成都武侯外国语学校九年级初 2017 级( 上) 期末英语检测考试 ading for fun may make them lose their ____ in reading. A. instead; interesting B. rather than; interest C. instead of; interest ( )8. — Mom, I want to buy this dictionary. It is good but not too______. — Let me see. It is really a useful dictionary. And the price is _____. OK, I will buy it for you. A. high; low B. expensive; low C. expensive; cheap ( )9. Ping Pong is popular across China, _______ both the young and the old can ______. A. about it; take part in B. that; take part in C. in which; take part ( ) 10. Her brother _______ the life in America and made some new friends there. A. used to liking B. got used to C. didn ’ t use to like ( )11. — Sam, do you know if Alice to my party next week? —I think she will come if she free A. comes ; is B. comes ; will be C. will come ; is come ; will be ( ) 12. The traffic in Chengdu is nearly the same as ________ in Shanghai. It ’ s so terrible. A. which B. that C. one D. those ( )13. They can still remember the time ______ they played together in the old days. A. when B. which C. that D. what ( ) 14. As for sports, he prefers _______ rather than _______. Volleyball is too difficult for him. A. playing soccer; to play volleyball B. to play soccer; play volleyball A. playing soccer; to play volleyball D. to play soccer; playing volleyball ( ) 15. The girl is going abroad next month. Every minute ________ her poor English. A. is made use of to improve B. is made use of improving C. is made use to improve D. is made use to improving 3 ( )16. As is reported, it is over 10 years ________WuHou foreign language school was founded A. when B. before C. after D. since ( ) 17. Only since I came back from abroad________ a lot of good things about you. A. I