2023-2024学年福建省龙岩市连城县冠豸中学九年级（上）月考英语试卷（12月份）

这是一份2023-2024学年福建省龙岩市连城县冠豸中学九年级（上）月考英语试卷（12月份），共12页。

（满分：150分 答题时间：120分钟）
Ⅱ.选择填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
（ ）21. Kindle is ________ useful app with which yu can read e-bks n the phne.
A．a B．an C．the
（ ）22．________ yur help, we can finish the task in time.
A．Thanks fr B．Withut C．Thanks t
（ ）23．It is ________ lvely weather that we decide t g bating n the lake.
A．Such B．such a C．s
（ ）24．Yu ______ keep the water running all the time,because yu’re wasting water.
A．ught t B．ught nt C．ught nt t
（ ）25．The sweater is made ________ wl and my mther made it ________ her hands.
A．frm; by B．f; with C．by; with
（ ）26．— I usually have an egg and sme bread fr breakfast.
—________
A．S have I. B．S d I. C．S I d.
（ ）27．The ppulatin f my hmetwn is abut ________ that f Fuzhu.
three-furth as large as B．three furth larger than C．three quarters as large as
（ ）28．The little girl ________ ut at night because she is afraid f darkness.
A．dare nt g B．dares nt g C．desn’t dare g
（ ）29．It’s ________ that she ________ the nice digital camera fr mre than tw mnths.
A．said; has bughtB．said; has had C．says; brrwed
（ ）30．The bys’ 800-meter race will be ________ if there is heavy rain tmrrw.
A．cntrlled B．canceled C．cnnected
（ ）31．Lucy can finish her hmewrk as lng as she ________ anther ten minutes.
A．will be given B．is given C．gives
（ ）32．—Hw much mney des it ________ yu t buy the bike?
—________. My parents gave it t me as a gift n my birthday.
A．take; Nthing B．spend; N ne C．cst; Nne
（ ）33．As a teacher, Zhang Guimei has made a great ____ t wmen’s educatin f China.
A．cntributin B．cmmunicatin C．cnstructin
（ ）34．—Hw d yu like the mvie Wlf Warrirs?
—It’s the mst wnderful film ________ I have ever seen.
A．what B．that C．which
（ ）35．—Culd yu tell me ____________?
—Abut 20 minutes’ drive.
A．hw lng it will take us t get t the City Library
B．hw sn shall we get t the City Library.
C．hw far it is frm here t the City Library
Ⅲ.完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Last year, my mther was seriusly ill. I felt my whle wrld was in a mess and I had n idea what I culd d t help with her 36 . My eyes were filled with tears (泪水) whenever I was alne. Last mnth, my father gave me a 37 watch as my 18-year-ld birthday gift. It tk him s much time and mney, but I lst it. I culdn’t 38 fr a cuple f nights because I felt s terrible abut that.
There have been many difficulties like these in my life. I culd never knw hw t deal with such difficult things 39 I read If Yu Have a Lemn, Make Lemnade (柠檬汁). It was written by American writer Dale Carnegie. “When the wise man is handed a lemn, what 40 can I learn frm this? Hw can I turn this lemn int delicius lemnade?” he wrte. I 41 that life is full f ups and dwns, s I need t stay psitive (积极的) all the time.
Nw when I think f my past, I wish I culd have dealt with things differently and 42 . When my mther was fighting against the illness, I shuld have tld her that things wuld get better instead f hiding and 43 . Several weeks ag, I tk part in a schl English speech. I didn’t win a prize. If I didn’t read this article, I wuld feel sad again. But instead, I 44 after the cmpetitin. At least, I had gt sme useful experience.
Life is nt a bed f rses. There are thrns (刺) as well, but these thrns help us becme 45 and better peple. When life ffers us a lemn, let’s try t make it int a cup f sweet lemnade.
36．A．wrkB．painC．dream
37．A．valuableB．strangeC．cmmn
38．A．stand upB．fall asleepC．run away
39．A．thughB．ifC．until
40．A．lessnB．stryC．news
41．A．shwedB．hpedC．realized
42．A．plitelyB．wiselyC．excitedly
43．A．cryingB．playingC．laughing
44．A．shutedB．smiledC．cried
45．A．richerB．stricterC．strnger
Ⅳ.阅读理解（共两节，25小题；满分45分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
46．Fr each student, the speech lasts fr ________ at least.
A．2 minutesB．3 minutesC．4 minutesD．5 minutes
47．Which tpic might yu chse if yu want t take part in the speech cntest?
① What can yu learn frm labr curse? ② Hw can yu imprve speaking skills?
③ Hw d yu practice spken English? ④ Hw d yu grw vegetables at schl?
A．①②B．①④C．②④D． ③④
48．What can we learn frm the passage?
A．A student in Grade 5 can jin in the cntest.
B．Students can apply fr the cntest n July 1st.
C．Prper bdy language is allwed in the cntest.
D．Winner Talent will be shwn n scial media.
49．The writer writes the passage t ________.
A．develp kids’ speaking skillsB．build kids’ self-cnfidence
C．intrduce a speech cntestD．ask students t read English
50．In which sectin f a newspaper wuld yu prbably read the passage?
A．Star StriesB．Schl TimeC．Science StudyD．Magic Wrld
B
Debrah Sampsn was brn in Massachusetts, US in 1760. She was the fifth ldest f the seven children in her family. The family was s pr that the mther sent the kids ff t live with friends and relatives. At the age f 5, Debrah was taken in by an ld wman and was then sent t wrk as a servant in anther hme ne year later.
At the age f 10, she helped with the husewrk and wrked n a farm fr abut eight years, grwing t be abut 173cm tall, almst 30cm taller than the average wman f her day. Hard physical wrk helped her develp a strng bdy.
She dreamed f ging n sme adventures. When the American Revlutinary War brke ut in 1775, wmen were nt allwed t serve in the army. But Debrah dressed herself t lk like a man and jined the army in 1782. She called herself Rbert Shurtliff.
One day, during an attack, Debrah was sht in the back and leg. Anther sldier tk her t the hspital. A dctr treated the wund n her back and asked if she had any ther wunds. Debrah lied and said n. She was afraid that if the dctr examined her leg, he wuld find ut her secret. The bullet was deep in her leg. Using a pcket knife, Debrah tk it ut. She left the hspital and cntinued t fight.
After the war ended, Debrah gt married and had children. But she still lnged fr adventure. S she put n her sldier’s unifrm and traveled arund the cuntry telling f her life as Rbert Shurtliff, the yung and brave sldier.
51．Debrah Sampsn started t wrk as a servant in ________.
A．1760B．1765C．1766D．1770
52．Debrah’s ________ made her different frm the average wman f her day.
A．unusual height B．lng hairC．pr childhd D．beautiful face
53．The wrd “it” in Paragraph 4 refers t ________.
A．the pcket knife B．the bullet C．the secret D．her leg
54．Which f the fllwing statements is NOT TRUE abut Debrah?
A．Debrah denied(否认) having anther wund when being asked.
B．Debrah treated the wund in her leg by herself.
C．Debrah walked t the hspital after being sht.
D．Debrah went n fighting in the war after being treated.
55．What was the stry mainly abut?
A．Debrah’s adventurus life.B．Reasns why Debrah liked adventures.
C．A big pr family Debrah had.D．Fight fr wmen’s right.
C
Mbile phnes are ne f the mst useful inventins f the last 50 years, but nt everything that is said abut them is gd. Mbiles are ften believed t be the cause f a number f things frm pr eyesight and headaches t huse fires. There's even ne thery that mbile phnes shuld be respnsible fr the disappearance f bees!
The thery is that the radiatin (辐射) given ff by mbile phnes des great harm t bees' navigatin systems (导航系统). Bees have built-in system a bit like GPS and this helps them find their way back t their hives. But recently, thusands f bees have failed t find their way hme. It is believed they are dying far frm their hives(蜂箱).
The prblem was first nticed by beekeepers in America and is a lt mre serius than it at first seems. The imprtant thing abut bees is that mst f the crps in many cuntries f the wrld are pllinated by them. Withut bees, the crps can't cntinue t grw. Many beekeepers in Eurpe have reprted lsing between 50 and 70 percent f their bees. Jim Piper, Lndn beekeeper, said t the reprter, "My business is becming wrse. Twenty-nine f my frty hives are nw empty."
Nbdy knws fr sure whether the thery is true r nt, but it's a fact that bees are disappearing in very large numbers. And we can't manage withut them. Einstein said that if all ur bees disappeared, man wuld nly live fr fur mre years! If the mbile phne thery is crrect, we need t d smething abut it right nw—befre it's t late.
56．What might be caused by mbiles accrding t Paragraph 1?
A．Pr listening. B．The frest fires.
C．The disappearance f bees.D．Terrible tthache.
57．What des the thery in the passage say?
A．Bees have GPS inside their bdies.
B．Mbiles have an influence n bees' hives.
C．The radiatin makes bees unable t fly.
D．The radiatin makes bees lse their way hme.
58．The underlined wrd "pllinate" prbably means "________" in Chinese.
A．授粉B．污染C．啃食D．催熟
59．What des Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?
A．Crps will stp grwing.
B．Beekeepers' business is getting wrse.
C．Bees' disappearing is a serius prblem.
D．Beekeepers in Eurpe fund the prblem first.
60．The authr wrte this passage t ________.
A．call n peple t help beekeepers.
B．shw hw a bee's built-in system wrks.
C．ask peple t stp using mbiles right away.
D．warn peple f the pssible harm mbiles d t bees.
D
China has taken a whle new step in its mn explratin. President Xi Jinping n Dec. 17, 2020 cngratulated the cmplete success f the Chang’e-5 missin(任务) that brings back the cuntry’s first samples cllected frm the mn. Fllwing America and Russia, China has becme the third cuntry in the wrld t cllect rcks frm the mn.
Chang’e-5 first tk ff frm the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan n Nvember 24, 2020. It landed n a massive lava plain (熔岩平原) f the mn n December 1, 2020. Then it started t cllect the samples. The samples may help scientists understand mre abut the mn’s rigins. It may help wrk ut hw the mn cmes int being and hw it develps. Hpefully, the success f the cllectin will set an example fr ther mre difficult missins in the future which will be carried ut n ther planets.
After the returning capsule (太空舱) landed back n Earth, it will be taken t Beijing by plane, where the capsule will be pened and the samples will be ready fr study. “China will als prvide sme f the samples t scientists in ther cuntries”, said Pei Zhayu, a directr at the CNSA．
As the Chang’e-5 missin has been cmpleted successfully, Chinese scientists are already making plans fr future mn explratin, including prject t build a scientific research statin n the mn. “We hpe t wrk tgether with ther cuntries t build the internatinal lunar scientific research statin, which culd prvide a shared platfrm fr lunar scientific explratin and technlgical experiments,” Pei said.
61．The Chang’e-5 missin was t ________.
A．try a circle arund the mn
B．help ther cuntries t bring back the rcks
C．send cngratulatins t ther cuntries frm the mn
D．bring back the rcks frm the mn t the Earth
62．The Chang’e-5 started t cllect the samples ________ after it tk ff.
A．a mnthB．abut a weekC．twenty-fur hursD．twenty-three days
63．What des the wrd “rigins” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?
A．起源B．未来C．温度D．地形
64．Which f the fllwing is true?
A．Three cuntries have cllected rcks frm the mn since the 1970s.
B．China will build the internatinal lunar scientific research statin alne.
C．Sme f the samples may be shared with ther cuntries scientists.
D．The capsule will be sent t Hainan fr further study.
65．The passage is mainly abut ________.
A．the future plans t explre the mn
B．the place where Chang’e-5 landed r
C．the purpse f cllecting samples frm the mn
D．China’s success in cmpleting the Chang’e-5 missin
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯、意思完整。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
E
Jellyfish and Crcdiles（水母和鳄鱼）
Hi, my name’s Ben. My family, that’s Mum, Dad and me, live in Brme in Western Australia. Western Australia is abut 80 times larger than Italy, but nly 1.5 millin peple live there. 66 It has a ppulatin f abut 12,000. It’s right n the cast and is knwn fr its famus Cable Beach, which is 20km lng.
We live in the twn in a huse with a large garden. 67 We drive t Cable Beach and lk fr a quiet place t swim r t fish. We dn’t g swimming frm Octber t March because there may be bx jellyfish in the water. The bx jellyfish is ne f the mst dangerus jellyfish. 68 If yu are attacked by ne, the best thing t d is t pur vinegar ver the area f yur bdy where yu are hurt. That’s why we always take a bttle f vinegar with us.
69 A year ag I went camping in the bush with my friend Bill and his dad. We wanted t d sme fishing and set up camp abut 20 meters frm a river. 70 Bill’s father tld us t get up and we quickly gt ut f the tent and ran t the car, which was nly 10 meters away.
Bill’s dad started the car and turned n the headlights. In the light, we culd see a big crcdile pulling the tent int the river!
A．In Australia, they kill up t 65 peple a year.
B．Brme is a twn in the nrth f Western Australia.
C．Anther dangerus animal in Western Australia is the saltwater crcdile.
D．At weekends， I ften g fishing r swimming with my friends r my parents.
E．Suddenly, at 3 ’clck in the mrning, we felt smething pulling n ur tent.
Ⅴ.情景交际（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据情景提示，用英语完成下列各题。
71．你想知道同学是否去过伦敦，你会这样问：
Lndn?
72．你想搭便车去汽车站，你可以这么向对方提出请求：
t the bus statin?
73．你的同桌总是光说不做，你会用这句谚语来劝导他：
.
74．你要告诉你的妈妈英语在全世界被广泛使用，你会这样表达：
English .
75．毕业前夕，你的好朋友在畅谈他/他的人生理想，你会这么回应：
!
Ⅵ.看图写话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据每小题所提供的图画情景和提示词，写出一个与图画情景相符的句子。

76 77 78 79 80
fly, in tw days
necessary
be used t
read,3 days
smell
Ⅶ.短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据语境或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
Chinese fancy knts (中国结), als called Chinese knts,are very imprtant in Chinese culture. They began as a frm f traditinal art in the Tang and Sng Dynasties (朝代) in China, and 81 (becme) ppular in the Ming Dynasty. Nw they are 82 (regard) as ne f the symbls f Chinese culture.
As fr the name itself, it is surely meaningful. The Chinese wrd fr “knt”, jie, means “cnnectin”. And the 83 f the Chinese wrd jie is very clse t that f jie, “gd luck”. 84 a result, Chinese knts are used as a way t express peple’s strng wishes fr marvellus things like happiness, lve and gd luck. The knts are used 85 (wide) in everyday life. They cme in different sizes. Small nes are 86 t clthes and gifts in rder t draw peple’s attentin, while large nes are used t make a living rm mre beautiful. Whether large 87 small, they are named after their shapes and usages. Fr example, Duble Cin Knts are called Shuangqian Jie 88 they are in the shape f tw ancient Chinese cins, meaning “gd things cme in pairs”. Besides, Chinese knts are famus 89 their bright clrs. Different clrs have different traditinal cultural 90 (mean). Red means gd luck and happiness, green means health,and yellw means wealth.
All in all, the famus Chinese fancy knts fully shw the Chinese culture.
Ⅷ.书面表达（满分15分）
如今，我们的生活处处离不开网络，网络在我们生活中越来越重要。请你根据下表所提示要点，以“The Internet”为题写一篇80词左右的短文，阐述网络在你的生活中的用途和存在的问题，并谈谈你个人对于网络的看法。
注：必须包含提示内容，可适当发挥，开头已给出，不计入总词数；意思清楚，表达通顺，行文连贯，书写规范。
The Internet
The Internet is becming mre and mre imprtant in ur lives.



English Speech Cntest n “Labr curse (劳动课)”Our schl is rganizing the English Speech Cntest 2023. The tpic this year fcuses n “Labr curse”. Yu are expected t give a 2~3 minutes’ speech n “labr curse”, fllwed by a 2-minute imprmptu (即兴的) speech.
Mre infrmatin
Applicatin deadline
(申请截止日期)
June 10, 2023
All students in Grades 6 t 9 are welcme t take part in the cntest.
Cntest date
July 3, 2023,
19:30—21:30
The cntest will be held in Classrm 304.
Rules
* Yur speech shuld be clsely related t the tpic.
* Yur vice & speech shuld be clear.
* Yu may use prper bdy language in yur speech.
* Only English speech allwed.
Prizes
* The three speakers with the highest scres will receive medals and special gifts.
* Each winner will have the pssibility t have yur speech published in the schl’s magazine.
Cme n! Take this chance t practice yur public speaking skills and build yur self-cnfidence!
Click here t apply nline: httpslanguageeducatincenter.net/cntest/
用途
搜索信息，学英语
在线聊天，用邮件交流
听音乐，看电影，网上购物
问题
影响身体；影响学习： ……（补充1点）
个人看法
……（1-2点）