2023年荊門市重點中學英語九年級第一學期期末調研試題含解析

2023年荊門市重點中學英語九年級第一學期期末調研試題請考生注意：1．請用2B鉛筆將選擇題答案涂填在答題紙相應位置上，請用0．5毫米及以上黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆將主觀題的答案寫在答題紙相應的答題區(qū)內。寫在試題卷、草稿紙上均無效。2．答題前，認真閱讀答題紙上的《注意事項》，按規(guī)定答題。Ⅰ.單項選擇1、Istudyfivedays____________weekandonSundaysIoftenplay____________football.A．/；the B．the；the C．the；a D．a；/2、—CanIlearnEnglishwellifIworkhardonitfromnowon?—Sure.___________.A．Onetreedoesn’tmakeaforestB．It’snotworkthatkills,butworryC．NothingisimpossibletoawillingheartD．Twoheadsarebetterthanone3、---_____doyougotovisityourgrandma?---TwiceamonthA．HowoftenB．HowmuchC．HowsoonD．Howlong4、It’s________/?mp?'la?t/totalkloudlyinpublicplaces.A．important B．impolite C．improve D．impossible5、(2012●南京市)We'resurethattheenvironmentinourcity__greatlythroughourworkinthenearfuture.A．improved B．wasimproved C．hasimproved D．willbeimproved6、---Lucy,thetaskmustbecompletedbeforeThursday!---Oh,wecan’t________towasteasingleminute.A．decide B．manage C．afford D．stick7、--It'sverykindofyoutohelpme.Thankyouverymuch.--__________A．Thankyou B．Don'tthankmeC．Sorrytohelpyoulittle D．Youarewelcome8、Allofusare______aboutthe______newsthatBeijingwillholdtheWinterOlympicsin2022.A．excited;exciting B．exciting;excited C．excited;excite D．exciting;excite9、Inthefollowingwords,whichunderlinedletterhasadifferentsoundfromtheothers?A．attention B．condition C．question10、ThesouptastesterriblebecauseIputtoomuchsaltintoit______.A．simplyB．exactlyC．carelesslyD．properlyⅡ.完形填空11、Nine-year-oldLouisPasteurrushedintothelittlehouse．Withhisfacewhite.“Mother!”hecried,“Amaddoghas1myfriendHenry,andnowtheyareburninghimwithred-hotirons(烙鐵).It’sterrible!”“Rabies(狂犬病),Louis.Burningthebitesistheonly2ofstoppingHenryfromcatchingthedisease.’’Henrydidgetrabiesanddied,ingreat3,somedayslater.LouisPasteurnever4.“Oneday,”hethought,“ImustdosomethingtohelppeoplelikeHenry.”SixteenyearslaterPasteurbecameaDoctorof5．Andhebeganhisworkinthisspecialfield.Pasteurachievedgreatsuccessinhislife.6theyearsofresearchhelosttheuseofhisleftarmandleg,yetheneverlostheart.Heworkedonandon,ashardasever,7hehadastrongwilltofindawayforcuringrabies.Aftermanydangerousexperimentsonmaddogs,he8foundtheanswer.Justthenaboywhohadbeenbadlybittenbyamaddogarrivedathislab.AfewdayslaterPasteur’streatment,theboygot9.Hedidnotcatchrabies.Thediscoverygavenewhopetopeopleinmanycountries.Peoplesentmoneytohelp10thePasteurInstituteinParis.Todayitisoneoftheworld’smostfamouscentersfortheresearch.1．A．knockedB．pulledC．kickedD．bitten2．A．resultB．hopeC．truthD．value3．A．painB．troubleC．sadnessD．danger4．A．forgotB．refusedC．continuedD．remembered5．A．FrenchB．LawC．HistoryD．Science6．A．FromB．BeforeC．DuringD．Until7．A．whenB．thoughC．ifD．as8．A．hardlyB．finallyC．evenD．again9．A．easierB．harderC．betterD．worse10．A．buildB．closeC．buyD．repairⅢ.語法填空12、ThisisTammelaSchool,aprimaryschoolinFinland.Thestudentsarehavingamathclasswiththeirrobotteacher.The“teacher”is1．small,bluemachineabout25cmhigh,Reutersreported.Wheneverstudentshaveproblems,ithelpsthemvery2．(patient)andnevergetsbored.“Therobotcanmakestudents3．(active)inclassthanusual.IseeEliasasoneofthe4．(tool)togetdifferentkindsofpracticeandactivitiesintotheclassroom,”ateachertoldReuters.Sofartheschool5．(introduce)fourrobotteachers,oneofwhomisalanguageteacherthatcanspeak23languagesanddancetomusic."6．isnecessarytoencouragekidstocomeup7．newwaystomakeuseoftechnologyinschoollife,"theheadoftheschool8．(add)intheinterview.Therobotteachersareused9．(help)improvelearning.Thisdoesn'tmeanthathumanteacherswilllosetheirjobs.Therobotscanteachwell,10．theyarenotabletokeepclassinorder.Theschoolstillneedshumanteachers.Ⅳ.閱讀理解A13、CircleofKnowledgeMoststudentstodaydependontherapidnessandconvenienceoftheInternettoprovidethefactstheylookfor.Givenaresearchtask，manystudentsmakeuseofawebsiteknownasWikipedia，whichisavailable（可獲得的）toallusersoftheInternet.However，beforetheintroductionoftheInternet,studentsjourneyedtothelibrarytosearchforfacts，figuresandstoriesinahugecollectionofbooksknownasencyclopedias（百科全書）Theword“encyclopedia"，meaning“wholecircleofknowledge”，comesfromtheancientGreeklanguage.Thefirstencyclopediaswereorganizedbytopic.Theseearlycollectionsweretheworksofasinglewriter.ThefirstbookofthiskindwaswrittenbyaRoman，PlinytheElder,nearly2,000yearsago.Plinyscollectionremainedpopularforalmost1,500years.Producingsuchhugeworkswasadifficulttask.Soexpertsbegantoworktogether,sharingresponsibilityforwritingaboutdifferenttopics.ThefirstsetofbookstousemanyauthorswasAnUniversalDictionaryofArtsandSciencespublishedin1728.Themultiple-authormodelbecamethemostwidelyusedformat.Todaytherearemanyencyclopediasindifferentmedia.TheonlineencyclopediaWikipediawasstartedin2001.UserscanvisitthefreewebsiteontheInternet.Buttheonlineinformationhasmistakes.Usersarewarnedthatnewerarticlesmayhavelargemistakes.Printedencyclopediasaremoreorlessfreeofmistakes.However,itisexpensivetomakesureofthecorrectness.Wikipediaistryingtoimproveitscorrectness.Theyemploy（雇用）1，000“factcheckers"tolookthroughthewebsiteandcorrectmistakes.Thewebsitemanagersalsostatethatolderarticlesaremorecompleteandbalanced.EncyclopediaBritannicahasevenmademovesawayfrombeingasingle-formatbooktoo.Thecompanystartedafreeonlineversion.Thefreearticlesareshort;however,longerarticlesareavailableafteruserspayforthem.Bothonlineandprinteditions（版本）havedisadvantages.Themistakescanbecorrected，buttheprocesstakestime.Printeditionsareresistant（頑固的）tosuchmistakes.Theyarealsoresistanttosomethingelse：change.Sometimesnewinformationbecomesavailableafteranencyclopediaisprinted.Publisherscanwaittoincludethenewinformationinthenextedition，butthatmightbeayearormoreaway.Morechangesarelikelyforencyclopedias，whetherinprintoronline.Astimegoesby，theknowledgeofhumankindwillstillneedtoberecorded，sorted，andstored.Thestoryofhowthatinformationwilllookin20，50oreven100yearsisstillunwritten.1．Whatisthesecondparagraphmainlyabout?A．Thereadersofencyclopedias.B．Thejourneytothelibrary.C．Thehistoryofencyclopedias.D．Thechangetothelibrary.2．TheproblemofonlineencyclopediaWikipediamightbethatA．theservicescosttoomuchB．newarticlescannotbefoundC．userscannotvisitthewebsiteD．theinformationhasmistakes3．Wecanteamfromthepassagethat．A．thefuturelookofinformationisunknowntotheworldB．olderarticlesonthewebsiteareusuallyeasyandshortC．thefirstencyclopediasweretheworksofmanywritersD．printeditionsofencyclopediaschangeinformationfast4．Whatisthepurposeofwritingthepassage?A．Tosuggestreadingprintedencyclopedias.B．Toadvisepeopletouseonlineencyclopedias.C．Tosellsomeeditionsofencyclopediasonline.D．Tointroducethedevelopmentofencyclopedias.、B14、Fortoomanypeople,theharmbeginsearlyinlife.FouroutoftenbabiesbornintheUnitedStatesdonotformastrongrelationshipwitheitherparent,andtheywillpayforthatintherestoftheirlives.NewresearchfromPrincetonUniversityconfirmswhatotherresearchershavealreadyfound:thenumberofbabieswhoarelackofthecloserelationshipisratherbig,whichpreventsthemhavingafairchanceofhavingasuccessfullife.Thatfindingissupportedbymanyotherresearchprojects,includingastudyfromtheUniversityofRochestershowingthatnearlyonethirdofUSparentsdon’tknowwhattoexpectfromtheirnewborns,orhowtohelpthemgrowandlearnandgetalongwithothers.Babies,asothershavepointedout,don’tcomewithanowner’sguidebook.Thebasicproblem,accordingtothePrinceton’sstudy,isthat40percentofbabiesintheUSliveinfearordistrustoftheirparents,andthatwillturnintoaggressiveness(侵犯),defiance(違抗)andhyperactivity(多動)astheygrowintoadults.Ofthatnumber,25percentdon’thaveacloserelationshipwiththeirparentsbecausetheparentsdon’tsatisfytheirneeds.And15percentfindtheirparentsaresotroublingthattheywillavoidthemwheneverpossible.Thatwillnotnecessarilyresultinalifetimeofviolence,butitwillmakelivingasuccessfullifemuchmoredifficult.“Theycanovercome(克服)it,”sociologistSophieMoullinofPrinceton,theleaderofthatstudy,saidinatelephoneinterview.“It’snotamake-or-breaksituation,buttheymightfindithardertocontroltheirbehaviour.”Moullin,along

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histeammatesfromColumbiaUniversityandtheUniversityofBristolinEngland,studiedmorethan100researchprojects,toreachtheirconclusions.Manyreasonsleadtotheproblem,includingpoverty(貧窮),ignorance(無知),andstressamongparentswhoaresobusywiththeirownproblemsthatanewchildissometimesmorethantheycandealwith.Yetstrongrelationships,theresearcherssay,areamazinglysimpletoachieve.1．Accordingtothewritingstyleofthepassage,itmaybea___________.A．newsreport B．bookreport C．novel D．review2．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A．About40%ofthenewbornsdonotformastrongrelationshipwitheitherparent.B．Someparentsaretoobusywiththeirownproblemstodealwithanewchild.C．Parents’failingtosatisfytheirbabies’needsmaycausefutureproblems.D．Babieswhofailtohavecloserelationshipswiththeirparentsaresuretohaveanunsuccessfullife.3．Whatmaybediscussedinthefollowingparagraph?A．Findingsofotherprojectssimilartothistopic.B．Examplesoftheresultsoflackingstrongrelationships.C．Simplewaysofachievingstrongrelationshipswithababy.D．Reasonsforfailinginbuildingupstrongrelationshipswithababy.4．Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?A．It’shardertocontrolchildren’sbehaviourB．WhatalittlelovemeanstoalittleoneC．TheproblemsoftheparentsintheUnitedStatesD．TheproblemsofthebabiesintheUnitedStatesC15、Nooneknowswhenthefirstkitewasmade.Thefirstrecordofakitewasmorethan2,000yearsagoinChina.HanXin,theleaderofanarmy,wantedtobringdownaking.Hedecidedtodigatunnel(隊道）intotheking’spalace.Heflewakiteoverthewallofthepalacetomakesurethelength(長度）ofitsstring(線).Inthisway,hecoulddeterminehowlongthetunnelshouldbe.Hismeninthetunneltookthekitestringwiththem.Whentheyreachedtheendofthestring,theyknewtodigup.KiteshavebeenflowninJapanforhundredsofyears.Inthe1700s,kiteswereflowninautumntogivethanksforagoodharvest.Theywerealsoflowntosendgoodwishestocoupleswhohadtheirfirstson.TodayinJapan,kitesareoftenflownaspartofacelebration,suchasthebeginningofanewyear.Andkitefestivalsareheldeachyearinmanypartsofthecountry.Kiteshavebeenusedforscientificpurposesinthewesternworld.In1752，BenjaminFranklintiedakeytoakiteandflewitinastormtofindoutthatlighteningwasaformofelectricity.Inthe1890s，LawrenceHargraveinventedtheboxkitetotestideasaboutflight.From1898until1933，theUnitedStatesWeatherBureau(氣象局）usedboxkitestocollectweatherdata.TheWrightbrothersalsoexperimented(試驗）withkites.Whattheylearnthelpedthemmakethefirstairplaneflightin1903.1．WhydidHanXinwanttodigatunnel?A．Topulldownthepalace.B．Tofightagainsttheking.C．Tosearchfortheking’streasure.D．Tofindoutthelengthofthekitestring.2．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“determine”inParagraph1probablymeaninChinese?A．測定B．選擇C．了解D．考察3．OneofthepurposesofflyingkitesinJapanis_.A．togivethanksforagoodharvestinsummerB．toexpressgoodwishestothefirst-borndaughterC．tocelebratethebeginningofanewyearD．toholdkitefestivalsalloverthecountry4．WhendidtheUnitedStatesWeatherBureaubegintouseboxkites?A．In1752.B．In1898.C．In1903.D．In1933.5．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?A．TheHistoryofKitesB．TheExperimentsofKitesC．TheInventionofaKiteD．TheFirstRecordofaKiteD16、Captain(船長)NemoinvitedmeandmyfriendstogohuntingwithhimintheforestsofCrespoIsland.IaskedhimwhyhewassointerestedinCrespoIsland,“Ithoughtyoupreferredtheseatobeingonland.”“Ido,”repliedthecaptain.“Buttheseforestsareunderthesea.”Aftergoingthroughadoor,wewereabouttenmetresunderthewater.Thelightfromthesunreachedus.Everythinglookedverycolourful.Weweregoingdeeperanddeeper.At100metresdeep,wecouldseequitewell,andCaptainNemostoppedandpointedtosomedarkshapes.Thiswastheforest.The“trees”intheforestweregiantseaweed(海草),andalltheir“branches”werevertical(垂直的).Wecouldnotstoplookingatthem.Fishswamaroundthebrancheslikebirdsinaforest.

Suddenly,Isawalargeseaspideraboutametretall.Itwasgoingtoattackme.CaptainNemo'smankilleditwithhisgun,butitremindedmethattheseacouldbeasdangerousasitwasbeautiful.Whenwereached150metres,itwasdark.Thesun'slightcouldnotreachthisdepth(深度).Weturnedonourlights.Wecouldseeabout20metresaroundus.Finally,wefoundCrespoIsland—whereasteeprockwallroseinfrontofus.Wecouldgonofurther,sowewalkedbacktowardstheNautilus.Suddenly,CaptainNemostoppedandshotananimalwithhisgun,itwasabeautifulandrareseaotter(水獺).Atlast,wecouldseetheNautilus.Severallargesharksswamoverus.Luckilytheydidn'tseeus.Were-enteredtheNautilussafely.IwastiredbutamazedbywhatIhadseen.1．Whatdo“darkshapes”inParagraph3referto(指的是)?A．Trees. B．Seaweed. C．Rocks. D．Fish.2．Accordingtothepassage,whichisthecorrectorder?①CaptainNemo'smankilledaseaspider.②ThemenreturnedtotheNautilus.③Themenwenttotheforest.④CaptainNemoinvitedustogohunting.⑤CaptainNemoshotanotter.A．④①③⑤③ B．③④②⑤① C．④③①⑤② D．③④①⑤②3．Whatisthebesttitleofthestory?A．AVisittoaSeaForest B．DeathUndertheSeaC．CaptainNemoandtheNautilus D．AttackedbyGiantSpideE17、Every14days,anotherlanguagedies.Therearemanyreasonsforthis.Somepeoplethinkmorecommonlanguageshavemoreeconomic(經濟的)power.Becauseofthis,youngpeoplechoosetolearnacommonlanguageastheythinkitismoreuseful.Anotherreasonisthatsomelanguagesaren'twrittendown.GuujaawisaleaderoftheHaidaNation,whosepeoplehavelivedontheQueenCharlotteIslands,Canada,formorethan10,000years.Theirlanguageisendangered.Traditionally,itwasn’twrittendown,and,asaresult,somepeopleareworriedthatitwilldieoneday.Guujaawrepliestothis,"Wetalktoeachother,listen,visit,andbelieveinthespokenword.Expressingyourselfwithoutwritingisnatural."However,ifGuujaaw'slanguageandotherslikeitaregoingtostayalive,writingmayhavetobecomepartoftheirlives.Whenalanguagedies,alotofknowledgedieswithit.Tobeginwith,languageisahugepartofthecultureofthepeoplewhospeakit.Languageallowsspeakerstosaycertainthings:wordsthatdescribeaculturalideamaynottranslateexactlyintoanotherlanguage.Furthermore,manyendangeredlanguageshaverichspokencultures,Stories,songsandhistoriesarepassedonfromolderpeopletoyoungergenerations(一代),ElizabethLindsey,anexpertinlanguages,emphasizes(強調)this.“Whenanelderdies,alibraryisburned,”shesays.Also,languagedeathaffectsourknowledgeaboutnature.Localpeopleoftenhaveadeepunderstandingofplants,animals,andtherelationshipbetweenthem.DavidHarrison,aresearcheronendangeredlanguages,reflects,“80%ofplantandanimalspecies(物種)havebeenundiscoveredbyscience.Butthatdoesn’tmeanthey'reunknowntohumans.”Manylanguagesareendangered.However,itsnottoolate.Childrenoftengrowupspeakingtwolanguages."Noone..becomesricherbygivingup…onelanguagetolearnanother,”Harrisonsaid.Ifchildrenfeelbothlanguagesareimportant,theywilluseboth.So,itisnecessarythatchildrenrealizehowusefultheirlocallanguageis.1．HowmanyreasonsarementionedforendangeredlanguagesinParagraph1?A．2B．3.C．4D．5.2．InParagraph2,thewritermainlytellsus_____.A．howculturesarepassedonB．howculturesarediscoveredC．whylanguagesarewrittendownD．whylanguagesareimportanttocultures3．Theunderlinedword"affects"inthepassagemeans“_______”.A．waitsforB．dependsonC．isdifferentfromD．hasaninfluenceon4．Whichofthefollowingisthewriter'sopinion?A．Peopleneedtousecommonlanguagesmoreoften.B．Thespokenwordismoreimportantthanthewrittenword.C．Childrenarethehopetostopthelocallanguagefromdying.D．Manyanimalsandplantsareindangerbecauseofdyinglanguages.F18、It’ssobeautifuloutsidethatspendingthedayintheofficewouldbeveryboring.Sowhynottakethevacations(假期)off?Anewsurvey(調查)foundthat31﹪ofU.Sworkersdon’talwaystakealloftheirvacationdays.Americanshave12vacationdaysonaverage(平均)eachyear,buttheygivebackanaverageof3vacationdayseachyear.Sowhydon’ttheyuseuptheirvacationdays?Somesaytheywouldrathergetmoneybackfortheirunuseddays;somebusyworkerssaytheyjustcan’tleavetheirwork.Americanshavefewervacationdaysthanworkersinanyothercountrysurveyed.TheFrenchtaketheirvacationsseriously.Frenchworkersgetanaverageof39vacationdays,and40﹪plantotakeatleastonethere-to-four-weekvacation.WorkersinSwedenreceiveanaverageof25vacationdaysayear,buttheycan’tfindtimetousethemall.Moreworkerstherereturnvacationdaysth