【正文】 believe it is. Is reading better than playing video games? I?m not so sure if it is. If learning is important to you, but not necessarily so， and if pleasure is what you want， these activities can be pleasant in their own way, Reading might be better than many activities if you want to educate yourself and improve your chances of succeeding in your work. If you?re serious about creating the/habit of reading， what?s important is finding a time you can read every day— often that?s early morning or late at night， or both. For others, it might be during their lunch break. You only need to read for 10 to 20 minutes a day to form the habit. Then， you need to find a place that?s fortable. Make sure it has good lighting, the temperature is nice and you?re in a good chair. Or you can find some place that you can relax in without falling asleep, although there?s nothing wrong with sleep. Next， be sure to shut off the TV， Inter， cell phone， radio, or other music. Let reading be a quiet time. Mark an “x” on your calendar every day you read, and try to keep your unbroken “x”es going as long as possible. A habit is much easier to form if it?s something you enjoy, not something you are made to do. So make the time, you spend reading a joy. I?ve been a lifelong reader, so the pleasure of a good book is one of my favorite things in the world. I love to lose myself in the world of a book. ( )56. The importance of reading depends on ______. A. what you?re going to read B. why you want to read you decide to read D. when you begin to read ( )57. If you want to create a habit of reading， the first thing to do is to ______. A. ask the writer for some advice B. find a fortable place C. make a proper time plan D. mark an “x” on the new calendar ( )58. While you are reading， you39。t use his legs any more. However, the 40 boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs 41 hung there, all but lifeless. Finally he returned home from the 42 ． Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, 43 ． Yet his determination that he would walk was as 44 as ever. When he wasn39。 filled with ( )34 We don?t have enough nurses to look after the patients. At least __________are needed. A. ten another nurses B. more ten nurses C. other ten nurses D. ten more nurses ( ) opened the window_________ he could get some fresh air. A. in order to B. so that C. all that D. to 三、完形填空 （ 15 分） The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old coal stove（火爐） . A little boy had the job of ing to school early each day to start the 36 and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there One morning they 37 to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged（拖） the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was 38 taken to a nearby county hospital. The doctor told the boy39。 full of C. dead。 is D． don?t。 will be B． won?t。 for D. to。 to B. on。 that D. such。 that B. such a。 to D. enough。 that B. so。請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案，完成信息記錄表。s watch? A. Fifty yuan. B. Fifteen yuan. C. Thirtyfive yuan （ ） 7. Which subject does the boy dislike? A. Geography. B. Music. C. Science. （ ） 8. Where are the two speakers? A. On a bus. B. In a library. C. In a shop. （ ） 9. How many children are there on the playground? A. 4 B. 7 C. 10 （ ） 10. What does the murderer look like? A. He is tall. B. He has long hair. C. He has short hair. II．聽對(duì)話和短文回答問題（ 10 分） 你將聽到一段 對(duì)話和兩篇短文，聽兩遍，在聽每段對(duì)話或短文前，你將有 5 秒鐘時(shí)間閱讀相關(guān)題目，聽完后你將有時(shí)間選擇最合適的備選答案。 20212017學(xué)年度第一學(xué)期第二次階段檢測(cè) 九年級(jí)英語(yǔ)試題 第 I 卷（選擇題，共 80 分） 一、聽力（共 20 小題，每小題 1 分，計(jì) 20 分） : 聽對(duì)話回答問題 (10 分 ) 本部分共有 10 小題，每小題你將聽到一段對(duì)話，每段對(duì)話聽兩遍，在聽每段對(duì)話前，你將有 5 秒鐘的時(shí)間閱讀題目，聽完后你將有 5 秒鐘的時(shí)間選擇最合適的備選答案。 （ ） are they talking about? A. B . C. （ ） 2. When did the woman get up today? A. B. C. （ ） 3. What did the girl watch last night? A. B. C. （ ） 4. What?s the documentary about? A. B. C. （ ） 5. What color Tshirt does the man advise the woman to try? A. The orange one. B. The green one. C. The violet one. （ ） 6. How much is John39。 聽第一段對(duì)話，回答 1112 小題 （ ） 11. Where does the woman want to go? A. A cafe. B. A library. C. A bank. （ ） 12. How far is the bank from here? A. Half an hour?s ride. B. Half an hour?s walk. C. One hour?s ride. 聽第一篇短文，回答第 13 至 15 題。 Peter?s trouble The sport he likes __13__ The time he spends on it About __14__ every day People who ask him to study harder His __15__ （ ） 13. A. Basketball B. Swimming C. Running （ ） 14. A. 1 hour B. hours C. 2 hours （ ） 15. A. father B. teacher C. mother 聽第二篇短文，回答 1620 小題 （ ） 16. ________ are good seasons for outdoor activities.