2024牛津译林版苏州九年级英语上学期第三次月考测试卷

2024牛津译林版苏州九年级英语上学期第三次月考测试卷

满分100分、考试用时100分钟；考试范围：译林版Unit1-6。

第I卷（客观题共45分）

第一部分完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

Peoplehavebeenmakingandflyingkitesforabout2,000years.Nooneknowsforsurewho]the

kite.SomepeoplebelievetheancientChinesemayhavestartedkite-flying2,000yearsago.Itisstilla2

hobbyinChina,JapanandSouthKoreaandinothercountriesoftheFarEast.InChinatherearemanyKiteDays

onwhichchildrenandadultsflykites.InJapan3flyfishkitesonChildren'sDay,May5th.

Simplekitesaremade4crossingtwosticksandcoveringthemwithpaperorcloth.Thenyouattach

（系上）astringtothekite.Moreexpensivekiteshaveframesmadeoffiberglassorplastic.Thenameofthekite

comesfromabeautifulbird5"yuan.”

Kitesaremadeinmanydifferentsizes,colorsandshapes.Aflatkiteistheoldestandsimplesttypeofkite.It

flies6airflowsoverandunderthekite'swing.Thepressureunderthewinghelpsthekiteliftintotheair.

Kiteshavealsobeenusedinexperiments.Earlyscientists7kitesintotheairtomeasure

temperaturesatdifferentheights.In1752,BenjaminFranklinusedakitetoprovethatlightningwasaformof

8.

Heconnectedametalkeytothestringofakite.Whenlightninghitthekite,electricitypasseddownthe

stringandFranklingotanelectricshock.Itwasavery9experimentthatyoumustn'tcopyhim.

Kiteswerealsousedtodevelopairplanes.TheWrightBrothersdidanexperimentwithkitesbeforetheyflew

thefirstairplane.Inthepast,kiteswere10usedtocarryradiosignalsoverlongdistances.

Todaymostpeopleflykitesasahobby.Kitefestivalsareorganizedinmanycitiesinallpartsoftheworld.

1.A.discoveredB.inventedC.usedD.found

2.A.funnyB.usefulC.popularD.beautiful

3.A.familiesB.workersC.volunteersD.teachers

4.A.forB.onC.asD.by

5.A.seenB.heardC.calledD.written

6.A.beforeB.becauseC.ifD.or

7.A.usedupB.setupC.putupD.sentup

8.A.electricityB.experimentC.materialD.waste

9.A.interestingB.necessaryC.dangerousD.pleasant

10.A.justB.alsoC.thenD.only

第二部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上

将该项涂黑。

A

ChinaDaily-OnSunday,fifteenworld5sleadingscientificandtechnologicalinventionsintheInternetpart

wereshownatthe6thWorldInternetMeeting.ThemeetingwasheldintherivertownofWuzhenineastChina's

ZhejiangProvince.TheinventionsincludedAI,5G,self-driving,cloudcomputingandsoon.

Xinhua-TheUntamed,orChenQingLingbecomesoneofthemostpopulartopicsonTwitter,drawing

worldwideattention.NetflixsaystheChineseTVserieswillbeshowntothepeopleinNorthAmerica,South

AmericaandEurope.JapanandSouthKoreawillalsoshowthisTVserieslater.

CRI-ForbeshasgiventheForbesLifetimeAchievementAward（终身成就奖）toAlibabaGroupcreatorJack

Ma.”JackMahascreatedAlibabaGroup,whichnotonlyisoneoftheworld'smostamazingcompaniesbutalso

helpssmallbusinessesbothinChinaandaroundtheworld,Forbeschairmansaid.

11.Theinventionsatthe6thWorldInternetMeetingdidn'tinclude.

A.AIB.5GC.self-drivingD.computers

12.willnotshowtheChineseTVseriesChenQingLing.

A.EuropeB.NorthKoreaC.JapanD.SouthKorea

13.JackMahasbeengiventheLifetimeAchievementAwardbecause.

A.heistherichestmaninChinaB.hehassavedmanypoorpeople

C.hehascreatedAlibabaGroupD.heisabusinessmanfromChina

B

nestingdoll

Folkartisakindofart.Itisusuallymadebypeopleinaplaceforalongtime.Itshowswhatthepeopleof

theplacefindimportantorinteresting.Folkartistsoftenmakethingsthatpeopleusedintheireverydaylife,like

kitesordishes.

AformoffolkartfromthecountryofRussiaisthenestingdoll,orthematryoshkadoll.Theword

“matryoshka“means“mother“inRussian.PeopleinRussiabegantomakethesedollsalittlemorethan100years

ago.TheylearntaboutnestingdollsfromfolkartistsinJapan,whohadlearntaboutthemfromfolkartistsinChina.

Chineseartistsbeganmakingnestingboxesaboutathousandyearsago.Later,Japanesebeganmakingnesting

dolls.

Thedollsusuallyhaveroundheadsandlongbodieswithouthands,butpeoplecanpainthandsonifthey

want.Usuallytherearefivedollsinaset,butsomesetshavetwelveormoredolls.Inasetofnestingdolls,each

oneissmallerorbiggerthantheothers.Ineachdoll,exceptthesmallestone,youcanfindasmallerdollinside.

Thesmallestdollisoftenmadeofapieceofwood.

Nestingdollshaveaspecialmeaning.Thebiggestdolliscalled“mother”,whichmeansanimportantwoman

whoistheheadoftheRussianfamily.Thesmallerdollsinsidethebiggestoneareitschildren.Thafstosay,the

mothergivesbirthtolotsofchildren.So,nestingdollsmeanfertility.

Today,nestingdollsaremadeinmanydifferentshapeslikeanimals,fairy-talecharacters,andevenmovie

stars.Clearly,thisformoffolkartstillshowswhatpeoplefindinteresting.

14.Accordingtothepassage,theartofnestingstartedin________.

A.JapanB.BritainC.RussiaD.China

15.Accordingtothepassage,thenestingdolls.

A.containfivedollsineverysetB.looklikekitesordishes

C.havedifferentsizesinasetD.areputontopofeachother

16.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"fertility“inParagraph4probablymean?

A.Womencanproducemanybabies.B.Childrencanhaveahealthylife.

C.Motherslikemakingnestingdolls.D.Familycanenjoyfolkarttogether.

17.Whydoesthewriterwritethepassage?

A.Totellstoriesaboutnestingdolls.B.ToshowafolkartofRussia-nestingdolls.

C.Toaskpeopletobuythenestingdolls.D.Totellmotherstolearntomakenestingdolls.

C

MostpeoplehaveprobablyseenamovieaboutanAI（人工智能）toolorarobot（机器人）thathasbecomeso

smartthatitcancontroltheworld.Atpresent,therearenosuchAItoolsorrobots.Butscientistshavebeen

workingtoimproveAImodels.Somerecentmodelscancreaterealisticphotosfromashortwrittendescription.

Otherscanrecreateanyone9svoicebasedonavoicerecordingjustafewsecondslong.

TheAItoolthathasgotthemostattentionrecentlyisChatGPT,createdbythecompanyOpenAI.Whenasked

aquestion,ChatGPTanswersquicklyinperfectsentences.Itcanmakeupstoriesandgames,writearticles,

programcomputers,andmuchmore.ChatGPTappearstobeveryintelligent（智能的）.Butinfact,ChatGPTis

simplyguessing-basedonitstraininginformation-whichwordismostlikelytocomenext,overandoveragain.

InMarch,OpenAIdevelopedamorepowerfulmodel,calledGPT-4.GPT-4cancreateandexplainjokes,and

passteststhataredifficultforhumans.TherapidprogressofrecentAImodelsworriessomepeople.InlateMarch,

manycomputerexperts（专家）wrotealettercallingforasix-monthpause（暂停）foranyworkonAItools.

ThelettersaysAIcompaniesracetocreatesmartAItoolsthatnoonecan"understand,predict,or...control”.

ThegroupbehindtheletterwantsgovernmentstodeveloplawstomakesureAItoolsaresafe.

ChatGPThascausedsomuchexcitementthatmanycompaniesarelikelytokeepdevelopingsmartAItools.

Buttheletterhassentastrongwarningthatmanypeople,includingleaderswillbethinkingaboutcarefully.

18.Whatcanweknowfromthefirstparagraph?

A.AImodelsarebecomingintelligent.

B.Scientistsgetnewideasfrommovies.

C.Robotswillnotcontroltheworldinthefuture.

D.Thingsinmovieswillhappenintherealworld.

19.WhichquestionisnotansweredinParagraph2?

A.WhocreatedChatGPT.B.WhatChatGPTcando.

C.HowChatGPTworks.D.WhenwasChatGPTcreated.

20.Whydidmanycomputerexpertswritetheletter?

A.TheyadvisedpeoplenottouseChatGPT.

B.TheywantedtoexplainwhyGPr4wasmuchsafer.

C.TheyhopedAIcompaniescouldsolvereal-lifeproblems.

D.TheywarnedleadersthatAItoolswouldbecomedangerous.

21.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.GPT-4candoanyworkinsteadofhumans.

B.ComputerexpertsthinkChatGPTisgoodenough.

C.AIcompaniesareracingtodevelopsmartAItools.

D.ScientistsareworkingtocreateAItoolsbiggerthanGPT-4.

D

Ilookeddownatmyshoesaspeoplefilledthetrain,andthenIsawher.Shelookedalittletiredandpale.AsI

watchedthewoman,Ithoughtaboutthelettersmymotherwroteandhowshemusthaveknownanordinarypiece

ofpaperturnsintoaloveletterwhenapersonputsherselfintoit.ThenIrememberedthenotebookinmybag.I

wouldwritethewomananoteandgiveittoherasIexitedthetrain,Idecided.Ipulledthenotebookoutofmybag

andbeganwritingaletter.

WhenIlookedup,thewomanwasgone.Ilefttheletterinmynotebook,unsureofwhattodowithitnowthat

shewouldneverknowthatitwasmeantforher.

AfterIwrotethatletter,moreletterstootherpeopleIobservedcamemarchingoutofme,onebyone,until

soonIhadfilledupthenotebook.

Backonthetrain,justafewdayslater,theplanbecameclear.IwasgoingtoleavetheletterIwrotetothe

womanonthesubwayforsomeoneelsetofind.ThenIwouldspreadotherlovelettersalloverNewYorkCity.And

onceIhadseteachoneinitsplace,Iwouldwriteevenmore.

ItriedtoformapictureinmymindofwhatwouldmakemepickupaletterifIfounditonarandom（任意的）

subwaytrainorinacoffeeshopthinkingitmighthavebeenformeallalong.Isettledonsomethingsimple:Ifyou

findthisletterthenifsforyou.Iwrotethosewordsonmyfirstletter.Ifoldedtheletterandplaceditbehindme.

WhenIgottomystop,IplannedtolettheletterslipdownontotheseatasIwalkedaway.

AtGrandCantralTerminal,Iwaitedforthesubwaydoorstoopenandthenstoodupasquicklyaspossible.

Rushingthroughthedoors,Ikeptrunningfasterandfasteroncemyfeethittheplatform.Iwasmorenervouswhen

Igotfartherawayfromthetrain,disappearingintothecity.

Duringthefallof2010,Ikeptleavingletters.Inthemonthsthatfollowed,Istartedmyownsite,

MoreLoveL,aboutmyproject,inspiringotherstowriteandleavelettersintheirowncommunities.Now

thewebsiteconnectsstrangersinneedoflovelettersandthosewhowanttowritethem.

Aboutayearlater,awomanwrotetomeaboutherfriendBriana,asinglemotherstrugglingtopaytherent.I

typedoutBriana'sstoryandpublisheditonthewebsite.Aweeklater,Iwalkedawayfromthepostofficewithalot

ofmailandabigideaabouthumanbeings:mainlythatifyougivethemsomethingtodo,atask,theywillshowup.

Attheendofthatmonth,ImailedlettersofftoBriana.

Then,Igotathank-youe-mailfromBriana'sfriend."Theyshowyou'renotaloneandthatyou'renot

strugglingfornothing,shewrote.

Aboutallstories,IwillalwaysgobacktoMatfsfromOhio.Hee-mailedmeabouttwoyearsago.Matttold

mehewasgettingolder.Hisfamilyandheweredisconnected.Hedidn'thavemanyfriends.Hewasstartingto

believehe'dleavenothingbehindandhe'dbeforgotten.

Themessagewassentwithnoreturnaddress.Therewasnowaytowritebacktohim,butIhopehereads

thesewords:

Matt,Iwantyoutoknow:Youwerewrongtothinkyou'dbeforgotten.AndIwaswrongtothinkpeoplecouldnft

walkintoourlivesandchangeourhistoriesimmediately.Becauseyoudidthatforme.

22.Whydidtheauthordecidetowritethestrangewomananote?

A.Hermotherremindedhertodothat.

B.Shepreferredtowriteratherthanspeak.

C.Shewasgoingtoshowlovetothewoman.

D.Hermotherwantedtoofferhersomehelp.

23.Theauthorstartedherownsiteinorderto.

A.callonmorepeopletocareforothers

B.providepeopleachancetowriteletters.

C.connectstrangerswithpeoplewritingletters

D.showpeopletheimportanceofherproject

24.FromthewordstoMatt,wecanlearnthat.

A.it'seasyforpeopletowalkintoourlivesquickly

B.theauthorwasinfluencedbyMattinsomeways

C.theauthor'srelativesandfriendsalsoforgothim

D.Mattwasalwaysconnectedwithhisfamilyandfriends

25.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A.Matthasagoodrelationshipwithhisfamilyandfriendsagain.

B.Anumberofpeoplearewillingtomakeadifferencetoothers.

C.Thewomantheauthormetonthetrainreceivedtheletteratlast.

D.PeoplecametoBriana'saidwithagenerousdonationintheend.

第三部分信息还原（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

HaveyoueverwatchedShadowPlay（皮影戏）？Itisanancientformofartwithspecialtoolstocreatea

story.Theplayersholdthehumancharactersbehindthepaperscreenandplayaseriesofstories.26

Becausecowskinistough（坚固的）andflexible（柔韧的）.

Whenthedaybecomesdark,theplayerssetupthelightandthepaperscreen.Thentheystarttheirshow.The

stageofShadowPlayisalwaysatablecoveredwithalargepieceofpaper.27Astheshadowplayer

moveshisfingers,thecharacterscometolife.Andtheirlooks,dressesandmovementscanbeclearlyseenfromthe

othersideofthescreen.28Allthecharactersareplayedandvoicedbyhimself.

29Aplayerusuallyneedstentotwentyyearstomasterit.Soitisavaluabletreasureinourcountry.

30Theyhopetopassonthisexcellenttraditionalartformtoournextgeneration.

A.Thelightisverybright.

B.Theplayerisalsotheleadsinger.

C.Itisverypopularintheworldnow.

D.Thelightisbehindthepaperscreen.

E.Thecharactersareoftenmadeofcowskin.

F.Playingthecharacterswellisnotaneasyjob.

G.ManyartistsaretryingtospreaditaroundChina.

第II卷（主观题共55分）

第四部分词汇运用（共13小题；每小题1分，满分13分）

第一节根据下列句子所给汉语注释或首字母，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式,

每空限填一词。

31.（虽然）heisonly5,hecanplaythepianoverywell.

32.Mr.Hookisfroma（西方）country,buthelikesChinesefoodverymuch.

33.Wecouldn'tfindourwaytothehospital,andluckilyakindlady（带领）usthere.

34.Bythe1990s,thecomputer（产业）wasdevelopingveryquickly.

35.Todaymanyyoungpeopleliketomakevlogstortheircolorfullives.

36.Thereporterwassenttothebattlefronttocthewar.

37.IfaTVprogrammeiscovered1,itissentoutwhiletheeventishappening.

38.TherearemanytcustomsinChina,suchasadmiringthemoonandsharingthemooncakeson

Mid-AutumnDay.

第二节从方框中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文内容完整正确。

asymbolofgivebyinsteadofpart

InancientChina,people'snameshadthree39,includingtheirfamilyname,givennameand

courtesyname.TakethefamouspoetLiBaiforexample.Hisfamilyname,whichcamefromhisfather^name,

wasLi.His40namewasBai,andhiscourtesynamewasTaibai.

Peopleusedtheirgivennameswhentheywereamongfamilymembers.Butinsociallife,theycalledeach

other41theircourtesynamestoshowrespect.Thiswasmostlydoneamongpeopleofsimilarage.Ifyou

weretalkingaboutyourself,orifyoureldersweretalkingaboutyou,thegivennamewouldbeused42the

courtesyname.

Menwouldgettheircourtesynameswhentheyturned20.Itwas43adulthood（成年）.

第五部分短文填空（共10小题；每小题I分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Whenitcomestoopera,youmightthinkofPekingOpera.ButhaveyoueverheardofQinqiangOpera?

QinqiangOperaisoneofthe44（value）formsofoperainChina.Itstartedfromtheancientfolk

songsanddancesofthepeopleinShanxiandGansu.Accordingtohistoricalrecords,thelocaloperadatesbackto

theQinDynasty.

HouYanisthepresidentofQinqiangTheateroftheNingxiaPerformingArtsGroup.Shestartedlearning

QinqiangOperaat4.Asweallknow,traininginthebasicskillsofQinqiangOpera45（be）very

challenging.In1985,Houstudiedatanartschoolwhereteacherswereverystrict46students.While

training,eachbasicmovewouldhavetobeheldquitecorrectlyforhalfanhourandasinglemistakecouldmean

that47hadtostartalloveragain.Legstretching《申展），waistbendingandsomersaults（翻4筋斗）were

justsomeofHou'sdailytraining.Herhardworkfinallypaidoff.Houbecameaperformerwithatroupe（居U团）in

Yinchuanat16.Butinl993,thesweepingtrend（趋势）ofpopandWesternmusichitQinqiangOperahard.The

troupewasclosedandHouhadnochoicebut48（leave）theoperastage.

Inthepasttenyears,however,China49（make）greateffortstodevelopitstraditionalculture.Local

governmentshasthoughtofmanywaystoencouragepeopletopaymoreattentiontoourtraditionalculture.

LuckilyHouhadthechancetoreturntothestagein2000andputherheartintotheoperaform.

Now,Hou'steamgiveshundredsofshows50（success）everyyear.Theperformersareallenergetic

andlively.Theyusuallyworktogetherin51activeandcheerfulway.Andmostoftheteammembersare

ofherage.Theygettogetherjust52theyallhaveacommoninterestinQinqiangOpera.In2021,they

stagedabout150schoolperformances.

“Aswehavemuch53（confident）inourculture,moreyoungpeoplefeelproudofourtraditional

cultureandconsideritasafashionabletrend.9,saidHou.

第六部分阅读表达（共3小题；1题2分，2题2分，3题3分，满分7分）

请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题。

MarkTwainoncesaidthateveryonetalksabouttheweather,butnooneeverdoesanythingaboutit.This

wastrueinhisday.Butitmaynotbethecaseintoday5sworld.Infact,humanshavefoundmanydifferentwaysto

controltheweather.

Cloudseeding（云催化）isakindoftechnologythatcancontrolrain.Itisdonebyspreadingchemicals（化学

物质）likedryiceorsilveriodide（碘化?艮）insideofclouds,eitherbyrocketorairplane.Thischangestheamountof

waterinsidethecloud,whichhelpstocontroltheamountofrain,thetimewhenitrainsandevenwhereitrains.

Thistechnologyhashelpedtosolvedroughts（干旱）.Ithasalsoplayedakeyroleduringimportantevents.

Forexample,ChinausedcloudseedinginBeijingjustbeforethe2008OlympicGamesinordertostoprainfrom

fallingduringtheevent.

However,scientistsarestilldebating（辩论）howtousethistechnology.Ononehand,itisbelievedthatit

mighthavesideeffects（副作用）.Forexample,silveriodidemaybebadfortheenvironment.Ontheotherhand,no

twocloudsarethesamesoeverynewexperimentintroducesnewconditions.

Inadditiontocontrollingrain,scientistshavealsotriedtofindwaystoweakenstormsandhurricanes（飓风）.

ScientistsattheUSNationalHurricaneCentreHeadquartersthinkitmightbepossibletocontrolhurricanesby

usinglasers（激光）.Othersbelievethatburningpetroleum（石油）inahurricane'spathcouldslowthestormsdown.

54.WhatisCloudseeding?

55.WhyarescientistsstilldebatinghowtouseCloudSeeding?

56.Doyouthinkhumansshouldcontroltheweather?Whyorwhynot?

第七部分书面表达（共1题；满分25分）

57.Michael,aBilibiliuploaderwantstocollecthisfollowers5ideasonwhatto