湖南省长郡集团2022-2023学年九年级下学期期中英语试卷+

长郡集团—2022-2023-2学年度初三下期中考试卷

第二部分  阅读（共三节，计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

2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. In Chinese culture, the people who were born this year are the luckiest of all. And some people would like to choose rabbits as their pets. From small to large, there is a breed (品种) that is perfect for you.

(    ) 21. From the passage, we can know the          of the three different kinds of rabbits.

      A. size B. color C. weight

(    ) 22. If you want to get two harlequin rabbits and a mini lop, you will pay         .

      A. $ 57.5 B. $65.5 C. $87.5

B

 Mr. Nature is the greatest artist in the world. It creates many wonders on Earth. Let’s have a look at the three amazing tourism areas around the world.             

(    ) 23.            is the best time to visit Trollstigen.

      A. Spring      B. Summer     C. Autumn

(    ) 24. Which of the following is TRUE according to the chart?

A. Cave of the Crystals may disappear in the future.

B. You can enjoy the beautiful snow if you go to Travertine-terraced Hot Springs.

C. The water in the terraced pools is about 100℃.

(    ) 25. The reading material above is most probably         .

1. a business plan     B. a geography report   C. a travel guide

 C

What do you usually use memes (表情包) for? Two young women have turned fun memes into dance moves. They’ve gained about 800,000 fans with their funny performances.

Asuan, 26, and Lidawang, 29, are two graduate students of Beijing Dance Academy. They wanted to create something different from the beautiful stage performances that they learned in school.

“We gradually found our own styles-funny memes, cartoons, or games, we take these periods of young people’s pop culture and recreate them,” said Lidawang.

However, being funny doesn’t mean they don’t put their heart into the dance moves. Memes are popular because of their expressiveness (表情丰富), and recreating that expressiveness with dance can be very challenging. It usually takes them one to six months to create a two-minute dance video. To improve their moves they would record their rehearsals (排练) and then look at their moves over and over again.

Asuan even made a teaching video for one of their most popular dances - “the Yellow Alien”, based on the meme from the Spanish song Dame Tu Cosita. She worked out how to act like aliens - the relaxed shoulder, the deep squat (深蹲) move and the surprised but childish eyes. As many fans send them “homework” videos, their meme dances are becoming new memes themselves too.

“The nature of dance is to express and communicate. What we communicate and pass on to others is happiness and entertainment (娱乐),” said Lidawang.

“We’re happy to call ourselves ‘comedians in the world of dance’,” added Asuan.

(    ) 26. What do we know about Asuan and Lidawang’s dance style?

      A. It is popular among the students at Beijing Dance Academy.

      B. It is based on what they learned at school.

      C. It comes from the pop culture of young people.

(    ) 27. Why are their dances challenging?

      A. Because it is hard to find enough popular memes.

      B. Because it is difficult to recreate the expressiveness with dance.

      C. Because each move needs one to six months to check and discuss.

(    ) 28. “The Yellow Alien” in the passage is          .

      A. a Spanish song     B. a popular dance    C. a teaching video

(    ) 29. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?

      A. The two girls express the nature of dance in a special way.

      B. The two girls become very popular without making much effort.

      C. The two girls just take the memes from Chinese culture.

(    ) 30. What is the passage mainly about?

      A. Memes based on funny dances.   B. Popular dances among young people.

      C. Two dancers and their special dances.

D

Have you watched the recent TV series Three-Body? The show has impressed audiences with its great visual effects (视觉特效). One of the most exciting scenes must be Operation Guzheng.

In order to find Trisolarans’ (三体人的) messages on a huge ship, a force plans to cut the ship into pieces. They set up many thin strings (纳米材料). Looking like Guzheng, the strings quietly cut the steel ship into pieces as if the ship was soft tofu!

In the TV series, the strings are as thin as a tenth of a human hair. To cut the steel ship, the pressure needs to be 200 MPa (兆帕斯卡，压强单位), according to the science website Guokr. How strong is that pressure? Imagine an elephant standing on a string!

In reality, scientists won’t be able to make such thing strings that wouldn’t easily break, at least for years to come. The cutting will also create lots of heat. We don’t have the material to bear the high temperature while it’s also thin enough to cut through.

But what we have today is called “water jet cutting (水刀)”. We can cut hard materials such as metal, stone, or glass using a high-pressure jet of water. The water’s speed can reach 1,000 meters per second (about three times the speed of sound), and the pressure can be over 400 MPa.

However, the water jet can only cut things less than 20 centimeters thick. That’s still far away from the nanotechnology in the show.

(    ) 31. What’s the writer’s main purpose of writing the first two paragraphs?

      A. To introduce a topic. B. To give an example. C. To compare with the reality.

(    ) 32. What does the underlined word “force” in paragraph 2 mean?

      A. 力量 B. 部队 C. 暴力

(    ) 33. What does the underlined word “force” in paragraph 2 mean?

      A. They use the sound of Guzheng to send messages.

      B. They use strings from Guzheng to communicate.

      C. They use Guzheng-like strings to cut a steel ship.

(    ) 34. What makes Operation Guzheng impossible in reality?

      A. No string can bear such high pressure and heat as shown in the series.

      B. Strings can’t be made as thin as a tenth of a human hair.

      C. Strings can’t be made long enough to go across a river.

(    ) 35. Why can’t the “water jet cutting” be used for Operation Guzheng?

      A. Because it can’t be used to cut metal.   B. Because the ship is too thick for it to cut.

      C. Because it can’t produce high enough pressure.

第二节  （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Whether we are going to school or going to work, we are all sad to leave the weekend behind and go back to our Monday morning blues. However, I’d like to share some tips with you.     36   

* Love what you do. Loving your job will make you look forward to the week ahead. Try to find something positive in your workplace.     37   

* Do what gives you feelings of comfort. If the clock rings and you still feel sleepy, stay in bed for a short time.     38     When you get up, you can make a cup of coffee and listen to some music.

* Try to give yourself a little something extra. A good reward for Monday would be a treat you wouldn’t have in the rest of the week.    39    This way, you will know that even if you’re working hard, you will have something good waiting for you at the end of the week.

* Go to bed early on Sunday night. Your mind will react quickly on Monday morning. If you wake up early, you will have more time to get ready for the day.

*    40    Before you leave your workplace or school on Friday, you should prepare all the things you need, so you won’t be so stressed on Monday morning and start the week right.

     36.            37.            38.            39.            40.           

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。

July 19 in 2022 was a special day. On that day, Japanese figure skater (花滑运动员) Yuzuru Hanyu announced (宣告) his retirement (退役). However, this doesn’t mean he has given up on the sport. Instead of competing in events, he has started giving performances. On Feb. 26, 2023, the “ice prince” returned with his biggest professional ice show yet—Gift.

More than 35,000 visitors poured into the Tokyo Dome, one of Japan’s biggest event halls, to watch Hanyu’s two-and-a-half hour solo (单独的) show. It’s also the first time the hall held a solo ice skating show. Cheers filled the hall as Hanyu performed all 12 performances of Gift by himself.

He opened the show with The Firebird. Wearing wings of fire, he danced across the ice beautifully. Then along with the images (图像) of the sun, the moon, grass and other scenes from nature, Hanyu began to tell the story of Gift: loneliness and pain.

“I created Gift in the hope that it would be a gift to everyone’s heart. What’s more, it would provide a place for the people who feel lonely,” Hanyu said.

“There are things that I could have done better. But Gift was a one-time-only event, and I’m very proud of the fact that I was able to give a once-in-a-lifetime performance. It is truly unique to figure skating. I would be happy if even a small piece of my performance will remain in your memory,” he added.

41. When did Yuzuru Hanyu retire?

42. Hong long did Yuzuru Hanyu’s solo show last?

43. Did Yuzuru Hanyu use different scenes to perform Gift?

44. What did Yuzuru Hanyu want to tell us through the story of Gift?

45. Why did Yuzuru Hanyu create Gift?

第三部分 语言运用（共三节，满分35分）

第一节  （共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白的最佳答案。

Just up the road is a field with two horses in it. They look the    46    from a distance. But if you    47    a closer look at the two horses, you will notice    48    very interesting.

One of the horses is    49   . Instead of throwing away the poor horse, his owner has made a safe and comfortable barn (畜棚) for him to live in. If you stand    50    and listen, you will hear the sound of a bell. It comes from the smaller horse in the field. The bell is    51    the horse’s halter (缰绳). It helps the blind horse know    52    his friend is, so he can follow.

As your stand and watch these two friends, you’ll see that the smaller horse with the bell is always checking on the other horse, and that the bigger horse will listen for the    53    and then slowly walk to the smaller horse. When the smaller horse with the bell returns to the barn each time, he will stop to look back    54   . He wants to make sure that his friend isn’t too far behind to hear the bell.

In our life, we get help from others when we are in need. Sometimes we are the blind horse, being    55    by the ringing bell of our companions (同伴). At other times, we are just the guide horse, helping others to find their way.

(    ) 46. A. different B. strange C. same

(    ) 47. A. take B. make C. show

(    ) 48. A. something B. anything C. nothing

(    ) 49. A. deaf B. blind C. stupid

(    ) 50. A. out B. nearby C. up

(    ) 51. A. in B. on C. above

(    ) 52. A. where B. how C. what

(    ) 53. A. song B. voice C. bell

(    ) 54. A. at a time B. every time C. from time to time

(    ) 55. A. caused B. moved C. guided

第二节  （共10小题，计10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式。

Have you ever taken traditional Chinese medicine? Do you like its taste? Some people disike it because of its bitter (苦的) taste, 56.             more and people are becoming interested in traditional Chinese medicine for the reason that it’s 57.             useful way to cure illness. For example, if you have a sore throat, you could drink hot water 58.             Gancao.

Chinese people 59.             (use) traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Before the 60.             

(west) medicine appeared in China, Chinese doctors went to the mountains to pick herbs (草药) and even tasted 61.             (they) in person. When we talk about Chinese medicine, we always think of Li Shizhen, one of the 62.             (famous) doctors in ancient China. He used to travel in the countryside with a bag of herbs and cure patients. He spent 27 years 63.             (write) Compendium of Materia Medica (《本草纲目上》).

In 2020, COVID-19 hit China and many other countries. Ever since then, traditional Chinese medicine has made a big difference to the fight against COVID-19. It’s reported that 91.5% of the COVID-19 patients in China received the traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and it worked 64.             (good) on more than 90% of these patients. In September, 2020, Zhang Boli 65.             (honor) as “the People’s Hero” for his contributions (贡献).

In a word, traditional Chinese medicine is the treasure of China.

第三节  （共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）

阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

Do you know when Father’s Day is? It falls on the third Sunday of June every year. It is celebrated by most countries in the world because 66. 父亲在他们孩子的成长中扮演着一个重要的角色。

67. Studies show that children who get along well with their fathers seem to have fewer behavioral problems. One of the main reasons is that fathers can provide children with special emotional value. In the opposite case, children are more likely to have bad relationships or feel anxious (焦虑的) easily.

Xiao Junxi, 11, has learned a lot from his father, who is a police officer. “My dad is as busy as a bee, but he always manages to find time to play soccer with me and help me work out difficult math problems. 68. He not only helps to develop my independence and confidence but also makes me realize the importance of responsibility. He teaches me to be persistent (坚持不懈的) and honest, too.”

In the past it was commonly believed that fathers were the main breadwinner of a family. 69. Fathers of most families are often seen as less active on the caretaking side. But things are changing. In China, a 2019 study showed that 76 percent of dads were willing to accompany (陪伴) their kids. In South Korea, the number of stay-at-home dads is on the rise. There are more stay-at-home dads in the US now, too.

Fathers have their own ways of looking after their kids. They are believed to be stricter. Zhou Caiyan, a 14-year-old from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, recalled going to the movies with her father. “70. 他说我的电影太吵闹了以至于他不想陪伴我。He went to watch another movie he liked,” Zhou said. “Though his movie ended later than mine and I had to wait for him, such things have made me more independent and understanding.”

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第二节 书面表达（满分15分）

71. 下周，你们学校将开展一次为“Good learning habits”的学习经验交流会，邀请你作为初三学生代表，就该主题给学弟学妹们一些建议。请综合以下要点提示，写一篇英文发言稿，谈谈你的个人观点。

要求：（1）文章必须包含以上要点，并至少再补充一条进行阐述；

     （2）80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

     （3）文中不得出现真实人名和校名。

Good learning habits

Dear schoolmates,

I’m glad to have to chance to give the speech to you. As we all know, good learning habits                     

参考答案

第二部分 阅读

21-25  CABAC  26-30  CBBAC  31-35  ABCAB  36-40  DCBEA

41. On July19，2022(少介词扣1分)

42. For two and a half hours./Two and a half hours (答原文two-and-a-half hour扣1分)

43. Yes(，I did).

44. Loneliness and pain.

45. Because he hoped it would be a gift to everyone’s heart and provide a place for the people who feel lonely./For/In the hope that it would be a gift to everyone’s heart and provide a place for the people who feel lonely(少一个要点扣1分)

第三部分  语言运用

46-50  CAABB  51-55  BACCC

56. but   57. a    58. with   59. have used/have been using  60. western/Western

61. them   62. most famous 63. writing 64. well       65. was honored

66. fathers play an important role/part in their kids’/children’s growth/development(注意小写，大写扣0.5分)

67. 研究表明与父亲相处得好/融洽/和睦的孩子似乎有更少的行为问题/行为问题更少。

68. 他不仅帮助培养我的独立性和自信心，而且使我意识到责任的重要性。

69. 大多数家庭的父亲常常被视为在护理/照料(孩子)方面不那么积极。

70. He said (that) my movie was so noisy that he didn’t want to accompany me.