四川省成都市实验外国语学校2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中英语试题

成都市实验外国语学校（温江校区）2022-2023学年九年级上英语半期考试

九年级英语学科试题

共3张10页 考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分

注：1.本卷分为A、B两卷，A卷100分，B卷50分。

2.所有题目在答题卷上作答。

A卷（共100分）

第一部分 听力测试（共30小题，计30分）

一、听句子，根据所听到的内容选择正确答语。（共5小题，每小题1分：计5分）

1. A. That’s fantastic. B. Of course. C. Come on.

2. A. I won’t. B. It’s all right. C. I’m not sure.

3. A. I’m OK. B. I agree. C. I’m good.

4. A. Sure. B. Thank you. C. You’re welcome.

5. A. All right. B. I have no idea. C. Don’t mention it.

二、听句子，选择与所听句子内容相符的图片，并将代表图片的字母填在答题卡的相应位置。（共5小题，每小题1分：计5分)

A.  B.  C.

D.  E.

6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

三、听对话，根据对话内容及问题选择正确答案。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

11. A. Tiring. B. Helpful. C. Useless.

12. A. At 9: 15 B. At 9: 45 C. At 10: 15

13. A. John. B. Peter. C. Jane.

14. A. Playing in the park. B. Parking his car. C. Playing football.

15. A. Brother and sister. B. Teacher and student. C. Cousins.

16. A. Go camping. B. Go to the hospital. C. Stay at home.

17. A. In the street. B. At the shopping mall. C. Beside the post office.

18. A. Joe told a lie. B. He believes Joe. C. He’s not sure.

19. A. Read books. B. Watch English movies. C. Ask the teacher for help.

20. A. The Lantern’ Festival. B. The Mid-Autumn Festival. C. The Dragon boat festival.

四、听短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

21. Who can’t join the club?

A. People aged 15. B. People aged 30. C. People aged 50.

22. How often do the club members get together?

A. Every Wednesday. B. Every afternoon. C. On Saturdays.

23. Where will the club members have courses in Spring when it rains?

A. The club center. B. The camp site. C. Central Park Cafe.

24. What are talked about in this speech?

①price for the courses ②time for the courses ③places for courses

A. ①② B. ②③ C. ①③

25. Why does the speaker give the speech?

A. To ask people to join the club.

B. To ask club members to get together.

C. To provide information for club members.

五、听短文，根据内容补全所缺信息。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

第二部分 基础知识运用（共30小题；计40分）

六、选择填空（共15小题，计20分）A. 从以下各题的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分)

31. Nowadays the students are ________ because of too much pressure from their study.

A. in a rush B. stressed out C. on their own

32. ________ rapid progress our country is making in science, economics and technology!

A. How B. What C. What a

33. While I ________ the movie last night, suddenly I felt the shaking of the house. After a few seconds, I realized that it was an earthquake.

A. watched B. have watched C. was watching

34. —Could you please tell me ________?

—Of course. It is in the west of Sichuan and famous for its natural beauty.

A. where Hongyuan County (红原县) is

B. why Hongyuan County is so popular

C. how we can get to Hongyuan county

35. Chinese festivals are becoming ________, because many foreigners also like to celebrate it.

A. more international B. less popular C. so traditional

36. —I want to know ________ you get the latest news.

—By listening to the Podcast.

A. why B. where C. how

37. —How did you fix up your radio, Jack?

—It’s not easy. But I followed the ________ online and I made it.

A. instructions B. interviews C. instruments

38. After I finished my project yesterday, I spent most of the morning time ________ in the bed.

A. to lay B. laying C. lying

39. It has been raining a lot recently. The government has warned people ________ near the mountain area.

A. of the earthquake B. to go to C. not to travel

40. —What happened to Mary?

—________ the morning of a windy day, she ________ a bike and hurt her legs.

A. In; falling off B. On; falls off C. On; fell off

B. 补全对话。根据对话内容，从方框中选出适当的选项补全对话。（共5小题，每小题2分；计10分）

A: Ray, you look unhappy. __41__

B: I got a “C” in the English exam.

A: __42__ English is just a “paper tiger”. Its enemy is practice.

B: Oh, you do well in English. __43__

A: Of course not. I suggest you do some reading every day.

B: All right. __44__

A: You can also learn some English songs.

B: Sounds a good way. __45__

A: I can offer you the list of pop songs in Europe and America.

B: It’s so kind of you to do so. Thanks.

A: You’re welcome.

七、完型填空。阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。（共15小题，计20分。A篇每小题2分，计10分；B篇每小题1分，计10分）

A

Spain is famous for its tomato festival. It happens on the last Wednesday of August every year. During the festival, there are all kinds of activities, but the most __46__ part is the tomato fight. It takes place at the end of the long celebration.

__47__ the tomato fight, there are parades(游行), musical bands, street parties and so on. On the day of the fight, shopkeepers __48__ their windows and doors to keep away from the tomato fight. At the same time, thousands of tourists and local people come to the town square together. Then large trucks full of tomatoes arrive. From the back of the large trucks, a great town band start to throw tomatoes at others. Then the __49__ fight back, throwing the tomatoes at anything and anyone. Soon the streets are in the sea of red tomato juice.

Everyone is supposed to obey the rules: You must squash(压烂) the tomato before throwing it and you are allowed to throw __50__ but tomatoes. It is usually over in less than half an hour. Everyone then sets out to the river to clean up. Sounds like fun!

46. A. awful B. boring C. exciting

47. A. After B. Before C. In

48. A. cover B. open C. break

49. A. crowds B. drivers C. shopkeepers

50. A. everything B. nothing C. something

B

This summer, when I walked into my grandparents’ house with my little brother Frank, I tried not to look at Grandpa’s chair anyway. It still looked the same. His blue __51__ was there, as if Grandpa was going to pull it over his legs. My cousin Jack was playing in the yard as if __52__ had happened. “Let’s go to catch fish!” Jack __53__ his fish net from the corner, Grandpa’s net.

Last summer, I was holding the net when Grandpa asked me __54__ I could help him teach Frank how to play chess. I said no because I wanted to catch fish. Grandpa had been the one who’d taught us how to catch fish, but then the __55__ made him stay behind.

I __56__ saying no to Grandpa, and now I wouldn’t have chances to play chess with him. When we reached the stream, we began to catch fish. Suddenly, Jack shouted, “Frank is shaking.” We hadn’t brought anything to keep __57__ so I had to send him home.

Grandma was worried to see a wet Frank and __58__ put Grandpa’s blue blanket around him. As I went to the stream again to meet Jack, I looked back at Frank with that old blanket. Something seemed to __59__ me at that moment. Everything was just like before, but Grandpa was gone.

I walked to Frank. “Did Grandpa teach you to play chess last summer?” I asked. “No, Grandpa was too sick then.” he said “I miss him.”

“Me, too.” When I said it, I knew Grandpa was never gone. What __60__ us was still there. It could be the fish net. It could be the chess. It could be the blue blanket.

51. A. sweater B. blanket C. scarf

52. A. nothing B. everything C. something

53. A. put out B. carried out C. pulled out

54. A. whether B. when C. why

55. A. business B. housework C. illness

56. A. avoided B. imagined C. regretted

57. A. cool B. warm C. sleepy

58. A. peacefully B. politely C. quickly

59. A. hit B. follow C. beat

60. A. surprised B. controlled C. connected

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；计30分）

八、阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子正误。正确的填“A”，错误的填“B”。(共5小题，每小题2分；计10分)

Gabby Salazar takes photographs of valuable species(物种) and teaches people about them. In this interview, she answers questions about her experience with citizen(市民) science.

What was your first citizen science project?

Gabby Salazar: It was over 10 years ago. One of my friends in Peru was very interested in birds. So we walked around with our cameras and notebooks for a day. We saw many different species, and we took photos of them. Later, we posted all our information on eBird.

What is eBird?

Gabby Salazar: It’s an Internet-based citizen science project at Cormell University in the United States. People around the world record information about birds they see. Today, eBird has over 590 million records of more than 10,000 different bird species. Scientists use the information to answer important questions. For example: Where do certain birds live? How many are there?

How can a person become a citizen scientist?

Gabby Salazar: It’s easy. First, find a project that you like online. One of my favorites is iNaturalist, which studies animals and plants. Then download(下载) the project’s app and use your phone to take pictures. When you’re done, send your photos to iNaturalist. It’s a great way to learn about your environment, and you also support scientists with their research.

If you can’t take photos, you can still do something for citizen science. For example, you can take part in a fun project called Wildwatch Kenya. Experts hide cameras in trees and other places. When an animal moves past, the camera takes a photo. Citizen scientists then review the photos online and tell the animals they see from others.

61. The purpose of the passage is to answer important, questions about certain bird species.

62. Salazar first took part in the citizen science project through iNaturalist.

63. More than 590 million bird records have been uploaded to eBird.

64. According to the third question, four steps are needed before people become citizen scientists.

65. To take part in the Wildwatch Kenya project, people need to travel to Kenyan

九、阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。（共-10小题；每小题2分：此20分）

A

66. For the three women, what is in common?

A. They all got their fame in the twentieth century.

B. They all have a great influence in their own fields.

C. They all tried their best to show women could do better than men.

67. What is TRUE about Margaret Thatcher?

A. She ruled her country cruelly (残忍地).

B. She believed that action speaks louder than words.

C. At the age of 66, she was still the UK’s prime minister.

68. Billie Holiday ________ with her songs.

A. showed she was different from white people

B. taught Americans to ask their society for help

C. described how hard African-Americans lived at that time.

69. From the passage about Tu Youyou, we can know that ________.

A. it took her 44 years to find artemisinin

B. she won a Nobel Prize as soon as she found artemisinin

C. traditional Chinese medicine played a great role in finding artemisinin

70. What is the best title for the three passages together?

A. Women Who Make a Difference

B. Women Who Won Some Great Prizes

C. Women Who Are World-wide Popular

B

Can plants talk? Modern research has found something amazing: they do communicate with each other.

It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. This happens when a plant gets attacked by insects. The plant gives out chemicals from the leaves that are being eaten. This is like a warning, or a call for help: “I’m being attacked!” When another plant gets the chemicals, it starts to give out its own, different chemicals. Some of these chemicals drive insects away. Others attract the wasps(黄蜂;蜜蜂)! The wasps kill the insects that are eating the plants. Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system, so that we can use it to grow more crops.

More surprisingly, plants also use sound to communicate. People can’t hear these sounds; but plants are making them. Some plants make noises with their roots. Com and chili plants do this. Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water.

Most surprisingly of all, plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest. Scientists call this system the “wood wide web”. The wood wide web is linked underground by fungi (霉菌). It links the roots of different plants to each other. It is in some ways similar to the Internet we use. Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other. However, it may lead to bad effects, Plants may use it to steal food from each other, or spread chemicals to attack other plants. Perhaps one day scientists will learn how to create a “firewall” to help prevent these attacks within the wood wide web.

Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. Maybe one day we will know enough about plant communication to be able to “talk” with them ourselves.

71. What will plants do when they are attacked by insects?

A. They will kill the insects by themselves.

B. They will control the wasps to kill the insects.

C. They will produce chemicals as a warning or a call for help.

72. How is the wood wide web linked by fungi?

A. By making noises with their roots.

B. By connecting the roots of different plants to each other.

C. By sharing food and information with each other.

73. What is the writer’s intention of the last paragraph?

A. To give people hope for further studies.

B. To praise scientists for their great achievements.

C. To call on people to protect the plants on Earth.

74. What is the structure of the passage?

A.  B.  C.

75. The passage is most probably from ________.

A. a science book B. a travel guide C. a story book

B卷（共50分）

一、根据首字母及句意补全单词。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

1. As China becomes more important around the world, there’s an i________ in the number of foreigners celebrating Chinese festivals.

2. China’s high-speed rail brings c________ life to people. It makes journey time shorter.

3. He has a wide k________ of painting and music, and that’s why he has chosen to study Art in the future.

4. The smart student is good at c________ what he has learned with the real life situation.

5. T________, people in China always admire the moon with their family members on Mid-Autumn Day. It is a custom formed long time ago.

二、完成对话。在对话的空格中填上适当的单词使对话完整正确。一空一词（含缩写词）。把答案按编号依次填入下方表格内。（头10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

A: Jack, have you read the Adventures of Tom Sawyer(汤姆索亚历险记)?

B: Yes. It tells a thrilling story about a boy named Tom.

A: Really? I like stories about ________. Can you tell me the story?

B: Certainly. The story was set in a town in America in the 19th century. Tom ________ his mother when he was young and was adopted(收养) by his aunt.

A: How unlucky the boy was!

B: Yes. Tom was very smart but naughty. He was ________ to stand the control of his aunt and teachers, so he often played truant(逃学) and made trouble. Once he and his good friend Huck went to the cemetery(墓地) to play, and happened to see a robbery and murder(谋财杀人案).

A: What happened next?

B: Due to the ________ that the murderers would find out that they knew about it, Tom took Huck to a desert island. Their families thought they must have been ________, so they decided to hold a funeral(葬礼) for them. But to people’s shock, they ________ appeared at their own “funerals”.

A: It’s unbelievable!

B: It is! Later Tom told the police the ________ of the murder. And the murderers got punished.

A: Wow! They were so brave!

B: Soon after that, Tom and his beloved girl Becky were in danger because they got lost, but they ________ to get out of danger luckily. Then Tom and Huck found the treasure ________ by the murderers.

A: What a wonderful and exciting story! I can’t wait to read it ________.

三、短文填空。从下面方框中选出1个单词，将其正确形式填入短文，使短文意思正确通顺（每词限用一次)。将答案按编号依次填入下方表格内。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

This year some students at White Cloud Primary School became the world’s first kids to be “taught” by an electronic teacher. This electronic teacher is a computer-created head that appears, when needed, on ________ computer or phone screens. His name is Bill. Bill teaches a special program about environmental-friendly power ________ by the sun and wind. This program, started in 2005, used to be taught by human teachers.

Just like human teachers, Bill is able to ________ respond(回应) to the students’ questions and opinions. Thanks to computer cameras, he is also able to see and react(反应) to students’ ________ actions. For example, if a student smiles at Bill, he smiles back. This two-way exchange helps get the students’ attention. ________, it allows the program developers to improve Bill’s behavior and knowledge base(库) when needed.

The program has been a great ________ according to Smart Machines spokesman Robert Frost. “What is interesting to me is the children’s reaction to Bill. He really draws ________ attention.” Frost thinks kids don’t find the experience of being taught by smart machines as strange as older people because they ________ up in a time of computers and smartphones.

It is doubtful that human educators ________ their jobs in the future, because even the smartest computer programs can’t guess and react to all the ________ situations. Bill’s future might be as a “personal tutor(导师)”, providing kids with one-on-one help for different subjects and topics.

四、阅读表达。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

A补全对话。根据短文内容，从短文后的A-F选项中，选出5个适当的选项补全短文（有一多余选项并将选项的编号依次填入题后表格中。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

What will the world of tomorrow look like? Many people today believe that technology is going to help solve some of the most difficult problems we have on Earth today. New technology may solve old problems, and it may also create new ones. No technology is perfect. __1__ Here are three examples.

When we dream about the future, many of us think that we will be able to fly to the sky in our own personal flying car. We could fly at 480km per hour, avoiding traffic lights and busy roads. __2__

3D printing is another new technology for the future. 3D printers are already used to make life-size models of car parts, and man-made body parts, such as cars. __3__ But the disadvantage is that such a machine is very expensive.

Finally, people are trying to build a robot suit. This is an electronic suit. It allows people to lift heavy objects and walk a long way. __4__ However, one disadvantage at the moment is cost.

Looking ahead, it is easy to imagine a future. We will be able to fly to work, print out a new pair of shoes or lift a car above our heads. Although there are some problems to solve before all of this is possible, we can certainly dream of a world. __5__ It can solve some of the most difficult problems we have today.

B. 完成图表。根据短文内容，完成图片中所缺信息。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

The Tang Dynasty (618-907) was a golden age in Chinese history when art and culture, especially poems were highly developed. In Complete Tang Poems, about 48,900 poems by over 2,200 poets were collected Li Bai and Du Fu are the most famous among them and many of their poems are well-known at home and abroad even today.

Li Bai was a romantic(浪漫的) poet during the Tang Dynasty. He was regarded, along with Du Fu, as one of the two greatest poets in Chinese history. He got inspirations(灵感) to write poems not from the reality but by imagining. Today we know about 1,100 of his poems, many of which are about everyday topics, such as nature, love, and friendship.

Du Fu was a master of all the poetic forms of his time. He showed his worries over the country and the life of the poor people. Many of his poems describe the hard realities(现实) of war, dying people living next to rich rulers… So his poems are a mirror(镜子) of the society of the Tang Dynasty.

Poems in the Tang Dynasty, are the most famous and central part in cultural history with greatest achievements. Tang poems belong to metrical verse(格律诗) marked by strict rules. There are two main forms of Tang poems. Jueju is a poem of four lines and lüshi has eight lines, and both of them include five or seven characters in one line. They are the two main forms of Tang poems.

Tang poems have greatly and deeply influenced Chinese culture. Though created over 1,000 years ago, many of the poems are still widely spread today.

五、书面表达。（计15分）

Due to the popularity of smart phones, it’s more and more convenient to use phones to do many things. With the help of free WIFI, people are used to using smart phones to chat, looking up the information they need or going shopping. But there are also some disadvantages or risks of doing so. Please write an article to talk about your opinion of using smart phones with free WIFI and your own experience should be included.

参考答案

第一部分 听力测试（共30小题，计30分）

略

第二部分 基础知识运用（共30小题；计40分）

六、选择填空（共15小题；计20分）

31~35 BBCAA 36~40 CABCC 41~45 CBDAE

七、完形填空（共15小题；计20分）

46~50 CBAAB 51~55 BACAC 56~60 CBCAC

八、判断正误（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分）

61~65 BBABB

九、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，共20分）

66~70 BBCCA 71~75 CBABA

B卷（共50分）

一、补全单词（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）

76. improvement; 77. convenient; 78. knowledge; 79. connecting;              80. Traditionally

二、完成对话（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）

81. him; 82. lost; 83. unhappy/unwilling; 84. fact;              85. dead

86. unexpectedly; 87. truth; 88. managed; 89. hidden;              90. soon

三、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）

91. students’; 92. created; 93. quickly; 94. physical;

95. More importantly 96. success; 97. their; 98. grew;

99. will lose; 100. unexpected

四、阅读表达（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）

101~105 BECDF

106. were collected; 107. imagination; 108. described; 109. Forms;

110. great and deep

五、书面表达（计15分）

略