福建省厦门市2018届九年级上学期期末质量检测
英语试题
D. Listen to some short dialogues and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.
  《听简短对话，然后挑选最佳答案回答所听到的问题．听两遍》
5. A. Football.  B. Basketball.  C. Ping-pons.
6. A. 8:00.  B. 8:15.    C. 8:30.
7. A. Go home.  B. Have a rest.  C. Tidy the room
8. A. Prepare for a test  B. Take a test  C. Go dancing
9. A. Angry  B. Proud.  C. Shy.
10. A. Acting.  B. Dancing.  C. Swimming.
HL Listen to．long dialogue and a pasage, then choose the right answers to questions 11-16.
    （听一篇较长对话和一篇短文，然后选择正确答案作答11一16小题．听两遍）
Text A
11. Tara works       
    A．at nights  B. in the day  C. on weekends
12. Tara wants to play        music
    A. dance  B. country  C. rock
13. Tara is going to learn it       
    A. with her friends' help  B. by taking classes  C. on her own
Text B
14. The passage talks about        expressions about dogs.
    A. two  B. three  C. four
15. Someone who leads a dog's life has a/an        life.
    A. unhappyy  B. interesting  C. lovely
16. The dog days would most probably appearun        ．
    A. spring B. summer C. autmm
(二) 基础知识与运用 （每小题1.5分，共30分）
V. 选择填空：从A、B、C中，选出一个最佳答案完成句子。
17. -- Tommy, don’t tell others about what I told you today.
-- You have no need to worry. It’s our _______.   
    A. secret      B. question            C. present
18. I don’t want to go to Mike’s party. And I am trying to think of a _______ way to say
no.
    A. patient                    B. painful                              C. polite   
19. You can probably see the sign _______ in smoke-free areas.
20. --Which of these two books will you take?
  -- I’ll take _______. I need them to kill time on my journey.
    A. either        B. both    C. neither
厦门英语21. Hey! Please speak_________. The boy is sleeping. .
    A. quietly        B. slowly    C. clearly
22. The thing that matters is not whether you fail or not, _______ whether you try or not.
    A. and        B. so      C. but
23. -- What is it like to go paragliding?
-- Oh, you can never ________. You have to try it yourself!   
A. improve        B. impress    C. imagine
24. -- There is too much salt in the Chinese food.
-- So there is. The WHO says only 1.5 grams of salt ________ for each man every day.
    A. needs        B. is needed      C. will need
25. -- Where is Alex? We can’t find him anywhere.
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- I saw him just now. When I left school, he ________ soccer.
    A. will play      B. plays    C. was playing
26. A friend is someone ________ always says, ”Oh! You did that too? I thought I was the only one!”
    A. who      B. which      C. what
27. -- I’m going to buy a car. Any advice, Charlie?
-- Well, it depends on _______. If money isn’t a problem, you can buy a BMW.
    A. how much you can afford      B. when you will buy one      C. where you are driving
28. -- I haven’t seen Laura for a couple of days. Is she ill?
  -- ________. Her mother told me that she was in hospital.
    A. I don’t think so      B. I’m afraid so    C. I hope not
VI. 完形填空：从A、B、C中，选择一个最佳答案，是短文意思完整。
The first recorded use of the word “selfie” was in 2012. Selfies(自拍) are often shared on websites such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. The word “selfie” is described by the 29._________ as: noun(名词); a photograph that one has taken of oneself and posted on the Internet.
Today, taking selfie has 30._________an art. Selfie takers know exactly how to take perfect photos.  31._________, the camera should be held a little above the eye line, with the arm kept out of shot. Bathrooms are a popular place or for selfies 32._________  people believe they will look better when things around them look worse.