2024年山东省淄博市高青县九年级中考第二次练兵考试英语试题

2023-2024学年第二学期第二次模拟考试 九年级英语试题 注意：请将答案写在答题纸的相应位置！满分90分，时间100分钟。 一、完形填空(共10小题，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，从每小题 A、B、C、D 中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。 My 14-year-old son John and I noticed the coat at the same time in a second-hand clothing store. It stood out 1 the big and old coats. The coat was black and beautiful.The 2 was also unbelievable: $28. John's eyes glearned. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular with teenage boys, but they could cost several hundred dollars new.He 3 and it was a perfect fit. John 4 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile.“Did the kids like your coat?”I asked.“They loved it,”he said. Over the next few weeks, John changed. He was polite, more thoughtful, and overall much 5 .“Good dinner, Mom,”he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he could start on his homework before dinner, John, who always put things off.said,“You're right. I guess I will.”When I 6 one of his teachers about these differences, she joked that the coat must have changed him. John and I both know that 7 do not define (定义) a person, but there is something to be said for looking good. Sometimes, watching John 8 for school. I've remembered what it felt like to be in the eighth grade-a time when it was as 9 to try on different kinds of lives as it was to try on a coat. The whole future is just ahead, where all the 10 are open. And if I were there right now, I would picture myself walking through those doors wearing my wonderful, magic al coat. 1. A. between B. of C. within D. among 2. A. sound B. size C. price D. cloth 3. A. put it on B. put it away C. turned it on D. took it off 4. A. had B. wore C. bought D. hid 5. A. sadder B. worse C. happier D. crazier 6. A. talked about B. listened to C. pointed to D. talked to 7. A. clothes B. shops C. shoes D. jeans 8. A. leave B. live C. finish D. fight 9. A. difficult B. easy C. nervous D. dark 10. A. windows B. houses C. doors D. ways 二、阅读理解(共16小题，满分32分) 阅读短文 A、B、从各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A Recently, I read Solitaire, a book about several teenagers and their lives in school. Tori is a girl who doesn't really care about anything. Sometimes, she does things that might be annoying and make her situation worse by saying things that don't really matter. I personally think it's good when characters do that though. They're not always perfect because everyone does stupid things. While Ton's best friend, Becky, is very confident with herself. She has loads of social skills and enjoys herself. She's the complete opposite of Tori. And a unique boy, Michael Holden, steps into Tori's life, slowly changing her. When a mysterious blog called Solitaire starts to do curious and dangerous things to her school. Tori and Michael join forces to try and investigate who is doing it. The thing I completely love about the book is that it is so real. I found it extremely relatable.Unlike so many other books, nothing that happens in this story couldn't happen in real life.There is no fake(虚假的) romance, nothing fairy tale about it. I think Alice Oseman, the author of the book, has really shown the feelings and realities of teenagers and their jo urney through school. They can relate to people like Tori or Becky. To conclude,I can't say enough about what an amazing read this book is. I guarantee(保证)99 percent that you will not put it down. It relates to life very well, and the story is attractive and exciting. The storyline is very well planned out, and I loved the smaller plots between every character. I just thought the book was amazing. I think you'll fall in love with the exciting. sensitive and unusual characters and the relatable storyline. Well done, Alice Oseman. 11. What is Tori like? A. She is popular with everyone. B. She is careless in life. C. She is in her own world. D. She is confident in herself. 12. What is true about the book Solitaire? A. It is adapted from real-life stories. B. It is different from real life. C. It is relatable to teenagers. D. It is full of romantic stories. 13. What does the writer think about the book Solitaire? A. It might be too wild. B. It is worth reading. 九年级英语试题 第2页 (共8页) C. It is suitable for all ages. D. Its plots are simple but well-planned. B Scientist s have discovered the world's largest known field of seagress with the aid of some unusual helpers: tiger sharks. Seagress usually grows in shallow waters. It grows in thick fields , known as meadows(草地). These seagrass meadews help clean the ocean's water, and provide shelter for lots of sea life. They are also a big help in the fight against climate change. That's because they store huge anments of carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) . This harmful pollution is making global warming wore. Damaging these sergress nendews will only furth er release (释放) this pollution back into the atmosphere. Though they 're very important, scientists don't have a good idea of the size and number of the world's sengress meadews. Trying to find these meadow s from above the sea waters can be quite difficult. The world's oceans are so large in size that it's simply not possible to make a deep study of them by diving . So a team of scientists decided to have tiger sharks help with the research. These animals were chosen as research helpers because they spend a lot of their time in and around seagress meadows. Researchers attached cameras to the first(缝) of seven tiger sharks. The sharks then carried the cameras and travelled for miles over the sea floor. The cameras were designed to fall off after a few hours and then float back up to the surface. Track ing signals helped the scientist s find the floating cameras and to collect the video s the sharies had taken. The scientists learne d that the waters around the Bahamas are home to the largest seugess mead ow ever discovered, which could be as large as 92.000 square kilometres. The discovery means that the world has about 40 per ce nt more seagrass meadows than scientists had thought . The project demonstrates (示范)a powerful new way to explore the ocean. In other words.underwater animals can help us learn more about life under the sea. Animals like tiger sharks are going to take us to new places that we didn't even know. 14. How many advantages of seagress meadow s are mentioned in the second paragraph? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. D. Six. 15. What is the third paragraph mainly about? A. The importance of seagress to the world. B. The situation that scientists know about seagress. C. The possibility that scientists study the meadows further. D. The re ason why scientists need tiger sharks to help with the research. 16. Which best shows the structure of the whole passage? A.①②③④③④ B.①②③④③⑤ C.①②②④⑤⑥ D.①②③④⑤⑥ 17. What's the best title of the article? A. The Seagress Meadous of the Ocean B. Research Helpers of the Seagrass C. The New Way of Protect ing the Ocean D. The Man's New Helpers of the Ocean C 阅读短文 C，根据短文内容，从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余项。 Bringing a pet into a family with small children around is not a decision to make easy.Many parents are worried about the health and safety of the kids with pets around 18 . More Active Kids with pets like dogs go outside more often for daily walks, exercise and have more playtime with them. A study shows that children with pet s around are likely to move more.Other studies find similar results with disabled children and pets can help them to deal with the condition. More Sense of Responsibility 19 Expert s explained in an article how keep ing a pet into a family with kids can teach the young reponsibility. Pets require food, water and love. Taking care of a pet encourage s children to lear n the value of responsibility. More Relaxed Studies show that kids with pets are more related. And they have less stress and have less to worry about. Playing with pet s can make kids calm down and happy. Better Reading Abilities Kids who get pets often read to their pets. 20 . They also find that reading to pets helps children make better connections between things and improve their reading medivation(动力). It means children can decide to do some reading on the ir own 21 . Parents should practice safety tips for raising kids and pets together. This partnership can result in children growing up much healthier both mentally and physically. A. Researchers find their reading improves clearly. B. Kids growing up with pets can be taught responsibility. C. At the same time, their pets are produbly good listeners. D. However, there are many advantages for kids growing up with them. E. This may be especially important for students who have problems in reading. D 下面材料A-E 分别是五个中华成语故事，请根据五个学生英语学习中常见的问题，帮助他们选出相对应的成语故事。 22.“Because”and “so”shouldn't be put together. But some students often add “so”to the sentence with “because”. 23. Some students may be lucky to get the right answers. But if they depend only on luck failure may come. 24. Some students pretend that they know the grammar rules but in fact , they don't 25. Students need to lear n a lesson from mistake s so that they won't make them next time. 26. Some students seem to be able to recite(背诵) the English texts in groups. But if they asked to do it alone, they can't. A. The old emperor liked group music . A man knew this and joined the music al team. But the new emperor enjoyed the music played by every single musician . The man with out any music ability was afraid and ra n away. B. Several men were drawing stakes on the floor. One man was the first to finish a snake but he didn't win because he added feet to his stake. C. One day, a rabbit looked iself in:I true and fell dead . A farm er nearly enjoyed the rabbit for dinne r and w aited for more at the sam e place every day. However, no rabbis cam e and his field s went worse. D. A man wanted to steal a big bell next docx. However, he had to make a kit of noise so he covered his ea rn with pieces of clothes, thinking if he couldn't bear the noise, neither could others. E. A sheep keper f ound a sheep was go ne and be discovered there was a hole in the shoep hold(羊里) . So he fixed it right zway. As a result, the rest of the sheep were safe. 三、选词填空(共10小题满分10分) 根据短文内容，选择适当的单词填空，使短文意思完整，每个选项只用一次，有两项剩余。 achieve inside run space help astronacts temperature special after in use met On April 26, the Shenzhou XVIII manned spaceship's three astronaut s successfully entered the space station and 27 with the Sterzhou XVII asronauts. 九年级英语试题 第5页 (共8页) The Shenzhou XVIII crew (采组) members are Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu."Being born in the 1980s and having all been pilots, we never 28 out of things to talk about,"Li Cong told Xinhua. The crew will carry out more than 90 experiments(实验) in space. They will study microgravity(微重力) in space, medicine and many other science topics, reported China Daily.This mission is 29 because it features China's fi nt space-based study of water ecosystems. The 30 brought a fish tank (鱼缸) filled with water to the space station.Four zebeafish (斑马鱼) and algae(水漫) live 31 it . The algae give the fish oxygen (氧气), keeping them alive. The tank can also feed the fish, control the 32 and lighting, and collect fish eggs by itself. Why zebrafish? They are very small vertebrates(脊椎动物) and they share 70 percent of their genes with humans.“Next , we plan on bringing mi ce to 33 . We'll raise them there for a while and then bring them back to Earth for further study.”Zhang Wei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院) told CCTV News. Studying animals in space can 34 scientists understand how the human body reacts(反应) to space conditions. The Shenzhou XVIII crew is expected to return in October 35 six months in space. Right now, China is about to finish picking its fourth batch (批) of astronsus. These new astronaut s will join the team already working on space station missions and help 36 China's first manned landing on the moon. 27. 28. 31. 27. 30. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36 四、语法填空(共10小题，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 As one of Guangdong's intampible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) represeitatives.Guangzhou Dim Sum Brunch (早茶) is a long-standing cuttom that has been passed down 37 handreds of years. These delicious foods are now available for 35 (we) to taste in Guangzhou's spreets. People in Guangzhou particularly enjoy drinking tea. 39 they gre et each other. 40 (important), drinking tea has developed into a culturnl pacime for socializi ng and gatherings acting as a bridge for communication in people's 41 (dry) lives. It is said that Guangzhou Dim Sun Brunch criginated from old neighborhoods in Guangzhou The 九年级英语试题 第6页(共8页) carliest tea drinking place s 42 (call) “Edi Pavilien”. Every day before 4) (start) work, people would go to small tea houses and spend two cents to enjoy 44 cup of tea and two dim sum, which are good and cheap. In 2023, the custom of Guangzhou Dim Sum Brunch was included in the 45 (eight) Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage List of the People's Governm ent of Guangdong Province. Since then, this traditional culture 46 (become) the best symbol of outlining the city's style and cultural charm. 37. 38 40. 39. 41. 42. 43. 43. 46 43. 五、阅读表达(共5小题，满分10分) 阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。 While you eat , you use them to help chop up(切碎) food. When you smile, you show them off to look your best. Sept 20 is National Teeth Care Day in China. It's the perfect time for us to learn some tips on how to protect our teeth. First of all, we need to pick a good toothbrush. Sofiness is the key, Brushes with hard bristles (刷毛) can hurt your teeth and gums(牙龈). Choose one with soft bristles and rounded ends. Also, a brush with a small head can easily reach all your teeth, since they can squeeze into(挤进) the small spaces of your mouth. Next , we need to lear n the correct way to brush our teeth . The American Dental Association (美国牙医协会) and dentists around the world suggest the Bass brushing technique(贝氏剧牙法). Charles C Bass(1875-1975), an American medical doctor, invented this method. When Dr Bass was young, he had serious gum disease and was told to get all his teeth pulled out. He didn't . Instead, he invented the Bass method to save his teeth. The method suggests brushing your teeth along the gum line at a 45-degree angle(角度)with very small back-and-forth vibrating motions(驱动). Bad bacteria (细菌) usually har g out where the gums and teeth meet. We can effectively clean the area and prevent tooth decay(蛀牙) and gum disease with this method. After a good brush, you need to floss (用牙线清理) year teeth for a deeper clean. Put dental floss into the space between two teeth and use a careful back-and-forth motion. It helps get food out of the spaces. But don't move the floss too hard, or it may hurt your gums. 47. When is the National Teeth Care Day in China? 九年级英语试题 第7页 (共8页) 48. How should you brush your teeth according to the Bass brashing technique? 49. Why did Charles C Bass invent the Bass brushing technique? 50. How many tips are mentioned to pretect our teeth in the passage? 51. How do you protect your teeth in your daily life? 六、书面表达(共1小题，满分18分) 最近你校英语报社正举行以“我为父母做件事”为题的演讲活动。假设你是李华，请你根据下列提示，围绕这一话题，写一篇英文演讲稿，谈谈你为父母做这件事的过程和感受，内容包括以下要点： 1. What thing did you do for your parents? 2. Why did you do it?(at least two points) 3. How did you do it?(Fint, then, ) 4. How did you feel after doing it? 要求： 1.表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯； 2.必须包括所有要点内容，并适当发挥： 3.词数在100词左右(开头已给出，不计入总词数)： 4.不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。 Hello, everybody! I am Li Hua. Last weekend. 注意：请将题目的答案写到答题纸上。 九年级英语试题 第8页 (共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$