江苏省镇江市句容市2024-2025学年九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷（学生版）

这是一份江苏省镇江市句容市2024-2025学年九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷（学生版），共9页。试卷主要包含了听力理解，单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，词汇运用，阅读填空，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
说明：本试卷共8页，试卷满分120分。考试时间100分钟。答案必须填涂在答题卡上。
一、听力理解(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分 略)
二、单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
1.We had _________ unusual Junir High Schl Entrance Examinatin.
A.aB.anC.theD./
2.—Why d yu hpe t visit Zijin Muntain sme day?
—_________ it is a beautiful place in Nanjing.
A.UntilB.IfC.BecauseD.Thugh
3.Designated drivers (代驾) are_________ seen in ur city because drunk driving is nt allwed.
A.neverB.seldmC.hardlyD.always
4.The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are ________ events that we all like watching them.
A.s greatB.great s
C.great suchD.such great
5.Father is t tired tday. Dn’t call him ________ it is necessary.
A.ifB.unlessC.whenD.whether
6.―It's hard fr the yung girls t ______ the fashin.
―Yes. It has been changing t quickly.
A.run afterB.run ut
C.run ffD.run away
7.What’s the meaning f “plump” in “Mther was fat and middle-aged. The principal f the schl was an lder wman, almst as plump as my mther.”?
A.middle-agedB.cleverC.hard-wrkingD.fat
8.—Mum, culd I play the mbile phne fr a while?
—Unless yur painting ________.
A.cmpletesB.is cmpleted
C.will cmpleteD.will be cmpleted
9.Kunqu is ne f the ldest Chinese pera frms. ________, fewer yung peple enjy it.
A.SadlyB.Simply
C.SpeciallyD.Certainly
10.We have made ________ a habit t wear masks whenever we g t public places.
A.thisB.thatC.itD.ne
11.Which f the fllwing sentences has a relative clause?
A.It is a rmantic film that is nt suitable fr all ages.
B.A friend tld me that he wuld be separated frm his family.
C.Max practised s hard that he wn the first prize in the match.
D.Culd yu tell me hw we can reach the Culture and Art Center?
12.Gd learning methds can nt nly ______ ur interest in learning but als imprve ur learning ability.
A.increaseB.influence
C.insistD.intrduce
13.—I prmise that I will read English fr an hur every mrning frm nw n, mum.
—Really? ________.
A.Every dg has its dayB.Practice makes perfect
C.Many hands make light wrkD.Actins speak luder than wrds
14.The manager asked the wrker _________, but he didn’t get any replies.
A.hw lng did he stay in the ffice
B.hw culd he wrk ut the prblem
C.why he was late again
D.whether he can help repair the machine
15.— As the saying ges, “The lngest jurney starts with a single step.”
— _________ Let’s take actin right nw.
A.That’s all right.B.Yu are right.
C.What a pity!D.I dn’t think s.
三、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
It ften lks like a painting, but there is a lt f carving (雕刻) in this artwrk. It is called ruanmuhua (软木画). It dates back t 1914.Back then, Chinese ___16___ Wu Qiqi gt the idea frm a pstcard frm Germany and created this beautiful art frm.
As a lver f it, Chen Knggu started t learn the ___17___ at 13.The 73-year-ld frm Fuzhu has spent his life ___18___ ruanmuhua.
“Instead f using a pen r a brush, we use a set f tls t create ruanmuhua,” Chen Knggu said. He has t change ___19___ fr the small parts f the artwrk.
Making such an artwrk is nt ___20___. Althugh there are different kinds f things like buildings, trees, and animals, every craftsman (工匠) usually fcuses n ne f them. This is because the skill is very hard t learn. ___21___ it needs several peple t wrk tgether n ne artwrk. “We usually start by carving ___22___ pieces, and we’ll stick all the small pieces tgether t ___23___ a wrk,” Chen Knggu added.
As a persn wh lves carving ___24___, every time Chen Knggu begins, he has t visit the building in persn and then use a cmputer t make a smaller mdel. “___25___ there’s a small change, the whle wrk cannt be finished,” Chen Knggu said.
B.musicianC.scientistD.writer
B.sngC.sprtD.skill
nB.turning nC.wrking nD.putting n
B.brushesC.tlsD.grups
B.hardC.relaxingD.terrible
B.SC.InsteadD.Then
B.largeC.lwD.heavy
upB.cheer upC.make upD.take up
B.buildingsC.flwersD.muntains
B.UntilC.UnlessD.If
四、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
(A)
26.The Emerging Theatre Artists Cmpetitin is held t encurage yung artists t __________.
A.create their wn wrksB.perfrm thers’ wrks
C.admire thers’ wrksD.help find the best wrks
27.What can we learn abut the Outdr Carnival?
A.It has eighteen perfrmances.
B.It mainly shws traditinal Chinese peras.
C.Visitrs can enjy it n the streets f Wuzhen.
D.The rganizers will chse the best artist frm it.
28.In which part f a newspaper can we find the passage?
A.News.B.Opinin.C.Science.D.Culture.
(B)
Traditinally, we take the undergrund with ur undergrund cards r by scanning QRcdes (扫描二维码) n ur smartphnes. But nw, peple travelling n the Beijing Daxing Airprt Express undergrund have a new way t take a ride: they can scan their palms (手掌).
T enjy the service, peple need t register (登记) their palm prints n machines in undergrund statins alng the Daxing Airprt Express undergrund line. Then they have t activate the palm-scanning functin (激活刷掌功能) n their smartphnes. Once they d this, they can scan their palms at ticket gates t pass thrugh. After they finish the travel, the payment service n their smartphnes will pay the mney fr their ride.
Many peple welcme the new technlgy. They think it helps them travel faster and mre easily. They dn’t have t take ut their undergrund cards r smartphnes when they want t pass thrugh the ticket gates. And they n lnger have t wrry when they frget their undergrund cards r when their smartphnes run ut f batteries. What’s mre, the palm-scanning technlgy is very friendly t ld peple and thse wh have special needs.
Thse peple may nt use smartphnes well. This technlgy makes it pssible fr them t take the undergrund withut scanning QR cdes n their smartphnes.
The palm-scanning technlgy is als in service in the undergrund statin f Shenzhen. And there are hpes that it can be used in mre places like stres and restaurants in the future.
29.If a persn wants t enjy the palm-scanning service,he r she shuld fllw the rder f________.
① register his r her palm print in undergrund statins
② scan his r her palm at the ticket gate
③ activate the palm-scanning functin
A.③②①B.②①③C.①③②D.①②③
30.What is Paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A.The rules f the palm-scanning technlgy.
B.The histry f the palm-scanning technlgy.
C.The gd pints f the palm-scanning technlgy.
D.The steps f using the palm-scanning technlgy
31.The writer writes the passage mainly t ________.
A.explain hw great it is t live in Beijing
B.share his r her experience n a Beijing undergrund
C.shw hw technlgy changes his r her daily life
D.tell us smething abut a new technlgy
It is dark. Hlmes, Lestrade and I mve twards the huse. “Let’s wait here,” Hlmes says. “We can hide behind these rcks. Watsn, g t the huse and see what they are ding. Make sure they dn’t see yu.” I hide behind a wall. I can see Mr. Stapletn and Sir Henry sitting at a table.
Then, Stapletn leaves the rm and walks t a shed in the yard. He pens the dr and there is a strange nise frm inside. After a minute he lcks the dr and ges back int the huse. I hurry back t reprt everything t Lestrade and Hlmes.
There is nw a thick white fg ver the mr. “The fg is getting thicker,” says Hlmes. “This is very serius — Sir Henry must g hme sn.”
Suddenly, we hear ftsteps. They get clser and we see Sir Henry walking twards us thrugh the fg. Then, we hear smething. A terrible animal appears. It is a huge black hund. There is fire cming frm its muth and its huge eyes are glwing.
The hund runs after Sir Henry. Hlmes and I bth fire ur guns. We hit it but the hund desn’t stp. It jumps n Sir Henry and pushes him t the grund. Hlmes pints his gun and shts the hund five times. The giant hund is dead.
Sir Henry is lying n the path. We run t him and find he is alive.
I put my hand n the hund’s glwing face and find my wn fingers glw in the dark. “Phsphrus (含磷的),” I say.
We walk twards Merripit Huse t search fr Stapletn. In the huse we dn’t find him, but we find Mrs. Stapletn tied up in a bedrm. We untie her. When she knws Sir Henry is alive and the hund is dead, she cries, “Thank Gd!” “Nw we have prf, we need Stapletn.” says Hlmes.
32.When did the stry happen?
A.In the mrning.B.At nn.
C.In the evening.D.In the afternn.
33.What des Watsn see Stapletn d in the yard?
A.He takes the hund fr a walk in the yard.
B.He lks arund the mr with a telescpe.
C.He drinks and talks with Sir Henry happily.
D.He pens a shed dr and lcks it again sn.
34.What des the underlined wrd “They” refer t?
A.Sir Henry and the hund.B.Sir Henry’s ftsteps.
C.Mr Stapletn and the hund.D.Mr Stapletn’s ftsteps.
35.What d yu think will happen next in the nvel?
A.Mr. Stapletn will tell Hlmes what he has dne.
B.Sir Henry will be in danger after returning hme.
C.Mrs. Stapletn will take us t search fr Stapletn.
D.Hlmes will talk abut the Baskerville case at nce.
(D)
阅读以下内容，从其后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，有两项是多余的。
Mulan, a Disney mvie based n its cartn abut the ancient Chinese legend, has cme ut and Chinese viewers have been quick t criticize (批评) it.
___36___ As the Disney cmpany put it, they designed the mvie t please Western audiences, wh care mre abut the stry than the histrical facts. That’s why Chinese audiences shuld nt expect the film t have Chinese elements (元素) even thugh the stry is Chinese and almst all the leading actrs are Chinese. ___37___
Hwever, the differences can’t hide the fact that Chinese and Western elements and values have cmmn pints. A gd example is in the film. A gd wife shuld be “quiet, calm, graceful and well-behaved”. ___38___ One has her dressed as a wman, the ther with her practicing swrd. Clearly, Disney described Mulan as a warrir, an independent female wh can save herself instead f waiting fr smene t save her.
___39___ That’s usually because bth Chinese and Western cultures think gender equality (性别平等) and female independence are really imprtant. It’ll make Chinese and Western audiences feel the same way.
But whatever styles her clthes and makeup (妆容) fllw, Mulan is a famus and heric wman in Chinese ld stries. She shws all the gd qualities that Chinese wmen have. ___40___ Chinese writers and directrs can tell stries abut ancient Chinese heres t the wrld, instead f waiting fr Disney r Hllywd t tell them.
A.Perhaps the criticism is nt right.
B.Disney was influenced by this kind f criticism.
C.That is t say Mulan has tw images (形象).
D.It shws Chinese elements thrugh the eyes f Westerners.
E.That’s a gd pint where Chinese and Western values are similar.
F.There are tw images f Mulan that Chinese audiences are unhappy with.
G. Disney’s Mulan shuld make the Chinese mvie industry make better use f Chinese stries.
五、词汇运用(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
从方框中选择恰当的词、短语或音标提示，用其适当的形式填空(每个仅用一次)。
41.Please make sure ________ the dr befre yu leave.
42.The humanid rbts (人形机器人) ________ as sn as we entered the hall.
43.The children are laughing at the ________ jke.
44.—I dn’t like hrrr films.
—________ d I.
45.The winner f the cmpetitin ________ a gld medal just nw.
46.This dcumentary ________ the prcesses f birds’ fraging, breeding and migratin.
47.The wrkers always ________ any pssible mistake in the new fighter prductin.
48.The huse ________ last night and many valuable things were stlen.
49.My teacher asked the students t ________ a stry abut their future life.
50.The ________ businessman dnated a lt f mney t the charity.
六、阅读填空(共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分)
根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。
The peras with lcal custms are part f traditinal Chinese culture.
Peking Opera
Peking Opera is c___51___ as the quintessence (国粹) f China. In 1790, the “Fur Great Anhui Trupes” traveled t Beijing t perfrm fr the emperr and his curt. They c___52___ Peking Opera by mixing their lcal pera with the thers in Hubei, Shanxi and Zhejiang. The basic skills i___53___ singing, speaking, dancing and fighting. In general, the rles n the stage are d___54___ int fur: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chu. Exaggerated (夸张的) makeup helps t build different c___55___.
Yue Opera
Yue Opera, knwn as the s___56___ natinal pera, was brn in the late 19th century in Shengzhu f Zhejiang Prvince. It d___57___ in Shanghai and spread (传播) t the whle wrld. There are many k___58___ stries, such as The Butterfly Lvers and The Stry f the Western Wing. Yue pera actrs are g___59___ at expressing feelings thrugh singing. The rmantic stries a___60___ mre audiences. Over time, the art frm became female-dminated (女性主导的). It uses sft and natural makeup, and the beautifying methds make the characters lk livelier.
根据短文内容在文章后表格中的空白处填入一个最恰当的词，每空一词。
Thrughut its lng histry, writing has been a big deal in China. Since the earliest dynasties the skills f reading and writing have been highly respected. In fact, they frm an imprtant part f the Chinese art wrld. Calligraphy, the art f writing with a brush is almst as ld as writing itself. And thugh this art frm dates back thusands f years, it is still very ppular tday.
Hw did writing becme s imprtant in Chinese culture? The answer prbably ges all the way back t the Shang Dynasty. That’s when characters were first carved in brnze. This way f ding things shwed a kind f special meaning. In the eyes f cmmn peple, it made writing seem mre imprtant.
Calligraphy spread during the Han Dynasty when the necessary tls and materials were mre widely used. First, there was the brush, made frm bamb and animal hair. Early ink, r lampblack, was made by burning pine wd and mixing it with water. Early frms f paper were invented arund AD 105.Finally, there was an inkstne, a smth piece f stne used fr mixing ink. Tgether, these tls were knwn as the “fur treasures f study” in ancient China.
Calligraphy has been ppular in China fr thusands f years. Sme say that it’s an even higher art frm than painting. Thugh freigners may nt always get it, there’s smething truly special abut calligraphy. Every Chinese character has a strict strke rder (书写笔顺). When viewing the results, yu can trace the artist’s prcess, and be reminded f every strke f his r her brush. This allws fr a clse cnnectin between artists and audience.
Calligraphy is smething that’s best experienced by ding. Luckily, this ancient art is still widely practiced tday. S, what are yu waiting fr? Get ut there and find yurself a teacher!
The Ancient Art f the Brush
七、书面表达(共1小题，满分15分)
71.假如你是李华，请根据你校英语俱乐部的征稿要求，以“I have becme a better student”为题，用英语写一篇演讲稿。
内容如下：1.你过去在学校和在家的表现；2.某件事或某个人对你的影响；3.你现在的改变以及你的未来规划。
要求：1.演讲稿必须包括以上3个要点，可适当发挥；
2.不少于90词，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.语意通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
4.文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名等信息。
I have becme a better student
Dear teachers and students,
I am glad t make a speech. During this year, I have becme__________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s all. Thanks fr listening!Wuzhen Theatre Festival
Wuzhen Theatre Festival is a theatre event in the ancient water twn f Wuzhen in Zhejiang Prvince. It has becme ne f the mst famus art festivals in China and Asia. Since 2013, the rganizers have held the event every year except 2020.It is usually held in Octber and lasts fr 10 t 11 days.
Activities
•Specially Invited Plays
Yu can admire the wrks f the wrld’s greatest theatre grups as well as the best Chinese plays in the theatres in Wuzhen.
·Emerging (新兴的) Theatre Artists Cmpetitin
T encurage yung artists t develp riginal (原创的) wrks, the rganizers decide n a tpic each year and then chse eighteen grups t perfrm their newly created wrks n it. On the last day f the festival, they will give prizes t the best play and the best artist.
·Outdr Carnival (嘉年华; 狂欢节)
Artists frm all ver the wrld ffer thusands f perfrmances at every pssible place in twn. Yu can enjy street theatre, music, traditinal Chinese peras, and s n.
catch ne’s attentin, recrd, break int, wealth, make up, be presented with, [lɒk], silly, neither, guard against
Intrductin
In Chinese culture, calligraphy is as ld as writing. It is a (n) ___61___ frm f writing with a brush.
The ___62___ f being ppular
Chinese peple ___63___ the skills f reading and writing very much. The skills f reading and writing are f great ___64___ in Chinese art wrld.
During the Han Dynasty, peple culd get the tls and materials mre ___65___. These tls, ___66___ the “fur treasures f study” made calligraphy spread.
Calligraphy is thught mre ___67___ f than painting.
Freigners may nt understand it well, ___68___ it is still truly special.
The audience and the artists are ___69___ by tracing the artists’ prcess.
Get ut there and find yurself a teacher! Yu can get the best ___70___ by practicing hard.