江苏省常州外国语学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

这是一份江苏省常州外国语学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷，共7页。试卷主要包含了听力，单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，六选四阅读，单词拼写，综合填空，阅读回答问题等内容，欢迎下载使用。
一、听力
略
二、单项选择（共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分）
21. ---Yur uncle is _____ unusual man with great business talents.
---Yes he is. He nce taught Ecnmics (经济学) in _____ university.
A. a; an B. an; a C. a; a D. an; an
22. ---Frank is always laughed at by his classmates, wh call him a bkwrm.
---Pr by! He simply can't _____ what he has learned t his real life.
A. cmpare B. cnnect C. add D. prefer
23. ---Cffee with sugar r milk? ---________. I'd like black cffee.A. Either B. Neither C. Nne D. Bth
24. We all knw that ding well in schlwrk _____ time and effrt.
A. requires B. reduces C. reviews D. repeats
25. The rescue team went t supprt Turkey as sn as the earthquake _____.
A. brke int B. brke in C. brke dwn D. brke ut
26. Peter, yu lk wrried these days. Why nt listen t music r wear _____ clthes t make yu feel relaxed and peaceful?
A. white r red B. green r yellw C. white r blue D. purple r black
27. The captain said, "We can _____ knw what will happen next, since we have never been t the Island."
A. easily B. hardly C. cmpletely D. mainly
28. ---When will yu g back t visit yur grandparents? --- _____.
A. Nt until the wrk is finished B. Until the wrk is furnished
C. After the wrk will be finished D. As sn as the wrk will be finished
29. Kate isn't sure _____.
A. hw many times he has been t Beijing B. what the matter is with th cmputer
C. which bus can take her t schl D. which htel she can live in Shanghai
30. ---D yu think the film is wrth watching? ---Yes, ______.
A. It can't be wre B. Yu can't praise it t much
C. I shuldn’t have watched it D. It is as gd as a disaster
三、完形填空（共12题,每小题1分,满分12分）
"Dr. Deep Sea" Lives Underwater fr 100 Days
"Dr. Deep Sea” Lives Underwater fr 100 Days
Dr. Jseph Dituri, als knwn as "Dr. Deep Sea", has just finished an amazing adventure (冒险). Fr 100 days, the University f Suth Flrida teacher lived in a small rm underwater. He set a new wrld recrd, beating the ___31___ recrd f 73 days.
On March 1, Dr. Dituri, wh's 55, began the prject. His gal was t stay fr 100 days at a special underwater htel. The farther yu g belw the cean's surface (表面), the ___32___ the pressure (气压) is. Dr. Dituri wanted t learn hw this pressure wuld ___33___ the human bdy ver time. He believes that high pressure culd help peple live lnger and stay healthier ___34___ they get lder. It culd als help dctrs treat different medical diseases, ___35___ brain prblems.
While he was living underwater, Dr. Dituri stayed ___36___. He ften exercised in the mrning. He kept teaching his cllege classes, and he had nline chats with ver 5, 500 students frm 15 different cuntries. The dctr had a number f ___37___ wh dve (潜水) dwn t spend a little time with him. Dr. Dituri said what he missed the mst when he was underwater was ___38___.
Last Friday, June 9, Dr. Dituri returned t the surface, where he was ___39___ able t see the sunshine again, which he needed mst. Many friends, family, and supprters were there t greet him and celebrate his ___40___.
Dr. Dituri and his team f dctrs plan t study the infrmatin they ___41___ during the prject. He says his favrite part f the prject was talking with yung peple. "Wh knws?" he said, "Maybe ne day, ne f them will cme back and ___42___ the recrd we just set."
31. A. extra B. perfect C. ld D. terrible
32. A. deeper B. lwer C. smaller D. greater
33. A. discver B. require C. influence D. appear
34. A. as B. because C. since D. whenever
35. A. withut B. including C. twards D. thrugh
36. A. free B. calm C. healthy D. busy
37. A. visitrs B. leaders C. teachers D. families
38. A. friendsB. familyC. fdD. sunshine
38. A. quickly B. gently C. finally D. hardly
39. A. attentin B. treatment C. discvery D. achievement
40. A. prepared B. discussed C. cllected D. prvided
41. A. prepared B. discussed C. cllected D. prvided
42. A. watch B. break C. keep D. discuss
四、阅读理解（共10小题,每小题2分,满分20分）
A
43. Which bk can a reader chse if he is planning t g t Australia fr a vacatin?
A. Idims B. Business EnglishC. Travel English D. Practise English cnversatins!
44. What makes the bk Practise English cnversatins! different frm the ther 3 bks?
A. It's an eBk.B. It prvides audi files.C. It has exercises. D. It ffers many situatins.
45. What is this passage?
A. An invitatin. B. An advertisement.C. A cmpetitin. D. A ntice.
B
As yu grw lder, yu will be faced with sme challenging decisins---like whether t cut class r try cigarettes (香烟). Making decisins n yur wn is hard enugh, but when ther peple get invlved (牵涉) and try t pressure (施加压力) yu ne way r anther, it can be even harder. Peple wh are at yur age, like yur classmates, are called peers. When they try t influence hw yu act, r get yu t d smething, it is called peer pressure.
Peers can have a psitive influence n each ther. Maybe anther student in yur science class taught yu an easy way t remember the planets in the slar system. Maybe yu gt thers excited abut yur new favurite bk, and nw everyne is reading it. These are examples f hw peers psitively influence each ther,
Smetimes peers influence each ther in negative ways. Fr example, a few kids in schl might try t get yu t cut class with them; yur sccer friend might try t cnvince (说服) yu t be mean (卑鄙的) t anther player and never pass him the ball.
It is hard t be the nly ne wh says “n'' t peer pressure, but yu can d it. Paying attentin t yur wn feelings and beliefs abut what is right and wrng can help yu knw the right thing t d.
Yu have prbably had a parent r teacher advising yu t "chse yur friends wisely". Peer pressure in a big reasn why they say this. If yu chse friends wh d nt cut class. smke cigarettes, r lie t their parents, then yu prbably will nt d these things either, even if ther kids d,
If yu cntinue t face peer pressure and yu are finding it difficult t deal with, talk t smene yu trust. D nt feel guilty (内疚) if yu have made a mistake r tw.
46. Fr whm is the passage mst prbably written?
A. Students.B. Parents.C. Teachers. D. Dctrs.
47. Which f the fllwing may help deal with peer pressure?
A. Spending mre time with classmates.B.Taking up mre relaxing hbbies.
C. Chsing friends with n bad habits.D. Helping thers with are in truble.
48. What is the tpic f the passage?
A. Friendship. B. Making decisinsC. Self-cnfidenceD. Peer pressure.
C
Success is ften cnsidered t be the ppsite f failure. T teenagers, it is the achievement f a gal r cmpletin (完成) f smething they really need, such as gd grades and the ability t get alng well with their classmates. Sme schls used t agree with mst parents wh measured (判定) the success f their children accrding t grades, but nw they pay special attentin t mral (道德的) educatin and character-building t make sure teenagers achieve in building human relatinships.
Schls give chances t students t discver their hidden ability s that they can enjy sme frms f success. Fr example, thse gd at speaking skills are advised t take part in speech cmpetitin while thse interested in arts are expected t perfrm in frnt f their classmates. Teenagers als get the pleasure f success when they jin their favrite clubs.
Teenagers are ften tld that success is nt easy t achieve and that success lies in hard wrk. Great effrts have t be put int prject wrk. Ding things much later than planned shuld be avided as this will lead t a muntain f wrk which finally makes hem nervus. Anther gd quality is a sense f respnsibility (责任) which makes them remember that a task has t be cmpleted.
Sticking t mral values is the key t success t. Hnest teenagers will win the trust f friends leading t gd relatinships. Self-mtivatin (自我激励) is anther quality t be develped, fr self-mtivated teenagers will have the strng will and drive t perfrm a task and finally get t enjy a sense f achievement.
49. What des the underlined wrd "they" in Paragraph I refer t (指代)?
A. Their classmates. B. Sme schls. C. Mst parents. D. Their children.
50. Why are students given chances t take part in activities?
A. T get gd grades. B. T imprve speaking ability.
C. T express their lve fr arts. D. T get the pleasure f success.
51. What can we learn frm Paragraph 3?
A. Prject wrk makes teenagers nervus.B. Gd qualities will lead t a happy life.
C. Taking respnsibility will make wrk much easier.D. Teenagers are advised t cmplete tasks in time
52. What can be the best title fr the passage?
A. The Meaning f Success t Teenagers B. The Key t Discvering Hidden Ability
C. The Value f Mral Educatin D. The Way t Cmmunicate with Others
五、六选四阅读（每小题1.5分,共6分）
Wnder why yu can get angry s easily while yur friend smiles all the time? ____53____ Persnality is als abut hw peple think, behave, and react (反应) t everything arund them frm day t day. S what makes peple think and behave in certain ways?
____54____ A baby gets its bld type, genes (基因) and ther physical things when it's still inside its mther. These things may help decide what the baby will be like.
____55____ Family life, schl learning and life experiences can als make yu the persn yu are. This desn't mean it's impssible t change yur persnality. Yu can always try t make yurself better. Dn't get t wrried abut yur shrtcmings (缺点). Just accept them.This is a gd way t start making changes.
If yu dn't knw hw t make friends, find ut why. Maybe it is because yu’re t shy. Tell yurself t smile at peple. Start talking t peple using warm greetings.
Dn't give yurself a hard time abut it all. ____56____ Keep wrking at it. One day yu'll see that yu can turn ver a new leaf and be a new yu.
A. Relax and have a break.
B. Dn't give up when yu are in truble.
C. But ne's persnality desn’t stp here.
D. Part f the reasn is that peple are brn like this.
E. It's nt easy t change lifelng habits in ne night.
F. It's prbably because yu bth have different persnalities.
六、单词拼写（每小题1分,共6分）
根据所给中文或用所给单词的正确形式填空（每空一词）。
57. Mrs. Brwn was getting ____________ (patient) because f the little by’s slw prgress.
58. I am nt t gd at cmmunicatin, but I am trying t make my wn effrts t becme a much ____________ (lively) persn.
59. Hw amazing! An 80-year-ld man has ____________ (success) in swimming acrss the river.
60. Zhen Qinwen, the great Chinese tennis player has made several wnderful ____________ (演讲) since she wn the Olympic Champin.
61. He spke ut bravely ____________ (对抗) the unfair treatment f his clleagues.
62. Thugh Mney isn't everything, it still ____________ (要紧) a lt t the pr.
七、综合填空（每小题1分,共10分）
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
If we are asked wh tried his best t feed Chinese peple's stmachs, all f us will say "Yuan Lngping. He was cnsidered the “Father f Hybrid Rice”. T ur ______63______ (sad), this tp Chinese scientist, famus fr his "Super Rice", died f illness at the ag f 91 ______64______ May 22^04.2021.
Yuan Lngping was brn in Beijing in 1930. Fr almst 60 years, he had devted mst f his time and energy t rice research. S far, the hybrid rice he develped ______65______ (pull) millins f peple ut f hunger all ver the wrld. His ______66______ (achieve) were s great that he was knwn as a father f hybrid rice and wn Wrld Fd Prize.
He was s hard-wrking that he kept researching in the farm field. Even in his _____67_______ (eighty), he _____68_______ (see) watching plants clsely and thinking f ways t imprve them, just as many Chinese farmers d. Yuan was said he had a dream ______69______ (enjy) the cl n the rice plants taller than men. In my pinin, ______70______ he didn't realize his dream in his lifetime, his spirit f wrking fr peple is wrth ______71______ (remember). Nw his students cntinue t wrk n the fields that he had devted all his time t. ______72______ (certain), his dream will cme true in the future.
八、阅读回答问题（每小题2分,共6分）
The FA Cup
The FA Cup is a very special ftball cmpetitin. It is the ldest ftball cmpetitin in the wrld as it has been played since 1871. It is als famus fr the number f ftball teams in England that enter.
Mre than 700 ftball teams take part in the cmpetitin every year. That is all f the teams frm the fur prfessinal (职业的) leagues and hundreds f small nn-prfessinal clubs. These clubs cme frm small twns and villages frm arund England.
Because there are s many teams, it lasts fr a very lng time. The early games are nly between the small teams. After six matches, the prfessinal teams frm the third and furth league enter and then, tw games later, the biggest clubs frm the Premier League.
Often very small clubs will play against big teams. There have been many surprise results in the past many years. Teams frm the fifth league have even wn against teams frm the Premier League, but a Premier League team des usually win the cmpetitin every year. Hwever, there is always a chance f seeing a surprise result. As a result, peple shw great interest in the FA Cup.
It’s amazing that the FA Cup has the pwer t change a ftball club, rewrite the past and shape the future.
回答下面3个问题,第73、74题答案不超过10个词,75题不限词数。
73. Hw lng has the FA cup been played?
______________________________________________
74. What type f team usually wins?
______________________________________________
75. What des "a surprise result" mean in the passage?
_________________________________________________________
九、书面表达 (10分)：
常州外国语学校将举办“Never keep wrries t yurself”的心理讲座，在学生中展开了一些调查，得到一些学生的主要问题如下图所示。假如你是心理讲座老师 Mike，调查表中的2-3个问题，用英语写篇演讲稿，帮助他们解决问题。演讲稿开头已给出。
注意事项：
1. 文章要求语句通顺，意思连贯，符合题意
2. 选择调查表中的2-3个问题进行写作；
3. 次数在100个左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数
4. 文章中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
5. 文章必须写在答题卡指定的位置上。
Hi there! I am Mike, a psychlgist frm Nanjing University. I’m very hnred t give yu a speech here, talking abut the wrries that students f yur age ften share. Nw I am selecting 2-3 mst cmmn prblems yu are facing t talk abut. _________________________________________________________
答案：
一、单选：BBBAD CBACB
二、完形：CDCAB DADCD CB
三、阅读：CCB ACD BDDA
四、六选四：FDCE
五、词汇填空：impatient; livelier; succeeded; speeches; against; matters
六、综合填空： sadness; n; has pulled; achievements; eighties; was seen; t enjy; thugh; remembering; Certainly
七、回答问题：
1. Since 1871
2. A premier League team.
3. Small clubs smetimes win the biggest nes.
八、书面表达：
When it cmes t making friends, dn't be afraid t take the initiative. Jin a club r activity yu’re interested in, smile and be pen t meeting new peple.
T build cnfidence, fcus n yur strengths and celebrate yur achievements, n matter hw small. Remember everyne has their wn pace f prgress.
If yu’re struggling t cmmunicate with yur parents, try t find a time when yu're bth relaxed and can talk penly. Share yur feelings and listen t their perspective as well.
I hpe these suggestins help yu navigate these challenges.
Teenager Prblems
Making little prgress in study
Nt having any clse friends
Feeling nt cnfident abut myself
Being unable t cmmunicate with parents
Nt having enugh time fr hbbies
Being laughed at by thers