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　　无锡市XX中学2013～2014学年第二学期期中考试
　　九年级英语
　　考试时间：100分钟                                                 2014.4
　　第I卷（客观题 共50分）
　　一、单项填空  在A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大  
　　题共14分，每小题1分)
　　1. — Do not give up! Perhaps ________ tough task needs more of your effort.
　　— I won’t. I’ll have ________ second try anyway.
　　A. a; a     B. the; a     C. a; the     D. the; the
　　2. The tourists will find the guide book is of even ________ practical value than they thought, as it shows different routes to the places they are going to.
　　A. less    B. little    C. great   D. greater
　　3. — Has Donnie finished reading the novel?
　　— Not yet. There ________ still ________ of it left.
　　A. is; three-fourths B. are; three-fourth C. is; third-fourths   D. are; three-fourths
　　4. — I left my keys in the room yesterday. I had to get in ________ the window.
　　— It’s dangerous to do that.
　　A. above B. to  C. through  D. over
　　5. — Which would you lip of coffee or tea?
　　— Neither, thanks. I ________ drink a glass of water.
　　A. prefer     B. like     C. would like   D. would rather
　　6. The old lady feels ________ bad at the moment because she was caught in the ________ rain just now.
　　A. terrible; heavy  B. terrible; heavily C. terribly; heavy   D. terribly; heavily
　　7. — Do I have to sell my old computer? It almost stops working.
　　— You ________ do so, it only needs ________. Something has gone wrong with it.
　　A. mustn’t; to repair B. can’t; repairing C. needn’t; repairing D. may not; to repair
　　8. — Emily, here’s a dictionary. I hope it will help you.
　　— Than. It’s ________ what I need.
　　A. only B. just C. still D. almost
　　9. He was hoping to go abroad but his parents ________ that they won’t support him unless he   can borrow money from the bank.
　　A. were deciding B. decided C. have decided D. will decide
　　10. — How about your journey to Canada?
　　— Everything was wonderful except that our car ________.
　　A. slowed down B. put down C. got down D. broke down
　　11. — The novel isn’t easy for Xiao Wang to read, is it?      
　　— ________. His foreign language is far better than expected.     
　　A. Yes, it is        B. No, it isn’t       C. I don’t think so        D. I’m afraid not
　　12. I never doubt ________ the places of interest is worth ________.
　　A. whether; visiting B. that; to visit  C. whether; a visit   D. that; a visit   
　　13. — ________ good time we had during our stay in Hainan last year!
　　— Yes, ________ fun we had playing some water sports there!
　　A. What a; what     B. How; how  C. What; how     D. How a; what
　　14. — I am going to spend my holiday in the countryside.
　　— ________. The air there is fresh and the views are attractive as well.
　　A. Sounds wonderful B. Of course C. Let me see D. Well done
　　二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入
　　相应空白处的最佳答案。 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)
　　Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an   15   mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just   16   the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is   17   to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million piece