湖南省长沙周南集团2021-2022学年九年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案）

这是一份湖南省长沙周南集团2021-2022学年九年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案），共7页。

命题⼈：周南望城学校初三英语备课组 审题⼈：周南望城学校初三英语备课组
试卷分四个部分，71小题，时量100分钟，满分120分。
= 1 \* ROMAN I．听力技能（两部分，共20小题，计20分）略
= 2 \* ROMAN II．阅读（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
21. Wh made the telephne call?
A. Bb William. B. Jhn Smith. C. Tm Lin.
22. Which is true frm the message?
A. The caller wants Tm t call back.
B. The caller wants t see Jhn at hme.
C. The caller wants t knw when they will meet.
B
23. Which prblem is NOT mentined in the passage?
A. Air pllutin. B. Water pllutin. C. Destructin f frests.
24. Hw lng will the lecture last?
A. Fr half an hur. B. Fr an hur. C. Fr 120 minutes.
25. Wh have caused a lt f envirnmental prblems?
A. humans B. animals C. Mr. Chamberlain
C
When yu feel sad, dn’t wrry t much. There are many ways t make yu happy again. Here are sme suggestins fr yu.
1. Try t get t knw yur neighbrs and d them a favr if they need any help.
2. Jin a lcal sprts r scial club and take part in their activities. Yu may frget yur unhappy feeling in this way.
3. Travel t anther place t learn mre abut ur beautiful wrld. This will help yu increase yur feeling f enjying natural beauty and yu wuld becme mre interested in the new envirnment.
Anyway, it’s imprtant t have an enjyable and relaxing heart. If yu always think f happy and gd things, yu will never feel lnely when yu are in truble. Tell yur sad feelings t yur true friend when yu are unhappy. He can deal with it fr yu and help yu at any time. In this way, yu can becme a happy persn frever.
26. The three suggestins can help make yu feel _______ again.
A. pleased B. terrible C. sad
27. When yur neighbrs get int truble, yu can _______ t make yu feel happy.
A. ask them fr mney B. help them C. make friends with them
28. Which f the fllwing is nt a gd way t frget yur sad feelings?
A. Jining a lcal sprts club.
B. Staying at hme and thinking f yur sad things all the time.
C. Traveling t anther place t learn mre abut ur beautiful wrld.
29. When yu are in truble, yu shuld _______ t deal with yur lneliness.
A. have a healthy bdy.
B. tell yur sad feelings t yur true friend.
C. thinking f happy and unhappy things.
30. The passage is mainly abut _______.
A. hw t get alng with yur friends.
B. hw t becme successful in life.
C. hw t keep a happy feeling.
D
Nwadays, sme peple prefer t dry their wet hands with paper while thers are used t drying their hands with hand dryers. It seems much cleaner by using the hand dryers withut directly cntact with yur skin, but actually it turns ut that using a hand dryer can actually “dirty” yur hands.
A medical dctr advised us nt t use thse ht hand dryers in public bathrms. Recently, a vide shw hw thse cnvenient hand dryers actually spread the bacteria (病毒). “I hate t bring the bad news, but thse hand dryers in public are really disgusting,” said the dctr, “There have been actual studies dne n thse hand dryers t see if they spread bacteria. Actually, they tend t spread mre bacteria than by paper.”
Accrding t the Harvard Health blg, a study by a University in 2018 fund that expsure (接触) t ht hand dryers made mre bacteria within several secnds. It is prved by Harvard Health that every time a tilet is flushed (冲水), the bacteria may spread thrugh the air ver an area as large as 6 square meters. When the bacteria cme up t a ht hand dryer, they greatly increase.
S what is the best way t clean the hands? Studies have shwn the answer, that is drying with paper. Mrever, many peple simply wash their hands under the running water, and d nt use hand sap. In fact, nly by washing yur hands each time with hand sap can it be effective (有效的).
31. Hw large will the bacteria spread when they cme up t a ht hand dryer?
A. 6 square meters.
B. Less than 6 square meters.
C. Mre than 6 square meters.
32.The underlined wrd “disgusting” means _______ in Paragraph 3.
A. 令人喜欢的B. 令人厌恶的C. 令人感到方便的
33.Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. Washing hands under running water is effective.
B. Using a hand dryer in pubic can make yur hands cleaner.
C. Drying with paper t clean yur hands is better than with a hand dryer.
34. What des the writer want us t d?
A. Get a new way f drying hands.
B. Use hand dryers as little as pssible.
C. Buy hand dryers and use them at hme.
35. What des the passage prbably cme frm?
A. A strybk.B. A traffic magazine.C. A health magazine.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
There are many great inventins that have changed the way we live. The first great inventin was the ne that is still very imprtant tday — the wheel. 36._____________
Fr hundreds f years after that, there were few inventins that had as much effect (影响) as the wheel. Then in the early 1800s, the wrld started t change. There was little unknwn land left in the wrld. Peple didn’t have t explre (探测) much anymre. They began t wrk s as t make life better.
In the secnd half f the 19th century, many great inventins were made. 37._____________ These all play a big part in ur daily life tday. The first part f the 20th century saw mre great inventins such as the helicpter (直升机), mvies with sund, and jet planes. This was als a time when a new material was first made. Nyln came in 1935. 38._____________
By this time mst peple had a very gd life, Man has a desire t explre again, the wrld was knwn t man but the stars were nt. Man began lking fr ways t g int space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States tk a step. 39._____________ In 1969 man tk his biggest step frm the earth. Americans first walked n the mn. 40._____________ New inventins will smeday allw us t d things we have never dreamed f.
第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Shadw puppetry, r pi ying xi, is an ancient frm f strytelling and entertainment (娱乐) in China. It has been an imprtant part f Chinese culture.
Shadw puppetry dates back t the Han Dynasty, mre than 2,000 years ag. When Emperr Wu’s favrite wife died f illness, the emperr became very sad. One f his ministers came up with an idea t cheer the emperr up. That night, he cut a puppet (木偶) in the shape f the emperr’s wife and put n a perfrmance. It was s wnderful that the emperr felt that he saw the spirit f his lve. Shadw puppet shws became very ppular during the Sng Dynasty. Peple celebrated festivals and hlidays by putting n shadw puppet shws.
It’s said that the puppets were first cut ut f paper, but later made f clred leather (皮革). One muth tells stries f thusands f years, and a pair f hands brings millins f puppets t life. This is hw a puppet artist wrks. Hwever, being a puppet artist is never easy. In rder t make the puppets lk like real nes, puppet artists must spend lng hurs watching and studying hw peple and animals mve. They usually practice many times befre a shw. In a shw, perfrmers hld puppets behind a white clth and make the puppets mve naturally. They use bth hands while perfrming and have t change their hands frm time t time.
41. Des shadw puppetry have a histry f ver 2,000 years?
42. What did the puppet made by the minister lk like?
43. When did the shadw puppet shws becme ppular?
44. What were the puppets made f at first?
45. What d puppet artists d befre giving a perfrmance?
III．语言运用（共三节，满分35分）
第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
D yu believe that we can have an imprtant influence n anyne we meet? The right wrds at just the right time culd 46 smene’s life.
When I was 3 years ld, my parents discvered I was 47 . After asking many dctrs and parents f ther deaf children, they decided nt t put me in a special schl. Althugh I seemed utging, my self-esteem (自尊心) was quite lw. On my first day at schl, the ther kids 48 me because f my hearing aid and the way I talked. I was hurt deeply and I saw myself as a(n) 49 kid.
Mrs. Green, my 50 changed all f that with a single three-wrd phrase. One mrning, she asked the class a questin. Sitting at my desk silently, I 51 her lips (嘴唇) and raised my hand right away. She called n me in frnt f the blackbard. I tk a deep breath and 52 answered Mrs.Green’s questin.
I will 53 frget what happened next. Mrs.Green pinted directly at me. With sparkling (闪光的) eyes and a big smile she cried: “That’s right, Ben!”
Fr the first time in my yung life, my cnfidence rse. At that mment, I decided that n matter hw many 54 I may face, I can vercme them. Thanks t thse three 55 wrds, my whle life changed frm that mment.
46. A. end B. change C. lse
47. A. blind B. deaf C. fat
48. A. made fun f B. tk care f C. made friends with
49. A. ugly B. smart C. handsme
50. A. driver B. dctr C. teacher
51. A. read B. tuched C. reached
52. A. nervusly B. lazily C. carelessly
53. A. ften B. ever C. never
54. A. aims B. difficulties C. interests
55. A. unkind B. bitter C. simple
第二节 （共10小；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Water is very imprtant t us. March 22 is 56. _______ 30th Wrld Water Day. China has 20 percent f the wrld’s ppulatin but nly 7 percent f 57. _______ (it) fresh water. Amng ver 600 cities, arund 400 are shrt f water. Nw even sme cities in suthern China are 58. _______ (face) its mst serius water prblem.
Cmpared with nrthern areas, suthern areas have mre rain and are clse 59. _______ mre rivers and lakes. Why are they still shrt f water? Here 60. _______ (be) sme reasns. Firstly, in big cities like Shenzhen and Guangzhu, ppulatins are grwing fast, 61. _______ peple and factries need mre and mre water. Each persn in Shenzhen has 62. _______ (little) than 200m³ f water each year. Secndly, climate change is making the water prblem wrse. Fr example, mst cities in Guangdng depend n the Dngjiang River as the main surce (来源) f water. In 2021, the river was reprted t be drying up. What’s mre, water pllutin makes it harder 63. _______ (get) clean drinking water. Factries and farms als dn’t make use f water 64. _______ (full).
The cuntry needs t develp mre technlgies t save water in these places. We can als try t save water in ur daily life. Fr example, turn ff the tap while we brush ur 65. _______ (tth) and reduce (减少) ur shwers frm 15 minutes t 10 minutes. Let’s pay mre attentin t this resurce and try ur best t save water every day.
第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。
Chinese writing is ne f the wrld’s greatest writing systems (系统). It is mre widely in use than alphabetic (字母的) writing systems. 66. 世界上多于一半的书是用中文写的, including histrical writings and nvels, alng with writings n gvernment and law.
At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back (追溯) several thusand years t the use f animal bnes and shells n which symbls were carved (刻) by ancient Chinese peple. 67. Sme f the ancient symbls can still be seen in tday’s Chinese characters.
68. By the Shang Dynasty, these symbls had becme a well-develped writing system. Over the years, the system develped int different frms, as it was a time when peple were divided gegraphically, leading t different dialects (方言) and characters. This, hwever, changed under the reign f Qin Shi Huang.
Qin Shi Huang united (统一) all ther Warring States int ne cuntry where the Chinese writing system began t develp in ne directin. 69. 这个系统在统一中国人民和文化方面起着重要的作用。Even tday, n matter where Chinese peple live r what dialect they speak , they can still cmmunicate in writing.
Tday, Chinese writing system is still an imprtant part f Chinese culture. As China plays a great rle in the wrld, an increasing number f internatinal students are beginning t appreciate (欣赏) China’s culture thrugh it. 70. Written Chinese spreads Chinese culture wherever it ges.
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= 4 \* ROMAN IV．书面表达（满分15分）
71. 双减以来，中学生有了更多自主支配的时间，但有些同学不知如何利用好这些时间，针对这种现象，你校英语报举办了以“Hw t make better use f ur spare time”为题的征文活动。
请你根据以下提示，写⼀篇 80 词左右的英文短文投稿。






Telephne Message
Date: April 20, 2022
Time: 8:30
Frm: Bb William
T: Jhn Smith
Caller's number：0731-8237889
Telephned
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Will call again
Want t see yu
Please call back
√
Message: He wants t knw what time yu are meeting him at the Memrial Hall f the Martyrs
(烈士纪念馆).
Received by: Tm Lin
Mr. Chamberlain’s Special Lecture
Tpic: What Can We D t Prtect the Envirnment?
Time: 9:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. December 6, 2020
Place: In the schl hall
The earth is in truble! Almst every day we hear abut envirnmental prblems — air pllutin, glbal warming, destructin (破坏) f frests, etc.
As is knwn t all, humans have caused a lt f envirnmental prblems. We’re very wrried abut the future f the earth. We must find sme gd ways t slve these prblems, r the earth will n lnger be a suitable place t live n.
Each f us, n matter hw ld we are, can d smething t prtect the envirnment. We’re all respnsible fr the envirnment. What can we d? Cme and listen t Mr. Chamberlain’s lecture.
A. Amng them were the camera, the light and the radi.
B. This is certainly just a beginning, thugh.
C. It changed the kind f clthes peple wear.
D. This made it easier t carry heavy things and t travel lng distances.
E. Since then ther cuntries, including China and Japan, have made their steps int space.
不良现象和行为
1. 花太多时间在兴趣爱好上
2. 迷恋⽹络游戏
3.
建议
1. 合理安排时间
2. 参加兴趣⼩组
3.
2021-2022-2周南集团九下期中考试
（参考答案）
Ⅰ．听力技能 略
Ⅱ．阅读
第一节 短文理解
21—25 ACBCA 26—30 ABBBC
31—35 CBCBC
第二节 语篇补全
36—40 DACEB
第三节 阅读表达
41. Yes (, it des).
42. It lked like Emperr’s Wu’s wife.
43. In the Sng Dynasty.
44. Paper.
45. They spend much time watching, studying and practicing.
Ⅲ. 语言运用
第一节 词语填空
46—50 BBAAC 51—55 AACBC
第二节
56. the 57. its
58. facing 59. t
60. are61. s
62. less 63. t get
64. fully 65. teeth
第三节 语篇翻译
66. Mre than half f the bks in the wrld are written in Chinese.
67. 一些古代的符号在今天的汉字中仍然能看到。
68. 到了商朝，这些符号已经成为一个发展完备的书写体系。
69. The system played an imprtant rle in uniting Chinese peple and culture.
70. 汉字将中国文化传播到世界各地。
Ⅳ. 书面表达
One pssible versin:
Hw t make better use f ur spare time
Nwadays, we students have much mre free time than befre. But quite a number f students dn’t knw hw t use the time prperly. They spend s much time n their hbbies that they can’t finish their hmewrk n time. Als sme f them watch t much TV. What’s wrse, sme students are crazy abut playing cmputer games. We dn’t think it’s gd fr their study and health.
Hwever, hw can we make better use f ur spare time? There are many things we can d. Fr example, we can plan ur time carefully and try ur best t achieve a balance between ur study and hbbies. And als we can set up and jin different kinds f interest grups, take part in sme gd scial activities. Besides, we can d sme sprts. If we have time, we shuld help parents d sme husewrk.
Let’s make better use f ur free time and make ur life rich and clrful!