江苏省扬州市2013届九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

B．听对话或短文，选择正确答案，听两遍。

听下面一段对话，完成第11-12小题。

11. Why isn‘t Peter‘s father coming home for dinner?

A. He‘s tired after working all the morning. B. He has to work for another eight hours.

C. He‘s busy helping the sick man now.

12. What does Peter‘s father do?

A. A policeman. B. A doctor. C. A firefighter.

14. A. two inches B. a foot C. two feet

15. A. morning exercises B. after-school activities C. eye exercises

C．听下面一段材料，完成第16至20题。

16. Where were Americans getting ready to send the first men to?

A. The sun. B. The Mars. C. The moon.

17. What were a Frenchman and an Englishman doing?

A. Reading newspapers. B. Drinking. C. Watching a TV play.

18. What did the Englishman think of the Americans?

A. Clever. B. Hard-working. C. Foolish.

19. Did the Frenchman agree with the Englishman?

A. Yes, he did.. B. No, he didn‘t. C. No, he agreed.

20. When he heard the Frenchman‘s words, why was the Englishman surprised?

A. Because he thought the sun was too hot.

B. Because he thought the sun was too far.

C. Because he thought the Frenchman was foolish.

二、单项填空 （本大题共15分，每小题1分）

21. Last month Shirley advised her father to buy her brother ________MP4 as a birthday present. _______ useful advice it was!

A. a; How B. an ; What a C. an ; What D./ ; How an

22. ----I went to your place to visit your parents at 8:00 p.m. yesterday, but _________ was in. ----Oh, ________ of us were enjoying a wonderful concert at that moment.

A. Nobody; both B. No one; all C. None; none D. Nobody ; each

23. I feel _____ necessary to accept his advice because it‘s of great _____ to me.

A. it‘s, valuable B. that, value C. this, valuable D. it, value

24. Mr. Ma _____ in America, but now he‘s ______ Chinese food since he moved toYangzhou.

A. used to live; been used to eating B. used to live; used to eating

C. is used to living; used to eating D. used to living; used to eat

25. Please don‘t stand up in class ________ you _________.