+湖北省麻城市2023-2024学年九年级下学期期中教学质量监测英语试题
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一、完形填空 (共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Lu Ban was a famus wdwrker during the Spring and Autumn Perid. One day, he was given a task 1 seemed difficult t cmplete cllecting a large amunt f wd and building a palace.
At the beginning, Lu Ban and his men tk 2 axes t a muntain t cut dwn tall and thick trees. Hwever, it was very difficult 3 that with nly axes. After several days f hard wrk, Lu Ban and his men met a prblem 4 the task. They were really tired, 5 the amunt f the wd cllected was far frm enugh t build the palace. Lu Ban became 6 . He tried t think f ways t cut dwn trees quickly and easily.
When he went t a muntain t lk fr mre gd wd, he suddenly fell ver. Luckily, he 7 ut and held n sme grass. 8 the grass hurt his hand, Lu Ban stayed silent because he was already lst in thught.
“Why 9 this grass s sharp?” He thught abut it 10 as he lked at the small cuts n his hand. Lu Ban examined the grass and nticed 11 its leaves had many little sharp teeth. He used these teeth t make a small cut n his hand, and they easily cut thrugh the skin. 12 idea came int his mind, “If I make a tl with many small saw—like teeth, wuldn’t we cut dwn trees much faster?”
Lu Ban invented a new tl called ju (saw in English) and tried it ut. It wrked. Sn, all 13 wrkers learnt t use saws. In the end, they 14 cut dwn large trees quickly.
With the help f the saw, the palace 15 n time.
1.A.which B.whenC.whD.where
2.A.they B.theirC.themD.themselves
3.A.d B.dingC.dneD.t d
4.A.by B.inC.tD.with
5.A.and B.rC.butD.s
6.A.wrry B.wrryingC.wrriedD.wrriedly
7.A.reaches B.reachedC.will reachD.was reaching
8.A.If B.BecauseC.UntilD.Althugh
9.A.des B.didC.isD.was
10. A.Care B.caringC.carefulD.carefully
11. A.that B.whatC.hwD.why
12. A.A B.AnC.TheD./
13. A.the ther B.thersC.antherD.the thers
14. A.Culd B.mustC.shuldD.wuld
15. A.cmpleted B.was cmpleted C.has cmpletedD.were cmpleted
二、阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分, 满分40分)
第一节(共 15 小题,每小题 2 分,满分30分)
阅读三篇短文,从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。
A
Cral reefs (珊瑚礁) are imprtant t sea creatures. Abut a quarter f all cean life depends n cral reefs at sme pint in their life. Hwever, this year, high sea-surface temperatures have killed a large number f cral reefs arund the wrld.
In Dapeng Bay, the develpment f cral reefs is nt satisfactry. Cmpared with healthy reefs, the nes in Dapeng Bay shw big differences. First, healthy reefs have small areas which are hme t sea creatures, while unhealthy reefs are cvered by sea plants. Secnd, they make different sunds. Healthy reefs with plenty f sea creatures prduce many kinds f sunds, like a band playing music pieces in the cean. Hwever, brken reefs with fewer kinds f sea creatures are much quieter. They can cause whales t lse directin and even swim t the cast.
The recent whale strandings (搁浅) in Dapeng Bay are prbably related t the state f cral reefs. Unfriendly envirnmental activities d harm t the reefs and break the fd web, changing the whales’ way f living. Water with high nutrient (营养) levels and city lighting have als made the whales swim clser t the cast.
The beautiful cral reefs are valuable fr supprting cean life. ...
16.What have led t the death f cral reefs this year?
A.Ocean animals.B.Abut a quarter f all cean life.
C.Sea creatures.D.High sea-surface temperatures.
17.What des the underlined wrd “nes” in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A.Cral Reefs. B.Sea plants.C.Music pieces.D.Small areas.
18.What can we learn abut unhealthy cral reefs?
A.They make luder sunds.B.Mre whales swim arund them.
C.Sea plants grw all ver them.D.They help whales find their way.
19.What may the writer cntinue t talk abut in the last paragraph?
A.Ways t stp whale stranding.B.Actins t prtect the cral reefs.
C.Slutins t the city lighting prblem.
D.Reasns fr high sea-surface temperatures.
20.Where can we prbably find the passage?
A.In a film review.B.In a science reprt.
C.In a travel guide.D.In an art magazine.
B
I was n my way t visit my sister, Mandi, wh was badly ill in hspital.It was winter. The nce clrful leaves had all fallen frm the trees, leaving them black and bare. Just like what Mandi was ging thrugh, the jyful things in her life were drpping away ne by ne.
“Are we almst there, grandma?” I’d nearly frgtten my yung granddaughter was in the car with me. She’d been sitting quietly in her car seat, watching the scenery g by.I needed t fcus n smething mre psitive. “Thank yu, Gd,fr this beautiful day,” I said, trying t sund cheerful. Calling it beautiful was a stretch but at least it wasn’t raining.
“I see a pretty blue sky,” Jcelyn said. “And the yellw sun. And the chclate trees!”
“Chclate trees?”
“Yes,” Jcelyn said. She seemed surprised I didn’t knw exactly what she meant. “When the trees dn’t have their leaves n them, they lk like chclate.”
Chclate? I thught. Well, she’s nt wrng. They are deep brwn, like dark chclate.I was still thinking abut thse trees when we gt t Mandi’s, s I tld her abut it as sn as we walked in the dr.
“I lve that!” Mandi said, a glimmer f light in her eyes. She lked at the trees utside the windw, “I used t see smething bare and ugly ut there, but ur Jcelyn sees chclate trees. We shuld all be like that, shuldn’t we? We shuld learn t lk fr the chclate.” “It wuld certainly make the wrld a lt sweeter.” I smiled.
The writer and Jcelyn were n their way t ________.
A.see a dctr B.enjy the scenery C.visit Mandi D.buy chclate
22. Hw did the writer feel at the beginning f the stry?
A.Sad. B.Jyful. C.Cheerful. D.Angry.
23. Which f the fllwing culd be the illustratin (插图) f the passage?
A.B.
C.D.
24. What des the underlined wrds “the chclate” refer t?
A.Strng will t live.B.The sweet mments in ur life.
C.The beauty in dark times.D.Lve amng family members.
25. What can we learn frm this stry?
A.The clr f spring is flwers; the clr f winter is in ur imaginatin.
B.If yu lk the right way, yu can see that the whle wrld is a garden.
C.When the wrld ges against yu, a friend and chclate is all yu need.
D.Life is like a bx f chclates, yu never knw what yu’re ging t get.
C
①Mst peple have a favrite clr, but hw peple feel abut clrs depends n their culture. This can be very imprtant t peple in business that sell prducts all ver the wrld. They might chse a clr because they think it is exciting r attractive, but in anther cuntry that same clr culd be used t give a sad message. Lk at these examples:
②If yu ask smene in Britain what the right clr is fr a bride t wear, the answer will be white. In China and ther eastern cuntries, brides ften wear red because the clr red is a sign f gd luck, happiness and prsperity(繁荣). .Red is an unusual clr fr a British bride t wear.In Britain, red is used as a sign f danger. Rad signs and warning labels (标签) are ften in red. In eastern cultures, the clr red des nt mean yu have t be careful.
③In Egypt, yellw is the clr linked t death. In Britain and ther western cultures, death and funerals(葬礼) are usually linked t the clr black, but in many eastern cuntries white is the clr mst peple cnnect with death and funerals.
④Many peple like the clr range because it is bright and exciting. Sme advertisers will nt use range in their advertisements because they believe it suggests that the prducts are cheap and perhaps nt f gd quality.
⑤In a wrd, clrs have different meanings in different cultures. We shuld learn t chse the prper clr in sme special situatin.
What des the wrd “this” in Paragraph 1refer t?
A.mst peple’s favrite clr B.different cultures
C.prducts D.peple’s feeling abut clrs in their culture.
27. In which cuntry des the clr yellw mean death?
A.Britain B.Egypt. C.China. D.All eastern cuntries.
28.Why des the writer give s many examples in the passage?
A.T intrduce different clrs in the wrld.
B.T chse a favrite clr fr readers.
C.T explain different cultures have different meanings t the same clr.
D.T help advertisers decide the right clrs in their advertisements.
29. Which f the fllwing can best shw the structure f the passage?
A. B. C. D.
30. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A.Clrs in Different Careers. B.The Meaning f Clrs.
C.Clrs Between China and Britain. D.Clrs Arund the Wrld.
第二节 (共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读短文,从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,使短文通顺、连贯。
选项中有一项为多余选项。
Du Fu, ne f the greatest pets in China, is familiar t mst f us. 31 Recently, the BBC’s ne-hur dcumentary Du Fu: China’s Greatest Pet is spreading thrugh the Internet.
The film intrduces the great pet t Western audiences (观众). As the first English language dcumentary abut Du, it cmpares him t Dante and Shakespeare, tw f the greatest writers f the West. 32 Du was brn in 712 and lived a hard life. Du never stpped writing, althugh life was difficult fr him. Even thugh he never held a high psitin in the gvernment, Du still cared abut cmmn peple. 33
The dcumentary explains why Du’s wrks have been ppular fr centuries. Chinese peple really value the recrding f histry and Du is better than anyne at reflecting histry in his petry: 34
Du’s 1,400 pems have been cllected by Stephen Owen frm the USA. 35 It is expected t help Du’s wrks (作品)reach mre readers.
There is n dubt that Du is a cultural symbl f ancient China, but his brilliant wrks and spirits have als inspired peple abrad.
A.It als intrduces the pet’s life experiences in detail.
B.Hwever, Du has still been unknwn in the Western wrld.
C.That’s because histrical events were mirrred in his wn life.
D.He spent eight years translating them int English and published a bk.
E.In his pems, he pured ut his cncern (关心) fr his cuntry as well as the peple.
F. Du Fu was a famus Chinese pet.
三、短文填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读短文,从方框内选出正确的词并用其适当形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
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Xingchen, brn in 1995, is frm Turkey. She is the 36 child f her family. After high schl, many peple learn English r Japanese, but Xingchen 37 t learn Chinese in university. She learned Chinese fr fur years in Ankara University in Turkey, and gt her Chinese name Xingchen there.
She 38 in lve with Chinese after she went t university. She became mre interested in it after she knew mre abut Chinese histry. She 39 frm Ankara University in 2016. Since then, mre Chinese have been visiting Turkey. Chinese-speaking peple are seriusly 40 in trade between the tw cuntries. This is nt nly because f China’s higher and higher psitins (地位) in the wrld, but because f clse relatins with ther cuntries. “Speaking Chinese means yu can have mre 41 t find a gd jb.” said Xingchen.
Xingchen has 42 in Beijing fr abut five years. While she is cntinuing studying Chinese, she als shws great interest in Chinese Peking Opera, s she spends her free time n it. Nt nly Peking Opera can help her keep 43 but she als pays mre attentin t the histry and culture behind it. She said, “The mre I knw abut China, the 44 I feel t have been here.”
In 2021, she returned t her hmetwn Turkey t teach children Chinese. 45 a lt f children are mre and mre interested in Chinese. “I hpe ur tw cuntries can remain friendly relatins s that bth f ur cuntries can becme strnger.” She said.
四、读写结合 (共两节,满分25分)
第一节 任务型阅读 (共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读短文,用英文填空或回答问题(请注意每小题的词数要求)。
Yu may knw abut “junk fd” like French fries. But d yu knw abut “junk sleep”?
A British survey shws that there are many electrnic prducts in teenagers’ bedrms. They are influencing teenagers’ sleep badly.The survey was dne amng 1,000 British kids frm 12 t 16. It is fund that 50% f them gt just 4 t 7 hurs’ sleep every day. But dctrs say they need 8 t 9 hurs.Almst 25% f the kids said they ften fell asleep while they were watching TV, listening t music r using ther electrnic prducts.
“This is very wrrying,” said Dr. Chris, a British prfessr (教授), “We call it ‘junk sleep’. It means yu dn’t get enugh sleep and the quality (质量) f the sleep is lw, t.” The survey fund that quite a few f the kids felt tired each day because f the junk sleep, especially girls between 13 and 16. Nearly all the teenagers have a phne, music player r TV in their bedrms. And lts f them even have all the three.
Dr. Chris suggested that parents shuld help their children keep away frm electrnic prducts, and that teenagers shuld spend less time n the electrnic prducts.
The passage mainly talk abut _____________________________.(10个词以内)
Accrding t Paragraph 2, teenagers’ electrnic prducts ______________________
__________________________________________________________.(10个词以内)
Almst 25% f the kids ften fell asleep while________________________________ ___________________________________________________.(列举两项,10个词以内)
In Dr. Chris’ pinin, teenagers’ parents shuld_______________________________
____________________________________________________________.(10个词以内)
What can we learn frm Dr.Chris’ survey?_________________________________
____________________________________________________________.(20个词以内)
第二节 书面表达 (共1小题,满分15分)
一个国家有梦想,一个民族有梦想,作为时代未来主人的我们,也应该有梦想!请以“My Dream”为题,投稿英语校报介绍你自己的梦想和实现梦想的计划,内容包括:
1.谈谈你的梦想是什么;2.为什么你会有这个梦想;3.为实现梦想将会如何做。
要求:
1.可以适当增加细节,使行文连贯;
2.文中不得出现个人知识的姓名和姓名;
3.字数不少于80词。
My Dream
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