九年级英语竞赛试题
I. 单项选择
( ) Green’s classes are so interesting .
-----Yes,she has a lot of ___________ in teaching.
( ) you _______ from American? -----No,none of us.
( ) is a _________ ‘u’ and ____ ‘l’ in the word “lucky”. ;an ;an ;a ;a
( ) let’s have _________. Don’t give up.
second try second try try second try.
( ) number of giant pandas is getting ______,becaue their living areas becoming
farmlands.
A. less and less and larger and smaller and fewer ( ) you find the small village yesterday?
---Yes,without any difficuly,for it has _______ changed over the years. A. hardly
( ) boy is too young to ______ clothes himself. dressed B. put on
( ) me waiting for two hours . I ________ for you since five. ;waited kept;waited
;have waited kept;have waited
( ) paper is used ______ a table.
( ) often _______ people laugh and many people ________ laugh with tears. ; are made to made,make ;make to ;are made ( ) dirty the table are! They need _______. clean ( ) a nice camera!
---Yeah, It ________ Shanghai.
in made in made of of ( ) the Internet _______ in your school?
------Yes,but the computer in our office has broken down. ;used ;using using for for
( ) only _______ been to ________ a lot about the history of his country. he,know he ;he knows has;knows he he;he knows ( )15..-----Could you please tell me ________? -----For about one hour.
long our meeting will last you have done today time your sister will arrive the accident happened?
( ) you remember those days _______ we spent along the sea shore very happily?
( ) don’t know if it _______ tomorrow, If it _______,we won’t go out for a walk.
rain;rains ;rains rain;will rain ;will rain
( ) regular(有规律的) exercise is very important, it’s never a good idea to
exercise too close to bedroom.
( ) mon told me to meet John at the airport,but he didn’t ______. up up up up. ( ) won’t do as he says ,will you? don’t think he is right.
,I will. ,I won’t ,I won’t ,I will. II. 完形填空
Lang Lang was born in Shenyang ,China. He is only 30 years old, but has already been called“ The most popular pianist on the planet ” by American television network CNN.
Like every successful person, Lang became famous ___21__ years of hard work and lonely practice.
He began to take piano___22__ at the age of three. With great talent ,he won his ____23__competition at the age of five. Lang’s father pushed little Lang very hard to succeed, when he was nine, Lang went to learn music in Beijing. His father ___24___ gave up his job and moved to Beijing with his son.
Then the difficult time came. “I got fired(开出)by the piano teacher six months _____24___ .It destroyed my piano dream.” Lang said to a CNN interviewer.
When he heard about his son’s failure, Lang’s father was so____26___ that he shouted at Lang. Lang was under more pressure.
His pressure __27___ changed to power（力量） He practiced more. Then his chance came ,he won a prize at the age of 17 at a concert in Chicago,US. His true love of __28__ and piano made him keep working .
“When I was only two, I___29__ in love with the piano when I saw Tom, the cat playing it in cartoon,” said Lang. “Today, playing classical music on the piano is still ____30____ thing in the world for me.” It is certain that he will make greater progress in the future. ( ) C.,in ( )
( ) first last C,first ( )
( ),after D,before ( ) ( )
( ) C. study ( ) ( ) happiest III. 阅读理解 Passage 1
A man went to India for the first time. At that time, people could never travel by plane,by train or by car. So the man walked to India. When he got there, he was so excited to see a lot of fruits. But they were more expensive than those in his country. At last he found a big basket of red ,long fruit and it was the cheapest in the shop. He bought some and started to after he eat some of them, his eyes watered, his mouth burned and his face become red .He jumped up and down ,but he continue to eat the fruit.
Some people who were looking at him and said, “You are crazy, man. Those are chilles! You can’t eat so many and they are not good for you.” Then the man said , “No. can’t stop. I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money.!” And you think that man was silly, ight? In fact ,we do a lot of things like that .Sometimes though we know there’s no hope that things will change,we’ll continue just because we’ve put money,time and love into it. So even if you’ve lost something,let it go and move on. That’s better than continue to lose. ( ) man got to India _______.
A. by plane train foot car
( ) of these things didn’t happen after the man ate the chilles? eyes watered mouth burned
face became red jumped with joy.
( ) man didn’t stop eating chilles because_______. were delicious really liked them very much
was not full thought he had paid for them
( ) does the underlined word “Chilles” mean in Chinese? A.胡萝卜 B.辣椒 C.南瓜 D.苦瓜 ( ) write wants to tell us that________.
A. sometimes we should learn to give up
B. we can’t eat things that make us uncomfortable
C. we should not throw anything away if we have paid for it.
D. If we have put love into something ,we should never give it up.
Passage 2 A website is now giving people the chance to name their own color to raise money for children’s can visit the website to name a color they like. Then they can give children’s charity at least ￡1 by using credit cards(信用卡) The world’s tiniest camera has been created by a New York company ,Hommacher. Although it is a little bigger than a fingertip(指尖)，it takes photos and records videos just like any other kind of camera. An airport in Moscow has opend “sleep box” service, Passengers can rent a mini sleep box for thirty mimutes to sleep if their flights are late. The chalkkeeper is a new invention to reuse chalk dust(灰尘)------ it cleans the blackboard and collects the chalk dust , when enough dust is collected, it will be changed back into a piece of chalk. ( ) website is giving people the chance to raise money for ______. in hospital ’s charity
danger people’s house
( ) camera ______.
not take photos the tiniest in the world
created by a London company as big as a fingertip ( ) can rent the “sleeping box ’’ to sleep_______.
A. if they arrive at the airport too early B. at any time during their flights C. if they are sleepy
D. when their flights are late ( ) chalkkeeper______.
a piece of chalk any kind of dust reuse chalk dust clean classrooms ( ) passage above may come from______.
newspaper TV radio travel guidebook Passage 3
Once there was an octopus . He always went around alone because he was too shy, although he wanted to have lots of friends.
One day, the octopus was trying to catch a little fish. But he tied himself into one big knot（结），and he couldn’t move. Though he tried to get free, it was no use. In the end , he had to ask the passing fish for help. Many fish swam past,but one very kind little fish offered to help him.
Because the octopus was so shy,he only thanked the fish ,and quickly swam off. Later,he thought that he had wasted a great chance to make friends. A few days later,while the octopus was resting in rocks,he noticed that everyone around was swimming past in a hurry. There was a huge fish coming over. The octopus quickly hid in the his hiding place ,he saw the huge fish was running after the kind little fish. That little fish really needed help. But no one dared to go near. The octopus felt that he had to try his best to help.
He rushed out and shot out his ink. Quickly he took the little fish,and hid in the rocks. The big fish swam away angrily. All the fish though the octopus was so brave.
The the little fish told them how he had helped the octopus a few days earlier,after the other fish heard this, they discovered how nice the shy octopus was,and everyone would like to be the friend of such a brave octopus. ( ) octopus didn’t have many friends because he ______. A. hardly ever come out. not brave enough too shy helped others ( ) the octopus when he was in trouble.
big fish little fish fish fish
( )43After taking the little fish,the octopus ________. in the rocks to the other fish for help the little fish out from the rocks ( ) happened to the little fish in the end?
big fish ate him swam away alone C. The octopus saved him fish helped him
( ) can learn from the passage that _______.
A. it’s easy to make real friends
B. if you are not shy ,you will have a lot of friends C. all animals are our good friends
D. we must be friendly and helpful to make friends
Passage 4.
Everyone worries. But how do you deal with your worries? Whether your worries are big or small,you can take these steps to deal with your worries: 1. Try to find out what you’re worried about.
Sometimes ,you will know what you’re worred about . Other times,you might not. Try to find it out first ;If you can’t ,you can ask for help. 2. Think of ways to make it better.
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won’t deal with your problem.
Grades at school are often a top worry for kids. If you’re worried about grades,ask yourself these questions:
☆Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
☆How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn’t a test?
☆Do I have a good place to do my homework? ☆Have I tried different ways of studying?
If you worry is about a fight you had with a friend, you might write down all the things you could do---write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game,say sorry to him or her . Once you have a list of things you could do ,you can choose the one that gets your friend back. 3. Ask for help
When you’re worried ,you can find someone to talk to. You can ask your parents ,friends,or teachers for help.
( ) many steps can you take to deal with your worries?
( ) worry about their _______most at school.
( ) you worry is about a fight with a friend, you can ______. a note to him or her B .sit on the sofa and worry talking with him or her for him or her to talk first. ( ) is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Not all people have worries
B. You can ask for help when you are worry C. Nothing can make you feel less worried D. Grades are not important ( ) passage is about _______.
grades are important you worries are to deal with your worries ways of studying IV. 补全对话
九年级英语竞赛试题
