广东省揭阳市空港区2023学年英语九上期末联考试题含解析

1、2023学年九上英语期末模拟测试卷考生请注意：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、Can I learn English well if I work hard on it from now on?Sure. _ .AOne tree doesnt make a forestBIts not work that kills, but worryCNot

2、hing is impossible to a willing heartDTwo heads are better than one2、_ big success the charity show was! We have raised a lot of money.AHowBWhatCHow aDWhat a3、Hes already back to Zhenjiang, _?_. Hes on a visit to Shanghai.Aisnt he; No Bhasnt he; YesCis he; No Dhas he; Yes4、- Id like to introduce my

3、best friend to you , Peter .- Thank you , Lucy . But we _already .Ameet Bmet Cwill meet Dhave met5、_an old teacher Mr. Wang is!AHowBWhatCWhereDWhy6、Mum, we have won the game against Yuhua Middle School ._!AThank youBThe same to youCCongratulationsDNever mind7、He wants two_/tkts/ for the film.Athanks

4、BticksCtakesDtickets8、I like playing _ baseball and Peter likes playing _ violin.Aa; anB/; aCthe; theD/; the9、China is getting better and better at making high technology products.Thats right. People around the world can hardly avoid_ products made in China.Anot buyingBnot to buyCto buyDbuying10、Lis

5、a, how is your cousin? He is now. Thank you.Amore healthierBmuch healthierCvery healthierDhealthiest. 完形填空11、 It was a clear day in 1997.Lottie Williams was walking through a park in the US, with her friends 1 suddenly, something tapped on the shoulder. It was about as 2 as an empty soda can. Later

6、scientists told her it was a piece of a Delta II rocket that had been used to launch 3 satellite.Many countries around the world have sent satellites into space. We need satellites 4 and receive TV and radio signals, and for many 5 things. But when they become old or they may 6 down or we dont need

7、them any more, we just leave them there. They become space junk.Scientists think that there are about sixteen 7 objects larger than 10 centimeters wide flying around the earth, and tens of millions of smaller objects, too. 8 travel at around 7 kilometers a second. Thats fast! And its their speed tha

8、t makes these pieces of space junk 9 dangerous. If one small piece of space junk 10 something at high speed, it 11 do a lot of damage. Luckily, there havent been many collisions. But in 2009, an old Russian satellite hit and destroyed an American satellite -and that created 2,000 new pieces of space

9、 junk!Pieces of space junk re-enter the Earths atmosphere every day, 12 Lottie Williams is the only person 13 has been hit. The piece that hit her was light, and the air in the atmosphere had slowed it down. Most space junk burns up and doesnt reach the Earths surface. However, 14 2011, a metal ball

10、 35 centimeters wide fell to Earth in Namibia, Africa. It made a hole in the ground 30 centimeters deep and over 3 meters wide. Lottie was lucky because she 15 by that!1AalthoughBwhenCafterDbefore2AheavierBheavilyCheavyDheaviest3AaBanCtheDI4AsendBsendingCto sendDsent5AotherBothersCanotherDthe other6

11、AbreaksBbrokeCbrokenDbreak7AthousandsBthousands ofCthousandDthousand of8AThisBTheyCItDThem9ArealBrealityCreallyDmore really10AhitsBhitCwill hitDhitting11AshouldBcanCmustDhave to12AandBbutCsoDor13AwhichBwhenCwhereDwho14AonBinCatDfor15Adidnt hitBwasnt hittingCwasnt hitDisnt hit. 语法填空12、Melbourne is in

12、 Australia. It is a beautiful city1huge gardens, great parks and many2(amaze) buildings. Many people came to visit it every year.Melbourne is also3 ancient city in Australia. It has an interesting history of more than 170 years. The first people came in 1835,and in the 1850s,gold 4(discover). Becaus

13、e of this, Melbourne became a very rich city. Many new buildings were built at that time.And today, Melbourne is one of the worlds 5(great) cities. It is known 6 its 7 (beautiful) and its famous universities. It is also Australias top city for8 (sport).Many of them are very popular. For example, you

14、ng people are mad 9 soccer here. In 1956,the Olympic Games came to this city, and for the first time they were showed live on TV around the world. Melbourne is a nice place and you can always have great10 here. 阅读理解A13、“Yangzhou is wonderful! The teahouse is a popular place for local people to treat

15、 their important visitors”This poem of the Qing Dynasty describes the comfortable life of living in Yangzhou. In Yangzhou, various snacks and refreshments(茶点) make each morning a pleasant one.For many years, Yangzhou snacks and refreshments have been well known for their great variety with different

16、 fillings and elegant shape. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yangzhou city was praised as “a place whose pastry(糕点) shops were the finest under heaven”. Listening to A Hundred Tunes while Enjoying the View of Jiangnan talks of Huaiyang snacks, “Huaiyang snacks and refreshments are known for a perfec

17、t mixture of freshness and sweetness. Huaiyang snacks in Yangzhou won high praise from both at home and abroad.Among the famous masters making Huaiyang snacks and desserts during the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the most celebrated was Beauty Shaw in Yizheng country. The snacks she made were said to

18、be as valuable as gold. Yuan Mei, a famous Qing-dynasty writer , wrote in his book The Menu of Sui Garden: “Outside the south gate of Yizheng country lives Beauty Shaw, who is an expert in making snacks and desserts.” She is also regarded as one of the top ten masters of ancient China. Yin Changshan

19、, Zhang Guangqing, Dong Dean, Chen Ende and many others are reputed as modern masters. Take Chen Ende for example. He mixed his idea with the traditional cooking skills and recreated the snacks in the Red Mansion Banquet style, which is designed to present the theme and background of A Dream of the

20、Red Mansions(红楼梦).These masters have been abroad many times to show their skills in making Huaiyang-style pastry. With their efforts, Huaiyang-style pastry has become popular at high speed and is showing its charm to the world. The pastry of Fuchun Teahouse is the most outstanding one.1This passage

21、is most probably taken from .Achildrens magazineBa personal diaryCa short-story collectionDan introduction to tourist attractions2What does the underlined word “celebrated” mean in Paragraph 3?AbeautifulBwell-knownCimportantDserious3Which of the statements is true according to the passage?2-1-c-n-j-

22、yAYangzhou snacks were famous for their great variety and elegant shapeBHuaiyang snacks in Yangzhou won high praise only from China.CBeauty Shaw is considered as one of the top ten masters of modern China.DThese masters have been abroad to show their skills to earn much money.4After the last paragra

23、ph, what is the writer likely to talk about next?AA Dream of the Red MansionsBChen Endes cooking skillCFuchun TeahouseDOther masters one by one.B14、Sophia is a robot in Saudi Arabia. She made history at a meeting that was held in the country on Oct 25. On that day, she became the first robot in the

24、world to get citizenship (公民身份), according to The New York Times.In the future, Sophia may have the same rights as a human Saudi Arabian citizen.Sophia looks like a human woman. In 2015, a US company built her and gave her an artificial intelligence system (人工智能系统). This means Sophia can talk and ac

25、t like a human. She also has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet.“I will do my best to make the world a better place,” Sophia said at the meeting. But not everyone is happy with Sophias citizenship. Some think robots like her could be dangerous. They could become enemies of huma

26、ns if they go out of control.For this, Sophia said she also had values like wisdom and kindness. “Dont worry, if youre nice to me, Ill be nice to you,” she said.1Who is Sophia?AShe is a scientist who invented a robot. BShe is a woman from Saudi Arabia.CShe is a robot who looks like a human woman. DS

27、he is the same as a human woman.2What special thing did the robot get on Oct 25?AShe got her name. BShe was made into a woman.CShe got citizenship. DShe got the same rights as humans.3With her AI system, Sophia can do all of the following EXCEPT _.Atalk with people Bdo the same things people doClear

28、n from books or the Internet Dcontrol the world4Some people are not happy about the robots citizenship, because they think _.Aa robot is just a robot, not a real human Bthe robot may bring danger to humansCthe robot may help humans enemies Dhumans cant be smarter than robots5The last paragraph tells

29、 us that _.Athe robot can be as nice as anyone elseBthe robot is not as active as you thinkCthe robot will treat you badly if you do bad thingsDthe robot doesnt have citizenshipC15、 If you had billions of dollars, would you donate almost all of it to charity? Well, thats what Mark Zuckerberg, CEO an

30、d founder of Facebook, just said he would do.Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan promised to give 90% of their Facebook shares to society. Right now that is about $ 45 billion, and they plan to donate the money to things like science and education. Many billionaires have done similar things. Bill

31、 Gates, creator of Microsoft, made The Giving Pledge, an activity in which billionaires promise to donate more than half of their wealth to charities. This started in 2010, and now 139 people from 15 countries joined it.But giving back and helping others isnt just for big billionaires. People like Z

32、uckerberg and Gates may have more to give, but people with less are doing it, too.Especially around the holidays，people want to do their part and give back to people who are less lucky than them.Schools may have food collections where people bring a few food items，and together they can make a big do

33、nation to places like homeless peoples homes.People also host special events like concerts or runs to be creative while raising money.Regular people donate whatever they can to US charities like the United Way and the American Red Cross.Then these charities are able to help US communities in differe

34、nt ways like education，health and improving the lives of the poor.These individual（个人的）donations come together to make a big difference.1Mark Zuckerberg promised to donate _.A90%of their Facebook shares to societyBhalf of his wealth to the charitiesCall of his money to charitiesD45 billion yuan to s

35、ociety2What does the underlined word“shares”mean？A分享B股份C给予D参与3According to Paragraph 3，The Giving Pledge _.Astarted just ten years agoBis a charity to raise moneyChas attracted 139 peopleDis only for US people4According to this passage，regular people _.Aget help from rich peopleBhold special events

36、to celebrate holidaysChelp the people who is less luckyDcollect food in homeless peoples home5What can we learn from the story？AIts rich peoples duty to give more money.BThere are more charities in the US than in China.CThe poor should work hard to make a living.DEveryone can do their part to help o

37、thers.D16、Different weather makes people feel different. It influences health, intelligence(智力) and feelings.In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Mid

38、dle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states(州) have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ(智商) of a group of students was very high

39、when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and Aug

40、ust).Weather also has a strong influence on peoples feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18, people become stronger.Low air pressure(气压)

41、 may make people forgetful(健忘). People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18.Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weathers problem.1What can cause problems on health？AHot and wet weatherBA strong wi

42、ndCWarm weatherDLow air pressure2A report shows that people may have more intelligence when _ comes.ArainBa strong windCvery hot weatherDlow air pressure3The writer wants to tell us that _.Ahot and cold weather influences all people in the same wayBweather influences peoples behaviorCIQ changes when

43、 weather changesDpeople feel good on low pressure days4Which is the best title(标题) for this passage？AHot Weather Causes Health ProblemsBDifferent Weather Makes People Feel BadCWeather Influences FeelingsDWeather influences Health, Intelligence and FeelingsE17、 Once upon a time, there was a spider wi

44、th the name Anansi. He knew that he was very clever but he also knew he wasnt wise. He didnt like this, but he did not know what to do. One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked people to give him some of their wisdom. Each person put a bit in his basket and wished h

45、im good luck.Soon his basket was full, but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous(嫉妒) of his wisdom and take it from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. When he had tied the basket to the front part of his body, he tried to climb the tree, but it was too difficult.

46、He tried again and again without success.Then his youngest son walked by. What are you doing, father? he asked and Anansi told him. Why dont you carry the basket on your back instead? his son said.Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily, but he wasnt happy. I walked all over th

47、e village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person ever, but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom! he said. And he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And thats how wisdom went all over the world.1Anansi went around the village because _.Ahe kn

48、ew he was very cleverBhe wanted to show his good luckChe hoped to meet his sonDhe wanted to ask people for wisdom2Anansi wanted to get his wisdom from _.Ahis sonBhis fatherCthe villagersDthe neighbors3The underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refers to(指的是) _ .Athe treeBthe basketCthe luckDthe wisdom4Th

49、e passage above is _.Aa reportBa storyCan advertisementDa diary5The best title for the passage would be _.AAnansis wisdomBThe wisdom of Anansis sonCAnansi and his sonDAnansi and the villagersF18、Every time I came home from work at midnight, I often saw a shadow (黑影) walking in our neighborhood. Was

50、it “a night walking”? Someone walked alone in the dark, and this always made me afraid a lot.I think it was “a sleep walker”. So I never bothered it. But one night, when I walked past it quietly and quickly as usual, I heard a low voice. “Do you often have to work at night?” I was a little afraid. I

51、 looked around, but no one was nearby. I ran home as quickly as possible. Later on, I heard it was a neighbor, an old man who has been living alone at home. Hes NOT a sleep walker. He enjoys having a walk at night. So I seldom see him in the neighborhood in the day. Its said that he was a soldier many years ago. He has two children, a son and a daughter. His son has a family in Shanghai. His daughter went abroad, in Sydney. He has been living alone since his wife died se