2024-2025学年牛津译林版九年级英语上册Unit2单元测试卷

2024-2025学年江苏省南京市第二十九中学

九年级上学期英语第二单元试卷

考试时间：60分钟满分：100分2024.9

第一卷选择题（共45分）

一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.ThispairofjeanslooksniceSandy,becauseshelooksveryniceblue.

A.on;inB.in;onC.fbr;onD.to;in

2.Wearegladthatmoreattentionhasbeenpaidtheairaroundus.

A.toimproveB.totoimproveC.toimprovingD.totoimproving

3.MissBrownprefersathometooutside.

A.read;walkB.reading;walkC.reading;walkingD.read;walking

4.1thinknotdifficultEnglisheverymorning.

A.that;keepreadingB.it's;keepreading

C.that;tokeepreadD.it;tokeepreading

5.Shewearsredtoday.Maybeshefeelsweakandstressed.

A.alittleofB.alittlebitofC.abitD.abitlittle

6.Idon'tknowifhetotheEnglishcomer,butI'llaskhimaboutthatwhen

hetotheclass.

A.goes;willcomeB.willgo;willcomeC.goes;comesD.willgo;comes

7.——ItseemsthatJimmyfeelsterribleabouttheexam.

——Heneedsto.A"C"isnottheendoftheworld.

A.cheerhimselfupB.calmhimselfdown

C.lethimselfdownD.warmhimselfup

8.——Whatapleasantsurprisetoseeyouhere!IyouBeijing.

——Metoo.ButItherenextFriday.

A.think;havegoneto;amgoingB.thought;hadgoneto;willgo

C.thought;hadbeento;willgoD.think;havebeento;amgoing

9.Englishlearningitselfisn'thard.Howmuchyoudevotedecides.

A.whocanyouaskforB.whyyoubegantolearnit

C.thatyoucantaketheleadD.whetheryoucanlearnitwell

10.Yellowisthecolourofthesun.Itcanawarm,sunnyday.

A.remindyouaboutB.remindyouof

C.remindyouD.remindofyou

11.——WillyoubuythistieforDad?

——Ihavenoidea.Idon'tknowornotthecolourmatcheshisnewshirt.

A.ifB.thatC.whyD.whether

12.——It'ssaidthatJackachievedhighgradesintheexam.

——Nosurprisethere.Heis,youknow.

A.adarkhorseB.agreenhandC.atruedogD.anearlybird

13.Youneverknowhowmuchdifficultywehadtheproblem.Luckily,we

managedtosolveitwithMrs.Wu'shelp.

A.workingoutB.workoutC.workedoutD.toworkout

14.——Couldyoutellme?

——Certainly,andtheearlier,thecheaper.

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A.howlongitwilltaketogettoParis

B.ifIcanbookadirectflighttoParisonline

C.whereIcanbuyaticketforthedirectflighttoParis

D.whethercanIbuyatickettoPariswithoutmypassport

15.——Ipreferwesternfood.Ifsdeliciousandgoodforus.

——?Butwesternfoodissaidtobehighinsugarandfat.

A.IsthatrightB.Howdoyouknowthat

C.DoyoureallythinksoD.Whotoldyouthat

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的

最佳选项。

ColourwordsarewidelyusedinbothChineseandEnglishcultures.Peopleusethemto

showconditions,viewsandfeelings.

Yuebai,qielanandshiqing...Theseare16oldChinesepeoplecalleddifferent

kindsofblueintheoldtimes-lightordeep.Yuebaiisnotwhite.It'sakindofblueclosetothe

colourofmoonlight.

OldChinesepeoplegenerally17coloursintobasiccoloursandmixedcolours.

Therewerefivebasiccolours:blue,red,yellow,whiteandblack.Peoplecouldmixthem

togethertogetmixedcolours.

ColourshavespecialmeaningsinChineseculture.InoldChina,colourwasasymbolof

social18.Forexample,yellowstoodforpower.Itwasacolourfortheemperors.

Officialsofdifferentranks（等级）woreclothesofdifferentcolours.Purpleclotheswere

simplyfbrofficialsofthetopthreerankswhilebluewasfbrthosewhowereinthetwolowest

ranks.

Manybeautifulcolournamescomefromfamousworksofliteratureandshowhowold

Chinesepeopleunderstoodthebeautyofnature.Forexample,dongfangjibaiisalightblue

colour.ItcomesfromaworkbySuShi.Thecolourbluedescribesthecolourofthesky

19thesunrises.

20,peopleintheWestalsousecolourexpressionstoshowtheirfeelingsand

describetheworld.Redisoftenusedtoexpress21feelings.Theymaysaytheyare

redhotwhentheyareveryangry.Pinkisacolourfbrgoodhealth.Thisprobablycomesfrom

the22thatmanybabiesbomwithapinkcolourarehealthy.Greenisacolourfor

treesandgrass.ItissaidthattheGreeksfirstconnectedgreenwith23causedby

envy.Thismightbebecausewhenapersonisfullofenvy,hisorherbodyproducestoomuch

bile（月旦汁）,makinghisorherskingreen.Theexpression"ablacksheepofthefamily^^refers

toan24memberofafamilyoragroupifheisalwaysatrouble-maker.Blackouts

werecommonduringWorldWarII.Duringblackouts,allthelightsinacitywereturnedoff.

Thiscouldmake25difficultforenemyplanestofindatarget（目标）ontheground

inthedarkofnight.

16.A.whyB.howC.whetherD.what

17.A.dividedB.turnedC.putD.cut

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18.A.conditionsB.celebrationsC.positionsD.problems

19.A.beforeB.whileC.sinceD.after

20.A.HoweverB.InsteadC.MoreoverD.Otherwise

21.A.strongB.strangeC.suddenD.serious

22.A.resultB.factC.wayD.tradition

23.A.happinessB.sadnessC.lonelinessD.sickness

24.A.unwelcomeB.honestC.inactiveD.impolite

25.A.thatB.thisC.themD.it

三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Onceuponatime,thecoloursintheworldstartedtoargue.Allthoughttheywerethe

mostimportantanduseful.

Greensaid,'Tmthesymboloflifeandhope.Iwaschosenfbrgrass,treesandleaves.

Lookaroundandyouwillseemeeverywhere.^^

Bluefollowed,6tYouonlyconsidertheearth,butlookattheskyandthesea.”

Yellowsmiled,“Ibringhopeandwarmthintotheworld.Lookatthecolourofthesun

andthemoon.^^

Orangecontinued,4<Fmthecolourofjoy.Mybeautyissofantasticthatnoonecanthink

ofyouatsunriseorsunset."

Redshoutedout,'Tmtherulerofyou.I'mthecolouroflifeandlove.Sonobodycan

takemyplace.”

Purplestoodup,'Tmthecolourofpower.Peopleneverquestionme!Theyjustlisten

andfollow.”

Finally,indigo（靛青色）spokeslowly,"Istandforthoughtandreflection（反省）.Yetall

ofyoujustneedthem.^^

Suddenly,theskybecamedarkandrainstartedtopourdown.Thecoloursallgathered

（聚集）infear.Rainbegantospeak,"Joinhandsandcometome.”

Thecoloursdidastheyweretold.Rainadded,"Don'tyouknowyoueacharemadefora

certainpurpose?Whenitrains,appeartogethertoshowthatyoucanallliveinpeace.The

rainbowisthecolourofyourfriendship.^^

26.Thecolourgreenthoughtitwasthemostimportantbecause.

A.itmadetheworldfullofjoyB.itwasthesymboloflifeandlove

C.peoplecouldseeiteverywhereD.itwasthecolourofgrassandflowers

27.givestheworldhopeandwarmth.

A.RedB.BlueC.YellowD.Purple

28.Eachcolourismadeforapurpose.

A.similarB.certainC.funnyD.personal

29.Accordingtothepassage,wecanknow.

A.orangestandsforpowerandlifeB.allthecolourswerehappytogreetrain

C.blueisthecolouroftheseaandtheskyD.theskybecamedarkandbegantosnow

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30.Thebesttitleforthepassagecanbe"

A.ThecolouroffriendshipB.Theperformanceofcolours

C.ThecoloursintheworldD.Thecourageoftherainbow

B

Therearemanycoloursinnature.Butdoyouthinkthatacolourhasweight?Ithink

you911say"no”.ButIamafraidyouarewrong.Ifyoudon'tbelieveit,youmaydoasmall

experiment.

First,puttwoobjectswiththesameweightintotwoboxes.Thencoverthebox.Third,

wraponeboxwithapieceofredpaper,andtheotherwithapieceofwhitepaper.OK.Now

holdtheboxeswithyourhandonebyone.Itiscertainthatyouwillthinktheredoneisa

littleheavier.

Whydoyouthinkso?Ascientistfoundthatdifferentcolourshavedifferentweightina

man'smind.Sohedidmanytestsandatlasthegottheresult.Thatistosay,everycolourhas

itsownweightinourmindandtheirorderisthesame.Theheaviestcolourisred,thenblue,

green,orange,yellowandwhite.

Thescientisttoldusthatcoloursalsohavesmell.Canyousmellthecolour?Ofcourse

not.Thenwhydidthescientistsayso?Thatisbecauseeverycolourstandsforakindoflight

withacertainwavelength（波长）.Itreachesourbrainthroughthesenseorgans（感觉器官）.

Accordingtothisdiscovery,scientistssaythatpeopleacceptthecolourstheylike,andrefuse

thecolourstheyhate.Soyourbodyandmindwillbehealthybyusingthecoloursyoulike,or

you911benervousorevengetill.Forexample,ifyoustayinaroomwithredwindows,

wallpapersandfurniturefbrtwohours,you911feelyouhavebeenthereforfourhours.Butif

theroomisblue,you911feelyouhavebeentherefbronlyanhour.Anotherexample:ifa

personwalksoutofaredroomandintoablueroom,histemperaturewillfall.Thatmeansour

bodytemperaturewillchangewithdifferentcolours.

31.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“wrap''meaninParagraph2?

A.包裹B.涂画C.存放D.阻拦

32.Whichcolouristheheaviest?

A.WhiteB.YellowC.BlueD.Red

33.Whydoesthescientistsaycolourshavesmell?

A.Becausepeoplecansensethelightfromcolours.

B.Becausewecansmellthecolourswithournoses.

C.Becauseeverycolourhasitssweetsmell.

D.Becauseeverycolourgivesofflightwiththesamewavelength.

34.Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthat.

A.theredcolourisbadforourhealth

B.peoplemaygetnervousinablueroom

C.thebluecolourcanraiseourbodytemperature

D.colourscaninfluenceourmoodandhealth

35.Thispassageprobablycomesfroma.

A.bookreviewB.fictionnovelC.sciencereportD.newsreport

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C

Whatdoyouthinkofblackcats?Aretheyunluckierthancatsofothercolors?Many

peopleinWesterncountriesthinkso.ScientistsattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley（UC

Berkeley）,didastudyoncatcoloursandpeople'sunderstandingsofcatpersonalities.

Thestudyfoundthatpeopledojudge（声!J断）catpersonalitiesbycolor.Scientistsdida

surveyontheInternet.Therewere49statements（描述）matchingfivecatcoloringswith10

personalities.Peoplethinkorangeandbi-coloured（双色的）catsarefriendly,tri-coloured（三

色的）catsarenotgenerous,andwhitecatsarecalm,lazyandshy.Asfbrblackcats,people

thinktheydon'thavespecialpersonalities.

Butwhydosomanypeopledislikekeepingblackcatsaspets?Peoplethinkblackcats

havelessspecialpersonalities,whichmightbebecauseoftheirbadreputation（口碑）.They

thinkblackcatsmaybringbadluck,especiallyatHalloween.Moviesandtelevisionshows

alsomakepeoplebelievethat.

Althoughpeoplehavetheseideas,UCBerkeleyscientistsgiveanotherreason:people

don'tthinkblackcatsareprettyenough.Afterall,nothingcanshowblackcatsareunluckier

thanothercats."Youcan9tjudgeacatbyitscolour,becauseit'sthepersonalityofthecat,not

thecolour,thatwillletyouknowifthecatisrightfbryouJCathyMarden,ascientistsaid.

36.ManypeopleinWesterncountriesmaythinkblackcatsare.

A.lovelyanimalsB.asignofbadluckC.asignofgoodluckD.unfriendlyanimals

37.Themainideaofparagraph2isthat.

A.peopleoftendislikeblackcatsontheInternet

B.peoplethinkcatsofdifferentcolourshavedifferentpersonalities

C.blackcatsarelesspopularthanothercats

D.thestudyisagreatsuccess

38.Accordingtothestudy,peoplethinkthat.

A.blackcatshavespecialpersonalities

B.orangeandbi-colouredcatsaregenerous

C.catswiththreecoloursarefriendly

D.whitecatsarecalm,lazyandshy

39.Peopledon'tlikeblackcatsforthefollowingreasonsEXCEPT.

A.blackcatsoftenappearinTVshowsB.blackcatsbringbadlucktopeople

C.blackcatshavebadreputationsD.theydon'tthinkblackcatsarebeautiful

40.Thepassagemainlytalksabout.

A.whyblackcatsarepopularinmovies

B.whypeoplearenotwillingtokeepblackcatsaspets

C.differentcolourcatsdon'thavedifferentpersonalities

D.differentpeoplehavethesameideasonblackcats

D

Theideathatredmeansstopandgreenmeansgohasinfluencedourlivesinmoreways

thanjusttrafficsignals（信号）.Wehavebeentaughtfromayoungagethatthecolourred

meansdangerandgreenmeansifsokaytomoveforward.Butwhywerethosecolours

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chosenfbrtrafficlightsinthefirstplace?Forsomethingwehavetolookateveryday,why

couldn'ttheyhavebeenprettiercolours?

Well,it'simportanttoknowthatbeforetrafficlightsforcars,thereweretrafficsignals

fortrains.Atfirst,railwaycompaniesusedredtomeanstop,whitetomeango,andgreento

meanwarn.Asyoucouldimagine,trainsranintoafewproblemswithwhitemeaninggo.For

example,onetrainmistookabrightstarforawhitelightandsomethingunexpectedhappened.

Becauseofthat,railwaycompaniesfinallymovedgreenmeaninggoandusedyellowtomean

warn.Andifsbeenthatwayeversince.

Redhasalwaysbeenacolourthatmeantdanger,longbeforecarswereevenaround.

Thismostlikelystartedbecauseit'sthecolourwiththelongestwavelength（波长）soitcan

beseensomewherefartherthanothercolours.

But,believeitornot,yellowwasonceusedtomeanstop.Backinthe1900s,somestop

signswereyellowbecauseitwastoohardtoseearedsigninapoorlylitarea.Finally,highly

reflectivematerials（高反射材料）weredevelopedandredstopsignswerebom.Sinceyellow

canbeseenwellatalltimesoftheday,schoolzones,sometrafficsigns,andschoolbuses

continuetobepaintedyellow.

41.Whatweretrafficsignalsfbrbeforetrafficlightsfbrcars?

A.Trains.B.Boats.C.Planes.D.Bicycles.

42.Whichofthefollowingcoloursmeantgoatfirst?

A.Red.B.Yellow.C.White.D.Green.

43.Whydoesredmeandanger?

A.Becauseit'sthebrightestcolour.B.Becauseitcanbeseenfaraway.

C.Becauserailwaycompaniessayso.D.Becauseithastheshortestwavelength.

44.Whyareschoolbusespaintedyellow?

A.Becauseyellowisaprettiercolour.

B.Becauseyellowoncemeantdanger.

C.Becauseyellowcanbeseenwellindaytime.

D.Becauseyellowmeansit'sOKtogoforward.

45.Whatdoesthetextmainlytellus?

A.Howimportanttrafficlightsare.

B.Whichcolourhasthelongestwavelength.

C.Whatred,yellowandgreencanbeusedfbr.

D.Whytrafficlightsarered,yellowandgreen.

第二卷（非选择题）（共55分）

四、填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。

46.Egyptisoneofthe（古老的）countriesoftheworld.

47.Softmusicisoftenplayedatsomemallsto（仓U造）arelaxingshopping

environment.

48.1cannot（许诺）youanythingatthismoment,butIwilltrymybest.

49.Thesungivesus（温暖）incoldwinterdays.

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50.MaybeIwillbecomeascientistand（发现）theanswer.

B）根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

51.Isuggest（do）asurveyaboutthedecisiontomakesureifspractical.

52.Moreyoungmen（require）inthisfactoryifitdevelopsfast.

53.Yellowisthecolourof（wise）.Manystudentschooseyellowstationary

duringexams.

54.It'sawonderful（feel）tobeathomeaftersuchalongandtiringtrip.

55.Thinktwicebeforeyoumakesuchimportant（decide）.

C）根据要求完成句子。（每空一词）

56.Therewillbeameetinginfivedays.Jackdidn'tknow.（合并为一句）

Jackdidn'tknowthereameetinginfivedays.

57."Doesthegirlneedanyhelp?”heaskedme.（改为宾语从句）

Heaskedmethegirlhelp.

58.YoumustletmeknowwhatIcandofbryou.（改为简单句）

Youmustletmeknowfbryou.

59.Thereisn'tanyoneinthediningroomnow.（改为同义句）

Thereinthediningroomnow.

60.1preferChinesefood.Idon'tlikewesternfood.（用wouldrather合并为一句话）

IChinesefoodwesternfood.

D）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文

通顺连贯（其中有一项是多余的）。

Peoplethinkdifferentcolourshavedifferentmeanings.Theythinksomecolourscan

bringthemgoodluck.InChineseculture,therearesomeluckycolours.61

Red-Happiness,SuccessandGoodFortune（命运）

Redrepresents（代表）fireandisthemostpopularcolourinChina.62

RedispopularwithChinesepeopleanditiswidelyusedduringfestivalsandimportant

eventslikeweddings.

Redthingsarecommoninoureverydaylife.Wecanseeredlanterns,redpapercuttings

andsoon.63Redenvelopes（信封）arefilledwithmoneyandgivenasgifts

duringtheChineseNewYear.

Yellow-Royalty（王室成员）andPoweroftheThrone（宝座）

InChineseculture,yellowstandsforroyaltyandwasusuallyusedbytheemperor.The

firstemperorofChinawasknownasYellowEmperor.64

Green-MoneyandWealth

Greenisacolourwhichhasmanymeaningssuchaswealth,hopeandgrowth.Green

alsostandsfbrpureandclean.

65Packagingfbrsomeproduceisofteningreeninordertoshowthatthe

foodisnotpolluted.

A.Colourscaninfluencepeople'sfeelings.

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B.Herearethetopthreeofthem.

C.Peoplewearredclothesduringweddings,festivalsandotherceremonies.

D.Banksandrestaurantsareoftenpaintedingreen.

E.Chinawasoftenregardedas“YellowEarth”,anditsmotherriveristheYellowRiver.

F.Itstandsforhappiness,beauty,goodluck,successandgoodfortune.

G.Peopleoftentalkabouttwogroupsofcolours,warmcoloursandcoolcolours.

五、阅读填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

A)阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后66-75小题的空格里填入一个最恰当

的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

Whatcolourisyourname?WhatcolourisWednesday?Thesequestionsmightsound

strangetomostpeople,butsomecananswerrightaway.Onepersonsayshernameisthe

colourred.Foranotherperson,Wednesdayisblue.Thesepeoplehaveaconditioncalled

synesthesia(联觉).Thismeanstheycanexperiencetwosensesatthesametime.Forthese

people,thesensesofsmell,sound,sight,touchandtastearenotseparate(分开的).They

mightseeandalsohearcolours,forexample,orhearaswellasfeelsounds.

Themostcommonformofsynesthesiaistohearsoundsascolours.Apersonwith

synesthesiamighthearthenumberthreeasblueortheletterDasred.Someonemightalways

seegreenuponhearingthewordApril.Anotherpersonmightseedifferentcolourswhile

listeningtomusic.Somepeoplealsotastecolours.Foroneperson,beefmighttasteblue.

Somepeopleexperiencefeelingsascolours.Forexample,onepersonwithsynesthesiareports

feelingpainsasthecolourorange.

Anotherformofsynesthesiaistoexperiencesoundsortastesasshapes.Somepeoplesee

musicassquaresandcircles.Somepeopletasteasweetasasmoothball.Thereareother

formsofsynesthesiaaswell.Foroneman,differentwordshavedifferenttastes.Somewords

tastelikepork;otherstastelikepotatoesoreggs.

Synesthesiaisnotacommoncondition.Perhapsonlyoneinevery5,000peoplehasit.

Forthesepeople,theeverydayworldcanbeacolourfulandinterestingplace.

Synesthesia

The________(66)

Somepeoplecanexperienceone________(67)withanotheratthesametime.

ofsynesthesia

The________(68)ofThemainformsaretoexperiencewhattheyhear,see,tasteand________(69)ascolours.

synethesiaAnotherformistoexperiencewhatthey_(70)ortasteasshapes.

Apersonwhohassynesthesiamightsee________(72)whenheorshefeelspains.

________(71)

Anotherpersonwithsynesthesiamighttastea(73)asasmoothball.

Synesthesiaisnotacommoncondition,_______(74)forthesepeople,theeveryday

Conclusion

worldcanbeaplacewhichisfullof_______(75)andinterest.

B)根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

RedisthecolourofChina.Amongallthec(76),redismosteasilyseen.The

colourredisfreshandpure,andinChinawec(77)itChinaRed.Chinesepeople

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areattractedbythecolourrednotonlybecauseitmakespeopleexcited,butalsobecauseit

hasr(78)meaningsinChinesecultureandhistory.

NoothercountryintheworldhaseverusedacolourinsuchawayasChina.Here,redis

asymbol.Itgivescolourtothesoulofthenation.Inthepast,redrepresenteddignity(尊严)

andmystery.EvennowChinesepeoplelovethecolourmuchmorethanpeopleinother

countries.ItcanbesaidthatChinaRedisaneverlastingthemef