湖南省长沙星城实验学校024-2025学年上学期九年级期中考试英语试卷

这是一份湖南省长沙星城实验学校024-2025学年上学期九年级期中考试英语试卷，共7页。试卷主要包含了答题前，请考生先将自己的姓名，必须在答题卡上答题，在草稿纸，请勿折叠答题卡，保持字体工整，答题卡上不得使用涂改液等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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6、本学科试卷中听力材料以中速朗读两遍。
试卷分四个部分，61小题，时量100分钟，满分100分。
= 1 \* ROMAN I．听力（共两节，满分20分）略
= 2 \* ROMAN II．阅读（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共11小题；每小题2分，满分22分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
21. Students can chse t jin in _______ n the Sprts Day.
A. B. C.
22. Hw lng will the Sprts Day last?
A. 7.5 hurs.B. 8 hurs.C. 9 hurs.
23. Where can we mst prbably read the text?
A. Frm a science website.
B. Frm a travel magazine.
C. Frm a schl ntice-bard.
B
A farm in Australia has hit(达到) the recrd bks after prducing the wrld’s heaviest blueberry. The unusually large fruit was picked n Nvember 13, 2023.
Weighing 20.4 grams, the blueberry was grwn by gardener Brad Hcking. The earlier wrld recrd was fr a 16.2-gram blueberry grwn in Western Australia in 2020.
Mr. Hcking said the 20.4-gram “Eterna” blueberry was knwn fr its large size. “Eterna, as a new kind f blueberry, generally has large fruit,” he said. “When we picked this ne, there were prbably arund 20 ther berries f a similar size.” Mr. Hcking was excited t be recgnized(认可) with the wrld recrd, but he thught taste remained the tp task. “While the fruit is large, there’s certainly n cmprmise(妥协) n taste when develping the blueberry,” he said.
This prgram develps abut ne t tw new kinds f blueberries each year. Prgram manager Gerge Jessett said he has a lt f cnfidence and excitement abut new types f blueberries. “We are always lking frward t develp new blueberries t meet the requirements f custmers and weather.”
24. Which questin is NOT answered in Paragraph 1?
A. Wh grew the blueberry?
B. Where was the blueberry grwn?
C. When was the blueberry picked?
25. The blueberry is _______ heavier than the earlier heaviest ne.
A. 20.4 grams B. 20 grams C. 4.2 grams
26. What is the mst imprtant fr “Eterna” in Mr. Hcking’s eyes?
A. Its clr.B. Its taste.C. Its price.
27. What might Gerge Jessett think f develping new blueberries?
A. Wrried.B. Uncertain.C. Cnfident.
C
Hw lng des it take t learn t cmmunicate in a new language? It’s hard t say. Then what if yu have t try t pick up a language withut anyne helping? Impssible, yu may say. Well, the truth is, it’s nt. ▲ Right after yu were brn. Yu didn’t have a translatr(翻译) r a grammar bk, but yu learned t speak a new language!
If yu can picture hw it happens, yu’ll see hw amazing it is that we learn t talk. Even scientists dn’t understand hw we can be brn and a few years later knw s many wrds and hw t speak a language. It’s a big mystery(神秘的事物)!
Hwever, when yu think abut babies’ first wrds, yu’ll find it’s clear that they learn them by cpying sunds frm peple arund them. After hearing their parents repeat “mama” and “dada” time after time, it’s n surprise that such wrds becme babies’ first.
The experts believe babies’ learning t talk is abut mre than just cpying sunds. Fr example, children can say things they’ve never heard befre as sn as they begin t frm their first sentences. It seems they can cme up with thughts and ideas f their wn! Sme believe children can learn simple language rules just by listening t thse arund them.
As kids grw up, they get better at using a language by changing the way they talk t match the peple arund them. Amazingly, kids frm different parts f the wrld learn t talk in similar ways, with similar steps, and at similar times as they grw lder. Sme researchers believe that humans are brn with the ability t learn languages and are still trying t shw if it’s true.
28. What’s the best sentence fr “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 1?
A. Nbdy can d that, OK?
B. Yu’ve dne it befre, remember?
C. Nthing like that can happen.
29. What des the underlined wrd “it” in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A. Reading a grammar bk.
B. Cmmunicating in a grup.
C. Learning t speak a language.
30. Hw des the writer develp Paragraph 4?
A. By telling stries.B. By giving an example.C. By shwing numbers.
31. What des the writer mainly want t tell us thrugh the passage?
A. Learning t talk is an amazing thing.
B. We shuld learn as many languages as pssible.
C. Peple shuld spend mre time learning languages.
第二节（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中一项为多余选项。
It is nrmal t feel a bit nervus abut exams. Exam stress can cause yu t feel nervus r depressed. If yu have any f these feelings r wrries abut exam pressure, yu are nt alne. Here are sme things yu can d.
Open up t thers
Firstly, let yur trusted friends and family knw if yu’re having a hard time. They can be there t supprt yu, encurage yu and ffer gd advice. 32. __________________ Keeping it all t yurself will nly make things wrse, s dn’t be afraid t pen up.
Learn t get help
Secndly, think abut all the practical supprt yu need, and be hnest with yurself abut it. Yu are allwed t ask fr help. 33. __________________ Tell yur teachers abut yur wrries. They may have talked t lts f students wh are ging thrugh similar things, s they can give yu sme helpful advice.
34. __________________
One mre thing yu can d is t be prud f yurself. Think abut all the things yu have achieved s far. It can be helpful t write lts f things yu like abut yurself, and the things ther peple value abut yu, t.
D breathing exercise
Deep breath can help relax us in bth mind and bdy. We can breathe deeply thrugh ur nse, then blw slwly thrugh ur muth. 35. __________________
If yu fllw the things abve, I’m sure yu will never be wrried abut exams.
III．语言运用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Sme ld Chinese inventins have wn wide ppularity arund the wrld. Recently, a British wman used an ancient Chinese inventin t help her sn 36 a math prblem.
Dr. Mantri grew up in India. She was taught 37 t use an abacus(算盘) t slve math prblems when she was yung. After nticing that her sn David had great difficulty with math, she started using the same ancient Chinese tl t help him after schl.
“My sn was in Grade 5 when I nticed he was 38 in math.” said Dr. Mantri. “I wuld ask him smething very easy like ‘35–13 =?’, but he culdn’t wrk it ut.”
“I never thught I wuld teach him t use such an ld tl 39 I realized I culd try the Chinese abacus. It is a useful 40 t help kids better understand numbers and basic calculatins(计算). Very sn I saw the results. After six days, David started t make prgress 41 with the help f the abacus. As a result, sme parents even came t 42 advice n using it t help their kids.”
Knwn as the fifth inventin f ancient China, Chinese abacus is als 43 as the earliest cmputer. It helped peple slve many math prblems in ancient China. Yu will never knw hw 44 and simple it is until yu try. Smetimes, just mve ne bead(算珠), then 45 bead, and yu will get the answer. What a magic tl!
S far, the Chinese abacus has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage f human being(人类非物质文化遗产) fr 11 years ever since 2013.
36. A. deal withB. agree with C. cmpete with
37. A. whatB. hwC. where
38. A. creativeB. weakC. talented
39. A. afterB. whenC. until
40. A. signB. wayC. symbl
41. A. plitelyB. ludlyC. quickly
42. A. care frB. ask frC. pay fr
43. A. caughtB. cveredC. seen
44. A. cnvenientB. difficultC. bring
45. A. the therB. thersC. anther
第二节 语法填空（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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese traditinal festival. 46. _______ thusands f lanterns(灯笼) light up the city at night, the Chinese Lantern Festival has arrived. It is celebrated n 47. _______ fifteenth day f the Chinese New Year.
Several days befre the Lantern Festival, peple begin t make lanterns. All 48. _______ (kind) f lanterns shine brightly against the dark night sky. Sme f the lanterns are small, and thers are really big. Sme lk like beautiful flwers and lively animals.
The lanterns 49. _______ (make) f different materials. There are plastic lanterns, silk lanterns, and paper lanterns. While making lanterns, peple usually write riddles(谜语) n them. 50. _______ the Lantern Festival, peple g utside t have a lk at the lanterns and guess the riddles n the lanterns. Usually, peple can get a prize by 51. _______ (give) the right answer. Peple tgether with the family walk 52. _______ (happy) in the crwded street, lking at many kinds f 53. _______ (amaze) lanterns. While sme peple are enjying the clrful lanterns and thers are watching 54. _______ (traditin) Chinese lin dance perfrmances.
Peple prepare tasty sweet dumplings in the mrning fr their family and friends 55. _______ (enjy) in the evening. The sweet smell makes everyne hungry. Everything is very interesting and everyne is very happy.
= 4 \* ROMAN IV．读写综合（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 简答（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Betty Friedan was brn in 1921 in America. When she was yung, her mther left her jb t stay at hme with her family. When she grew up, Betty attended(进入) Smith Cllege, ne f the cuntry’s best clleges fr wmen. She finished her studies in psychlgy(心理学) in 1942. After cllege, her byfriend didn’t want her t get a further study. S Betty left her byfriend.
She mved t New Yrk City and wrked as a reprter. When she was ging t have her secnd child, she lst her jb. After that she wrked as an independent reprter fr magazines. But her editrs(编辑) ften refused her articles because she always tried t write abut tpics utside the traditinal interests f wmen.
Betty wasn’t cmpletely satisfied with her life. She fund that her wmen classmates als had the same feelings as her. She talked t ther wmen acrss the cuntry and did mre studies. Very few parents encuraged their daughters t becme dctrs r prfessrs. Female(女性的) wrkers ding the same jbs as men made much less mney. Wmen ften lst their jbs when they had a baby.
Betty wrte a bk accrding t her studies and experience — The Feminine Mystique《女性的奥秘》, published in 1963. The bk quite disagreed with the ppular idea that wmen culd nly find satisfactin thrugh being married, having children and lking after their hme. Betty thught these wise wmen culd give a lt t sciety if they are nt just hmemakers. The bk helped t change the lives f wmen in America. After reading it, mre wmen began wrking utside the hme. And they als began studying traditinally male subjects like law r medicine.
56. Why did the editrs refuse Betty’s articles when she was wrking as an independent reprter?
52. Were Betty’s wmen classmates cmpletely satisfied with their life?
58. When did the bk The Feminine Mystique cme ut?
59. What did mre wmen d under the influence f Betty’s bk?
60. What d yu think f Betty Friedan?
第二节 书面表达（满分15分）
61. 假如你是李华，进入初三年级后，在老师们和同学们的帮助下你在生活和学习方面有了很大的变化。现在的你在外貌、性格、学习上发生了改变，特别是在英语学习上取得了很大的进步。请你结合以下信息，给你的好朋友王明写一封信。
内容包括：
(1) 你在外貌、性格和英语学习方面的一些变化；
(2) 至少两个学习英语的方法；
(3) 对于自己变化的感受。
要求：
(1) 80词左右 (开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)；
(2) 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3) 信中不得出现真实人名和校名。
Dear Wang Ming,
I am glad t tell yu that I have changed a lt in such a shrt time.








Xingcheng Experimental Schl Sprts Day!
A day f fun and exercise!
This year, we have sme new sprts and games fr yu t take part in!
Yu can chse t jin in:
Sign up(报名) fr the fllwing curses:
Sprts curses are run by skillful caches. They will teach yu mre abut the sprts and hw t d them. There are nly a few spaces fr each wrkshp. Sign up early t get yur first chice!
Time: Friday, Octber 18, 9:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Place: the Students’ Sprts Center
Call Mr. Li at 293-7742.
A. Sleeping fr a lng time is n use t yur wrries.
B. Yur teachers are a gd chice.
C. Yu dn’t have t g thrugh all the wrries alne.
D. Take pride in yurself.
E. This can be a useful way t help yu relaxed and lss stressed.
Changes
in the past
nw
Appearance
shrt
tall
Persnality
shy
utging
English learning
be less interested in
hard-wrking
Gd learning ways
1. d mre exercises
2. …...
Feelings
…...
2024-2025-1星城实验九上期中考试
（参考答案）

Ⅰ．听力技能 略
Ⅱ．阅读
第一节 短文理解
21—23 BAC24—27 ACBC
28—31 BCBA
第二节 语篇补全
32—35 CBDE
Ⅲ. 语言运用
第一节 词语填空
36—40 ABBCB 41—45 CBCAC
第二节
46. When47. the
48. kinds49. are made
50. On51. giving
52. happily53. amazing
54. traditinal55. t enjy
Ⅳ. 读写综合
第一节 简答
56. Because she always tried t write abut tpics utside the traditinal interests f wmen.
57. N (, they weren’t).
58. In 1963.
59. They began wrking utside the hme and studying traditinally male subjects like law r medicine.
60. Wise. / Smart. / Independent...
第二节 书面表达 略