宁夏回族自治区吴忠市第六中学2023-2024学年九年级下学期期中英语试题

这是一份宁夏回族自治区吴忠市第六中学2023-2024学年九年级下学期期中英语试题，共9页。试卷主要包含了完形填空，阅读理解，语法填空，综合填空，任务型阅读，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

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选择题（共50分）
一、完形填空（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和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
At the beginning.it seemed t me that Dctr Li—my dad wasn’t exactly a gd ne.
My dad wrks every day late int the night, smetimes even frgetting t eat dinner, and gets up early as well. Even when he’s at hme. he always thinks abut his 1 and hardly ever spends anytime with my mther and me.
As a dctr whever 2 in Peking University and g this degree f medicine, he culd make lts f mney and nly d half f the wrk he is ding nw, but he chse t d mre 3 and heavy wrk. He spends every cin like it is his last 4 he makes a gd salary(薪水). He always wear swrn and cheap clthes, saying they are cmfrtable and suit 5 well and refuses t change. I smetimes get angry with him fr nt 6 his appearance, but he just smiles and says, “Daddy has mre imprtant uses fr the mney, all right?”
I never stpped being curius(好奇的) abut hw he spent his 7 ! Then ne day when l was reading the newspaper, a piece f news caught my eyes: “Dctr Li has 8100.000 yuan t help 9 children in fld-stricken areas g back t schl.” At that mment I suddenly understd what my dad had dne
My father’s lve fr thers has tuched me 10 . I start t admire the great spirit and decide t pass it n.
（ ）1. A. lk B. life C. wrk D. hbbies
（ ）2. A. taught B. studied C. lived D. graduated
（ ）3. A. easy B. different C. difficult D. interesting
（ ）4. A. because B. if C. s D. althugh
（ ）5. A. her B. him C. it D. them
（ ）6. A. caring abut B. wrrying abut C. talking abut D. knwing abut
（ ）7. A. hlidays B. time C. mney D. days
（ ）8. A. given away B. given ut C. given up D. given in
（ ）9. A. rich B. pr C. prud D. lvely
（ ）10. A. badly B. seriusly C. simply D. deeply
二、阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，计分40分）
阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
These days, Riverside High Schl has cut dwn the students’ hmewrk and encuraged them t take part in scial activities. Last week, the schl newspaper asked the students what they did afterschl. Here are sme f the replies.
②Xue Mei. 13
I fell in lve with paper cutting as sn as I watched it n TV. This year, I have time t learn it in ur lcal art museum n weekends. Nw I am able t make a lt f wnderful paper cuttings. I als teach my classmates t d it. I hpe that ur traditinal Chinese art can be passed dwn frm ne t anther.
③Wang Yan, 14
My father tells me that fd is the first necessity f man. This spring, I grew sme tm ales and crn with the help f him. While wrking in the field, I feel clse t nature. It’s hard but meaningful t lk after my plant. I believe that the fd grwn by myself must be the mst delicius.
④Wen Man, 14
I spend every weekend wrking in my uncle’s pet shp. There I care fr the pets. When I help the hmeless animals id warm-hearted wners. I get a strng feeling f satisfactin. Wrking at the pet shp is tiring but interesting. I hpe t have my wn pet shp smeday.
⑤Tian Ha, 15
I’m a ping-png lver. Withut s much hmewrk, I can practice it with my classmates mre ften. Nw my ping-png skills have imprved a lt, and I can even help teach little kids in the ping-png club. I plan t take part in the city’s ping-png cmpetitin next summer.
（ ）11. Yu can ask Xue Mei abut if yu are interested in it.
A. paper cuttingB. tmat planting
C. animal caring D. ping-png playing
（ ）12.Which wrd can describe Wen Man’s character?
A. Outging.B. Strict.C. Hnest.D. Caring.
（ ）13.What’sTain Ha ging t d next summer?
A. Practice ping-png mre ften.
B. Imprve his ping-png skills.
C. Take part in a ping-png cmpetitin.
D. Be a ping-png trainer in the club
（ ）14.Whats the structure f this text?
A. B. C. D.
B
Ray was a naughty student. But he was smart and hard-wrking. And he never lst a race r a chess game all the time. He always came first in schl. He was s pleased with himself that he wuld always refuse t help thers.
“Ray, are yu able t g t the market and buy sme eggs?” asked his mther. Ray gave an excuse and refused, “Srry, Mm. I wuld be busy with my hmewrk.”
Jack, ne f Ray’s friends, wanted his help and asked, “Please help me slve this math prblem.” “Yu must use yur brain and slve it yurself.” replied the arrgant (傲慢的）Ray. Only ne thing was imprtant t Ray. His precius(珍贵的)pen! He cnsidered it as his lucky pen. But ne day Ray lst the pen.
Ray was wrried and lked everywhere fr the pen, but culdn’t find it. Helplessly, he went t his mther fr help, “Mm, I lst my lucky pen! Please help me find it. I have a rest tmrrw.
His mther ignred(不理睬) his request and said, “I’m srry. I’m ging ut with Aunty Christ me.”
With tears rlling dwn his eyes, Ray asked his friend fr help. “I have lst my lucky pen. I cannt finish the test withut it. Please help me find it!” “I’m s my, Ray. I have t revise fr tmrrw’s test. I dn’t have time t waste.” Jack replied.
Ray sat at his desk, crying his eyes ut, when his mther walked in the rm t give his lucky pen t him. I fund it under the sfa in the drawing rm.” said his mther.
“Many thanks. Mm!” said Ray. And thus, Ray learn this lessn.
After that day, Ray helped everyne when pssible fr him.
（ ）15.T Ray’s mther and Jack, Ray was .
A. perfect B. unhelpful C. careless D. warm-hearted
（ ）16.Which f the fllwing is TRUE abut Ray?
A. He tld lies t his mther.B. He refused his friend’s help.
C. He helped his friend with math.D. He needed help t find his pen.
（ ）17.Hw did Ray learn his lessn?
A. By taking a test.B. By helping thers.C. By sharing kindness.D. By experiencing wrries.
（ ）18.What can we learn frm the passage?
A. Asking fr help is necessary.
B. Helping thers brings happiness.
C. Helping thers is t help urselves.
D. Lking fr excuses fr urselves is useless.
C
Anger is a kind f feeling. Many things can make yu angry. When yur teacher gives yu t much hmewrk, when yur team lses an imprtant game, and when a friend brrws yur favrite thing and then breaks it, yu may get really angry.
Usually, yur bdy will tell yu when yu are angry. Fr example, yu breathe faster, yur face turns red and yu may want t break smething r hit smene, but smetimes, yu hi devur anger. Fr example, yu may hide it in yur heart. The prblems that if yu d this, yu may get a headache r yur stmach may hurt. In fact, it’s nt gd t hi dc yur anger, and it’s nrmal fr yu t get angry smetimes. But anger must be let ut in the right way, withut hurting yurself r thers.
When yu get angry: yu can talk abut it with ther peple. It’s helpful t talk abut yur anger with an adult, such as yur parent, a teacher, etc. When yu talk abut anger, thse bad feelings can start t g away ▲ talk t a gd friend; cunt frm 1 t 100; give smene a hug; g fr a bike ride; think abut gd things, etc.
Remember that hw yu act when yu are angry can make everything better r wrse. Dn’t let yur anger cntrl yu.
（ ）19.Yu may nt get angry when .
A. yur parents dn’t let yu watch TV
B. there is t much hmewrk t d this weekend
C. a friend breaks yur favrite thing
D. yur favrite basketball team wins the game
（ ）20.Which f the fllwing shw that yu’re angry?
a. Taking a faster breath b. Getting a stmachache c. Having a red face
d. Breaking smething arund c. Hugging s mc friends
A. abc B. bdc C. acd D. cde
（ ）21.Which sentence is the mst suitable ne fr the “ ▲ ”in Paragraph 4?
A. Her care sme ther things yu can d when yu start t feel angry.
B. There are many things that yu can talk abut yur angry.
C. Yu can d such things when yu are already nt angry.
D. There are different things that can cause yur anger.
（ ）22.What’s the main idea f the passage?
A. Hw t deal with yur anger B. The intrductin t anger.
C. The disadvantages f anger.D. The expressins f anger.
D
As winter cmes, hands can easily get cld. We usually wear thick glves t keep ur hands warm, but d yu knw hw ancient peple slved the prblem? They used hand warmers.
Here is a stry. When Emperr Yang f the Sui Dynasty visited Jiangsu in winter, the lcal fficial prepared a small warmer fr the emperr t keep ut the cld. The warmer culd be held in his hands. S the hand warmer was invented.
Hand warmers were usually made f brnze(青铜). They had different designs(设计). Rund and square shapes were typical. Sme hand warmers lked like pumpkins and flwers. Inside a hand warmer, there were burning cals. Sme cals were pressed int flwer shapes, having a lvely scent(香味) when burned.
By the Sng Dynusty, the tl was widely used. Skills f prducing the tl were imprved in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Many pems and bks during the perids recrded peple using hand warmers. The Dream f the Red Chamber, the classic nvel by Ca Xueqin, als described a girls ending a hand warmer t Lin Daiyu. Zhang Mingqi, an experienced maker f hand warmers, was cnsidered a firs-class craftsman(工匠) in the Qing Dynasty. The tls he made were called Zhang-style hand warmers.
（ ）23. What des Paragraph 2 mainly talk abut?
A. A stry abut the inventin f hand warmers.
B. The develpment f ancient hand warmers.
C. The wide use f hand warmers in ancient times.
D. The rich life f Emperr Yang f the Sui dynasty.
（ ）24. The fllwing arc all mentined EXCEPT
A. hand warmers’ shapes B. the materials hand warmers used
C. hand warmers’ histrical value D. the way hand warmers wrked
（ ）25. Skills f prducing hand warmers were imprved in .
A. the Sui Dynasty B. the Sng Dynasty
C. the Ming and Qing Dynasties D. the Han Dynasty
（ ）26. Which part f a magazine may this passage be taken frm?
A. Science.B. Culture.C. Sprts.D. Health.
E
“Welcme t ur new ‘classrm’!” said Chen Dng, ne f the three astrnauts f the Shenzhu XIV missin.
They were giving a science class 400 kilmeters abve Earth n Octber 12. It was the third space class frm the Tiangng Space Statin, but the first ne frm the Wentian lab mdule(实验舱) since its launch in July. The frmer tw classes were held in the Tianhe cre mdule(核心舱).
What des the new “classrm” lk like? Chen, tgether with Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, shwed us arund. “The beds in the Tianhe mdule are placed hrizntally(横着), while ur beds are kept upright,” said Liu. That means astrnauts in the Wentian lab mdule need t sleep standing up! But as Liu explained, peple dn’t feel any difference because there’s n gravity(重力) in space. Astrnauts can even sleep n the ceiling r upside dwn!
The astrnauts als shwed their “space farm”, where lettuce, wheat, thale cress(拟南芥) and rice are grwn. “Take a picture!” “Send the picture!” Thrugh a vice-cntrlled camera, Chen already sent a picture f the thale cress t scientists n Earth. Then he used scissrs t cut a sample(样本). “I’ll put it int a fridge at-80℃and later give it l scientists n Earth,” said Chen. Scientists will study hw the envirnment f space affects the grwth f plants.
“Can yu see the water drps cming frm the leaves? This is called ‘guttatin’(植物吐水现象).” said Liu, hlding the well-grwn rice. In space, the water drps are much bigger than thse n Earth. S peple can clearly see the guttatin.
“We hpe in the near future, we can harvest the fd grwn n ur wn,” said Chen. “Maybe ne day, we can harvest fd n the ther planets like the mn r even Mars!”
（ ）27.Hw d astrnauts in the Wentian mdule sleep?
A. B. C. D.
（ ）28.Hw d scientists n Earth study the plants in the space statin?
A. By grwing the plants in space themselves.
B. By taking and cllecting pictures themselves.
C. By studying the samples astrnauts bring back.
D. By watching them thrugh real-time (实时)vide cameras.
（ ）29.What des the underlined wrd “it” in Para.4 refer t?
A. A picture.B. A pack f rice.C. A piece f lettuce.D. A piece f thale cress.
（ ）30.What can we infer(推测) frm the last paragraph?
A. Farmers can get crps n the mn sn.
B. “Guttatin” can be seen frm leaves f rice.
C. Scientists will try t grw fd n the mn r even Mars.
D. Lettuce, wheat, thale cress will be grwn n ther planets, t.
三、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
There was a lake in a small village. Tw swans(天鹅) and a turtle lived there. They were gd (31) (friend).
One year, there were n rains and the lake began drying up. “We have t find anther place t live in,” said the turtle. “We will fly arund and lk (32) a suitable place.” said the swans. Bth the swans flew in different directins. A little distance away.ne f the swans saw a much (33) (large) lake. He flew back t tell the thers.
They were quite excited. But ne swan said, “We can fly there in n time. But yu mve very (34) (slw). Yu will never arrive there.” The turtle said, “Yu bring me a stick. I will hld the center f the stick in my muth. Bth f yu can hld the stick n either side.” “It is a very gd idea, but yu make sure yu d nt pen yur muth fr any reasn. If yu d, yu will fall t death, “warned ne f the swans. The turtle (35) (agree). As they flew ver the village, peple ran ut int the streets t lk at this (36) (amaze) sight.
“(37) clever the birds are! They are(38) (carry) a turtle n a stick!” said ne man. “It was my idea. I am the clever ne. I need t let (39) (they) knw,” thught the turtle. He pened his muth t explain, but befre the turtle culd say anything, he fell and was badly hurt.
At last, the tw swans landed at the big lake(40) wuld be their hme frm then n. “If he had kept his prmise, he wuld be happy with us nw.” said ne swan
四、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，单词的首字母已给出（每空一词）。
Traveling ften brings us pleasure. But last summer, I had a bad travel experience. I visited Munt Wuyi with my parents in August, which is f 41 t r green frests, clear water and nice tea.
I bked three train tickets 42 . The train shuld start at 8:00, but it was late. When we finally gt n the train, it was 9:00. What’s wrse, there was smething wrng with the air cnditiner. I culdn’t stand the high temperature and the terrible smell in the carriage(车厢). As sn as the train arrived. I ran ut 43.q .
A tur bus tk us t the ft f the muntain. Werent three bicycles t ride n. It was t ht. We had t keep drinking alng the way. We were tasting delicius Wuyi Tea when it rained. Riding in the rain bee a me mre difficult. I fell dwn but I wasn’t hurt. I felt t 44 t t ride n. After vercming(克服) all kinds f difficulties, we finally 45 r the tp f the muntain.
What a bad trip! Bad weather, bad vehicles and bad luck.
五、综合填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一个词或短语，每个词或短语限填一次。
serius, sudden, in, be, prblem, we, try, because, in surprise, clean up
There is a sunflwer in my yard. Every ne 46. my family lves it.
Three years ag.my husband, my sn and I just mved int 47. New huse and we were happy. Sn we decided t 48. the yard t give it a new lk. We 49. ur best t mve the stnes and weeds(野草) which grew there. After six hurs f hard wrk, we almst gt it dne. The yard wrk, appeared t be a success, 50. we culd see the excitement in everyne’s eyes.
51. .when my sn arrived at ne cmer in the yard, he fund a sunflwer standing tall ut f many stnes. “Cme and lk at this,” he shuted excitedly. We ran ver and lked at it 52. .The sunflwer didn’t let big stnes stand in its way f grwing althugh it was a little plant. It was smiling t all kinds f 53. .
“Mm. I want t be like a sunflwer,” said my sn. “Why?” I smiled at him.
“Even in the darkest days, it stands tall t find the sunlight,” he said, with a 54. lk n his face.
In ur eyes, it is the mst beautiful part in the yard. S we let the sunflwer 55. there.
六、任务型阅读（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在每小题句子空白处填入适当词语，使其意思与短文内容一致（每空词数不限）。
Recently, a schl in Sichuan held an activity. It asked students t tell the stries f their family heirlms(传家宝). Mre than 300 students tk part. They brught phts f their heirlms t schl and shared their stries.
Cassette(磁带盒) radi Sng Zhengchen’s heirlm is a cassette radi. His grandmther bught the radi in the 1980sandlitened t news n it. His mther then used it t listen t music tapes. When Sng was yung, his mther ften played ld pems fr him n the radi.
Medal f hnr Gu Kexing’s heirlm is a medal frm his great-grandfather. He tk part in the War t Resist US Aggressin and Aid Krea(抗美援朝战争). Fr him, themed a stands as an hnr fr his family. “Whenever I see my great grandfather’s medal, I feel very prud. In my hear i.my great-grandfather is a her,” said Gu.
Fd cupns(粮票) Xia Ya wn first prize in the activity. Her heirlms arc sme fd cupns. Her grandma used t tell her stries abut fd shrtages(短缺) when she was a kid. Back then, peple culd nly get a little fd each mnth. She said, “My grandma wants me t be thankful fr what we have tday and wrk hard fr a better tmrrw.”
Ms. Huang rganized the activity.” I hpe it can get the students t carry n gd family traditins and care abut their families and cuntry,” Ms. Huang said.
56. Over 300 students tk part in the activity t f their family heirlms.
57. Sng Zhengchen’s heirlm is a cassette radi and his grandmther bught it
58. Gu Kexing takes in his great-grandfather whenever he sees his medal.
59. Ms. Huang hpes that the students can gd family traditins and care abut their families and cuntry，
60. In my pinin, the activity held in Sichuan is .
七、书面表达（共1题，满分15分）
假如你是李华，上周你校开展了以“助农采摘”为主题的劳动教育活动。请你根据以下图示提示，用英语给你的美国笔友David写一封电子邮件，分享本次活动的过程和感受。
要求：1.电子邮件内容必须包含图示中的所有要点，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：
2.文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名；
3.词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
参考词汇：a labr class一节劳动课
Dear David,
Hw is it ging these days?

I’m lking frward t hearing frm yu.
Yurs,
Li Hua
吴忠市第六中学九年级下期中英语试卷答案
一．完型填空
CBCDB ACABD
二. 阅读理解
11—14 ADCB 15—18 BDDC 19—22 DCAB 23—26 ACCB 27—30 CCDC
三．语法填空
31. friends 32. Fr 33. larger 34. slwly 35. Agreed 36. amazing 37.Hw 38. carrying
39. them 40. which/that
四．单词拼写
41. famus 42. nline 43. quickly 44. Tired 45. reached
五．综合填空
46. in 47. ur 48. clear up 49. tried 50. because
51. Suddenly 52. in surprise 53. prblems 54. serius 55. be
六．任务型阅读理解
56. tell/share the/their stries
57. in the 1980s
58. pride
59. call n
60. meaningful / educatinal / interesting /