浙江省绍兴市春晖外国语学校2023-2024学年九年级下学期期中测试英语试卷

这是一份浙江省绍兴市春晖外国语学校2023-2024学年九年级下学期期中测试英语试卷，共8页。试卷主要包含了完形填空，阅读理解，选词填空，单词拼写，短文填空，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

第Ⅰ卷 客观题
第Ⅰ卷的注释
第Ⅱ卷 主观题
第Ⅱ卷的注释
一、完形填空(共1题)
完形填空
A vide shwing a 12-year-ld by frm Mche, Peru, ding his hmewrk n the sidewalk, under a streetlight, has been watched several millin times n Facebk after being 1 by lcal plice.
Staff at the Mche plice statin first 2 Victr Martin late last mnth, while checking security cameras (监控摄像). They fund a yung by sitting n the sidewalk by 3 at night. At first, they thught he was ding smething bad, but later they realized he was 4 writing smething in his ntebk, taking advantage f the streetlight verhead. Mved by the by's 5 , the plice shared the vide n Facebk.
At the time f this writing, Victr's heartwarming and 6 heartbreaking stry has spread all arund the wrld. Lcal TV statin 7 t find the by and sat dwn with his mther t learn why he was ding his hmewrk n the street instead f at hme.
It turns ut that the 12-year-ld's family is s 8 that they culdn't pay fr electricity (电), s they just depended n a 9 during the night. Unluckily, Victr Martin culd 10 finish his hmewrk befre the sun went dwn, and recently he culdn't 11 the weak candlelight any mre.
"One day, my sn said 12 I cntinue with the candle, I will be crazy! I'd better g utside t finish my hmewrk, "Rsa Angul Crdba tld Panamericana TV. She 13 that Victr's neck wuld ften becme hard t mve because f tilting (倾斜) his head t let the candlelight thrugh.
Victr's mther said that althugh he 14 husewrk and takes care f the family sheep every day, the sixth grader takes 15 very seriusly and gets gd grades.
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二、阅读理解(共15题)
阅读短文，回答问题
Real Tennis
An amazing chance
This summer at Orange Rd
Yur chance t enjy Real Tennis, the king f racket tennis starts n 6th July with the Wrld Champin (冠军).
6: 30pm—8: 00pm, 6 July
A wnderful intrductry (入门的) evening with Rb Fahey, the wrld champin frm Australia and widely regarded as the greatest player ever. With an amazing exhibitin match: The Wrld Champin vs The British Amateur (业余的) Champin, David Wdman.
Plus…
Yur turn t play
Prfessinal (专业的) caching during a tw-hur grup lessn t give yu the basics any time yu like this summer, with rackets and balls prvided. It's indrs, s there is n chance f being rained ff !
A lasting gift
A cpy f the fascinating bk Real Tennis in Cambridge t help yu understand the place f the game in ur great city.
Unexpected value
The intrductry evening, the bk, and the grup lessn are just 50 punds fr each persn. Fr further infrmatin r t bk yur place, please call Manuel Simpsn ay 01223357141 r e-mail Jeff Green at mani@curtc. net.
16. ____ is a famus real tennis player frm UK. A . Rb Pahey B . David Wdman C . Manuel Simpsn D . Jeff Green
17. It can be seen frm the passage that ____. A . the intrductry evening is at Orange Rad B . the grup lessn lasts ne and a half hurs C . the bk Real Tennis Cambridge csts 50 punds D . peple can call Jeff Green fr mre infrmatin
18. The passage is written mainly t ____. A . talk abut the imprtance f real tennis B . teach peple hw t play real tennis well C . welcme the wrld real tennis champin D . advise peple t cme and enjy real tennis
阅读短文，回答问题
The Sahara Desert in Nrthern Africa is the largest ht desert in the wrld. It is abut 1,800 km frm the nrth t the suth and abut 4,800 km frm the east t the west. Temperatures can reach 58℃ in the daytime and can fall t -6℃ at night. Mre than 8,000 years ag, the Sahara was a rich land where farmers grew fd and plants grew well. As the rainfall in the area gradually went dwn every year, it became a huge desert. Mst areas f this desert have less than 13 cm f rain every year.
Gary Smith and a few f his brave friends decided t hike acrss the Sahara. Supprters in cars, wh carried fd and water fr the grup, stayed with them tgether.
One day, Smith walked alne and then he culdn't find the rest f the grup. Even wrse, he culd nt find ut which directin t g. Then a sandstrm cvered the area. When the strm was ver, Smith was even mre wrried. In the heat that he culdn't stand, he quickly finished his water. He had t spend that night ut in the pen, and he almst felt he culdn't survive (生存).
The next day, he walked n. After the secnd night, he started t wrry abut dying. He realized that his friends might nt find him in time. It was late n the third day that Smith lst his sense and fell ver.
When Smith awke, he was in the car with his friends. He had been fund by a grup f Beduin wh were traveling in a truck. In such a large desert with the weather cnditins, this made it pssible fr him t survive. Then Beduin returned t his grup f friends. Smith was s lucky.
19. Hw did the Sahara turn int a desert accrding t the text? A . Peple cut dwn mre and mre plants. B . There was less and less rain. C . The temperature was higher and higher. D . There were mre and mre visitrs.
20. Which f the fllwing is the right rder accrding t the passage?
a. Gary Smith gt lst in the desert.
b. Gary Smith fell ver n the desert.
c. There was a sandstrm in the area.
d. Gary Smith was saved by sme travelers.
A . a-d-b-c B . a-d-c-b C . a-c-b-d D . c-b-a-d
21. What des the underlined wrd "this" in Paragraph 5 refer t? A . Being in this kind f weather. B . Traveling in a truck. C . Returning t a grup f friends. D . Being fund by Beduin.
22. What's the writer's purpse f writing the text? A . T encurage us t g thrugh the Sahara. B . T shw that the Sahara is in great danger. C . T give sme basic infrmatin abut the Sahara. D . T shw surviving in the Sahara can be challenging.
阅读短文，回答问题
Old wives' tales are pieces f advice that are suppsed t slve cmmn prblems such as the medical nes r sme prblems at hme. They are usually passed dwn thrugh talking, and there are nly a few having been written dwn. Sme f them sund ridiculus and have n scientific meaning at all, just like jkes, while thers are mre reasnable, which are realized t be true.
Often, ld wives' tales take the frm f warnings and are a way t prevent pr behavir in children. Fr example, "Eating candy befre bedtime brings yu bad dreams" is a cmmn ld wives' tale that was prbably thught up t stp children frm eating t many unhealthy snacks. Similarly, "If yu've been lying, yur nse will be lnger" is a trick trying t get naughty children t tell the truth.
Other ld wives' tales want t give advice abut hw t keep away frm illnesses. "If yu g utside with wet hair, yu'll catch a cld" is an ld wives' tale that's still cmmnly heard tday. Hwever, clds are nt caused by cld weather r wet hair. Instead, they are caused by viruses (病毒).
"Feed a cld, starve a fever" means that yu shuld eat plenty f fd when yu have a cld, but nt eat when yu have a fever. This piece prbably cmes frm the fact that peple with a fever usually lse their appetite (胃口) anyway. Medical science has fund that the bdy stps eating much when yu have a fever because little fd makes yur immune system (免疫系统) fight bacterial infectins (细菌感染), while eating a little mre makes yur immune system fight against viruses, like clds.
There are hundreds f ld wives' tales. Althugh there may be truth in a few f them, if yu bear ne, it's best nt t take it t seriusly.
23. What des the underlined wrd "ridiculus" in Paragraph 1 prbably mean? ____ A . Painful. B . Silly. C . Helpful. D . Believable.
24. Which f the fllwing may be a reasn fr telling ld wives' tales? ____ A . T stp the kid frm a bad habit. B . T get the baby t fall asleep quickly. C . T find the medicine fr an illness. D . T give friends advice n relatinships.
25. What can we knw abut the ld wives' tales? ____ A . We shuld take mst f them seriusly. B . Sme are explanatins f illnesses. C . Mst f them can be fund in the bks. D . Sme are thught up t sell medicines.
26. What's the text mainly abut? ____ A . The develpment f ld wives' tales. B . Different frms f ld wives' tales. C . The ways f passing dwn ld wives' tales. D . The advice n telling ld wives' tales.
阅读短文，回答问题
IQ (intelligence qutient) is a scre that shws a persn's level f intelligence (智力). Peple used t believe that sme peple are brn with a high IQ and sme aren't. Hwever, a study by scientists at University Cllege Lndn has challenged this idea. Accrding t an article, scientists are beginning t think that ur IQ is a changing scre.
The scientists tested 33 healthy yung peple in 2004 between the ages f 12 and 16. Then they did the tests again fur years later, when the same peple were between 16 and 20.
Scientists fund big changes in the IQ scres between 2008 and 2004. Sme rse and sme fell by as many as 21 pints.
T test whether these scres were meaningful, the scientists cmpared them with results frm brain scans. They fund that the IQ changes matched changes in the structure (结构) f the subjects' brains.
"A change in 20 pints is a huge difference," said Prfessr Cathy Price, wh led the research. He said it culd mean the difference between a cmmn persn and a talented persn.
____ Hwever, they say it is pssible that educatin plays a rle in changing IQ. "Here we have shwn that children's intelligence is prbably still develping," says Price. "We have t be careful t help prer perfrmers at an early age. In fact, their IQ may imprve in a few mre years. "
27. What d the tests f the 33 yung peple shw? A . Sme peple are brn with high IQs. B . IQ is a changing scre. C . The structure f ur brains can't change. D . Age influences IQ scres.
28. Which can be the best t fill in the blank ____ in Paragraph 6? A . The team has fund a clear cause fr these changes. B . The team has nt fund a clear cause fr these changes. C . The team has studied hw the brain f a talented persn was. D . The team has studied hw the brain f a cmmn persn was.
29. What des Prfessr Price want t tell us in the last paragraph? A . Students with pr schl grades get high IQ scres. B . In a few years, every student can imprve his r her IQ. C . Receiving mre educatin surely makes children smarter. D . We shuld supprt thse with pr grades when they are yung.
30. Where wuld the readers prbably find this passage? A . In a stry bk. B . In a science magazine. C . In a math textbk. D . In a daily newspaper.
三、选词填空(共5题)
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次（每空一词）。
31. Make sure the dr is ____________________ when yu leave the rm.
32. It's s cld tday. The temperature may be the ____________________ this winter.
33. We are ging t have a ____________________ party next week.
34. Mary always ____________________ s well that everyne likes her.
35. When ur washing machine brke, ur neighbrs let us use ____________________.
四、单词拼写(共5题)
36. Tm welcmed his friends and l____________________ ut sme snacks and fruit n the table t treat them.
37. The s____________________ t English learning is t listen t mre English sngs and read mre.
38. Every time Jhn makes prgress, his teacher p____________________ him.
39. Jhn is t heavy, s he is wrking hard t lse w____________________.
40. I'm happy t r____________________ such a great gift. Thank yu fr sending it t me.
五、短文填空(共2题)
阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
A grup f rubbish cllectrs in Turkey are recycling the bks that peple have 41 (扔) away. They have already created a mbile library. And there are nw ver 9,000 bks, which are 42 (分成) int 20 kinds, including medical care, plitics, literature, histry, healthy living and s n. The library is inside a 43 (卡车) that turs schls in the cuntryside. They hpe t create a greater passin r reading bks in children, 44 (尤其) in the age f mbile phnes and cmputers. Many schls d nt have a reading rm r their 45 (自己的) library.
The library has gt lts f attentin in Turkey. Peple frm all ver Turkey are 46 (送) their ld bks t the library. A 47 (女士) wrking at the mbile library said, "The interest is grwing. Each day we nave guests cming here t 48 (借) bks r have a quiet time t read. " The 49 (部门负责人) f the library said, "We have bks here fr kids aged frm fur t ten, and als bks fr lder children, like wrld classics and 50 (诗). We hpe that it will develp their lve fr bks. "
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Pitlchry was just a break n my jurney between the tw Scttish cities f Edinburgh and Ivermess. 51 , when I arrived I wanted t stay mre than ne night.
It's ne f 52 (beautiful) places I've ever seen. There are muntains arund it, and a pretty river 53 (run) thrugh the twn. Ben Vrakie isn't Sctland's highest muntain, but it lks lvely and 54 isn't t difficult t climb.
When we arrived at ur htel, the peple 55 lived and wrker there met us with friendly smiles and lts f 56 (idea) abut things t d. Tp f their list was the Pitlchry Theatre. T get there we crssed the River Tummel by a 57 (true) interesting bridge.
If yu have mre time 58 (spend) yu can visit Sctland's smallest whisky distillery, Eradur. Yu can shp 59 Scttish suvenirs (纪念品). Yu can explre Pitlchry's muntains and d sme biking and hiking. If I g there again, it will be 60 true hliday—nt just fr a quick break.
六、阅读理解(共1题)
阅读短文，回答问题
Jel Griffin is a famus expert f dinsaurs (恐龙). An interviewer frm The wrld is getting sme infrmatin frm Mr. Griffin.
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They lived millins f years ag and their bnes (骨头) have turned t stne. They tell us what the wrld was like millins f years ag. Scientists slwly put tgether what they discvered. The first dinsaur bnes were discvered in 1818.
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When dinsaurs were alive, the earth was a very different place. The weather was much warmer and the land was cvered with frests. There were n animals, such as cws r hrses, like the nes we knw tday.
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There were thusands f different kinds f dinsaurs. Of curse there were sme huge dinsaurs. They were the biggest animals that have ever lived. But sme were very small. Sme dinsaurs had heavy bdies and walked n all fur legs. Others walked n tw strng back legs and had tw shrt frnt nes.
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Sme dinsaurs nly fed n plants. They were ften heavy, slw-mving. Many f them spent a lt f time in water. It prevented their enemies frm attacking them. Other dinsaurs were meat-eaters. They hunted fr their fd. These dinsaurs were fighters with sharp teeth.
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Many f the plants that the dinsaurs needed t eat disappeared. Sme scientists believe that the weather changed frm warm t cld. Sme scientists believe that dinsaurs were nt able t get used t the changes in the envirnment. They did nt like the cld weather and they culd nt find enugh t eat.
七、书面表达(共1题)
66. 在校 "劳动教育月" 期间，你校英语报发起了"A Helper at Hme" 主题征文活动。请根据下表信息，用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你经常做的至少两项家务以及你的感受。
注意：(1)表格中的内容要点仅供选择使用，可适当增加细节；(2)词数：80-100；(3)短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。
短文首句：I have always been a gd helper at hme. A . shared
B . taken
C . discussed
D . praised
A . met
B . interviewed
C . nticed
D . caught
A . itself
B . yurself
C . myself
D . himself
A . shyly
B . actually
C . carelessly
D . certainly
A . wish
B . plan
C . spirit
D . hbby
A . by the way
B . at least
C . at the same time
D . in the end
A . managed
B . stpped
C . prmised
D . refused
A . traditinal
B . ppular
C . special
D . pr
A . flash
B . candle
C . camera
D . fire
A . seldm
B . even
C . nly
D . still
A . change
B . stand
C . enjy
D . prtect
A . Althugh
B . Because
C . If
D . Until
A . added
B . warned
C . hped
D . lied
A . puts ff
B . wrries abut
C . gives up
D . helps with
A . health
B . schl
C . friendship
D . safety
graduate lck behave their lw
A. What did dinsaurs eat?
B. When did dinsaurs live?
C. What were dinsaurs like?
D. Why did the dinsaurs die ut?
E. Where were the dinsaurs bnes fund?
F. What was the earth like at that time?
What yu ften d at hme
What yu have learned
◆ck meals ◆water flwers
◆wash the dishes ◆lk after pets
◆take ut the rubbish ◆…
◆life skills；
◆respnsibility (责任)；
◆…