上海民办南模中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中英语试题
展开Part2 Grammar and Vcabulary
(第二部分语法和词汇)
II. Chse the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)(共15分)
He didn't save enugh mney fr the trip, and as___________ result, he had t cancel his plans.
A)aB)theC)anD)/
Please remve yur shes___________ the hallway t keep the space tidy.
A)frmB)fC) tD)with
The mvie f Cinderella, a famus tale, will be released___________ February5th,2021.
A)nB)atC) inD) by
---We cannt leave the little girl alne at hme.
---Yu are right. Jill is t yung t lk after ___________.
A)sheB)herC) hersD)herself
2The athletes denied___________ the rules during the cmpetitin.
A)breakingB)breakC) brkenD) t break
The trip went smthly___________ the bad weather n the last day.
A)except frB)exceptC) besidesD) beside
The recipe requires yu___________ the ingredients thrughly befre baking.
A)t mixB) mixingC) mixedD) mix
I___________ a bluse fr my mum if I dn’t think f a better idea fr a present.
A) bughtB) buyC) am buying D) will buy
___________unfrgettable year the whle wrld had in 2020!
A)WhatB) HwC) What anD) What a
Sme peple wuld like t pay by cash while___________ prefer t pay thrugh mbile phnes.
A)therB) antherC) thersD) the thers
The eggs f crmrants___________ ne after anther by the farmers this mrning.
A)examineB) are examinedC) examinedD) were examined
It's amazing that the pen___________ turn vice int text with few mistakes.
A) canB)mustC) mayD) need
The new year is cming. I am wndering ___________t make a meaningful plan fr myself.
A)hwB) whichC) whD) what
The wner f the missing vase sn infrmed the plice___________ they culd lk fr it.
A)unlessB) althughC)untilD) s that
Many visitrs agree that the dancing rbt is___________ ne in the exhibitin.
A) clB)clerC)clestD) the clest
III. Cmplete the fllwing passage with the wrds r phases in the bx. Each wrd r phrase can nly be used nce(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词,每词或词组只能填一次)(共8分)
(A)
Search and rescue peratins are underway in the US t help peple affected by dzens f huge wildfires. Large areas in Califrnia, Oregn and Washingtn-three states n the west cast f the cuntry-have been badly_______36________. Thusands f hmes have been destryed and mre than 100,000 peple have had t leave their hmes fr _______37________Arund 35 peple have died and many mre are injured.
The first blazes started in August. It is cmmn fr fires t happen in_____38______and rural areas at this time f year in the US. It is knwn as “fire seasn” and happens between June and September. Hwever, this year's wildfires are sme f the wrst n_____39______.Three f the blazes in Califrnia are nw amng the biggest in the states histry. Once they started, strng winds caused the flames t spread quickly.
(B)
There are several causes fr the fires. Sme were started______40______by peple, and thers were caused by lightning strikes r electrical equipment. Yet experts say the fires are particularly bad this year because f climate change. Climate change is the lng-term changes in wrld weather patterns, ______41______rising temperatures. In recent years, Califmia has experienced a drught(a lng perid f time withut rain) and very ht temperatures. This mnth, a heatwave in Califrnia saw temperatures______42______49°C in Ls Angeles cunty. This ht, dry weather creates ideal cnditins fr wildfires t spread. Anther cause is the lack f frest management. This invlves burning dead trees in a cntrlled way s that when a fire des start, there is less______43_______fr it t burn, and it can be mre easily cntrlled.
IV. Cmplete the sentences with the given wrds in their prper frms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词)(共8分)
The kids were allwed t g dwn the stairs ____________ at a time fr safety reasns.(twice)
We discussed shrtening the__________ f the curse.(lng)
I wrte dwn the name f the htel fr future__________ .(refer)
Surprisingly, tw__________ research bdies reached the same cnclusins. (depend)
The dg waited__________ by the dr every evening fr his wner t cme hme.(faith)
It's __________ what peple will d fr mney.(surprise)
She__________ fr the misunderstanding and prmised t clarify things immediately. (aplgy)
The cmpany received a __________ regarding the late delivery f prducts. (cmplain)
V. Cmplete the fllwing sentences as required(根据所给要求完成句子。52-57小题每空格限填一词)(共14分)
Sam went t the Bund t enjy the view f Shanghai last night.(改为一般疑问句)
__________ Sam__________ t the Bund t enjy the view f Shanghai last night?
Many children in ur schl learn hw t tie-dye T-shirts in the art class.(对划线部分提问)
__________ __________ many children in ur schl learn in the art class?
We prepare the flwer tea in the same way as the regular tea.(改为被动语态)
The flwer tea __________ __________ in the same way as the regular tea.
He managed t slve the difficult math prblem after hurs f wrk.(保持句意不变)
He__________ __________ slving the difficult math prblem after hurs f wrk.
She packed her bags and set ut fr a new adventure in a freign cuntry.保持句意不变)
She packed her bags and __________ __________ a new adventure in a freign cuntry.
The latest Pad in the classrm is ur physics teacher's.(保持句意不变)
The latest Pad in the classrm __________ __________ ur physics teacher.
burst ut laughing, yu ,make the character, can, by pening the muth(连词成句)
______________________________________________________________________
Part3 Reading and Writing(第三部分 读写)
VII. Reading Cmprehensin (阅读理解) (共50分)
A. Chse the best answer(根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案) (12分)
Narratr: Imagine life withut light - nthing but darkness.Tday, we are ging t perfrm a play in ttal darkness - yu
will hear us but nt see us. In ur play, David is blind while Cassandra is wearing eye patches fr a day, t see
what life is like.
(lights g ut; silence)
Scene 1 On a busy street
(sunds f peple and traffic)
Cassandra: (nervusly) David? Ump! I’ve stumbled int a rubbish bin.
David: Fllw my vice ...
Cassandra: ’s this? Am I tuching a persn? Srry...
David: (laughs) It’s me. Take my arm. We’re ging t crss the street t the supermarket.
(luder traffic nises; hnking)
Cassandra: (anxiusly) There are t many cars! Isn’t it risky?
David: Dn’t wrry. We’re ging t listen fr the signal. It’s a chirping nise. (chirping) D yu hear it? There’s ne at every pedestrian crssing. It tells blind peple when it’s safe t crss. Let’s g.
(sund f a bus appraching and braking)
Cassandra: Oh n ... is that a bus? Is there enugh time fr us t crss?
David: Yes,the chirping signal will tell us when the light's abut t change. Keep walking...
Scene 2 In the supermarket
(supermarket sunds; shpping carts and annuncements)
David: When ,we’re blind, we mainly rely n three senses: smell, tuch and hearing. These becme invaluable when yu can’t see.
Cassandra: I’m starting t ntice sunds that I didn’t befre. Like, I never nticed hw nisy supermarkets are!
David: N kidding! OK, tday I’m buying sme vegetables and sme tinned tuna ... I’m right beside the nins ...
Cassandra: I can tell I’m very, very clse t the nins because I can smell them ... (excitedly) Yeah, nins!
David: OK, there are enugh nins in this packet. Nw let’s g find the tuna.
Cassandra: are t many kinds f tinned fd! Hw will we knw which nes are tuna?
David: There are always enugh sighted peple arund t help ut. Let’s g.
(supermarket sunds; fade ut)
The play is abut __________.
A.A blind persn’s unusual experienceB.hw a persn became blind
C.tw blind peple g t the supermarketD.what it is like t be blind
The main purpse f the narratr’s wrds is __________.
A.t explain what blindness isB.t intrduce main characters
C.t explain abut the sceneD.t add excitement t the play
In Scene 1, the underlined wrd ‘stumbled’ means __________.
A.steppedB.fitted
C.turnedD.searched
Accrding t Scene 1, __________ tells __________ they can crss the street safely.
a visual signal at sme crssings ... blind peple
Cassandra ... David
the chirping nise ... car drivers
the chirping nise ... peple wh cannt see
Cassandra feels happy when she __________ withut her sense f sight.
A.tastes tunaB.finds the nins
C.sees lightD.ntices new sunds
David plans t find the tinned tuna by __________.
A.asking Cassandra t g with himB.asking smene wh can see t help him
C.feeling the shape f the tinsD.using his sense f smell
B. Chse the wrds r expressins and cmplete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文) (12分)
The Natinal Gallery in Lndn has intrduced an “art rute” that peple must fllw rund the gallery. Are set rutes actually a better way t enjy museums and galleries? Or shuld peple be _____65_____ t view exhibitins in any rder they chse? What d yu think - are set rutes better?
Yes - peple will get mre frm their visit
Experts spend years learning abut the items in their museums and galleries. They knw the best rder in which peple shuld see the exhibits, s that visitrs can enjy and learn abut them. _____66_____, if there was an exhibitin f a painter, the wrks culd be arranged t shw visitrs hw their style develped thrugh their career. If a persn is n an art rute, they wn’t _____67_____ any imprtant pictures, and will be guaranteed t see everything. The experience will be enjyable fr the visitr, and they will have their wn space in which t appreciate great wrks.
N - freedm is part f the fun
Mst exhibitins are already _____68_____ in sme kind f rder. Hwever, nt everyne wants t lk at the same things in the same way. Sme visitrs just want t enjy a few pieces and then leave. Besides, if everyne fllws the same rute, sme peple might take a lng time lking at ne bject and _____69_____ everyne dwn, Equally, if a visitr wants t study smething fr mre time they may feel pressured by peple behind them. One f the great jys f exhibitins is _____70_____ nticing smething. When a visitr is drawn t an bject, it can feel special and they can learn abut it by themselves. If everyne is fllwing the same rute, this is less likely t happen, s the experience will nt be as much fun.
A) readyB) ableC) freeD) thankful
A) In factB) Fr exampleC) In additinD) That is t say
A) frgetB) fail C) lse D) miss
A) laid utB) put awayC) dealt withD) turned n
A) putB) slwC) takeD) break
A) carefullyB) silentlyC) suddenlyD) peacefully
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with prper wrds (在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给)(14分)
Five tips fr less plastic
The wrld has a plastic prblem - and it is increasing. Scientists are wrking t find a lng-term slutin by making plastic mre bidegradable (可生物降解的). But in the meantime, here are five things yu can d t r_____71_____ plastic waste nw.
Stp using plastic bags. Instead, take yur wn reusable shpping bag t the stre. Peple use a trillin plastic bags wrldwide every year. Abut 10 percent are used in the United States alne. That’s almst ne bag per American per day, but the a_____72_____ Dane (丹麦人) uses fur single - use bags per year. In 1993, Denmark was the first cuntry t place a tax n plastic bags. Tday, ther cuntries (such as Chile, Kenya and New Zealand) either make custmers pay fr plastic bags, r have banned (禁止) them c_____73_____.
2. Skip the straw. Tday, arund 8.3 billin plastic straws pllute the wrld’s beaches. S when yu rder a drink, say“n”t the reusable straw, r bring yur wn reusable ne. In 2018, Seattle became the first majr U.S. city t ban plastic straws and many ther cities are set t fllw its e_____74_____.
3. Dn’t use plastic bttles. Buy a reusable bttle and fill it with any t_____75_____ f drink yu like. Sme cities have already banned bttled water. Hwever, peple still buy nearly a millin plastic bttles every minute in the wrld.
4. A_____76_____ plastic packaging. Buy bar sap instead f liquid sap in plastic cntainers. Dn’t buy fruit r vegetables in plastic packaging. In the U.K, leaders are calling fr supermarkets t have plastic - free areas. They als want t tax plastic take-ut cntainers.
5. Recycle. We can’t recycle all plastic items, but it is p_____77_____ t recycle mst bttles and milk r juice cartns. Tday, Nrway recycles 97 percent f its plastic bttles. Hw? Machines at mst supermarkets take the bttles and give a refund f up t 2.5 krner (32 cents) per bttle.
D. Answer the questins (根据短文内容回答下列问题)(12分)
As a child, Alain Rbert was afraid f heights. One day, when he was 12, he returned hme frm schl. At the frnt dr f his building, he lked fr his keys. He didn’t have them. It was 3:30, and his parents wrked until 6:00 p.m. Rbert lked at his apartment n the eighth flr. He saw an pen windw. He clsed his eyes and pictured himself climbing the building. When he pened his eyes,he tld himself, “I can d it.” A quarter f an hur later, he was in his huse, and his fear f heights was gne.
Tday, Rbert (knwn as the French Spiderman) still climbs buildings. In 2004 he climbed Taipei 101 (the tallest building in the wrld at the time), and in 2011 he climed the Burj Khalifa Twer in Dubai. T reach the tp f a building, Rbert usually uses nly his hands and special shes. T climb the Burj Khalifa Twer, thugh, he was made t wear safety rpes.
Rbert climbs as a hbby. He als des it t make mney fr charity (fr children and the hmeless). Climbing is his passin. Althugh many climbing accidents have left him seriusly disabled, he has becme ne f the best sl climbers in the wrld. Alain says in an interview,“We set urselves limits, but we are all strng enugh t aim higher, t achieve ur gals. All we have t d is find such strength within urselves.”
When Rbert climbs, he wants t send a message t peple. If yu have a dream - smething yu really want t d - it can becme real. But yu must be brave and keep trying. If smething bad happens, dn’t give up. Clse yur eyes and tell yurself, “I can d it.”
Alain Rbert is afraid f heights, isn’t he?
Hw did Rbert enter his apartment n the eighth flr ne day?
What did Rbert use when he climbed the Burj Khalifa Twer in Dubai?
Rbert climbs fr tw reasns. What are they?
If yu’re afraid f ding smething, what is Rbert’s advice?
What d yu think makes Alain Rbert becme ne f the best sl climbers in the wrld?
VII. Writhing
84. Write an email f at least 60 wrds accrding t the situatin given. (根据所给情境,写一封不少于60个词的电子邮件,标点符号不占格)
Yu are planning a reading club n line, s yu decide t invite a friend f yurs t jin yu by email. (你正在筹备
一个在线阅读社团,你决定通过电子邮件邀请一个朋友加入。)
In yur email, yu need t ...
intrduce yur plan f the reading club.
talk abut what kind f bks yu are ging t read.
give the reasn(s)why yu want t run the club.
(注意:文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息,否则不予评分。)
Keys:
21-25 AAADA 26-30AADCC 31-35DAADD
36-39 CEBA
40-43 EADB
44. tw 45. length 46.reference 47. independent 48.faithfully49.surprising 50.aplgized 51. cmplaint
52.did g 53.What d 54.is prepared 55.succeeded in 56.left fr 57. belngs t
58. Yu make the character burst ut laughing by pening the muth
59-64:DCADBB
65-70:CBDABC
71-76:reduce,average,cmpletely,example,types,Avid,pssible
77-83:
N,he isn’t.
By climbing the building.
Only his hands and special shes.
Rbert climbs as a hbby and als des it t make mney fr charity.
Clse yur eyes and tell yurself, “I can d it.”
His passin fr climbing.A. recrd B. wild C. damaged D. escape E. safety
A. including B. fuel C. create D. reach E. accidentally
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