广东省广州中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

这是一份广东省广州中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷，共12页。

本试卷共10页，四大题，满分90分。考试用时100分钟。
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一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Many peple like t cllect things. Sme peple cllect stamps, sme cllect dlls and sme cllect rcks. ___1___, Christa Behmenburg, frm Germany, cllects smething unusual — muse-related items.
Christa’s husband is a gelgist（地质学家）. He likes cllecting pstcards abut mineral（矿物质）resurces. Christa always ges with him t fairs ___2___ new cards fr his cllectin. Actually, Christa is fnd f mineral resurces, ___3___ she feels bred with these fairs. One day, she asked her husband ___4___ she culd als build up a cllectin f smething she likes. He agreed and advised Christa t cllect smething abut ___5___ favrite animal. Unluckily, that piece f advice wuld becme the biggest regret he’s never had.
Christa’s favrite animal is the muse. Since she ___6___ a teenager, she has had mice as pets. The animal ___7___ lvely and clever. Tw r three years after ___8___ the hbby, she went all in. She had hundreds and then thusands f muse-related items nly ___9___ weeks later.
At first, she and her husband had ___10___ small flat. Hwever, space was getting much ___11___ because f Christa’s cllectin. The tw had t rent（租）___12___ tw huses. T everyne’s surprise, the number f Christa’s muse-related items was up t 47,398 in early 2022 and she brke the Guinness Wrld Recrd fr the largest cllectin f muse-related items ___13___ the end f this year.
Christa’s cllectin cntinues t grw. Nw, every rm in her huse, frm the kitchen t the bathrm, ___14___ muse-related items. Smetimes, Christa’s husband cmplains abut the large cllectin ___15___ brings them jy and truble. Christa, hwever, will remind him that it was all his idea!
1.A. DifferB. DifferenceC. DifferentD. Differently
2.A. getB. t getC. getsD. gt
3.A. butB. thughC. rD. s
4.A. ifB. thatC. whenD. where
5.A. he’sB. hisC. she’sD. her
6.A. beB. isC. wasD. has been
7.A. cnsiderB. cnsideredC. is cnsideredD. is cnsidering
8.A. startingB. startedC. startsD. start
9.A. fewB. a fewC. littleD. a little
10.A. aB. anC. theD. /
11.A. smallB. smallerC. smallestD. the smallest
12.A. the therB. therC. the thersD. anther
13.A. atB. frC. nD. in
14.A. fills withB. are filled withC. is filled withD. filled with
15.A. thatB. /C. whseD. wh
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Reggie had been brn deaf. He was well-knwn t everyne in twn, and they all lved him. Unluckily, he always seemed t end up treated ___16___ frm everyne else. Peple acted like he was unable t ___17___ them, as if he was a baby.
His friend Michael didn’t like this. He decided that things had t be ___18___. Michael’s father was the twn’s mayr（市长）and Michael ___19___ t persuade him that this year they shuld ffer ne day as the festival t deaf peple. During that whle day everyne wuld have t wear earplugs（耳塞）.
Peple liked the ___20___. The day became knwn as The Day f Silence, and when it arrived, everyne stuck plugs in their ears. That mrning was filled with jkes and laughter. Hwever, as the hurs passed, peple knew mre and mre clearly hw ___21___ the life was when they culdn’t hear anything.
On that day, nbdy was thinking f Reggie as just a deaf persn. This meant he culd be treated just like any ther by, and peple saw Reggie had a bright mind. On that day, using his usual ___22___, Reggie was the ne wh culd cmmunicate best with everyne. This meant that peple paid mre attentin t what he was expressing, and they were ___23___ by his intelligence and his ability t find ways t deal with almst any prblem. They ___24___ that he had always been like that, and that in nrmal life all Reggie needed was a little mre time than thers t cmmunicate. That was the nly ___25___.
16.A. nicelyB. differentlyC. implitelyD. patiently
17.A. knwB. believeC. encurageD. understand
18.A. repeatedB. changedC. checkedD. prepared
19.A. cntinuedB. triedC. rderedD. learned
20.A. excuseB. curseC. ideaD. game
21.A. difficultB. luckyC. amazingD. shrt
22.A. telephnesB. wrdsC. mvementsD. tls
23.A. cmparedB. excitedC. scaredD. surprised
24.A. reviewedB. reprtedC. realizedD. remembered
25.A. differenceB. resultC. galD. reasn
三、阅读（共20小题；满分35分）
第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
A hrse fair was an interesting place. There were yung hrses and many beautiful hrses frm the cuntry. But there were als a lt f pr and thin hrses.
At the hrse fair there was a man with a gentle vice and kind grey eyes. He ffered 23 punds fr me, but the salesman refused. Then a man with a very lud vice came. I was afraid he was ging t buy me, but he walked away. Then the grey-eyed man came back again and said, “I’ll give yu 24 punds t buy him.”
“Dne,” said the salesman. “He’s an excellent hrse and if yu want him fr cab（出租马车）wrk, he can help yu earn mre than yu pay fr him. The hrse is well wrth the price.”
Half an hur later we set ff fr Lndn, alng cuntry rads, until we came t that great city. There were streets t the right, and streets t the left. We went int ne f the small streets, and then int a very narrw street, with small and ld huses.
My wner stpped at a huse. The dr pened, and a wman, a little girl and a by came ut.
“Is he gentle, Dad?”
“Yes, Dlly, as gentle as a little cat. And yu can pat him.”
Dlly, the little girl, patted my shulder withut fear. It felt s gd! They led me int a cmfrtable, clean rm, and after a delicius meal I lay dwn t sleep, thinking “I’m ging t be very happy here”.
My new wner’s name was Jerry. His wife was called Plly and they had tw children, Harry and Dlly. The next mrning they came t see me. I lved it when they patted me and spke in gentle vices.
“Let’s call him ‘Jack’, after the ld hrse, shall we, Harry?” said Dlly.
“Yes, sunds great!” said Harry.
The first week f my life as Jack, the Lndn cab hrse, was very hard. The nise, the peple and the traffic n the streets scared me. But Jerry was a very gd driver, and that helped me a lt. Jerry sn fund that I was ready t wrk hard and d my best, and he didn’t whip（鞭打）me.
He kept me very clean, and gave me as much fd as I wanted. But the best thing was that I had Sundays ff.
26.What is a hrse fair fr?
A. Fr hrses t learn new skills.B. Fr peple t sell and buy hrses.
C. Fr peple t learn t ride hrses.D. Fr hrses t meet new friends.
27.Hw did Jack feel living and wrking in Lndn with Jerry’s family?
A. Sad and helpless.B. Challenged but satisfied.
C. Tired and afraid.D. Surprised but impatient.
28.What is the purpse f the passage?
A. T share the experience f visiting a hrse fair.
B. T tell the disadvantages f wrking in Lndn.
C. T shw the imprtance f finding a right wner.
D. T intrduce the start f a Lndn-cab-hme life.
(B)
Washingtn Cuntry Free Library invites yu t jin ur 2022 summer prgrammers. Whether yu’re lking fr a new directin, educatin, r a fun experience, ur prgrammers can help yu take the first step. Check them ut in the fllwing chart r call fr mre infrmatin.
29.What can we learn abut English Cnversatin Grup frm the abve chart?
A. It is fr ld friends t meet tgether.B. It is a weekly activity.
C. It is nly fr skilled English speakers.D. It lasts tw hurs each time.
30.Which prgramme is suitable fr teenagers?
A. Yung Creative ClubB. Gumtree Basics
C. English Cnversatin GrupD. Learn t Cde
31.What d the fur prgrammers have in cmmn?
A. They are in August.B. They require bkings.
C. They are fr adults.D. They are fr beginners.
32.Which f the statement is True accrding t the passage?
A. Yung Creative Club well suits science minds.
B. Yu can learn hw t create cmputer games n Aug 13th.
C. Bth Learn t Cde and Gumtree Basics require cmputer and Internet skills.
D. Gumtree Basics teaches learners hw t make advertisements and sell prducts.
(C)
Feeling sad r upset? Dn’t turn t a cheerful cmedy. A sad mvie may be just what yu need.
A team f scientists at Ohi State University, US, has fund that sad mvies can make peple happier. They published their study in a magazine called Cmmunicatin Research. Scientists asked 361 cllege students t watch a sad mvie called Atnement. The mvie tells the stry f tw lvers wh are separated and die at the end during Wrld War II. Befre and after the mvie, the students answered questins testing hw happy they were with their lives. They als answered questins frm the scientists befre, after and three times during the mvie t measure different emtins, including sadness.
Results shwed that verall, peple felt better after watching the mvie. Scientists believe this is because the mvie made them think abut their wn lives and relatinships. Their lives, cmpared t thse f the unlucky lvers n the screen, were full f hpe. “I want t live my life t the fullest, and this mvie has made me think a lt.” One student wrte.
Silvia Knblch Westerwick, the leader f the study, explained that negative mds make peple mre thughtful. “Psitive emtins are generally a signal that everything is fine, yu dn’t have t wrry, yu dn’t have t think abut issues in yur life,” she said, “but negative emtins, like sadness, make yu think mre critically abut yur situatin. S seeing a sad mvie may make yu sad, but that will cause yu t think mre abut yur wn clse relatinships and appreciate them mre.”
33.When yu feel upset, which kind f mvie is yur best chice?
A. A cmedy.B. A sad mvie.C. A science fictin.D. An exciting mvie.
34.Which f the fllwing abut the study is NOT true?
A. 361 cllege students tk part in the study.
B. Scientists at Ohi State University did the study.
C. The students answered questins three times in all.
D. The students watched a sad mvie during the study.
35.Why can sad mvie make sad peple feel happier?
A. Because they find that everything in their lives is fine.
B. Because sad mvies can make them frget unhappy things.
C. Because sad mvies can make all the negative emtins g away.
D. Because they find that their lives are mre hpeful than the mvies.
36.What’s the best title f this passage?
A. Unhappy? See a mvie!
B. Every cin has tw sides.
C. Psitive emtins and negative emtins.
D. Sad mvies drive negative emtins away.
(D)
When yu think f the sea, yu may nt think f Xinjiang. In the public impressin, Xinjiang is ften remembered as smewhere far frm the sea with lng hurs f sunlight, a vast Gbi desert, and muntains with an extremely dry climate, unsuitable fr seafd prductin because f the massive amunt f water required.
Hwever, Xinjiang nw welcme a big harvest f lcal “seafd”, such as shrimp and crabs. The mst imprtant thing fr aquatic prducts（农产品）is water. Xinjiang has many rivers and lakes with water frm the melting snw and glaciers f the Tianshan Muntains. “With the muntains n the side, there is n industrial pllutin and agricultural pllutin, which keeps the water clean and favrs the grwth f the fish,” said Li Chunyu, the head technician f the lcal trut farm.
Als, land in Xinjiang has a lt f salt. This is nt gd fr grwing crps. But “ne man’s trash is anther man’s treasure”. The land makes the undergrund water salty. Peple turn the salty water int “man-made seawater”. They then use it t raise sea fish, shrimp and crabs.
Many peple are wrried abut the safety f seafd because f the nuclear-cntaminated water（核污染水）. Sme even feel desperate（绝望的）since they may n lnger enjy any seafd. Luckily, accrding t the Department f Agriculture, in 2022, the ttal utput value f Xinjiang’s fishery industry reached 4.2 billin yuan ($580 millin), an increase f 921 millin yuan cmpared t 2019. Nw, sme f Xinjiang’s “seafd” ges t many cities in China. It als ges t cuntries in Sutheast Asia. It turns ut that Xinjiang’s “seafd” is becming a new and favrable chice fr seafd lvers.
37.Why is the public impressin f Xinjiang mentined in Paragraph 1?
A. T intrduce the climate and lcatin f Xinjiang.
B. T lead in the real situatin f lcal “seafd” in Xinjiang.
C. T describe the seafd industry in China.
D. T explain the reasn why Xinjiang has pr seafd prductin.
38.Which wrd can replace the underlined wrd “trash” in Paragraph 4?
A. Wealth.B. Pleasure.C. Garbage.D. Pssessins.
39.Which f the fllwing makes it pssible t raise sea fish in Xinjiang?
①water frm melting snw and glaciers②the sea water frm the undergrund
③the salt in the land④less pllutin
A. ①②③B. ①③④C. ②③④D. ①②④
40.What can we infer frm the last paragraph?
A. Xinjiang’s seafd industry is develping better.
B. Peple are pleased with the current safety f seafd.
C. Xinjiang’s “seafd” remains t be the nly chice fr seafd lvers.
D. There are many different types f seafd fr peple t chse.
第二节阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
阅读短文及文后A~E选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，把答案写在答题卷相应的空格中。
Many f us like t read bks. We read everything frm fictin t nnfictin. In the past, we culd nly read traditinal paper bks. ___41___
Nw, we can read e-bks mst f the time. They still have cvers and pages, but they’re nt made f paper. Instead, they’re pictures n a screen. Sme peple lve t read e-bks. ___42___ They can read them n their mbile phnes and cmputers. Hwever, in anther way, they’re nt s great because they have changed the way peple read.
___43___ Smetimes, we feel like we’re in the stries and frget the real wrld while reading traditinal bks. Hwever, that’s nt true with e-bks. With them, we might nt fcus n the bks and we may pay attentin t ther things.
When we read an e-bk written in a freign language, we may meet new wrds. That takes us ut f the stries and t an nline dictinary. ___44___ During surfing, we can als chat with ur friends, check ur emails, surf the Internet, search fr things t buy, and mre.
In a wrd, e-bks are becming ppular. They make a difference n ur reading habits. Our eyes stp reading everything n the page. ___45___ Sme peple dn’t mind that, but fr thers, it takes the fun ut f reading.
四、写作（共三节，满分30分）
第一节短文填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
阅读下面短文，根据首字母提示填空，在答题卷上填入恰当及完整的词。
Last Saturday, I brrwed a camera frm my friend Lisa. Hwever, I was s excited that I drpped it n the flr by mistake and it was brken. Oh n! It was the birthday gift frm her grandmther. I was wrried that she wuld be a___46___ with me, s I didn’t tell her the t___47___ at last. But ne day, she tld me she had already knwn that, and she said it wuld be all right. I felt s a___48___ that I culd hardly say a wrd. At that mment, I really r___49___ nt saying srry t her in time. I treated her with dishnesty, but she wasn’t mad at me. I___50___, she smiled and gave me a hug. Since then, I have learned an imprtant lessn: Hnesty is valued. S I just keep it in my mind and it’s surprising that I have a clser relatinship with Lisa than befre.
第二节完成句子（共5小题；每空0.5分，满分10分）
51.虽然吉姆很擅长数学，但是他对体育毫无兴趣。
______ Jim is gd at Maths, she ______ ______ ______ in sprts.
52.我们不应该嘲笑陷入困境的人。
The peple wh are in truble ______ ______ ______ ______ by us.
53.她一次又一次地犯同一个错误，真是粗心。
It’s really ______ ______ her ______ ______ the same mistake again and again.
54.艾尔莎收到朋友的来信，她感觉非常兴奋！
Elsa ______ ______ her friend. ______ ______ she felt!
55.David花了很多时间解决难题，最后他获得了一等奖。
David ______ a lt f time ______ difficult prblems. He ______ the first ______ at last.
第三节书面表达（满分15分）
假设你是心理咨询老师Anna，最近你收到了一封来自初三学生李华的邮件，内容如下：
请针对李华提出的问题，给他回信（不少于80词），内容包括：
1.对其处境表示理解；
2.给出建议（不少于三条）；
3.结束语；
Dear Li Hua,
I’m srry t learn abut yur prblems. ___________________________________________
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参考答案
一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1~5DBBAD6~10DCABA11~15BDABA
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
16~20BDBBC21~25ACDCA
三、阅读（共20小题；满分35分）
第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
26~28BBD29~32BAAC33~36BCDD37~40ACBA
第二节阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
41~45CEDBA
四、写作（共三节，满分30分）
第一节短文填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
46. angry; 47. truth; 48. ashamed; 49. regretted; 50. Instead
第二节完成句子（共5小题；每空0.5分，满分10分）
51. Althugh has n interest in; 52. shuldn’t be laughed at; 53. careless f t make
54. heard frm Hw excited; 55. spent slving wn prize
第三节书面表达（满分15分）
略English Cnversatin Grup
Our friendly grup meets at the library every Thursday afternn. Cme alng t make new friends and imprve yur English. Learners f all levels are welcme.
Age: All adults
Bkings: Nt required.
Time & date: Thursday, Aug. 1st
1:00 pm t 2:00 pm
Learn t Cde（编程）
Learn hw t create a game r design a webpage using free nline resurces that teach yu hw t cde. It allws time t experiment and play. It is designed fr adults with basic cmputer and Internet skills.
Age: 21 years abve
Bkings: Nt required.
Time & date: Wednesday, Aug. 28th
10:30 am t 12:00 am
Yung Creative Club
D yu lve t write r express yurself thrugh art? Cme and jin ur creative club, share yur ideas and make friends with peple wh are like yu.
Age: 11-15 years ld
Bkings: Required. Call 073407 0009 t bk yur place.
Time & date: Thursday, Aug. 1st
4:30 pm t 5:30 pm
Gumtree Basics
Cme and learn abut buying and selling prducts safely nline thrugh Gumtree. Basic cmputer and Internet skills are required.
Age: All adults
Bkings: Required. Call 073407 4549 t bk yur place.
Time & date: Tuesday, Aug. 13th
1:30 pm t 3:00 pm
A. We can lk fr key wrds t get infrmatin quickly.
B. Frm e-bks, we can easily change t smething else.
C. They have frnt and back cvers and many pages in between.
D. With traditinal bks, we mainly pay attentin t the stries.
E. E-bks are great because peple can carry a “library” f bks with them all the time.
Dear Anna,
My name is Li Hua. I am a Grade 9 student in Xinhua High Schl. Recently, I feel really upset. Schl wrk is t much and I have n time t relax myself. But every day when I g back hme feeling tired, my parents keep nagging（唠叨）abut everything, such as cellphnes, hmewrk, exams... It seems that they dn’t understand me at all. I feel s breathless that I just avid talking t them. But this makes ur relatinship even wrse. I dn’t knw what t d. Can yu give me sme advice?