上海版2020届九年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 单项选择 (共10题；共20分)1. （2分）Zhou Xingchi is a good actor. is tall and eyes are big.A . He; hisB . He; heC . His; hisD . His; he2. （2分）Thats a funny time _ reading. A . forB . withC . atD . of3. （2分）Dont go out _ the rain stops. Otherwise, youll get wet. A . afterB . sinceC . whenD . until4. （2分） _ does it take to go to Suzhou from Wuxi by train? About 15 minutes by high-speed railway.A . How farB . How longC . How soonD . How often5. （2分）The red-crowned crane is one of _ in the world.A . a rare birdB . the rare birdC . the rarest birdsD . the most rare birds6. （2分）Could I smoke here?Sorry, Im afraid you _. Look at the sign “No smoking”!A . couldntB . needntC . cantD . wont7. （2分）The train _ for twenty minutes. A . leftB . has leftC . is leavingD . has been away8. （2分）_ you _the Chinese Culture Festival in the Central Square?Yes. It was really a great success.A . AreattendingB . WillattendC . DoattendD . Didattend9. （2分）In most countries cigarettes _ to anyone under 18. A . dont sellB . are not soldC . didnt sellD . were not sold10. （2分）Our teacher asked us _. A . why doesnt Jane come for the picnicB . why didnt Jane come for the picnicC . why Jane not come for the picnicD . why Jane didnt come for the picnic二、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)11. （10分）根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked 1 which were strange. His people had to use words in a2 way to answer these questions.Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of a(an) 3. It was at this moment that Bribal entered the palace. Birbal 4the habit of the king. He understood the 5at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can 6 for an answer?”Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦)are there in the city?”Without even a moments thought, Birbal 7, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord. “How can you be so8?” asked Akbar.Birbal said, “Make your men 9, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find10 crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else. Akbar was pleased very much by Birbals wise answer.（1）A . questions B . help C . promises （2）A . common B . friendly C . clever （3）A . habit B . order C . answer （4）A . knew B . developed C . hated （5）A . danger B . information C . situation （6）A . ask B . wait C . try （7）A . left B . replied C . asked （8）A . smart B . brave C . sure （9）A . catch B . discuss C . count （10）A . fewer B . larger C . less 三、 阅读理解 (共5题；共43分)12. （10分）（2016毕节）根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions about the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say “Do not bad mouth me.”Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that peoples feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time”. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, In other words, he might feel afraid for saying the wrong thing.Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth”. Or the person has possibly had a very scary experience, like being chased by an angry dog. He might say, “ I had my heart in my mouth.”Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.（1）When a man says “I had my