北京市房山区2018-2019学年度九年级英语上学期期末考试试卷
本试卷共10页，共60分，考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将答题卡交回，试卷自行保存。
知识运用（共14分）
一、单项填空（共12小题，每小题0.5分，共6分）
从下面各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. —Is this your father’s car?
— No. ______ car is black.
A. My B. His C. Her D. Your
2. —Grace, let me help you carry the heavy box.
—Thank you _____ your help.
A. on B. at C. to D. for
3. We didn’t enjoy the day ______ the weather was too bad.
A. or B. but C. because D. so
4. Peter runs very fast, but his brother runs ________ than him.
A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. the fastest
5. — __________ are all these together?
— 425 yuan.
A. How much B. How many C. How long D. How often
6. —Mum, could you help me?
—Wait a moment. I ______ dinner now.
A. cook B. will cook C. was cooking D. am cooking
7. Jane is very friendly. She often ______ her classmates.
A. has helped B. helped C. helps D. will help
8. The little girl ________ trees in the West Hill with her parents last Sunday.
A. planted B. plants C. will plant D. has planted
9. —Where is your mother?
—She is in Shanghai. She ______ back next week.
A. was coming B. has come C. came D. will come
10. Ann loves reading. She ________ five Oxford Bookworm novels already.
A. has read B. reads C. will read D. is reading
11. These beautiful photos _______ on the Great Wall last week.
A. take B. took C. are taken D. were taken
12. — What did Mr. White say just now?
— He asked ______ last week.
A. where we had a picnic B. where did we have a picnic
C. where we will have a picnic D. where will we have a picnic
二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Light Up the Life
Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was unsuccessful in career. He didn’t like his boss and workmates and often complained that he had been fooled by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with everything that he had to 13 the city, so his family moved to another city．
It was Saturday evening. When Terry and his wife were busy putting their things in their new home，the lights suddenly went out and they had to stop working．Terry was sorry to 14 ．Just then he heard light knocks on his door． to bring along some candles
“Who is it?” he wondered．Terry knew nobody else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be 15 ，. He opened the door impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking“Sir, do you have 16 ? I’m your neighbor’’. “No’’, answered Terry angrily．He shut the door 17 ．
After a while the door was knocked again．He opened it and found the same little girl outside．But this time she was 18 a candle radiating（放光）red light．She said，“My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles．She sent me here to give you this”.
At that moment Terry suddenly realized what caused his failure in life. It was his 19 to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been 20 by his cold mind．
