江苏省南京市第二十九中学2023-2024学年上学期九年级10月月考英语试卷

              考试时间：100分钟    满分：110分             2023.10

第一卷 选择题（共60分）

一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）（略）

二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. The poster says Basketball Computer Game _________________.

1. is designed by Jack
2. is only suitable for younger players
3. is almost new and in good condition
4. does not work on the seller’s computer

22. ----Why could you write so well?

----I read a lot, and the works of Ernest Hemingway had a strong _______ on me as a child.

A. attention   B. explanation  C. situation   D. influence

23. ----Do you think Jack has the ability to win the race?

----I never doubt ______________ win the race.

A. whether he will  B. whether will he  C. that he will     D. that will he

24. The customer didn’t choose ______________ of the ties and went away without looking at a third one.

A. neither   B. any    C. all      D. either 

25. If the keyboard ______________ to the computer properly, it won’t work.

A. isn’t connecting       B. doesn’t connect 

C. isn’t connected       D. hasn’t connected 

26. Are your parents strict ______________ you ______________ your study?

A. with; in   B. in; with   C. with; with   D. in; in 

27. My cousin wears his glasses every day. Without his glasses, he is ______________ blind.

A. as long as   B. as well as   C. as bad as      D. as good as

28. ----What wonderful music!

----Thanks. Neither my classmates nor my mother ____________ the piano better than me.

A. is     B. plays    C. play    D. are 

29. ----Do you prefer ____________ basketball with me?

----No, I’d rather ____________ at home and watch TV.

1. play; stay   B. to play; to stay  C. play; to stay  D. to play; stay

30. Much attention should be paid ________ the wild animals as many of them are dying out.

A. to protecting  B. for protecting  C. to protect   D. protect 

31. The old photos ________ them ________ the old days when they were young.

A. let; to    B. make; for   C. take; of   D. remind; of 

32. I’m not sure ________ Millie will come to our party tomorrow.

A. that    B. if     C. where    D. what

33. You’d better wear a green overcoat. It can make you look much ________ than usual.

A. energy   B. more energy  C. energetic   D. more energetic

34. ----Many products made in China are very popular in the United Sates.

----Yeah. Americans can ________ avoid buying Chinese products.

A. nearly    B. mostly   C. hardly    D. widely 

35. ----Although the double reduction policy (双减政策) has been carried out, I am still certain that there is little chance that Senior high school entrance examination will be cancelled.

----_______________. It’s the most important method to pick high-quality talents.

A. I can’t agree more.      B. That’s not the point. 

C. Not exactly.       D. It sounds like a pity.

三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

For many years I have been a proud dreamer. I could get lost in the clouds for hours, dreaming of travelling to far away countries and enjoying different cultures there. My dream ____36____: a bestselling author, changing people’s hearts with my words, or a reporter, serving the people and giving ____37____ to those who have not been heard for centuries.

I spend most of my time on dreaming. What’s the problem with spending so much time dancing among sunset-painted cotton candy clouds? Well, the problem is that my bare feet seldom kiss the earth, and by being lost in my dreams often, I become ____38____ from my own real life and out of touch with the people I love.

“Stop dreaming. Be a doer not a dreamer,” the famous television producer Shonda Rhimes described in her ____39____ for the graduating class of Dartmouth. “You just have to keep doing something, catching the next chance, staying open to trying something new. It doesn’t have to satisfy your imagination of the perfect job or the perfect life. Perfect is boring and dreams are not ____40____. Just... DO.”

One of the hardest lessons a dreamer has to learn is that in order to cultivate (培养) the type of life we fictionalize (幻想) so often, we must match our dreams with ____41____. Otherwise, as Shonda puts it, “Dreamers often end up living in the basement (地下室) of relatives.”

Another hard truth that we dreamers must ____42____ is that by being lost in dreaming, we overlook (忽视) ourselves. We usually dream of becoming someone else. We dream about the person who is not us, and this is a problem because it ____43____ we would rather be others instead of ourselves.

So, this is me waving goodbye to my cotton candy clouds. I am ____44____ myself to meet my dreams with action. It won’t be ____45____. Those light and soft clouds have been a great source of comfort through the endless thunder storms that have disrupted (打扰) my life. It’s comfortable.

However, as my best friend often reminds me, good things don’t always bring comfort. The best thing for us is challenging. It is a lot more meaningful than those cotton candy.

36. A. standard   B. career    C. achievement  D. situation
37. A. voice    B. ability    C. surprise   D. space
38. A. absent    B. present   C. free    D. different
39. A. meeting   B. speech   C. novel    D. diary
40. A. exciting   B. important   C. real    D. lovely 
41. A. action     B. money   C. time    D. study
42. A. suggest   B. know    C. follow    D. change
43. A. means    B. considers   C. explains   D. promises
44. A. controlling   B. satisfying   C. discovering  D. challenging
45. A. hard    B. easy    C. hurt    D. special

四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

The 2023 China Seed Congress was held in Hainan in early April. Experts gathered to discuss how to improve China’s seed industry. About 2,000 kinds of seeds were on display. Let’s learn about some of the country’s main crops.

         Rice: China is the world’s largest producer of rice, more than 28 million tons of rice were produced in 2022. Hybrid rice （杂交水稻） technology largely increased production.

         Chili pepper: More than 20 million tons of chili peppers were produced in China in 2021, making it the biggest crop used for seasoning（调味品）in the world.

         Corn: corn is the main food source for one third of the global population. China is the second largest corn producer.

         Peanut: In China, half of peanuts produced are used for all oil production, making it the second largest source of vegetable oil production in the country.

         Wheat: China is the world’s largest producer of wheat. It has harvested 2.4 billion tons over the last two decades. Wheat is an important crop for trade.

         Watermelon: China is the world’s largest consumer of watermelon, with the country’s watermelon production, accounting for almost 70% of the world’s total.

         Soybeans: It is an important source of protein for humans as well as a source of oil production. China is now the world’s largest importer of soybeans.

46. According to the material, which of the following about crops is TRUE? 

1. At least half people in the world live mainly on corn.
2. Peanut is an important source of oil production in China.
3. Soybean is a source of protein for humans and it is used for seasoning.
4. China produces almost 60 percent of all watermelons in the world.

47. What can we infer from the material?

A. Chinese like using chili peppers for seasoning. 

B. China doesn’t need to buy soybeans from other countries.

C. Peanuts and soybeans are just used for oil production in China.  

D. Hybrid rice technology helps make China the world’s largest wheat producer.

48. Where is the material probably taken from?

A. A tour guide.  B. A fashion magazine.   C. A newspaper.  D. A novel.

B

There’s a new Al robot: Chat GPT, and you’d better pay attention, even if you aren’t into artificial intelligence (人工智能). The tool is an AI chat robot system that Open AI, a company, invented in November 2022 to show off and test what a very large, powerful AI system can achieve.

Chat GPT remembers the key information of your dialogue, using earlier questions and answers to form its next reply quickly. It gets its answers from plenty of information on the Internet. Chat GPT is built on top of the OpenAI GPT-3 family of large language models and is fine-tuned (a method of exchange learning).

You can ask ChatGPT anything, like explaining physics, asking for birthday party ideas and getting programming (编程) help. Perhaps it’s not smart enough to replace all humans yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound pretty excellent. A few days after its use, more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT. UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley said in February 2023 that ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly users in January, realizing in 2 months, while TikTok spent about 9 months and Instagram needed two and a half years.

ChatGPT is free to use at the moment because it is still in its research period. But when too many people use the server (服务器), it can’t process your request. It just means you should try visiting the website at a later time when fewer people are trying to use it. Because of it, on Feb. 1, 2023, OpenAI has a ChatGPT new plan, ChatGPT Plus, which allows users to have better experiences even during the busiest time. This service does come at a cost of

$20/months.

However, _______▲_______ ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence robot that provides ways to solve your questions, but Google is a search engine in which you can search for as much information as possible. ChatGPT has limited knowledge because of its programming but Google has unlimited knowledge which is updated (更新) every day.

49. Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about ________________.

A. how ChatGPT works    B. where ChatGPT is invented 

C. why ChatGPT is designed   D. when ChatGPT developed

50. Why does the writer list numbers in paragraph 3?

A. To show that artificial intelligence is creative.

B. To show that the cost of inventing ChatGPT is high.

C. To show that ChatGPT is more popular.

D. To show that developing tools for chatting online is necessary.

51. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. OpenAI is a name of a computer.

B. Google can provide users with more information.

C. ChatGPT has no disadvantages during being used.

D. ChatGPT Plus allows users to have worse experiences.

52. Which of the following can be put in _______▲_______ the end of the passage?

A. ChatGPT can not replace Google.  

B. ChatGPT can provide replies to any question.

C. ChatGPT can only update information at any time.

D. ChatGPT can search more information than google.

C

Have you got many friends around you? Have you ever complain about not having good friends in your life? If yes, do you think about your own company is not enough to make them happy? As a matter of fact, in order to get along with others, the first thing you need to do is be friends with yourself.

Listen to your inner voice. Remember that inner voice keeps whispering to you about what you really want and need as well as what you do not really want and need. It is time you start listening to it. In order to get to know yourself well, it is important to learn and accept what you want and what you do not want.

Learn to enjoy your own company. You will be surprised to find out how many things you can do by yourself and actually have fun in the process. Reading romantic novels, poetry or science fictions is only a few of the things that you can do by yourself, which not only can offer you hours of enjoyment, but also the chance to get to know yourself better.                           

Satisfy yourself. Pay special attention to your personal hygiene (个人卫生). Do your hair and nails often and experiment with new styles. Follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly to stay in good shape. No matter how busy you are, always find at least an hour per day for yourself to relax either by doing absolutely nothing or doing something that you enjoy.

Learn to respect your own boundaries (界线，底线). Find out what your boundaries are and learn to respect them. You are the only one who knows what you can and what you cannot accept. No one else can point that out to you, or force you to compromise (妥协).

Only getting along with yourself will you succeed in developing healthy relationships with others.

53. The writer starts to introduce the topic by ________________.

A. telling stories       B. giving examples 

C. asking questions      D. sharing experiences 

54. The writer uses the underlined sentences to ________________.

A. draw the readers’ attention    B. give advice that readers should follow

C. express the strong feeling of worry   D. Give some additional knowledge

55. What does the writer mean by saying the last paragraph?

A. Try to get into the habit of living alone.  B. Make friends with others in society.

C. Learn to be your own best friend first.     D. Form healthy relationships with others.

D

In the days that followed, dear reader, I slowly became friendly with the emperor and his people. They did their best to make me feel at home and brought me food and drink. I learnt that the name of their country was Lilliput. The emperor of Lilliput was a noble-looking (仪态高贵的) man. He wore expensive clothes and had a big hat decorated with feathers. The queen was also very elegant (优雅的). Hundreds of the little people worked together to make new clothes for me and they gathered six hundred mattresses (床垫) to make me a bed.

The people of Lilliput called me “Man Mountain” and they came from all over the country to see me. People had to pay to see me and the money made the emperor very rich.

One day the emperor organized a parade for his people. He asked me to stand and his army walked through my legs to make everyone laugh happily. There were thousands of soldiers, some of them on horses. Everyone was happy.

The emperor and his people always treated me well and helped me in many ways. They organized language lessons for me. So gradually I began to understand and communicate with the Lilliputians and learn more about their lives.

But I was still a prisoner in my temple home and every day I asked the emperor the same question:

“_______▲_______”

“You must be patient,” he always answered.

Then one day the emperor gave me the freedom to walk about Lilliput. This made a big difference to me. I was able to explore the land. I was careful not to hurt the people or damage their houses as I walked. Everyone stayed inside and ran to their windows to look at me. I enjoyed looking into the windows of the emperor’s beautiful palace to see how he lived.

56. Which one is right about the emperor of Lilliput?

1. He looked noble and fat.     B. He didn’t like expensive clothes.

C. He hated Gulliver very much.      D. He agreed to make clothes for Gulliver.

57. The emperor became very rich because ________________.

A. people always gave lots of money to him

B. he asked Gulliver to make money for him

C. people must pay to see Man Mountain

D. he collected treasures from all over the country

58. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. A happy parade.  B. A strong army.  C. Brave soldiers. D. Interesting lessons.

59. Which of the following can be put in ________________.

A. Shall I give you some advice?   B. Can I please have my freedom? 

C. Do you have a spare room for me?  D. What can I do for you, Your Majesty? 

60. What’s the best title of this passage?

A. A journey to Lilliput.    B. Life in Lilliput.

C. A great country.      D. An emperor and his people.

第二卷（非选择题）（共50分）

五、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。

61. Painting the walls white can give people a feeling of ____________(安宁).
62. Mr. Wu can ____________(从事) teaching career very well.

63. He is never afraid of making any ____________(演讲) in front of other people.

64. Get up early to school and go home late at night. That is an ____________(日常的) life for Daisy.

65. The new house is far too expensive, though it is ____________(无疑地) comfortable to live in.

B)  根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

66. He promised ____________(not come) to my wedding at last.
67. Here are some suggestions and tips from my ____________(person) experience.
68. Everyone can clearly see her ____________ (sad) from the tears on her face.
69. Alice always wears yellow when she has exams because it’s the colour of   ____________(wise).
70. This article is ____________(divide) into five parts.

C)  根据对话内容，从下列方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确。

The students in Class 4 are talking about what kind of animal to get as a classroom pet.

Pia:  I think we should get a rabbit. They’re cute and easy to __________(71). 

Adrian:  Lots of classrooms already have rabbits. Let’s get something __________(72) exciting.

Pia:  Like what?

Adrian:  I don’t know. Like a lizard (蜥蜴).

Mr Finch:  I’m afraid we can’t. I don’t think we are __________(73) to keep a lizard or any native animal in classrooms.

Nadim: __________(74) a parrot? We could teach it to talk.

Tom: My dad says it’s not right to keep birds in cages. 

Nadim: We’d feed it and play with it. We wouldn’t treat it __________(75). 

Pia:  He means it’s cruel (残酷) when birds aren’t free and can’t fly around.

Adrian:  Maybe he is right. We can look after it during the day but it will get lonely at night. Mr Finch: We’ll talk about this again tomorrow. Tonight, I’d like you to tell your parents what

we’ve talked about.

六、阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A)  阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后76-85小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

In the 1960s, people asked about your astrological sign (星座). In the 2000s, they wanted to know your website. These days, having a web address is almost as important as a street address. Your website is an electronic meeting place for your family, friends and potentially, millions of people around the world. Best of all, you may not have to spend a cent. The Web is filled with all kinds of free services and all it takes is some time and creativity.

Think of your home page as the starting point of your website. Like the table of contents of a book or a magazine, the home page is the front door. Your site can have one or more pages, depending on how you design it.

While web pages vary greatly in their design and content, most use a traditional magazine layout (布局). At the top of the page is a banner (大标题) GRAPHIC. Next comes a greeting and a short description of the site. Pictures, texts, and links to other websites follow.

Before you start building your site, do some planning. Think about whom the site is for and what you want to say. Next, gather up the material that you want to put on the site. Draw a rough layout on a sheet of paper.

While there are no rules you have to follow, there are a few things to keep in mind: START SIMPLY

If you are too ambitious (野心勃勃的) at the beginning, you may never get the site off the ground. You can always add to your site.

LESS IS BETTER

Most people don’t like to read a lot of text online. Break it into small pieces.

SMALLER IS BETTER

Most people connect to the Internet with a modem (调制解调器). Since it can take a long time to download large image files, keep the file sizes small.

HAVE THE RIGHTS

Don’t put any material on your site unless you are sure you can do it legally (合法的).

Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and start building. Learning the Net Communities provides tools to help you build your site.

B)  根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Schools in China are paying more a__________(86) to life skills teaching. Primary school students are r__________(87) to understand some b__________(88) knowledge in life. For example, students should know how to cook food. They prepare vegetables, cut them and finally finish the whole cooking by themselves.             

“This r__________(89) me of my life skills class in primary school. It was interesting. I learned to make dumplings and sometimes I did simple repairing work,” one Weibo user wrote. “It’s a wonderful m__________(90) of my childhood. Moreover, I can use these skills in my life now.”

“These lifelong skills can help kids d__________(91) more abilities, not just taking exams,” said another user. “As we all know, students used to spend much time on study. They felt tired. But now, life skills teaching gives them more chances to e__________(92) life.”

A__________(93) to the “double reduction” policy, students have less homework than before. Then, how can they make the b__________(94) use of their free time? Life skills learning has become a popular choice. “My son can do some housework at home now,” one parent told China Daily. “More importantly, he can learn how to look after himself when parents are not at home. It m__________(95) a lot to me.”

七、书面表达（满分15分）

现在，随着杭州亚运会的开幕，越来越多的外国友人开始关注中国文化，并希望和中国学生做笔友。假定你是李华，加拿大学生 Robert 希望了解有关你的爱好，成为你的笔友。请认真阅读他写给你的邮件，根据邮件内容及你的了解用英语回复。

注意:

1. 词数90左右，文章开头与结尾已写好，不计入总词数。
2. 回复须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺;
3. 文中不得提及真实的人名和学校名称等相关信息;

Dear Robert,

I’m glad that you like to make pen friends with me. Let me tell you something about myself to you. _______________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I also want to know more about you, I’m looking for your reply.

All the best,

Li Hua

参考答案
一、听力（略）

二、单项填空   21~25 CDCDC  26~30 ADBDA  31~35 DBDCA

三、完形填空 36~40 BAABC  41~45 ABADB

四、阅读理解 46~48 BAC  49~52 ACBA  53~55 CBC  56~60 DCABB

五、填空   

61. peace  62. practise  63. speeches   64. everyday    65. undoubtedly

66. not to come 67. personal  68. sadness  69. wisdom  70. divided

71. look after  72. more   73. allowed  74. What about 75. badly

六、阅读填空

A)  76. importance  77. creative  78. starts  79. one   80. Layout

81. remember 82. everything 83. prefer 84. connected  85. legally

B)  86. attention  87. required  88. basic  89. reminds  90. memory

91. develop  92. experience 93. According  94. best   95. means

七、书面表达（略）