江苏省南通市海门区东洲国际学校2023-2024学年九年级上学期开学英语试题

南通市海门区东洲国际学校2022-2023年度初三年级上学期开学考试

英语·试卷

（考试时间：120分钟  试卷总分：120分）

命题人：初三英语教研组  审核人：英语组

一．单项选择（每题1分，共15小题，共15分）

1．Earth is         only home to everyone．Let’s try to make it         greener world to live in．

   A．a；a     B．the；a     C．a；the    D．the；the

2．—How are the two college students getting on with their project work？

—Pretty well．         of them enjoys working with the local students．

   A．Both       B．All         C．Each     D．Any

3．To people’s great surprise，the old building still         after the strong earthquake．

   A．refused     B．remained    C．required     D．reviewed

4．I know the city         well that I don’t need to use a map to get around．

   A．quite      B．very        C．so        D．such

5．—Thanks for looking after me          my illness，Millie．

—Don’t mention it．That’s what friends are for．

A．through     B．against      C．with      D．Across

6. The students stopped talking__________ the teacher came into the classroom.

   A. when         B. until          C. and      D. so

7. -What do you think of the football match?

  - Wonderful! The Chinese football team has never played __________.【来源： 】

1. worse         B. worst         C. better       D. best

8. After two years physical training, he was _______ and healthier.
A. weaker           B. longer        

C. stronger          D. shorter

9. The story is really __________. It makes all of us laugh a lot.

A. correct         B. boring       C. humorous           D. direct

10. Paula is pleased that she __________ her lost watch.

A. finds       B. found       C. has found           D. will find

11. You’d better speak aloud __________ we can hear you.

A. so that        B. as … as         C. as if          D. since

12. __________ you offered him!

A. How useful advice       B. What a useful advice

C. How a useful advice     D. What useful advice

13. — Could you tell me ______? I must find him.

   — Sorry. I have no idea. But he was here just now.

A. where Tom was           B. where Tom has gone 

C. where can I find Tom       D. where Tom has been

14. When I am        a bad mood, I like wearing orange to        .

   A. in; pick myself up        B. on; cheer myself up      

   C. in; cheer myself up      D. on; wake myself up

15. He made up his mind to devote his life         pollution           happily.

A. to prevent, to live      B. to prevent, from living

C. to preventing, to live     D. to preventing, from living

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Today we sadly buried(埋葬) our 20-year-old son. He was ___16___ in an accident on Friday night. How I wish I had told him, ＂Jim, I love you, and I’m so proud of you.＂ I would have taken time to appreciate(欣赏) his beautiful smile, the ___17___ of his laughter and his true love of people.

When you ___18___ his good points, you forget about the radio that was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the ___19___ socks under the bed. It really doesn’t matter much now.

I won’t get another chance to ___20___ my son all I would have wanted him to hear, but you have a(n) ___21___.

Tell your family and friends what you would want them to hear if you knew it would be your last talk. The ___22___ time I talked to Jim was the day he died. He called me to say: ＂Hi, Mom! I just called ___23___ say I love you. Got to go to work. Bye.＂ He gave me something to treasure (珍视) forever.

If there is any purpose to Jim’s ___24___, maybe it is to make others appreciate more of life and to have people, especially families, ___25___ the time to let each other know just how much they care.

You may never have another chance. Do it today!

16. A. saved       B. injured        C. killed        D. hurt

17. A. look       B. sound        C. face        D. noise

18. A. make of       B. think of       C. tell of        D. hear of

19. A. clean       B. thick        C. long        D. dirty

20. A. talk       B. tell        C. speak        D. say

21. A. luck       B. advice        C. offer          D.chance

22. A. last       B. first        C. second        D. usual

23. A. for        B. in         C. to         D. of

24. A. diary       B. smile        C. death       D.laughter

25. A. take       B. pay        C. spend        D. cost

三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

26. How old was King when he died?

A. 29.          B. 39.         C. 65.               D. 68.

27. Which of the following is RIGHT?

A. King was born in Tennessee.   

B. King led a bus boycott in Alabama.

C. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963.   

D. King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia.

28. What’s the purpose of the time line in this article?

A. To teach the students to draw a time line.

B. To introduce Martin Luther King Jr. Day.    

C. To tell more about Martin Luther King Jr.

D. To explain why whites and blacks were separated.

B

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you ＂What is the most important thing in your life?＂ maybe you will say ＂Computers and the Internet＂.

   The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today, computers are getting smaller and smaller, but they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, ＂People can’t live without computers today.＂

   The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about 25 years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, send e-mails, do some shopping, play games or make friends.

   Young men, especially the middle school students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet bars as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends.  They don’t know their names, ages and sex. They are so interested in making the ＂unreal friends＂ that they can’t put their heart into study. Some of them play the games in the Internet bars all day and all night. Many of them can’t catch up with others in many subjects because of that.

   Now the government has done many things. Some gangster Internet bars(黑网吧) have been banned. But that’s not enough. The teachers and parents are still worrying about their students and children.

   We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that computers and the Internet could not do all the things.

29. How was the first computers?

A. It was not big.      B. It couldn’t work fast.    

C. It was very cheap.     D.It was no useful.

30. When did people begin to use the Internet?

   A. In the 19th century.     B. In the 1980s.       C. In the 1970s.      D. In the 1960s.

31. Which of the following is true?

   A. Computers can help people do everything.

   B. Middle school students aren’t allowed to use the Internet.

C. Some students have used the Internet bars to make the ＂unreal friends＂.

D. Computer isn’t good to students.

32. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Computers and the Internet     B. The Greatest Invention of This Century

C. Gangster Internet Bars      D. How to use the Internet

C

When Abraham Lincoln was young, he worked in a store. One day a woman came into the store and bought some things. They added up to two dollars and six and a quarter cents.

The bill was paid, and the woman was satisfied. But the young storekeeper, not feeling quite sure about his calculations(计算), added up the things again. To his surprise, he found that it should have been but two dollars.

＂I’ve made her pay six and a quarter cents more,＂ said young Abe, upset.

It was an unimportant thing, and many salespersons would forget it, but Abe was too careful for that.

The money must be paid back, he decided.

At night, he closed the store and walked to the home of his customer. He explained the matter, paid over the six and a quarter cents, and returned satisfied.

Here is another story of young Lincoln’s strict honesty. A woman entered the store and asked for half a pound of tea. The young man weighed it out. This was the last sale of the day.

The next morning, when beginning his duties, Abe discovered a four-ounce weight on the scales(磅砰). It flashed upon him at once that he had used this in the sale last night, and so, of course, given his customer short weight. Many people would not have been much worried by this discovery. But Abe weighed out four ounces of the tea, shut up the store, and carried it to the customer. I think that the name, so often given in late times to  President Lincoln, of ＂Honest Old Abe＂, was well deserved(应得的).

33. What did Abraham Lincoln use to be when he was young according to the passage?

A. A teacher.      B. A farmer.      C. A storekeeper.      D. A president.

34. When young Abe found he made a wrong calculation, he _____________.

A. tried to forget it          B. paid over the money

C. felt it was unimportant         D. gave hack the short weight

35. When did he find his mistake in the second story?

A. At the end of that day.         B. In the middle of that day.

C. At the end of the next day.        D. At the beginning of the next day.

36. What can we know from the second story?

A. Abe wasn’t worried by this discovery.

B. Abe didn’t notice he put a five-ounce weight on the scales.

C. Abe gave the customer enough weight at last.

D. Abe gave his customer short weight on purpose.

D

There is an old Chinese saying, ＂If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.＂ That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully(感激地） in return.

We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who are selfish(自私的）, because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.

We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us, they always give us food and clothes, they teach us what is right and what is wrong.

We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated of them.

There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.

37. According to the writer, what should we do if someone helps us?

A. We should thank them gratefully in return.      B. We should do nothing.

C. We just go away at once.         D. We should give them money.

38. The underlined word ＂them＂ in the fourth paragraph refers to(指代）____________.

A. parents       B. teachers       C. friends       D. students

39. We should thank our parents because ____________.

A. they work hard for us all the time       B. they give us everything they can

C. they teach us what is right or not        D. A, B and C

40. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. We don’t have to care about those who care about us

B. We learn nothing from our teachers

C. Our parents work hard to give us a better life.

D. Our parents don’t cook for us.

四、填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41—45的相应位置上。

41．Alex is crazy about computer．He wants to be a computer         （工程师）in the future．

42．Being tall gives him an          （优势）over the other basketball players．

43．The young detective decided to          （find out）the truch alone．

44．My father is not in．He has gone          （away from one’s own country）on business．

45．         People can’t hear，so they always use their hands to communicate．

B．请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

46. The boy was born in a ________ (wealth) family, but he never shows off.

47. Mike felt sleepy at the concert because he ________ (simple) has no interest in music.

48. The________(decide) he has made attract me after the talk between us.

49. The Outsider _______(write) by US author S.E. Hinton in 1967 is still worth reading now.

50. He spends more time than he used to ________ (practise) speaking English.

C.请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

51.The two travellers          about the weather in a traditional English way when they met.

52.Mr Green never          anyone to do anything unless he is sure that he can do something well.

53.Most young people in the village agreed to move to town，but some of the elderly people

           .

54.We           Canada for the coming holiday，and the next step is to plan our route carefully.

55. ─I heard lots of noise from your group，Suzy.

─Oh，sorry to have disturbed you. We           the history project.

五、句型转换（本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。

56.Amy is very careful.She notices small changes around her.（合并为一句）

  Amy is careful                   notice small changes around her.

57.We would rather walk around than sit in the sofa after supper.（保持句意基本不变）

  We          walking around          sitting in the sofa after supper.

58.The magazine beside the TV is about how to make cakes.（对画线部分提问）

                    is about how to make cakes？

59.Stephen had a very exciting trip last month.（改为感叹句）

                    exciting trip Stephen had last month！

60.Sherry asked me if I was going to visit the Science Museum the next day.（改为直接引语）

  Sherry asked，“        you going to visit the Science Museum          ？”

六、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

Two days ago, I had taken a test in Biology, and I knew that I would get my scores in the same class today.

After the bell rang, every student sat in his or her seat impatiently. Then, one by one, the teacher called our names.

As each paper was given back to the correct student, the front of the answer paper would always be turned to face the ground and the paper itself would be slightly folded (折叠) to prevent anyone from seeing.

In fact, folding each test paper is a way to make sure that each student sees only his or her own scores. The scores are seen as private information not to be announced or shown to others. As a way to keep the students’ score records secret, each student is given an online account (账号) with which to check his or her grades posted on the official school website.

Protecting students’ private information always comes first in US schools that want to free students from unnecessary pressure. School reports are guarded closely to prevent poor grades from damaging a student’s dignity and reputation (尊严和声誉), which are for himself or herself only.

However, some insist that although students’ feelings and self-dignity are easily hurt, they cannot be forever protected. They say that school also teaches their students to make themselves stronger in mind, and the classroom should show the reality of competition in society. Scores that everyone can see might better encourage students to work harder to be better than others.

七．书面表达（20分）

随着社会的发展，通讯的方式从远古时代的书信到当今的互联网，经历着巨大的变化。请你写一篇短文，谈谈你对现代通讯工具的使用及看法。内容包括：

1. 你喜欢使用的通讯方式有哪些？

2. 它们的优点和缺点是什么？

3. 你认为使用现代通讯工具要注意什么？

要求：1. 不能照抄原文，不得在作文中出现真实的学校名称和姓名；

      2. 语意连贯，词数80左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

As time goes by, there are many different kinds of communication methods now. As for me,

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