黑龙江省大庆市肇源县西部四校联考2023-2024学年九年级上学期9月月考英语试题

 

2023-2024学年度第一学期

九年级英语月考试卷

考生注意：

1 考生将自己的姓名、准考证号填写到试卷和答题卡规定的位置。

2 考试时间120分钟。

3 全卷总分120分，听力25分，笔试95分。

I.Listening（本题共25分，Part One每小题2分，Part Two每小题1分）

Part One Choose the right answer according to the dialogue you hear.

听第1-5段材料，回答第1-5题。

(  )1.When is Dad’s birthday? 

     A.On Monday.         B.On Tuesday.        C.On Wednesday.

(  )2.What does Linda need to buy?

     A.A pair of trousers.    B.A dress.            C.A pair of shoes.

(  )3.Who is Amy with now?

     A.Lucy.               B.Mary.             C.Betty.

(  )4.What will the girl do on Saturday?

     A.Have a picnic.        B.Have an English lesson. 

     C.Have a piano lesson.

(  )5.What’s the woman looking for in her handbag?

     A.Her wallet.          B.Her key to the door.   C.Her money.

Part Two Choose the right answer according to the dialogue or passage you hear.

听第6段材料，回答第6-7题。

(  )6.Why was the man late?

     A.Her overslept.        B.There’s a traffic jam.   C.There’s a traffic accident.

(  )7.What was wrong with the man’s phone?

     A.It was stolen.         B.It was broken.        C.It ran out of power.

听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。

(  )8.What does Mr. Brown do?

A.A teacher.           B.A driver.            C.A doctor.

(  )9.What time does Mr Brown get up in the morning?

     A.At 7:00.              B.At 8:00.            C.At 6:00.

(  )10.What time does school begin?

     A.At 6:00.               B.At 7:00.            C.At 8:00.

听第8段材料，回答第11-14题。

(  )11.What are they waiting for?

     A.A taxi.                B.A bus.              C.A car.

(  )12.What are they going to do?

     A.Go to a party.          B.Stay at home.        C.Get a watch.

(  )13.Why hasn’t Rose had her watch with her?

     A.She has lost it.         B.She has left it at home.

C.It has broken down.

(  )14.How will they go there?

      A.By bus.              B.By taxi.             C.By bike.

听第9段材料，回答第15-17题。

(  )15.Where is Grandma now?

      A.In the country.        B.In the town.         C.In the city.

(  )16.What does Grandma like?

A.Living in the country.   B.Riding on trains.      C.Being with family.

(  )17.What’s the city like?

A.It’s the same as the country.  B.There are more people. C.It’s fast and quiet.

听第10段材料，回答第18-20题。

(  )18.Where will members of the Music Club meet?

A.In the library.              B.In the restaurant.       C.In the art room.

(  )19.When can you go to the Music Club if you want to listen to some CDs?

A.On Saturdays.             B.On Sundays.            C.On Mondays.

(  )20.What should people do if they want to join the Music Club?

A.Play the musical instruments on the table.

B.Write down their names and telephone numbers.

C.Give a piece of paper to the man by the door.

第二部分  阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Should Students Wear Uniforms？Some schools have a rule saying that students must wear uniforms to class.Now,uniforms have become more common in public schools.Many schools say uniforms catch students’ attention in class.But some students think uniforms are uncomfortable.Should students wear uniforms？
Our magazine asked readers to weigh.They have different ideas and here,two of them share their ideas on it.
• YES!
Yuna Chong,9，California
  Uniforms are as much about safety as they are about a sense of group.Teachers don’t have to worry about losing sight of students at the playground or on a field trip.Also,when kids wear uniforms,they feel like they are part of the same group.I wear a uniform and feel like my school is one big team.I feel included.
  Also,when everyone wears the same,you don't have to worry about how you look.Parents can save money as well!And in the morning,I can save time because I don’t have to think too much about my clothing.
• No!

Sterling Heights,12，Michigan
  I don’t think kids should have to wear uniforms.If students are wearing the same thing,they can’t show themselves.Kids should feel like they can be their own person.They shouldn’t have to match.During school hours,we should also be comfortable.
  If we feel uncomfortable in our uniforms,we can’t learn very well.For many,it can't be more uncomfortable to be in a uniform all day.Next,parents have to go shopping and spend a lot of money on the uniforms that we never wear at home.
What is your idea about it？Do you wear uniforms when you go to school every day？Write to our students' magazine and voice your idea!

(  )21.How do kids feel like when they wear school uniforms in Yuna's opinion？ 

A. They have a sense of group.
B. They are out of teachers’ sight.
C. Their school isn't a big team.
D. They are part of different groups.

(  )22.Sterling thinks students don’t like school uniforms because ______ .

A. they don’t learn at all B. they try to match with others
C. they don’t want to waste time D. they don't wear uniforms at home

(  )23.Who is the passage written for？

A. The teachers. B. The students. C. The parents. D. The visitors.

B

In the western world, Chinese takeout (外卖) is popular. It is usually sent to your house in small square boxes, with rice and fortune cookies (幸运饼干). It is a good choice if you feel lazy and don’t want to cook or eat out.

But this kind of Chinese food isn’t very authentic (正宗的). In fact, it is very different from real Chinese food. Now over the years, real Chinese dishes have become more popular in foreign countries as well. Chinese people who live abroad introduced most of these foods.

In the United States, people enjoy eating jianbing and roujiamo. In Russia, tanghulu has become a popular winter snack. Latiao is even popular in overseas (海外的) classrooms. A lot of these foods are like Western foods. This might be why they are appealing to foreigners.

For example, roujiamo looks like a hamburger. Youtiao is kind of like churro (西班牙油条), a snack that is popular in Spain. And tanghulu is similar to candy apples, which are beloved by children in the US and UK.

But what do foreigners really think about all of these authentic Chinese foods? To find out, you can invite some of your friends to have a try of these foods.

(  )24.You will find ________ in the Chinese takeout if you are in a Western country.

A. a square box B. some candies C. hamburgers D. rice and fortune cookies

(  )25.According to the passage, when you ________, you may order a Chinese takeout.

A. have a family meeting

B. have fun with lots of friends

C. feel lazy and don’t want to cook or eat out

D. want to enjoy the real Chinese food

(  )26. ________ is also popular in overseas classrooms.

A. Latiao B. Tanghulu C. Jianbing   D. Roujiamo

(  )27. The reason why people in the Western world like these Chinese food might be ________.

A. these foods look very nice B. these foods smell good

C. these foods are very cheap D. these foods are like Western foods

                                C

The Great Wall of China is called the “Ten-thousand-Li Great Wall” in Chinese. In fact, it’s more than 8,800 kilometers long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.

The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the kingdom of Qin united the different parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Empire Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being.

The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the towers as a warning when the enemy came.

It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried(埋葬) under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying: “He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man”.

(  )28. How long does the Great Wall?

A. It’s less than 8,800 kilometers. B. It’s over 8,800 kilometers.

C. It’s just 8,800 kilometers. D. It’s only 8,800 kilometers.

(  )29. The Great Wall has a history of ________.

A. more than 200 centuries B. over 2,000 centuries

C. over 20 centuries D. more than 201 centuries

(  )30. It was ________ to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines.

A. easy B. hard    C. really easy    D. not difficult

(  )31. The Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to ________.

A. Americans only B. Englishmen only

C. Frenchmen only D. people from all countries

D

Many people know that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people don’t know is that junk(垃圾) has become a problem in outer space too.

According to BBC News, there are more than 22,000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth. And these are just the things that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes (望远镜). There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can’t see.

Objects, like bits of old space rockets (火箭) or satellites (卫星), move around the planet at very high speeds, so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become dangerous to astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage (损害) the vehicle.

To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For example, when a U.S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces, increasing the amount of space junk.

To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earth’s atmosphere(大气层) after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.

Many scientists also suggest different ways to clean up space junk. In England, scientists are testing a special net (网) that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earth’s atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely dealt with.

“The problem is becoming more challenging because we’re sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computers,” says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space researcher.

“The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger it will become,” he says.

(  )32.The underlined word “these” in Paragraph 2 refers to 　　　. 

A.telescopes　　   B.problems

C.pieces of space junk　　 D.BBC news reports

(  )33.The space junk is considered a problem because 　　　. 

A.it burns up after it re-enters the atmosphere

B.it often stops the view of telescopes on Earth

C.it could force new space tools to travel at lower speeds

D.it may crash into other space tools, causing damage or death

(  )34.What can we learn about junk in outer space?

A.Tiny pieces of junk at lower speeds do little harm to the earth.

B.Space junk may be a bigger problem if no action is taken.

C.Scientists from England and Germany have better ways to reduce space junk.

D.There’s no way of cleaning up space junk because more objects are sent into space.

(  )35.We can infer from the passage that 　　　. 

A.a safe space tool can stay in space for ever

B.rubbish as well as space junk used to be a big problem

C.scientists have no trouble solving the problem of space junk

D.more efforts require to be made to keep outer space safe and clean

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，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。

　  Humans’ Greatest Achievements

The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200,000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.

　36　The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics(抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press(印刷术)? Without the printing press, you wouldn’t be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones(智能手机).　37　 

What about the arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics?　38　 

Finally, we must not forget humans’ early achievements.　39　We can’t imagine modern life without cooked food and cars. 

What are humans’ greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by “great”.　40　Or is it just something that makes us say“Wow,” like the Great Wall? What do you think? 

第三部分  语言知识运用 （共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

As a teenager, I got angry quite easily and was not good at communicating with others. Because of that, I often made them feel uncomfortable. And now I often 　41　 my bad action. 

I still remember it was early autumn. Some leaves started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day, as I was getting ready 　42　 school, my mother carelessly handed me my father’s vest(背心)instead of mine. At that time, I was getting to have a 　43　 size than my father, so when I 　44　 the vest, I felt as if I wasn’t