2023学年湖南省衡阳市第九中学九年级英语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考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。. 单项选择1、Which pair of the words with the underlined letters has the same sound?Aburial hurryBblood chooseCknee knock2、You think all the training meaningless, but Im a hun

2、dred percent sure later youll thank yourself for doing it.AshallBshouldCneedDmay3、Its very nice you my parents your best wishes when you come to see them.Aof; giving Bfor; giving Cfor; to give Dof; to give4、I was very tired last night, _ I went to sleep earlier.AbutBorCsoDfor5、How sad! _ Ethiopian A

3、irlines（埃航） plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all on board _ the morning of March 10, 2019 local time.AA; onBAn; onCA; inDAn; in6、It is reported that the population of China smaller in the past few months. The aging(老龄化) is a big problem. More parents are encouraged to give birth to more

4、babies.AbecameBwill becomeChave becomeDhas become7、Among these children，Jim has_life and he lives_.AThe most happy；most happilyBthe happiest；most happilyCthe happiest；happiestDthe happier; more happily8、Wheres your brother?Oh, he _ the library and _.Ahas been to; so Lucy isBhas gone to; so Lucy hasC

5、has gone to; so has LucyDhas been in; so has Lucy9、 Can you remember Mr. Zhang came yesterday？ Yes, I can. He came by car.AwhyBwhenChow10、We are planning a Yangtze River Protection Day this weekend. Do you have any advice?Youd better signs around the school to tell all the students about that.Amake

6、up Bput up Cset up Dshow up. 完形填空11、Before seeing light we have slowly 1 for two hours on that cold December evening. “This must be the house.” I told our group. We parked our car at an old house. We gathered up our 2 books. We knocked on the door. We heard a 3 voice from inside say, “Come in. The d

7、oor is open.” We 4 the door. There in a rocking chair sat an elderly woman with a big smile on her face. “I am 5 you.” Ruth said weakly. We 6 Ruth the basket of delicious food. I asked Ruth what carols(圣歌) she would like to hear. Then Ruth sang some carols with us happily.As we hugged Ruth good-bye

8、she said to me 7 , “The day you called I was still in bed. I had just finished praying. I asked God if it would be 8 to have some Christmas Caroles come to my home and sing this year. Thank you for being the answer to my 9 prayer.Wow, what an great 10 to have the opportunity(机会) to be the answer to

9、someones Christmas prayer.1Awaited Bdriven Cwalked Dclimbed2AEnglish Bscience Csong Dstory3Ahappy Bsad Cweak Dexciting4Abroke Bmended Cpainted Dopened5Aexpecting Bwriting Chating Dadvising6Acooked Bsold Cmade Dhanded7Asadly Bangrily Cthankfully Dangry8AOK Bnecessary Cpossible Dtrue9Abirthday BChrist

10、mas CThanksgiving DHalloween10Aexperience Bnews Cdream Dstory. 语法填空12、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个恰当的或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。People in different countries have different _ （way） of doing things. Something that is polite in one country may be quite _ (polite) in another. In Britain, you mustnt lift your bowl t

11、o your mouth when you are _ (have) some soup. But its different in China. And in Japan you even neednt worry _ making noises when you have it. It shows that you are enjoying it. But it is regarded as bad manners in Britain. If you are a _ (visit) in Mongolia, what manners do they expect you to have?

12、 They expect you to have a loud“burp”(打嗝)after you finish _ (eat). Burping shows that you liked the food.In Britain, you should try not to put your hands on the table when youre having a meal. In Mexico, however, guests are _ (expect) to keep their hands on the table during a meal. But in Arab count

13、ries you must _ (be) very careful with the hands. You mustnt eat with left hand. Arabs consider it very bad manners eating with the left hand. So, what should you do _ you are on a visit in another country? You can ask the native people to help you or just watch _ (careful) and follow them. 阅读理解A13、

14、“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donnes Devotion. It was written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely lonely life. Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends.For some of us, al

15、though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegies How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This

16、“how to” book about getting along with other people became a best seller. It was later put into 28 languages.Dale Carnegies advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book:Be friendly and polite.Always greet with

17、 a smile. Begin with “Excuse me” or “Would you please” when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “Thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.Go out of your way to be nice.Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing

18、to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.Remember names.They say that the sweetest music to a persons ears is the sound of his or her own name.Be open-minded.Try to understand other peoples ways and ideas and learn something from them.Listen patiently.When someone is talking to you,

19、look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.1What does the underlined sentence “No one can live a completely lonely life.” mean?ANo one can live a hard life. BNo one can live without difficulty.CNo one can live alone. DNo one can live on an island.2Why do some of us find it

20、 not easy to make friends?ABecause we are afraid of making bad friends.BBecause we are shy to take the first action.CBecause we feel sure that we already have enough friends.DBecause we feel worried that we wont be able to keep our friends.3Which of the following is true according to the passage?AJo

21、hn Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie.BFriends are always friends.CFew people bought Carnegies book.DThe writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie.4What does the writer mainly want to tell us?AHow to Make Friends.BA Famous book about friendship.CFriendship is the first.

22、DSomething about John Donne and Dale Carnegie.B14、No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22，1It was started to protect the environmentBy now，more than 1，000 cities around the world have had a No Car DayThe first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2Other cities，including

23、Taipei，Shanghai and Wuhan，also support the dayIn Beijing，more and more people are joining the campaignIt asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to workIt also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day)The slogan(口号)for the da

24、y is，“If we drive for one less day，we can have one more nice day”So farmore than 200，000 drivers have shown their support“We cant control(控制)the weather，but we can choose not to drive，”said Wu Zonghua，a car club chairmanBeijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this yearIn the first quarter of 200

25、7，Beijing only had 52 blue sky daysThis was 11 days less than the number for the same period last yearMuch of the dust comes from the desert，but cars cause most of the air pollutionWe must do more for No Car Day3No Car Day was started _Ato save moneyBto control the weatherCto make the air cleanerDto

26、 keep out dust from the desert4The No Car Day campaign asks Beijing drivers_Ato work hard to get fewer blue sky daysBnot to work on World Environment DayCto ride a bike or walk instead of driving to workDto leave their cars at home for a week each month5When is World Environment Day?AOn July 5th BOn

27、 June 5thCOn September 22nd DOn February 2nd6Which of the following about No Car Day is WRONG?AIt was first started in France in September，1BIt was first stared in China in 2CIt is supported by over 1，000 cities around the worldDIt was first started by a car club chairman in Beijing7What can we infe

28、r（推断） from the passage?AMore and more people in Beijing are joining car clubsBPeople will have one more World Environment Day each monthCMore and snore people wont drive on No Car Day in BeijingDThe ear club chairman Wu Zonghua wont drive any moreC15、If you get into the forest with your friends, sta

29、y with them always. If you dont, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Dont try to find your friendslet them find you by staying in one place.There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a sig

30、nal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. Th

31、ey give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.If you dont think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house-cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft

32、bed with leaves and grass.What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Dont just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are

33、 lost isstay in one place.1.If you lost in the forest, you should _.Astay where you are and give signals three timesBwalk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear youCtry to find your friends as soon as possibleDtry to get out of the forest and shout for help2.If you want to let p

34、eople believe that you are not just making noise for fun, you should _.Atell people that you are lostBkeep up shouting or whistlingCshout at the top of your voiceDshout or whistle three times3When you hear two shouts, or whistles, or gunshots, _.Ayou should shout more loudlyByou can whistle three ti

35、mesCit is an answer to your call for helpDyou should try to run to them4When you want to leave your place to get drinking water, you should _.Ajust go to the riverBfind some glasses or bottles before you goCmake a fire so that you can have some teaDleave marks so that you can find your way back5This

36、 passage mainly tells you _.Awhen you hear a signal always three times, it is a call for helpBWhat you should do if you get lost in a forestCany signal given twice means an answer to a call for helpDhow you can live longer in a forestD16、Biting could be worryingIT makes our fingers look ugly. Its di

37、rty. It could hurt a lot. But many people just cant stop doing it: biting their nails.Up to 45 percent of teenagers in the UK bite their nails, the BBC reported. There are also many famous nail biters, including ex-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and American singer Britney Spears.Theres nothing

38、 wrong with biting nails to keep them tidy. But it could get out of control.Some people bite a nail not because its too long, but because they are driving, reading, feeling stressed out, or just have nothing else to do.The same could happen to skin picking and hair pulling. A normal behavior could b

39、ecome “pathological”(病态的), as experts say.In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association labeled (把列为) nail biting as an_(OCD). People with this disorder may wash their hands too many times or have to line up their shoes in a certain way.These behaviors have a lot in common. OCD is doing something no

40、rmal and healthy too much, NPR reported.But nail biting is different from other OCD behaviors in at least one way.“In OCD, the behavior is really unwanted,” Carol Mathews, a psychiatrist（精神病医生）at the University of California, San Francisco, told NPR. People with OCD dont want to wash their hands ove

41、r and over again. There is no fun in it. They just fear that if they dont do something, something else thats very bad will happen to them.But nail biters enjoy it.“Its rewarding. When you get the right nail, it feels good,” said Mathews.Therefore some people argue that most nail biters are not havin

42、g a problem as serious as a mental (心理的) disorder.But anyway, its still a bad habit. So what can we do to stop it?Since most people bite nails as a way of relieving (缓解) stress, finding another way to relieve that stress could be useful, suggested Rochelle Torgerson, a doctor at the Mayo Clinic in t

43、he US. Try playing with your pen instead.Besides, nail biters feel the urge (刺激，冲动) to bite if they find a small imperfect part of the nail, said Mathews. So always keep your nails in good shape.1What does the phraseobsessive-compulsive disorderin Paragraph 6 mean?AAn activity that people enjoy doin

44、g it.BA kind of behavior that people is really wanted.CA way of doing something that people does it normal and healthy.DA mental disorder that people are unable to control the thoughts or the activities.2How is nail biting different from other OCD behaviors?APeople do it over and over again.BPeople

45、do it happily and willingly.CIt does no harm to peoples health.DIt is a physical and mental problem.3What do doctors suggest people do to stop nail biting?APick skin or pull hair instead.BForce them to control the urge to bite.CKeep them busy and forget about nails.DFind some other ways to release t

46、heir stress.E17、What do people drink in Western countries? They drink coffee, of course. Tea is the drink of us Chinese. Think again. In the West, tea is seeing to be cool again.In Western countries like the UK, coffee used to be the fashionable drink. Jenny Northam, a 28-year-old English woman, rem

47、embers that ten years ago tea was unfashionable. “At that time young people didnt like tea. We thought drinking tea was uncool and old-fashioned. Tea was_something we only drank when visiting grandparents.”Several years ago US_Madonna, who lived in Britain, published a childrens book_called The Engl

48、ish Roses. She launched the book with a tea party. Since Madonna is the “Queen of Cool”, she took a big part in making tea fashionable. The British tradition of afternoon tea was fashionable again.In Britain, hotels accept bookings (预定) for afternoon tea weeks in advance. The trend (趋向) had also tak

49、en off in the US. In New York and Los Angeles, more and more cafes are serving tea.The tea craze is not only down to Madonna, of course. People drink tea because they connect it with the idea of living life at a slower pace.People drink coffee and tea at different times. Coffee is seen as the drink

50、of people in a hurry; tea of those who like to spend their time.根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。1（小题1）Ten years ago, tea was _.Ain style BfashionedCold-fashioned Dcool2（小题2）Whats the meaning of the phrase “pop icon” ?A流行偶像 B流行歌星C流行音乐 D流行明星3（小题3）The English Roses is the name of a _.Amovie Bpicture Chotel Db

51、ook4（小题4）Ten years ago young people drank tea when they visited their _.Afriends BparentsCgrandparents Dclassmates5（小题5）The man who wants to spend his time with his friends, perhaps he will drink _.Acoffee BteaCorange DdrinksF18、What is the best-selling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter seri

52、es or Secret Garden? According to the Guinness World Records, the Xinhua Dictionary, published by the Commercial Press in China, is the worlds most popular dictionary and the best-selling book.In 1950, Chinese language experts(专家) andscholars, Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit(编辑) the Xi

53、nhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion, research and paper work. Some hand scripts (稿件) were checked again and again like compositions, Peoples Daily reported. Many peoples hard work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary.In 1953, the first Xinhua Dictionary was published. T

54、oday, 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold worldwide.However, revisions (修订) to the dictionary continue to be made. According to Yu Guilin from Commercial Press, editors(编辑) usually summarize (总结) the meaning of words again while revising. If the example sentences are out of date, edi

55、tors need to have experiences and make new examples. “To give a correct explanation of the word 焗油 (deep condition) , one editor went to a barber shop (理发店) to experience it for himself,” Yu told the Beijing Times. So far, the Xinhua Dictionary has been revised 11 times.To keep up with the times, so

56、me popular and widely used internet words are also added to the dictionary. For example, in the 11th edition, the phrases “晒工资 (show off salary)” and “晒照片 (show off pictures)” were included.All these efforts create the “National Dictionary” of China. The Xinhua Dictionary is not only a useful tool f

57、or generations of Chinese people. It also helps foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.1According to Guinness World Records, the best-selling book is _.Athe Xinhua DictionaryBthe Harry Potter seriesCSecret GardenDGuinness Book of World Records2Whats the meaning of the underlined word “scholars” in the second paragraph?A校长 B学长 C学者 D学生3Which of the following is NOT true about the first Xinhua