北京市延庆区2021届九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份北京市延庆区2021届九年级上学期期中考试英语试题，共12页。

知识运用（共14分）
一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. Last week, 1. The twins chse a dress fr _____ mther as a birthday gift.
A. herB. themC. theirD. his
2. Stan Lee, the father f Marvel Cmic, passed away _____ Nv. 12th, 2018.
A. n B. at C. in D. ver
3. Srry, I must g t the library. Lily _____ fr me there.
A. waited B. is waiting C. waitsD. was waiting
4. William Shakespeare is ne f _____ writers in the wrld.
A. famus B. mre famus
C. mst famus D. the mst famus
5. —_____ yu g t cinema with me this Saturday?
— Srry, I can’t. This Saturday is my mther’s birthday.
A. May B. Can C. Must D. Need
6. Wash yur hands befre meals, _____ yu may get ill.
A. andB. but C. r D. s
7. —_____ will the talk shw start?
— It will start at 8:00.
A. When B. Why C. Hw D. Where
8. — What were yu ding this time yesterday?
— I _____ the classrm.
A. have cleaned B. was cleaning C. cleaned D. clean
9. I _____ playing this piece f music fr tw mnths, s I play it better.
A. practice B. practiced
C. will practice D. have practiced
10. My father ften _____ t the gym with me thugh he has lts f wrk t d.
A. wentB. has gneC. gesD. will g
11. The 24th Winter Olympic Games _____ in Beijing and Zhangjiaku in 2022.
A. hldsB. is heldC. will hldD. will be held
12. — Can yu tell me _____ next Sunday?
— By train.
A. hw we will g t ShanghaiB. hw did we g t Shanghai
C. hw we went t ShanghaiD. hw will we g t Shanghai
二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D
四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Frm paper t pian
I was 11 years ld when I asked my mm fr pian lessns in 2010. We were pr, s she said a plite “n”.
That didn’t 13 me. I Ggled the measurements fr a keybard, drew the keys n a piece f paper and stuck it n my desk. I wuld click ntes n an nline keybard and “play” them back n my paper ne—keeping the sund they made n the cmputer in my head. I spent six mnths playing withut tuching a real pian. Once my mm saw that I was 14 , she brrwed mney and bught me 10 lessns.
I still remember the first ne. I was struck by hw real the sund f the pian was. I 15 my grade ne after eight lessns. Once I started secndary schl, we culdn’t affrd lessns again. I passed grade three, then grade five, practicing nly n my 16 .
One evening, when I was abut 13, my mm said she had a surprise fr me; it was an electrnic keybard bught with mre brrwed mney. It was the first time I’d 17 fr her. She was in shck.
My schl didn’t ffer music A-level. I fund the Purcell Schl fr yung musicians, but the tryuts(选拔) were difficult. T my amazement, I was ffered a place.
At Purcell, I spent tw years wrking as 18 as I culd. I perfrmed t raise mney and saved enugh t buy my first pian.
When I left Purcell, I was awarded the senir pian prize and senir academic music prize. I am nw at the Guildhall Schl in Lndn. I feel prud: it’s been 10 years since I 19 my paper pian, and I’m at ne f the wrld’s leading music schls.
The paper pian helped spark my 20 abut hw music wrks, the building blcks that frm the pieces.
13.A. surprise B. help C. stp D. shame
14.A. serius B. pity C. pr D. caring
15.A. failed B. begun C. changed D. sat
16.A. bk B. pian C. paper D. cmputer
17.A. studied B. played C. thanked D. waited
18.A. hard B. nervuslyC. plitely D. fast
19.A. searched B. brrwed C. bught D. drew
20.A. value B. curisity C. pride D. cnfidence
阅读理解（共36分）
三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）
A
Muntains are mre than 500 meters tall and it’s nt easy fr plants t live n them. The wind is strng. The sil is thin and rcky. Which plants can live there? Cme and see sme f them.
Firs are evergreen trees. They always have green leaves. Their leaves lk like needles. Firs are large trees. They can be 20 t 80 meters tall. Their trunk can be 0.5 t 4 meters wide. In many cuntries in Eurpe, peple use firs as Christmas trees.
Cushin plants lk like a small cushin(垫子). They grw tgether and they are less than 30 cm tall. But they can be 3 meters wide. Many ther plants live under them. Cushin plants keep the cld away. They make the sil inside sft and wet. In this way, cushin plants help ther plants survive.
Snw ltuses live at elevatins ranging frm 2, 400 t 4,000 meters. The climate there is cld. It always snws and the air is thin. Mst plants will die. But the snw ltuses grw well. They can be 15 t 35 cm tall. Peple use them in medicine.
Saxifrages are evergreen. They have star-shaped flwers. Mst saxifrages are very small—less than 12 cm tall. They grw very slwly in cld envirnments. Saxifrages can live bth in the muntains and in yur garden, yet they are nt resistant(耐受的)t high temperatures.
21. _______ can be used in medicine.
A. FirsB. Cushin plantsC. Snw ltuses D. Saxifrages
22. Saxifrages are _______.
A. 20 t 80 cm tallB. mre than 30 cm tall
C. 15 t 35 cm tallD. less than 12 cm tall
23. What d we knw abut cushin plants?
A. Peple plant them in sft and wet sil.
B. Peple use them as Christmas decratin.
C. They can prtect the plants under them frm the cld.
D. They can live bth in the muntains and in yur garden.
B
What can yu d t help ut?
One winter mrning, Tapiwa Chiwewe was driving t wrk in Jhannesburg, Suth Africa. He nticed a haze(薄雾) hanging ver the city and it didn’t take lng fr him t realize that it was an enrmus clud f air pllutin.
At that mment, Chiwewe wanted t d smething abut it, but didn’t knw what. He was a cmputer engineer and knew little abut envirnmental science.
He first did research n air pllutin and fund that it is the wrld’s biggest envirnmental health risk. He decided t wrk n it in a cperative(合作的) way. He talked t scientists, fficials, and engineers wh helped him develp a deeper understanding f the situatin, as well as an idea t imprve it.
Thrugh years f wrk, Chiwewe and his cwrkers frm Suth Africa and China created an nline air quality decisin supprt system. Based n histrical and real-time data, the system can accurately predict air pllutin and air quality, which can help peple make better decisins abut their daily mvements, as well as help fficials better manage their peratins.
Chiwewe learned an imprtant lessn—“a lessn we all need t take int heart if we are t wrk twards a better future. Even if yu’re nt an expert in a particular field, yur utside expertise may hld the key t slving prblems within that field,” he said.
What if Chiwewe hadn’t bthered t research the prblem and d smething abut it? What if he had just hped that smene, smewhere, was taking care f the matter?
As Chiwewe said, “Why nt just g ahead and deal with the prblem as well as yu can, in yur wn way? Yu may be pleasantly surprised.”
24. What made Chiwewe want t take actin?
A. He didn’t knw what the clud was.
B. He nticed air pllutin ver his city.
C. He didn’t want t be a cmputer engineer.
D. He was an expert in envirnmental science.
25. In which rder did Chiwewe slve the prblem?
A. cabdB. abcd C. cdabD. adbc
a. He asked fr expert’s suggestins.
b. He created a system that wrks nline.
c. He did research n the prblem.
d. He allwed thers t use the system.
26. What is the pint f the last tw paragraphs?
A. We shuld always cperate with thers.
B. There is always smething new t learn.
C. Experts need t d research when dealing with prblems.
D. Taking actin n yur wn is better than waiting fr thers.
C
Giving presentatins is a challenging, but imprtant part f educatin. A presentatin is the key t making yur message clear, whether yu are in an interview r giving a talk in frnt f the class. A well-prepared and practiced presentatin can imprve yur cnfidence dramatically. On presentatin day, there are sme ways yu can take t ensure that yu perfrm well.
Practice the presentatin. Befre presentatin, it can be helpful t practice n yur wn. While yu are practicing yur presentatin, d yur best t wrk n memrizing what yu want t say, and when yu want t say it. Yur presentatin will be a lt better if yu aren’t cnstantly lking dwn at nte cards r searching a piece f paper t figure ut what yu want t say next.
Cntrl yur nerves. There are a few things yu can d befre the presentatin t help calm yur nerves — many f which yu can even d right at yur desk. Try breathing deeply; silently repeating affirmatins (such as “I can d this. I’m ging t d a great jb”); r using psitive visualizatin (imagine yurself giving yur presentatin successfully and kncking it ut f the park). These strategies can help yu settle yur nerves and g int yur presentatin feeling calm and cllected.
Speak slwly and enunciate clearly. If yu have practiced enugh, this shuldn’t be difficult; hwever, sme peple talk t quickly and t quietly when they get nervus. Try t remind yurself t talk slwly and ludly enugh s everyne can hear yu. If yu’re using an electrnic presentatin, yu can use each new slide as a chance t stp fr a few secnds and recgnize whether yu are speaking slwly and ludly enugh fr everyne t hear.
Engage the audience. Whether yu’ve gt a ne-n-ne talk r a speech in frnt f 400 peple, think “stry telling”. Smetimes all it takes is a few secnds t cnnect an audience member with a stry, accrding t Eric English, a cmmunicatin teacher at the University f Pittsburgh in the US. Try t lk arund the rm and make eye cntact with varius listeners fr a few secnds. If yu are able t make eye cntact fr a few secnds with several different peple ver the curse f yur presentatin, yu will be giving the impressin that yu are relaxed and cnfident. Dn’t frget t smile!
27. If yu want t get peple’s attentin, yu shuld_______.
A. prepare nte cards while giving presentatin
B. take a deep breath befre yur presentatin
C. make eye cntact with different listeners
D. cnsider speaking in frnt f a trusted friend
28. The expressin “kncking it ut f the park” prbably means “_______”.
A. relaxing in the park
B. perfrming quite well
C. enjying the presentatin
D. kncking the rcks in the park
29. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Presentatin is imprtant fr educatin
B. Presentatin is the key t succeed
C. Hw t give a better presentatin
D. Hw t make the presentatin clear
D
We ften learn that many peple, especially wmen, dn’t like the sunshine. They are afraid f getting sunburnt and making their skin deep-clred. But a grwing bdy f scientific research suggests that cmpletely aviding sunlight isn’t such a gd idea. Researchers at Sweden’s Karlinska Institute say that aviding the sun can be as bad fr yu as smking. Here is why yu shuld sak up(吸收) sme sunshine every day.
It prmtes bne grwth. “Vitamin D is a hrmne(激素) that prmtes calcium absrptin and is necessary fr bne grwth,” tells Dr. Rizen. Since sunlight is a primary surce f Vitamin D, the hrmne is als called as ‘the sunshine vitamin’. “The Vitamin D fund in ur bdy needs activatin. The sun helps t change inactive Vitamin D levels t active,” explains Dr. Rizen. Accrding t the Wrld Health Organizatin (WHO), getting anywhere frm 5 t 15 minutes f sunlight n yur arms, hands, and face twice r thrice a week is enugh t get the vitamin D.
It is gd fr yur heart. Peple are mre likely t die f heart disease in winter than in summer. Accrding t researchers frm Cpenhagen University Hspital, thse with the lwest levels f vitamin D are 81% mre likely t die f heart disease cmpared with thse with the highest levels f the vitamin. Sun expsure cut the risk f heart attack and strke by reducing bld pressure, accrding t the research.
It makes yu feel happier. “We always feel better when the sun is shining, but is nt n rainy r cludy days.” says Emma Derbyshire, public health nutritinist and spkeswman fr Health and Fd Supplements Infrmatin Service. The sun wrks thrugh a number f receptrs in the brain t affect ur mental status (精神状态). Mderate sunlight expsure helps imprve yur md and fcus by bsting the sertnin (血清素) levels, which knwn as the ‘happiness hrmne’. “A test fund that safe sun expsure can actually help treat depressive (抑郁的) symptms,” says Emma.
In additin, a 2017 study published in the Jurnal f Human Resurces fund that students wh get mre sunlight every day perfrm better in tests. T sak up mderate sunlight every day is imprtant fr us. But if yu’re ging t be utside fr mre than 15 minutes, it’s a gd idea t prtect yur skin. Yu can d that by applying sunscreen r wearing a prtective hat and shirt can als help.
30. Accrding t the text, wmen dislike the sunlight because_______.
A. they are afraid f being sunburnt
B. the sun is bad fr eyes
C. it’s mre likely t have skin cancer
D. they feel unhappy
31. Accrding t the passage, Dr. Rizen prbably agrees_______.
A. sunlight helps imprve vitamin D levels in ur bdies
B. sunlight helps lwer yur bld pressure levels
C. sunlight can prduce happy hrmne
D. sunlight can be bad fr us as smking
32. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. The mre we sak up the sunshine, the better.
B. Sunlight decreases the risk f depressin.
C. Peple feel better in rainy r cludy days.
D. Sunlight helps students get gd grades in test.
33. What is the writer’s main purpse in writing this passage?
A. T discuss ur prblems f aviding sunlight.
B. T intrduce sme ways f enjying the sunlight.
C. T explain why sunlight is gd fr us.
D. T share researchers’ ideas n sunlight.
四、阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）
Study a calendar. It lks simple and rderly. But a calendar is mre f a mathematical puzzle than yu might guess. The calendar we use tday has gne thrugh centuries f changes.
Fr millennia, peple watched the seasns, sun, mn, and stars t help them keep track f time passing. Ancient peple did nt knw that Earth rbits (沿轨道运行) the sun abut every 365.25 days. They tried t track the year by cunting the full mns. Each year had 12 full mns. Twelve mns, r mnths, made ne lunar year.
Calendars in Babyln used a lunar year. Twelve mnths added up t nly 354 days. That made the lunar year 11 days t shrt. As years went by, the mnths and the seasns n lnger matched up.
Peple in ancient Egypt came up with a slar calendar f 365 days. They bserved that Sirius, the Dg Star, appeared near the rising sun every 365 days. Sn after that, the Nile River wuld rise. They lked frward t the flding f the Nile, because it brught gd things. The rich sil left by fldwaters was gd fr planting.
The ancient Rmans used a calendar f 10 mnths. Because a Rman year was nly 304 days, it seemed t always be ut f step with the seasns. Hlidays shwed up at the wrng time f year.
A Rman ruler named Julius Caesar rdered a change. He created a calendar with 12 mnths, each 30 r 31 days lng. He added an extra day every fur years t keep things n track. This calendar was used fr mre than a millennium. But by the end f the 16th century, it was ten days ut f step.
Ppe Gregry XIII created tday’s calendar in 1582. He set new mathematical rules fr keeping the calendar in step with the seasns. Tday, the Gregrian calendar is used almst everywhere in the wrld.
34. Hw lng des the Earth rbit the sun?
35. Why did peple in ancient Egypt lk frward t the flding f the Nile?
36. Wh created a calendar with 12 mnths in ancient Rmans?
37. When was tday’s calendar created?
38. What is the passage mainly abut?
书面表达（共10分）
五、文段表达(10分)
根据中文和英文提示，用英文写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的文段。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
39. 世界在发展，文化在交融，英语已经成为人们沟通的桥梁。怎样学好英语是我们一直在探索的问题。某英文报纸正在开展以“英语学习”为主题的征文活动。几年的学习经历你一定积累了许多成功的经验，假如你是李华，请你用英语写一篇短文投稿，请从听、说、读、写四方面谈谈你在英语学习中是怎么做的，以及你的感受。
提示词语： listen, speak, read, write, teacher, imprve
提示问题：● What d yu d?
● Hw d yu feel?
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延庆区2020—2021学年第一学期期末试卷卷参考答案
初 三 英 语
一、 单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）
1-5 CABDB 6-10 CABDC 11-12 DA

二、 完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）
13-16CADC 17-20BADB
三、 阅读理解(共26分，每小题2分)
21-23 CDC 24-26BAD 27-29 CBC 30-33 AABC
四、阅读短文，回答问题（共10分，每小题2分）
34. Abut 365.25 days.
35. Because it brught the rich sil which was gd fr planting.
36. Julius Caesar.
37. It was created in 1582.
38. It’s abut the histry f calendar.
六．文段表达（共10分）
It’s imprtant fr us t learn English, but learning a new language is nt easy. I’d like t share sme f my ways f my learning tips.
First, I think it’s useful t listen t English. Every mrning, I listen t VOA and BBC after I wake up. Watching English mvies is als helpful t me. Secnd, I speak English in class as much as pssible. At first, I was afraid f making mistakes. With the help f my teacher, I knew that the mre we speak, the fewer mistakes we’ll make. I als jin the English club and practice with thers. Third, I read English newspapers, magazines and nvels. It can nt nly imprve my reading ability but als widen my field f visin. At last, I recite many gd passages which are gd fr my writing and I als keep diaries t make my writing better and better.
In a wrd, my English ability will be imprved a lt as lng as I d mre listening, speaking, reading and writing.