2024—2025学年度第二学期九年级
英语练习
一、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. —Listen! Who is singing in the room?
—________ may be my sister. There will be a singing competition next week.
A. He B. She C. It D. They
2. Jack is not ______ to take the train by himself, so I will go with him.
A. enough old B. old enough C. enough young D. young enough
3. —The beautiful pronunciation of the students caught our ______ in yesterday’s English speech competition.
—Yes, we all cheered for them.
A. condition B. invention C. attention D. position
4. —I didn’t see you in the dining hall. But you said you would come!
—I am really sorry about that. I ________ Mr Zhang carry books then.
A. have helped B. am helping C. was helping D. will help
5. —My brother took part in the Suqian Marathon in March.
—Great!______ meaningful experience it was!
A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
6. —I hear the Drama Club was ________ in our school yesterday. Let’s join it.
—Good idea.
A. set up B. made up C. taken up D. cleaned up
7. —Judy, is Mr. Wang in the teachers’ office now?
—I am not sure. He ______ be there.
A. must B. can’t C. mustn’t D. may
8. —The film Ne Zha is ______ wonderful that people around the world can’t stop watching it again and again.
—I can’t agree more.
A. so B. very C. too D. quite
9. —Excuse me, I’m new here. Could you tell me ________?
—Yes, of course. You can take No. 301 bus there. Welcome to Suqian.
A. how far is the King Xiang’s Hometown
B. how far the King Xiang’s Hometown is
C. how can I get to the King Xiang’s Hometown
D. how I can get to the King Xiang’s Hometown
10. —My father is an engineer. He thinks it’s important to pay attention to every detail.
—He’s right. ______
A. Every dog has its day. B. Practice makes perfect.
C. A miss is as good as a mile. D. Many hands make light work.
二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
In fact, you cannot live without it. It’s usually white ____11____ it has a strong taste. Every cell in your body has it.
It was once used by the Romans to ____12____ their soldiers. In parts of Africa, it is used instead of money to pay for things. The oceans are ____13____ with it. You can get it from the earth as well. Pour it on ____14____, and you can keep the food from going bad for a very long time.
____15____ is it? It’s salt. Since the beginning of time, it has been a (an) ____16____ part of people’s lives. Wars have been fought over it. Kings could rule the country ____17____ it. The French Revolution (革命) was started, in part because the king put a large tax (税) on salt. The farmers did not like this and rose to ____18____ with the king.
Today, salt is used in making nearly 15,000 products. The jeans you wear have ____19____ in them. In cold countries that are covered with snow and ice in ____20____, people ____21____ salt on the roads to melt the ice. Driving would be much more ____22____ without salt.
Where does salt come from? It may come from shallow holes in the earth. In some places, it sits on the top of the earth, and people ____23____ cut and carry it away. But the oceans are where most of the salt lies. Ocean water is salty and not good to drink. The sun evaporates sea water, leaving only salt.
Many expressions in English have ____24____ to do with salt. Sometimes, it is said that a worker is “worth his salt”. This means that the person works very hard and is ____25____. Remember that the Romans used salt to pay soldiers. This is probably where the expression comes from.
11. A. and B. if C. or D. so
12. A. pay B. invite C. feed D. steal
13. A. faced B. filled C. covered D. satisfied
14. A. food B. hand C. jeans D. earth
15. A. Why B. When C. What D. Where
