江苏省无锡锡东片2018届九年级英语下学期期中试题第I卷 （客观题 共50分）一、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并写在答题卡上。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）1. How was your recent trip to Sichuan? Ive never had _ one before. A. a pleasantB. a more pleasantC. a most pleasant D. the most pleasant 2. Isnt it surprising that Tom should have got the first place in the National IT Contest? Yes, it is. The result is really _ what we all expected. A. withinB. overC. againstD. beyond 3. Which one do you like better, McDonalds or KFC? _. I think they are junk foods and bad for our health.A. Both B. Either C. None D. Neither4. A good listener is expected to _ ideas and raise questions to keep the talks to follow. A. realize B. advise C. offer D. agree5. Linda, _ do you take the course in DIY? Every Sunday afternoon. A. How longB. How farC. How oftenD. How soon 6. Sales of such drinks are dropping for years. People prefer healthy drinks like tea and juice. So I think soft drinks _ be out with time passing. A. may B. mustC. shouldD. need7. China provides more than 90 percent of the worlds rare earth metal, but its reserves(存储) only _ about one-third of the worlds total. A. take upB. make upC. open upD. put up 8.The Spring Festival is one of the _ festivals in China and everyone loves to celebrate it. A. modern B. traditional C.international D. ancient9. You are crazy! How can you go blind when such things like this happened? Well, I have no idea _.A. whats wrong with my mind B. that my eyes were blindC. why did the things happen D. whether have such things taken place10. In March, cherry blossoms(樱花) in the Turtle Head Park give the city of Wuxi an early _ of spring. A. tasteB. themeC. senseD. result 11. There is no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery _ another man, also smart, fails. A. since B. ifC. asD. while 12. Its known to all that learning a foreign language_ action, or you wont master it well. A. realizes B. reduces C. requires D. receives13. Few movies have had a greater influence on popular culture than Steven Spielberg. _. To me, his works are nothing more than entertainment.A. Practice makes perfect B. Every coin has two sidesC. Every dog has its day D. Its just your cup of tea. 14. It is hoped that users private information will be better protected in the future. _. Much of our personal information is at great risk in the age of the Internet.A. Exactly B. It depends C. Not at all D. Far from it二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）“Kids can make a difference.” Craig Kielburger said. When Craig was 12, he 15 a group that has helped kids all over the world. How did Craig get started? In the seventh grade he learned something that made him 16 . A 6-year-old boy in Pakistan was sent to work in a factory. The boy could not go to school. He could not even play. He had no freedom (自由) at all. Craig 17 that with his own life. Laws in his country said that kids must go to school. 18 was free for all kids. But in some countries school was not free. Children from poor families went to work instead of to school. Craig wanted to help those who didnt have the same 19 as he and his friends. As a result, Craig and some friends started Free The Children. Craig and his friends decided that Free The Children should 20 money to build schools. Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poor areas live 21 . Today, Craigs charity has more than one million members in 45 countries. It is 22 going strong. The money they have raised has done many good things. It has helped build more than 500 schools around the world. It also pays for health care in poor communities. Craig has had a lot of success. 23 , he still remembers his unpleasant start in the seventh grade. “We were 24 by other kids, who said you couldnt change things,” he says. Still, Craig didnt give up. Now he wants more kids to help. “Go to freethechildren.com. Bring it to your teachers,” he says. “As you gain more confidence, friends will join you. It just gets easier.”15.A.expectedB. startedC. inventedD. owned16.A.angryB. hopefulC. helpless D. excited17.A.matchedB. balancedC. comparedD. marked18.A.EducationB. SchoolC. WorkD. Reading19.A.programmeB. resourceC. advantageD. quality20.A.saveB. storeC. winD. raise21.A.betterB. worseC. closerD. surer22.A.stillB. almostC. recentlyD. simply23.A.IndeedB. HoweverC. FinallyD .Instead24.A.