2021-2022学年山西省九年级（上）期中英语试卷一、单选题（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）1. Via enjoys reading the book Wonder. main character called August Pull-man interests Via a lot.（）A. ItsB. HisC. Her2. Monica goes out alone at night because she is afraid of the dark.（）A. oftenB. sometimesC. seldom3. Louise has a big mouth.So she does.Its really difficult for her to keep a .（）A. habitB. secretC. project4. Mom,Im really sorry.I the test.Its OK.What you need to do now is to learn from your mistakes.（）A. failedB. createdC. repeated5. Grandma said to me, I hope that more young people can get to learn paper cutting_the art form will live forever.（）A. asifB. sothatC. assoonas6. Though English is spoken around the world,its not the oldest written language.（）A. widelyB. wiselyC. normally7. Most people feel relaxed when being with_people because they can often make others laugh.（）A. helpfulB. politeC. humorous8. What do you know about Suzhou？Its _its beautiful gardens and I want to visit them this summer.（）A. knownforB. similartoC. goodwith9. Molly found her fathers ID card_when she was tidying up the house.（）A. inpersonB. byaccidentC. bymistake10. Jimmy,do you know_？Yes,a man from South Korea.（）A. howmucharoboticeyeball - TheThirdEyeisB. whoinventedtheroboticeyeball-TheThirdEyeC. whattheroboticeyeball-TheThirdEyeisusedfor二、完形填空（本大题共8小题，共8.0分）Gina was in a special classroom with her mother Mrs.Brown.They were going to learn a new art and craft skill.Close to a month before,they had seen the poster of the clay art workshop up on the noticeboard in front of(11) home.Gina showed great interest in the pictures of cute animals and funny cartoon characters.She then suggested signing up （报名）for the workshop with her mother.Mrs.Brown said, Okay,lets have a(12). Miss Green was one of their neighbors and she had opened the workshop for only two weeks.When all the participants （参与者） came into the classroom,Miss Green gave them each a piece of(13).On the paper,the participants could see a picture of Peppa Pig.Gina was excited(14) Peppa Pig was one of her favourite cartoon characters.Then,she heard Miss Green say, Welcome,everyone.Please listen(15)as I tell you how to make clay art. At first,Gina thought it was a piece of cake.But she found it(16)as soon as she started working on it.She was a little upset,but she kept trying.And every time she had(17)，she asked Miss Green for help. By the end of the class,Gina and her mother had made good-looking Peppa Pigs.Both of them(18) their works when they were taken out of the oven.Gina couldnt wait to take the next lesson!11. A. hisB. herC. their12. A. tryB. wishC. dream13. A. adviceB. paperC. news14. A. untilB. unlessC. because15. A. secretlyB. normallyC. carefully16. A. wrongB. difficultC. important17. A. problemsB. reasonsC. suggestions18. A. were sorry aboutB. were proud ofC. were famous for三、补全对话（本大题共1小题，共5.0分）19. E-Friends（3） A：AM Girl!You know what？ (1) B：Oh really!？I havent seen her for two years. C： (2) A：Yes,she has.She used to be short.Now shes really tall. B： (3) A：Yes.But now shes ougoing. C：Does she still keep her hair short？ A：No. (4) Girls,we plan to shopping this Sunday.Would you like to join us？ B：Id love to,but I cant.Ive got other plans. A：It doesnt matter. C： (5) I will be available then. A：Great! A.Yes,she does.B.Yeah,Id love to.C.How has she changed？D.Has she changed a lot？E.I remember she used to be shy.F.Now she has long curly hair.G.I just met Lisa on my way home.(1)(2)(3)四、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共20.0分）AIn 1954，there was the first Universal Children Day on November 20 to celebrate and protect children all over the world.This was International Childrens Day but now many countries around the world have their own Childrens Day. April 23 Turkey：This day is a national holiday in Turkey.On this day,Turkey often invites groups of children from other countries to stay with Turkish families and celebrate with them. May 5 Japan：Some people in Japan celebrate two childrens days.One is on March3 for grls and one is on May 5 for boys.But the official （官方的） childrens day,called kodomo no hi,is on May 5. June 1 China：This is a special day in schools.Teachers sometimes take children to camping trips or trips to the cinema.And many children get presents from parents. Bulgaria：Parents do special things with their children and give them big gifts.The day is like a second birthday for the children.20. The first International Childrens Day was celebrated in _ .A. NovemberB. AprilC. June21. In Turkey,people _ on Childrens Day.A. invite children from other countries to their homesB. go on camping trips with childrenC. go