江苏省常州市天宁区2021-2022学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷（word版 含答案）

2021-2022第一学年

九年级英语学习情况调研

一、听力 20分（略）

二、单项选择题（共11小题，每小题1分）

21.      great progress China has made in exploring space!

!一Yes. The Shenzhou-XII Manned Spacecraft took off successfully and cheered all the Chinese people_     second time last month!

A.What a ；a

B. What; a

C. What a; the

D. What; the

22._      will the basketball match start?

---       half past seven.

A. How long; Until

B. How long; Not until

C. How soon; Until

D. How soon; Not until

23. - Which would you prefer, orange juice or coffee?

---     is OK, but I prefer coffee     milk.

A. Either, with

B. Neither, with

C. Either,to

D. Neither,to

4.一Wow! I can't imagine    again at the last second and we won the match!

---Unbelievable! It is the first time that we    them, one of the best teams in our city.

A. to score; beat

B. scoring; have beat

C. to score; beaten

D. scoring; have beaten

25.---It's so exciting that Ms. Meng Wanzhou finally succeeded     to China last month.

--- Yes Her family     her for about 3 years.

A. to return; didn't see

B. returning; didn't see

C. return,hasn't seen

D. returning; haven't seen

26. ----When will the government agree to build the railway    the town to the countryside ?

--- As soon as the Test of the design      next month.

A .connecting; is finished

B. connecting; will be finished

C. connected; is finished

D. connected; will be finished

27.--- Did you enjoy the military training these days?

---Yes! Though I was    dead after so much hard training.

A. so good as

B. as well as

C. as good as

D. so well as

28.-- People seldom doubt    green can give us energy.

---I agree. But nobody is sure    it is the most suitable for him.

A. whether, if

B. that, whether

C. that, that

D. if, that

29.--- Did you hear of the news about the fire?

---Yes. It took the firemen two hours to_    the fire.

A. put out

B. Put up

C.put down

D. put off

30. My cousin hasn't found out___

A. what's wrong with his computer

B. How long he has fallen in love with Rose

C. how he should do with his old bike

D. which was the way to the nearest bus stop

31.----It's kind of you to help me work out the math problem.

 ---      I'm glad that I can give a helping hand.

1. Thank you
2. B. It doesn't matter
3. I can't agree more
4. D. Don't mention it

三、完形填空(共12小题;每小题1分，满分12分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以入空白处的最佳选项。

One day, a professor(教授) entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. Students waited anxiously(焦虑地) as the professor 32  the question papers, with the text facing down as usual. After a while, they turned the page over. To everyone S surprise, there were no 33  , just a black dot (点) in the center of the page. The professor, just explained,“I want you to write what you  34 there.”

The students, confused, got started on the inexplicable (令人费解的) task.

At the end of the class, the professor_ 35 all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no_ 36 , described the .black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the paper, etc. After all had been read, the classroom was silent. The professor continued to explain,“I'm not going to grade this. I just wanted to give you something to  37 . No one wrote about the_ 38 part of the paper. Everyone focused on(集中注意力于) the black dot, and the same happens in our_ 39 . We have a white paper to watch and enjoy, but we always focus on the dark dot. Our life is a_ 40 given to us with love and care and we always have reasons to celebrate nature renewing itself every day, good fiends around us and the miracles(奇迹) we see every day.

41 ,we keep focusing only on the dark dots: the health problems that trouble us, the lack of money,the_ 42_relationship with colleagues(同事)，the disappointment with a friend, and etc.

Compared to(相比较) everything we have in our lives, the dark dots are very  43  .But they are the ones that pollute our minds.”

32. A. handed out   B. turned up  C. gave up   D. pointed at

33. A. exercise   B. choices     C. questions     D. scores

34. A. remember   B. imagine     C. study      D. see

35. A. collected   B. finished    C. marked      D. chose

36. A. excuse    B. problem    C. exception     D. cause

37.A. look for    B. think about   C. care for     D. turn on

38. A. big      B. black     C. beautiful      D. white

39. A. lives     B. classrooms    C. colleges    D. studies

40. A. strength    B. gift    C. stress    D. lesson

41. A. However    B. Therefore     C. Besides    D. Moreover

42. A. close     B. poor   C. special    D. strong

43. A. dark    B. round    C. small     D. dirty

四、阅读理解(共11小题:每小题2分， 满分22分)

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Different Birthday Traditions

England Certain symbolic objects are mixed into the birthday cake as it's being prepared. If your piece of cake has a coin in it, then you will be rich. Also, when it's your birthday. Your friends give you the“bumps”. They lift you in the air by your hands and fee and raise you up and down to the floor; one for each year you lived, then another one or two for luck.

Denmark fag is flown outside a window to show that someone what lives in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child's bed while he/she is sleeping, so he/she will see them at once upon awakening.

Holland Special year birthdays such as 5, 10, 15, 20, 21 are called“Crown”years. The birthday child receives an especially large gift on a crown year birthday. The family also decorates the birthday child's chair at the dining room table with flowers, paper streamers and balloons.

Canada

The birthday child's nose is greased (涂抹) with butter for good luck. The greased nose makes the child too slippery for bad luck to catch him/her. In some parts of Canada, the birthday person even receives a punch (拳) for each year he/she is alive and then one for good luck.

Brazil

The birthday child receives a pull on the ear for each year he/she has been alive. The birthday person also gives the first piece of cake to his/her most special friend or relative, usually mom or dad.

Korea

There is a big family party on the first birthday, The table is set with food, and four items: a pencil, a ruler, thread, and money. The item that the baby chooses is said to forecast his/her future: excellent student, good with hands, long life or riches.

Africa On the twenty-first birthday, a key made of anything from paper to silver to gold is presented by the parents as a sign that the child is ready to unlock the door to their future. it is famous in many places, especially in South Africa.

44, How many countries are mentioned in this passage?.

A.6

B.7

C.8

D.9

45. If a British friend is raised up and down to the floor 18 times on his birthday, he is most likely (可能的) to be     .

A.17

B.18

C.19

D.20

46. The following tradition is mentioned in the passage EXCEPT for

A. giving a pull on the ear

B. having a big family party

C. greasing butter on the nose

D. flying a flag at the child's bed

B

Bad news came. Antonio's ships crashed and he lost everything. He couldn't return Shylock's money on time but let him take one pound of his flesh.

Portia, Basanio's wife dressed up as a man and came to the court. The young judge Balthasar was actually Portia.Nobody recognized her. She told Shylock to have pity on Antonio. But Shylock refused. He insisted he just wanted the penalty(罚金)written in the contract. Portia read the contract. She allowed Shylock to get his pound of flesh.

Shylock was very happy. He held his knife and told Antonio to get ready.

“Wait! There is something else." claimed Portia.

“W hat?" Shylock wondered.

well," said the young judge,“1 have read the contract carefully It says 'one pound of flesh You can take your pound

of flesh, but you may not take one drop of his bod. Or the duke will take everything you own!"

Shylock didn't want to give everything he owned to the duke. He said he would take the money. Bassanio was happy to give him the money.

“Wait!" Portia said again,“Shylock shall not take the money. It was not written in the contact. You must take the flesh, no more, no less. And not one drop of blood must fall."

Shylock understood he would get nothing. He felt bad and decided to leave.

“Wait." said Portia, for the third time.“The law of Venice says that if you plan to kill a citizen of Venice, you will lose everything that you own. Half of what you have will belong to the person you tried to kill, and the other half will belong to the duke. Besides this, the Duke is the only person who can save you from death if he decides to have

mercy on you. Therefore, ask the Duke for mercy."

“No!" shouted Shylock.“If you take everything I own, you are taking my life anyway."

Antonio said he did not want half of everything that Shylock owned. He just wanted to borrow some money to do business.

Then he would give it to Shylock's daughter and her husband after Shylock died.

The duke said that if Shylock did not agree to do what Antonio said, he would take back his pity, and Shylock would die.

Shylock realized he had no choice but to agree.

--Taken from《The Merchant of Venice》

47. What does the underlined word“contract in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.合同

B.内容

C.对比

D.收缩

48. Shylock couldn't get his pound of flesh or his money. Which of the following is the best reason?

A. Antonio lost everything including his ship so he couldn't return Shylock's money on time.

B. Shylock showed great pity on Antonio and wanted to make friends with Antonio.

C. The young judge didn't allow Shylock to get his pound of flesh or his money.

D. According to the contract, Shylock could take no money but the flesh with no blood.

49. What can we infer according to the passage?

A. The duke disagreed with Antonio's decision

B. Portia was wise and organized

C. Portia had no courage to save Antonio

D. Balthasar supported Shylock a lot

C

One by one, prejudices(偏见) are disappearing in the West. People may tend to protect those people whose race or sex makes them inferior(自卑). However, one old prejudice remains respectable. People still have prejudices on a childless person.

The childless come in for a lot of criticism(批判). Some people think that non- parents are failing to produce the future workers who will pay for their pensions(抚恤金). Childless politicians(政客) are charged with not having a proper stake(利害关系) in society.“He talks to us about the future, but he doesn't have children!?" complained Jean-Marie Le Pen,

co-founder of the National Front party, of Emmanuel Macro.

The charges against the childless should be thrown out, along with other social prejudice. In many rich countries,between 15% and 20% of women, and a slightly higher proportion of men, will not have children. The share is rising. Some have medical problems. Others do not meet the right person in time. And still others decide they do not want them.

Whatever the cause, the attacks on the childless are unreasonable.

 If the childless are selfish, they have a strange way of showing it. They are more likely to set up charitable foundations than people with children, and much more likely to donate money to good causes. According to one American estimate(估价)，the only fact of not having children raises the amount a person leaves to charity by a little over $10,000.

From the fact that so many senior politicians lack offspring (子孙)，we ought to give up the idea that they do not care for society. Five of the G7 countries are led by childless men and women. Mr Macron, Mrs May, Mrs Merkel, Shinzo Abe and Paolo Gentiloni have their faults, but they are not notably less able than Justin Trudeau (who has three children) let

alone Donald Trump (who has five). Their opportunities for nepotism ( 裙带关系) are limited. And they spare their countries dynastic politics.

The charge that childless people fail to pull their weight in population is correct, but is less serious than it appears.

Those who do not have children do put pressure on public pension systems. Governments have to do unpopular things like making pensions less generous, as Japan has done, or accepting more immigrants, as some Western countries have done.

But to sustain(维持) public pensions in the long term, countries do not actually need more parents. What they need instead is more babies. It is possible to combine a high rate of childlessness with a high birth rate and encourage people who become parents to have more than one or two children. That was the pattern in many Western countries a century ago.

Ireland, yet another country with a childless leader, still manages it today.

The childless also do everyone else a favour by creating wonderful works of art. British novelists have been especially likely to have no children: think of Hilary Mantel, P.G. Wodehouse and the Bronte sisters. In September last year Britain put Jane Austen on its ten-pound note. That decision has was controversial(争 议的)，though it was hard to see why. Few people have written as shrewdly (出神入化) as Austen about money or about families- even though she did not marry, and had no children.

 50. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. The childless often get punished in society.

B. The childless often come under sharp criticism.

C. Most successful politicians have no children

D. Childlessness influences the result of the vote.

51. What does the underlined word“it”in Paragraph 6 refer to

A. Accepting more people from other countries.

B. Reducing the pensions for the aged.

C. Encouraging parents to have more children.

D. Supporting the political leaders with no children.

52. What is the author's attitude towards the childless?

A. understanding

B. opposite

C. doubtful

D. sad

54. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Speak for the childless

B. Hope to have a child or not

C. Reasons for not having children

D. Ways to address aging problems

五、六选四阅读(共4小题、 每小题1.5分，满分6分）

The 24 solar terms (节气) are part of the traditional Chinese calendar According to the Chinese people, there Were 24segnents(片段) in a year, based on the sun's position in the zodiac(黄道十二宫).

  55 _They reflect the changes of the seasons, climate and phenology(生物气候学).The Yellow River Basin in northern China is believed to be the cradle(摇篮)of the solar terms system.

56  They mark things like seasons, temperature, precipitation(降水)，growth of the crops and weather conditions.Many farmers still rely on the solar terms to work in the fields.

Most of the solar terms bear with them rich social and cultural meanings.57    _The “Pure Brightness” is also referred to as Tomb-Sweeping Day, when people make dumplings to pay respect to those they have lost.

The ancient calendar remains relevant to this day. This has long been a central element of life in China, and we must protect it.

The cultural legacy(遗产) shows the Chinese people's respect for nature and tradition, their special understanding of the universe, their wisdom to live in harmony with nature and the world's cultural diversity(多样性)，said Zhang Ling, an official with the Ministry of Culture in 2017.

It is the youth of China who can best help carry on this important part of our culture. 58  Many young people have already been contributing their energy and strength to this feat. In fact, they have been living up to this challenge through rather artistic means. Many photos, essays and paintings have centered around the theme of the 24 solar

terms and expressed the vitality and rich tradition of Chinese history.

A. Each segment is called a solar term.

B. For example, during the“Start of Winter", people eat dumplings.

C. The sun's positions bring about many things related to human life.

D. Their wisdom for life and nature made the solar terms system popular today.

E. Their creative works can bring new life to ancient culture.

F. Solar terms were instructions for farming and people's daily lives.

六、请认真阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

You can hardly imagine how cruel a war could be and how much Chinese soldiers could be ready to lose for their people? The answers 59  (mention) in the flim named The Batle at Lake Changjin 《长津湖》recently.

The story takes place during the war to fight  60  the US aggression and aid(援助) Korea. It was 61_  (usual) cold there and the temperature was -40 C，under which many soldiers couldn't even speak with the clear  62  (pronounce) of the words.The Chinese soldiers only had thin winter. clothes and could not keep up with food or weapons(武器)_ 63   the US army had warm army coats and much better equipment. 64  (bad) of all, Chinese soldiers didn't have enough food to eat, and the only food for then-was icy and hard potatoes.

To protect their homeland, Chinese soldiers fought 65  (brave). The most touching part in the film might be the“Ice Sculpture Company"(冰雕连). Many frozen soldiers were sen 66 (hold) weapons firmly in their hands. As the Liberation Army Daily reported, more than 4000 people died of cold during the battle.

“I was greatly touched by Chinese soldiers, especially Wu Qianli, who was much 67. (strict) with his brother and cared for him a lot at the same time. Like all the Chinese soldiers, he was brave, clever, and ready to sacrifice himself for our country any time, The spirit is well worth二68 (praise) all the time and we should keep it in our mind forever. In such hard situations, Chinese soldiers could still drive evils away through their hard work and strong spirits, which will inspire me a lot in my life and study." Liu Linlin said.

七、翻译句子（共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分）

69. 你知道他的演讲被分成了多少部分？

70. 这个男孩宁愿缺席这次的活动，也不改变他的想法。

71. 对于我们，在作业前复习所学是多么重要啊！

72. 曾经，这些字典既没有被摆放得井然有序也没有被关注。

73. 他上个月参加校篮球队选拔，有多少困难？

74. 这个德国人已经多次建议及时回复他的信。

八、书面表达。

假如你叫李平，参加了学校开展的“有烦恼向谁说”的调查活动，调查结果如图所示。请用英语给校报编辑写一封信，内容包括:调查结果、理由及自己的想法。

60%:向同学、朋友说(理由:年龄相仿、容易交流与理解);

30%:向老师、家长说(理由:有爱心、有经验、可以信任);

10%:自己独立解决(理由:很难认同别人的建议、不想让别人变得烦恼)。要求:

1.语句通顺，意思连贯，合平逻辑，符合题意。

2.词数在90个左右，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

3.作文写在答 题纸的指定位置，信中不得出现真实姓名和学校信息。

提示词: trust 信任experience 经验

Nov 18h，2021

Dear Editor,

参考答案

单选： BCDAD    BACBA  AD

完型： ACDAA  BDADA  BC

阅读： BAD   ADB   BCAA

六选四： AFBE

语法填空：

Have been mentioned   against    unusually   while   worst     bravely

To hold   stricter   praising  

翻译句子

Did you know how many parts his speech was divided into ?

The boy would rather be absent from the activity than change his idea

How necessary it is for us to go over what we have learnt

The dictionary were neither kept in good order nor paid attention to

How much difficulty did he have trying out for

The German has suggested replying to his letter in time many times.