2023-2024学年度上学期九年级期末调研测试
英语试卷
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一、单项选择（本题共10分，每小题1分） 选择最佳答案。
1. —Boys and girls, let’s make ________ decision to have all around development from now on. —Only then will we have a better future. A. a
B. an
C. /
2. —Our parents will take us to Disney as a special ________ next summer vacation. —Sounds like fun! A. treat
B. shame
C. energy
3. — What do you think of your English teacher? — He is always ________ us. What a good teacher! A. absent from
B. tired of
C. patient with
4. Learning to work with your classmates can help you find pleasure in what you do, even when the job ________ is hard. A. ourselves
B. itself
C. themselves
5. Though they didn’t carry out their plan, they succeeded in ________ their minds. A. regretting
B. improving
C. stealing
6. The population problem is very serious in this area. We must come up with good ways to ________ it. A. argue with
B. deal with
C. agree with
7. —________ almost three years since we met for the first time.
—Yeah, how time flies! We need to value the time we spent with each other. A. It was
8. —Who is the woman with Ann? —I’m not sure. It ________ be her mother. A. may
B. must
C. can’t
B. It’s been
C. It will be
9. Kids can own their favorite hobbies at holidays ________ they are given too much homework. A. if
B. unless
C. until
10. —Excuse me, Mr Zhang. Could you please tell me ________ ?
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—Next Wednesday. Work hard and get ready for it. A. where I can pass the exam
B. if we will have an exam
C. when we will have the exam
二、完形填空（本题共10分，每小题1分）
I made a promise to myself a couple of months ago. I had put some money in my wallet with the purpose of ____11____ to the first person I met who needed it. Time passed, and as my daily life got busy, I was unable to keep my word. ____12____ I opened my wallet and saw the money, I thought of that, and I would feel a little disappointed for doing nothing. The voice inside told me that I should do something soon.
Today, when I was walking to work on a busy street, I passed a ____13____ old lady with her hand out on the corner. Seeing her aged face and eyes that failed to see, I stopped ____14____. A sense of sympathy (同情) washed over me, and I remembered the money that had been lying in my wallet all these five ____15____.
I took out the money from the wallet and bent down (弯腰) to her level. ____16____, I took her hand, placed the notes into it, and closed her fingers over the notes ____17____ she could feel the money and understand me.
After I got up, I slowly moved away. I felt like I had achieved something. I had kept my word to myself. The lady nodded her head a little bit. I felt ____18____ and moved on.
After that, I thought about why such a simple act had taken so long. This small act was a huge step in facing and walking ____19____ my own fears around giving. What a gift it is to have these small but meaningful ____20____!
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 11. A. giving the money away 12. A. Whatever 13. A. blind 14. A. at least 15. A. days 16. A. Humorously 17. A. although 18. A. strict 19. A. at 20. A. causes
B. putting the money away B. Whenever B. deaf B. at times B. months B. Terribly B. so that B. serious B. from B. actions
C. keeping the money away C. However C. rich C. at once C. years C. Carefully C. after C. satisfied C. through C. descriptions
三、阅读理解（本题共20分，每小题1分）
(A)
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Keep in mind, drowning (溺水) doesn’t make much sound. Children younger than 4 should be in arm’s reach of an adult (成年人) at all times. Children over the age of 4, even if they know how to swim, should always have an adults’ eyes on them. 01 Swim Safety Dos: ✧ Know how deep the water is. No jumping if less than 9 feet. No diving (跳水) if less than 12 feet. ✧ All children 4+ should take a swimming class. ✧ Take away toys from the water. ✧ Be more careful when swimming in the sea. 02 Swim Safety Don’ts: ✧ Never swim outside during a storm. ✧ Don’t use pool toys as life jackets. ✧ Never eat in the water. ✧ No running or pushing. ✧ Do not let children swim in rivers alone. 03 People who have a pool: ✧ Make sure you can clearly see the pool from your house. ✧ Make a 5-feet-tall fence (篱笆) to stop children going in. ✧ Keep all electrical (电的) things away from the pool. Before getting in the pool, it is important to know about swimming safety. 根据语言材料内容选择最佳答案。 21. What’s the purpose of this passage? A. To know how to swim safely.
B. To teach the ways to swim.
C. To ask people to have a pool.
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22 What can children do in a 11-feet-deep pool? A. They can learn to jump.
B. They can eat delicious food.
C. They can dive easily.
23. What should parents do to protect a 3-year-old kid in the pool? A. Telling the kid to cry if they are in danger. B. Standing by the pool and always watching the kid. C. Making sure they can reach the kid all the time.
24. Which of the followings is TRUE according to the passage? A. We can feel free to swim in rivers and seas. B. We’d better not swim outside on a stormy day. C. We can put something electrical near the pool. 25. Where can we probably read this passage? A. A story book.
B. A newspaper.
C. A book review.
(B)
In the past, there lived a man in the state of Zheng. One day he wanted to buy himself a new pair of shoes. He measured (测量) his feet with a ruler first and wrote down his size on a piece of paper. But he was in such a hurry to leave that he left the paper at home.
When he arrived at the shoe shop, he reached into his pocket only to find that the paper was not there. So he said to the shop owner, a tall woman, “I have left the paper at home and don’t know the size. I’ll go back to take it in no time.” With these words, he hurried off as fast as his legs could carry him.
He ran back home, took the paper and then ran to the shop again. But still, it took him quite a while and the shop was closed. He had gone to all this trouble for nothing and did not get his shoes.
A little girl outside the shop asked the man, “Did you plan to buy the shoes for yourself or someone else?” “For myself,” he answered.
“Then why didn’t you try the shoes on yourself?” the girl said in surprise.
The message of this story is that when we meet a difficult situation, we should not stick to rules without considering the reality (现实). Instead, we should deal with it based on the changes in condition. 根据短文内容判断正、误。
（注意：考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确涂“A”、错误的涂“B”。）
26. A man who wanted to buy a pair of shoes left home hurriedly with the paper of his foot size. 27. The shop owner advised the man to try on the shoes by himself.
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28. The man ran home as quickly as he could.
29. Finally, the man bought a new pair of shoes.
30. From the passage, we know it’s wrong to stick to rules without considering the reality.
Do you know the beaver (河狸)? It is mainly found in North America.
According to Live Science it has large teeth. Its front teeth are about twenty to twenty-five mm long. A beaver is sometimes about three and a half feet long including the tail. Beavers are very good at building houses. They are about six or seven hundred feet long and are built so well that they look more like the work of man.
The beavers always build houses on the banks of rivers or lakes, as they swim much more easily than they walk, and prefer moving about in the water. Their houses are made of stones and other things which are round in shape. They start building late in the summer but do not get them finished before the river begins to get frozen (结冰的). And that makes them stronger. When they build on the bank of a running river, they also make a dam (坝) across the river to keep the water at the height they wish.
The fur (皮毛) of the beaver is valuable. A hunter (猎人) once saw five young beavers playing. They were jumping near a beaver dam and pushing one another off into the water. He moved forward very slowly and was about to kill these little animals. But their funny tricks reminded him of his little children at home that he thought it would be not virtuous to kill them. So the gentleman left them quietly. 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 31. How long is a beaver?
A. Twenty to twenty-five mm in length. B. Three and a half feet in length. C. Six or seven hundred feet in length.
32. Which of the following picture is TRUE according to the passage?
B.
(C)
A. C.
33. Why did the man give up hunting the five beavers? A. Young beavers’ fur is not valuable. B. Beavers saw the hunter and ran away.
C. He thought of his kids when he saw beavers playing.
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34. What does the word “virtuous” in this passage probably mean? A. kind
B. stupid
C. modern
35. What is the best title for this passage? A. The Introduction of Beavers
B. The Living Habits of Beavers
C. The Ways of Helping Beavers
(D)
根据短文内容，选择上面方框内的五个句子还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺。（选项中有一项是多余的，每个选项只能用一次）
Think about a world without insects (昆虫). ____36____ There would be no flies in your room. But in fact, this could be really bad news.
____37____ According to Dave Goulson in Britain, “In the 27 years from 1989 to 2016, the number of insects fell by 75 percent” he wrote. Scientists say the main reason for this is the use of pesticides (农药). They are bad for the places that insects live in.
What would happen without insects? It’s hard to give an exact answer, but there would be some big influences. Insects can help to pollinate crops (给庄稼授粉). ____38____ We need them to keep the earth healthy and do much more. Without insects, many animals would have nothing to eat. ____39____ The environment would be even worse.
The first step to stop this is to let more people understand. “The values of the natural world both for what it does for us and for itself.” Goulson said. “____40____ We should encourage them to protect the environment from an early age.”
A. They also turn dead plants and animals into new useful things. B. They are harmful to the environment. C. The best place to start is with our children. D. It might sound nice at first.
E. The number of insects is less and less. F. They would go hungry and die.
四、交际应用（本题共5分，每空1分）
从A-G选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有两项是多余的） A: Wow! Your new T-shirt looks so nice. ____41____ B: Last week in Hong Kong.
A: It must be very expensive. ____42____
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B: Hangzhou It is a famous brand. A: Yeah. ____43____ B: I have no idea.
A: ____44____ Then they are sent to all over the world to sell. B: Yeah. China has been the largest “clothes factory” of the world. A: ____45____
B: I agree It’s great that China is so good at making clothes. A. Where was it made?
B. How much did you pay for it?
C. It seems that you like Chinese products a lot. D. It’s really hard to avoid buying clothes made in China. E. Many clothes are made in China. F. When and where did you buy it? G. Who is the T-shirt designed (设计) by?
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五、语法填空（本题共10分，每空1分）
阅读短文，在空白处填入一个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，每空一词（空白处所填词为虚词）。
Jennifer William’s mother was a teacher and liked to read books to her three ____46____ (child) every day. When Jennifer grew up, she also liked reading books that is because they can give her more ____47____ (happy) and make her a better man. “Reading can take you wherever you want to go. If you don’t read, you can hardly learn anything new without ____48____ (go) out,” she said.
After Jennifer became a teacher in Danville, Virginia, she wanted her students to develop interest ____49____ reading just as she herself did. However, she ____50____ (realize) that some kids had few chances to read books. Then she thought of an idea.
One summer, Jennifer started collecting books. She had sent more than 63,000 books to her community so that she was ____51____ (call) the “Book Lady”. Later, she set up a new goal (目标) for herself: one million books. It sounded like a big number that she couldn’t reach, ____52____ Jennifer strongly believed that she could make it.
There’s no doubt that Jennifer William knows what she wants to do ____53____ (clear) and has the courage to achieve that. Her experiences have told us that nothing is ____54____ (possible). So remember, once you set your goal, just go ____55____ it.
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六、任务型阅读（本题共25分）
先阅读（A）、（B）、（C）三篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列三项任务。
(A)
阅读短文，用方框中所给词或短语填空使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空只能填一个单词或一个短语，每个单词或短语限用一次）
another, standing, nervous, finally, took pride in, give, unforgettable, competition, while, first Sally is a friend of mine when I was studying in the middle school. I still remember that one year, my school held a singing ____56____. I took part in it because I really loved singing. I sang with a girl named Sally. Unluckily, I was so ____57____ that I forgot the lyrics (歌词). I was ____58____ on the stage (舞台), looking pale in the face. We lost it. I felt so sorry. But Sally tried to comfort (安慰) me by saying, “There will be ____59____ chance soon.”
After a month, our school’s art festival began. I entered it. The ____60____ person I thought of to join me was Sally, although I wasn’t sure if she would like to. She said she would join as well ____61____ I was asking other people to join me. How happy I was! The day of the festival ____62____ arrived. As we walked into class, our classmates started cheering for us. The big words “Come on!” were on the cards for us. It was a really ____63____ and touching afternoon. We ____64____ ourselves.
As you can see, who I want to thank most is Sally, who didn’t ____65____ up on me. It is her that helped me to go on. In my opinion, nothing can separate us. Sally will always be there with me forever.
(B)
Do you know what BMI (体重指数) is? According to the National Health Service, BMI is a way that uses one’s height and weight to work out if someone is fit.
BMI has been included in the PE test for zhongkao in some cities in China. For example, the zhongkao in Beijing in 2021. Chengdu and Shanghai have also started similar actions.
Zhang Yanshu is a grade 8 student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He used to be
overweight. “It was this summer that I began to work on my BMI,” Zhang said. As you know, running is one of the events (项目) for the PE test, so he started by running. “I think BMI and running go well together. When I run, my BMI gets better; when my BMI gets better, I feel more energetic (精力充沛的) running.” Zhang also paid much attention to what he ate. “I ate brown rice instead of white rice, and chicken for meat most of the time,” he said. As a result, he has become healthier.
However, for other students, they think putting BMI into zhongkao has caused some trouble. Chen Kaifei, 14,
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from Beijing said that BMI is also a problem for students who are too thin like him. “However, mostly I think it helps me a lot,” Chen said. “It really makes everyone have a better understanding of their body and health conditions, and I started to care about my eating and living habits, simply to keep my BMI at a good level.” 66. What is BMI?
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67. Which cities have put BMI into the PE test according to the passage?
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68. How did Zhang Yanshu work on his BMI?
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69. Was Chen Kaifei too fat or too thin?
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70. Do you agree with the idea of PE test including BMI? Why or why not?
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(C)
Hi! I’m the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway. I’ve felt happy recently because a new high-speed railway now joins the two cities. Do you want to know my story?
I’m 114 years old now. The one who made me was Zhan Tianyou. He was a brave and smart man. He believed China should build its own railways. So he built me, China’s first railway.
In the past, my trains used steam (蒸汽). They went very slowly. Their top speed was only 35km/h. Then, the trains started to use diesel (柴油). They went a little faster than the old ones. Later, there were even faster trains which used electricity (电). But it still took more than three hours to travel from Beijing to Zhangjiakou.
In 2020, the new high-speed railway opened on Dec. 30. I was so excited. It helped people travel much faster than the ones in the past. The high-speed ones had a top speed of 350km/h! It only took 47 minutes to travel from Beijing to Zhangjiakou.
During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Beijing and Zhangjiakou welcomed lots of people around the world. The railway played an important role.
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I’m too old to keep working these days, but people will keep me as part of history. It’s a little sad. But I’m still proud of all the changes China has made. Zhan Tianyou must be proud, too.
根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。
____71____ ____72____ ____73____ ____74____ ____75____ 76. 假如你是李梅，你的外国笔友Lily来信提到她未能与父母在自己未来的规划上达成共识。请你根据以下信息，给她回信，并告诉Lily你的未来规划和你为之 (即将) 进行的准备。 写作要点：
1. 告诉Lily不要心情低落； 2. 发表你对处理这件事情的看法； (1) 沟通最重要； (2) 彼此尊重 (respect)；
3. 告诉Lily你的未来规划和你为之 (即将) 进行的准备。 写作要求：
1. 不得使用真实的姓名和学校名。
2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。 3. 字迹工整、语言精练、表达准确、条理清晰。 4. 至少80词。 Dear Lily,
I’ve known that you and your parents have different ideas on your future plan.
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Best wishes to you!
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Yours,Li Mei
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