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1、2022-2023学年九上英语期末模拟试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗. 单项选择1、Boys and girls, why not read Englis

2、h aloud? Its _ to your pronunciation and reading skills.AharmfulBuselessChelpfulDthankful2、(2017内蒙古包头30)Why did you buy so many flowers?_ my wife. I did something wrong yesterday. She is still angry with meAPleaseBTo pleaseCPleasingDBe pleased3、I left a message to my parents yesterday, but _ of them

3、 called me back.AbothBnoneCneither4、We all know another building _ here next year.Awill buildBbuiltCwas builtDwill be built5、- The government has taken many actions to prevent pollution. - I hope that in the future there will be _ pollution and a lot _ clear, blue skies.Aless; more Bmore; less Cfewe

4、r; more Dless; many6、I dont understand. Why did he leave his job in Beijing to _ farming?Atake up Bset up Cturn up Dlook up7、He said he wanted to own a big farm.Who _ what he says? He is such a big mouth.Aknows Bwonders Ccares Dremembers8、We _ pick up the rubbish and keep the environment clean.AmayB

5、canCshouldDcould9、Its useless to regret what has been done. Dont make those mistakes again.I wont. Thats my _ to you.AresolutionBpromiseCagreement10、-Shall we go to the amusement park right away or next weekend? - Any .time will do.AExcuse meBHave a good timeCIm afraid I cantDIts up to you. 完形填空11、完

6、形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）Everybody loves a good joke. Even children at a very young age start 1 jokes to their friends. Some people are 2 very good at telling funny stories. When they tell a joke, everyone finds it 3 But someone else telling the same joke may not make you laugh. This is because it is not

7、 only the end of the joke that has to be funny. A good joke-teller is amusing 4 telling the whole story.Some people are witty (诙谐的，风趣的) in their normal everyday conversation. They say humorous things all the time. They can quickly see two 5 words in the same word and then like to make puns (双关语). If

8、 someone says to them, after their trip to the US. How did you find New York? They will probably answer by saying something like, By driving south from Boston!There is another type of humor where people play jokes on their 6 They tease them by saying untrue things like, Someone just 7 me that our En

9、glish teacher is going to give us a test today. When their friends start to worry, they laugh and say, I am only 8 These people love to make 9 of you, make you silly and ridiculous. And nobody likes to be made fun of, 10 , of course, on April 1st. On this day, everyone is allowed to play jokes on th

10、eir friends.1（小题1）Asaying Btelling Cspeaking Dtalking2（小题2）Aalways Bsometimes Cnever Dhardly3（小题3）Aexciting Brelaxing Csurprisng Damusing4（小题4）Abefore Bwhile Cafter Duntil5（小题5）Adifferent Bsame Csimilar Dopposite6（小题6）Ateachers Bstudents Cfriends Dfamily7（小题7）Ataught Banswered Casked Dtold8（小题8）Akid

11、ding Basking Cplaying Dtalking9（小题9）Ause Bfun Cstory Dfriends10（小题10）Athough Bbesides Cexcept Dhowever. 语法填空12、Bruce and Kelly are brother and sister. They enjoy 1 (play) sports. In just a month they 2 (be) high school students. Bruce is deciding between badminton and volleyball. Kelly is thinking a

12、bout whether to try a sport she never played, or go with one she knows, like baseball.Maybe many students face the same problem. For most students,3 (choose) which sports to do in high school is hard because they never played an 4 (organize) sport before, and they are not sure what they will most en

13、joy.Sports 5 (mean) to be fun. If there is a sport you really enjoy but you arent sure if you can play it well, just 6 (try) out. Whats the worst that can happen? If you dont like it, you can always try another sport. 阅读理解A13、Millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of the present recessio

14、n (经济衰退). A new study shows that losing your job can bring some health problems. It is bad for your heart, your blood pressure and so on.Earlier studies have shown that health has something to do with job loss. But it was not sure whether job loss made health poor, or poor health led to job loss. Th

15、e new study tried to discover the answer to this.Kate Strully worked on the study while she was at the Harvard School of Public Health. Ms Strully is now a scientist at the State University of New York. She had some information about the income (收入) of some people.She asked people all over the count

16、ry some questions about their health and work. Ms Strully checked the information about more than eight thousand people. She collected the information, and then looked at their health some time later. She found out that 80% of people didnt have health problems before they lost their jobs. But now th

17、ey have a new health problem after losing their jobs.1According to the passage, a new study shows that _.Apoor health leads to job lossBjob loss can bring some health problemsCjob loss has nothing to do with ones healthDjob loss can make people healthier than before2What kind of questions did Kate S

18、trully ask?AQuestions about peoples health and work.BQuestions about peoples health and family.CQuestions about peoples work and pressure.DQuestions about peoples health and pressure.3If Kate Strully did the study among 10, 000 people, she would find out that _ people didnt have health problems befo

19、re they lost their jobs.A2, 000 B8, 000 C4, 000 D6, 0004What does the underlined word “led to” mean in Chinese?A指挥 B通向 C带领 D导致5Whats the best title for the passage?AAn Important StudyBAmerican RecessionCHealth Problems Among AmericansDHealth and Job LossB14、“Chicken” idioms（习语）The word “chicken” is

20、used in so many English idioms. Do you know the following?Dont count your chicken before they hatch.The expression “Dont count your chickens before they hatch” means “Dont expect that all your eggs, which have been laid, will hatch.” “Hatch” is a verb, meaning the baby chicken breaks open the shell

21、of the egg and comes out successfully. So the expression mainly means “Dont depend on things working out just as you want them to.” This saying appears in the story The Milkmaid and Her Pail in Aesops Fables.A chicken-and-egg situationIn history, philosophers（哲学家）and scientists have met this dilemma

22、（困境）:Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Aristotle thought that both the bird and the egg must have always been there. However, more recently, scientists such as Stephen Hawking have argued that the egg came before the chicken. In common speech, the term “a chicken-and-egg situation” means a s

23、ituation where it is impossible to say which of two things appeared first and which caused the other one.Dont be such a chickenThere seems to be an idea in English, somehow, that a chicken is a scared bird. Maybe thats not fair as most birds will probably fly away from you if you go towards them. Bu

24、t “Dont be such a chicken” means “Dont be so scared and get a bit more courage.” So if your friend is afraid to do something , you can say to him or her, “Dont be such a chicken. Just have a try!”1The underlined word “hatch” means “_” in Chinese.A孵化 B长大 C破碎 D出售2While discussing the idiom “A chicken-

25、and-egg situation”, the writer mentions Aristotle and Stephen Hawking to show that _.AAristotles opinion was wrongBStephen Hawkings opinion is wrongCits impossible to find the right answer to this questionDphilosophers and scientists usually have the same answer to a question3We may use the idiom “D

26、ont be such a chicken” in the situation when someone_.Ais not brave enough Benjoys counting his chickensChas difficulty making a choice Dhopes things will work out just as he wants4The writing probably appears in the _ part of a magazine.Afood Bculture Ctravel DsportC15、Here are some news from China

27、 Daily in February, 2016.1. Air quality in 271 out of 338 prefecture-level (地级) or above cities failed to meet national standards on the Chinese New Year Eve to 6 am the next morning on Feb 8, primarily because of pollution caused by firecrackers (烟花爆竹).2. According to data released by CCTV, the Spr

28、ing Festival Gala (春晚) was watched on TV domestically by 690 million views while 138 million people watched it online.3. Kung Fu Panda 3 and The Mermaid美人鱼were very popular movies during the Spring Festival. But The Mermaid has earned more than 2 billion yuan after nine days in Chinese mainland thea

29、ters. It is expected to break the box office records Fast & Furious 7速7and Monster Hunt捉妖记set on the Chinese mainland to become the highest earning film in Chinas film history.4. After the universal two-child policy, China will have a baby boom. Especially Chinese people have traditionally believed

30、babies born in the Year of the Monkey to be smart and confident, due to their love of the animal because it is cute and resembles(相似) humans in many ways.1What caused the air pollution on the Chinese New Year Eve to 6 am on Feb 8?ACities. BFirecrackers.CPopulation. DMovies.2How many people watched t

31、he Spring Festival Gala ?A690 million. B138 million.C828 million. D2 billion.3Which movie can become the highest earning film in Chinas film history?AKung Fu Panda 3. BThe Mermaid.CFast & Furious 7. DMonster Hunt.4Why do Chinese people like to have a baby in the Year of the Monkey?ABecause of the un

32、iversal two-child policy.BBecause they believe these babies will be smart and confident.CBecause they love monkeys.DBecause monkeys are cute and resembleshumans in many ways.D16、CWhy are you study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more

33、 slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different types. Scientists say there are three different learning types: Visual(视觉型)，Auditory(听觉型)，and Kinesthetic (动觉型)。Visual learners learn best by seeing. If you seem to easily remember information from pictures, graphs(图表)，and

34、videos, you are probably a visual learner. Youre not good at copying down what the teacher says in class. Never mind. You can draw graphs or pictures instead, if you find that works better for you.Auditory learners learn best by hearing. If you seem to easily remember things by hearing them, then yo

35、u are probably an auditory learner. You must listen carefully while the teacher is speaking because its the easiest way for you to learn . Sometimes you may find that taking notes tops you from listening carefully. After class, you can write down what you remember or borrow your friends notes to cop

36、y.Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing. If you seem to learn best by working with your hands, you are probably a kinesthetic learner. Taking notes by writing can make you pay close attention to information as you receive it. Of course, you can learn best by making full use of labs or other class

37、 activities.Hope you learn better by knowing what your personal learning type is.1There are_ different learning types according to the passage.AtwoBthreeCfourDfive2Jude can remember the words of a song quickly by listening to it once or twice. She might be a /an _ according to the passage.Aauditory

38、learnerBvisual learnerCstrange leanerDusual learner3Kinesthetic learners learn best by _ARemembering information from videosBlistening teachers in classCdrawing graphs or picturesDdoing things with their hands4The best title of this passage may be “_”AStudy HabitsBWays to studyCLearning typesDReason

39、s to learE17、Finally HomeLast year, my parents moved to this town. I had to go to a new school and found no one to be friends with because I wasnt interested in the topics most of my classmates liked. “Maybe Ill never have real friends,” I thought. I closed my eyes and imagined playing my drums. Sud

40、denly, I heard the sound of a guitar. I followed the sound and found out that was a band. I recognized the guitar player at my first sight and so did he.“Hey, youre Cassie from my class!” his voice surprised me.“Im sorry,” I said. “I just havent heard any live music in this town before! You sound gr

41、eatdid you guys write that song?”“Yeahwell, were still working on it. Im Matt.” He stood up and held out his hand.“Mind if I listen in?” I asked in a low voice. “Not at all,” Matt said, smiling. “Maybe you can give us some suggestions!” The song was pretty good and I could really improve it with my

42、drum skills. Behind my drum set was the one place I felt completely like myself. But I wasnt sure if I wanted to open that door to the world.“Hey, do you play drums?” Matt asked suddenly. His question surprised me. How did he know? And then I followed his eyes to my hands, which had been beating a r

43、hythm(节奏) on the floor. I tried to say no, but my heart stopped me from refusing. “Sure, Ive been playing for a few years,” I said finally.“Oh, wow! Youve got to join us!” Matt said. “I have some drums over here.” I looked at their shiny faces. “Absolutely. I would love to play!” I replied. “One, tw

44、o, three, four!” Matt counted and began singing, and I knew I was finally home.1When the writer first went to a new school, she _.Ajoined a music club Bhad no close friendsCcould play the guitar Ddeveloped a new hobby2How did the writer feel when Matt asked if she played drums?ASurprised. BScared. C

45、Worried. DExcited.3The writer said she was finally home because_.Ashe learned to play the drumsBshe decided to leave the townCshe loved her home very muchDshe made some friends finallyF18、No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s. Jazz w

46、as a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace.Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soonthey, too, were playing jazz.The po

47、pularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.Louis Armstrong w

48、as a born musician. He was not only talented（有才能的） but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis pl

49、ay. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning.Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be

50、imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”1（小题1）What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?AWho invented jazz.BWhere jazz was invented.CWhen jazz was invented.DWhy jazz was invented.2（小题2）The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to “ ”.AJazz pioneers. BNew styles.CWhite musicians. DBlack musicians.3（小题3）What made Louis Armstrong beco