2023学年甘肃省张掖市甘州中学英语九年级第一学期期末联考试题含解析

1、2023学年九上英语期末模拟测试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码粘贴在答题卡右上角条形码粘贴处。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试题卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4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

2、一并交回。. 单项选择1、 Look! A blind man is in the middle of the street. Its too dangerous. Lets help him go the street.AcrossBthroughCacrossDalong2、My mother teaches English in _ university. She is one of the twenty-five _ in this major.Aa; women teachersBan; women teachersCa; woman teachersDan; woman teach

3、ers3、-Good cooks are all men- _. In my family, my mother cooks better than my father.AThats trueBThats all rightCThats not the caseDThats it4、- Would you like me to help you?- _ .AIt doesnt matter BYes, I can do it myselfCNot at all DThanks, I can manage it myself5、 Would you please come to the danc

4、ing party with me tonight?_. I suppose we shall have a wonderful night!ANever mindBHave a good timeCNot exactlyDWith pleasure6、- Which robot do you think is the most useful?- _.AThe robot that are made in JapanBThe robot is designed to help us with our homeworkCThe robot has a lot of memoryDThe robo

5、t shown at the exhibition center7、We should stop factories from _ the river.Apollutes Bpolluting Cpollution Dpollute8、 As we know, its difficult to live in a foreign country._ if you cant understand the language there.AProperlyBRecentlyCUsuallyDEspecially9、Will the foreigners have any problems talki

6、ng with Chinese people in China?I dont think so. Now _ the young _ the old are learning to speak English.Aneither; norBeither; orConly; exceptDnot only; but also10、Listen ! Is MrsZhang speaking in the next room?It _ be herShe has gone to the library.Amust Bcant Cmight Dneednt. 完形填空11、 Betty is the t

7、allest student at school, but she doesnt like being tall. The students in her class make 1 about her. “Betty, Betty, long as spaghetti(意大利面条)!” They always sing to her.Ella is one of the cool students. She can play the guitar and sing very well. Wherever she goes, other students 2 her, and they do e

8、verything she does. Although Ella doesnt like it when the students sing to Betty, she 3 tells them to stop. One weekend, Ella went to stay with her grandfather on the farm. She saw a chicken in the corner by itself. It didnt have many feathers(羽毛) and was much 4 than the others. “Whats the matter wi

9、th the 5 chicken?” she asked.Grandfather told her 6 chickens could act. “If one chicken is different from the others, they 7 it away, and sometimes its so bad that the chicken dies!” he said.Ella 8 the chicken and was lost in thought. “I want to take it home,” she said.After several weeks, the chick

10、en looked healthier. Ella was very happy. “Its fatter and the feathers are 9 ,” she told her friends.Then she was Betty sitting 10 . “Im going to talk to Betty,” she said.“Betty, Betty, long as spaghetti?” one of her friends asked, “Why 11 ” Ella didnt answer.Ella soon found out that Betty could pla

11、y the drums. “I can play the guitar,” Ella said, “ 12 can start a band(乐队).”Betty smiled and Ella felt like her smile was as 13 as the sun.They decided to call their band Chicken Beat. The band became very popular and all the students wanted to be 14 it. Betty and Ella let everyone join and 15 makes

12、 up silly songs now. They are busy making up beautiful songs.1AjokesBchangesCmistakesDreports2AmissBwarnCdescribeDfollow3AstillBevenCneverDoften4AruderBtallerCsmallerDstronger5ApoorBluckyCnoisyDbeautiful6AwhyBhowCwhenDwhere7AputBtakeCpushDwash8Athought aboutBpicked upCagreed withDcheered on9ArisingB

13、missingCliftingDgrowing10AcloseBaloneCsafelyDhappily11AmeBusCherDthem12AsoBbutCbecauseDif13AfarBlargeCredDwarm14AinBforCagainstDwithout15AeverybodyBnobodyCsomebodyDanybody. 语法填空12、A robot has started serving customers at a high-tech highway restaurant in Chongqing. After greeting customers at the ga

14、te, the robot 1 (name) Amy brings meals to customers. But 2 can a robot avoid walking into customers and the restaurants human staff while walking? In fact, Amy has 3 in-built navigation system (导航系统) that allows it to choose a proper way to reach a customers table without any problem. Orders 4 (pla

15、ce) at two tables that double as big touch screens and customers can order food there or simply on their own phones 5 scanning QR code(二维码). After they have ordered their food, diners can pay using a mobile payment app 6 as Alipay or WeChat Pay. While waiting for the orders, customers can use the sp

16、ecial tables to play games, read some 7(news), and check the traffic and weather conditions for their journey ahead. The robot catches everybodys eyes with 8 (it) human-like appearance. It is really welcomed by customers and the restaurant 9 it not only cuts down much of business cost for the restau

17、rant, but makes diners wait a much 10 (short) time. So the local government is trying to put them into use in the citys other service stations. 阅读理解A13、Thinking outside the BoxIf you think young people cant have an influence on the world，think again. Over the years，teens have invented excellent thin

18、gs that solve problems and have changed the ways people do things.Take fourteen-year-old Eliott Sarrey for example. He invented Bot2Karot，a gardening robot that can take care of a small vegetable garden. The robot is controlled by an app on a smartphone. It helps people grow and take care of vegetab

19、les. It also saves water and energy，and makes gardening easy for people who are very busy or have difficulty getting around. Brooke Martin is an animal lover who missed her dog when she was away. So she invented iCPooch when she was just twelve years old. The iCPooch lets pet owners check on their p

20、ets from anywhere in the world using a smartphone. It also allows owners to use their smartphone cameras to video chat with their pets. Fourteen-year-old inventor Robert Saunt was tired of buying or borrowing different video-game controllers for each game console(操 控 器 ) . So he invented a controlle

21、r called Game Blox. It can be used with four of the most popular game consoles. His invention will save players a lot of money and space，and it will save 330 million kg of materials every year.Kids all over the world find ways to solve problems every day. Who knows?Maybe the next time you have a pro

22、blem，youll come up with the next amazing idea!1If you have no time to take care of your vegetable garden，_ can help you.ABot2Karot BiCPooch CGame Blox DSmartphone Cameras2Brooke Martin invented iCPooch when she was _.A4 B10 C12 D143According to the passage，Robert Saunt _.Ais an animal lover Bwas tir

23、ed of playing gamesCinvented a controller Dhelps with gardeningB14、 Where does your food come from? How is it made? These days, many people worry about food safety. But food safety is not a new worry. In 1906, Upton Sinclair(辛克莱，美国作家) wrote the Jungle. The book is the story of a poor family in Chica

24、go. It is also about the dangerous ways that food was prepared. People were so worried that the U.S. started testing food.These days, most food in the world is safe. Laws control where food comes from. They also control how food is managed and prepared. Laws are important. But its more important to

25、make sure the rules are followed. A good food safety system(系统)keeps people safe. It also helps them eat healthy food. Labels(标签)on food give people important information. Then they can make good choices about their food.Although food safety systems usually work, there can be problems. Sometimes mis

26、takes are made. For example, a truck might carry eggs and then ice cream. The ice cream could make people sick when the truck isnt cleaned before carrying it. Other problems are not mistakes. Sometimes companies break rules to make more money. When this happens, people dont know if their food is saf

27、e.As we all know, food is closely connected to our daily life. We should take actions to make food safer！1Why did the US start testing the food?ABecause food safety is not a new worry.BBecause food was prepared in dangerous ways.CBecause the people were so worried.DBecause most food in the world isn

28、t safe.2What can people do after reading the information on food labels?AThey can control how food is prepared.BThey can keep food safe.CThey can eat healthy food.DThey can make good choices about food.3When could ice cream make people sick in the example?AWhen the truck carries eggs.BWhen the truck

29、 is cleaned after carrying eggs.CWhen the truck isnt cleaned before carrying it.DWhen the truck isnt cleaned after carrying it.4What can we learn from Paragraph 3?AFood safety systems usually work, but there can be mistakes.BThe ice cream could make people sick when the truck isnt cleaned.CSometimes

30、 companies break rules to make more money.DAlthough food safety systems usually work, there can be problems.5Whats the best title of the passage?AFood.BFood safety.CFood problems.DTesting food.C15、Its the place where smart people make smart machines work even smarter. But for the people who work in

31、it, Silicon Valley (硅谷) is more than just a high technology hothouse. Its also in the heart of sunny California, a great place to start a family and raise kids. What could be better?But something is happening to the children. Up until the age of two they develop normally. Their proud parents watch a

32、nd smile as they take their first steps and speak their first words. But then everything seems to go backwards. The children become locked into their own small world, unable to communicate at all.They call it the “curse of Silicon Valley,” but the medical name for the condition is autism. It used to

33、 be thought that autism was a mental illness. Now doctors are sure that it is a disease transmitted genetically (遗传). It seems that the people leading the communications revolution are having children who cannot communicate at all.But even the parents have trouble communicating. Aspergers Syndrome (

34、综合症) is connected with autism. People who have it are highly intelligent and often brilliant with numbers or systems but have no social skills, which makes Aspergers sufferers into excellent computer professionals. Unfortunately, many of the children of two Aspergers parents in Silicon Valley seem t

35、o be developing serious autism.There is little anyone can do. And there is no cure in sight. Some argue that no cure should be found“It may be that autistics are essentially (本质上) different from normal people, but that these differences make them valuable for the evolution (进化) of the human race,” s

36、ays Dr Kirk Wilhelm of the University of California“To remove the genes (基因) for autism could be terrible.It seems that the children of Silicon Valley are paying the price of genius.1A person who has autism usually _.Ahas difficulty in speakingBloses communication skillsChas difficulty in workingDha

37、tes people around2Which of the following best explains “curse of Silicon Valley”?AThe children are brought up in Silicon Valley.BAutism is just a result of working in Silicon Valley.CThe children suffer from autism due to their parents in Silicon Valley.DAutism makes the children in Silicon Valley u

38、nable to communicate.3Some people think that no cure of autism should be found because _.Aautism cannot be curedBautism isnt a diseaseCharm will be done to the childrenDautism is necessary in some way4What does the writer seem to feel about the children of Silicon Valley?AIts a pity that they cannot

39、 have a normal life.BThey are the pride of the human race.CThey are sure to have a bright future.DIts likely that they will have a normal life.D16、Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in around the cities. Something

40、will have to be done to change it. What will the cars of tomorrow be like?Little cars may some day take the place of todays big cars. If everyone drives little cars in the future there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will b

41、e less crowded. Three little cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too. What is more, these little cars can go about 65 kilometers per (每) hour.Little cars of the future will be fine for gett

42、ing around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars, and other roads will be needed for the slower small ones.1What is the big problem for t

43、hose people who have cars?AMoney. BParking. CTime. DWaiting.2What does the underlined word “ take the place of ” mean in Chinese?A花费 B地方 C超越 D取代3People can money with using the little cars.Aspent Bcost Csave Dtake4Little cars are very fine for _.Aeveryday life Bjourneys Clong trips Dsport5What is th

44、is passage mainly about?AThe little cars are as useful as the big cars. BWhat the cars of tomorrow will be like.CThere will be less pollution in the future. DCities are full of cars now.E17、We go to school every day to become a betterperson. So how can we become powerful and startchanges in our own

45、life? Perhaps we can get tips from the USFirst Lady Michelle Obama. During her visit to China, from March 20-26, Mrs. Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.The first lady encouraged Chinese students to aim high and get a good education* In Chengdu No. 7 High School,

46、 she told students that having humble (贫寒的) roots doesnt matter as long as you have perseverance（毅力）Mrs. Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She felt the weight of her parents sacrifices（牺牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them

47、 proud. Persevering was not easy, though. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4:30 am and study late into the night. But whenever I got tired or discouraged(气馁 WJ). I would remember something my mother. always told me. She said: A good education is something that no one cart take away from you.Mrs. Obam

48、a also encourages Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons（开阔眼界） in her speech at Peking University. As the Chinese saying goes: It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books, she said. Its not enough to get good grades in school. Its also important to have real exp

49、erience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own, she noted.Studying overseas could also benefit future international relations. It could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems such as climate change, Mrs. Obama said.1From the firs

50、t paragraph , what kind of views did Mrs. Obama share with the students ?Aeducation and developmentBempowerment and perseveranceCeducation and youth empowermentDeducation and youth perseverance2From the last paragraph, what is the meaning of the word benefit?Abe good at Bbe good withCbe bad for Dbe

51、good for3From the passage ,we can learn thatAMichelle Obama lived a rich life when she was young .BMichelle Obama worked hard to make her parents proud.CMichelle Obama sometimes had to wake up at 4:30 pm and study late into the night.DMichelle Obama would remember something her teachers always told

52、her whenever she got tired or discouraged.4Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AThe first lady encourages Chinese students to aim high and get a good education.BThe first lady thinks it terrible for students to have humble roots .CThe first lady thinks that a good education i

53、s something that no one can take away from you.DMrs. Obama encouraged Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons.5Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AWe can get tips from the US First Lady Michelle Obama during her visit to Beijing No. 7 High SchoolBIts wonderful

54、 enough for students to get good grades only in school.CIts not important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own.DStudying overseas could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems.F18、When I was growing up,I

55、had an old neighbor named Dr Gibbs.He didnt look like any other doctor Id ever known.He was a very kind person.After he retired,he began to plant trees in his large garden. He wished to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees.He never watered his new trees.O

56、nce I asked why,he said,“If you water them,each baby tree will grow weaker and weaker. Otherwise,they will have to grow deep roots to look for water under the earth by themselves.” He planted some oaks, and instead of watering them every morning,he beat them with a rolled-up newspaper.I asked him wh

57、y he did that,and he said it was to get the trees attention. Dr Gibbs died two years after I left home.I always walked by his house and looked at the trees that Id watched him plant about twenty five years ago.Theyre very big and strong now.I also planted two trees several years ago.I carried water

58、to them for a whole summer.I sprayed(喷洒)them.However,after two years of caring too much,whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.Life is hard,whether we want it to be or not. What we need to do is try our best to make our roots reach deep into the brave heart,so when the rain falls and the wind blows,we could face them strongly and wont be beaten down.1Which of the following about Dr Gibbs is true according to the passage?AHe was strict with his neighbors.BHe was a doctor before he retired.CHe wanted to be a gardener after he retired.DHe liked planting flowers in his garden.2Ho