1、松北区松北区 2020-2021 年度九年级年度九年级上上期末调研测试英语试卷期末调研测试英语试卷 考生须知 1. 本试卷满分为 100 分, 考试时间为 100 分钟. 2. 答题前, 考生先将自己的学校、班级和姓名在答题卡上填写清楚. 3. 按题号顺序在答题卡各题目的区城内作答, 超出答题卡区域书写的答案无效;在草稿. 试题纸上答题无效。 4. 选择题必须用 2B 铅笔在答题卡上填涂, 非选择题用黑色字迹书写笔在答题卡上作答, 字迹工整、清楚。 5. 保持卡西清洁、不要折叠、不要弄脏、不要弄皱, 不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。 第卷第卷 一、单项选择（本题共一、单项选择（本题共 20 分
2、分, 每小题每小题 1 分）分） 选择最佳答案。 1. Which pair of the words with the underlined letters has the same sound? A. courage shoulder B. bow elbow C. smooth balloon 2. In the following words, which underlined letter has a different sound from the others? A. alien B. active C. absent 3. Which word of the following
3、 doesnt have the same stress as the others? A. Cancel B. Insect C. Relief 4. Boys and girls, be patient. Im sure you will get _excellent grades on the exam. A. a B. an C. / 5. It is reported that Chenge5 has landed on the surface of the moon in December. - It has great _on Chinas space exploration（探
4、索）. A. instruction B. introduction C. influence 6. -Have you ever heard about Erquan Yingyue played by Abing? - Yes, its sad beauty _ paints a picture of Abings own life _makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences. A. either, or B. neither, nor C. not only, bu
5、t also 7. Clever boys often connect what they need to learn with something interesting. _your brain is, _you pay attention to studying for a long time. A. The more active, the less easily B. The less active, the more easily C. The more active, the more easily 8. When is Fathers Day in the United Sta
6、tes? Its _the third Sunday in June. A. on B. at C. in 9. The girl doesnt want to _her parents_, so she studies harder than before. A. let; down B. take; down C. pull; down 10. Whos that walking across the street? It looks like Alex. It _be Alex. Hes away on business in Italy. A. must B. cant C. migh
7、t 11. What changes do you have after going to middle school? I _few books but now I _books every day. A. am used to read, used to read B. used to read, am used to reading C. used to read, am used to read 12. The first SG mobile phone _ by HUAWEI in 2018. Yes, you are right. China will get better at
8、making high-technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world. A. is produced B. was produced C. produced 13. Your spoken English _since you went to England as an exchange student. My host family is so nice that they always talk to me in English to help me practice. A. improved B. ha
9、s improved C. will improved 14. If you are a very slow reader, you can just read quickly to get the main idea. Dont read word by word. _useful advice you have given to me! A. What a B. How C. What 15. Can you come to the welcome party? Yes, Id love to. But I dont know _. A. that I can finish my work
10、 by ten B. if can I finish the work by ten C. whether I can finish the work by ten 16. Excuse me, could you tell me when the band will start playing at Uncle Bobs? Eight oclock. Come a little earlier, _you want to get a table there. A. unless B. although C. if 17. Medical workers and scientists alwa
11、ys go ahead and overcome difficulties. Yes, they are all the heroes _take risks and play their own parts to fight against the COVID-19. A. which B. who C. whom 18. Many Western countries celebrate Easter. On that day, people will never_. A. celebrate the beginning of new life B. hide eggs around the
12、ir houses C. put stockings（长袜） at the head of bed to get gifts 19. There are plenty of micro businesses（微商）in our Wechat circle of friends. As sensible（理智的）people, we shouldnt _. pull some of the dishonest micro businesses into blacklist（黑名单） buy everything we se believe that all products are good o
13、nes laugh at them or call heir names open a micro shop of our own if we are interested in it A. B. C. 20. Paul wants to buy some traditional art objects for his friends in England online on Dec. 22nd. He chooses two pieces of clay art, one lantern, two pieces of paper cutting and one kite. How much
14、will he pay for them? A. ￥224 B. ￥175 C. ￥124 二、完形填空（本题共二、完形填空（本题共 10 分分, 每小题每小题 1 分）分） The Experience of Learning the English Language Satisfying My parents and teachers helped me develop the _21_ of reading a lot of books, because well written books can teach me many new words and how they are use
15、d. As a result of reading many books, I was able to 22 my vocabulary with each passing day. 23 , I was developing different writing skills such as articles, dialogues and letters. And one of my most important English learning activities was conversation. I made friends with the students in English-s
16、poken countries online and we spoke about a lot of things. The experience of talking on different topics was very important to me. It _24_ me to improve my communication skills in English. _25 enjoyable English language learning experience was watching TV. Watching English films helped me a lot to i
17、mprove my pronunciation in English. English news such as CNN and BBC were also very useful in building the basic knowledge of my English language. Interesting Learning English has been an interesting _26_ for me. I have found out that the way _27_ teaching will be different depending on age. If we a
18、re interested in something, our brains will be more active and we will be focused. Therefore. I think children will enjoy it _28_ learning is fun. Whatever the way is I believe a learner _29_ wants to learn English. With English as a tool by my side, I will _30_ to reach the high levels of my educat
19、ion. 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 21. A. talent B. habit C. secret 22. A. inspire B. interview C. increase 23. A. Besides B. However C. Anyway 24. A. encourages B. encouraged C. encouraging 25. A. Other B. The other C. Another 26. A. pattern B. treasure C. journey 27. A. in B. of C. on 28. A. what B. when C. where
20、 29. A. always B. never C. seldom 30. A. lose my way B. go in the way of C. go out of my way 三、阅读理解（本题共三、阅读理解（本题共 20 分分, 每小题每小题 1 分）分） (A) There are many different traditional festivals in China. All the festivals have their special meanings and are even about the cultural spirit and national spirit
21、 in the long historical development of society. As Chinese. we should learn more about them and spread the great traditional culture around the world. Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is on the first day of the first lunar（农历）month. On the eve of the festival, people will
22、put up spring poems with lucky words. They prepare delicious dumplings. People often come back home to get together for the big dinner. They exchange greetings with other friends and relatives. They also clean their houses, but there is no sweeping on Spring Festival because people think it will swe
23、ep away good luck. The Lantern Festival is January 15th on the lunar calendar. During Lantern Festival, people hang out with families to watch lanterns. The biggest and most beautiful lantern is the dragon lantern, which looks like a flying dragon, held by several young men. Some lanterns have puzzl
24、es on them, called lantern puzzle. People try to guess the puzzles. The Dragon Boat Festival is May 5th on the lunar calendar. The beginning of this festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, a wise minister in Chu dynasty. People threw rice dumplings to the river to show their respect for Qu Yuans spirit in
25、 the old days. In recent China, people also eat rice dumplings called Zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival. Whats more, on this day, people walk out of their houses to enjoy the spring and watch the Dragon Boat Racing. 根据语言材料内容选择最佳答案. 31. How many traditional festivals are mentioned above? A. Four B. Thre
26、e C. Two 32. During the first lunar month _. A. people dont sweep the house all the time B. people hang out and guess the puzzles on the lanterns C. people enjoy the spring and watching the boat racing 33. _ are thrown to the river to show respect for Qu Yuan in old days. A. Dumplings B. Sweet dumpl
27、ings C. Zongzi 34. Which of the followings is TRUE according to the passage? A. People put up spring poems with lucky words on the eve of Spring Festival. B. The dragon boat looks like a flying dragon, held by several young men. C. Dragon Boat Festival is over 4 months later than the Lantern Festiva
28、l. 35. From this passage, we will get to know_. A. the cultural and international spirit in China B. the long historical development of China C. traditional festivals in China (B) Since we were born, we have faced study and work. It seems that everybody does the same thing in their life. What is the
29、 meaning of life? This is a question that we all ask ourselves once in a while. In my opinion, the meaning of life is to give life meaning. When I was a young boy, I gave my life meaning by simply doing something enjoyable like playing, running, jumping, swimming, laughing, and riding my bike. When
30、I went to school at the age of six, I considered the schoolwork as my life meaning by studying hard, getting good grades. At that time, the things I wanted to do most was trying to make my mom and dad proud. When I was a teenage boy, I found meaning in playing sports and hanging out with my friends.
31、 In college. I found meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what job I wanted to do. When I was working as a teacher, I found meaning in helping to open young minds to new ideas and old wisdom. When I married and had children, I found meaning in protecting, providing for, and watching over t
32、hose l loved. As I got older, I began to realize that meaning isnt something that comes and goes. We can give meaning to every moment of our lives here. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we think. We can bring meaning to the things we do and the hearts we touch. All we have to do is love. It is l
33、ove that gives life meaning and makes life worth living. 根据短文内容判断正、误。 （注意考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂A、错误的涂B。 ） 36. Since we were born, we have done the same thing in our lives. 37. From his childhood to a teenage boy, he thought the meaning of life was about doing something enjoyable and doing better in the s
34、choolwork. 38. When the writer was in college, he found the meaning of life was to open young minds to new ideas. 39. As the writer got older, he realized that we could give meaning to every moment of our lives here. 40. It is love that makes our lives meaningful and worth living. (C) Stonchenge is
35、a famous place in England, one of the oldest and most mysterious （神秘的） places in the world. It was probably put up between 1800 B. C. and 1400 B. C. It lies in the city of Salisbury, which is about 13 km south of Stonchenge. Stonehenge was a ring of standing stones, , including upright （垂直的） stones
36、with a horizontal （水平的） stone lying across the top. When it was completed, it was made up of a double circle of stones with two more groups of stones outside the circles. Over time, however, many of the stones have been broken by wind and rain, only a small number is still standing today. It is uncl
37、ear who built Stonchenge or even how it was built. Many of the stones must have been transported over 250 miles to Stonchenge. Single stones, some of them weighing about four tons, must have been sent on rivers and rolled over land on tree trunks（树干）. They cant have been carried! The men who moved t
38、he stones didnt have wheels or horses. Each stone had to be moved by hand. The purpose of Stonchenge is just as mysteries. It has been called a place to honor ancestors, a sun temple, an ancient clock and a calendar. Some people think the stones have been built in a special way to mark sunrise and s
39、unset at certain times during the year, because the sun shines directly into the center of the stones. Others have even thought that it was an ancient generator, which is a machine to produce electricity, because it was built along energy lines in the earth and was used to make use of the earths nat
40、ural energies. 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 41. The underlined word generator in the passage means _in Chinese. A. 发热机 B. 发电机 C. 发动机 42. Stonehenge was a ring of standing stones with_. A. upright stones lying across the top B. two more groups of stones outside the circles C. a double circle of horizontal stones 43
41、. According to the passage, what may be the purpose of the Stonehenge? A. It has been a place to honor ancestors. B. It was a special way to mark where the sun rises and sets at certain places. C. It was used to gather the suns energy. 44. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.
42、Stonchenge lies about 13 km east from the city of Salisbury. B. All single stones weigh four tons. C. People used hands to move each stone. 45. Whats the best title of this passage? A. Stonchengea Mysterious Place B. Stonehengea Cultural Place C. Stonchengea Natural Place (D) Students are learning h
43、ow to make a difference to the world. 46. _ Use reusable bags 47. _ This cuts down on liter and prevents animals from being hurt. There are even some stores that offer discounts （折扣） for using reusable bags! These bags are not only useful for shopping. Some people use reusable bags when they move ho
44、uses! Save electricity Use energy-saving lights instead of common ones. They last longer, which will also save you some money. 48 Lower your air conditioning （空调） when its not necessary. Save water 49._ Dont turn your shower on until youre ready to get in and wash your hair. Changing old habits will
45、 be good for both the environment and your wallet! 50. _ Taking public transportation, walking or riding a bike to class are better choices that can help protect the environment. You can also get some exercise! I hope you will follow these suggestions and try your best to protect the environment. 根据
46、短文内容, 将下面方框内的句子还原到文中空白处, 使短文内容完整、通顺. （每个选项只能用一次） A. Avoid taking cars when possible B. There are several ways that you can help to protect the Earth. C. Turn off lights, the TVs and other electric machines when you are not using them. D. Turn off water as you are brushing your teeth. E. Whether you
47、are shopping for food, clothes or books, use a bag which can be used again. II 卷卷 四、交际应用（本题共四、交际应用（本题共 10 分分, 每空每空 1 分）分） （A）从 A-G 选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。 （选项中有两项是多余的） A: What are you going to do this afternoon? B: 51. _I suppose I will just stay at home and listen to some music. A: Oh, what kind of music do you like? B: 52. _ Soft music can help me relax. What about you? A: I like music that has great lyrics. B: Which musician do you like? A: The Modern are really great. 53. _