广东省深圳市明德实验学校集团2023-2024学年九年级上学期开学英语试卷

2023-2024学年广东省深圳市明德实验学校集团九年级（上）开学英语试卷

第一部分选择题。 Ⅰ.完型填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

1．（10分）You stick a stamp on an envelope.And then it travels across the world to find another person.Stamps help people keep in（1）　   　with their friends and families.They have（2）　   　an important role in people's lives for a long time now.People have a special day for（3）　   　.Oct 9 is World Post Day.

Before stamps，people didn't（4）　   　for the letters they sent，but（5）　   　they paid for the letters they got.The first stamp ever made is called Penny Black.It is a British stamp，made in 1840，with a picture of Queen Victoria on it.

Do you know how the back of a stamp is sticky？The（6）　   　stamps didn't have sticky backs.In the past，people used paste sometimes.But（7）　   　they had to pin or sew stamps onto letters!

Years ago，sending letters used to be the most important way to（8）　   　with other people.It seemed that everyone had stamps on hand.

Although now fewer people send letters，stamp collecting.is still one of the world's most popular（9）　   　.There are even stamp clubs to help people find new stamps to（10）　   　to their collections.Interestingly enough，the internet may have reduced the need for stamps，but it is actually offering new ways for collectors to find more stamps.

 

（1）	A.line	B.time	C.step	D.touch
（2）	A.got	B.played	C.took	D.made
（3）	A.stamps	B.envelopes	C.friends	D.families
（4）	A.care	B.pay	C.look	D.stand
（5）	A.also	B.instead	C.else	D.ever
（6）	A.smallest	B.youngest	C.earliest	D.latest
（7）	A.usually	B.really	C.specially	D.surely

（8）	A.compete	B.compare	C.communicate	D.complete
（9）	A.secrets	B.causes	C.games	D.hobbies
（10）	A.get	B.add	C.keep	D.turn

Ⅱ.阅读理解。第一节阅读下列三篇短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。

2．（7.5分）Dads have Father's Day.Moms have Mother's Day.Kids have Children's Day.But，do our grandparents have a special holiday？Yes，they do!

The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for elderly people in China.The festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.As the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long，people take the Double Ninth Festival to show their wishes of long life for elderly people.This year the Double Ninth Festival falls on Oct 4.

There are many traditions for this festival.On that day，families get together and climb mountains for luck and in the hope that elderly people will live much longer.They also drink chrysanthemum wine and wear a plant called zhuyu to celebrate it.Both chrysanthemum and zhuyu are regarded as clean plants that can clean houses and cure diseases.

Respecting elderly people is shown not only on this special day but also in daily life.For example，when an older person enters a room，everyone stands up.When there are several guests at the table，the host usually introduces them from the oldest to the youngest.When a younger person is presenting something to an older person，two hands are used.On a crowded subway or bus，younger people always offer their seats to elderly people.

It is a traditional virtue in China to respect elderly people.That's because the Chinese know that elderly people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn from.So，Chinese people are proud of being old.Besides，to respect the elderly people is to respect yourself tomorrow.

 

（1）The Double Ninth Festival is a celebration for  　   　.

A.fathers

B.mothers

C.children

D.elderly people

（2）Which of the following is NOT a tradition for the Double Ninth Festival？  　   　

A Families climbing mountains together.

B.Drinking chrysanthemum wine.

C.Wearing the plant zhuyu.

D.Cleaning houses.

（3）What is Paragraph 4 about？  　   　

A.Why we should respect older people.

B.What young people usually do on this festival.

C.Examples of respecting older people in daily life.

D Traditional ways of celebrating the festival.

（4）Why are Chinese people proud of being old？  　   　

A.It means they have more virtues than others.

B.It means they have knowledge and experience.

C.It means they don't have to work for others.

D It means what they did in the past was meaningful.

（5）In which part can we probably read this article in a newspaper？  　   　

A.Entertainment

B.Travel

C.Science

D.Culture

3．（7.5分）Feeling hot？So is Earth.Because of problems like climate change and bad ways of farming，much of the planet's land is drying up.What can we do to solve this problem？

One thing the United Nations did was to create a holiday.In 1994，the UN started World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought（世界防治荒漠化和干旱日），to let more people know about desertification.It is on June 17 every year.

Desertification happens when healthy land ﹣ land full of water and nutrients（营养）﹣ becomes desert，which is dry and unhealthy.Every year，20，000 to 50，000 square kilometers of Earth's land is lost to desertification.In Africa，scientists expect that two thirds of Africa's healthy land will be lost by 2025.