昆明市2019-2020学年九年级上学期期中英语试题B卷

昆明市2019-2020学年九年级上学期期中英语试题B卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Whats your father?_.AA managerBAbout fortyCHes oldDHes at home2 . Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others？AThey go to church every Friday.BWhich character do you like best in this movie？CIll give you another chance to have a try.DWe organized a charity sale last week to help the poor people.3 . They seem _ what they are doing.AknewBto knowCknowing4 . Why dont youan English club to practiceEnglish?Ato join；to speakBjoin；speakingCjoin；to speakDto join；speaking5 . the students played competition games in English class!AHow happyBWhat happyCHow happilyDWhat happily6 . Your radio is too loud . Please _.Aturn it downBturn it upCturn down itDturn up it7 . Each of the girls here _ to the West Lake twice.Ahave been toBhave gone toChas gone toDhas been to8 . When I reached home yesterday, it _ hard.Ais rainingBrainsCwere rainingDwas raining9 . He _- much of his success and happiness _his wife and children.Athanks; toBowes; toCowns; toDthinks; highly of10 . -Why does Mr. White look so tired?-he has got a pain in his throat.ABecauseBSinceCThough11 . -Would you like me to show you how to operate the video camera?-_.AYoure so sweet.BYes, Id like to.CNo problem.DNot at all.12 . She felt _ about making such a stupid mistake.AembarrassedBembarrassingCexcitedDexciting13 . top student Simon is!AWhatBHowCWhat aDWhat an14 . - Why are Easter eggs so popular? I think one of the reasons is that they are seen _ the symbol of new life.AofBonCbyDas15 . 一How do you like the piece of music Water by Tan Dun?一Wonderful! Its the _one Ive ever listened to.AbetterBbestCworseDworst16 . Do you think that there will be more trees in the mountains? _AI hope so.BYes，I hope not.COh，really?DYeah，there will be fewer trees.17 . Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation form the others?AHe looked very tiredBHe stopped to have a restCHe coughed badlyDHe stayed at home18 . Mr White _ a lot of money buying a new car.AcostBtookCpaidDspent19 . I would rather_ my problems alone, whatever they may be.AsolvingBto solveCsolveDsolved20 . You wont pass the driving test _ you practice hard from now on.AunlessBifCuntilDTill二、完型填空四、完形填空。Time is very important to us. When and by whom were the watches or clocks _? Perhaps nobody knows. How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?The _ was probably the worlds first clock, except in the far north, where the Eskimos live. There, its dark most of the winter, and _ most of the summer. But _ most of the world, people have used the sun for day. _ you dont have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, its day, and when its dark, its night. The sun can not only tell you whether its day or night but also its morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost directly overhead, its _.People who live near the sea know time from the tides(潮汐). In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises _ on the beach. The same thing _ again at night. There are two high tides and two _ tides every 24 hours.In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops _. In these places the wind can be the clock.21 . AdiscoveredBfoundCinventedDmade22 . AsunBmoonCstarDplanet23 . AwonderfulBlargeCheavyDlight24 . AonBaroundCinDof25 . AIfBWhenCAlthoughDAs26 . AmorningBnoonCafternoonDevening27 . Ahigh and highBhigher and highChigher and higherDhigh and higher28 . Atakes placeBis taking placeCis taken placeDwill take place29 . AwideBnarrowClongDlow30 . AblowsBblowingCblowDto blow三、阅读单选Have you ever lost your car on a parking lot? It happens when you park and go shopping. When you get back, you have no idea where your car is, Then you start wandering around and clicking on the panic button on your car keys so the alarm goes off.Now, you dont need to install(安装)a GPS system to look for your car. Thats too expensive. But is there away to find your car without doing so? Yes, there is!A company in California was able to make this a reality. They created a tiny device that works with your smart phone, and it could be cheap and exactly what youre looking for.What is it? Its called TrackR Bravo. It is a tracking device, Its changing the way we look for the important things in our lives.How does it work?Its easy! Install the free TrackR app on your smart phone, connect the app to your device and youre ready to go! Simply connect TrackR to whatever you want to track(追踪). The whole process of setting it up only takes5 minutes or less.You can connect it to your keys, bag, wallet and anything else you dont want to lose. Then use the TrackR app to locate your missing item in seconds “This device has saved me lots of time and money!” said an American engineer31 . What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?AIts not difficult to find your car on a parking lot.BHow bad you feel when you cant find your car.CIts easy to forget where you park your car on a parking lot.DPeople are used to losing their cars on a parking lot.32 . Where is the company from?AEngland.BAmerica.CFrance.DGermany33 . What can we infer after reading the passage?AIts convenient for people to use TrackR Bravo in their daily lives.BTrackR Bravo is now popular among peoples lives.CIf you use TrackR Bravo, it wont be possible to lose anything.DYou need to spend at least ten minutes setting up TrackR Bravo.34 . What is the passage mainly about?AA new invention.BA famous company.CThe way to create TrackR. BravoDHow to live a convenient life.四、句型转换句型转换35 . We shall buy 15 loaves of bread.（对画线部分提问）_ loaves of bread shall we buy？36 . What other things do you want to buy？（改为同义句）What _ would you_ to buy？37 . The key ring is Millies. （改为同义句）The key ring _ Millie.38 . Our class is planning to hold a party. （对画线部分提问）_ your class _？39 . This is my bicycle. （对画线部分提问）_ bicycle is this？40 . His father is a driver. （对画线部分提问）his father？_ his father？41 . These books are mine. （改为同义句）These are _.五、用所给单词的正确形式填空用所给词的适当形式填空。 Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms.42 . There was a very_( relax ) atmosphere at the party.43 . We need to increase_( product ) by 20% in order to fin-ish this years plan.44 . He is known as a_( lead ) of a research project in this field.45 . He treated my_( suggest ) as a joke and I felt very angry about it.46 . The director was_( seat ) on her right in order to have a private conversation with her.47 . Ive_( book ) three seats for the cinema tonight. Would you come with me?48 . They are_( prepare ) for the big match and we will go to cheer for them.49 . You should prepare yourself for a long wait. Do you have that_( patient )?50 . Hes been painting the outside of the house in_( prepare ) for winter.51 . Would the people at the back please be_( seat ) ? Our meeting is ready to begin.六、用单词的正确形式完成短文选词并适当形式，把短文补充完整die, speak, because, read, France, change, wonder, science ,know ,exampleI like languages . The language I like best is Latin . Latin is a kind of52 . language .That means that almost nobody speaks it anymore. But I like it53 . it is so old. It was mostly 54 . and written a long time ago. It was the language of ancient Rome, a city in Italy. Today, some people can 55 . Latin. But almost nobody speaks it. Almost nobody writes it. Today, it is not the language of any country.Have you ever 56 . where language comes from? Languages can 57 . . When they do, they can become other languages. Many of todays languages derive（起源） from Latin. 58 . derlies from Latin. Spanish derlives from Latin. And a lot of English language derlives from Latin. Latin came from somewhere, too. Latin came from Indo-European. Where did Indo-European come from? That is a mystery（迷）. Nobody really59 . .Now Latin is used by 60 . . They use Latin names for things. For61 . , apis is the scientific word for “bee”. It is a Latin word. Canis is the Latin word for “dog”. And the Latin word for “human” is horro sapien. Scientists use these names, too.阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从每个方框内所给11个词汇中选择10个意义相符的词汇，必要时可加情态动词或者助动词，进行词形变化，填入空白处。send, be, smile, sit, come, look, tell, have, be, pay, doOne day Bill went to eat at a restaurant in London. Suddenly a young woman62 . down beside him. Bill could not think what she wanted. She didnt 63 . very happy. Bill asked her what 64 . wrong. “The problem65 . ,” she began. But then she stopped. She did not find it easy66 . Bill about it.“My husband and I wanted to meet here for lunch at 12,” she said at last, “but he hasnt 67 . yet.”“And Ive had lunch now and I 68 . the bill. Because I havent got any money with me.” “Never mind Ill pay the bill for you. You can pay me back later.” said Bill. “ If you give me your address, I69 . you money as soon as I get home.” With these words she left the restaurant.A few weeks later when Bill and his friends 70 . lunch at another restaurant, he suddenly heard a familiar voice. (熟悉的声音) “Excuse me. May I just sit here for a moment?” Bill turned round. It was the same young woman again. This time she was talking to a man with grey hair at a table not far from the gate. 71 . at the woman, Bill got up from his chair and walked across the room.七、单词填空首字母填空Most of the movies show our relationships and our society. Whats more important is that people love to watch highs and lows of the relationships in movies. Friendship has been the f72 . subject of movie makers for a long time. Many movies are based on lovely relationships like friendship. Friendship can be between two persons or among more than two persons. Movies based on friendship make us remember that the relationship among friends is delicate (需要小心处理的). These movies also show how important it is to have a true friend in life and to o73 . the friendship.Friendship is described in different w74 . in movies. These movies show different faces of this lovely relationship i75 . the pleasant and interesting faces .Let us discuss how friendship is described in movies.Friends share common interests:In most of the movies, it is shown that two people become friends e76 . when they share some common interests. For example, two friends may be in love with the same sports, studying in the same school or living in the same neighborhood.You can see such friendship in movies such as Harry Potter and Lord of Rings. Harry Potter has two friends. All of them are i77 . in the use of magic.Friends make sacrifices (牺牲): In most of the movies，friends make sacrifices for each other. A good example is “Sholay”. In this movie，there are two friends Jay and Veeru who are there for each other till death. Jay sacrifices his life to save his friend.Friends n78 . run away from difficulties: In movies，it is always shown that true friends always stand up for their friends in times of difficulties.八、回答问题D. Answer the following questions (根据短文内容，回答下列问题）In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.Soon, other people began to use Daguerres way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of peopleand moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked even harder.Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.79 . Was the first photo a picture of a window of a house?80 . What was the Daguerreotype?81 . If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in 1840, what did he have to do?82 . Why were Mathew Bradys pictures special?83 . What does this passage mainly tell us?84 . Can you name another kind of art that shows feeling?九、话题作文85 . Write at least 60 words on the topic “An Experience that I will Never Forget”（以一次难以忘怀的经历为题写一篇作文，不少于60词）第 14 页 共 14 页参考答案一、单选题1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10、11、12、13、14、15、16、17、18、19、20、二、完型填空1、三、阅读单选1、四、句型转换1、五、用所给单词的正确形式填空1、六、用单词的正确形式完成短文1、2、七、单词填空1、八、回答问题1、九、话题作文1、