湖南省长沙市青竹湖湘一2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷(含答案)

2022-2023-1青竹湖湘一九上期中考试

英    语

命题：章亚、张茜、胡燕僖、夏棋  校稿：秦洢佳

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6、本学科试卷中听力材料以中速朗读两遍。

试卷分四个部分，71小题，时量110分钟，满分120分。

I．听力（共两节，满分20分）略

II．阅读（共三节，满分50分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

21. Customers can enter the Alps Snow World at _______.

 A. 9:00 am B. 10:30 am C. 7:40 pm

22. How can we buy the tickets for SKINOW?

 A. By getting them on apps. B. By calling the staff person. C. By sending an e-mail.

B

23. The person who is answering the questions in this survey _______.

 A. usually goes to bed early

 B. often checks the phone

 C. gets nervous while talking to others

24. What should the person do according to the results?

 A. He should spend more time with the family.

 B. He should learn to be more present.

 C. He should spend less time on the mobile phone.

25. Which is TRUE about the person’s tech habits?

 A. Family members can’t stand him for using the phone too much.

 B. He spends plenty of time reading E-books on the phone.

 C. He feels nervous or upset when the phone isn’t working.

C

Since the start of COVID-19, many people have been stuck(困住的) indoors. Online classes and working from home mean sitting around a lot.

We already know that if we don’t move much, we get fatter, we get heart problems and maybe we get diabetes(糖尿病). But new studies have shown that it could be bad for our mind, too.

A study of 937 American adults during COVID-19 found that about one-third of them sat around for more than 10 hours per day. It reported that people who sat for too long often showed more symptoms of depression(抑郁的症状).

Another study studied children aged 12, 14 and 16. It found that the longer they sat, the higher depression scores they would get by age 18. According to the study, if eighteen-year-old children sat too often, they had depression scores 28 percent higher than those who were more active.

Scientists are not sure yet about the connection between too much sitting and depression. But an expert named Mats Hallgren said, “sitting for too long can slow blood flow(流动) in the body including blood flow to the brain. It might also influence the growth of neurons(神经细胞) in the brain. And couch potatoes might do other unhealthy things while sitting on the sofa, such as eating on junk food. All these may lead to depression.”

Is there any good news? It’s easy to deal with the problem. Aaron Kandola from University College London, UK, said “all kinds” of movement might help, even light activity.

“It is great to exercise and play sports,” said Kandola. “But anything you can do to avoid sitting for too long will help with mood(情绪), stress and thinking clearly.” The key message is just to move more, more often.

26. What will probably happen if we don’t move much?

 A. We will become heavier. B. We will be healthier. C. We will feel relaxed.

27. According to the study, _______ American adults sat around for more than 10 hours a day during COVID-19.

 A. about 200 B. About 300 C. About 500

28. What might “couch potatoes” mean in paragraph 5?

 A. 沙发上的土豆 B. 血液流动迅速的人 C. 坐在沙发上懒得动的人

29. What can we learn from the passage?

 A. Sitting for too long is good for teenagers’ health.

 B. More exercise might make people happy and think clearly.

 C. It’s difficult to solve the problems caused by sitting for too long.

30. What’s the purpose(目的) of the text?

 A. To encourage people to move more often.

 B. To introduce the symptoms of depression.

 C. To explain the reason why people sit too often.

D

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade(柠檬汁).” This is a common saying in English and it encourages positive attitude(积极的态度). Lemons tastes very sour. However, by adding water and sugar to them, you will be able to enjoy a delicious drink.

Because of COVID-19, life has given you a lot of lemons lately. It’s autumn time. Nature is fascinating and the weather is cool. You should be outside playing. But if you do that these days, you will probably become ill. You have no choice but to stay indoors. So, what should you do? Just sit there and eat lemons, or learn how to make lemonade?

Home quarantine(居家隔离) is giving people the chance to do things that they didn’t have time to do before, such as reading, learning to cook, taking up their hobbies and spending more time with families. For younger people, the home quarantine could also be a chance to learn an important life lesson directly: While life can be difficult at times, it can still be enjoyed if you have the right attitude.

There are some things you can do to keep a positive attitude. First, stay healthy. Don’t stay up late or sleep too long. And do some exercise every day. Second, make a time plan for study and hobbies, or just some quiet time for yourself. Third, care about others. Your parents may have much stress these days, so don’t make their lives any more difficult by, for example, arguing with them.

The pandemic(疫情) will finally end, but you will always remember it as a big event in your life. Hopefully, it will make you and all of China’s younger people stronger and more positive so that you will forever be known as the “lemonade” generation(一代), and not the “sour” one.

31. How does the writer start the text?

 A. By giving some suggestions. B. By telling his experience. C. By explaining a saying.

32. In the writer’s eyes, the underlined word “lemons” in paragraph 2 means _______.

 A. fruits B. troubles C. tricks

33. Younger people could do the following things during home quarantine EXCEPT(除了) _______.

 A. exercising in the park

 B. taking up new hobbies

 C. learning an important life lesson

34. To keep a positive attitude during of COVID-19, we can _______.

 A. study day and night

 B. develop healthy living habits

 C. care little about our parents

35. What can you infer from the text?

 A. Like father, like son.

 B. An apple a day keeps a doctor away.

 C. Life is about learning to dance in the rain.

第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅使用一次。

Presentation(展示) skills are important at school and in other areas of life. 36. ____________ Some don’t like it because they get nervous about public speaking. Here’s some advice to help you make presentations easier and more interesting.

Get organized

The best presentations are well planned and clearly organized. Think about topics(话题) and choose a proper one. In one topic, three or four main ideas will be fine. The beginning of your presentation should be interesting. 37. __________________

Use photos or videos

Try to use photos or videos. These things make your performance more exciting and help you remember what you’re going to say. 38. __________________ The “star” of your presentation should be you, not your photos or videos.

Practice before your performance

You need to practice many times before the “big day”. Practice saying any unusual words. Then write the main ideas on small cards to help you remember. 39. __________________ Finally, you can record your performance or ask a friend to watch you and then make suggestions for improvements.

40. __________________

Always look at the people who watch your presentation. Stand up straight, but don’t stand still or move around much. Finally, be sure to thank your audience when you finish speaking. It’s a simple but good way to end any presentation.

第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Genesis Butler has been vegan(素食主义者) since she was 6. Now 15, her dream is to protect animals and the environment, and she has been encouraging other kids to join her.

“When I first became a vegan, I knew animals were killed to produce our food and felt sorry about it. Then I found out how eating too many animals was also bad for our planet. I wanted more people to know that when they’re eating animal products, they’re making a choice that influence how the future will be for everyone,” she said.

To spread her ideas, Genesis presented for the TED program at age 10, becoming one of the youngest TED speakers ever.

In 2020, Genesis started her own nonprofit organization(非营利性组织), Genesis for Animals. And it raises money to support animal sanctuaries(收容所) around the world. She also led Youth Climate Save, a campaign(运动) that asks people to buy fewer animal products. “It’s important that kids speak up, because it shows they’re really worried about their future,” said Genesis.

“A lot of young people are thinking, ‘What can I do about climate(气候) change?’ I started Youth Climate Save because there were kids who needed support to become activists and get the word out there.”

Genesis has a strong feeling of wanting to save the environment. Marvel(漫威) discovers that she is the hero they are looking for. She is now a member of Marvel’s Hero Project. Her story will be made into a movie and shown on Disney. It shows how a young hero can work to make a difference in the world.

41. When did Genesis become a vegan?

42. How did Genesis spread her ideas of protecting animals and the environment?

43. What is Youth Climate Save?

44. Why did Genesis start Youth Climate Save?

45. Will there be a movie about Genesis in the future?

III．语言运用（共三节，满分35分）

第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe(马蹄铁) on the ground. The father said to his son, “Look at the horseshoe on the ground. Go and   46   the horseshoe and put it in your bag, my son.” But Thomas said, “If I do so, it will waste my time. It isn’t worth(值得) the   47  .” His father said   48   but picked it up himself.

When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe. With the money, he   49   some strawberries. The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky. They soon drank up all their water and there wasn’t a house or even a tree for them to   50  . Thomas felt too thirsty(口渴的) to walk on. He really needed some   51  . At this time, his father dropped a strawberry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another strawberry and once again, his son got it   52  and put it in his mouth. And so they went on walking. The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them.

When Thomas finished eating all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son,   53   you bent(弯曲) down earlier to pick up that horseshoe, you would have your own strawberries to eat. Always remember the   54   you have learned today. If you don’t worry about the little things, you will find it difficult to do the   55   things.”

46. A. pick up  B. take up  C. cut up

47. A. money  B. risk  C. trouble

48. A. everything  B. nothing  C. anything

49. A. sold  B. bought  C. threw

50. A. play a game  B. take a trip  C. have a rest

51. A. bread  B. salt  C. water

52. A. quickly  B. slowly  C. nervously

53. A. although  B. unless  C. if

54. A. skill  B. lesson  C. job

55. A. magic  B. great  C. crazy

第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

What do you need for an invention to be a success?

To begin with, good timing is very important. You can have a good idea which the public doesn’t want yet. Take Giovanni Caselli as an example. He invented 56. _______ first fax machine(传真机) in the 1860s. 57. _______ the quality was excellent, his invention quickly died. The fax machine did not become a necessary piece of equipment(设备) in every 58. _______ (office) until the 1980s.

Money also helps. The Frenchman Denis Papin had 59. _______ (he) idea for a steam engine(蒸汽机) almost a hundred years before James Watt was born. However, Denis never had enough money to build one 60. _______ the 1720s. In the end, the first steam engine was invented by James Watt in 1776.

You also need to be patient. It took scientists nearly eighty years 61. _______ (invent) a light bulb. However, you shouldn’t be too slow. In the 1870s, Elisha Gray 62. _______ (develop) plans for a telephone. Gray saw it only as “a 63. _______ (beauty) toy”. When he 64. _______ (final) sent details(细节) of his invention to the Patent Office(专利局) on February 14th, 1876, it was too late. Almost the same designs had arrived just two hours earlier. The young man who sent them was Alexander Graham Bell. He 65. _______ (remember) as the inventor of the telephone now.

第三节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

The oil-paper umbrella has been around for over 1,000 years in China. 66. It was widely used to protect people from the rain. It is so named because the umbrella’s surface is made of paper brushed with tung oil.

Although the oil-paper umbrella is now no longer commonly used for rainy days, it has never disappeared from people’s lives. For example, 67. 在很多地方，它被视作是爱的象征。 For the Yao people living in southwest China, an oil-paper umbrella plays an important role during a marriage proposal(求婚). When a Yao man’s relative visits a Yao woman’s family to propose marriage, the relative will bring a red oil-paper umbrella. 68. If the woman accepts the proposal, she will take the umbrella. After that, she may hang 12 small cloth bags on the umbrella’s ribs(伞架). Then the relative will return the umbrella to the man to tell him the good news.

The oil-paper umbrella made in Fenshui, a town in Luzhou, Sichuan Province is world-famous. 69. 为了制作雨伞，人们必须完成70多道步骤。 Can you imagine that it takes about half a month to finish all the steps for a perfect oil-paper umbrella? The umbrella is both beautiful and durable(耐用的). It can even be opened and closed at least 3,000 times.

Bi Liufu, a native of Fenshuiling, another town in Luzhou, has been creating oil-paper umbrellas for more than 40 years. He has won many prizes in national and international competitions. For him, 70. Making umbrellas is not just a way to make a living but a lifelong dream.

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IV．书面表达（满分15分）

71. 假如你是赵乐，进入初三两个月以来，你觉得自己成长了许多，而这些成长和改变离不开陪伴你的父母和老师。你有太多的感谢的话想对他们说，请给你的父母或老师写一封感谢信，内容包括：

1、表达感激之情，简单陈述他(她)带给你的改变；

2、详细说明他(她)是如何让你在性格、学习、生活等方面改变的 (写两个方面)；

3、再次表示感谢和真诚的祝福。

要求：

1、不少于90词，开头己给出，不计入总字数；

2、文中不出现个人真实信息；

3、不要逐字翻译，可以适当增加细节。

Dear ...

I’d like to thank you for...                                                      

Yours,

Zhao Le

2022-2023-1青竹湖湘一九上期中考试

（参考答案）

Ⅰ．听力技能 略

Ⅱ．阅读

第一节  短文理解

21—25  BABCC        26—30   ABCBA

31—35  CBABC

第二节  语篇补全

36—40  EADCB

第三节  阅读表达

41. Since she was 6.

42. By presenting for the TED program at age 10.

43. A campaign that asks people to buy fewer animal products.

44. Because there were kids who needed support to become activists and get the word out there.

45. Yes.

Ⅲ. 语言运用

第一节  词语填空

46—50  ACBBC        51—55   CACBB

第二节 

56. the

57. Though / Although  

58. office

59. his  

60. in

61. to invent

62. developed

63. beautiful

64. finally

65. is remembered

第三节  语篇翻译

66. 它被广泛用于保护人们免受雨淋。

67. In many places, it is regarded / seen as a symbol of love.

68. 如果女方接受了求婚，她将会收下雨伞。

69. In order to make the umbrella, people have to complete / finish more than 70 steps.

70. 制作雨伞不仅仅是一种谋生方式，而是一个终生的梦想。

Ⅳ. 书面表达 略