湖北省襄阳市第三十一中学2023-2024学年九年级下学期4月调考英语试卷

这是一份湖北省襄阳市第三十一中学2023-2024学年九年级下学期4月调考英语试卷，共7页。试卷主要包含了完形填空，阅读理解，短文填空，读写结合等内容，欢迎下载使用。

My elder sister gt a disease（疾病）, lcked in her wn wrld. She culd nt lk at peple in the eye. She wuld repeat the wrds in a very lw vice. It turned my parentsˈ wrld upside dwn. (1) , they wrked very hard t make sure that everything seemed pleasant and peaceful fr me. I knew (2) abut it until the age f ten.
It was then that I started t ntice my sister was different. I (3) t accept her as my sister in public. Then, an incident (小事) (4) hw I viewed my sister. It changed me as well.
One day, my sister had t put up a (5) , whether in a grup, r by herself. As yu can imagine, my sister was the nly ne left withut a grup. “Iˈll (6) ,” she tld my parents. Hearing this, I was cmpletely (7) . Hw culd my sister sing in frnt f the schl? I must stp this happening, (8) she wuld make me lse face, ne way r anther. “N!” I cried ut. My parents sht me a lk. I knew I had t watch her perfrmance. I prayed (祈祷) (9) that smething wuld happen t stp her.
N ne knws she is yur (10) . It is fine, yu d nt need t tell anyne. I remember telling myself the exact wrds as I sat in the hall, (11) the perfrmance t start. Finally, my sister started t sing. She pened her muth, and I was shcked again—her vice was s (12) in its pwer. I felt really srry—she culd sing s beautifully! Hw culd I have dubted her abilities? I had been s (13) .
Regret and (14) filled my heart. Actually, my sister knew all things I had dne t her, but she (15) minded. I decided t lve her uncnditinally. It was as if a veil (面纱) had been lifted frm my eyes, and my heart was full.
1.A. SB. ThenC. HweverD. Finally
2.A. smethingB. anythingC. everythingD. nthing
3.A. decidedB. refusedC. expectedD. prmised
4.A. suggestedB. shwedC. explainedD. changed
5.A. perfrmanceB. gameC. pictureD. sign
6.A. danceB. singC. playD. draw
7.A. prudB. pleasedC. shckedD. disappinted
8.A. rB. andC. thughD. if
9.A. silentlyB. penlyC. excitedlyD. happily
10.A. classmateB. neighbrC. cusinD. sister
11.A. ging verB. talking abutC. waiting frD. dreaming f
12.A. specialB. beautifulC. lwD. strange
13.A. wrngB. seriusC. busyD. careful
14.A. shameB. wrryC. surpriseD. fear
15.A. smetimes B. always C. ever D. never
二、阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
A
Shuld manners matter? Everyne has t care abut their manners at sme time. Manners have develped ver thusands f years and are always changing. Sme peple say that manners shw respect（尊敬） fr thers. But perhaps they are just rules that peple fllw because they're tld t d s. Here are tw ideas.
Prs(正方) The reasns why gd
manners shuld matter
.Thinking f thers means they are mre likely t d the same. They help make the wrld a better place.
.Putting dirty feet n seats and cughing ver fd can spread diseases（疾病）, s manners help t keep everyne healthy and safe
.Manners cannt always keep the same. Even thugh they are updated as time passes, they always make peple feel happy and respected.（尊敬的）
Cns(反方) The reasns why gd
manners shuld nt matter
·Manners can put pressure n peple t act in a way that hides the way they feel. Lts f manners, such as nt putting arms n tables, d nt make any sense. Because they are ut f date.
·Manners are just a set f rules. As lng as peple are kind t each ther, they shuld be allwed t act hw they like.
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( )16. Why did the writer ask a questin at the beginning f the passage?
A. T invite sme readers t answer it.
B. T draw readers' attentin t the tpic.
C. T ask fr mre ideas abut manners.
D. T test readers' knwledge abut manners.
( )17. What des the underlined wrd “ updated ”mean?
A.理解 B.删除 C.更新 D.保留
( )18. Why d lts f manners make n sense nw accrding t the Cns?
A. Because they are just rules. B. Because they are ut f date.
C. Because peple dn't need them. D. Because they make peple nervus.
( )19. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Sme ways abut learning manners. B. Sme rules abut behaving prperly.
C. Sme advantages abut fllwing manners.
D. Sme different ideas abut fllwing manners.
( )20. Where des the text prbably cme frm?
A strybk. B. A histry bk. C. A website D.A medical newspaper
B
In the Western Han Dynasty(西汉时期), there is a by named Kuang Heng. He is brn in a pr family s he desn’t have enugh mney t g t schl. Kuang Heng likes reading bks very much. But he has t wrk during the day and can nly read bks during the night. And anther prblem is that he has n mney t buy a candle. S it ften takes him half a mnth \t finish reading a bk. He always feels sad and blue. One day, he finds that his neighbr has candles. But the man lives next t his huse and the light frm the candles can’t g thrugh his wall. Suddenly, Kuang Heng came up with an idea. “I can make a hle n the wall s that the light frm my neighbr’s huse can cme t mine”, he says t himself. Frm that day n, Kuang Heng reads bks every night until the light ges ut(熄灭). Finally, he becmes a great schlar(学者).
21. Why des it ften take Kuang Heng half a mnth t finish a bk?
A. Because he is a slw reader.
B. Because he desn’t like reading.
C. Because he has n mney.
D. Because he desn’t have time r light.
22. Kuang Heng makes a hle n his wall t
A. read with his neighbr’s light
B. steal his neighbr’s candles
C. ask his neighbr t read with him
D. shw he is gd at reading
23. Hw might Kuang Heng feel when he has the idea?
A. Sad. B. Blue. C. Happy. D. Thankful.
24. Which f the fllwing is true?
A. Kuang Heng’s parents desn’t want him t g t schl.
B. Kuang Heng’s neighbr is angry when he knws abut the hle.
C. Kuang Heng asks his neighbr t keep the light n every night.
D. Kuang Heng lves reading and he finds every way t d it.
25. What’s the best title f this passage?
A. N Mney t Read.
B. Read thrugh the Hle.
C. Candles Are Imprtant.
D. A Rich Neighbr.
C
A tree has rts (根). Peple have rts t. If yu get t the rt f a prblem, yu will slve it. It’s the same thing with wrds. Dig deeply int a big, unfamiliar wrd and yu will understand where it came frm. As readers, especially thse reading in a secnd language, we need t deal with the text as if we were detectives (侦探) lking fr infrmatin t unlck the unknwn. Like any gd detective arriving n the crime scene, the first thing t d when meeting a new and difficult wrd is t judge the situatin, t lk at everything that is knwn and see if it helps us t understand what it means.
As yu knw, prefixes (前缀) and suffixes (后缀) can be added t the beginning r end f wrds t change the meaning. Knw them, and yu will have the wrd building pwer. But rt wrds are the key. Take time t learn a few f these, put them in yur memry, and yu will becme a master wrd detective.
Let’s lk at ne cmmn rt wrd used in English. “Alter” frm the Latin wrd means “ther”. When yu meet this rt wrd, yu knw that the bigger wrd has smething t d with “ther”. Examine the wrd “alternate”. Can yu find the Latin rt in it?
If yu and yur friend like t eat ut, first yu pay and the ther pays the next time. Yu are alternating paying. ·
If yu g t the mvies n alternate Saturdays, yu g n ne Saturday, but nt the ther Saturday. ·
If yu have n alternative, yu have n ther chice. Learn as many rt wrds as pssible in the
Learn as many rt wrds as pssible in the language yu are studying. Then use yur “rting fr wrds” skills. Like any new skill, practice and hard wrk are always paid back
26. The underlined wrd “unfamiliar” in paragraph1 means_______ in English.
A. smething that yu knw well
B. smething that yu dn’t knw well
C. smething that yu like
D. smething that yu dn’t like
27. If Jim and Lily g t the mvies, which ne belw is “alternating paying”?
A. They each pay half.
B. Jim pays every time.
C. They take turns paying.
D. Their parents pay fr them.
28. Hw des the authr(作者) explain his ideas abut rt wrds?
A. By giving a fact.
B. By having a discussin.
C. By telling a stry.
D. By taking an example.
29. “Sen” frm the Latin wrd means “ld”. Which wrd uses this Latin rt?
A. My brther is my senir by tw years.
B. He was ill s he was absent frm schl.
C. A criminal was sentenced t death by law.
D. 60 students were present at the sprts meeting.
30. Which f the fllwing shws the structure (结构) f the passage?
(① =paragraph 1 ② =paragraph 2,…)


A B C D

第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
阅读短文，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯。选项中有一项 为多余选项。
Mr. Ma, a famus mental (心理) dctr frm Beijing nce said at an imprtant meeting, “Nw many yung students can have prblems with their minds. 31 Others have truble getting n well with peple arund them like their parents and classmates. Parents and teachers shuld care mre abut this prblem.”
Then Mr. Ma gave sme examples. One patient, a middle schl student frm Xi’an was ding badly in his lessns. 32 And he became s nervus and wrried that ne night he left his hmes withut telling parents. Anther student, a 14-year-ld schlgirl frm Shanghai, was very afraid f exams. 33
A recent reprt frm Jiefang Daily says abut 18% f the yung students in Shanghai have mental prblems. They ften feel wrried and very unhappy. 34 Sme think they will lk stupid if they g t see a dctr. Others wn’t talk abut their secrets. At the end f the meeting, Mr. Ma ffered sme gd ideas t yung peple:
◆ Talk t yur parents r teachers ften.
◆ 35
◆ Try t get n well with the peple arund yu.
◆ G t see a dctr if yu ften feel unhappy
A. Take part in grup activities.
B. Sme students becme wrried because they have t study very hard.
C. N ne helps them.
D. While she was reading the exam paper, she culdn’t think f anything t write.
E. Unluckily many f them wn’t g and ask fr help.
F. He thught his teachers and friends ften laughed at him.
31. ______ 32 ______ 33. ______ 34. ______ 35. ______
三、短文填空 （共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
阅读短文，从方框中选出正确的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每 词限用一次。
lng great wish ht happen
create end activity drp use
In China, the traditinal Chinese lunar calendar (阴历) divides a year int 24 slar terms (节气), which were 36._______by peple thusands f years ag t guide agricultural prductin (农业生产). But the slar term culture is still 37._______ tday in guiding peple’s lives .
Spring Equinx (春分) is the furth slar term f the year. Days begin t be 38._______than nights after this day. As fr 39._______, flying kites is a cmmn activity during this time. Peple ften write gd wrds n their kites. They all hpe that their 40._______ will cme true when the kites are flwn high in the sky.
Great Heat ( 大 暑 ) is the 12 th slar term f the year. During this time, mst parts f China enter the41._______ seasn f the year and the sunshine, high temperatures, and heavy rainfalls are gd fr the plants. But many natural disasters (灾害) als 42._______.
Frst’s Descent (霜降) is the 18 th slar term f the year, the last slar term f autumn, during this time, the weather becmes much clder than befre and the temperature changes 43._______ frm day t night. The chrysanthemums (菊花) are in blm (盛开).
Majr Snw ( 大 雪 ) is the 21 st f the slar terms, and the third ne f winter, making the arrival f mid-winter. The temperature 44._______ day by day, as the year is cming t a(n) 45._______. The snw in Nrth China may last a whle day, and heavy snw brings us a fantastic ice wrld.
四、读写结合（共两节，满分 25 分）
第一节 任务型阅读 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
阅读短文，用英文填空或回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）。
When Chinese peple talk abut Chinese tea culture tday, they wn’t miss an imprtant persn in Chinese histry-Lu Yu, respected as a “Sage f Tea ”fr his achievements in the Chinese tea culture. He is best-knwn fr The Classic f Tea, the first wrk n grwing, making and drinking tea.
Lu was brn in Jingling in 733 A. D. As a child, he became a student f Zu Fuzi. Thanks t his teacher’s guidance, he learned a lt. He ften made tea fr his teacher. He als tk care f his fellw students’ health using his knwledge n tea and herbs (草药).
Lu Yu ften went t the cuntryside t gather tea leaves and herbs. On ne f thse trips, Lu Yu fund a spring. The water was quite clear and clean. When Lu made tea with this spring water, he fund the tea tasted better than usual. Frm then n, he realized the imprtance f water quality in making tea.
In 752 A. D, Lu Yu finished his studies and returned t Jingling, where he met Cui Gufu. Bth men shared the same interests in tea, literature (文学) and petry. They sn became gd friends. Since then, the tw spent much time travelling, drinking tea and writing pems tgether.
This perid was imprtant t Lu Yu as a man f literature. Cui, with his rich experience and skills in writing, became a cach f Lu. He prvided necessary help with Lu’s writing. It was during this time that Lu finally wrte the amazing wrk, The Classic f Tea.
46. Lu Yu is respected ____________________________ because f his his achievements in the Chinese tea culture. (不超过 5 个词)
47. Lu Yu’s best-knwn bk The Classic f Tea is n____________________________.(不超过 5 个词)
48. Why did Lu and Cui becme gd friends?
________________________________________________________.(不超过 16 个词)
49. What did Lu and Cui d after they became gd friends?
________________________________________________________.(不超过 15 个词)
50. What’s the best title f the passage?
________________________________________________________.(不超过 5 个词)
书面表达（共1小题；满分15分）
某英文网站正在举办征文活动,请根据网站征文要求,用英语写一篇短文投稿。
内容包括以下要点:
When is the beautiful schl day？
What did yu d n that day and why d yu think it is beautiful？
What is yur advice t make the day mre beautiful？
1.词数90左右(已给出的文章开头,不计入总词数)。
2.文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息,如校名、人名等。
My Beautiful Schl Day
My schl life is full f beauty.______________________________________