浙江省杭州市建蘭中學(xué)2023-2024學(xué)年九年級上學(xué)期期中英語試題

浙江省杭州市建蘭中學(xué)2023-2024學(xué)年九年級上學(xué)期期中英

語試題

學(xué)校:姓名：班級：考號：

一、閱讀單選

OnNov19th,2019.Disney+cameoutinAustralia,offeringmoviesandTVcontent（內(nèi)

容）fromDisney,Pixar,Marvel,StarWars,andNationalGeographic.Itaddsevenmore

contentthisyearwiththeadditionoftheStarbrand,whichcameoutonFeb23rd,2020.

Disney+isasubscription-based（訂閱型）service.Therearetwochoices-amonthly

subscriptionat$6.99permonth,orayearlyat$69.99.ThepriceofDisney+increasedto

$7.99/monthor$79.99/yearonMar26th,2021.

Foryourmonthlyoryearlysubscriptionprice,you'll:

downloadshowsandmoviesonupto10devices.

get4KUltra-HD（超高清）videoqualityonselectedcontent.

enjoymoviesorTVserieswithoutadvertisements.

getmanylanguagechoices,includingEnglish,Spanish,FrenchandDutch,alongwith

navigationassistance（導(dǎo)航輔助）forviewerswithdisabilities（onlyavailableonselected

content）.

Disney+,isalsoavailableasanapponbothAppleandAndroiddevices,soyoucanuse

Disney+onyoursmartphonesortablets.

1.WhendidStarbrandcomeoutinAustralia?

A.OnNov19th,2019.

B.OnFeb23rd,2020.

C.OnFeb23rd,2021.

D.OnMar26th,2021.

2.IfJakesubscribedforthreemonthsofservicestartinginApril,2021,howmuchshouldhe

pay?

A.$17.50.B.$20.00.C.$20.97.D.$23.97.

3.Whichofthefollowingisavailableonlyforselectedcontent?

A.Enjoymovieswithoutadvertisements.

B.GetlanguagechoicesincludingSpanish.

C.Downloadservicesfordifferentdevices.

D.Navigationassistancefordisabledviewers.

4.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.YoucanuseDisney+onyoursmartphonesortablets.

B.YoucanonlyfindcontentfromDisneyonDisney+.

C.Youcandownloadupto10showsormovieseachday.

D.Youcanenjoymoreservicewithayearlysubscription.

①Weusuallythinkthatgarbageisdirtyanduseless.However,anartexhibition（展覽）

in2022provesthat"useless“thingscanactuallybehelpful.

②DearPrettyRubbish,anarteventorganizedbytheWorldWideFundforNature

（WWFN）anddigitalmediaartcompanyBlackbow,washeldinBeijing.Itaskedquestions

abouttherelationshipbetweenourlifestylesandourgarbage.

③“Wehopethateveryonewhovisitedtheshowcanthinkabouthow"uselessthings'are

produced,whytheyaretossedoutandwhether"uselessthings'arereallyuseless.^^saidCao

Yujia,thedesigndirectoratBlackbow.

④Theorganizerssaidthatalltherawmaterialsfortheexhibitionwerecollectedfrom

communitygarbagecans.

?ArtistsZhouYuxuanandLiuYifancollectednyloncableties（尼龍扎帶）,LEDlights

anddrinkbottlesfromdesigners9workshopstocreateaworkwhereplastics,intheshapeof

cells,"grow"inacomer.There,thelightsblink（閃爍）toimitate（模仿）"breathing”.When

peoplewalknearit,theworkformslightpatterns,asifcommunicatingwiththevisitors.

Speakingaboutthework,Zhousaid,"It'slikesomekindofcommunicationbetweenhumans

andplastics.^^

?Plastichasalifelongerthanalmostanycreature,takingcenturiestobreakdown.

Thoughpeopleblameplasticsfordamage（傷害）totheenvironment,theyareabigpartof

ourdailylives.

⑦“Sowewanttoaskthequestion:Althoughthedamagecontinues,isthereawayfor

humanstoreconcile（和解）withplastics?”saidZhou.

5.Whatisthepurposeof"DearPrettyRubbish”?

A.Toshowhowtodealwithplasticproductseffectively.

B.Toshowhowtorecycleuselessthingsaroundhome.

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C.Togetpeopletorealizetheimportanceofnotusingplastics.

D.Togetpeopletothinkaboutlifestylesandgarbage.

6.WhatisParagraph5mainlyabout?

A.Artistswhocollectedmaterialsfromgarbagecans.

B.Oneofthecreativeartworksattheexhibition.

C.Waystoturnuselessthingsintodifferentshapes.

D.Communicationbetweenartistsandvisitorsattheexhibition.

7.Whichphrasecantaketheplaceoftheunderlinedphrase“tossedout”?

A.workedoutB.usedupC.thrownawayD.putoff

Septemberisusuallythestartofanewseason-butwhatyoucallthatseasondepends

onwhereyouareandwhomyouask.IntheUK,peoplewilltellyouit's"autumn”.However,

crosstheAtlanticandyou'llfindthatpeopleuse6<falF,and“autumn“whentalkingaboutthis

timeofyear.IntheEnglishlanguage,theseasonhastwowidelyacceptednames.Whydoesit

havetobesoconfusing（令人迷惑的）？

Beforeeitherofthetwowordsappearedinthedictionary,theseasonsdividingthecold

andwarmmonthsdidn'thavecommonnames.Themainthingpeopledidduringthe

pre-wintertimewasgatheringcrops,soitwascalled“harvest“inOldEnglish.

Then,inthe1600s,moreandmorepeopleleftfarmsandmovedintocities.Without

farming,theword“harvest“becamelessusefultopeopleincities.SomeEnglishspeakers

neededadifferentnamefortheseason.Theyknewleavesfellfromtreesduringthatseason,

sopeoplecalledtheseason“thefalloftheleaf'or6<falF,forshort.Butbytheendofthe

1600s,"autumn”,fromtheFrenchword“autompne“andtheLatinword“autumnus”,was

introducedinEnglandandtooktheplaceoftheword"fhU"astheexpressionforthe

harvestingseason.

Atthesametime,BritishpeopleweremakingtheirfirsttripstoNorthAmerica.They

broughtthewords"fhll"and"autumn“withthem.Today,usingbothwordstodescribethe

seasonisaveryAmericanthing.

8.Whichisthebestwordtodescribethefeelingwhen"fhll"and"autumn“areusedinthe

Englishlanguage?

A.Amazing.B.Confusing.C.Surprising.D.Interesting.

9.Whichofthefollowingistrueabout"autumn”?

A.ItisaFrenchword.

B.Itiswidelyusedbyfarmers.

C.Itmeansleavesfalling.

D.ItappearslaterthanctfalF,.

10.Whywastheword^fair9created?

A.Becauseduringthatseason,peoplearebusycollectingfallenleaves.

B.Becauseduringthatseason,peoplearebusymovingtothecities.

C.Becauseduringthatseason,leavesfallfromthetrees.

D.Becauseitiseasiertoberememberedthan“autumn”.

二、多任務(wù)混合閱讀

AUShighschoolwithonly200studentsisproducingsomeoftheworld'sbest

technology.

Studentsatthisschoolmadecarswithimprovedfuelefficiency（燃油效率）andother

inventions,too.Andnow,thestudentsaredesigningawashingmachineforouterspace.They

hopeitwillbeacceptedbyNASAorus.

NASAaskedforideasthroughitsHUNCHprogram,whichisshortfor“HighSchool

UnitedwithNASAtoCreateHardware”.BrahamAreaHighSchoolisoneofthe100schools

intheprogram.

Thechallengeistocomeupwithagoodwaytowashclothesonlong-timespacetasks,

whereairandwaterdon'tmixandsoapcan'tbeused.Onshorterspacetasks,astronauts

simplythrowawaytheirdirtyclothes.Forlongertasks,adifferentsolutionisneeded.

Theteamhasalreadybuiltasystemusingaseriesofpumps（泵）andvacuumchambers

（真空室）,butNASAwereafraidthatitmightnotbedurable（耐用的）.

Thewashingmachineisn'ttheonlyNASAprojectBrahmastudentsareworkingon.

They'realsodesigningandbuildingatracksystemtoholdequipment.NASAsaiditplansto

usetheirsystem.

They9realsodesigninganautomated（自動化的）feedingsystemforspacemice.NASA

regularlytakesmiceintospaceastestsubjects.

“Togetakidtodosomethingthattheyneverthoughttheycoulddo,thafsreallygreat!

saidLukeBecker,theschool'stechnologyteacher.""Therearekidswhoneverplannedtodo

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anythingintechnologyuntiltheyhadthesechances.^^

11.ThestudentsinBrahamAreaHighSchoolareworkingon.

①electriccars②washingmachinesforouterspace

（3）atracksystem④afeedingsystem

A.①②B.①②③C.②③④D.①②③④

12.WhatistheHUNCHprogramabout?

A.Itchoosesexcellenthighschoolstudentsforspacetravel.

B.Itteachesstudentstolearnaboutthebestspacetechnology.

C.IfsasciencecompetitionforUShighschoolstudents.

D.Itcollectsthoughtsforspacetechnologyfromhighschoolstudents.

13.WhatdoweknowaboutthewashingmachinedesignedbyBrahamstudents?

A.Itisexpectedtousesoapandwater.

B.Itisdesignedforlong-timespacetasks.

C.Onlyonepumpisusedinthismachine.

D.Themachinehasabuilt-intracksystem.

14.WhatdoweknowaboutBrahamstudents?

A.Thestudentswillworkonafridgeinthefuture.

B.Alloftheirinventionsaredesignedforouterspace.

C.Theirautomatedfeedingsystemisbeingusedinspace.

D.Theyaresupportedbytheirschooltomaketechnology.

15.WhatdoyouthinkofthestudentsattheUShighschoolandwhy?（請用20詞以內(nèi)回答）

三、閱讀還原5選5

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的五個選項中選出能填入短文空白處的最佳選項，使短文

通順、連貫，意思完整。

Succulents（多肉植物）canusuallystaywetinhotanddryweather.16

Getthepotsready.Makesurethatyouarenotusingeithertoolargeortoosmallpots.

17Claypotsarethebestforplantingsucculents.Fillonethirdofthepotwithgravel（砂

礫）.

Fillthepotswithpottingmix.Holdtheplantcarefullyatthecenterofthepot.Placethe

pottingmixlooselyaroundtherootsuntilitcoversthemup.

Providegoodsunlight.Succulentspreferbrightlight.18Thebestsunexposure

（日照）timewillbefromdawntonoonduringthesummer.

Wateryourplant.Thefirstwateringwillbedoneonthethirddayofplanting.Watering

afterwardwilldependonthegrowthrateoftheplant.Agoodruleisthatthesoilmixshould

beallowedtodryupbeforethenextwatering.19Duringtheearlyandlatewinter,

youcanwateriteverytwoweeks,andonceamonthduringthepeakofcoldweather.

Fertilize（施肥）it.20Stopfertilizingentirelyduringthewinter.Thenitrogen

content（含氮量）ofthefertilizershouldalwaysbeverylow.

A.Thereshouldbethreeorfourholesatthebottomofthepot.

B.Doitduringthesummergrowingseason.

C.Itissuggestedtowatertwiceaweekduringthesummer.

D.You'dbetterplacethepotsinanareawherethereisplentyofsunlight.

E.Theyareveryeasytoplant.

四、完形填空

閱讀下面短文，掌握大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

Billwasathoughtfulandhard-workingstudent.Butwheninhighschool,he21.

Neitherdidheworkhardnorlistentohisparents,22Billhadfallenintobad

company（同伴）.He23,skippedclasses（逃課）andplayedcomputergameswith

thosefriends.Finallyhefailedinonesubject.Itwasa24toBill.Hewascompletely

broken.Hefeltsadandnevertalkedtoanyone.

Theheadmastercametoknowthis.HedecidedtohelpBill25.Thatday,the

headmastertoldBillto26himbythefireplace.Twoofthemremained27

andsaidnothingfor10minutes.Thentheheadmastertookoutaburningpieceofcoal28

withthetongs（鉗子）andputitinthesoil.Thatpiecekeptheatingforawhileandthen

29"Sir,whydoyouputthatpieceinthesoil?Itstoppedburning,Billasked.The

headmastersaid,“Son,stayingoutforsometimedidn'tmakeituseless,andletmeputitin

thefireplaceagain.^^Assoonasitwenttothefireplace,thepiecestartedburningagainto

provide30.

Theheadmastersaid,"Bill,youarejustlikethatpieceofcoal.Earlierwhenyoulivedin

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goodcompany,youwerea(n)31student.Thenyoufellintowrongcompanylikethe

coalinthesoil.However,thatcoaldidn'tget32afterbeingputbackinthefireand

itwouldfinditsvalueagain.Inthesameway,youcanalsogetbacktogoodcompany,work

hardagainandbecometheonewithgreat33.

Afterthat,Billhad34whathehadtodoandbemadeuphismindtomakehis

future.Andhemade35progress.TwoyearslatehewasadmittedtoPrinceton

University.

21.A.succeededB.changedC.doubtedD.regretted

22.A.althoughB.ifC.unlessD.because

23.A.liedB.jumpedC.landedD.expressed

24.A.shockB.successC.chanceD.choice

25.A.overB.backC.downD.out

26.A.watchB.meetC.callD.avoid

27.A.sadB.happyC.silentD.lively

28.A.carefullyB.sadlyC.differentlyD.proudly

29.A.brokedownB.wentoutC.turnedupD.setoff

30.A.heatB.loveC.moneyD.food

31.A.patientB.excellentC.impoliteD.humorous

32.A.wastedB.noticedC.movedD.fixed

33.A.interestsB.achievementsC.relationshipsD.discoveries

34.A.missedB.sharedC.understoodD.wondered

35.A.localB.privateC.generalD.great

五、多句選詞填空

用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，每詞僅用一次(每空一詞)。

stealGermanbackgroundcorrectpronounce

36.WhenLilytoldthestoryinEnglish,Ienjoyeditverymuch.Herwasso

beautiful.

37.Lindawassoangrybecauseherbikewasbyathief.

38.Ineedabitmoreinformationaboutit.Canyouhelpme?

39.Themachinewasmadein,whichisofgoodquality.

40.Ithinkyou'vemadeadecision.

六、短文漢語提示填空

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給中文提示，用單詞的正確形式完成短文。

Nowadays,alotofpeopleoftenfinditveryhardtofallasleepatnight.Whydothey

oftenhavethisproblem?Becausetheyareusuallyundertoomuch41（壓力）from

theirworkandlife.Infact,thecoloroftheirbedroomwallscanhelp42（解決）this

problem.

Greymaybethemostpopularcolorat43（現(xiàn)在），butpaintingyourbedroom

greycouldactuallystopyoufromgettingyoureight44（小時）sleep.Greyshould

notbeconsideredwhenyouwanttodecorate（裝飾）yourbedroom,accordingtoasleep

expertatmattresscompanycalledSealy.And45（雖然）it'sdarkwhileyouare

sleepinginyourroom,thelightfromstreetlampsandanuntidyroomcouldboth46

（影響）yoursleep.Ifyouwanttopaintthewallsofyourbedroom,youshould47

（避免）greyandothercolorslikered,brownandpurple.

SealytoldFemail,“Whileyourroomisdarkwhenyougotosleep,youmay48

（花費）anhourormoreinyourbedroomwiththelightonbeforegoingtosleep.Atthistime,

thecolorofyourbedroomcanpreventyoufromgoingtosleep.Thecolorthatistoobright

canmakeyoufeel49（激動的）,whichcanlastlongafteryotTveturnedthelightoff

andcannolongerseethecolor.Thebestchoiceofthecolorforyourbedroomisblue,which

is50（容易地）pickedupbyganglion（神經(jīng)節(jié)細胞）intheretinas（視網(wǎng)膜）ofyour

eyes.Thecellsthensendamessagedirectlytoyourbrain,tellingyouthatyou'reinacalm

environment.

七、語法填空