专练：一般现在时-九年级英语（牛津译林版）
1．Both xiangchun and shepherd’s purse (荠菜) ________ popular vegetables at their best in spring.
A．are    B．is    C．will be    D．were
2．—Can you tell me ________?
—They are more environmentally friendly because they use less energy.
A．what advantage electric cars have    B．who prefers to buy the electric cars
C．how much the cheapest electric car is    D．where people can fix their electric cars
3．My father told me that the earth ________ around the sun.
A．go    B．went    C．going    D．goes
4．If it ________ tomorrow, we will put off the sports meeting.
A．will rain    B．rain    C．raining    D．rains
5．—She has changed a lot and looks fit now.
—Yeah, she ________ lots less than she used to.
A．eats    B．ate    C．will eat    D．have eaten
6．________ going dancing if it ________ rain tomorrow?
A．What about; doesn’t    B．Why not; will be    C．Let’s; is    D．Let’s; will
7．My physics teacher told us that light _______ faster than sound.
A．travels    B．to travel    C．traveling    D．traveled
8．China is a country with _________ population in the world. About one fifth of the world’s population _________ in China.
A．the most, is    B．the largest, are    C．the largest, is    D．the most, are
9．The city has a population of two million. And more than 65,000 of them ________ old people.
A．are    B．is    C．were    D．was
10．I’m four. I ________ to learn English when I ________ six years old.
A．will begin; am    B．began; were    C．will begin; was    D．would begin; am
11．The teacher asked her, “Does the sun rise in the east?”
The teacher asked her ________ the sun ________ in the east.最便宜的汽车
A．if; rise    B．if; rises    C．whether; rose    D．whether did; rise
12．My dictionary ________. I have looked for it everywhere but still ________ it.
A．has lost; don’t find    B．is missing; don’t find    C．has lost; haven’t found    D．is miss
ing; haven’t found
13．—Can I join the club, Dad?
—You can when you ________ a bit older.
A．get    B．will get    C．are getting    D．will have got
14．She is going to be a nurse when she ________ up.
A．is going to grow    B．grows    C．growing    D．grew
15．He does not possess a bicycle, this one he uses ________ to Peter.
A．is belonged to    B．belonged    C．belongs    D．is belonging
16．—Do you like the material?
—Yes, it ________ very soft.
A．is feeling    B．felt    C．feels    D．is felt
17．Do you know ________?
A．what time would the train leave    B．what time does the train leave
C．what time will the train leave    D．what time the train leaves
18．—Do you know when the World Cup ________ next week?
—Next Friday. When it ________, I will ring you.
A．begins; begins    B．begins; will begin    C．will begin; will begin    D．will begin; begins
19．Our teacher told us that the moon ________ round the earth.
A．went    B．turned    C．go    D．turns
20．Bruce often ________ his left hand ________.
A．keep; close    B．keeps; closed    C．keep; closed    D．keeps; close
21．Tom’s handwriting is the best in the class, his teacher ________ this.
A．take pride in    B．take part in    C．takes pride in    D．takes part in
22．Our Physics teacher once told us that light ________ faster than sound.
A．travels    B．travelling    C．travelled    D．travel
23．—Lucy, would you mind telling me ________?
—Certainly not.
A．where were cabin hospital (方舱医院) built
B．if the girl was well enough to go out of hospital
C．why most of the teenagers hate to be like others   
D．how long the Party for the 100th anniversary has begun
24．The teacher told us that light ________ faster than sound.
A．traveled    B．traveling    C．travels    D．travel
25．— Only a little of the Old Summer Palace(圆明园) ________ after the big fire.
—What a pity!
A．remains    B．is remained    C．is remaining    D．will be remain
26．This book shop ________ at 9: and it ________ for ten hours every day.
A．opens; is open    B．is opened; is open    C．is open; open    D．opened; opens
27．I don’t know when he ________. When he ________, the meeting will start at once.
A．will arrive; will arrive    B．will arrive; arrives   
C．arrives; will arrive        D．arrives; arrives
28．— We wonder if she ________ the right way the nearest post office.
— I will check it as soon as she ________.
A．will find, will return    B．will find, returns
C．finds, will return    D．finds,  returns
29．If the food chain ________, many animals will die because they can’t find enough food.
A．breaks    B．will break    C．broke
30．He said that light ________ much faster than sound.
A．has traveled    B．travel    C．travels    D．Traveled
31．— Mike, have you ________ learning to cook from your father if you are fired?