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1、2022-2023学年九上英语期末模拟试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 单项选择1、Spud Webb has influenced me most. His stories give me much to face all kinds of difficulties.Aluck Bwealth Ccourage Ddecision2、This

2、pair of blue jeans looks cool. Can I try _ on?Sure. The fitting room is over there.Ait Bthem Cthis Dthat3、Im preparing some notes for _ report called“our growing population”. I will have to give _ report to my biology teacher tomorrow.Athe；anBa；anCa；theD/；a4、I hear a new modern science lab _ in our

3、school next year.Ais builtBwill buildCwill be builtDbuilds5、- Can you answer this question? - Sorry, I can _ understand it.AhardlyBalmostCquiteDnearly6、On 30th May we walked around the Summer Palace all day so everyone was tired and _ in the hotel the next day.ArefusedBrelaxedCmovedDbelieved7、In mos

4、t museums, there is no shouting and running, and you _ not touch anything.AmustBmightCneedDhave to8、-James, I am sorry I used your computer while you were away this morning.-_.AThats all right BIts a pleasureCYou are welcome DThats right9、I the school bus this morning. Luckily, Tonys father gave me

5、a ride.AtookBcaughtCsawDmissed10、-Shall we go on Friday or Saturday? -Each is OK. It makes no_ to me.AchoiceBchangeCdifferenceDdecision. 完形填空11、 Summer is hot, but most American families like to have a holiday 1 summer. Summer is a good season 2 holidays. Its very hot during the months of July and A

6、ugust. Children dont go to school during these 3 months.Some 4 like to be at home during the holidays. They work in gardens, talk with friends, 5 books, or watch TV. Some families 6 lunch in parks or some places far away 7 the city. They like to eat in places with many trees or a nice lake. If they

7、live near the sea, they often go to the beach. They can fish, swim or 8 the sunshine there.America is a large country. Many families travel by car or by train to see interesting places. They also 9 other countries by plane. Many big cities have many famous buildings, shops or other places 10 travele

8、rs.1AforBinConDat2AtoBofCforDabout3AoneBtwoCthreeDfour4ApeopleBpeoplesCpersonDman5AseeBwatchClookDread6AtakeBhaveCcarryDbring7AfromBofCtoDoff8AenjoyBlookCloveDlike9AtravelBtravel toCtravel inDtrip10AforBinConDat. 语法填空12、Tu Youyou is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist(药学家) and educator. She is best kno

9、wn for discovering artemisinin(青蒿素) which 1(use) to treat malaria(疟疾) and has saved 2(million) of lives. She won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in October 2015. She is the 3(one) Chinese woman to win this prize.Tu was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China 4 December 30th, 1930. From 1951 to 1955, sh

10、e attended Peking University Medical School. Later, Tu was trained for two and a half 5(year) in traditional Chinese medicine. Now she is the Chief Scientist in the Academy(研究院) of Chinese Medicine in Beijing.Tu has some health problems as a result of working poor conditions for 6 long time. But she

11、 is still doing research. When Tu finally received Nobel Prize for her achievements, she said the success 7(belong) to her team, which did research in those poor conditions. And she thinks artemisinin is a gift from China and from 8(tradition) Chinese medicine to the world, to the millions and milli

12、ons of people, 9(especial) poor children, all over the world who have malaria. Tu Youyou is already 87 years old, 10 she says she wont stop studying or working. 阅读理解A13、Empathy(同情心) lets us feel another persons pain and drives us to help. Do any other animals feel empathy? Scientists recently found

13、that rats(老鼠) do, too.Most people dont like rats. In many peoples eyes, rats are only bad. But Jean Decety and his partners at the University of Chicago did an experiment. It showed that rats are kind, warm-hearted animals. They can feel each others pain.Scientists placed pairs of rats in plastic ca

14、ges(笼子) for two weeks. During this time they got to know each other. Then they put one of the rats from each pair into a small container(容器) in the cages. The small container had a door. It was so designed as to fall to the side when the free rat touched it. Many of the trapped(困住的) rats squeaked(吱吱

15、叫) to show their discomfort. The other rats of the pairs could see their suffering friends clearly.In most pairs, the free rats would become very worried about their friends. They kept trying to save their friends again and again throughout the month. Scientists put the rats favorite chocolate in th

16、e cages, but the rats didnt eat it until they had saved their friends successfully. Scientists also found that female rats seemed to act more empathetic than male rats. “The results are the first to show that rats take action in response to anothers trouble,” Decety said. “Monkeys and chimpanzees ha

17、ve similar behavior. But unlike those animals, rats can be ready used in laboratory studies. They will help us to learn which parts of the brain lead to empathy and helping behavior and whether empathy is natural.”1A person with empathy is often _.Akind-hearted Bclever Cactive Dstrong2What does the

18、underline word mean in Chinese?A休息的 B睡着的 C死亡的 D受苦的3Why didnt the free rats eat the chocolate at first?ABecause they were full at that time.BBecause chocolate was not their favorite food.CBecause they wanted to save the trapped rats first.DBecause they were afraid that the chocolate was bad.4What doe

19、s the passage mainly tell us?ARats can feel other animals pain.BChocolate is rats favorite food.CFemale rats are more empathetic than male rats.DRats are empathetic and can feel each others pain.B14、I grew up in New Hampshire, a small town in South Canada, where in my fathers words for the seasons w

20、ere “Spring, Summer, Fairtime and Winter!”At that time, a week-long fair was held in the town every autumn. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the busiest time of the year. When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the busiest person of the family. Grandma was a k

21、ind old lady. She was good at cooking. All her relatives liked the food she cooked. During “Fair time”, they would come to live in her house and have meals there. Grandma was always happy to look after them. Year after year, many people moved to big cities. There was no longer “Fairtime”. Grandma be

22、came very old and was gradually going blind. My parents and I moved to live with Grandma. We did our best to make her life comfortable. I was at high school then. What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspapers crossword puzzle. However, she didnt look happy. She often sat in

23、her room for hours, without saying a word. To attract（吸引） people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the fair. One day, when I came back from school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen. With a big smile on her face, she looked much younger. She told me tha

24、t her two nieces(侄女) would come. “They said the food I cooked was very delicious and they wanted to stay in my house again,” Grandma said happily. “They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party. That must be the busiest week Ive had in years!”I suddenly realized that Grandma didnt wan

25、t to be looked after. She wanted to be “useful” and helpful. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1What do thousands of people come to the town to do at the Fair?AEnjoying Grandma food. BSelling and buying things.CLearning to cook. DHaving a big party.2When “Fairtime” came, who became the busiest person of the family?AThe

26、 writers father. BThe writers grandpa.CThe writers mother. DThe writers grandma.3Why was Grandma unhappy after there was no longer “Fairtime”?ABecause she was too busy. BBecause no one lived with her.CBecause she was no longer “useful”. DBecause she couldnt see anything.4Which of the following is NO

27、T TRUE according to the passage?AGrandma was good at cooking. BMany people moved to big cities.CGrandma didnt like “Fair time”. DGrandma was a kind old lady.5Whats the best title for the passage?AFair time BMy “Old” GrandmaCA Small Town DGrandmas FamilyC15、A public primary school in the USA has stop

28、ped giving its students homework.Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month, explaining that after more than a year of analyzing (分析) studies, the school had decided that students after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace (步伐) and playing inste

29、ad of working on homework.Hsus letter says that many studies show that there is no connection between homework and academic (学业的) success. Some other studies also show that the connection between homework and success is dubious at the primary school level.Harris Cooper, a social psychologist who res

30、earches education, found that doing homework makes students perform better in school as they grew older. In later grades, students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not. In 2006, Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years worth of data on the influence of home

31、work. He found that homework had a good influence on students as they aged.Some parents are not happy with the decision to give up homework. “I think they should have homework. I want my daughter to have fun, but I also want her to be working towards a goal,” Daniel Tasman, the father of a second-gr

32、ader at the school, said to the reporter.“Students have to do homework in order to gain. Students have to do homework because they may not be able to understand everything in school,” Sharon Blake, a students grandmother told ABC news.1Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents to explain .Ahow students sho

33、uld read at their own paceBwhy the school gave up homework recentlyCwhat activities students could take at homeDhow important the homework is for students2The word “dubious” in Paragraph 3 probably means “not ”.Areal Bpublic Cclear Dspecial3Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ACo

34、oper found homework had a bad effect on students as they aged.BSome parents are worried about their children if there is no homework.CSome students are not happy with the decision to give up school homework.DDaniel Tasman wanted his daughter to have fun instead of working to a goalD16、There was once

35、 a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages.On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, If one of you stays in the water during the w

36、hole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages.The sailors had heard about the captains cheating, so they didnt trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water,

37、 and, though it was very cold, he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away by chance.You are cheating, the captain said to the sailor. The fires warming you.But its half a mile away! said the sailor.A fires fire, answered the captain. I

38、have won.The sailor came out of the water, and said, Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you cant cook a chicken.I can, answered the captain.If you cook this chicken, said the sailor, I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you cant, you will g

39、ive me your ship.The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, Wheres the fire?There it is, answered the sailor. On the shore.But its half a mile away, said the captain angrily. A fires fire, you said, answered the sailor. If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken.1

40、The captain got the sailors wages _.Ato buy a chicken for himselfBand kept the money for future useCby cheating themDand said he would return the money soon2The captain insisted that the fire was warming the sailor because he _.Adidnt want to lose the betBdidnt believe the sailors successCwanted to

41、keep his promiseDwanted to show his cleverness3Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?AThe sailors didnt trust the captain.BIn order to help the sailor in the water, the fishermen made a fire.CThe captain failed to cheat the sailor this time.DThe sailor didnt get out of the water before the s

42、un appeared.4What is the title of the story?AHow a Captain Cheated His Sailor BHow a Sailor Got a ShipCA Brave Sailor DA Fire Is FireE17、Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was showed in 1953. But she is remembered as much for

43、her help as for her acting.Born in Belgium in 1929, Audreys father was British and her mother was Dutch. Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World war , she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks. Audrey

44、 studied dance as a teenager and during college. But when she returned to London after the war she realized she wasnt going to be a ballet dancer. So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.But it was Audrey Hepburns move to America that made her tr

45、uly famous. In 1951 she played the character “Gigi” in the Broadway play Gigi and won popular praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was “Hoolly Golinghtly” in Breakfast at Tiffanys in 1961. Three years la

46、ter she played “Eliza Doolittle” in My Fair Lady. She was married twice. In 1989, the UN Childrens Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador. She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会) projects. The UN agency said she was a tireless worker. She often gave 15 interviews a day to ra

47、ise money and get support for UNICEF projects.Audrey Hepburn often said her love to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War II. She said she knew what it was like to be hungry and to be saved by international help. She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 fr

48、om cancer.1Why did Audrey live and study in Netherlands?AShe was born there.BThe schools were better there.CShe could stay away from war.DHer parents wanted her to study ballet there.2How old was Audrey when she acted in Breakfast at Tiffanys?A32. B25. C24. D15.3What made Audrey work so hard to supp

49、ort UNICEF?AHer parents wish. BHer love to children.CHer wish to be famous. DHer own early experiences.4What can we learn from the passage?AAudrey lived in America in the 1950s.BAudreys parents were both British.CThe character “Gigi” was her most popular role.DAudrey gave up dancing when she went to

50、 college.5In what order did Audrey do the following?She began to appear in movies.She returned to London from the Netherlands.She played “Eliza Doolittle” in My Fair Lady.She won an Academy Award as Best Actress.She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF projects.A BC DF18、In the United S

51、tates and Canada, people enjoy entertaining at home. They often invite friends over for a meal, a party, or just for coffee and conversation. Here are the kinds of things people say when they invite someone to their homes:“Would you like to come over for dinner on Saturday night?”“Hey, were having a

52、 party on Friday. Can you come?”To reply to an invitation, either say thank you and accept, or say youre sorry and give an excuse: “Thanks, Id love to. What time would you like me to come?” or “Oh, sorry. I have tickets for a film.”Sometimes, however, people use expressions that sound like invitatio

53、ns but which are not real invitations. For example:“Please come over for a drink sometimes.”“Lets get together for lunch soon.”“Why dont you come over and see us sometime soon.”These are really just polite ways of ending a conversation. They are not real invitations because they dont talk about a sp

54、ecific time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly. To reply to expressions like these, people just say: “Sure, that would be great!” or “OK, yes, thanks.”So next time you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?1Which of the following is a real invitation?AWhat can I do for you?BHow about having lunch with me sometime?CWe are having friends over for my birthday on Sunday. Would you and your parents like to come?DWhy dont you join me for a cup of