2014秋九年级中期英语试题班级 考号 姓名一、单项选择(共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）（ ）1. Alice often practices English _ talking with her friends. A. With B. In C. By D. For ( ) 2. What about reading _ to practice pronunciation? A. Loudly B. Wisely C. Quietly D. Aloud ( ) 3. -Mom, my little sister is crying all the time. - Mary, be _ ! She feels sick. You should take good care of her. A. Lazy B. Patient C. Fair D. Polite ( ) 4. - Shall we go for a picnic tomorrow? - Well, it all _ the weather. A. Belongs to B. Happens to C. Depends on D. Concentrates on ( ) 5. He _ go out with his parents, but now he _ staying at home alone. A. Used to ; is used to B. Is used to ; used to C. Use to ; is used to D. Used to ; used to ( ) 6. My watch _ in the bus yesterday. A. Stole B. Had stolen C. Was stolen D. Is stolen ( ) 7. _ exercise you take, _ youll be. A. The fewer ; the fatter B. The more ; the fattest C. The less ; the fattest D. The less ; the fatter ( ) 8. He asked me if there was _ in todays newspaper. A. Anything interesting B. Interesting anything C. Something interesting D. Interesting something ( ) 9. -We can use QQ to communicate with each other on line. - Good! Will you please show me _ it? A. What to use B. How to use C. When to use D. Where to use ( ) 10. Can you tell me _ the station? A. How to go B. Hoe to get to C. How I get D. How get to ( ) 11. Mary asked Kate _ she had been to China. A. If B. That C. Where D. Which ( ) 12. My sister was afraid _ out at night, because she was afraid _ the dog. A. Of going ; to B. To go ; of C. Going ; of D. To go ; to ( ) 13. _ interesting work it is to each child. A. How B. How an C. What D. What an ( ) 14. He _ the book on the bookself a moment ago. A. Lie B. Laid C. Lied D. Lay ( ) 15. Could you please tell me _ get to the railway station? A where can I B. How can I C. Where I can D. How I can ( ) 16. - Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me. - _. A. Youre welcome. B. Not at all. C. Pardon me D. Ill try my best ( ) 17. - He dressed up _ a ghost last night. How scary! - Take it easy! He just played a trick _ us. A. In ; on B. In; in C. As ; on D. As; in ( ) 18. Why not practice your _ English in _ English-speaking country? A. Speaking ; a B. Speaking ; an C. Spoken ; a D. Spoken ; an ( ) 19. _ or not you can learn well depends on your leaning habits. A. If B. Weather C. How D. Whether ( ) 20. Jenny is playing the piano. _ she is playing! A. How careful B. How carefully C. What careful D. What carefully( )21. I _ frustrated when I wasnt sure of the correct answer. A. may be B. used to C. used to be D. use to be ( )22. When I was a child, I used to _ chocolate. A. liking B. like C. liked D. likes ( )23. _ work in Microsoft? A. Did you used to B. Did you use to C. Do you used to D. Do you use to ( )24. Where _ live before you came here? A. did you used to B. did you use to C. use he to D. he used to ( )25. No one likes him _. A. still B. never C. anymore D. too ( )26. I am _ of spiders. A. terrify B. terror C. terrifying D. terrified ( )27. He is afraid of _ strangers. A. see B. seeing C. saw D. seen ( )28. It _ that he has been ill for a long time. A. seems B. looks C. looks as if D. seems as if ( )29. I always go to sleep _ the light on. A. in B. with C. to D. and ( )30. Dont _ about things so much. It will make you stressed out. A. afraid B. terrify C. terrified D. worry 二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。Is money everything? At present some people think that 36 is everything. Some of them even 37 their lives for it. Money has its most useful 38 on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesnt mean more 39 .If money was 40 , all millionaires would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. 41 , this is not always true.Nothing else is more 42 than