湖南省长沙市立信中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期第一次月考英语卷

长沙市立信中学2023-2024学年第一次核心素养练习

初三英语

第二部分    阅读（共三节，满分40分）

第一节（共11小题；每小题2分，满分22分）

阅读下列材料，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选择最佳选项。

A

In the coming National holiday film season, ten fantastic movies will come out. Here are some of them.

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie	The Great War	Lose to Win
Adapted(改编) from the beloved children’s animated series “PAW Patrol”, the PAW Patrol dogs get superpowers by accident. Audiences of all ages can watch it as they start an exciting adventure together on the big screen.	The movie shows us the picture of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army, offering a full view of the people who protected their homeland.	The film is an adaption of the Spanish comedy film “Campeones”(冠军) and tells the story of Wei Guozheng, an overconfident basketball coach who meets a group of “poor” players.
Ticket price: ¥36 for an adult ¥40 for children	Ticket price: ¥48 for an adult ¥40 for children	Ticket price: ¥38 for an adult ¥32 for children

21. How many movies can you see in the National holiday?

1. Three.      B. Seven.     C.Ten

22. Clara’s grandfather once joined the army. Which movie do you advise him to watch?

1. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie 
2. The Great War 
3. Lose to Win

23. Which of the following is TRUE?

1. All of the three movies are adapted films.
2. Wei Guozheng thinks highly of himself at first.
3. Lose to Win has the highest children ticket.

B

For thousands of years, bamboo has encouraged poets, writers, and painters from all over the world to create works of art. In the hands of artisans(手艺人), bamboo can also be made into beautiful things, showing their unusual beauty.

Wuyi Mountain connects Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and bamboo grows heavily there. Not only Wuyi Mountain’s tea, the place is also known for its bamboo weaving(编织) tradition. Artisans can make baskets, umbrellas and almost anything in bamboo. Having a history of over 2,000 years, bamboo weaving art became a national intangible cultural heritage(国家级非物质文化遗产) in 2008.

Xie Hongxing, 40, was born and grew up around Wuyi Mountain. He has been weaving bamboo for 22 years. Recently, he has become famous online by building a mini Tiangong space station made of bamboo. On Douyin, Xie surprised many Internet users by using a knife to quickly cut bamboo into pieces that are as wide as each other. He said it took 46 days to finish his mini space station. He used more than twelve kinds of local bamboo to show the beauty of the space station. It took him seven hours to find out how to weave a small national flag of China.

Xie began to learn bamboo weaving when he was a teenager. Now Xie has more than 27,000 followers on Douyin and most of them were born after 1990 or 2000. He set up a museum of bamboo weaving. There visitors can watch and take photos of his works, learn how to make things from bamboo, as well as buy some art works. He says that by doing so, he hopes more young people can know more about the skill and discover the beauty of traditional culture.

24. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

1. There is little bamboo on Wuyi Mountain.
2. The bamboo weaving art has a history of more than 2000 years.
3. The bamboo weaving art is in the international intangible cultural heritage list.

25. What can you learn from the passage?

1. Xie can cut bamboo into pieces of the same height very quickly.
2. It took him seven hours to find twelve kinds of local bamboo.
3. Finishing the mini Tiangong space station is not an easy job.

26. Why does Xie set up a museum of bamboo weaving?

1. In order to sell his bamboo works.
2. In order to interest the young people.
3. In order to teach people to make bamboo works.

27. What’s Xie’s attitude towards the future development of this art?

1. Hopeful.      B. Worried.      C. Upset.

 

C

Technology has brought ancient poets “back to life”. At the World Robot Conference 2023 in late August in Beijing, there were two robots that looked like the Chinese poet Li Bai and Du Fu. While Li Bai was holding up a cup of wine, Du Fu was sitting at a desk, writing. These are called bionic(仿生的) robots. The robot feels soft because it is usually made of a special material, CGTN explained in a video.

Another human-like robot named Apollo also caught people’s attention recently. It was created by US company Apptronik. For now, the robot can only make simple movements, such as walking and waving. On the robot’s head there are different kinds of cameras inside. They can help it to have a full view of its environment. They also help the robot keep balance when walking on different places.

Nowadays, humans mostly work with bionic human-like robots. They work by being tour guides or helping visitors at front desks and so on. This could be because people are comfortable living and working with machines that look and act like them. They can “strike a chord(引起共鸣) with people,” a US robotics scientist Marc Raibert told the New Yorker.

As more human-like robots come out, there are more problems to worry about as well. Safety will be the key, according to the Robot Report website. When a 70-kilogram robot falls down and breaks apart, it may hurt people around.

28. Which is TRUE about the World Robot Conference 2023?

1. People can see bionic robots in Beijing.
2. All the robots there are made in China.
3. People can see the poet Li Bai drinking.

29. The cameras on Apollo’s head can’t____________.

1. help the robot make simple movements.
2. help the robot keep balance while walking.
3. help the robot get a full view of the environment.

30. According to the passage, what may the scientists study next?

1. The price of the robots.
2. The appearance of the robots.
3. The safety problems of the robots.

31. What is the purpose of the passage?

1. To make people interested in robots.
2. To introduce the bionic robots to people.
3. To tell people the development of technology.

第二节  语篇补全（共5小题；每小题2分，共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。

Some people I know start off studying but they always end up doing something else. Here are some ideas that might help you if you have the same problem.

First of all, you need to take away all the things that stop you from working. 32.____________, since it doesn't help you study. And put the dog outside! Every time the dog goes into your room, you stop studying to pet it. 33.______________. Because then you don’t need to go to the kitchen for something to eat or drink.

Next, instead of doing your homework with your phone on, 34.____________, or it may stop you fron working. You can read your messages later. However, there's no need to turn off the Internet on your computer. 35.________________, but you’d better not login (登录) with the apps like Facebook or Wechat.

36. ___________________. Always study in a quiet place and have a clear desk! Have lots of breaks. I always study for thirty minutes at a time and then have a break for five minutes. I move my arms and legs and drink some water. Then I study again for thirty minutes. It’s important to get up and move your body.

I hope these tips are helpful!

 

1. Have an apple and a glass of water on your desk before you start
2. Here are some more study tips that you might find useful
3. The first thing you need to do is to turn off your music
4. as you may need it to look up information
5. it's a better idea to turn it off or leave it out of your room

 

 

第三节  阅读表达（共4小题；每小题2分，共8分）

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Near downtown Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. there is a four-story museum in memory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (抗日战争).

The museum holds 5,974 wartime things, more than 40, 000 books and documents, attracting both tourists from home and abroad. Many visitors don’t know that the museum isn’t owned by the government, but a 56-year-old businessman, Wu Xianbin. Born and raised in Nanjing, he always had special feelings about the war against Japanese aggression.

In 2002, Wu bought an English book on the Nanjing Massacre (南京大屠杀) by chance. After reading the book, he realized how little he knew about the history of that war. Four years later, Wu decided to build a museum on the war on his own.

Though Wu has been collecting historical items (物品) of the war all these years, he was not a war lover.

Instead, working in a war museum has made him better understand the importance of peace. Since 2014, Wu has often traveled to Japan to join historical meetings held by Japanese nongovernmental organizations. He