四川省德阳市旌阳区2023-2024学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试题

2023年秋期初2021级综合素质测评（英语）

（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）

第Ⅰ卷（选择题  共100分）

第一部分  听（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

      听下面5段短对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。

(    ) 1. How does Bill usually learn English?

A. By doing a lot of exercises.

B. By taking notes in class.

C. By reading aloud every morning.

(    ) 2. What does the girl often do when she is at home on her own?

A. She often reads books.

B. She often watches TV.

C. She often plays computer games.

(    ) 3. Who will help the woman carry the box?

A. Dale.               B. Dale’s brother.            C. Nobody.

(    ) 4. Why does Mike look happy today?

1. Because he can have fun.
2. Because he’ll go abroad on business.
3. Because his parents will give him a gift.

(    ) 5. What does Kitty mean?

A. She will eat out and then have a good rest.

B. She will cook by herself although she is tired.

C. She just wants to take a rest and do nothing.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段长对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话材料，回答第6至第7题两个小题。

(    ) 6. How does the girl know about the children?

A. By reading the newspaper. B. By asking her classmates. C. By reading on the Internet.

(    ) 7. What may they do next?

1. Collect some old books from their classmates.
2. Send money to the children from poor families.
3. Buy some new books for the children from poor families.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10两个小题。

(    ) 8. How does Lin Na advise Zhang Hao to remember English words?

1. By spelling the letters one by one.
2. By making some sentences with the new words.
3. By watching some English movies.

(    ) 9. Why does Zhang Hao want to buy a new smartphone?

1. Because he wants to use it to study English. 
2. Because he wants to take a trip with his new smartphone.
3. Because he wants to take some photos. 

(    ) 10. When will Lin Na go to Shanghai?

A. On May1st.        B. On May 2nd.        C. On May 3rd.

听下面一段对话，回答第11和第13三个小题。

(    ) 11. Where was Mr. Chen when Mrs. Li called him this morning?

A. In the garden.     B. In the bedroom.    C. In the dining room.

(    ) 12. What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?

1. Neighbors.         B. Friends.        C. Strangers.

(    ) 13. What does Mrs. Li advise Mr. Chen to do? 

A. To shop in the city center.

B. To learn something about physics.

C. To let his son study with Mrs. Li's son.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。

(    ) 14. Why does Nancy look so tired?

A. Because she is very busy looking after Simon.

B. Because she has too much homework to do.

C. Because she has a bad cold.

(    ) 15. Who is Simon?

A. He is the boy’s brother.  B. He is Nancy’s brother.  C. He is Nancy’'s cousin.

(    ) 16. When will Nancy's parents come back?

A. This evening.          B. This afternoon.        C. This morning.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

(    ) 17. How many lifts(电梯) are used to carry people up and down?

A.57.                 B. 67.                 C.75.

(    ) 18. What is in this building?

A. Hotels and stores.     B. Stores and homes.    C. Offices and hotels.

(    )19. What is on the top floor of the building?

A. A small library.       B. A small garden.      C. A swimming pool.

(    ) 20. How do visitors like the building?

1. Crowded.           B. Fascinating          C. Special.

第二部分  读（共三节，满分70分）

第一节  完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A

Different countries have different customs to celebrate their New Year.

In England, the family must have something left at home, like some meat in the kitchen. They believe that they will be poor in the next year if there is   21    left.

In Spain, parents will meet(满足) all   22    of their children. They think the coming year will be bad if their children fight or cry on New Year’s Day.

In Germany, people like to climb into their chairs just before midnight on New Year’s Eve.   23      the bell rings, they will jump out of their chairs and throw a heavy object behind the chair. That means they    24    last year’s bad luck and jump into the New Year.

France has a quite different custom. People think the weather on New Year’s Day is very important. The weather of New Year’s Day is a    25    of the new year. There is a saying: Easterly wind, fruits harvest(收获) year.

Whatever activities they do, they have one thing in common. All of them wish to be better and happier in the coming year.

(    ) 21. A. something     B. anything          C. nothing        D. everything

(    ) 22. A. results       B. rules   C. requests    D. researches

(    ) 23. A. Before        B. When            C. Since       D. While

(    ) 24. A. throw away    B．run away        C．give away     D. put away

(    ) 25. A. secret         B．tradition         C．notice        D. sign

B

If you get pocket money by babysitting or doing yard work for a neighbor, then you probably know a thing or two about managing(管理) money. After all, you don’t want to   26   it all on candy when you’ve worked that hard,

Using your money in the right way or   27    some for the future is important. Once you grow up, your success might depend on how   28   you manage your money.

It’s easier to start these good   29   when you’re young. Meghan Coyle is a business girl who is 12 years old. She has made more than $320 in two years by   30   dogs after school.

“I’ve been a dog-walker for two years and it’s been a lot of   31  . I really enjoyed it. My mother never gave me pocket money, so I had to make money in some other way. Lots of kids don’t realize how hard it can be to have a job. It can be hard to keep customers(顾客) happy. “There are some days when it’s raining and l would rather go   32   else, but I still go out with a dog,” Coyle said. Start a business that interests you. First, you have to advertise(做广告). The   33   and safest way is to talk with neighbors, friends and family. After you have the customers, keep your customers happy! Send cards that you make by yourself to them on holidays. That always surprises them. Always be willing to do more than they ask. On holidays, give your customers coupons(优惠券)   34   they will keep coming back to you for your service or products.

Is it a good idea to do some work to make pocket money? Now think about it and start your own   35   !

(    ) 26. A．spend B．cost C．take D．pay

(    ) 27. A．wasting B．saving      C．borrowing D．lending

(    ) 28. A．good B．well C．nice D．wonderful

(    ) 29.A．activities   B．hobbies C．exercises D．habits

(    ) 30.A．feeding B．feed C．walking D．walk

(    ) 31.A．pain B．fun C．surprise D．trouble

(    ) 32.A．nobody        B．nowhere       C．somebody D．somewhere

(    ) 33.A．luckiest B．earliest C．easiest D．latest

(    ) 34.A．as soon as   B．so that C．until         D．unless

(    ) 35.A．way     B．business    C．company   D．life

第二节   阅读理解（共15小题，每小题两分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Interesting Festivals in the World

(    )36．Where will you probably go to enjoy one of the festivals above in May?

 A．Spain.        B．England. C．The United States.   D．Thailand.

(    )37．Which festival may you experience if you live in Lopburi?

 A．The La Tomatina Festival       B．The Cheese-Rolling Festival

 C．The Burning Man Festival      D．The Monkey Feast Festival

(    )38.  Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

 A．The tomatoes are thrown into the crowd to eat.

 B．Not all the festivals above fall on the single day.

 C．Burning a large real man is the best part of the festival.

 D．Monkey Feast Festival is held in the whole Thailand.

B

Different Ways to Give Directions

Foreign visitors are often puzzled (迷惑的) in Japan because most streets there don’t have names. People there use landmarks (地标建筑) instead of street names. For example, Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and the post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the Midwest of America, usually there are not many landmarks. So, people will tell you directions and distance. For example, people will say, “Go north two miles, you will see it on your left.”

People in Los Angeles, Caledonia have no idea of distance (距离) on the map. They will say, “It is about fifteen minutes by car.” They don’t know how many miles away it is.

Few people understand the Greek language, so people in Greece sometimes are so friendly. They will say, “Follow me.” Then he takes you to the right place you are looking for.

People in Mexico think, “I don’t know” is not polite. When you ask them the way, no one answers “I don’t know”. They will give you an answer, often a wrong one. A visitor can get very lost there.

One thing will help you everywhere. You may not understand a person’s word, but you may understand his body language. He or she will point in the right direction.

(    )39．People in Japan use landmarks to give directions because ________.

 A．the buildings or places are famous in the world

 B．most of the streets have no names

 C．Japanese people are very friendly

 D．visitors can easily see the buildings or places

(    )40．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

 A．The Japanese often use street names when they give directions.

 B．People in Los Angeles know distance on the map very well.

 C．People in Greece often give wrong directions.

 D．No one in Mexico says “I don’t know” when giving directions.

(    )41．The passage mainly tells us that ________.

 A．there are many landmarks in America.

 B．we need to carry a map when we travel around the world.

 C．there are different ways to give directions in different places.

 D．people give directions in the same way in different countries.

(    )42．According to the passage, what shall we do if the visitor doesn’t understand our language when we give directions?

 A．We can ask him to speak English.       B．We can go and buy a map.

 C．We can ask the policeman for help.      D．We can use our body language.

C

Have you ever wondered, what’s the fastest, most effective(有效的) way to learn? What’s the secret to remembering what you learn?

The “learning pyramid”, developed by the National Training Laboratory, suggests that most students only remember 10% of what they read from textbooks, but keep nearly 90% of what they learn through teaching others. Research shows that when we teach what we learn, something magical happens in our minds. We suddenly notice mistakes in our thinking. We have more creative ideas. Our ideas become sharper. We remember what we learned for longer.

Many of the world’s top businessmen, and scientists have used this way as a central way to their work. They’ve done this through many ways:

In 2016, Buffett wrote a 50-year retrospective(回顾). He says, “As you might guess, I ended up being the main beneficiary(受益者) of this effort. There’s nothing like actually writing something out to clear thinking.” Albert Einstein took more than 80,000 pages of notes in his lifetime. Thomas Edison wrote more than five million pages of notes.

Many of the most fascinating ideas in history came from pairs of friends who spent years discussing and arguing with each other. Nobel laureates Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky spent years walking for hours a day, sharing and laughing about different opinions they noticed. Francis Crick and James Watson, the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, argued all the time, both in their shared office and during daily lunches in Cambridge.

(    )43．From this passage, we can remember most of what we learn by ________.

 A．reading textbooks                 B．discussing with others

 C．teaching others                     D．taking notes

(    )44．What were Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky doing while they were walking together?

 A．They were thinking.                  B．They were sharing different ideas.

 C．They were arguing with each other.     D．They were writing something.

(    )45．How many ways did the world’s top persons use according to the passage?

 A．Two             B．Three         C．Four          D．Five

(    )46．What’s the passage mainly about?

 A．How to have more creative ideas?     B．How to be the world’s top person?

 C．Buffett’s 50-year retrospective.         D．A more effective way to learn.

D

On August 24, 2023, Japan poured nuclear(核能的) wastewater from the Fukushima plant into the Pacific ocean. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) planned to pour 460 tons of such water into the sea in the following 17 days. Now, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has around 1.34 million tons of such water, and fresh nuclear wastewater is still generated(产生) every day. According to Japanese government and TEPCO, the pouring process will last at least 30 years.

Towards Japan’s act, many countries express their different opinions, among which Chinese government is seriously against Japan's selfish act. Different from China, Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, endorsed Japan’s plan. However, most of the western people and environmental activists know nothing about Japan’s terrible action.

Japanese government and TEPCO said that, besides the tritium(氚), all radioactive elements(放射性元素) in the nuclear wastewater meet the discharge standards(排放标准). However, However, not everyone agrees with it. Back in 2019, people did research on these radioactive elements. The result shows that these elements can enter human bodies through the food chain, leading to radiation-related(辐射相关的) problems.

The discharge of nuclear wastewater would result in marine organisms(海洋生物) taking in the discharged elements. This act not only will cause a lot of problems to marine ecosystems(海洋生态系统), but it also may lead to food safety problems, appearance of new disease and the increase of cancer. Besides, the discharge of nuclear wastewater would possibly cause the disappearance of species, the decrease of biodiversity and marine life. Finally, such act will influence the future of our planet.

For Japan, the act of directly discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea might seem not that important. Yet, the influence of this choice is far beyond Japan itself. Japan’s actions will influence all nations and people in the world. So, here’s an important question: What lies before the future of our planet?

(    )47．What does the underlined word “endorse” in paragraph two probably mean?

 A．distrust   B．support   C．be against   D．don’t care

(    )48．Which one is the influence of the discharge of nuclear wastewater into the sea.

 A．More species will appear.       B．More marine life will appear.

 C．Some cancers will disappear.    D．Some new diseases will appear.

(    )49．What can we can learn from the passage?

 A．The pouring process will only last for 17 days.

 B．Japan’s act will hardly cause problems in food safety.

 C．Radioactive elements can enter human bodies by eating food. 

 D．People believe radioactive elements meet the discharge standards.

(    )50．According to your inference(推断)，what is this passage going to talk about next?

 A．Where is the future of our planet?

 B．What is the influence of Japan’s act?

 C．What are people’s opinions towards Japan’s act?  

 D．Why did Japan pour nuclear wastewater into the sea?

第三节  短文填空 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 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，选项中有一项为多余选项。

If last year you had told me that an exercise bike would save me, I wouldn’t believe you. I’m not good at sports at all. In Grade 7, I had practiced many times for my final high jump test. I was sure that I could do well. However, when the P.E. teacher showed the results, I felt blue.     51   After that, I lost interest in exercise.

It was my health problem that finally pushed me to rethink whether I should start to exercise. This winter, I found myself always getting tired easily.  52    I needed a way to take a rest from pressure and practice my body.

So I bought an exercise bike and made a promise to change my life. Since early March, I’ve hardly missed a day on my bike.   53    But I still enjoy it. More than anything, it’s a feeling of success when we finish something hard out of our comfort zone(舒适圈).

   54   For the rest of us, we get more personal prizes such as better sleep, strong spirits and more confidence. I do not plan to be a player for Olympics.  55   Exercise is never about skills. This is about determination（决心）.

第Ⅱ卷（共50分）

第三部分  写（共三节，满分50分）

第一节  单词填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

根据句意及首字母提示, 写出各单词的正确形式(每空限填一词)。请将单词完整地写在答题卡上指定的位置。

56. Mr. White has a wide k________ of chemistry.

57. Zhao Lei d________ with his shyness and sang a song for us.

58. The thief s________ some things from the store without being caught.

59. The little boy was standing at the c________ of the street, talking to a policeman.

60. The little girl l________ on the grassland and enjoyed the sunset.

61. The basketball superstar Kobe Bryant has been d________ for over three years.

62. Do you know w________ they are speaking to?

63. It’s so c________ to live here. You can buy everything you need easily.

64. It’s i________ to ask a lady about her age in western countries.

65. Steven is very outgoing, so he enjoys making s________ in public.

第二节  语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案写下答题卡上指定的位置。

My parents seldom encouraged me to ask for help, so I trained myself to become as 66.____________(depend) as possible. I thought if I asked for help, I would be a problem to other people.

A few years ago, I was on a trip. In order to save money, I planned to stay in a 67._________(stranger) house by couch-surfing (沙发客). When I arrived in the city, it 68._______ (rain) hard.

My host invited me to go on 69._________walk around her city. But I didn’t even have the right shoes 70.________the bad weather. I planned to ask her 71.________she had any shoes for me, but I didn’t want to trouble her.

It was really cold outside, and the heavy rain made my shoes wet. When we got home three hours 72._________(late), I lost all feelings in my feet.

From that day, I tried hard to get over my fear of asking. From my experiences I’ve discovered that people are always happy 73._______ (offer) help. What’s more, I have finally realized that asking isn’t a sign of weakness. Asking gives you the chance to discover the 74.________ (kind) of others.

So ask. 75._________ (bad) that can happen is a “no”. The best that can happen is an experience you’ll never forget.

第三节  书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是赵琳，你的班主任让你在班会上分享心得体会，主要包括以下三个方面：你的英语学习心得，了解到的中国传统节日及如何用英语有礼貌地问路。现请以赵琳的角度写一篇文章，词数80词左右，开头已给出，不计入字数；语言表达准确规范，语句通顺连贯；要包含以下要点。

提示：1. 听有趣的东西是语言学习的秘诀。多用英语和其他人交流，不要害怕犯错。

2. 在课本中了解了许多中国传统节日。春节是中国最重要的传统节日之一。春节是和家人团聚的好时候。春节期间，会看望亲戚朋友。
3. 在国外游玩时，有礼貌地用英语问路是很重要的。
4. 总之，学好英语是很有必要的。相信只要努力，一定会取得进步。

注意：1.词数80左右（标题已给，不计入总词数）； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

My name is Zhao Lin. For this class meeting, I’m so glad to be here to share something with you.

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