湖南省麻阳苗族自治县锦江中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份湖南省麻阳苗族自治县锦江中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题，共9页。
= 1 \* ROMAN I．听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
1. Where is the bank?
A. Between a supermarket and a bkstre.
B. Between a restaurant and a pst ffice.
C. Between a supermarket and a pst ffice.
2. Hw lng des Mike practice speaking Chinese every day?
A. Fr 40 minutes. B. Fr 30 minutes.C. Fr 20 minutes.
3. Which is NOT Jerry’s secret t learning English?
A. Watching English mvies.
B. Reading English newspapers.
C. Listening t tapes.
4. What is Linda ging t d this Mid-Autumn Festival?
A. Visit her grandparents.
B. G travelling smewhere.
C. Take sme nline curses.
5. Hw ften des Tm climb muntains?
A. Once a week.B. Twice a week.C. Three times a week.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
听下面6段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题
听第六段对话，回答第6、7小题。
6. Hw lng has Paul been learning t play the pian?
A. Fr 10 years.B. Fr 5 years.C. Fr 15 years.
7. Where is he ging t perfrm this year?
A. In Chengdu.B. In Beijing.C. In Wuhan.
听第七段对话，回答第8、9小题。
8. What des Nick lk like nw?
A. Shrt. B. Quiet.C. Tall.
9. What are many peple ding in the park?
A. Drawing pictures. B. Listening t music C. Exercising.
听第八段对话，回答第10、11小题。
10. Wh did Maria invite t her birthday party tnight?
A. Her friends and relatives.
B. Her friends and teachers.
C. Her teachers and relatives.
11. What present des the man want t give Maria?
A. Smething expensive. B. Smething interesting. C. Smething special.
听第九段对话，回答第12至14小题。
12. Hw far is the nearest museum?
A. It’s abut 12 kilmeters away.
B. It’s abut 30 minutes by bus.
C. It’s abut 25 minutes by subway.
13. Where is the museum?
A. Acrss frm a htel.
B. On Center Street.
C. Outside the subway statin.
14. What des Peter think f the museum?
A. It’s uncrwded. B. It’s fascinating.C. It’s clean.
听第十段对话，回答第15至17小题。
15. When did Jasn buy the sky lantern?
A. On Octber 6th. B. On Octber 7th.C. On Octber 8th.
16. Why did peple send ut the sky lanterns in the past?
A. T celebrate birthdays with friends.
B. T make sme wishes fr their families.
C. T warn peple f smething dangerus.
17. Hw many children will take part in this activity tnight?
A. 4B. 3. C. 2.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至20小题。
18. What des Susan’s mther d?
A. She is a teacher.B. She is an artist.C. She is a dctr.
19. Hw was the weather befre Susan had breakfast?
A. It was rainy.B. It was sunny.C. It was snwy.
20. She did all f the fllwing things EXCEPT _______.
A. ding listening practice
B. making sme zngzi
C. watching dragn bat races
= 2 \* ROMAN II．阅读（共三节，满分40分）
第一节 （共11小题；每小题2分，满分22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
Exciting Hallween Tur
This year’s Hallween Tur in Windw f the Wrld f Changsha is cming! It will take place n Octber 25th and last until Octber 31st. Yu can chse ne day when yu’re free t cme. Here yu can have a really fun experience with several kinds f activities like dress-up parties, “haunted huse” adventures(冒险) and pumpkin lantern making and yu can als enjy the beautiful firewrks at night.
21. What can peple d during the Hallween Tur?
A. They can watch firewrks.
B. They can make pumpkin pies.
C. They can visit haunted huses.
A. ab B. bc C. ac
22. If a cuple takes their 10-year-ld sn t the tur, hw much shuld they pay fr the tickets?
A. 286 yuan. B. 344 yuan. C. 484 yuan.
23. Amy wants t take part in the tur n Octber 30th, she can _______.
A. bk it nline n Octber 28th
B. take a 4-year-ld child t g with her
C. g int the park at 10:30 p.m.
B
It's late fall in the Arctic Ocean. Ice begins t frm n tp f the water, making it difficult fr the white whales t find pen areas t cme up fr air." They have t cme up t breathe," says Dnna Hauser,a marine bilgist(海洋生物学家)at the University f Alaska in Fairbanks.“ That's a mre difficult jb, and they have t find penings in the ice.”
The white whales knw it's time t leave fr warmer waters. S the grup f abut a hundred white whales heads suth tward the Bering Sea, a bdy f water separating the United States and Russia.Halfway thrugh their jurney. the white whales find themselves swimming between tw large ice fles(浮冰).Suddenly, they hear a large splash(溅泼声).A white whale's main enemy—an rca(虎鲸)—has appeared and is swimming tward the white whales. Luckily, rcas aren't as gd at swimming thrugh ice fles as white whales are, giving the white whales time t speed up and swim away.
The white whales are safe, fr nw." But befre getting t their destinatin, they must pass thrugh the Bering Strait cnnecting the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea—befre the narrw(狭窄的)waterway freezes ver,” Hauser says.“Otherwise, their path suth culd be blcked（阻挡）.”
The white whales finally make it t the Bering Strait, which hasn't yet frzen ver. After a few mre days f swimming, they arrive at the Bering Sea. The white whales will rest, hunt, and play here until April, when they'll swim back nrth. There, the females will give birth t baby white whales in the spring. When ice spreads acrss the Arctic Ocean again, thse babies will fllw their families suth and begin their first lng jurney.
24.Why d the white whales leave the Arctic Ocean?
A. They have t get enugh air.
B. They need t g suth t hunt.
C. They want t breathe fresher air.
25.What help the white whales escape frm the rca?
A. Brave fights. B. Swimming skills. C. Large ice fles.
26.What des“ their destinatin” in the third paragraph refer t?
A. The Bering Strait. B. The Arctic Ocean. C. The Bering Sea.
27.What's the best title fr the text?
A. White Whales Are n the Mve
B. Whales Are in Great Danger
C. Hw Can White Whales Live in Winter?
C
The pening ceremny(开幕式)f the Hangzhu Asian Games marked the richest and mst skillful use f AR(增强现实技术)in histry.“
Technlgies such as AR have allwed us t express mre,”said Sha Xialan, directr f the pening ceremny."We've fully put AR int the pening ceremny frm stage design(舞台设计)t lighting.It ffers peple special experience t feel Chinese culture in Hangzhu.”
At Saturday at the Hangzhu Olympic Sprts Centre Stadium,the pening ceremny started with an amazing perfrmance.It shwed the culture,histry and natural beauty f Hangzhu and Zhejiang.Over the past three years,the team,including mre than 100 peple,has had ver 500 meetings t think ver the pening ceremny perfrmance.
The technlgies were fully used int each f the prgrams frm beginning t end.It started with Kngming Lanterns and ended up with digital(数字的)firewrks and a digital trchbearer(火炬手).All f these meant the histric firsts and Hangzhu's prmise t be an envirnmentally friendly Asian Games.
“Yu saw a little AR during the clsing ceremny at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.But it was full part f the perfrmance and brught things like water t life at this ceremny."Sha Xialan said.“Because f it,the pening ceremny was beynd expectatins(超出预期).”
28.Frm Sha Xialan, we can knw that .
A.the pening ceremny made full use f technlgies
B.the pening ceremny shwed the spirit f teamwrk
C.the pening ceremny was designed in a traditinal way
29.What did the pening ceremny end up with?
A.Kngming Lanterns and a digital trchbearer.
B.A trchbearer and Kngming Lanterns.
C.Digital firewrks and a digital trchbearer.
30.What des“it”refer t in Paragraph 5?
A.AR. B.The Beijing Olympic Winter Games. C.The pening ceremny
31.What is the main purpse(目的)f the text?
A.T explain the histry f the Hangzhu Asian Games.
B. T shw new technlgy used in the Hangzhu Asian Games.
C. T encurage peple t watch the Hangzhu Asian Game
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可以能填入空白处的最佳选项,每个选项仅使用一次。
It is imprtant fr students t develp gd study habits. Here are sme f the best study habits yu can develp.
Find a Study Place
Find a place in yur rm r schl fr studying. In that way, 32. That will make it easier t fcus(集中注意) and yu can finish yur tasks n time withut help. When finding yur study place, make sure that yu will nt be bthered(打扰) there and it can be used fr alng time.
Get Away Frm Distractins （分心的事物）
There are a lt f distractins arund us, frm friends t screens. Once yu set time fr yur studies, blck ut(屏蔽) all the nise by mving away frm yur friends, keeping yur phne away, and turning ff yur televisin.
33.
Find a Study Grup
Studying as a grup is better than studying alne. 34. And yu can understand sme prblems better, since peple f the same age always have an easier way f explaining things t each ther.

Nte-writing can let yu understand better and remember what yu have read. Taking dwn ntes means yu d nt have t g thrugh all the reading material again; instead, yu will nly have t g thrugh the shrt ntes.It is als much easier t find infrmatin if yu need it.
Encurage Yur Hard Wrk
Once yu achieve the gals that yu have set fr yurself, 36. Yu can g t yur favrite restaurant r buy yurself a pair f shes. That will keep yu ging, and yu will lk frward t achieving yur gals mre.
第三节（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）
阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
Ben Jacksn recently lst his aunt Debby, wh was diagnsed(诊断）with cancer tw years ag. Jacksn
culdn't travel frm New Suth Wales t Queensland t attend her funeral(葬礼）due t COVID-19. s he hnred his lved ne n his farm in a special way.
In a vide shared n scial media. hundreds f Jacksn's sheep are set free t the grassland t frm a huge heart by fllwing grain laid ut fr them. Jacksn said it tk a few attempts t frm the shape f the heart. Finally, he succeeded and then kept the sheep resting in the shape. The vide was filmed by a drne(无人机).It became a hit after Jacksn shared it nline. "There was n way I culd g t the funeral," he said. "S I felt hpeless, helpless—I didn't really knw what t d. But because I was a farmer, I just decided t turn t my sheep t shw my lve." The farmer's family received the vide ahead f the funeral and then played it at the funeral.
Jacksn had dne ther“ sheep artwrks" in the past and his aunt was a fan f the animals' designs.“ If my aunt were still alive, she wuld be elated t see s many peple smiling and enjying the heart I've made fr her,” he said.“ It's just lve.”
Speaking abut the reactin(反应)peple have had t the sheep shape, the farmer said,“ This heart that I've dne fr my aunt, it certainly seems like it's had an effect acrss Australia. Lve's always great. Maybe we all just need t give urselves a big hug.”
37.What did Jacksn d t shw his lve fr his aunt?

38.What gave Jacksn the idea f turning t his sheep?

39.Accrding t Jacksn, why did his vide becme a hit nline?

40. What's the main purpse f the text?

III．语言运用（共三节，满分30分）
第一节（共 10 小题；每小题1分；满分10 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。
On the mrning f 31st Octber 2003, Bethany Hamiltn and sme friends decided t g 41. The sky was clear, the sun was shining and it was a perfect day fr enjying the big waves near the island f Kauai, Hawaii.
The 13-year-ld surfing star was lying n her surfbard abut 300 meters frm the beach with her left arm in the clear, blue water. Her friends were flating nearby, lking ut t the sea. They were all waiting fr the next big 42. Suddenly a five-meter shark appeared just belw the surface and 43. her. It bit her left arm and shk her backwards and frwards. Bethany saw the water arund her turn 44. She held n t the surfbard and the shark swam away—but it tk her arm with it. It als tk a piece f her bard. 45. fr Bethany, the shark attacked nly nce. It all happened s fast that she didn’t even shut fr 46. In her mind, Bethany repeated: “Get t the beach. Get t the beach.” She started t 47. back t the beach with ne arm. Her friends didn’t knw abut the shark attack - they thught at first that she was jking. Then they saw the bld and quickly came t help. It tk them fifteen minutes t 48. the beach. They called 911 and Bethany finally was sent t hspital. The really 49. thing abut Bethany is that nly ten weeks later she surfed again in a cmpetitin with nly ne arm. Less than a year after the accident she wn first place in a surfing cmpetitin in Hawaii. A lt f prfessinal surfers still think that Bethany is ging t be the wmen’s wrld champin ne day50. she has lst ne arm. Can yu imagine hw hard she has been practicing?
41．A．swimming B．surfing C．fishing
42．A．wave B．rain C．strm
43．A．reached B．attacked C．cntrlled
44．A．yellw B．green C．red
45．A．Luckily B．Unluckily C．Certainly
46．A．advice B．fun C．help
47．A．run B．swim C．fly
48．A．reach B．get C．leave
49．A．unbelievableB．unhappy C．disappinting
50．A．as if B．even thugh C．as lng as
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个适当的单词或者括号内单词的正确形式。
My name is Becky. Unlike mst f my friends, I didn’t knw Santa Claus until the secnd grade when my family mved t America. My classmates tld 51. _______ (I) that a fat man wuld cme and put tys in ne’s stcking(长筒袜) n Christmas Eve.
Finally, Christmas Eve arrived. I tk ut my lngest, 52. _______ (clean) stcking and put it n my bed. 53. _______ (unlucky), this Santa character was a stranger t my parents. I wke up early n Christmas Day and checked the stcking. 54. _______ there was nthing in the stcking. There was n Santa in the wrld.
Frm then n, I tld my friend the stry every December. I had t tell it in 55. _______ funny way, r else(否则) I wuld cry.
A few mnths ag, n Christmas Eve, a man kncked n my dr. He said, “I’ve been lking fr yu fr many years.” He gave me a red stcking filled 56. _______ candies and tys, and left. On tp f the stcking was a card. It read: “T Becky — I miss yu s much. Yu 57. _______ (live) in my heart since the secnd grade. Santa.” Then I recgnized(认出) Jill’s handwriting, a friend f mine. I later 58. _______ (discver) that the man was her father. Jill saw the sadness in my eyes and decided 59. _______ (d) smething with her father.
Nw I believe that Santa is real. Santa lives inside kind peple. He listens t friends and brings 60. _______ (warm) and hpe.
第三节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下面的短文，将划线部分翻译成中文或英文。
Dear students, welcme t the Chinese culture tur. As yu knw, China has a histry f mre than 5,000 years and we are prud f ur traditinal culture. 61. I’m glad t knw that yu are interested in traditinal Chinese festivals. Here, I want t intrduce sme Chinese traditinal festivals t yu.
The Spring Festival falls in January r February. 62. 这是个向亲朋好友表达爱意和祝福的好时候。 Peple cme back hme frm different places and get tgether fr a big dinner. Many peple stay up late t welcme the new year, hping they will have a bright new start. Fr Dai peple, they have a Water Festival. Peple g n the streets t thrw water at each ther. This is a gd way t clean and wash away bad things. And then yu’ll have gd luck in the new year. 63.泼水节多么有趣啊！ D yu want t take a lk by yurself?
Tmb-Sweeping Day is a time t cmmemrate(纪念) the natinal heres and remember dead family members. The Dragn Bat Festival cmmemrates the patritic(爱国的) pet Qu Yuan. We eat zngzi and hld dragn bat races n that day. 64. Peple think that the dragn bat races are fun and exciting t watch. The Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated n the 15th day f the eighth mnth n the Chinese lunar calendar, is a festival f family reunin. 65. 在中秋之夜，我们有赏月和与家人一起分享月饼的传统。
There are many ther meaningful traditinal festivals in China. As Chinese students, we shuld knw mre histry and culture behind them.


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IV. 书面表达（共 1 小题，满分 10 分）
66.假如你是Li Lei,你的外国朋友 Lucy在中秋节前要来中国学习汉语。中国文化博大精深,她很担心无法适应中国的学习。请你写一封信给 Lucy, 分享一些学好中文的方法，并且邀请她和你的家人欢度中秋节。 (开头已给出，不计入总词数)。内容包括以下要点，可适当发挥。
提示：
1.中文学习的好方法
2.中秋节习俗(吃月饼、赏月...)
要求：
1. 语言表达准确，短文连贯通顺；
2. 词数80-100字左右(格式已给出，不计入总词数)。
Dear Lucy,
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Yurs,
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Opening time: 9:00—23:00
Price:
Adult
Student (with a student card)
Children (6-12)
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Attentin:
*Pets are nt allwed.
*The tur is nt fr children under 6 years ld.
*Health cdes and masks are necessary.
*Yu shuld enter the park by 10:00 p.m..
A It will be easier t fcus when studying in a quiet envirnment.
B. Yur study partner will help yu becme mre respnsible(负责的) and fcused.
C. Write Dwn Shrt Ntes When Studying.
D. yu will always think f studying whenever yu are in the place.
E. make sure that yu give yurself a little encuragement.