单县希望学校2016-2017学年度第一学期第一次素质测评九年级英语一单项填空（每小题1分，共10分）从A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. 1.He learns English by _ English songs. A. listen B. listen to C. listening to 2.If you dont know a word, you must _ in a dictionary.A. look it up B. look up it C. look it out3. _ weather it is! We can go boating on West Lake.A. What good B. How good C. What bad4.He was so _ when he heard the _news that he got the first prize in the contest.A. exciting, exciting B. exciting, excited C. excited, exciting5.Pollution gets _of the development of the society.A. on the way B. in the way C. by the way 6Whenever we try to do something and fail, we always end up _ something else. Oh, thats the reason why you cant succeed. A.did Bdo CDoing7He found_ very difficult _ the math problem. A.this；solving Bit；to solve Cit；solving8.She is a very nice person_. A. to work B work with C. to work with9I dont know if he _ here, I will tell you if he_. Acomes; comes Bwill come; comes Ccomes; will come10. I wonder if I can learn English well. _. All things are difficult before they are easy. A. I am afraid so B. Youre slow C. It takes time2 完形填空（每题1分，共10分）Dear dad,Happy birthday to you! 11 this special day, Id like to talk to you in a special way.I dont think Im good at telling you my thought face to face with you, so Im shy to show my deep love for you. Youre not a rich man 12 a famous person. But in my heart, you are one of the greatest 13 in the world. Im 14 you. Youre 15 interested in being famous and rich. You do 16 things like paying for your phone on time, and working as a worker in your factory. The smile on your face shows youre pleased with the family. You take good care of my grandparents. You help me with my schoolwork and do some shopping with mom on Sundays.In the past, I didnt care 17 you were with me or not. Now I am sorry to say I didnt 18 you before. But I am thankful for what you have done for me. I am quite lucky that I have 19 a great father. And I feel happy that now I can let you know 20 I love you. You are successful as a son, a husband, a father and a friend.Love from Lydia（ ）11. A. On B. In C.At （ ）12Aand BorCalso（ ）13AkidsBadultsCmen（ ）14Aworried aboutBproud of Cafraid of（ ）15AalwaysBever Cnever（ ）16AcommonBinterestingCwonderful（ ）17Awhether BthatCwhat（ ）18ArealizeBrespectDremind（ ）19AsoBvery Csuch（ ）20 Ahow manyBhow muchChow often三、阅读理解（每题2分，共40分） A篇Different countries have different customs in giving presents.In China you must never give a clock to a Chinese person, because the sound of the word for “clock” is similar to the sound of “death”. Also, dont wrap(用包裹) a present in white, black or blue paper, because they are the colours for funerals(葬礼). Dont give a knife, because something sharp can cut a friendship.In Russia if you give flowers as presents, you have to give an odd number of them (one, three, five, etc.) because even numbers of flowers are for funerals.In Germany if you are invited to dinner, flowers are good presents to take to your dinner hostess (女主人), but dont take her red roses because it means you are in love with her. Dont take thirteen of anything because its an unlucky number. Dont take an even number of anything, either. Dont wrap your presents in white, brown, or black paper.（ ）21. According to the passage, _ must never be given to Chinese people as presents. A. flowers B. clothes C. clocks（ ）22. People dont wrap presents in black or white paper in _. A. Germany B. China C. both China and Germany （ ）23. What does the underline word “even” mean in Chinese in the passage? A. 偶数的 B. 奇数的 C. 甚至 （ ）24. What presents can you take to your dinner hostess in Germany? A. Thirteen of something B. Flowers except red roses C. An even number of something（ ）25. Which is the best title of the passage? A. Foreigners presents B. Giving flowers as presents C. Different customs in giving presents B篇The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “Whats water?”No one spoke for a few minutesMiss Li asked again，“Why dont you answer my question？Didnt I tell you what water is like？”Just then a boy put up his hand and said，“Miss Li，you told us that water has no color and no smellBut where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell”Most of the children agreed with him “Im sorry，children”said the teacher，“Our water is getting dir