江苏省江阴市华士片2021届九年级英语下学期期中试题

1、江苏省江阴市华士片2021届九年级英语下学期期中试题第I卷客观题共70分考试时间：110分钟、听力测试（本大题 共20小题，每题1分，共20分）第一局部 听对话答复以下问题计 10分第一局部听对话答复以下问题计10分本局部共有10道小题，每题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最适宜的答案。What are they talking about?A.B .When did the man get up today?A.B.C.What did the boy watch last night?A.B.C.What s

2、the documentary about?A.B.C.What does the boy want to be?A. An artist.B. An engineer.C. A policeman.How many people will go to the beach?A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourWhat is the girl going to do?A. Ask for the boy s picture. B. Show the boy a picture C. Take aphoto of the boyWhere are the two speakers?A. On

3、 a bus.B. In a library. C. In a shop.How does Amy go to school when it rains?A. On footB. By carC. By bikeWhy didn t the woman catch the train?She didn t start early.She didn t know the way to the station.The traffic was too heavy.第二局部听对话和短文答题计 10分你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每题5秒钟；听完后，每

4、题你仍有5秒钟的时间在答卷上写上你认为最适宜的备选答案。听一段对话，答复第 11-12小题。. Why are they planning a barbecue?They have not seen their friends for a long time.The spring weather is just right for a barbecue.They would like to visit the new forest park. What does Wendy NOT say they need to buy?A. Some fresh fruits for dessert. B

5、. Some meat and snacks. C. Barbecue forks anddrinks.听第一篇短文，答复第 13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。My friend SandyThey became friends13years agoAppearancetall and slim, a14_ face with big eyesQualitieshonest and helpfulDreama _15.A. One B.two C. three.A. round B. square C. flat15.A. teacherB. programmer

6、C. social worker听第二篇短文，答复第16-20 小题。When did the accident happen?A. At 9 a.m.B. At 9 p.m.C. At 5 p.m.How many people were hurt in the accident?A. 137.B. 15.C. 16.What was the main reason for the accident?A. The driver drove too fast. B. The weather was bad.C.The car was overloaded（ 超载）.Where does the

7、 car s driver come from?A. A school.B. A factory.C. A company.What will the radio reporter do in two hours?Report on the latest weather condition.Report back with the latest information.Watch the accident and try to help.二、单项填空在 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项。 本大题共 14 小题，每题 1 分，共 14 分I know this p

8、lan is far from perfect, but I just can t think of one.A. a betterB. the betterC. a bestD. the best do you write a letter to your father? I seldom or never do that now. Instead, I call or e-mail him almost every day.A. How soonB. How longC. How much D. How oftenHas your sick pet dog been cured yet?N

9、ot yet. It s still under _.A. discussionB. controlC. treatmentD. repairChina Dream is a great way to gather people together and the fastdevelopment of our own country.A. try out for B. fit forC. push forD. cheer forHe made a serious mistake, but he took action to change that it got worse.A. untilB.

10、whenC. becauseD. before26. Pay no attention to those who laugh at you. Whatmostis how you see yourself.A. caresB. mindsC. mattersD. counts Please drive a bit faster. I hear a storm is Dont worry. III find a hotel nearby to avoid it.A. on the wayB. in its wayC. in some wayD. by the way28. Could you t

11、ell meRome was not built in a day.You should trytogive it enough chances tobecome strong.A. what I can do to have a good memoryB. how I can do to have a good memoryC. why I should have a good memoryD. how can I have a good memory29. My mind wasn t on what he was saying so Im afraid Ihalf of it.A. mi

12、ssedB. was missingC. will missD. would miss How are you getting along with your studies? I haven t madeI should.A. so more progress asB. as much progress asC. so many progress asD. such much progress as We have never been to America. What about Jack? . He hopes to visit it some day.A. So does he B.

13、Neither does heC. So has he D. Neither has he Its not difficult for five workers to push the broken van away. Yes, .A. Many hands make light work B. When the cats away, the mice will playC. Every dog has its day D. Dont put all your eggs in one basket Is this e-dictionary Jacks? No, ithis. His is mu

14、ch newer.A. cant be B. mustnt be C. may beD. should be Do you think that I can win the final? . Everyone stands a chance.A. You never knowB. You got itC. Yes, I doD. You bet三、完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意 ，然后从每题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最正确选项。（本大题共10小题，每题1分，共10分）Everyone strongly hopes for success. What is importan

15、t for success? It is generallyaccepted that confidence, hardworking and 35 are main factors(因素)leadingto success. Ronaldo said he believed he was a better player than Messi in a(an) 36published in Spanish sports paper on Sunday.Talking about his achievements of his career, Ronaldo showed 37 .Ronaldo

16、 wasalso asked about Messi, who is seen 38 his biggest enemy to be considered thebest player in the world. Whether you are number one or not is a question of smalldifference,for example, whether you win titles(头衔)in a match or not is not so important. 39some people may think Messi to be the best, I

17、think that Iam.Ronaldo said that boos( 嘘声)didn t make him sad, but had the 40effect.“I need an enemy, it s part of thegame and I have been booed since I was 18 or 19, itnot a problem, it 41 meto practice harder,he said.Ronaldo insisted that hard work was important to be a42player, though attimes he

18、feels a great pain for his training, saying a body“was not used to trainingHe said he had changed his lifehard and playing twice a week. But no pain, no 43 to make sure he was in top condition, saying that when 44 he would go out, nowhe“goes home to rest to be better prepared for the following date.

19、35.A. loversB. friendsC. relativesD.enemies36.A. interviewB. talkC. storyD. speech37.A. luckB. prideC. surprise D.happiness38.A. toB. asC. inD. for39.A. AlthoughB. UnlessC. Even D. Since40.A. funnyB. sideC. opposite D. bad41.A. wantsB. causesC. encouragesD.draws42 A. cleverB. fastC. topD. famous43 A

20、. scoreB. resultC. progressD. gain“Football is my life. Its what I love most,he explained.44. A. in the pastat the momentin the futurefrom now on四、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每题所给的四个选项中选出最正确选项。本大题共13小题，每题2分，共26分An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Russian were discussing happiness. Happiness, said the English

21、man, Happiness is when you return home tired after work, yet find yourslippers（拖鞋）warming by the fire.You English have no romance, said the Frenchman. Happiness is when you go on a business trip, meet a pretty girl who entertains（ 招待）you then afterwards you part 分手withoutregrets.You are both wrong,

22、said the Russian. True happiness is when you are at home in bedand at 4:00 a.m., you hear a ring at the door and outside stand the secret police, who sayto you, Ivan ,Ivan, you are under arrest（逮捕），and you say, Sorry, Ivan lives next45. TheA.heshould have no time to warm his slippersB.heenjoys the w

23、armth of the familyC.hethinksit themost important to haveslippersdoor.Englishmans happiness suggests thatThe meaningofthe Russianswords isthat.A.hewouldliketo haveagood sleepatnightB.hewillfeelhappy ifhisneighbourisarrestedC.hethinksithappinesstofeel safeD.hewillfeelafraid ifanyone knocksathis door

24、atD.hewantssomeone46.nightto warm his slippers47. The best title for this story isB. How to Get HappinessD. The Importance of HappinessA. The difference in HappinessC. The Definition （ 定义）of HappinessEducation is not an end, but a means手段to an end. In other words, we do not educatechildren only for

25、the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid-one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already se

26、e that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees（ 学历 ） refuse to do what they think to be low work, and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful（害羞 ） these days. But we have only to think a momentto unde

27、rstand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor. We can live without education, but we will die if we have no food.If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns.In fact, when

28、 we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of

29、 ones work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society. TOC o 1-5 h z 48.The writer wants to prove that .our society needs all kinds of jobsour society needs free education for alla farmer is more important than a professorpeople with university degrees earn more money 49. A

30、ccording to the passage .A. work with hands is dirty and shameful B. work with hands is low workC. work with hands is the most important D. we cant regard work with hands as low work 50. The purpose of education is .A. to choose a system of education B. to let everyone receive educationC. to prepare

31、 children for their future work D. to build a perfect worldCs best friend.It seems that there s a good reason why dogs are always seen as manScientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion（情感 ）in facesmuch like humans. The finding suggests that like an understanding friend

32、, dogs can see if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry.When humans look at a new face, their eyes usually look across the left, falling on the right hand side of the person s face first. A possible reason for this is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions.Scientists ha

33、ve now shown that pet dogs also have“ left gaze bias （ 左视偏好 ） , butonly when looking at human faces. No other animal has been known to do like this before.Dr. Kun Guo with his team showed 17 dogs the pictures of human, dog and monkey faces as well as something else. The dogs eyes and heads show a st

34、rong left gaze bias when the animals see human faces. But this did not happen when they were shown other pictures, including those of dogs.Guo suggests that over thousands of years living with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions.“Recent studies show that

35、 the right side of our faces can express emotions better than the left. If true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first. Why are dogs seen as man s best friend according to the passage?Because dogs are the closest animals to humans.Because dogs can read th

36、e emotions in humans faces easily.Because dogs can understand us better when we feel sad.Because dogs are good at expressing emotions.The dogs left gaze bias helps t hem .A. get along well with humansB. express emotions quicklyC. have more understanding friendsD. remember more new facesThe passage m

37、ainly wants to tell us that .dogs have been man s best friends for thousands of yearshumans have a “ left gaze bias the “ left gaze bias works on all animalsdogs can read emotions the same as humansMillions of British people have ditched the traditional“thank you and took theplace of it with the les

38、s formal（正式的） “c heers , according to a survey.Although the common person will say “thank you nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to add a“cheers or ta where it s needed to show they arefashionable.One in twenty now say “nice one instead, while the younger are more likely to offe

39、r a cool than a“thank you ”“Merci ,fab and even “gracias were also listed as commorexpressions to use,as “much appreciated（感谢）.One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK forThank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2021, said a formal“thank you was nownot o

40、ften needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly（ 有 规律地）won t say thank you if they are in a bad mood. Most people stated（ 陈述）that saying thank you was something that their parents trained them. A huge 70 percent of those whoare questioned will say thank you to a

41、 person s face without even meaning it, while onefifth avoid（ 防止）saying it when they know they should.It seems our friends and family get the stress of our bad manners. Half of them admit （成认）they re not good at thanking those closest to them. Many of them explain that they don t say thank you becau

42、se their familya already know I m thankful .When spoken words won t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.One third will still send a handwritten thank-you note-but 45 percent admit it s been more than six months since they tried to send one.A quarter of British people say“than k

43、 you with food, with 23 percent cooking ameal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent make a cake.It follows that 85 percent of people will be angry because of not getting the gratitude（感谢）they feel they should receive.Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they sa

44、y “thank you” A. when they are in good moodB. completely out of habitD. purely out of politenessC. when they feel truly gratefulThe underlined word “ditched in Paragraph 1 mean s :A. gave upB. usedC. sharedD. knewIt can be learned from the passage that.different ways of expressing gratitude are all

45、fashionablepeople should avoid saying “thank you nowadaysa thank-you note is still appreciated by most peoplepeople in a bad mood never say“thank you Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them.About fifty percent of p

46、eople try not to say thank you when they should.Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others gratitude.Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members.笫II卷主观题共40分五、词汇运用(本大题共8小题，每题1分，共8分)(A)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。We are well on our way to a(持久的)peace.Sue always ha

47、s great (勇气)to face difficultiesand that s why we allrespect her.Moreover, Chinas development depends largely on the modernization of science and (技术).The spaceship traveled(顺禾U地)in the universe.(B)根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。I have no idea which one to take between the(choose) in such a short time.Tom s f

48、ather was so angry that he punished him for his(careless).The young artist remained(know) for many years until his works spoke forhim.You always have to smile if you work in the(serve) industry.六、动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共8小题，每题1分，共8分)When there was a knock on the door, he(write) an important letter.

49、They ve discussed for a long time. They hope that they(change) thesituation soon.Though he(laugh) at by his classmates, he appeared to be calm.Many people don t know what ways they can think of (reduce) the pollution.The doctors(operate) on him successfully. At present, though he is breathing slowly

50、, he is out of danger.The pen you bought melast year as my birthday present still (write) well.We are sure that your spoken English(improve) if you practice as often as possible.To protect those endangered animals, we have made another law against (kill) them.七、阅读填空根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案，每空

51、限填一个单词。本本大题共5空，每空1分，共5分Have you ever asked your relativesor friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Haveyou ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurantsor hotels? The answers will probablybe Yes. Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we cant live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi

52、 in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing( 连接)the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算)completely by giving f

53、reeWi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earthorbit（ 轨道）in 2021.This is because they have madea survey and found that only 60%of the worlds population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to

54、offer people the necessary infrastructure （根底设施）to access the web.We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的表格，每空一词。Present situationMany of us want Wi -Fi everywhere as if we cant live without it.Accessing the Internet74us somemoney.What the organization will do

55、MDIF has madea decision to send up hundreds of satellites intolow Earth orbit in 2021 so that for every person on Earth, therewill be free Wi-Fiavailable.75Only three76 ofthe worlds population havebeenable to get information on the Internet.Many countries cant77 people with thenecessaryinfrastructure to access the web.What we can expect Free Wi -Fi will78 the world in thenear future.八、完成句子按所给的汉语，用英语完成以下句子。本大题6小题，每题分，共 9分当阳光照射到地球上时，它就被转换成热量和能量。When the su