2023-2024学年江苏省南通市海门实验学校九年级（上）期末英语试卷

这是一份2023-2024学年江苏省南通市海门实验学校九年级（上）期末英语试卷，共5页。


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第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共60分）
一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. —Des yur father g t wrk by ______ car every day?
—N, he smetimes takes ______ bus.
A. /; the B. the; a C. the; the D. /; a
2. —When is Jay’s cncert?
—It’s ______ seven ’clck ______ the afternn f December 18th.
A. at; in B. at; n C. n; in D. in; n
3. Nantng is such a wnderful city that they’ve decided t stay fr ______ tw weeks.
A. anther B. ther C. the ther D. ther’s
4. The ______ wrked very well. Andy and Tim knew a lt abut each ther and became friends.
A. instructinB. intrductinC. infrmatinD. cmpetitin
5. ______, he must have eaten mre than befre because he is getting fat nw.
A. HweverB. InsteadC. OtherwiseD. Anyway
6.—Mm, can I eat a hamburger?
—Sure, if the dishes ________.
A. washed B. are washed C. will wash D. will be washed
7. WeChat is widely used all ver the cuntry. ____ the yung ____ the ld are interested in it.
A. Neither, nr B. Either, r
C. Between, and D. Nt nly, but als
8. — _______ will the haze last?
—We have n idea. There’s n sign f an end.
A. Hw ften B. Hw lng C. Hw sn D. Hw far
9. —I hear the Suth Krean girl grup, Girls’ Generatin, is ppular amng teenagers.
—Yes. Their sngs _____ sweet and many f us enjy listening t them.
A. are tasting B. taste C. are sundedD. sund
10. —The Internet service csts much mney and the speed is t slw.
—That’s why Premier Li Keqiang asks peratrs t prvide ______ Internet.
A. very cheaper and quicker C. mre cheaper and quicker
C. many cheaper and quicker D. much cheaper and quicker
11. Yu’d better speak alud __________ we can hear yu.
A. s that B. as … as C. as if D. since
12. It’s such difficult wrk, but __________ f them fur felt frustrated.
A. neither B. bth C. nne D. all
13. —Bad luck! I lst my wallet again!
—__________. Yu’re always t careless with it.
A. It takes time B. It’s a piece f cakeC. It serves yu right D. It depends
14. The traffic signs warn peple __________ after drinking.
A. t drive B. nt t drive C. driving D. dn’t drive
15. —Oh, I lst my wallet with my ID card in it!
—__________.
What a mess! B. It must be funC. That’s t bad. D. Just s-s.
二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
D yu want t be successful in everything yu d? If s, then 1 ? Here is an example.
There was a farmer wh 2 crn（玉米) all his life. Each year he tk his crn t the market. Then each time his crn was chsen as the 3 and wn the first prize.
One year a newspaper reprter interviewed him and learned smething 4 abut hw he grew it. The farmer 5 his seed (做种子的) crn t his neighburs.
"Hw can yu share yur best seed crn with yur neighburs?" the reprter asked. "Yu knw they are taking part in the 6 with yu each year. "
"Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't yu knw? The 7 picks up pllen (花粉) frm the crn and mves it quickly frm field t field. If my neighburs grw 8 crn, crss-pllinatin (异花传粉) will affect the quality f my crn. S if I want t grw gd crn, I must 9 my neighburs t grw gd crn. "
The farmer knws much abut the cnnectin f life. His crn cannt imprve 10 his neighburs' crn imprves.
As a great man says, "We make a living by what we 11 ; we make a life by what we give. " We can't 12 withut fd, clthes, and many ther things. Hwever, a meaningful life is nt decided by hw much we can get, 13 by hw much we can give thers. Giving, instead f taking, makes us 14 frm ther animals. S thse wh chse t live well must help thers t live well and thse wh chse t be happy must help thers t find 15 in their life.
1. A. why B. hw C. when D. where
2. A. grew B. bught C. sld D. cllected
3. A. cheapest B. prettiest C. best D. shrtest
4. A. ppular B. serius C. terrible D. surprising
5. A. lent B. shwed C. ffered D. recmmended
6. A. game B. fight C. experiment D. cmpetitin
7. A. wind B. water C. farmer D. neighbur
8. A. tasty B. bad C. tall D. unusual
9. A. teach B. remind C. help D. require
10. A. unless B. thugh C. because D. when
11. A. d B. wn C. get D. grw
12. A. cheer B. mve C. wrk D. live
13. A. and B. but C. r D. s
14. A. different B. free C. safe D. far
15. A. hpe B. success C. friendship D. happiness
三、阅读理解（本题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures fr his business. But he was nt a gd artist. S he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a windw f his huse and tk a picture f his garden. That was the first pht.
The next imprtant date in the histry f phtgraphy was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, anther Frenchman, tk a picture f his reading rm. He used a new kind f camera in a different way. In his picture yu culd see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind f pht was called a Daguerretype.
Sn, ther peple began t use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brught back wnderful phts frm all arund the wrld. Peple tk picture f famus buildings, cities and muntains.
In abut 1840, phtgraphy was imprved. Then phtgraphers culd take pictures f peple and mving things. That was nt simple. The phtgraphers had t carry a lt f films and ther machines. But this did nt stp them, fr example, sme in the United States wrked s hard. Mathew Brady was a famus American phtgrapher. He tk many pictures f great peple. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Phtgraphers als became ne kind f art by the end f the 19th century. Sme phts were nt just cpies f the real wrld. They shwed feelings like ther kinds f art.
1. The first pht taken by Niepce was a picture f __________.
A. his business B. his huse C. his garden D. his windw
2. If a phtgrapher wanted t take pictures f mving things in the year f 1840, he had t__________.
A. watch lts f films B. buy an expensive camera
C. stp in mst cities D. take many films and smething else
3. This passage tells us__________.
A. hw phtgraphy was develped B. hw t shw feelings in pictures
C. hw t take pictures in the wrld D. hw t use different cameras
B
The baby is just ne day ld and has nt left hspital yet. She is quiet but alert（警觉）. The researchers have placed a white card with tw black spts n it twenty centimeters frm her face. She stares at it carefully.
A researcher remves the card and replaces it by anther ne, this time with the spts differently spaced. As the cards change frm ne t the ther, her gaze（凝视）starts t lse its fcus until a third card is presented. The third card has three black spts n it. Her gaze returns: she lks at it fr twice as lng as she did at the previus card. Can she tell that the number tw is different frm three, just 24 hurs after cming int the wrld? Or d newbrns simply prefer mre t fewer?
The same experiment, but with three spts shwn befre tw, shws the same return f interest when the number f spts changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When a little lder babies were shwn cards with pictures f bjects (a cmb, a key, an range and s n), changing the number f bjects had an effect separate frm changing the bjects themselves. Culd it be the pattern that tw things make, as ppsed t three? N again.
Babies paid mre attentin t squares mving randmly n a screen when their number changed frm tw t three, r three t tw. The effect even crsses between senses. Babies wh were repeatedly shwn tw spts became mre excited when they then heard three drumbeats（鼓声）than when they heard just tw; likewise（同样地）when the researchers started with drumbeats and mved t spts.
4. The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is mainly abut the baby’s ______________.
A. sense f hearingB. sense f sight
C. sense f tuch D. sense f smell
5. What des the underlined wrd ＂it＂ in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A. the card B. the baby C. the cmb D. the key
6. Accrding t the passage, babies have a strng sense f changing in ______________.
A. the size f cards B. the clur f pictures
C. the shape f patterns D. the number f bjects
7. Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?
A. T reduce the difficulty f the experiment.
B. T see hw babies recgnize sunds.
C. T carry their experiment further.
D. T keep the babies’ interest.
C
I was never very neat, while my rmmate Kate was well rganized. Each f her bjects had its place, but mine always hid smewhere. She even labeled(贴标签) everything. I always lked fr everything. Over time, Kate gt neater and I gt messier. She wuld push my dirty clthes ver, and I wuld put my bks n her tidy desk. We bth gt tired f each ther.
War brke ut ne evening. Kate came int the rm. Sn, I heard her screaming, “Take yur shes away! Why under my bed!” I saw my shes flying at me. I jumped t my feet and started shuting. She shuted back luder.
The rm was filled with anger. We culd nt stay tgether fr even a minute but fr a phne call. Kate answered it. Frm her end f the cnversatin, I culd tell right away her grandma was seriusly ill. When she hung up, she quickly gt ut f her cvers with tears running dwn her face. Clearly, that was smething she shuld nt put up with alne. All f a sudden, a warm feeling f sympathy(同情) rse up in my heart.
Slwly, I cllected the pencils, tk back the bks, made my bed, cleaned the scks and swept the flr, even n her side. I gt s int my wrk that I even didn’t ntice Kate had sat up. She was watching in surprise, her tears dried. Then she reached ut her hands t take mine. I lked up int her eyes. She smiled at me, “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed rmmates fr the rest f the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key t living tgether: giving in, cleaning up and hlding n.
8.What made Kate s angry ne evening?
A. She culdn’t find her bks.
B. She heard the writer shuting alud.
C. She gt the news that her grandma was ill.
D. She saw the writer’s shes under her bed.
9.The writer tidied up the rm prbably because __________.
A. She was frightened by Kate’s anger. B. She hated herself fr being s messy.
C. She wanted t shw her care. D. she was asked by Kate t d s
10.Which is right accrding t the passage?
A. I I gt n well with Kate befre the war brke ut. B. Kate and I was in the same class.
C. Kate’s grandma gt well again sn. D. I really felt srry fr Kate after the call.
11.What might be the best title fr the stry?
A. Hard Wrk Pays Off B. Hw t be rganized
C. Learning t be Rmmates D. My friend Kate
D
Ray Charles, a black singer and pianist f the USA. He had wn 12 Grammy Awards（格莱美奖）and perfrmed at 10, 000 cncerts arund the wrld. Many musicians called him simply＂the Genius＂（天才）.
Ray Charles was brn int a pr family, withut a father. When he was 5 years ld, his yunger brther died. And arund the same time, Charles started t lse his sight. By the age f 7 he was cmpletely blind. He had already been learning the pian fr a year. And when he went blind, his mther knew this wuld be the nly way he wuld make any mney in the future. All his life, Charles remembered her saying: ＂D it right, r dn’t d it at all. ＂
Later he went t a schl fr blind and deaf children. There the teachers als encuraged him t study music. Sadly, while he was still at schl, his mther died. He left schl and in the early 1950s Charles rganized a grup f players. He sang, played the pian and wrte music.
He made many classical CDs with famus artists such as Eltn Jhn and the Beatles.
In 2003 a film f his life Ray was made. The part f Charles was played by a yunger actr and musician called Jamie Fxx. The film directr brught Fxx t meet Charles. After they had been playing tgether fr tw hurs, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said: ＂He’s the ne… he can d it. ＂A year later Charles died at the aged f 74. The film f his life has been as ppular as his sngs and means that the memry f Charles’ music will live n.
12. What can we learn frm Ray’s childhd stry?
A. He was brn int a rich family.B. He grew up with his parents.
C. He started t learn the pian at the age f 6.D. He went blind when he was 14.
13. In the early 1950s Ray Charles ___________.
A. sang, played the pian and wrte musicB. studied in the schl fr blind and deaf
C. lived with his mtherD. made a film abut his life
14. Ray Charles is a famus ___________.
A. film directr B. artists C. actr and musician D. singer and pianist
15. What is the main idea f the last paragraph?
A. Ray Charles and Jamie Fxx. B. The film f Ray’s life.
C. Childhd stry. D. Master f many styles.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共60分）
四、词汇（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A. 请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
1. Smething is wrng with the _______ (模型) plane. Can yu fix it fr me?
2. We shuld wrk _________(紧密地) with the lcal peple t help them with their prblems.
3. Her nvels have been published in sme ____ (f a cuntry that is nt ne’s wn) cuntries.
4. Emma ________ (succeed in ding smething) t get the last ticket fr his daughter and felt very happy.
5. He culdn’t enter the rm ______ the dr because it was lcked.
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。
6. Fr children, nthing is mre imprtant than t receive gd _______.
7. He walked slwly dwn ________ Street and then turned left at the secnd crssing.
8. Grandpa used t tell me ________ stries when I lived with him in the cuntry.
9. Millie and I hid _________ in the kitchen while playing games.
10. Yu’d better check yur answers as _______ as pssible after yu finish them.
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。

11. I can’t find my ntebk anywhere. I am afraid that I _______ it.
12. —Did yu g t watch the sccer game last Sunday afternn?
—Yes, thugh it ________ all the time.
13. The temperature suddenly ______ and many cars n the rad brke dwn.
14. Mr Brwn ften ________ brken things fr his neighburs.
15. —Hw sn ______ they ______ the task?
—Maybe in a week.
五、句型转换（本题5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
1.I think he will cme here if he has free time.（改为否定句）
I __________ think he _______ cme here if he has free time.
2.The machine shuld be checked every week.（对划线部分提问）
________ ________ the machine shuld be checked?
3. They wuld rather stay at hme better than g shpping when they were tired. （保持句意基本不变）
They ________ staying at hme _______ ging shpping when they were tired.
4. Turists shuldn’t give fd t the animals in the z. （改为被动语态）
Fd shuldn’t ________ ________ t the animals in the z by Turists.
5. The bk with a purple cver is abut infrmatin technlgy. （改为复合句）
The bk ________ ________ a purple cver is abut infrmatin technlgy.
六、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。
Are yu a Disney fan? D yu knw the princesses well? Hw did Snw White survive? Hw did Sleeping Beauty finally w 1 up after sleeping a lng time?
It seems a kind-hearted persn always cmes t save the princess, l 2 a prince r a gd-mther (救星). Princesses can’ t prtect themselves, t 3 they are very pretty and nice. They always need the help f thers.
Hwever, in real life, wmen can’ t put their life in the hands f a prince — like man. They need t wrk and even f 4 fr their wn happiness. The traditinal image(形象) f a princess is getting ut f date.
Recently, Disney psted the ＂tp ten r 5 fr being a mdern princess＂. Yu will find them have nthing t d with beauty. Instead, mre attentin is paid t things such as being hnest, caring fr thers, trying yur best and l 6 healthily. Princesses need t depend n themselves t get ut f truble. It’ s nt w 7 t wait fr a prince’ s help.
It’ s nt the first time Disney princesses have c 8 up with the sciety’ s develpment. In 1950, Princess Bell lved reading when educatin was a man’ s special r 9 . Bell shwed the imprvement f wmen’ s status(地位) in sciety.
Princesses are s 10 beautiful, but the inner character is mre imprtant fr being a real princess.
七、阅读与回答问题（本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
A few days ag, I ran int（撞上）a stranger as he passed by. I said srry t him, and he said, "Excuse me t, I wasn't even watching fr yu.” We were very plite, this stranger and I. Then we went n ur way after saying gdbye.
Later in the kitchen at hme, as I cked ur meal, my daughter Betty walked up t me, very quietly. When I turned arund (转身), I nearly kncked her dwn "Get ut f the way!" I shuted angrily. She ran away, crying.
That night, when I lay in bed, my husband said t me, “Yu were s rude t Betty. G and lk arund n the kitchen flr, and yu'll find sme flwers there. Betty brught thse fr yu. She picked them herself-pink, yellw, and yur favurite blue.’’
When I heard this, I thught deeply: While meeting with a stranger, I was calm and plite; but with my daughter, I was nt patient. I felt sad and tears began t fall.
I quietly went t Betty's bed, "Wake up, my dear," I said. "Are these the flwers yu picked fr me?" She smiled, “I fund them by the tree. I knew yu'd like them, especially the blue.” I said, ‘‘I am s srry that I treated (对待) yu that way tday." And she whispered（悄声地说），“Mmmy, that's kay- I still lve yu anyway.’’ I kissed her and said, “I lve yu t and I d lve the flwers.”
That day Betty gave me a lessn n hw t get alng with each ther in the family. I spent much time n wrk befre and didn't realize hw imprtant family life was. I decided t d better in the future.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
1. The writer ______________________ t a stranger when she ran int him.
2. When the writer nearly kncked Betty dwn, she ______________________ at her.
3. The writer's ______________________ tld her Betty had picked thse flwers fr her.
4. The writer felt sad and began t cry because ______________________．
5. The writer decided t ___________________.
八、书面表达（本题满分20分）
同学们，在我们的身边，时常会看到一些不好的行为，这些行为污染了我们身边的环境。请你以一个环保小使者的身份并以＂Hw t Prtect the Envirnment＂为题写一篇80词左右的短文。
Hw t Prtect the Envirnment
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
nine care humur we educate
drp cmplete rain lse repair
shuld
shuldn’t
多种树
每天打扫教室或自己的房间
保护野生动物
尽我们最大努力
使用塑料袋
践踏草坪和摘花
乱丢垃圾
随地吐痰
乱砍滥伐