2016-2017学年度第一学期期中考试九年级英语试题第I卷 (选择题，三部分，共55分) 第一部分：听力(听力选择题，共3节，115小题，每小题1分，满分15分；听力填空题共l节，4145小题，每小题2分，满分10分。)第一节 听下面五段对话，从题中所给的A、B、C三幅图中选出与对话意思相符的图。每段对话读两遍。1. What present did Mary receive? 2. When will they meet? 3. Whats Li Hongs favorite subject? 4. Which sport are they talking about? 5. What did the boys mother cook for him? 第二节: 听下面一段对话，回答第6至10五个小题。现在你有20秒钟时间阅读这五个小题。该对话读两遍。6. Where is the art and science fair? A. Inside the science museum. B. Outside the science museum. C. On the playground.7. When did Nick go there? A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. Yesterday.8. What is the model plane made of? A. Used wood and glass. B. New wood and glass. C. Used wood and leaves.9. What is the painting made from? A. Grass. B. Leaves. C. Grass, leaves and flowers.10. What is the fair about? A. Environmental protection. B. Recycling. C. Environmental protection and recycling.第三节 听下面一段短文，回答第11至15五个小题。现在你有20秒钟时间阅读这五个小题，该短文读两遍。11. Kate is moving to Wuhan_. A. next week. B. next month. C. next year.12. Kate thinks that putting things away _. A. brings her beautiful memories B. wastes her too much time C. causes her much pain13. Kate remembered Sally when she saw _. A. a toy bear B. a photo C. a book14. Sally was a tall girl with big eyes and _. A. short hair B. a cute nose C. a round face15. Now Kate, Tina and Sally live in _. A. the same city B. two different cities C. three different cities (请同学们翻到第卷第四部分第一节，继续做听力填空题。)第二部分：英语知识运用(每小题1分，满分10分)第一节 完型填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1625各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Now more than 40 million foreigners around the world are learning Chinese. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming 16 . It has really 17 the growth (增长) of Chinese language learning in the US.I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning 18 . I am studying at a Confucius Institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10 19 in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher 20 Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.I think Chinese is 21 to learn. The biggest challenge（挑战）for American learners is writing. Chinese is 22 different from any other language in the world.It will 23 me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time 24 the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, 25 Chinese is such a different language from English.I think for American students, the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up their mind. 16. A. worseB. poorerC. friendlierD. politer17. A. stoppedB. practicedC. startedD. influenced18. A. EnglishB. ChineseC. FrenchD. Japanese19. A. studentsB. workersC. teachersD. volunteers 20. A. comes toB. leaves forC. goes aroundD. comes from21. A. easyB. surprisedC. difficultD. boring22. A. slowlyB. quicklyC. easilyD. completely23. A. getB. takeC. spendD. waste24. A. onB. inC. atD. with25. A. if B. becauseC. whileD. when第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分。）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A What time is it? There are many ways you can find out the time. You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕). You can look at a clock on the wall. You can listen to the radio, watch TV or ring a number on the telephone to get the time. It has not always been easy to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the sun to tell the time. They could tell the time of the day by looking at the sun in the sky: morning, noon or afternoon. Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass(沙漏). It was made of glass with some sand in it. It was wide at both ends, but narrow in the middle. The sand ran from one end to the other in one hour. At the end of every hour, People turned the glass over and began again. Hundreds of years later a machine called clock was invented. After that people made small clocks, so that they could carry them in their pockets. Then during World War I, men started wearing their watches on their wrists. It was easier to tell the time. Now almost everyone wears a wrist watch.26. Which of the following is not mentioned(提到) to get the time?A. A clock. B. The radio. C. A watch. D. A computer.27. How could people tell the time of day before the year 1400?A. By looking at the moon. B. By looking at the clock.C. By looking at the sun. D. By using the hourglass.28. What was the hourglass made of?A. Sand B. Cloth C. Glass D