年度第一学期第一次月考
九年级英语试题
（全卷满分150分,考试时间105分钟）
一、选择题（每题2分，共30分）
( ) 1. I was born ____________ the evening ______________ March 12, 1977.
A. in; of
B. in; in
C. on; of
D. on; in
（）2. We all recommend him ___________ the new chairperson .
A. do
B. be
C. as
D. of
（）3. ---- Is there any interesting news in today’s newspaper ?
----Yes . It ________ that a dog’s wedding was held yesterday .
A. says
B. speaks
C. talks
D. tells
( ) 4. ---- Could you tell me ________ he came here or not ? ---- Sorry , I don’t know .
A. how
B. why
C. when
D. whether
( ) 5. I like these photos and they can _____ me _____ the life living in the countryside .
A. think ; of
B. remind ; of
C. let ; down
D. wake ; up
( ) 6. —Bill, please turn down the music. _____ Mum _____ Dad are sleeping.
—Sorry, I’ll do it right away.
A. Neither; nor
B. Either; or
C. Both; and
D. Not only; but also
( ) 7. ---- I wonder when you _________ in New York .
----- I will send an email to you as soon as I _______ there .
A. arrive; will get
B. will arrive; get
C. will arrive; will get
D. arrive; get
( ) 8. Daniel is _______, he never shows off.
A. curious
B. energetic
C. organized
D. modest
( ) 9. Life _________ a race. I’m ready to _________ new challenges any time.
A. is like, take on
B. likes, face
C. like, accept
D. liked, take off
( ) 10. The high-speed railway will ______ Sunshine Town _____ Moonlight Town.
A. connecting, to
B. connects, with
C. connect, to
D. connected, with
( ) 11. —You should spend as much time as you can__ ___the piano.
A. practicing playing
B. practice to play
C. practice playing
D. practicing play
( ) 12. Study hard, ______ you won’t be successful.
A. or
B. and
C. but
D. so
( ) 13. As a doctor, you________.
A. can be too careful
B. can’t be too careless
C. can’t be too careful
D. can be so careless
( ) 14. The doctors devote most of their time_____ the spread of Ebola virus(埃博拉病毒).
A. to preventing
B. to prevent
C. for stopping
D. to stop
( ) 15. Sandy is feeling blue today. Let’s do something to ________.
A. cheer up her
B. cheer her up
C. make her happiness
D. make her exciting
二、完形填空（共15题，每题1分，计15分）
On my first job, I worked as a sports editor (编辑) for a small newspaper. I never got a letter from my readers, so that there was an envelope (信封) on my desk one morning. From the , I could see it was from
