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人教版九年级英语上册Unit 9 培优检测卷
第一部分 选择题(共50分)
一、阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分;满分40分)
第一节 阅读下面语言材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Russian Ballet
The Russian Ballet will tour our country and will be shown in Beijing.
Time: 8: 00 pm,May 2-May 3
Place: Beijing Comedy Theatre,No. 11, Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng District
Price: 100 yuan
Tel: 66552100
Chinese Opera
A new production of Sichuan Opera is now on in Beijing.
Time: 7: 30 pm, May 15
Place: Chaoyang Theatre,No. 36 Dongsanhuan North Road, Chaoyang District
Price: 80 yuan; Free for children under 12
Tel: 65011555
Italian Concert
Musicians of the Italian National Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert in Beijing.
Time: 8: 00 pm,May 8
Place: Xiwang Theatre,41 Dongdajie Street,Dongcheng District
Price: 60 yuan
Tel: 63928877
1. Tony is free on the evening of May 3. What can he enjoy?
A. A talk show. B. A Russian ballet.
C. A Chinese opera. D. An Italian concert.
2. If Mr. White goes to watch Sichuan Opera with his 8yearold son, how much should he pay?
A. 60 yuan. B. 80 yuan.
C. 100 yuan. D. 160 yuan.
3. Which number should John call if he wants to go to a concert?
A. 65021167. B. 66552100.
C. 63928877. D. 65011555.
4. Where is the passage probably from?
A. A newspaper. B. A novel.
C. A report. D. A diary.
B
If you are really interested in music festivals,then you must have heard of the Isle of Wight Music Festival. It takes place every June on the Isle of Wight,the UK. People think it's great to enjoy the lovely summer time on the beach.
The dream begins as soon as you start traveling to the island. In order to get to the campsite(营地) of the festival,you have to take the ferry(渡轮). The ferry is full of excited festival lovers who are ready to take part in the fantastic music festival. You can put up your tent after arriving at the campsite. There people talk with each other openly. They are not that cold like those you meet in your everyday life.
The festival lasts for four days. You will sponge__out all your worries about everything during the days, just like living in a dream. Then it may be hard for you to come back to “reality” after that.
It seems that it is this kind of music event that makes people get together. It gives people a real sense of unity(团结). I took part in the festival with my friends last year. It was so exciting that we all lost ourselves in the beautiful music. Dancing Queen sung by Bjorn Again was my favorite. I'm really looking forward to joining in it for a second time.
5. When is the Isle of Wight Music Festival?
A. At the beginning of spring.
B. At the beginning of summer.
C. At the end of the year.
D. At the end of summer.
6. What does the writer think of the people at the Isle of Wight Music Festival?
A. Crazy. B. Patient.
C. Cold. D. Friendly.
7. What do the underlined words “sponge out” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Increase. B. Start.
C. Remember. D. Forget.
8. What's the passage mainly about?
A. Some famous music festivals.
B. A trip to an island.
C. The Isle of Wight Music Festival.
D. The feelings of joining in music festivals.
C
Lulu,a Hungarian PhD(匈牙利哲学博士)student at Tsinghua University,first came to Beijing in 2017. She soon fell in love with the city. She also found her greatest hobby—Peking Opera.
Lulu watched Peking Opera for the first time in an opera museum. “I found it really fantastic,” she said. “ Both the outfits (装束) and the movements were so wonderful. The facepainting was something I'd never seen before. It is so different from Western opera. ”
With great interest,she joined the Peking Opera group of Tsinghua University. That made her see that Peking Opera is much more than just the looks. “There is really,really huge cultural and historical background in Peking Opera. ”
The group members practice twice a week. Mostly,they practice singing and movements. The biggest problem for Lulu was learning the Asian way of singing. “To start with,my throat was in great pain,because I was using my voice in the wrong way,” she said. But with the help of teachers,she has improved a lot.
There are other international students in the group. “I really love Peking Opera because it brings us together,” she said. “I believe that art has no boundaries(界限)and music has no language barriers(障碍). I hope to share my love for Peking Opera with more people outside China. ”
9. When did Lulu first come to Beijing?
A. In 2016. B. In 2017.
C. In 2018. D. In 2019.
10. When Lulu first watched Peking Opera,she found the outfits and movements were ____.
A. ugly B. strange
C. wonderful D. old
11. Why did Lulu have trouble with the way of singing at first?
A. Because she didn't get enough practice.
B. Because she wasn't good at singing at all.
C. Because she couldn't pronounce Chinese well.
D. Because she didn't use her voice in the right way.
12. From this passage,what can we infer(推断)?
A. Fewer Peking Opera groups will be set up in the future.
B. The Asian way of singing will be harder to learn in the future.
C. Lulu will introduce Peking Opera to more foreigners in the future.
D. More students in Tsinghua University will learn Western opera in the future.
D
①On January 4th,the China National Traditional Orchestra(乐团) played some wellknown traditional music in their concert. People enjoyed the beautiful sounds of guzheng,the powerful tunes of suona,the touching notes of erhu and so on. Each traditional Chinese musical instrument tells its own story.
②“I've fallen in love with the sounds of traditional instruments,especially pipa,the fourstringed instrument(四弦乐器) with a history of more than 2,000 years. It can produce different sounds,such as the sounds of falling snow and rain. Every time I listen to a pipa tune(琵琶曲调),I have a strong feeling of peace,” said Yang Tian after the concert.
③However,a recent report suggests the number of traditional music listeners is dropping. To wake up people's love for traditional music,something creative has been done.
④In some traditional music concerts,VR technology is used. It's like watching a 3D movie.
⑤Li Xiaobing,a music teacher from Beijing,combines traditional folk singing and operas with Chinese instruments through technology. People are surprised at his works and they love them!
⑥Some musicians try to add something new to traditional music. They bring modern music like pop into traditional music. When the East meets the West,the new form of music wins the hearts of both the old and the young.
⑦Traditional music shows the beauty of our culture,and with some creativity,great things happen.
13. How many kinds of traditional instruments are mentioned in the passage?
A. 3. B. 4.
C. 5. D. 6.
14. What did Li Xiaobing do to wake up people's love for traditional music?
A. He told many cheerful stories.
B. He made good 3D movies with VR technology.
C. He mixed traditional music with Chinese instruments.
D. He brought modern music like pop into traditional music.
15. Which paragraphs introduce some creative methods?
A. ③④⑤ B. ④⑤⑥
C. ⑤⑥⑦ D. ④⑥⑦
16. What does the writer think of traditional music according to the passage?
A. Traditional music must be taught creatively.
B. Traditional music and technology must be connected.
C. Traditional music should only be played in concerts.
D. Traditional music with creativity will be more popular.
第二节 阅读短文,从方框内所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,其中有一个多余的选项。
If you want to tell a story,or tell people about your ideas,a picture can often be better than words. And moving pictures can be much better. Everyone knows the most famous example of moving pictures—the film.
The film was invented at the end of the 19th century. In 1892,with his assistant,Edison invented the kinetoscope (活动电影机),a machine for looking at moving pictures. To see the pictures,you had to look through a small hole at the top of the machine. 17. ________
Films developed quickly and became more popular. 18. ________ The places to see films became bigger and more comfortable. At first,people could watch films only in cinemas. With the invention of the television,people began to watch films in their own homes. Living rooms with largescreen TV sets were like small cinemas at home.
During recent years,companies began to develop new ways to record television programs with machines that had memory. 19. ________ You can pay to download(下载) films and TV programs from the Internet and watch them at any time.
The cinema has changed a lot. Will cinemas become a thing of the past? We can't be sure. 20. ________ But some people think that cinemas are still the best places to watch films.
A. Most people preferred traditional films because the sound was clearer.
B. Only one person could look in each machine.
C. Watching films at home or in a cinema are both great fun.
D. This way your television set can save films,almost like a computer.
E. People soon began to open places to show these new films to the public.
二、完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分;满分10分)
阅读短文,理解其大意,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. ” That's an old __21__ in English. It means other places often look better,more interesting than the __22__ which you live in. Some people __23__ young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese paying no attention to Chinese culture and,__24__,buying Japanese cartoon books,watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating Western holidays.
Foreign books and soap operas are good,but Chinese __25__ and actors are just as good. As for holidays,Christmas is nice,but it can never have the meaning for Chinese that the Spring Festival has,and the West has nothing to __26__ with the MidAutumn Festival. And let's not __27__ the part of Chinese culture I like best: its friendliness. Not all countries are as __28__ as China.
It's good to enjoy other cultures and to __29__ from them,but they cannot replace our own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence,but __30__ you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
21. A. word B. saying
C. sentence D. rule
22. A. hometown B. city
C. country D. place
23. A. worry B. sense
C. suppose D. express
24. A. however B. besides
C. instead D. then
25. A. directors B. scientists
C. writers D. musicians
26. A. require B. compare
C. agree D. help
27. A. doubt B. support
C. stick D. forget
28. A. warm B. hot
C. cold D. cool
29. A. offer B. borrow
C. praise D. learn
30. A. make up B. make sense
C. make sure D. make for
第二部分 非选择题(共40分)
三、语篇填空(共10小题,每小题1分;满分10分)
阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺、连贯。
Frederic Chopin(1810-1849)was a great composer and an excellent pianist. He composed twentyfour short 31. ________ (piece)for the piano called preludes(前奏曲). The longest one, Prelude No. 15, is betterknown 32. ________ its nickname, the “Raindrop” Prelude. How did it get its nickname?
One day in 1838, when Chopin's lover George Sand went out in 33. ________ rainstorm, Chopin became worried. While he 34. ________(wait)for Sand, he wrote Prelude No. 15.
When Sand came back Chopin played 35. ________ (she)the music. Sand thought the notes sounded like raindrops. She let Chopin listen to the raindrops falling on the roof. This made Chopin 36. ________(happy). He suggested that he never paid attention to those sounds or 37. ________(copy)them.
However, like Sand, many people hear raindrops in this prelude. Some notes repeating throughout the piece sound like raindrops. The flow of the music is like rain, too. The piece starts 38. ________(soft), 39. ________ it gets louder, like rain getting heavier. Then the music gets quiet and finally 40. ________(end), like rain when it stops.
四、阅读与表达(共4小题,41-43小题,每小题2分,44小题4分;满分10分)
阅读短文,然后根据内容回答问题。
Music is something that benefits(对……有益) me. It can be as simple as listening to a piece of soft music like Fur Elise to quietly fall asleep after a long and tiring day at work.
I listen to certain electronic music when I have a headache. It really carries my mind and helps relieve(减轻) pain,as if it were a kind of magic medicine.
I really love listening to Bhimsen Joshi,an Indian singer,when I'm in my hometown for the weekend. It reminds me of the times when my dad and I used to sit together and listen to old classical songs.
My opinion is that music can play an important part in our life. When listening to music,you might start to recall memories related to it. When this happens,your love for music gets stronger. You might start to feel free and stop consciously(有意识地) sensing the lyrics. When this happens,you start to let music guide your feelings. As for me,I especially love this situation of listening to music.
You should really be open to all kinds of music and be able to enjoy each kind. You should try to let music carry you and let it do its wonders.
41. How does Fur Elise help the writer?
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42. Which music does the writer listen to when he has a headache?
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43. What is the writer's opinion on music?
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44. Do you think music is important to people? Why? Write 30 words or more.
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五、书面表达(满分20分)
45. 某英语杂志社正在征稿,题目是“My favorite movie”。假如你叫李华,请你根据下列要点提示写一篇短文介绍你最喜欢的一部电影,给该杂志社投稿。
要点提示: 1. What kind of movie is it?
2. What's the movie about?
3. Why do you like the movie?
要求: 1. 恰当运用定语从句;
2. 词数80-100,开头已给出,但不计入总词数。
My favorite movie
My name is Li Hua. I like movies very much. I think a good movie can teach us about life,or explain what the meaning of life is,what real friendship is and so on.
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参考答案
一、1. B 2. B 3. C
4. A 点拨: 文章为俄罗斯芭蕾舞、中国戏剧和意大利音乐会的广告,由此可知本文可能来自报纸。故选A。
5~8: BDDC 9~12: BCDC 13. B 14. C
15. B 点拨: 分析文章内容可知,第四段到第六段介绍为了唤醒人们对传统音乐的热爱,人们做了哪些创造性的事情,故选B。
16. D 17~20: BEDC
二、21~25: BDACC 26~30: BDADC
三、31. pieces 32. for 33. a 34. was waiting 35. her
36. unhappy 37. copied 38. softly 39. but 40. ends
四、41. Fur Elise helps the writer (to) sleep/fall asleep.
42. The writer listens to certain electronic music when he has a headache. /Certain electronic music.
43. The writer thinks/The writer's opinion is that music can play an important part in our life.
44. Yes,I think music is important to people. Because sometimes words can't describe what we are feeling,but music can. Music is like a special language that everyone can understand. In addition,when you feel really happy or sad,you can listen to music. It is like an old friend when you hear it.
五、One possible version:
My favorite movie
My name is Li Hua. I like movies very much. I think a good movie can teach us about life, or explain what the meaning of life is, what real friendship is and so on.
Zootopia is one of my favorite movies. It is a cartoon movie. The story is about a rabbit that joins the police force and solves a difficult case with a fox. I like the movie because it teaches me to stick to my dream and then to achieve it. “If you don't try anything new, you'll never fail. ” These words from the movie influenced me a lot. What's more, the theme song of the movie Try Everything is a great song. I like listening to it.
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