2024届江苏省镇江市丹徒区宜城中学九年级英语第一学期期末统考试题含解析

2024届江苏省镇江市丹徒区宜城中学九年级英语第一学期期末统考试题

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I.单项选择

1、一HaveyouheardofrRiYouyou,thefamousdoctorwhowonNobelPrizein2015?

—Shedevotedasmuchtimeasshecouldontheprojectartemisinin（青蒿素）.

A.workingB.toworkC.workedD.toworking

2、一MayIhaveawordwithyou?

一No,you.I,mbusytoday.

A.needn,tB.shouldn,tC.don,thavetoD.can,t

3、Jamestookthemagazinesoffthelittletabletomakeforthetelevision.

A.funB.timeC.roomD.noise

4、Inorderforthemeeting,mysisterforcedherselftogetupearlythismorning.

A.nottobelateB.notbeingIateC.tobelateD.beinglate

5^wonderfulspeechEmmaWatsonhasgivenattheUSconference!

A.WhatB.HowC.WhataD.Howa

6、一Canyouworkoutthetwoproblems?

—Letmesee,IthinkIcandoone.Theyarebotheasy.

A.eitherB.neitherC.someD.any

7、-Boysandgirls!Pleasetryyourbestintoday,sexam!Goodlucktoallofyou!-

A.Sorry,Iwon,LB.Nevermind.C.Thanks!D.Congratulations!

8、一Ifyouarebuyingtoday,sNanjingDaily,couldyougetforme?

—Iamgladtohelpyou.

A.itB.thisC.oneD.that

9、Hurryup,youwillbelateforclass.

A.andB.orC.butD.so

10、Thereisastrangeinthekitchen.Ithinkthemeathasgonebad.

A.voiceB.smellC.noiseD.taste

π.完形填空

RickAggelerlovesmusic.Hesaysthatmusicmakeshimfeellike]ispossible.Whenhewasseven,hehad

tohaveanOPeratiOn(手术)becauseofahealthproblem.Itstoppedhimfromplayingsports.2thechildrenwere

havingfunplayingsports,hecouldonlywatch3play.Sohismothersuggestedthatheshould4toplay

thedrum.

RickAggelersaid,nIstartedplayingthedrumwithmyteacher,RonitGlick.Istill5thefunitbroughtme.

Ienjoyeditverymuch.”

WhileRickAggelerwasincollege,hehelpedstarta/an6clubatayouthcenter.Manyyoungpeoplewent

there7.RickAggelersaidtheclubhadagoodenvironmenttolearnto8musicalinstruments.

Fourteen-year-oldJavonMartinjoinedtheclubthreeyearsago.Hesaid,"Itmakesmylife9・Inever

thoughtIwouldbedoingthis.”

“Icansee10itdoesforthem.It,sgreattowatchthesekidsgrowup."saidRickAggeler.

1.A.nothingB.somethingC∙everything

2.A.WhenB.AfterC.Before

3.A.usB.youC.them

4.A.forgetB.learnC.fight

5.A∙wonderB.provideC.remember

6.A.artB.musicC.soccer

7.A.examsB.holidaysC.meal

8.A.buyB.borrowC.Play

9.A.differentB.expensiveC.terrible

10.A.whatB.whenC.where

m.语法填空

12、根据短文内容及所给提示，补全文中单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空。

Willitmatterifyoudon,ttakeyourbreakfast?Ashorttimeago,atestwas1.(give)intheUSA.Peopleofdifferent

a2.from12to83,wereaskedtohaveatest.Duringthetest,thesepeopleweregivenallkindsofbreakfastsand

s3.theygotnobreakfastatall.Scientistswantedtoseehowwell4^_(they)bodiesworkedwhentheyhadhaddifferent

kindsofbreakfasts.

Theresultsshowthatifaperson5.(eat)arightbreakfast,heorshewillworkbetterthanifheorshehasnobreakfast.

Ifastudenthasfruit,eggs,breadandmilkb6.goingtoschool,hewillIearnmorequickly7・listenmorecarefullyin

ciass.

Theresultsalsoshowthat8.(have)nobreakfastwillnothelpyoulose9.(weigh).Thisisbecausepeoplebecomeso

10.(饥饿)atnoonthattheyeattoomuchforlunch.Sotheywillgainweightinsteadoflosingweight.

IV.阅读理解

A

13、Georgewasanengineer.HeworkedinafactoryintheUK.Whenhewasthirty-five,heboughtasmallplaneand

learnedtoflyit.Hesoonbecameverygoodatitandmadehisplanedoallkindsoftricks(特技)・

Georgehadafriend.HisnamewasMark.OnedayGeorgeinvitedMarktoflyinhisplane.Markthought,uI,ve

traveledinabigplaneseveraltimes,butΓveneverbeeninasmallone,soΓllgo.”

Thentheywentup,andGeorgeflewaroundforhalfanhouranddidallkindsoftricksintheair.

Whentheycamedownagain,Markwasverygladtobebacksafely,andhesaidtohisfriendinashakingvoice,uWell,

George,thankyouverymuchforthosetwotripsinyourplane.”

Georgewasverysurprisedandsaid,wTwotrips?”

“Yes,myfirstandmylast,"answeredMark.

1.WhatisGeorge,sjob?

A.Heisateacher.B.Heisapilot.

C.HeisanengineerD.Heisabusdriver.

2.WhoisMark?

A.George,suncleB.George,sfriend.

C.George,sbrotherD.George,sboss.

3.HowlongdidGeorgeandMarkflyintheair?

A.Thirtyminutes.B.Fortyminutes.

C.Anhour.D.Twohours.

4.HowdidMarkfeelwhenhewasintheplaneinthesky?

A.Hewassad.B.Hewasangry.

C.Hewashappy.D.Hewasscared.

5.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Abigplane.B.Twotrips.

C.Ashakingvoice.D.Allkindsoftricks.

B

14、WelcometoFranklinHotel.Tomakeyourstayenjoyable,wehopeyouwilluseourfacilities（设施）tothefull.

DiningRoom：Youcanhavethreemealsinthediningroom,（breakfast8-9a.m.；lunch12-2：30p.m.；

dinner7：30-9p.m.）

RoomService：Youcandial0forReCePtion（接待处）tomakeaphonecallwhileyouareonbed.Therearealsopay

telephonesnearthereceptiondesk.

Shop：Youcanbuypresents,giftsandgoodsfrom9a.m.to5：30p.m.here.

Laundry：Wehavealaundryinthebuilding,andwillwashandreturnyourclotheswithin24hours.

Youcanasktheroomstafftocollectthem.

Bar：Thehotelbarisopenfrom12to2p.m.and7p.m.to11a.m.

Banking：Wecancashcheques（兑现支票）&exchangeanyforeignmoneyforyou.

1.Youwouldseethenotice.

A.inarestaurantB.inasupermarket

C.inabighotelD.inalibrary

2.Therearekindsofserviceaccordingtothenotice.

A.twelveB.tenC.fiveD.six

3.Youcanhaveaquickmealintheifyouarriveatthehotelat2a.m.

A.shopB.bar

C.diningroomD.room

4.Theunderlinedword“laundry”meansinChinese.

A.洗手间B.浴室C.洗衣房D.茶水间

5.Whatcanyoudoifyouwanttomakeaphonecalltoyourfriendinyourroom?

A.Phonethereceptiondesk.B.Gotothereceptiondesk.

C.Phonetheroomstaff.D.Gotothepublicphones.

C

15、

RenaultMenage：This2-seatingluxurycarprovidesacomfortable

∖

drivingexperience.Butitspowerfulenginemeansyouhadbetterbe

I

preparedforabigfuelbill（燃油费用）eachweek.Itsfantasticlook

willmakeyouthefocusofallattention.

Company：ReIIaUIt,France.Price：$85,000

Fiat500：Althoughexpensive,itwillsoonpayforitselfwiththe

moneyyousaveonPetrOI（汽油）.Ithasthemostefficientand

-__-

cleanestpetrolpoweredengine.Ithas4seatsanditisperfectfora

family.

Company：Fiat,Italy.Price：$35,000

LandRoverDiscovery：With7seats9thiscarissuitableforall

drivingconditions.Ithasgoodcontrolfordrivinginthecityandthe

powerforroughroadsandcarryingheavythings.Butitconsumes

（消耗）lotsoffuel.

Company：LandRover,Britain.Price：$51,999

Hyundaii20：4seatsinside.Perfectforshortjourneysbutdoesn,t

havethepowertomakelongdistancedrivingenjoyableand

comfortable.Stilbatthispriceyoucan'tcomplainandyou,llbeI

smilingwhenyouhavetofillupthetanktoo.Itreallysavesfuel.

Company：Hyundai9Korea.Price：$8,000

1.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Eachcarabovehas4seats.

B.ThefourcarsaremadebyEuropeancompanies.

C.LandRoverDiscoveryisthesecondmostexpensiveofabove.

D.BothRenaultMenageandFiat500consumelotsoffuel.

2.JohnneedstodrivehistwosonstoschoolandhelikesEuropeancars.Whatmayhechoose?

A.Hyundaii20orFiat500.

B.Fiat500orLandRoverDiscovery.

C.RenaultMenageorFiat500.

D.LandRoverDiscoveryorHyundaii20.

3.Whichofthefollowingcarsaregreener?

A.Hyundaii20andFiat500.

B.RenaultMenageandFiat500.

C.LandRoverDiscoveryandHyundaii20.

D.RenaultMenageandLandRoverDiscovery.

4.IfyouchooseaLandRoverDiscovery,youwill.

A.spendlessmoneyonfuel

B.take5peopleatmosteachtime

C.beabletodriveonroughroads

D.bemorefriendlytotheenvironment

5.Wherecanweseethispassage?

A.Inanovel.B.Inanewsreport.

C.Inasciencemagazine.D.Inanadvertisement.

D

16、Haveyoueverheardoftheexpression“birdbrain”？Peopleuseittotalkaboutsomeonewhoisstupid,butcrows（-⅛

鸦）showthatthisisunfair.Nowithasbeendiscoveredthatcrowsmayunderstandanalogies（类推法）.

Itwasoncethoughtthatonlyhumanscouidunderstandanalogies,whichhelpustosolveproblemscreatively.

Totestinanimals,scientistsdoRMTStests.IfapairwasAA,forexample,pickingBBtomatchitwouldbe

correct.IfthepairwasCD,however,thenEFwouldbecorrect.

MonkeyshavelearnedRMTS,butscientistswantedtoknowifcrowscoulddoit,too.Aninternationalteamledby

EdwardWassermanfromtheUSfirsttrainedtwocrowstomatchthingsbycolor,shapeandnumberinwhatiscalled

IMTS,thenmovedontoRMTS.

FortheIMTStest,thebirdswereputinacagewithaplatethathadthreecardsandtwocupsinit.Thecardinthe

middlewasthesample（样本）,whiletheotherwasn,t.Thecupwiththecardthatmatchedthesamplecardhadsome

foodtoeat.ZXXK]

Inthesecondpartoftheexperiment,thebirdsweretestedwithRMTStests.Acardwithtwosame-sizedcircles,for

example,meanttheyshouldpickthetestcardwithtwosame-sizedsquaresandnottwodifferent-sizedcircles（圆）・The

birdsdidwellinthemoredifficulttestandpickedthecorrectcardmorethanthreequartersofthetime,ScienceNews

reports.

WassermanwassurprisedthatcrowswereabletosolvetheproblemwithoutanytraininginRMTS.“Whatthecrows

havedoneissurprising,,,hesaid.

Soperhapsit,stimetostopsaying“birdbrain”forgood.

1.Intheopeningparagraph,thewriterused“birdbrain”to.

A.teachpeoplehowtousethisexpression

B.introduceafamousscientistEdwardWasserman

C.introducerecentfindingsaboutcrows,intelligence（智力）

D.getreadersinterestedinthebackgroundoftheexpression

2.Theunderlinedphrase“thisability”inthe3rdparagraphrefersto.

A.theabilitytoplaycards

B.theabilitytofindfoodtoeat

C.theabilitytounderstandanalogies

D.theabilitytopickthetestcard

3.IntheRMTStest,ifthebirdsweregiventhesamplelikethis△△∣,whichcardshouldtheypick?

A.∣O△IB.IOolC.D.IoO

4.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthispassage?

A.Monkeysunderstandanalogies.

B.Crowsshowhowclevertheyare.

C.CrowsdidwellinRMTS.

D.Monkeysareclevererthancrows.

E

17>Allinthememory...

Manypeoplecomplainthattheirmemoryisbad,especiallyastheygetolder.Phonenumbers,names,factswe

studiedonlyafewdaysago-lifewouldbesomucheasierifwecouldrememberthemalleffortlessly.Sohowcanwe

improveourmemory?

Manypeoplethinkthatrepeatingthingsisthebestwaytorememberthem.Whilethisundoubtedlyhelps

short-termmemory（rememberingatelephonenumberforafewseconds,forexample）,psychologists（心理学家）doubt

whetheritcahelpyoutorememberthingsforverylong.TheBritishpsychologistEcStanfordseemedtoprovethis

pointwhenhetestedhimselfonfiveprayers（祈祷文）thathehadreadaloudeverymorningforover25years.Hefound

thathecouldremembernomorethanthreewordsofsomeofthem!Morehelpful,especiallyforrememberingnumbers,

isgroupingtheinformation.Thefollowingnumberswouldbeimpossibleformostofustoremember:

1492178919931848.Butlookattheminchunks,anditbecomesmucheasier:1492178919931848.

Sowhatabout“memorytraining99?We,veallheardaboutpeoplewhocanmemorizepacksofcardsbyheart—how

isthisdoneandcananyonelearnhowtodoit?Accordingtoexperts,therearemanywaysoftrainingyourmemory.

Manyoftheminvolveformingamentalpictureofthethingstobememorized.Onemethod,whichmaybeusefulin

learningforeignlanguages,istocreateapictureinyourmindconnectedtoawordyouwanttoremember.

Anothermethodistoinventastorythatincludesallthethingsyouwanttoremember.Inexperiments,peoplewere

askedtorememberupto120wordsusingthisskill;whentestedafterwards,onaverage,theywereabletorecall90%of

them!

However;notallofusareinterestedinlearninglonglistsofnamesandnumbersjustforfun.Forthosestudying

largenumberofinformation,psychologistssuggestthatthebestwaytoformmeaningfulconnectionsistoaskyourself

lotsofquestionsasyougoalong.So,forexample,ifyouwerereadingaboutaparticulardisease（疾病）,youwouldask

yourselfquestionslike:"Dopeoplegetitfromwater?99,wWhatpartsofthebodydoesitinfluence?Mandsoon.Thisis

saidtobefarmoreeffectivethantimespent“passively”readingandre-readingnotes.

1.Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutrepeatingthingsaccordingtothepassage?

A.Ithelpsshort-termmemoryforsure.B.Itmakesrememberingthingsinteresting.

C.Ithelpstorememberthingsforlong.D.Itmakesrememberingprayerseffortlessly.

2.TheWOrd"chunks”inParagraph2probablymeans"

A.detailsB.turnsC.groupsD.lines

3.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A.Creatingapictureisusefulinlearningmath.

Inventingaprayertrainsourmemoryquickly.

C.Rememberinglongnumbersiseasyforpeople.

D.Askingyourselfquestionsactivatesthememory.

4.Whafsthewriter,smainpurposeinwritingthispassage?

A.Tocomplainthathismemoryisbad.

B.Torecognizesomememoryproblems.

C.Toexplainsomememoryexperiments.

D.Tosharesomewaysofimprovingmemory.

F

18>Survey:MostChinesethinkPenaIty（惩罚）fordrunkdrivingtoolight

2009-08-1813:33:53GMT2009-08-1821:33:53（BeijingTime）XinhuaEnglish

BEIJING,Aug.18（Xinhua）—MostChinesepeopleconsiderdrunkdrivingimpossibletostopinthecountrywhilethe

currentlaw（法律）toolightfordrunkdrivers,asurveyhasfound.

AccordingtothesurveydonebytheChinaYouthDaily,morethan96%ofthe1,792respondents（⅛⅛）saidpeople

aroundthemhaddrivenafterdrinking,whilemorethan81%complainedthecurrentpenaltywastoolight,thepaper

reportedTuesday.NowOffenderS（违规者）faceathree-to-sixmonthSilSPenSion（吊销）oftheirdrivinglicensesand

detention（拘留）forupto15daysinseriouscases.

DrunkdrivinghasattractedwidepublicattentioninChinaafterseveralseriousaccidentsinrecentmonths.OnAug.4,

adrunkdriverinHangzhoukilleda16-year-oldgirl.Twodayslater,anotherdrunkdriverinShanghaikilleda

four-year-oldboyandinjuredthreeothers.

Drunkdrivingisregardedasjusttrafficviolationifnoaccidentsresult,accordingtotheChineselaw.Butsomepeople

havecalledforregardingitasacrimenomatterwhetheritresultsinseriousaccidents.wIfit,sacrimeandanyone

caughtwillgotojail（监狱）,alotmorepeoplewillbeafraidofriskingit,"saidWangMingIiang9aprofessorattheFudan

University.However,otherpeopledisagreed.

In2008,China,salcohol（酒精）-relatedtrafficaccidentsledto18,371deaths,76,230injuries,andaPrOPerty（财产）loss

of250millionyuan（$36.7million）,accordingtoofficialfigures.

ɪ.MostChinesethinkit,shardtostopdrunkdrivingbecauseofthepenaltyforitaccordingtothecurrent

law.

A.lightB.lessC.heavy

2.Ifadrunkdriveriscaughtnow,heorshewillhavetoface,

A.adetentionandanimportantreport

B.asuspensionofdrivinglicenseandadetention

C.asuspensionofdrivinglicenseandaserioussurvey

3.Howmanypeoplediedofalcohol-relatedtrafficaccidentsinChinain2008?

A.1,792B.18,371C.76,230

4.