2023-2024学年江苏省苏州市区九年级英语第一学期期末统考模拟试题含解析

2023-2024学年江苏省苏州市区九年级英语第一学期期末统考模拟试题

注意事项：

1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

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3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

I.单项选择

1、Itisusefulbook.Iborroweditfromtheschoollibrary.

A.aB.theC./D.an

2、Hefailedtheexamhewastoocareless.

A.whenB.soC.afterD.because

3、Mygrandmadinnerwhenɪgothomeyesterday.

A.cooksB.wascookingC.iscookingD.willcook

4、Theboysawabirdrestingbythewindow,andhemovedtohaveacloselook.

A.politelyB.safelyC.quietly

5、Somewildanimalsareindangernow.Weshouldthinkabouttosavethem.

A.whatcanwedoB.whatwecandoC.howwecando

6、一Whatkindsoffruitdoyoulikeeating?

—ApplesasWenasoranges.

A.andB.butC.or

7、Thetwobuildingsinaverytraditionalstyle.Manyvisitorswereinterestedinthem.

A.builtB.werebuiltC.arebuildingD.willbuild

8、一Ourclassroomissodean.Doyouknowwhocleanedit?

—Sorry,ɪdon,tknow,ɪthinkdiditbeforeclass.

A.anybodyB.nobodyC.somebodyD.everybody

9^Asvolunteers,theyshoulddotohelpthechildrenintrouble.

A.nothingB.anybody

C.somethingD.somebody

10、Ilikemanydifferentkindsofflowers,roses,Carnations,sunflowersandsoon.

A.withB.includingC.exceptD.from

π.完形填空

11、

cliffsandthesea

Iwascomingdownstairstogetbreakfastwhenthepostcame.Iwas]foraletterfrommyfriendSam.SoI

pickedthelettersupandlooked2them.Iwasn,tsurprisedtoseethatthereweresomebills.Therewasan

invitationtoaparty.Therewasn'taletterfromSam.Therewasapostcard,showingsomecliffsandsea.Whatanice_

3!

Iturnedthe4ovenItwasn,teasytoread.Rainhadmadethewriting5,includingthenameofthe

personwhohadsentthepostcard.6wasitfrom?Itriedtoreadanyofthewords.Icouldread,*DearTom,Γm

havingalovelytimein...πThenthewritingbecameunclear.Icouldn'tread7else.Whohadgonetotheseaside?

Icouldn,tthinkofanyone!Itwasamystery.Therewasanother8too.WherewasSam,sletter?

Justthenthephonerang.ItwasSam!''Pmcallingtoseeifyougotmypostcard/1hesaid.nWeareattheseaside,notin

London.We9ourminds.MumandDadarerestingafterourwalk.SoI,mringingyou.ΓmsorryIdidn'twrite

aletter.We,vebeenso10

Bothmysteriesweresolved!

1.A.askingB.payingC.searchingD.waiting

2.A.afterB.forC.throughD.up

3.A.symbolB.viewC.objectD.position

4.A.billB.invitationC.letterD.postcard

5.A.unclearB.uncleanC.uncomfortableD.uncommon

6.A.HowB.WhereC.WhoD.When

7.A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything

8.A.matterB.methodC.mistakeD.mystery

9.A.changedB.keptC.lostD.made

10.A.amazedB.busyC.curiousD.frightened

m.语法填空

12、五、用所给动词的正确形式填空。

Mrs.Wilsonismyneighbor（邻居）.She1.（work）atapostofficeandshemeetslotsofpeopleeveryday.Sheis

friendlytoeveryoneandlikes2.（help）others.Sheisoverfiftyyearsold,butshelooksveryyoung（年轻）.Shealways

buysmanybeautifulclothes.Shealwayssays,"OIdpeoplestillWant3.（be）beautiful!”Yesterdayshe（have）atrip.

Shewenttoafarm.She5.（see）manyinterestingthingsandshe6.（take）somephotos・Look,she7.（show）herpictures

tousnow.

IV.阅读理解

A

13、PicturesThatDon,tLast

“YEARSagowhenIwasattheGrandCanyon,Iremembersomeonecominguptothecanyon,sedge,takingashotwith

theircameraandthenwalkingaway,likefcgotit-done,,barelyevenglancingatthemagnificent（壮观的）scene

sprawling（展开）infrontofthem,“LindaHenkel9ascientistatFairfieldUniversity,UStoldLiveScience.

Henkelwassurprisedbyhowobsessed（着迷的）peoplearewithtakingpicturesthesedays-beforedinner,during

friends9birthdayparties,onmuseumtoursandsoon.Youknowpeoplejustlikethat,don'tyou?

Theykeeptakingpicturesbecausetheythinkthatithelpsrecordthemoment,butasHenkeΓslateststudyhasjust

foundout,thisobsessionmaypreventtheirbrainsfromrememberingwhatactuallyhappened,reportedTheGuardian.

Inherstudy,HenkeIledagroupofcollegestudentsaroundamuseumandaskedthemtosimplyobserve15objectsand

tophotograph15others.Thenextdaythestudents9memoryofthetourwastested,andtheresultsshowedthatthey

werelessaccurateinrecognizingtheobjectsandtheyrememberedfewerdetailsaboutthemiftheyphotographedthem.

66Whenpeoplerelyontechnologytorememberforthem-countingonthecameratorecordtheeventandthusnot

needingtoattendtoitfullythemselves,itcanhaveanegativeeffectonhowwelltheyremembertheirexperiences,,,

Henkelexplained.

Butthereisalsoanexception:ifstudentszoomed（缩放）intophotographpartofanobject,theirmemoryactually

improved,andthosewhofocusedthelens（镜头）onaspecificareacouldevenrecallpartsthatweren,tintheframe.

Sobasically,thisstudyissayingthatconstantlytakingpicturescanharmyourmemory.Butshouldn,treviewing

pictureswehavetakenhelpwakeupourmemories?Thisistrue,butonlyifwespendenoughtimedoingit.

“Inordertoremember,wehavetoaccess（接近）andinteractwiththephotos,ratherthaniustamassingthem,"Henkel

toldTheTelegraph.However,previousresearchhasshownthatmostpeoplenevertakethetimetolookovertheir

digitalpicturessimplybecausetherearetoomanyofthemandtheyaren,tusuallyveryorganizedontheircomputers.

1.TheauthormentionedHenkeΓstriptotheGrandCanyonatthebeginningto.

A.complainaboutsometourists,badhabits

B.givesuggestionsonhowtoenjoyone,stour

C.describethegreatviewoftheGrandCanyon

D.pointoutpeople,sobsessionwithtakingpictures

2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutHenkeΓsstudyisTRUE?

A.Reviewingpicturesalwayshelpspeoplebringbackmemories.

B.Takingpicturesinamuseumtourhelpsstudentsrecognizeobjectsbetter.

C.Picturesthatfocusonthedetailsofobjectsarelikelytoimprovepeople,smemories.

D.Peopleshouldspendmoretimestudyingrealobjectsthantakingpicturesofthem.

3.Theunderlinedword"amassing”inthelastparagraphprobablymeans.

A.displayingB.collecting

C.introducingD.remembering

4.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?

A.Someskillstolearnfortakingpictures.

B.People,sobsessionwithtakingpicturesanditsinfluence.

C.Howpicturesremindusofourpast.

D.Howtodealwithpicturesaftertakingtrips.

B

14、Mostpeoplemaythinkthatpeoplewhowritecomputercode（代码）mustbegoodatMathsandIogiCaI（逻

辑的）thinking.However,peoplewhowritecomputercodesaythatcreativityisalsoimportantforwrittingcode.

Softwaredevelopers（开发者）intheUSAhavecreatedagamecalledOsmoCodingJam.Thegameisdesignedto

helpchildrenusethecreativesideoftheirmindswhenlearningtocode.ChildrencanplaythegameoniPads.

TanyaDodgeisthemotheroftwochildrenwhoplaythegame.Accordingtoher,theseactivitiesgiveherchildren

importantskillsforthefuture.uIt,sananalytical（分析的）skill,,,saidDodge.

Butthedevelopersbelievewritingcodeisnotjustananalyticalskill.wWewanttoexplorethecreativesideof

codingthatIthinkisoftennotasexplored,,,saidFelixHu,anOsmoengineer.Huadded,uThecoolestpartisthatwe,re

teachingkidshowtobecreativewithcodeandthat,sareallyimportantthingthatkidsshouldgetcomfortablewith

becausecodingiscreative.”

Hualsoseesmanyparentswhofeelthatsoftwarecodeisasecondlanguagethatchildrenneedtolearntosucceedin

futurejobs.TanyaDodgeagrees.Shesaid,“1thinkyou,regoingtohavetounderstandtheideaofcodingwillworkwell

inthefuture."HualsoexplainsthatVeryoftenkidsgrowupnotunderstandinghowacomputerworks.Hesaysby

breakingitdowntoalowerlevel,kidscanunderstandthatthecomputerisn,tassmartastheythinkitis.

1.WhatisOsmoCodingJamdesignedfor?

A.Trainingkids,logicalthinking.B.HelpingkidsIearntocodefast.

C.HelpingchildrenlearnMathswell.D.Helpingkidsbecomemorecreative.

2.WhatdoesTanyaDodgethinkofOsmoCodingJam?

A.Itneedstobeimproved.B.ɪtcanhelpkidsplaywell.

C.Itisofgreathelptotoday,skids.D.Itisnotperfectintrainingkids,analyticalskills.

3.WhatcanweIearnfromthepassage?

A.Ifsomeonedoesn,tlearnMathswell,heorshecan,twritecode.

B.Creativitycomesfromwritingcodeindailylife.

C.Writingcodeisjustaskillwhichhelpskidstoanalyzethingswell.

D.Alotofparentsagreethatsoftwarecodewillbeusefulfortheirkids,futurejobs.

4.Thewriterwrotethispassage∙

A.totellhowtolearntocodewellB.totellaboutanewgameforkids

C.toencouragekidstoIearntostudywellD.toshowtheimportanceofcreativity

C

15、nWhat!You,too?IthoughtIwastheonlyone.t,Haveyoueversaidthistosomeone?Ifso,youmayhave

endedupbecomingfriendswiththisperson.

Itseemsthatsimilarityoftenhelpsfromfriendships.TheGreekPhiIOSoPher（哲学家）Aristotleoncesaid,nSome

define（下定义）it（friendship）asamatterof,similarity;theysaythatwelovethosewhoarelikeourselves.n

Now,thereissomesciencebehindthisidea.ScientistsfromUniversityofCaliforniasaidfriendshavesimilarbrains.

ScientificAmericareported.

Thescientistsinvited42universitystudentstotakepartinanexperiment.Eachstudentwatchedthesamesetof

videos,whichincludedacomedy,adebate（讨论）andasoccermatch.Atthesametime,scientistsSCanlled（扫描）their

brainsandrecordedtheirbrainactivity.

Similarpartsoftheirbrainsbecameactivewhilewatchingthevideos,especiallypartsthatareconnectedwith

motivation（动力）,learningandmemory.Accordingtotheirscans,friendswhowatchedthesamevideospartsreactedin

similarways.However,peoplewhoweren,tfriendshasdifferentreactionstothesamevideoparts.

Havingclosefriendswhosebrainreactlikeoursmaybeusefulbecauseitmakesone,sownvalue,opinions,and

interestsstronger,leadscientistCarolynParkinsontoldBusinessInsider.

Butbrainsimilarityisnottheonlythingthatcanresultinfriendship.ScientistsfromtheUniversityofLeipzig,

Germany,foundthatfriendshipisalsobasedonhowphysicallycloseyouaretosomeone.Theydidanexperimentwith

first-yearcollegestudentswhometinclassforthefirsttime.Isthisexperiment,studentswhosatinneighboringseats

weremorelikelytobecomefriends.

1.WhatdoesnthisideaninParagraph3referto?

A.ManyfriendshipsstartwithsmallchatsB.Friendstrytodevelopsimilaritiesbetweenthemselves.

C.PeoplewithsimilaritiesmaybecomefriendsD.Welikethosewholikeusfirst.

2.Whatdidthescansofthestudents*brainshow?

A.Theyhadwatchedthesamevideoparts

B.Friendshadsimilarreactionstothesamevideoparts

C.Watchingvideosimprovesone,smemory

D.Ifsgoodtohavefriendswhoreactsimilarly

3.Accordingtothestory,whatelsemayhelpbuildfriendship?

A.BeingfunandhelpfulB.Studyingatthesamecollege

C.HavingsimilarappearanceD.Beingphysicallyclose

D

16、DoyouknowwhoisthemostpopularstarontheInternetnow?Yes,heisuBrotherCOat”（大衣哥）ZhuZhiwen!

Afewmonthsago,ZhuZhiwenwasanunknownfarmer.Avideoofhisshowhasbeenwatchedbymorethanmillionsof

people9nowhisvideosarethemostpopular.ZhuZhiwenattractsChinesenetizens'（网民的）hearts.Andheiscalled

66BrotherCoaf9bythem.

InMarch2011,hetookpartinaprogramcalleduΓmaBigStar”.Hewalkedoutontothestageinadarkgreencoat.

ThenhebegantosingthesongoftheTVdramaRomanceofThreeKingdoms.Whentheaudiencesheardrichand

powerfulvoice,allofthemstoodupandcheered.Afterthat,hebecameawell-knownperson.

ThejIIdges（评委）askedhimifhehadanyprofessionaltraining.Zhusaidno.uWhenhestarted,ɪthoughtsomeone

playedtheoriginaltape（原声带）bymistake.Butlateron,Igotit,,,saidoneofthem,“wecan,t”Atlast,

hewonthefirstprizeintheprogramof"I'maBigStar,∖

ZhuZhiwenwasborninavillageofShandongin1969.Helikedlisteningtotheradio.Whenthemusicplayed,hesang

italong.Everymorning,hewouldgetupearlyandpracticedsingingnearariver.Hekeepsdoingitfornearly30years.

uWhenI,mworkinginthefields,,⅛aidZhuZhiwen,wIoftensingformyself,somevillagerseventhinkmecrazy,butI

reallyloveit.I'mnotsingingformoney,I,msingingforordinarypeopleinChina.”

u

Mrs.Sun9a56-year-oldengineer,oneofhisfanssaid,Iwatchedhisvideoswithoutgettingtiredofit!Itissoamazing,

andeverytimeIwatchit,Iamfilledwithexcitementandhisvoiceisperfect!Iamcrossingmyfingersinhopethathe

hasabrightfuture."

1.WhogaveZhuZhiwenthenicknameofuBrotherCoat”（大衣哥）？

A.Hisfather.B.Thevillagers.C.Hismother.D.Thenetizens.

2.WhendidZhuZhiwenbecomeawell-knownperson?

A.In1969.B.In2011.C.Twoyearsago.D.Afewyearsago.

3.WhydidtheaudiencesstandupcheerwhenZhuZhiwensangthesong?

A.Becausehewasfunny.

B.Becauseheworeadarkgreencoat.

C.Becausehisvoicewasrichandpowerful.

D.Becausehegavesomegiftstotheaudiences.

4.Theunderlinedphrase"judgeabookbyitsCOVer”inParagraph4means.

A.以貌取人B.志存高远C.众口银金D.哗众取宠

5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.ZhuZhiwenis45yearsoldnow.

B.Mrs.SunenjoysZhuZhπven,ssongs.

C.AfamoussingertaughtZhuZhiwentosing.

D.ZhuZhiwenoftensangforhisfanswhenhewasyoung.

E

17、Onceaweek,Neilwentgroceryshopping.Healwaysmadealist,buthealwaysforgottoputoneormorethingson

thelist.Thisusedtoangerhim,butnowhejustacceptedit.You,renotassharpasyouusedtobe,hetoldhimself.

ItwasFriday-Shoppingday.Hewenttothe$99Store.Sometimestheyhadalotoffreshproduce,sometimestheydidn,t.

Hegotlucky.Therewerefreshpackagedbroccoli,carrots,onions,andsquash.Also,packagesofpeaches,plums,and

apples.Heeasilyhadenoughproducetolastallweek,ifitdidn,tgobadfirst.Thefruitandvegetablesalonefilledup

fourplasticbags.FourotherbagscontainedotheritemsthatwereonNeiΓslist.

HedrovetoAlbertson's,whichsoldmilkbythegallon（加仑）andatcheaperpricesthanthe$99Store.Interestingly,the

priceofmilkhadgothigherinthelastmonth.Heusedtobuy2gallonsofnonfatmilkfor$3.59.Nowhewaspaying

$4.69.Yet,thenewsmediareportsa2-centincreaseingasoline（汽油）prices.Thafsalloverthenews.

Heparkedhiscarinthecarportandopenedthetrunk.Hemanaged,asusual,toputall10plasticbagsintohishands

andtakethemupstairs.

“Whataheavyshoppingitis,”hethought.Andthenhetoldhimself:ifyouthinkit,stooheavynow,waittillyoucan,t

drive.Waittillyoucan,tevenwalkupthestairs.Howareyougoingtogetyourfoodthen?Theolderyouget,hetold

himself,themoreyou,dbetterthankthefactthatyoucanstilldoalltheseboringchoresandhousework.

1.Neilalwaysmadebeforehewentshopping.

A.alistB.aplasticbagC.acarD.areport

2.Neildidn,tbuyatthe$99Store.

A.broccoliB.peachesC.applesD.milk

3.Howmuchdidonegallonofnonfatmilkcostthatday?

A.$3.59.B.$4.69.C.About$2.35.D.About$1.80.

4.HowmanybagsofthingsdidNeilbuy?

A.Ten.B.Nine.C.Eight.D.Four.

5.WhatcanwelearnfromNeil?

A.Weshouldthankwhatwecanstilldo.

B.Weshouldeatenoughfruitandvegetables.

C.Weallwillgetoldoneday.

D.Buyingcheapthingscanmakeushappy

CaliforniaGov.JerryBrownonTuesdaysignedalawfordriverlesscarstotravelonpublicroadways,showingonce

againthatLeftCoasthasawayofmakingcar-makersdevelopfaster.

ItisnotthatsmartmindsinJapanandGermanyaren,talreadyworkingondriverlesscars.Butwithmostnew

technologies,engineerswanttomakesurethattheyaresafeenoughbeforelargeproduction.TheCalifornialawwill

allowthemtotravelonthestate,sroadwaysifthereisanexperienceddriversittinginthedrivingseattotakeoverif

needed.

“Today,we,relookingatsciencefictionbecomingtomorrovv,sreality，”Gov.Brownsaidduringanewsconferenceat

Google,sheadquarters.uThisdriverlesscarisanotherstepforwardinthislongmarchofCaliforniaandleadingnotjust

thecountry,butthewholeworld.”

Thestateoftenusesstricterlawstocontrolgreenhousegasesandglobalwarming,whichwasstronglyagainstbymost

car-makersinotherstates,sayingitwouldbeimpracticalforeachstatetomakeitsownfuelstandards.However,the

U.S.EPA（环境保护署）sidedwithCalifornia.Atlastallsidesreachedanagreement,butthepushfromCalifornia

undoubtedlyinfluencedtheEPA,ssharplyhigherfuelstandards,whichrequirecar-makerstoachieveanaverageof54.5

milespergallonby2025.

Whenitcomestodriverlesscars,Californiaisactuallythethirdstatetoauthorize（批准）them,behindNevadaand

Florida.Butbyfaritisthemostinfluential.wIfsmeaningfulbecauseCaliforniaisabigstate,afirstmoverandreallya

bigPIayerJRyanCalo,alawprofessorattheUniversityOfWashingtonwhostudiesautonomoustransportlaw,toldthe

NewYorkTimes.

1.TheSentencewCaIlfornia,ofcourse,hasledthewaytowardscleanertransport,,isthetopicsentenceof・

A.Paragraph2B.Paragraph3C.Paragraph4D.Paragraph5

2.Fromthewholepassage,whataretheadvantagesofdriverlesscarsinCalifornia?

A.TheyaregreenandsafeB.Theyarefastandbig

C.TheyaregreenandbigD.Theyarefastandsafe

3.Thelastparagraphiswrittenmainlyto・

A.introduceanewlawsignedbyCalifornia

B.Californiaisabigstateandreallyabigplayer

C.Californiaisthethirdstatetoauthorizethelaw

D.showtheinfluenceofCalifornia,slawondriverlesscars

4.Accordingtothepassage,wecanIearn.

A.engineersinothercountriesaren,tworkingondriverlesscars

B.Californiaandth