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共77道小题，约3500字。

　　江苏省常州市2015-2016学年上学期期末考试九年级英语试卷
　　2016年1月
　　一、听力（20分）
　　二、单项选择（10分）
　　21. I can hardly understand this passage ____ there are quite a number of new words in it.
　　A unless B because C though D until
　　22. The Spring Festival Gala is covered ____ on Chinese New Year’s Eve every year.
　　A alive B living C live D lively
　　23. Tu Youyou worked _____ hard _____ she became the first Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize in medicine for her discoveries.
　　A so; that B such; that C too; to D so; as
　　24. Could you tell me ________?
　　A how long the meeting has begun B how soon will the meeting begin
　　C that we shall go to have a meeting D how long the meeting will last
　　25. --- I do hope you can give me a chance to have a try, Mr. Wang.
　　--- All right if you ______.
　　A invite B promise C support D insist
　　26. --- Your French is so good. How long have you been here in France?
　　--- ____ I was ten.
　　A Until B Since C When D Before
　　27. ---I think the artist’s excellent work is ______ praise.
　　---I agree. We can never praise it too much.
　　A beyond B past C across D over
　　28. Have you found enough information ___ is needed for your report?
　　A who B what C which D where
　　29. ---Can any of your friends tell us something about Hainan Islans?
　　--- Of course, they can. _____ Lucy ____ Lily has been there before. Either of them can do it.
　　A Both; and B Neither; nor C Either; or D Not only; but also
　　30. --- I think I’ll never pass the Math test. It’s too hard.
　　--- _____! Nothing id difficult if you put your heart into it.
　　A Come on B Think twice C All right D Have fun
　　三、完形填空（12分）
　　Kristin Lauer, retiring from school three years ago, stays at home and grows flowers now.__31__ she won’t teach me any more, she will be my teacher forever, because she was the one who __32__ my life.
　　I had ___33__ being a writer since I was young, but it was at the time when Kristin Lauer at Fordham University gave me her first lesson that I really fell in love with _34___ itself.
　　She was my best writing teacher. The homework she gave me after class was always __35___ and creative. Unlike some other teachers, she didn’t often point out __36_ that was wrong with your work. Also she didn’t scold (责骂) you. Instead, she preferred to use humor and encouragement. It was good that she always encouraged you with meaningful stories with a smile, ma feel that she was __37__ you. But, more than that, she was a good _38____ of how to be a teacher when I started teaching some years later.
　　She said to me more than once that I would publish a book and win prizes some day if only I wrote something “____39___”. That was my City of Gold, and with it I reached my dream. It was a true story from my own life as the son of Holocaust(大屠杀) survivors, which I needed to tell but was __40___ to.
　　She helped me shape that story and gave me lots of advice. Sometimes she _41__ called me at midnight to tell me her thoughts about the story.
　　That story won a writing contest and __42__  in Redbook. It was becasue of Professor Lauer’s dedication(奉献).
　　31. A As B Unless C Although D Because
　　32. A gave B improved C changed D expected
　　33. A looked after B given up C looked for D dreamed of
　　34. A writing B saying C listening D reading
　　35. A boring B lovely C strange D interesting
　　36. A anything B everything C something D nothing