九年级英语竞赛试卷
I． 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure） （共10小题，计20分）
（A） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出可以填入每题空白处的最佳选项。
1. I need a break. I think I'll go to New York _______ Christmas.
A. in B. on C. at D. from
2. I'm taking an umbrella. It _______ rain.
A. must B. may C. has to D. should
3. This is the _______ book I've ever read.
A. more wonderful B. most great C. most brilliant D. lovely
4. I'm glad you remembered _______ some tea because I haven't got any.
A. to bring B. brought C. to have bought D. bring
5. That boy, _______ father is a footballer, is very good at sports.
A. that B. who's C. whose D. which
6. Do you know _______ that man standing near Tom is?
A. who B. whom C. whose D. who's
7. “Everything in this room is wet.” “I _______ have shut the windows!”
A. mustn't B. must C. would D. should
8. By the end of the month the estate agent（房地产经济人） _______ twenty houses.
A. will sell B. will have sold C. will be selling D. is going to sell
9. Sarah _______ a bike to work, but now she drives.
A. used to ride B. had ridden C. would ride D. used to riding
10. Tasha is a good girl. She _______ her mother with the housework.
A. is helping B. had always helped
C. always helps D. always helped
II. 阅读理解 (Reading comprehension) (共30小题，计30分)
阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。（21—30小题为选择题，每题只有一个最佳答案；31—50小题大部分为非选择题，请根据题目要求作答。）
(A)
A businessman ordered ten goldsmiths to make ten coins each . Each coin wasto weigh exactly ten grams of pure gold.
One of the goldsmiths was a dad man .He decided to cheat him . He made all his gold coin one gram short .Now the businessman heard that one of them had cheated .He also heard that this man had made each of his gold coins one gram short .
The businessman was a clever man.He took a certain number of coins from each of the smiths ,weighed them to together once only and found their weight to be 540 grams .This was enough for him to find out which one of the goldsmiths had cheated.
11.The word “goldsmith” means ______________________.
A. a person named Smith who sells articles made of gold
B. a thief who steals gold
C. a worker who makes articles of gold
D. a person who worked for the man named Smith
12.The coin made by the cheat were ____________those made by any other nine goldsmiths.
A . not so long as B. heavier than
C .less high than D. not so heavy as
13. The businessman found the cheat by _____________.
A .looking each man in the eye
B .weighing one coin after another
C .weighing coins
D .asking who hadn’t made coins according to his request
14 .In order to find the cheat ,the businessman weighed _________________coins together.
A .50 B.54 C.55 D .60
15 .Suppose the businessman took one coin from the first smith ,two from the second ,and ten from the tenth ,he found that the ________________goldsmith was the cheat.
A .first B. sixth C .ninth D. tenth
(B)
Aristotle lived in Greece over 2,000 years ago. He was very interested in plants and animals and in how the human body works. The Greeks weren't the only people interested in how the body worked. Old drawings and texts from China and the Middle East also showed human organs. Some even showed plant organs.
At first, information about organs came from operations and from cutting up dead bodies. Now we can look at X-rays and body scans, too.
In the late 1700s, a French doctor called Xavier Bichat did hundreds of post-mortems. Post-mortems are operations carried out on dead bodies, to find out what killed them. Bichat found that each human organ contains more than one kind of material. He listed 21 different kinds. Today, we call these materials tissues（组织）. Bichat wasn't able to see the detailed structure of these tissues, because he didn't have a microscope.
16. What do we know about Aristotle?
A. He is a Greek teacher.
B. He loved to find out how human body worked.
C. He shows great interest in art.
D. He is good at drawing.
17. Who were interested in how the body worked?
A. The Greeks and the French.
B. The Greeks, the Chinese and people from the Middle East.
C. The French and the Chinese.
D. The Chinese and the Middle East.
18. In the old times, how could people learn the information about the organs?
A. By reading books.
B. By going to classes.
C. By cutting up dead bodies.
D. By using the microscope.
19. What does the word “post-mortems” mean?
A. It is a kind of operation in order to save people's lives.
B. It is an examination carried out on the brain.
C. It is a kind of examination which shows the reason why people are killed.
D. It is a kind of body scan in order to find out the structure of the tissues.
20. What did the French doctor discover?
A. Post-mortems. B. X-rays. C. Tissues. D. Microscope.
(C)
Barky and I talk everyday. When I come home, we discuss what I'm having for dinner, but strictly speaking he doesn't talk back. I usually ask him what he has been doing all day, and he tells me he has been swimming around and looking after the house. He's a good guard fish. He would know if there were intruders（闯入者） in the kitchen and would stare them out.
His favourite hobby is watching television.
He pushes his face up to the glass to see. We watch Coronation Street and East Enders
together, and he enjoys football. I think he likes the colours, and he definitely
prefers northern teams. He must be a Manchester United fan, as he has so much
red in his bowl. Alex Ferguson would be proud.
If Barky is ever upset, he squirts（使喷出） water out of the top of his bowl, so there is no chance of us forgetting his birthday. He will be two years old in September, but in fish years that is more like 30, so he could be planning a big night out. We will give him extra food and an iced gem as a birthday cake. However, what he really wants is a mate, so we will have to see what we can arrange.
I would never swap Barky. He is a good listener. The children like him and he doesn't need walking. When he was in his teens, he used to try to sneak out, but he behaves now. He is for keeps.
请根据短文内容回答下列问题。
21. Who is Barky?
22. What's Barky's hobby?
23. What will Barky do if he is unhappy?
请根据短文内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的写T，错误的写F。
24. In fish years Barky will be about 30 years old.
25. Barky will get a birthday cake for his birthday.
(D)
Universal (世界的) Children's Day was created by the UN in 1954 for all countries to pay special attention to the world's children. It is an important day to promote（促进） the worldwide fraternity (友爱) and understanding between young people. And yet for almost 50 years in the UK it has passed without the recognition (承认) it deserves.
James Michael, 16 and Natasha Reddy, 15 report on an event which very few people in this country would have known about because we are one of the few countries in the world, which does not celebrate it.
It seems strange that the UK government refuses to establish the day. Shouldn't we be encouraged, like other young people all around the world, to look upon the day as a time set aside to specifically to celebrate and promote our rights (权利)，rather than seeing it as just another date in the calendar (日历)？
The introduction of Universal Children's Day in Britain would go a long way in helping young people take pride in their country. It is we who will finally influence the way our country moves forward, so isn't it time that we were offered all that we can be offered to fully understand what our rights as young people are?
26. How long is the history of Universal Children's Day?
27. Can you name one country which does not celebrate Universal Children's Day？
28. What is the author's attitude towards the introduction of Universal Children's Day in the UK?
29. What is the purpose of this report written by James Michael and Natasha Reddy?
30. What's the main idea of the last paragraph in this report?
III. 完形填空（Cloze） (共15小题，计15分)
(A) 阅读下面短文，根据其内容从所给的12个单词中选出最恰当的8个填入空中。
| in; serious; spent; working; but; on; keeps; weak; ahead; edge; grows; side |
After two weeks of worry, a farmer in the north of England was very happy yesterday. James Tuke, a farmer who (31) _______ sheep, lost his dog, Sally, when they were out working together a fortnight ago.
“Sally was running (32) _______ of me,”he said, “and disappeared over the top of the hill. I whistled and called (33) _______ she didn't come. She's young, so I thought perhaps she'd gone back to the farmhouse (34) _______ her own. But she wasn't there. Over the next few days I (35) _______ as much time as I could looking for her. I was afraid that I would never see her again. Then a neighbour said she'd heard an animal crying while she was out walking near the (36) _______ of a cliff. I rushed out and found Sally on a shelf of rock halfway down. She was thin and (37) _______ but she had no (38) _______ injuries. She was really lucky!”
(B) 根据文章内容及首字母提示用最恰当的词完成下文。
A plain (丑的) county woman was visiting the city for the first time. She went into a very tall building. On the first floor, she saw an old lady s _______ (39) in front of a door. The door was closed, and over the floor, there were l _______ (40).
Then the door opened. The old lady standing in front of the door went I i_______ (41). Then it closed. A few minutes l _______ (42), the door opened again, and a beautiful young woman w _______ (43) out! The country woman thought, “This is the door to a magic box! If I go inside the box, I will be b _______ (44) when I come out.”
She waited for the door to open again. Then she walked in. But inside the door, she saw a lot of buttons on the wall. And she didn't know what buttons to p _______ (45)!
IV. 句式转换（Sentence pattern transformation） (共10小题，计10分)
(A) 按要求转换下列句式，每空一词。
46． It is a beautiful day, isn't it? (改为感叹句)
_______ _______ beautiful day it is!
47． Li Ming goes to the Internet Café once a week. (改为特殊疑问句)
_______ _______ does Li Ming go to the Internet Café?
48． He began to teach in this school 7 years ago. (改为现在完成时)
He _______ _______ in this school for 7 years.
49． Tom broke the vase while his mother was out. (改为被动语态)
The vase _______ _______ by Tom while his mother was out.
50. Someone saw Lily go out with the strange man at around 12 o'clock yesterday evening. (改为被动语态)
Lily was _______ _______ go out with the strange man at around 12 o'clock yesterday evening.
(B) 根据上句完成下句，使两句表达的意思基本相同，每空一词。
51． If you eat less, you'll lose more weight.
The _______ you eat, the _______ you will be.
52． I've never ridden a horse before.
It is the _______ time for me to a horse.
53. Bingbing stopped crying as soon as he saw his mum.
Bingbing _______ stop crying _______ he saw his mum.
54. Jo's motorbike is faster than Roy's.
Jo's motorbike is not _______ _______ as Roy's.
55. She put on a coat so that she wouldn't get cold.
She put on a coat _______ _______ not to get cold.
V. 动词填空（Fill in the blanks with verbs in their proper forms） (共5小题，计5分)
阅读短文，并用括号内所给的动词的适当形式填空。
When Sam and Laura moved into their new house last month, everything was in a mess. Now they (56) _______ (work) on the house in their free time. They (57) _______ (repair) the roof already, and they (58) _______ (paint) the rooms, though they (59) _______ (not finish) yet. When they have enough money, they (60) _______ (buy) some new furniture.
VII . 智力测试（IQ） （共5小题，计5分）
66.He was beaten black and blue.
62.Why
is a river so rich ?
63.What question can never be answered by “yes”?
64.Who is closer to you ,your mother or your father ?
65.He was the black sheep of the family .
I． 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure） (共20小题，计20分)
(A)1—5 CBCA CADB 11—15 AC
II. 阅读理解（Reading comprehension） (共30小题，计30分)
(B) 26—30 BBCCC
(E) 41. It is a guard fish. 42. His favourite hobby is watching TV. 43. He will squirt water out of the top of his bowl. 44. T 45. F
(F) 46. 50 years. 47. The UK. 48. It would help young people to take pride in their country. 49. They wanted the UK government to pay more attention to children's rights. 50. Children should be encouraged to understand their rights.
III. 完形填空（Cloze） (共15小题，计15分)
(A) 51. keeps 52. ahead 53. but 54. on 55. spent 56. edge 57. weak 58. serious
(B) 59. standing 60. lifts 61. inside 62. later 63. went/walked 64. beautiful 65. push/press
IV. 句式转换（Sentence pattern transformation） (共10小题，计10分)
(A) 66. What a 67. How often 68. has taught 69. was broken 70. seen to
(B) 71. less, thinner 72. first, ride 73. didn't, until 74. as slow 75. in order/ so as
V. 动词填空（Fill in the blanks with verbs in their proper forms） （共5小题，计5分）
VII. 智力测试（IQ） (共5小题，计5分)
91. 88 92. ￡ 22. 93. 6 94. C 95. Because there's not a single person in it.
一些和颜色有关短语
英语中与颜色有关的惯用语很多，意义并非从表面能理解，下面是一些常见例子，你先试着猜猜看：
(1) Having paid off all the debts, the company is now in the black.
(2) Some financial companies are in the red.
(3) The shop-keeper was beaten black and blue.
(4) He was the black sheep of the family.
(5)The authorities have given our department the green light to purchase the equipment required.
(6) When a foreign company comes to visit the country, the government often rolls out the red carpet for him.
(7) As Jenny did not want to go to Tom's party, she told him that she was busy. Such a white lie is better than hurting his feelings in other ways.
正确意义：
(1) In the black 盈利：
(2) In the red 亏损；负债
(3) Black and blue 青一块紫一块：
(4)The black sheep of the family败家子：
(5) Give ... greenl ight to ... 批准……做……：
(6) Roll out the red carpet 隆重欢迎：
(7) A white lie 善意的谎言：
附：
英语里把一些客人毫无礼貌，不跟主人打声招呼便悄然离去的作风称为 French leave(法国式的离开)。
英国人把小孩子坐无坐相，周身乱动称为 Jewish shake“犹太式的摇摆”。
It's Greek to me．含意是“这我不懂”，或“莫名其妙”。由于 Greek是最难学的文字之一，故有此意。
American Beauty一词。从字面上看这个词语应解作“美国美女”，如果是这样解释的话，那便大错特错了。 American Beauty是美国出产的一种四季都开花的红蔷薇，而不是指人类。