九年级英语竞赛试卷

九年级英语竞赛试卷

2005.12.5

一．单项选择（共20小题，每小题1分）

( )1.Every morning Mr. Smith takes a ______ to his office.

A．20 minutes’walk B．20 minute’s walk

C．20-minutes walk D．20-minute walk

( ) 2. The garden _______while the Greens were away from home.

A. took good care of B．was taken good care

C．was taken good care of D．was taking good care

( )3. When father was young, he ______ from morning till night.

A．was made work B．was made working

C．made to work D．was made to work

( )4. Five-year-old children are too young to go to school, ________?

A．are they B．aren’t they

C．were they D．have they

( )5. ——____I put my coat here? ——Sorry, you ______.

A．Must; mustn’t B．Do; don’t

C．can; needn’t D．May; can’t

( )6. Tom wants to try _____some of his ideas.

A．on B．off C．out D．to

( )7. Could you tell me if it _____tomorrow?

A. rain B．will rain C．raining D．rains

( )8. ______ there any good news in today’s newspaper?

A．Are B．Is C．Have D．Has

( )9. Put it down, Richard. You mus tn’t read ______letter.

A．anyone’s else’s B．anyone’s else

C．anyone else’s D．anyone else

( )10. He is seriously ill; there is ______ hope for him.

A．a few B．few C．little D．a little

( )11.The coffee ________has no sugar in it sells well.

A.though

B.which

C.but

D.even

( )12.At the police station，Ted ________by a smiling policeman that his bicycle ________.

A.told;had found

B.was told;had found

C.had been told;was found

D.was told;had been found

( )13.—Will somebody go and fetch Dr White?

—He’s already been ________.

A.asked for

B.sent for

C.called for

D.looked for

( )14.Maybe we can find something ________him ________the Internet.

A.of;on

B.on;in

C.about;on

D.with;in

( )15.This book is written in ________ easy English ________beginners can understand.

A.such;that

B.so;that

C.such;as

D.too;that

( )16.It will be a long time ________Peter ________his work.

A.since;has finished

B.after;finishes

C.when;will finish

D.before;finishes

( )17.—Tom and Jack? I didn’t believe they could do the work.

—________，but they really did it well.

A.So did I

B.So I didn’t

C.Neither did I

D.Me，too

( )18.The sign “THIS SIDE UP”is often seen ________.

A.on a box

B.in the street

C.at a police station

D.at a post office

( )19.Few of us like him because he thinks ________ of others than of himself.

A.much

B.much more

C.much less

D.a little

( )20.Just after going to bed，________.

A.Lucy heard the doorbell

B.the doorbell rang

C.someone was knocking at the door

D.the door was knocked loudly

二．完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分）

About 70 000 000 Americans are trying to lose weight.This is almost one out of every three people in the United States.Some people eat 1 food and they hardly have any fats or sweets.Others do running exercise with machines,take medicines,or even have operations. 2you can see losing weight is 3 work,and it will also cost a lot of money.But 4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body.For many people,looking nice also means to be 5 .Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6 overweight is not good.

Most people want to find a faster and 7 way to take off fat,and books of this kind are very popular.These books tell people how to lose weight.Each year a lot of new books like these are 8 .Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be 9 .Some overweight people go to health centers,like La Costa in California.Men and women 10 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers.People live there for one week or two, 11 exercise,eating different foods.Meals there may be just a little.All this works for losing weight. 12 4 days on the programme,one woman called Mrs Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound.But she said she was still 13 to do so.

Health centers,books,medicines,operations,running and exercise machines all 14 a lot of money.So in the United States,losing weight may mean losing 15 too.

( )1.A.less B.more C.nice D.fast

( )2.A.For B.So C.Or D.And

( )3.A.good http://doc.guandang.neteful C.hard D.easy

( )4.A.why B.what C.how D.when

( )5.A.high B.short C.thin D.fat

( )6.A.talk B.say C.speak D.tell

( )7.A.dearer B.harder C.shorter D.easier

( )8.A.taken B.given C.written D.copied

( )9.A.cheap B.expensive C.easy D.safe

( )10.A.pay B.cost C.take D.have

( )11.A.making B.taking C.playing http://doc.guandang.neting

( )12.A.Before B.Until C.After D.At

( )13.A.sorry B.angry C.sad D.glad

( )14.A.need B.have http://doc.guandang.nete D.get

( )15.A.health B.time C.food D.money

三．阅读理解：根据短文内容，选择正确答案（共15小题，每小题2分）

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In learning English,one should first pay attention to (注意) listening and speaking.It is the roundwork of reading and

writing.You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving (提高) your English.While you are doing this,a good way to write—keep a diary,write notes or letters,then if you can,ask some others to go through what you have written and tell you where it is wrong.Many mistakes in your speak …… 此处隐藏：11760字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……