湖南省长沙市华益中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷-A4

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Imagine a sky full f clrful kites f all shapes and sizes. Isn’t it wnderful? Nw, we’ll take yu n a jurney thrugh sme f the best kite festivals arund the wrld.
★Washingtn State Internatinal Kite Festival
★Dippe internatinal Kite Festival
( ) 21. What d Weifang and Washingtn State Internatinal Kite Festival have in cmmn?
A. They take place nce a year.B. They keep many wrld recrds.
C. They last fr mre than a mnth.
( ) 22. What can peple d in Dieppe Internatinal Kite Festival?
A. Take part in a big parade.B. Jin in kite fights and races.
C. Enjy a light shw with kites.
B
Anshun Batik(蜡染)is a traditinal flk printing and dyeing handicraft ( 印染手工艺品)in China. The batik technique(工艺)f the Mia peple has a lng histry that can be dated back t the Qin and Han Dynasties.
The batik technique can be fund in Hunan. Guizhu and Yunnan prvinces. Amng them. Anshun in Guizhu is knwn as the hmetwn f batik. Xiangxi in Hunan Prvince is famus fr its rich batik materials. Yunnan Dnga batik was frmed n the base f Guizhu batik.
Anshun batik has mre than 2,000 years f histry. Its patterns are ften filled with rich clrs. Cmmn patterns are flwers, birds, fish and s n. The clrs are usually red , yellw and brwn. Anshun batik can be divided int tw types They are wax(蜡)painting and batik. In the prductin prcess, traditinal wax dyers(蜡染师)use a knife with melted wax t draw different patterns n a white clth, and then add the dye. Peple usually draw animals, plants, rivers and lakes freely n the white clth. The dye des nt g where the wax is and leaves a natural pattern, then the beautiful batik wrk remains.
Accrding t Mia custm, everyne has the respnsibility t pass dwn the skill. Every mther teaches her daughter t make batik clthing. Thrugh this, areas with a Mia ppulatin have frmed a culture with batik art as its central part.
Anshun batik art has experienced rapid develpment in the last 20 years. Many freign turists cme t visit the wax printing culture f Guizhu Museum every year. It is a great pleasure that China’s traditinal skills can have such a great influence at hme and abrad.
( ) 23. Where is the hmetwn f batik?
A. Anshun. B. Xiangxi. C. Dngba.
( ) 24. What des the underlined wrd“melted” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. 凝固的 B. 融化的 C. 潮湿的
( ) 25. What can we knw abut Anshun batik?
A. Anshun batik has mre than tw types.
B. Anshun batik is carried ut n a white clth.
C. Anshun batik clrs are usually black and white.
( ) 26. What is the best title f the passage?
A. Mia Peple ─ The Creatr f Batik
B. Anshun Batik ─ A Traditinal Treasure
C. Batik Handicraft — A Symbl f Chinese Culture
C
The last time yu went t buy a cffee r a Cke, what kind f cup did it cme in?
In Petaluma, Califrnia, US, t-g drinks are nw served in a type f purple cup. Each cup has a QR cde(二维码). Mre than 60 special bins(桶)have been set up arund the city t cllect these cups. Wrkers will cme later t clean them and send them back t shps fr reuse, reprted CBS News.
The city-wide prject is the first f its kind in the US. It aims t stps the use f dispsable (一次性的) cups, which have been arund since the early 1900s. Befre the inventin f dispsable cups, peple shared wden r metal(金属的)cups fr drinking. Lawrence Luellen, a lawyer in Bstn. US, was wrried abut the spread f germs(细菌的传播). S he invented a dispsable“Health Cup” made f paper in 1907. It quickly caught n, especially after the serius Spanish flu(西班牙流感) in 1918.
Dispsable cups are cmmn. Tday’s dispsable cups als have plystyrene(聚苯乙烯) in them. This type f plastic(塑料)helps keep the drinks warm. Hwever, it takes abut 500 years t cmpletely break up. Every year, peple in the US thrw away 50 billin single-use cups, accrding t The Guardian. This is bad fr ur planet. Fr example, plystyrene turns int small pieces with time. Animals may eat them and get hurt.
Since its start n Aug 1, the purple cup prject in Petaluma has received wide attentin. Mre than 30 businesses have jined in, including Starbucks and Cca-Cla. They are tracing(追踪)t see hw many f them the QR cdes n the cups are being reused. The prject will end in Nvember. What cmes next depends n hw it ges, reprted The Guardian.
( ) 27. What is the prject in Petaluma mainly abut?
A. Adding QR cdes t dispsable cups.B. Serving t-g drinks in reusable cups.
C. Setting up special bins fr paper cups
( ) 28. Why did Lawrence Luellen Insent the dispsable “Health Cup”?
A. T prevent the spread f germs.B. T save wd and metal resurce.
C. T make peple’s lives mre cnvenient.
( ) 29. What’s the main idea f Paragraph 4?
A. Dispsable cups are made frm many materials.
B. Dispsable cups have many advantages.
C. Dispsable cups cause envirnmental prblems.
( ) 30. What can we infer abut the prject frm the passage?
A. The prject is a ttal success.B. Its results are yet t be seen.
C. Mre cities will jin it in the future.
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T many peple want thers t be their friends, but they dn’t give friendship back. That is why sme friendships dn't last very lng. 31. A Yu must learn t treat yur friend the way yu want yur friend t treat yu. Learning t be a gd friend means learning three rules: he hnest; be generus; be understanding.
Hnesty is; where a gd friendship starts. Friends must be able t trust ne anther. If yu dn’t tell the truth, peple usually find ut. If a friend finds ut that yu haven’t been hnest, yu may lse yur friend’s trust. 32. E
Genersity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grw. Yu dn’t have t give yur lunch mney r yur clthes, f curse. Instead yu have t learn hw t share things yu enjy, yur hbbies and interests. Naturally yu will want t share yur ideas and feelings. 33. D They tell yur friend what is imprtant t yu. By sharing them yu help yur friend knw yu better.
Sner r later everyne needs understanding and help with a prblem. Smething may g wrng at schl. Talking abut the prblem can make it easier t slve. 34. E S t be a friend yu must listen and understand. Yu must try t put yurself in yur friend's place s yu can understand the prblem better.
35. B But all true friendships have three things in cmmn. If yu plan t keep yur friendships, yu must practice hnesty, genersity and understanding.
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Martin shk his mney bx again. Nthing! He carefully cunted the cins that lay n the bed. 32 dllars was all that he had. The 36 he wanted was at least 100 dllars! 37 was he ging t get the rest f the mney?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was 38 t hang arund with peple when yu were the nly ne withut wheels. He 39 what he culd d. There was n use 40 his parents, fr he knew they had n mney t spare(留出).
There was nly ne way t get mney, and that was t earn it. He wuld have t find a jb. But wh wuld give him the 41 and what culd he d? He decided t ask Mr. Allen fr advice because he usually had experience n mst things.
That was the 42 f Martin's dd jb(零工)business. Fr 3 mnths he wrked everyday after finishing his hmewrk. He tk dgs and babies fr walks, cleared ut cupbards, and mended bks. He culdn’t 43 hw many cars he washed and hw many windws he cleaned, but the mney increased and he knew that he wuld sn have enugh fr the bicycle.
The day 44 came when Martin cunted his mney and fund $ 104.32. He immediately went dwn t the shp t pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rde 45 hme. He lked frward t shwing his new bicycle t his friends. It had been difficult wrking fr the mney, but Martin knew it was a valuable experience. He had dne what he thught was impssible, and that was wrth even mre than the bicycle.
( ) 36. A. bicycle B. ty C. car
( ) 37. A. Wh B. Hw C. Why
( ) 38. A. cl B. hard C. easy
( ) 39. A. asked abut B. learned abut C. thught abut
( ) 40. A. asking B. interviewing C. intrducing
( ) 41. A. secret B. change C. chance
( ) 42. A. spreading B. beginning C. ending
( ) 43. A. frget B. remember C. understand
( ) 44. A. finally B. accidentally C. suddenly
( ) 45. A. patiently B. prudly C. quietly
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Kelvin lives in a pr cuntry where the electricity is shut ff quite ften. “Culd I help my cmmunity avid 46. ( live) in the dark?” Kelvin kept asking himself this questin and prmised t slve 47. prblem.
Kelvin cllected brken electrnic parts frm the litter and managed t divide them int several grups quickly. He learnt hw 48. (create) new things. At first, sme peple 49. (dubt) his ability, but he didn't care. He just devted(致力)himself t inventing things he was interested 50. . His simple-invented batteries gave light t the cmmunity which was ften left in the dark. And later they were 51. (wide) used in many villages in his cuntry.
At furteen, the first lcal radi statin m his cmmunity 52. (cmplete) by Kelvin. He said, “The peple began t discuss prblems influencing r cmmunities and his cuntry after we have a radi statin. 53. it tk him three years, he thught it was well wrth the effrt. Besides, mre 54. (prject) were started by him t make a difference.
Kelvin’s hard wrk finally paid ff. The natinal televisin statin heard abut 55. (he) inventins and invited him t d a live demnstratin(示范)n air. Later, he was invited t visit the Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy t learn mre abut creating engineering. At the end f the trip, Kelvin said, “Whatever I’ve learned here,I will share it with my friends and lved nes, and d it as a team.”
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China, which takes pride in fur inventins in ancient times, has nce again shwn its ability t change the wrld with its“new fur great inventins”: high-speed railways, mbile payment, shared bicycles and nline shpping.
Over the last few years, the “new fur great inventins” has imprved the quality f peple’s lives. Thanks t nline shpping and mbile payment, peple can buy what they want much mre easily.
As fr the bikes, althugh the service f shared bikes began in Western cuntries, China surprised the wrld with a business mdel f statin-less shared bikes that allws users t simply pick up r park a bike anywhere n the street. Shared bicycles are bringing cycling back t peple’s lives and they are making public transprt mre attractive than befre.
S far, China has had the wrld’s largest high-speed rail(HSR) netwrk, which is abut 30,000 kilmeters lng and takes up ver 60% f the wrld’s ttal length. Accrding t China Railway Cmpany, anther 8,000 kilmeters will be built in five years.
It is increasingly clear that China is innvating(创新)and n lnger cpying Western ideas. A grwing number f freigners hpe t prmte ecnmic develpment in their hme cuntries by highlighting the need fr technlgical achievements like that f China.
56. What is the “new fur great inventins” in China?

57. Hw des the “new fur great inventins” influence peple’s lives?

58. Can users pickup r park a bike anywhere n the street?

59. Hw lng will the high-speed rail (HSR) netwrk be in five years?

60. Which new great inventin d yu like best ? Why?

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61. 假如你是李华，你在国际友好学校结交的外国朋友 Jack 假期来中国旅游，马上要启程回国。他打算为他的家人准备几件富有中国传统特色的礼物，特向你咨询。请你 根据以下提示给出你的建议和理由，并表达对其家人的祝福，给他回复一封邮件。
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46. living 47. the 48. t create 49. dubted 50. interested
51. widely 52. was cmpeted 53. it 54. prjects 55. his
56. High-speed railways, mbile payment, shared bicycles and nline shpping.
57. By making shpping and payment easier, bringing cycling back t peple’s lives, and making public transprt mre attractive.
58. Yes./Yes, they can.
59. Abut 38,000 kilmeters lng.
60. 开放式答案，四选其一，注意后半句加 because。
61.I’m glad that yu have a great time in China, and nw yu are lking fr sme traditinal Chinese gifts fr yur family（背景式开篇句）. Here I wuld like t give yu sme suggestins（连接句）.
One gift can be Chinese tea（中心句）. Yu knw tea has a histry f ver 5,000 years in China（列举 1）. Chinese tea helps t lse weight and keep fit（列举 2）. It is ne f the mst ppular drinks in the wrld（列举 3）.
The ther can be wrks f Chinese clay art（中心句）. They are cute, lively and lk real（列举 1）. They are nice and inexpensive（列举 2）. I think wrks f Chinese clay art shw the lve fr life and beauty（列举 3）.
What d yu think f my suggestins（总结句）? All is well fr yu and yur family （总结句）.
Yurs, Li Hua
★Weifang Internatinal Kite Festival.
Time
Every year in April
Place
In Weifang, China
Histry
Since 1984
Features
There is a big parade(巡游) . Visitrs can try their hand at kite making.
Time
Every year in August
Place
In Washingtn, US
Histry
Since 1981
Features
It’s celebrated fr abut a week with kite fights and races. It still hlds a wrld recrd abut kite flying.
Time
Every tw years in September
Place
In Dieppe, France
Histry
Since 1980
Features
It shws kit e designs with different themes. There is an evening light shw with thusands f kites.
A. T have a friend, yu must learn t be ne.
B. N tw friendships are ever exactly alike.
C. Turning t a friend can be a first step in slving the prblem.
D. These can be valuable t a friend.
E. Ga d friends always trust ne anther t speak and act hnestly.
Gifts
Reasns
Tea
ne f the mst ppular drinks; ver 5,000 years;...
Chinese clay art
cute, lively and lk real; shw the lve fr life and beauty; …