江苏省泰兴市黄桥初级中学2023-2024学年九年级下学期第一次月考英语试题

这是一份江苏省泰兴市黄桥初级中学2023-2024学年九年级下学期第一次月考英语试题，共12页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，综合填空，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、单项选择(共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，计 10 分)
1. — I hear that yu went t see film called Article 20《第二十条》, isn’t that bring?
— . It’s ne f the mst exciting films .
A. the; Yes, it’s interesting. B. a; Yes, it’s bring.
C. the; Nt at all. D. a; Of curse.
2. ---__________ is the ppulatin f India? ---It is______than_____f China.
A. Hw large; fewer; it B. What; smaller; that
C. Hw much; less; that D. What; smaller; it
3. Mary’s brther _________ the navy in 2019 and ______________ the navy since then.
A. jined; has been in B. jined in; has jined in
C. jined in; has been in D. jined; has jined
4. ---I think the washing machine is a wnderful _______________.
---I can’t agree mre. It sets many husewives free.
A. intrductin B. instructinC. invitatin D. inventin
5. We all knw sme f the plice’s duties are t keep rder and ____________ the law.
A. give ut B. find ut C. cme ut D. carry ut[来
6. _____ peple have gne t Sanya fr winter, and the number f the visitrs ______ grwing rapidly these days,
A. a great deal f; is B. a great deal f; are
C. a great number f; isD. a great number f; are
7. --- Listen! the headmaster is making a speech!
--- Really? Wuld yu please _________ the main pints fr me? I’m busy nw.
A. recrd B. receiveC. reach D.realize
8. --- Have yu seen the CCTV news n TV?
--- Yes, children had a gd festival n the Children’s Day.
A. billins f, sixty-ne B. ten billins, sixtieth-ne
C. billins f, sixty-first D. ten billin, sixtieth-first
9. —Excuse me, I wnder .
—Yes, and the nearest ne is t the west f the mall.
what the bus statin isB. when the bus statin is pen
C. hw I can get t the bus statinD. if there is a bus statin near here
10.---Hw abut ging shpping tgether at ne ’clck this afternn?
--- . Will three ’clck be OK?
Certainly, n prblem B. Srry, I can’t make it
C. Sure, it depends n yu D. Srry, I’m nt free tday
三、完形填空(共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，计 15 分)
It is very cmmn t see frgs in ur daily life.Have yu heard abut stries f frgs?I am sure yu will 11 think f "the frg prince " 12 ,it is nt the stry 13 the princess and the frg.It is abut a frg 14_wants t be unusual.
Paca is a frg(青蛙). Her life changed when she saw a singer's lng hair n TV fr the first time.It made the singer lk s different frm thers.She 15 the lng hair.
“Oh!I want smething like that.Smething that makes me 16 ,” Paca said t herself.
Paca didn't knw that frgs dn't have 17 _.She thught that maybe she culd 18 her wn hair by singing. She began t sing everywhere she went. She went t twns and cities, t the sea and muntains 19_ne day she sang in a barbershp(理发店).
While Paca was singing, the hairdresser was cutting smene's hair. Sme hair 20 Paca's head.After seeing her new hair, Paca thught that her dream was ging t _21
In her excitement,she sang s 22that she wke up the hairdresser's cat.
The cat thught Paca was a 23 and caught her.But after tuching Paca's cld and slippery skin(湿滑的皮肤),the cat fund that Paca was nt a muse and let her 24 .At that mment, Paca learned that she shuld just try t be herself.
See,my dear friend, just be 25 .That's yur best chice.
B.certainly C.hardly D.rarely
B.But C.While D.Mrever
B.between C.frm D.fr
B.what C.where D.whse
B.missed C.cared D.lved
B.special C.large D.cmmn
B.vice C.hair D.skin
B.make C.cut D.take
B.because C.r D.until
ff B.fell n C.turned t D.gt up
ff B.cme right C.cme true D.cme ut
B.beautifully C.slwly D.ludly
B.guest C.muse D.cat
B.g C.sing D.jump
B.myself C.themselves D.yurself
四、阅读理解(共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，计 40 分)
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What makes smartphnes fun and useful t use? Amazing apps are! Try them ut!
26.If a meldy(旋律) cmes t yur mind all f a sudden, yu’ll chse_____________ .
Chrdana Cmpser B. Headspace
C. SpinMe D. Flick Champins Winter Sprts
27. What des the underlined wrd “Meditatin”mean?
A. 睡觉 B. 开小差 C. 冥想 D. 猜测
28. Hw can we turn ff the SpinMe when it wrks?
A. By pressing a buttn.B. By spinning the phne
C. By lying in bed and spinning D. By standing up and spinning arund.
29. What shuld yu d first if yu play the Flick Champins Winter Sprts fr the first time?
A. Lead t the champinship.B. Pick a cuntry t represent.
C. Learn the rules and necessary skills.D. Win glry fr yur natinal team.
30.Where can we prbably find the passage?
A. In a nvel. B. In a health reprt.
C. In a travel guide. D. In a newspaper.
B
● The kangar muse(更格卢鼠)never needs t drink water.
The kangar muse is named after an Australian animal.It lives in the Nevad desert and desn't need t drink water.It has been used t the dry envirnment by getting all the water it needs frm the seeds(种子)it eats.
● Clams(蛤蜊)have feet.
It seems clams have a big tngue(舌头)that smetimes reaches ut frm their shell(壳)t search arund the cean flr,but in fact what yu're seeing is a ft.This ft,lnger than the clam's shell,helps them dig in the sand n the cean flr.
● Stars dn't really twinkle.
“Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star"makes us think the stars are sparkling(闪烁的),but it's actually a“space mirage(幻景).”The light frm stars is steady,but Earth's atmsphere(大气层) makes them seem t twinkle.
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On tp f sleeping,eating and pping,babies spend plenty f their time crying.Hwever, they dn't prduce tears right away.That ability takes a while t develp,which is why parents wn't start t see actual teardrps frm until their baby is between tw weeks and three mnths ld.
31.Hw d kangar mice take in water?
A.They dn't need water. B.They eat seeds.
C.They bath in water. D.They breathe wet air.
32.What d we knw abut the clam?
A.Its ft is lnger than its shell. B.Its tngue helps it dig sand.
C.It has a big tngue D.It desn't ften shw its ft.
33.What's the meaning f the underlined wrd “steady"?
A. 强烈的。 B. 不真实的。 C. 不变的。 D. 闪烁的。
34.Which f the fllwing is suitable fr the missing title n the line?
A.Babies are brn with natural skills. B.Nt all babies are brn crying.
C.Newbrn babies like t cry. D.Newbrn babies dn't cry tears.
35.What d babies spend the mst time ding after they are brn?
A.Sleeping. B.Pping. C.Eating D.Crying.
C
Mark Hffman and his wife wn a bed-and-breakfast guesthuse in rural Kemptn, Illinis. They ften serve their guests fresh prducts frm the garden.
The Hffmans have been grwing fd and flwers fr twenty-five years. Fr almst ten f thse years, Mr. Hffman has been experimenting(做实验) and wrking with shade plantings. He says, “The bttm line here is that mst plants will prduce mre in full sun. But if yu d nt have full sun, there are ther chices.”
Fr example, he grws tmates near ak trees. Oak trees(橡树) can prduce a lt f shade. But Mr. Hffman says his tmat plants grw as lng as they get five hurs’ direct sunshine a day, especially mrning sun. Nt nly des this g against the traditinal advice that tmates need six, eight, even twelve hurs’ full sun a day, it als shws hw plants and tree rts(树根) can share nutrients(养分) and water. Mr. Hffman als planted asparagus(芦笋) arund a tree. When it rains, all the rain frm the leaves f the tree drps dwn right n the asparagus.
Mr. Hffman says plants with wider leaves seem t d better in shady envirnments. He als fund that his ptates did better partly in shade than in full sun.
Mving them ut f the sun helped cntrl an insect prblem with leaf hppers. Mr. Hffman des nt use pesticide(杀虫剂). Instead, he planted the ptates in the shade, especially n the east side f the tree. The ptates get mrning sun, but they are shaded during the httest part f the day. Leaf hppers dislike shade, and the httest part day is when they d the wrst f their damage(破坏).
Time f day, brightness f the sun, shadws frm trees, walls and buildings all influence hw much sunlight falls r des nt fall n plants. Peple wh are interested in shade planting shuld als cnsider different cnditins which planting vegetables in the shade.
姓名______________班级_______________准考证号_______________
36. What can we infer frm the secnd paragraph?
A.Fd and flwers prduce mre in the shade.
B.Fd and flwers can’t grw withut full sun.
C.Planting fd in the shade is the best chice.
D.Sun can influence the prductin f sme plant.
37. By using asparagus as an example, the writer wants t explain that ________.
A. hw plants and trees share waterB. vegetables grw better in the shade
C. hw leaves get sunshine under the treeD. asparagus prefers t grw in the shade
38.The underlined wrds “leaf hppers” in Paragraph 5 may be a kind f ________.
A. plantsB. insectsC. pesticidesD. ptates
39. What’s the writer’s purpse f writing the passage?
A.T intrduce Mark Hffman and his family.
B.T recmmend a methd f managing a website.
C.T shw vegetables can be planted in the shade.
D.T shw vegetable must be planted in the shade.
40. We may read the passage n a website in the sectin f ______.
Envirnment B.Travelling C. Agriculture D. Lifestyle
D
Lake Victria is the largest lake in Africa. It is als the secnd largest lake in the wrld. It is an imprtant lake because it is ne f the surces fr the lngest river in the wrld, the Nile River. Lake Victria prvides a surce f water, fd, and pwer fr several African cuntries. Lake Victria is a big part f African life.
Unfrtunately, Lake Victria has a prblem. It is shrinking.There are several pwer statins at Lake Victria in Uganda.These are n the Nile River, and besides prducing pwer, they keep the water f the lake at a certain level.Fr the past frty years, that level has been 11.9 meters.Over the last several years, the water level has drpped by abut 2.5 meters.There seem t be several reasns fr this drp.
One pssible reasn is drught(干旱).Drught has been very bad in the area since 2000.Lake Victria gets all f its water frm rain, s the drught means less water in the lake.
Hwever, sme envirnmentalists believe that the real prblem is the pwer plants(factries) n Lake Victria.Uganda depends n thse pwer plants fr mst f its pwer, and they made the pwer plants larger in 2000.Many peple believe the pwer plants have been taking t much water ff Lake Victria.As a result, they have been asked t use less water until Lake Victria ges back t its ld level.
Whether the lw water level is caused by drught r pwer plants, the result is the same. This is already a pr area f Africa, where many peple live a really hard life.Peple, animals and plants arund Lake Victria will suffer even mre frm lw water levels n the lake.Many peple need Lake Victria fr fishing r grwing fd.Fish need the water t live, and animals need it fr water.
41.Lake Victria is __________.
A. an imprtant lake in Africa. B.the largest lake in the wrld.
C.the surce f water, fd and pwer fr America. D.the nly surce fr the Nile River.
42. What des the underlined sentence “It is shrinking” mst prbably mean?
A. It is becming larger. B. It is becming mre beautiful.
C. It is becming smaller. D. It is becming mre useful.
43. The water level f Lake Victria is nw __________.
A.2.5 meters B.11.9 meters C.14.4 meters D.9.4 meters
44. Which f the fllwing is NOT true accrding t the passage?
A. Rain water is the nly surce fr the lake.
B. There has been little rain in the lake area since 2000.
C. The pwer plants in Uganda prvide water fr the lake.
D. The pwer plants in Uganda were made larger in 2000.
45. Accrding t the passage, hw can we slve the prblems arund Lake Victria?
A. Peple must build mre pwer plants.
B. Mre surces f water must be fund.
C. Every cuntry shuld ffer sme mney t Africa.
D. All the peple living in the area shuld mve t anther place.
四、任务型阅读(共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，计 15 分)
The Zisha teapts made in Yixing city in east China's Jiangsu Prvince are cnsidered t be the best tl fr making tea.It was created during Sng Dynasty in the 10th century.Accrding t literature,the first Zisha was made several hundred years ag.
Different types f clay(黏土)used fr making Yixing teapts,mainly purple clay,red clay, green clay and mixed clay,are ttally called Yixing clay.Yixing clay stands fr “zisha”in Chinese because purple clay is mst cmmnly used.T make a Zisha teapt,the material shuld be carefully selected and prcessed befre it can be used.The mst imprtant step t make Yixing teapts is t keep punding(拍打)the clay with a special wden stick.They are prduced in factries,nt by machine but by hand.
The Zisha teapt is cnsidered as the best teapt and the tea made in it tastes especially nice. And the tea can be stred vernight in it withut ging bad in spring,autumn,winter and even in summer.The clay is highly prus(多孔的),but water cannt g ut frm it.This is the mst special abut Zisha clay.
Anther famus Characteristic f Yixing teapts is that they can absrb(吸收) tea flavurs(茶香).Over time,Yixing teapts can smell gd even there is n tea in it.
The prductin skills f Yixing Chin's Zisha teapts was listed amng Intangible Cultural Heritages(非物质文化遗产)in 2006.Many peple cllect Zisha teapts,since it is nt nly a daily necessity,but has becme a wrk f art.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
五、综合填空(共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，计 15 分)
“We thank yu fr yur visits t Heilngjiang.This winter,yu brught jy and life t this land.It's s great t have yu here." 56 the last day f 2023,the Heilngjiang Prvincial Turism Office annunced a thank-yu letter 57 (excited).The letter 58 (publish) by several lcal newspapers.
At Harbin Ice and Snw Wrld, 59 ice-and-snw theme park in Nrtheast China's Heilngjiang Prvince,turists gathered 60 (cunt)dwn tward 2024,with mre than 1,000 ice and snw sculptures arund.
Besides the ice-and-snw sculptures,a lt f winter activities were there fr visitrs t enjy. Skiing was ne f 61 ( ppular)activities.Many peple wuld wait fr tw t three hurs 62 these activities.
What's mre,bicycles n ice and ht air ballns allwed visitrs t enjy the magic wrld frm abve.When the night 63 (fall),the ice sculptures lked bright in different clrs,and live music and DJs added mre t the clrful ice and snw wrld,where 64 (thusand)f visitrs danced t the music tgether.
During this turism bm,many visitrs felt the 65 (warm)f lcal peple.Lcal gvernment prvided ht tea fr free t keep visitrs warm.Many drivers als vlunteered t drive arund the city t pick up turists and give them free rides.
“Whether it is Zib Barbecue r Harbin Ice and Snw Turism,they have given full play t their wn characteristics and advantages.”said Zhang Yiwu, a Chinese language and literature prfessr at Peking University.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64. 65.
六、书面表达 （25分）
新的一年，新的希望，新的开始。学校英语广播站正在以“I lk frward t in 2024”为题向同学们征稿，请根据以下征稿内容，用英语向校英语广播站投稿，和大家分享 你对新的一年的期待、思考以及如何付诸行动。
内容要点：
★你对新的 一年的期待；
★你的理由；
★你的具体行动。
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I lk frward t in 2024
The new year has cme.I'd like t share my expectatin f the new year with everyne.I lk frward t

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二、单项选择
21-25 CBADD 26-30 CACDB
三、完形填空
31-35 BABAD 36-40 BCADB 41-45 CDCBD
四、阅读理解
46-50 ACDCD 51-55 BACDD 56-60 DABCC 61-65 ACDCB
五、任务型阅读
76. created 77. make 78. represents 79. wd80. includes
81. instead 82. special 83. year 84. thugh/althugh85. withut
六、综合填空（共10空；每空1.5分，满分15分）
86. On87. excitedly 88. was published 89. an/the90. t cunt
91. the mst ppular92. fr93. fell94. thusands 95. warmth
八、书面表达
I lk frward t a better wrld in 2024
The new year has cme. I’d like t share my expectatin f the new year with everyne. I lk frward t a better wrld in 2024.
In recent years, the wrld has gne thrugh difficult times. Fr example, many peple fall ill because f the terrible pllutin and viruses. A lt f peple are living in fear f their lives because sme cuntries and areas are nt at peace. Such news makes us wrry abut the wrld’s future.
Hwever, we shuldn’t lse heart in such hard times. Every ne f us shuld wrk tgether t slve the prblems that we face. As a teenager, I will d mre exercise t keep healthy. I’ll hand ut leaflets t peple in rder t remind them f the imprtance f peace.
As the new year has cme, I really hpe that everything will change fr the better.
范文二
I lk frward t entering an ideal schl in 2024
The new year has cme. I’d like t share my expectatin f the new year with everyne. I lk frward t entering an ideal schl in 2024.
My ideal schl is Jiangsu Jingjiang Senir High Schl. As we knw, it has nt nly mdern buildings but als hard-wrking teachers. Mrever, the schl has made great cntributins t the sciety because many excellent peple have graduated frm it.
In rder t achieve my dream, I will take actin frm nw n. First f all, I will wrk hard at every subject. I will devte mst f my time t study s that I can get high marks in exams. Besides, I plan t exercise mre. In this way, I can keep healthy and d well in the PE exam. Meanwhile, I will stay in a gd md. I believe if I’m in gd spirits, I can study better.
As the new year has cme, I hpe I can becme gd enugh t enter my ideal schl.
This app Chrdana Cmpser ffers an easy way t create yur wn riginal(原创的) music.
Yu just need t enter a tw-bar meldy using a virtual keybard r sing it int yur phne’s micrphne. This app creates a whle sng right away.Yu can chse the style f the sng, such as pp, rck, classical and mre.Yu can share yur sngs with friends.
A few minutes f meditatin a day can help yu live a happy and healthy life. The Headspace app ffers shrt meditatin exercises fr daily use.Meditatin is like exercise fr yur brain, and this app is like a gym fr yur mind.
The app als has a few vides that can teach yu abut meditatin.There are even curses that specially designed fr yu t use when yu are riding in a car, cking, r taking a flight.
SpinMe is special because yu can’t turn its alarm ff just by pressing a buttn. The nly way t turn it ff is t stand up and spin arund while hlding yur phne in yur hands. And n, spinning the phne while lying dwn n yur bed wn’t wrk.
The Flick Champins Winter Sprts ffers eight events. Yu use yur fingers t cntrl the mves n the app. Yu als learn the rules and necessary skills fr playing winter sprts.
When playing, yu pick a cuntry t represent and lead t the champinship. Yu have the chance t win the gld in 18 challenging cup events. Hw exciting wuld it be t win glry(荣誉) fr yur natinal team?
When was it created?
Peple 46 it during the Sng Dynasty in the l0th century
Accrding t literature,the first Zisha was made several hundred years ag.
What material is used?
Different types f clay used t 47 Yixing teapts,mainly purple clay,red clay,green clay and mixed clay,are ttally called Yixing clay.
Why is Yixin clay used cmmnly?
It is cmmn t use Yixin clay s Yixing clay 48 “zisha”
What is the mst
imprtant step?
The mst imprtant step t make Yixing teapts is t keep punding(拍打)the clay with a special stick made f 49
Hw is it made?
It is made f Yixing clay which 50 different types. Zisha teapts are prduced by hand 51 f by machine
What is 52 abut it?
The tea can be stred vernight in it withut ging bad all 53 arund.
Water cannt leak(渗漏)frm it, 54 the clay is highly prus(多孔的)
Over time,Yixing teapts can smell gd even 55in it.