江苏省常州外国语学校2023-2024学年九年级下学期二模考试英语试卷(含答案)

这是一份江苏省常州外国语学校2023-2024学年九年级下学期二模考试英语试卷(含答案)，共10页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，还原句子，综合填空，根据所给中文完成句子，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. "________ is yung nce in their life. Nw is the time fr yu t make the mst f yur yuth." President Xi Jinping said in his speech.
A. Nbdy B. Smebdy C. Everybdy D. Nthing
2. --- Sir, may I park my car here?
--- Srry, lk at the sign. Yu ________ park yur car here.
A. culdn't B. may C. mustn't D. needn't
3. Many friends tried t help the twins slve the prblem withut hurting their feelings, but ________ failed.
A. either B. all C. nne D. bth
4. T prtect the Earth, we shuld create a friendly ________ between humans and wildlife.
A. recrd B. reward C. relatinship D. recmmendatin
5. China Dinsaur Park is _______ thught t be ne f the symbls f Changzhu. Dn't miss it during yur stay here.
A. heavily B. widely C. simply D. clsely
6. Befre cming int the market, smene dubted if XIAOMI SU7 wuld be ppular but it ________ t be a big success.
A. brke ut B. came ut C. turned ut D. tk ut
7. --- Can I g t the cncert tmrrw? --- Of curse. If yur hmewrk ________ by nn.
A. is dne B. will be dne C. has dne D. des
8. --- Nne f them achieved success by chance.
--- Yes. ________. They all wrk very hard every day.
A. Every dg has its dayB. N pain, n gain
C. Many hands make light wrkD. Dn't burn the candle at bth ends
9. --- Is there anything yu are interested in abut China? --- Yes, I'm still wndering ________.
A. hw is Chinese knt madeB. hw the Great Wall is built in ancient times
C. that the Chinese peple like t let ff firewrksD. why Chinese yung peple are interested in Hanfu
10. ---Need help? Yu seem t search fr smething. --- ________. Thank yu all the same.
A. It's s nice f yu B. Hw careless I am
C. Well, I can manage it myself D. I'm lking fr my watch
二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In 2012, I had just gt better frm a serius discase when I received an invitatin t a writers meeting In Orland, Flrida. My family tld me that a(n) ___11___ might be just what the dctr suggested, s I decided t g.
Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring. but I ___12___ t catch a taxi t my ___13___ and settle in. Next mrning, I tk anther ___14___ t the shpping centre t buy a few suvenirs. ___15___, I went t a restaurant t have lunch, but all the tables were ___16___. Then I heard a friendly vice saying. "Yu can ___17___ my table."
I gratefully sat dwn with the kind lady and we had a happy lunch tgether. As the ___18___ was almst ver, she asked hw lng I wuld stay in Orland. I had already tld her that I hadn't ___19___ a car and hadn't realized hw expensive taking taxis wuld be. After a while she said, "My dear, dn't use any mre taxis. I'm retired(退休的) and it wuld be my pleasure t ___20___ yu wherever yu wish." I tld her that I culdn't put her t that ___21___, but she brushed aside my prtests(反对). She asked me where I was staying and next mrning, she was waiting at my htel at the right time t take me t Disney Wrld. She spent sme time with me befre leaving me t explre alne. At the end f the day, she ___22___ t take me back t where I was staying. I ffered her mney but she refused t take any.
I'll never frget that wnderful lady wh, thrugh her kindness, filled my brief hliday in Flrida with wnderful memries.
11. A. hliday B. celebratin C. peratin D. invitatin
12. A. insisted B. prmised C. managed D. failed
13.A. huse B. cmpany C. university D. htel
14. A. wrkmate B. passenger C. suitcase D. taxi
15.A. Instead B. First C. Later D. Once
16. A. free B. dirty C. empty D. full
17. A. share B. rder C. bk D. take
18. A. jurney B. meal C. speech D. interview
19. A. dnated B. repaired C. hired D. guided
20. A. supprt B. entertain C. call D. drive
21.A. truble B. prblem C. Kindness D. situatin
22. A. frgt B. refused C. returned D. preferred
三、阅读理解（共14小题:每小题2分,满分28分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所结的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The summer hliday is arund the cmer. Want t g abrad? Then here are sme chices frm ur agency(旅行社).
Fr mre infrmatin yu can cntact us at , r visit different branches(分社) in each city f China. We prmise t meet yur needs.
23. Which cuntry is the travel agency frm?
A. China B. Maldives C. USA D. France
24. In which tur can turists chse their wn htels?
A. 7 Days Tur f Maldives B. 10 Days Tur f France
C. 10 Days Tur f Egypt D. 9 Days Tur f Australia
25. Which f the fllwing is true?
A. Nile is the lngest river in the wrld.
B. All the turs prvide English-speaking guide.
C. All the turs have the exact prices ffered in the frm.
D. Turists can set ff any day f a week in the fur turs
B
With a cmplete system f stage perfrmance and a lng histry, Beijing Opera, r Peking Opera, as ne f Chinese majr traditinal pera frms, is cnsidered as the natinal pera f China and well received all ver the wrld.
Appearing in the late 18th century, Beijing Opera has a histry f mre than 200 years in which its funtainhead(根源) can be dated back t sme ld lcal peras, especially Anhui Opera. After imprving itself in language and style f singing t Beijing audiences, it became fully develped and accepted in the mid-19th century. Thrugh a perid f mre than half a century f mixing varius kinds f pera, there evlved(逐渐演变) the present Peking pera, the biggest kind f pera in China, whse ppularity(流行) spread all ver the cuntry, becming the mst ppular and influencing dramatic frm n Chinese stage.
Because f having the advantages f many lcal dramas, Beijing Opera has becme a fantastic acting art, which blends singing, reading, acting, fighting, and dancing tgether by using acting methds t tell stries and describe different characters f gladness, srrw, anger, happiness, fear and sadness. Beijing Opera shws fur main types f perfrmers namely Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chu. Sheng and Dan refer t the main male and all female rles. The painted face, in Chinese called "jing", is a name fr the male rle that has sme special characteristic r appearance. Chu is easily understd frm the rle's name as a clwn with an ugly appearance, whse usually prvides cmedy.
The pera's perfrmance requires nt nly the excellent vice but als the martial actins prficiency(熟练). Successful pere actrs and actresses must experience the tugh practicing perid.
In recent years, Beijing Opera has relied several refrms, including imprving the perfrmance quality, using new perfrmance elements(元素), in rder t attract audience.
Widely spreading all ver China with great influence, Beijing Opera has the sul f Chinese natinal culture. There is n dubt that it is the treasure f Chinese culture!
26. Which f the fllwing abut the histry f Beijing Opera is TRUE?
A. Anhui Opera was based n Beijing Opera.
B. Beijing Opera was created in Qing Dynasty.
C. Beijing Opera became fully accepted in abut 1950.
D. The language and the style f sing met the needs f Beijing audiences at first.
27. Accrding t the passage, a 20-year-ld girl cannt play as _______.
① Sheng ② Dan ③ Jing ④ Chu
A. ① ② B. ① ③ C. ② ④ D. ③ ④
28. What part can be the best chice t put this passages in?
A. Ht events B. Art and culture C. Travelling guide D. Daily life
C
Wearing a pink hairpin, white T-shirt and pink shrts, a "girl" wh lks three r fur years ld has caught much attentin at the exhibitin f the 2024 Zhngguancun Frum(论坛) in Beijing.
The "girl" named Tng Tng, is a new artificial intelligence(AI) rbt, accrding t Zhu Sngchun, the develper f the prduct.
After being prgrammed t keep things tidy, Tng Tng independently gt a twel t mp up spilled milk when she nticed it n the table — the behavir came frm her wn decisin made based n a guide f value, instead f a pre-set(预先设置的) prgram.
"Unlike the cmmn AI, she can understand yur wrds, guess yur purpses and ffer help." said Zhu, adding that Tng Tng is expected t be used in different situatins f six fields, including emergency(紧急情况), transprtatin, educatin and healthcare.
AI industry is develping quickly in China. Accrding t the infrmatin frm the Ministry f Industry and Infrmatin Technlgy(工信部), the ttal scale(规模) f China's cre AI industry has reached 500 billin yuan($ 70.37 billin), and the number f related business has exceeded 4,400.
In the field f autnmus(自动的) driving, driverless vehicles with AI technlgy can chse the way by themselves, with a prper speed and smthly ride n different rads. In the medical field, surgical rbts with AI systems can help with peratins, which leads t reducing pain after peratins and cutting hspital stays shrt.
In the large language mdel(LLM大语言模型), which has becme the main part f AI develpment, fficial data(数据) shws that China's number f self-develped LLMs has reached secnd in the wrld. It prvides different services, such as designing speeches, business plans and instructins, as well as drawing mind maps, cvering many parts f wrk and life.
"Mre and mre creative AI prduct frms are expected t be seen in 2024." said Wu Hequan, an academician at the Chinese Academy f Engineering(中国工程院). "China is a leading cuntry in the internet field, and will als be a leading cuntry in AI applicatin."
29. Hw des the writer start the passage?
A. By giving an example. B. By making a cmparisn(比较).
C. By raising a questin. D. By listing numbers.
30. Accrding t Tng tng's behaviur, what des the writer infer(暗示)?
A. Tng Tng is unlike the cmmn AI.
B. Tng Tng can cmpletely knw ur purpses.
C. Tng Tng needs instructins befre ding smething.
D. Sme rbts befre Tng Tng did things based n pre-set prgrams.
31. Hw can AI help imprve peple’s life?
A. Driverless vehicles ride faster than human drivers.
B. AI can make speeches and business plans and give instructins.
C. Driverless vehicles chse the rute with the help f the human drivers.
D. With the help f surgical rbts, patients may spend less time in hspital.
32. What is the best title f this passage?
A. Future f AI in China B. Hw t use AI
C. 2024 Zhngguancun Frum D. China embraces(拥抱) AI
D
Buck did nt read the newspapers, r he wuld knw that truble was cming.
In fact, truble was n its way fr every strng dg with warm lng hair. This was because men, ging thrugh the Arctic(北极的) darkness, had discvered a yellw metal-gld. And because shipping and transprtatin(运输) cmpanies were advertising the discvery, thusands f men were rushing int the Nrthland. These men wanted heavy dgs, with strng muscles(肌肉) fr wrking and thick cats t prtect them frm the cld.
Buck lived at Judge Miller’s huse in the sunny-kissed Santa Clara Valley. There were big stables(马厩), lng grape fields, fruit gardens and a big swimming pl. Buck ruled ver the whle kingdm. Here he was brn and here he had lived the fur years f his life. He prtected the Judge’s sns and daughters at lng midnight r early mrning walks. On cld winter nights he lay at the Judge's feet in frnt f the warm library fire. He was king-king ver everything, crawled(爬行的), walked, r flew at Judge Miller’s place, including humans.
Buck was this kind f dg in the autumn f 1897, when the discvery f gld in the Klndike pulled men frm all ver the wrld int the cld Nrth. But Buck did nt read the newspapers. He did nt knw that Manuel, ne f gardener’s helpers, was nt t be trusted. Manuel lved t gamble(赌博). He believed he culd win but the result was the ppsite.
On the night f Manuel’s betrayal, n ne saw him and Buck went ff thrugh the fields. Buck imagined it t be a relaxing walk. They arrived at a little train. A man talked with Manuel and mney passed between them. Manuel tied a piece f thick rpe arund Buck's neck. Buck accepted it quietly. T be sure, it was unwanted, but Buck had learned t trust men he knew.
Hwever, when the ends f the rpe were placed in the stranger’s hands, he barked. Then the rpe tightened(收紧) painfully, his tngue hanging ut f his muth. Then his strength disappeared, his eyes grew dim(浑浊), and he knew nthing when the train pulled up. Tw men threw him int the baggage car.
（Adapted frm The Call f the Wild by Jack Lndn）
33. Why were thusands f men rushing int the Nrthland?
A. Because they might discver gld there.
B. Because they culd live a better life there.
C. Because they culd find the dgs they needed there.
D. Because they wanted t enjy the beautiful views there.
34. Which descriptin abut Buck is NOT true accrding t the stry?
A Manuel tk Buck ut fr a relaxing walk ne night.
B. Life befre the autumn f 1897 was enjyable fr him.
C. He had lived in Judge Miller's huse since he was brn.
D. Manuel culd take him ut f Miller's huse because he trusted Manuel.
35. What des the underlined wrd "betrayal" in paragraph 5 mean?
A.信任 B.帮助 C.背叛 D. 虐待
36. What is the stry mainly abut?
A. Animals' trust in humansB. Peple's discvery f gld
C. Buck’s early life at Judge Miller'sD. The turning pint f Buck’s life
四、还原句子（共4小题;每小题1.5分,满分6分）
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的六个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Chinese fd shws the cuntry's big histry and many different flavrs. Chinese cking cmes in many kinds, like spicy Sichuan r light Cantnese. ___37___.
___38___. This means that having a gd meal is cnnected t being happy. When families eat tgether, they share stries and get clser. When Chinese chefs ck,t hey think abut making fds that are healthy and taste gd tgether. They believe in balancing different tastes, textures, and clrs.
Special festivals als shw hw much fd matters in China. During Chinese New Year. peple eat dumplings which lk like cins, symblizing mney. And during the Mid-Autumn Festival, peple have mn cakes that represent the full mn and family being tgether.
In China, peple ften share many dishes at ne table. ___39___. Using chpsticks t pick up fd frm shared plates makes eating tgether mre fun.
In all, Chinese fd is mre than just meals. ___40___. S, fr students wh want t knw mre, tasting Chinese fd is like reading a stry r feeling the culture f a cuntry that likes eating tgether.
S, when yu try Chinese fd, remember it's nt just filling yur stmach; it's experiencing a way f life. Enjy every bite!
A. This helps them feel like a team
B. Let's see hw we can ck them well
C. It als tells yu smething abut a festival
D. Each kind is knwn fr hw it tastes and lks
E. It tells stries abut China's past, different places, and hw peple live tgether
F. Fd is s imprtant in China that even the wrd fr "fd" is in the wrd fr "luck"
五、综合填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Recently Chinese and freign scientists in Fujian prvince (41) ____________ (discver) the largest knwn Deinnychsaur tracks(恐爪龙足迹) ever fund. A paper n the discvery (42) ____________ (publish) in the academic jurnal iScience last mnth. The research fund ut that sme large Deinnychsaur trucks are at (43) ____________ (little) 5 meters in length and nearly 2 meters in (44) ____________ (high), cmparable in size t ther dinsaur species discvered befre.
(45) ____________ team f Chinese and freign scientists was led by the Fujian Yingliang Stne Natural Histry Museum. It (46) ____________ (annunce) the discvery n Mnday. Deinnychsaurs lived (47) ____________ the Jurassic perid (199.6-145.5 millin years ag) t the Cretaceus perid (145-66 millin years ag). Their (48) ____________ (fur) te n the ft is usually n the grund. A prfessr (49) ____________ is the directr f the Fujian Yingliang Stne Natural Histry Museum believes that the discvery is f great imprtance (50) ____________ it greatly enlarges the size range(范围) f Deinnychsaur ftprints.
六、根据所给中文完成句子（共6小题;每小题1.5分,满分9分）
51.世界乒乓球职业大联盟(WTT)决赛于两周前被现场直播来吸引更多人的关注。
The final f WTT _____________________________________________ tw weeks ag.
52.机器人已经对各大行业产生巨大影响了吗?
_________________________________________________________ t many industries?
53.我想知道为什么人们高度评价谭盾。
I wnder __________________________________________________________ Tan Dun.
54.当时人们别无选择,只能依靠大自然来生存。
Peple __________________________________________________________ at that time.
55.如果你停止浪费时间，你就会取得进步。
Yu will __________________________________________________________________.
56.对学生们来说不熬夜是多么有必要啊！
Hw _____________________________________________________________________.
七、书面表达（共1题；满分15分）
劳动不仅创造美好生活，也有助于培养生活技能和情神品质。阳光英文报社正在开展以"劳动最光."为主题的征文活动。请用英文写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你对劳动的看法，平时参加哪些劳动，有什么收获。
要点：
1. What d yu think f labr educatin(劳动教育)?
2. What kind f labr d yu ften d at schl, at hme and in the cmmunity?
3. What have yu learned frm ding s?
注意:
1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称:
2.要点齐全,语句通顺,表达清晰,书写规范;
3.词数不少于100。文章开头已为你写好,不计入总词数,
Labr plays a mre and mre imprtant rle in ur daily life._____
答案
单选CCBCB CABDC
完型ACDDC DABCD AC
阅读CBA CDB ADDD AACD
六选四DFAE
综合填空
has discvered；was published；least；height；The；annunced；frm；furth；wh；because
翻译
was cvered live t attract mre attentin
Has rbts made a great difference
why peple speak highly f
had n chice but t depend n nature t live
make prgress if yu stp wasting time
necessary it is fr students nt t stay up
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