九年级英语竞赛试题及答案
笔试部分（共七大题，90分钟，计100分）
一、 单项选择（共20小题，20分）
（ ）1、He looks much __than before with two months’ hard work .
A. thinner B. thin C . bad D. careful ( ) 2、The news ___good . where did you hear_____?
A. is ,it B. are, them C. is, them D. are, it ( ) 3、Take the __with you so that you won’t lose your way.
A. glass B. watch c. map D. shoes
( )4、It is said that Mr. Brown takes the chair at every meeting. The Chinese for “takes the chair ” in the sentences is _________.
A. 带椅子 B、主持会议 C、让座位 D、就座 ( ）5、You can choose ______if you don’t like this one .
A . either B. neither C. another D. other
( )6、—He often has bread for breakfast, _______ he? —Yes, he_____.
A. mustn’t , must B. doesn’t , does C. isn’t ,is D. hasn’t ,has
( )7、In the exam, the____ you are ____ mistakes you’ll make.
A. careful , little B. more careful, less C. careful ,few D. more careful, the fewe ( )8、The machine made so _____noise that the students all put their hands______.
A. many, on their ears B. much, on their mouths C. much , on their heads D. much, on their ears ( )9、Chinese ___by the largest number of people in the world.
A. Speak B. speaking C. is spoken D. speaks ( )10、It’s really nice ___you ___me to work it out.
A. of , help B. for , help C. of , to help D. for , to help ( )11、___the window . What’s happening there?
A. Look off B. Look over C. Look out of D. Look for ( )12、The shop is in a big city, _____ it is sometimes so quiet and looks like somewhere in the country.
A. so B. but C. while D. when ( )13、He hurt himself because he ___careful enough
A. wasn’t B. was C. did D. didn’t ( )14、He ran too fast for ___ to catch up with.
A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody ( )15、___bad weather we are having? We’ve never had ___rainy days.
A. what a , such B. How, so C. what, such D. what , so ( )16、Would you please look after my bird while I am______?
A. free B. out C. full D. not busy. ( )17、—_____I speak to Jill, Mrs. Black?
—Sorry, she’s not in. She ___ be back after five.
A. May, need B. Can, may C. Can, dare D. Must, may ( )18、Don’t leave the classroom until the teacher ___ you.
A. letting B. will let C. lets D. let ( )19、Lily did badly in math and she felt very___.
A. Sorry B. interested C. nice D. pleased ( )20、Tom has grown ____ enough to take care of himself.
A. tall B. old C. young D. short 二、阅读理解（共15小题，30分）
Have you thought about what might have happened if American president
Kenndey was saved in 1963? Impossible, you’ll say . Kennedy was killed in Dallas , Texas , on end November,1963, and that’s an end to it.
But what world happen if he came back to life ? That’s what the “stuff books” one made of . In 1988 an American named George Bernall wrote a book of this kind . He made the book like real life . The story was so interesting that it kept readers turning the paper till the and though it had over 800 pages.
In fact we know that John F Kennedy was killed and never came back to life. In this book, he comes back to life, and the story begins from there.
The book set readers thinking , not especially about Kennedy’s killing but about what would happen after.
( )21、what kind of a book is “Promises to keep ”?
A. A kind of study of Kennedy’s killing B. An American horror novel C. A life story about Kennedy
D. A story book developed from a true story ( )22、The book “Promises to keep” tells us_____.
A. how to write a “stuffbook” like the one written by John Bernall B. how to write about history
C. what would happen when Kennedy was brought back to life. D. How to make up a story about the presidents
( )23、Although the story is____, readers like to read it very much.
A. not interesting B. long C. sad D. not exciting
( )24、 The book not only keeps the readers interested until the end , but make them______.
A. feel terrible B. stop thinking C. laugh at something D. think about something ( )25、The phrase “come back to life ” means_____.
初三英语竞赛试题及答案
