叶邑镇中学九年级英语期末质量检测试题(December 25th, 2012) 一、单项选择 (35 小题。每小题1 分 ,共 35 分) ( ) 1.Li Keqiang, who is widely expected_ premier, stressed the importance of rebalancing the economy towards household consumption. A. becoming B. become C. to become D. will become ( ) 2. Do you think there are aliens on other planets? I _ believe there _ aliens until I see them with my own eyes. A. will, are B. dont, are C. wont, are D. will, arent ( ) 3. The pollution problem in our city seems to get more and more serious. Yes. Something_with it right now. A. has done B. must be done C. is doing D. was done ( ) 4. Hi, Mark. Do you know _ for a picnic this Saturday? Children s Park. A. what to buy B. how to get C. where to go D. when to start ( ) 5. Hi, Kim! Have you heard of the Chinese astronaut Liu Yang? Yes. She is the first Chinese women astronaut _into space. A. traveling B. to travel C. travel D. traveled ( ) 6. Did you study any other foreign language _English when you were at college？ Yes，I studied threeBut I have forgotten all _a few words of each A. besides, besides B.but, except C.except, except D.besides, except ( ) 7. I hear that Helen is a blind and deaf girl. So she is. _ with her, you have to spell words out on her hand. A. Communicate B. Communicating C. To communicate D. Communicated ( ) 8. Where are you going for your winter vacation? Well, we _ yet. But Id like to go somewhere warm. A. havent decided B. hadnt decided C. dont decide D. didnt decide ( ) 9.I know nothing about the young gentleman _he is from Austria. A. except B. except for C. except that D. besides ( ) 10. How many students are there in the classroom? _. They are all doing experiments in the chemistry lab. A. Some B. None C. All D. Neither ( ) 11. Being a teenager is a difficult challenge. Most of us have situations where we find_ difficult to communicate with our parents. Yes. But if you and your parents communicate and try to understand each other, this period will be less trying and more fun for everyone. A. that B. it C. this D. those ( ) 12.How can you expect to win confidence of the people _ you come to them with clean hands. A. although B. unless C. but D. if ( ) 13. We all believe that this question _ only by experiment. Thats right. Lets go to the lab right away. A. can answer B. is answered C. can be answered D. answer ( ) 14.Eighteen kids died in the school bus accident in Gansu Province. Its _ one that I have ever heard of. A. a very serious B. a more serious C. the most serious D. the least serious ( ) 15.A psychologist is a person _ studies the human mind and tries to explain why people behave in the way that they do. A. who B. what C. which D. where ( ) 16._ government should not seek to direct the chemistry, it should create the conditions for it. A. Because B. Unless C. But D. Though ( ) 17. To improve the local traffic conditions, another bridge have been built over the river. But this bridge is _ as wide as that old one. A. half B. once C. quarter D. twice ( ) 18. Larry lost his job and didnt know how to keep his family _. He should be trained so that he can return to work and live a normal life. A. go B. going C. went D. gone ( ) 19.Friends are those _ make you smile，always open their hearts to you and encourage you to succeed. A which B what C whom D who ( ) 20.West Lake_lies in the west of Hangzhou attracts a large number of visitors both at home and abroad every year. A.where B.which C.who D.what ( ) 21. What are the astronauts doing in the space station? They are conducting a series of _ to learn more about how the body adapts to weightlessness. A. experiment B. experiments C. research D. researches ( ) 22. The soldiers are all tired, but they stick _ the villagers who are in danger. Thats why they are known as the loveliest people. I have been dreaming of being a soldier. A. save B. saving C. to saving D. to save ( ) 23. I dont understand why my English teacher always advises us to memorize English phrases as many as possible. If you master 100 phrases, you will be greatly_ how many correct sentences you will be able to say. A. surprise about B. surprising C. surprised D. surprised at ( ) 24. What do you think we are supposed to do for the progress of our society? We should make contributions to deepening reforms, _ development and maintaining stability. A. promote B. promoting C. promoted D. promoted ( ) 25.Cats and tigers are animals of the cat family, so cats are_ tigers in many ways. A. different from B. similar to C. differently from D. look like ( ) 26. Jessica, you_ on the phone. I? m coming. A. want B. are wanted C. wanted D. are wanting ( ) 27. Do you know about the Yangtze River? Yes. It is _ river in the world, however, it is the longest river in China. A. the longest B. third longer C. the third longest D. third long ( ) 28. I visited the Summer Palace and took some photos there last weekend. Really? Could you please_ the photos out to show us them? A. take B. bring C. fetch D. carry ( ) 29. My new iphone _ when I