外研版九年级英语上册期中测试卷一、单项选择。（每题1分，共15分）1. introduction of the Internet make difference to our life.A. An; a B. The; a C. The; /2. Foshan is famous china and it is also famous a modern city. A. for; as B. as; for C. for; for3. The Yellow River is the second river in our city. A. long B. longer C. longest4. A large number of people going to the concert tonight. I think there will be two young people there. A. is, thousand B. are, thousand C. are, thousands5. Isnt that Mary over there? No, it be her. She is wearing a blue dress today, not jeans. A. cant B. mustnt C. couldnt6. He did the work so that I had to do it again myself. A. carefully B. carelessly C. careless7. There is only a copy of the magazine in the library. Will you go and borrow it? No, Id rather buy in the bookshop. A. them B. it C. one8. Did you the first prize of the basketball match? Yes，we all the other teams. A. win, beat B. win, were defeated C. defeat, won9. John, where is your English teacher? I havent seen him for a long time. It is said that he . A. has been abroad B. had gone abroad C. has gone abroad10. We were so sorry to hear that an accident her the day before yesterday. A. happened B. happened to C. took place11. After walking along the beach, our shoes sand. A. full of B. were full of C. filled with12. his brother, the young man made much more money by selling shoes. A. Compare with B. Comparing with C. Compared with13. The new way is very good, but it also needs to . A. be tried out B. be tried C. try out14. What do you think of your hometown, Tom? It is very beautiful now. Many tall buildings in the past few years. A. were built B. have built C. have been built15. Jack, can you tell me from your home to your school? About ten minutes walk. A. how far is it B. how far it is C. how long it is二、完形填空。每题1分，共10分。Once there was a boy. He loved sweets very much. He always 16 his father for sweets. The boys father thought hard about how to 17 the child and have him not to ask for so many sweets. A 18 lived nearby. The boys father decided to take the boy to him. He might be able to make the child give up sweets. So they went to find him. The father asked the great man to help him. But he likes sweets 19 . He told the father to 20 his son back after a month. During the month, the great man tried to stop eating sweets. At last he 21 it. When the boy and his father returned after a 22 , the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on, the boy did not ask for sweets any more. The boys father felt 23 , “ Why didnt you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you a month ago?” The man answered, “ 24 could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself? In the last month I gave up sweets.” A persons example is always 25 than words. we should not ask others to do what we cant do ourselves.16. A. told B. paid C. asked17. A. stop B. please C. punish18. A. teacher B. great man C. doctor19. A. them B. him C. himself20. A. take B. bring C. get21. A. failed B. did C. forgot22. A. day B. year C. month23. A. happy B. angry C. surprised24. A. how B. What C. Why25. A. stronger B. quicker C. bigger三、 阅读理解。每小题2分，共40分。 (A)Mr. Brown was going to be away from home for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If someone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, the be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.” “ Ok, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldnt remember this. He wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it now and then. Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was nobody to come and the piece of paper was no more useful for him, so he burnt it that evening. The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “ Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not f