:新目标九年级上学期英语期中测试卷

: 一、单项选择：（20分）
(  )31.—    do you study for tests?
—I study   listening to tapes.
A. How; with B: What; with  C: How; by  D. What; by
(  )32. Great changes _____ in my hometown since 1980.
A. have been taken place      B. took place
C. have taken place        D. were taken place
(  )33. Sixteen-year-olds      to drive.
A. is allowed  B. are not allowed C. allowed  D. is not allowed
(  )34.－Do you like the skirt ? －It _______ soft.
A. is feeling   B. felt    C. feels    D. is felt
(  )35.When we practice speaking English, we often end up     in Chinese.
A. to speak  B. speaking  C. spoken  D. speak
(  )36. It is not polite to     those persons in trouble.
A. laugh to  B. laugh with  C. laugh of  D. laugh at
(  )37. If I     you, I’d take a small present for her.
A. am    B. is     C. was    D. were
(  )38. My grandfather     us stories when I was young.
A. was used to tell    B. is used to telling
C. used to tell      D. used to telling